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[The JB Shop]

Im just curius what you guys know about Sweden.

Do you belive that its dark here half of the year?

That we have polarbears on the streets?

That during the summer everyone has sex with everyone?

Thats lots of sweds kill themself?

Its commen with theese thoughts one one thinks of Sweden.

But what have YOU heard about our country? Im so curius to know.

Best regards

[dolce007]

Everyone is blonde, pretty and probably instructs ski.

[The JB Shop]

As you can see Im not blonde. I belive that there is as mutch blondes in Sweden as it is in Los Angeles.

As you can see im not pretty either But mayby you reffered to the girls. AND THEY ARE!

Therese is now snow on the streets here this time of year but in the north of Sweden we have lots of snow.

I dont know anyone that works as a skiinstructor.

Do you guys have any other thoughts on Sweden?

[Jim]

Um...

ABBA
Crippling expensive alcohol
Bjorn Borg and his underpants empire
Some more ABBA

[mattbowyer]

Apparently English is the second language?

[Jim]

...Greta Garbo
The Hives
Anna Lindh
Voted against the Euro
Not in NATO
Olaf Palme murdered on his way home from the cinema
Nobel Foundation
Ingmar Bergman (following Mr Benson's cue here to try to shoehorn Ingmar Bergman into a Bond site (apparently improbable))
Some chap called Persson in charge? Maybe?
The frickin' Moomins


...and I'm spent

[Loomis]

Do you belive that its dark here half of the year?

Yes.

That we have polarbears on the streets?

No.

Thats lots of sweds kill themself?

Yes. But I hear the Finns are even more miserable.

What else is there?

Uh.... Ace of Base?

[Tim007]

IKEA.

[stromberg]

a) Swedish is a language that sounds funny.

b) IKEA

c) due to the alcohol prizes (as a result of high taxes) the Swedish are said to start drinking as soon as they get on a plane or ferry to leave the country. I've heard of Swedes that went on holiday to Spain and left the hotel only to refill their stock of beverages.

d) Astrid Lindgren

c) Swedish paper industry is well reputated

d) They invented the elk-test

e) They eat loads of fish

f) King Carl Gustaf married Silvia Sommerlath, who was an Olympic hostess at the '72 Munich Summer Games

g) K

[Brian Flagg]

Swedes are fascinated/attracted to people with dark skin and hair.

They only have one Fjord. ("Tell Norway we want our Fjords back!!!")

High taxes.

Sweden was neutral during World War II.

That duo who sang "She's Got the Look" is Swedish. Funny, I can't recall their name. There was also that "I Saw the Sign" group with that hot blonde, too.

Sweden was pretty powerful during King Gustavus' Adolphus reign in the 1600s.

When I was in retail, Swedes were very nice to deal with. My favorite Europeans!

Oh, and to their credit, Swedes really love American Jazz. Another reason they're my favorite Europeans!

Edited by Brian Flagg, 06 April 2004 - 02:10 PM.

[dolce007]

IKEA!

[trs007]

Until this thread, absolutely nothing--now, it definitely sounds an interesting place to visit.

[The JB Shop]

You guys are FANTASTIC,

This was so fun to do:

Here are some coments:

Our alcohol is very expensive (witch I like because I dont drink that mutch).

Actually I dident know that the Bjorn Borg (legendary tennisplayer) sold his underwear outside of scandinavia.

English is our second laguage. We HAVE to take english class from the age of 8 nowadays.

Our chif of staff/ prime minister is called Goran Persson.

The Moomins are from Finland, dont let the finnish here others.

In stockholm in april the sun shines from 7 o clock until 19.00 oclock.

Its not true that the swedes kill themself, thats just a bull****

Ace of base (please dont mention them) was up for having therese song in the GoldenEye titlesong.

When the sweds go abroad they drink a lot of alcohol (but so does the english)

What is the Elk test?

We dont eat loads of fish.

Its spelld K

[Tim007]

No comment about IKEA?

[Four Aces]

I've been to Goteborg, where I drove a new Volvo out of the factory on the Tourist Delivery Plan. I spent several days in Goteborg, and found it to be an enjoyable town. The people were very friendly. However, I am only 5'8" tall, so I am short compared to the general population. I'm sure the Swedish women thought me to be a "spinner" . Fortunately for me, I had a date with me at the time. This was many years ago. I hope to go back some day and visit other parts of the country.

4A

[ChandlerBing]

After watching the 20th Anniversary DVD of Splash, thanks to John Candy, I can say in Swedish, "Hey, I have a foot long penis!"

[SnakeEyes]

That during the summer everyone has sex with everyone?

I'm moving to Sweden!

[Brix Bond]

On a recent shopping spree to IKEA, I now own 3/4 of your country and it sits quite proudly in my living room.

[SnakeEyes]

IIRC Sweden has some very good gun laws, basically you can own anything within reason.

Am I right? Or did my American associates on the gun-fan board pull my limey tail?

[Dr. Tynan]

Sweden I've never had ill thoughts about it.

This is what I thought

All Blond/e

Snowy

[Tarl_Cabot]

What I think I know about Sweden:

Many Chics are blonde and HOT.Very Hot.
It gets very cold.The skiing is superb.
Stockholm Syndrome is pretty pathetic (see TWINE).
Men and women are very tall on the average.
Swedes are very liberal about sexuality, especially as it relates to what's acceptable on TV(as is most of Europe of course but the swedes are especially loose.)
Gotland, an Island of the coast of Sweden is like a Nordic version of Ibizia or Rio de Janero,ie it's a great place to party(summertime) and hook up with beautiful girls!
Drunk driving is punishable by a manditory month in jail (take a cab/train!). or maybe that's Norway?
Dolph Lungren should have kicked Rocky's a**.
It's a socıalıst country. You can't get rich there unless you make some hit pop records in English!

[Tim007]

Well, what I forgot:

Kurt Wallander and Henning Mankell

[stromberg]

What is the Elk test?

We dont make jokes about the finnish we make jokes about the people from Norway and vice versa. We dont make any jokes about the russians.

The Elk Test is a car security test that simulates the sudden appearance of a large animal (namely an elk, hence the name) on the road. (Sweden has the highest car security standards in europe, that's why all the major car manufacturers do their tests in Sweden) The car has to stay on all four wheels in that test while the driver is doing some weird braking and steering. It became famous in Germany after Mercedes A-Class failed in the first attempts (as well as the Smart) and they had to do some re-design. Since that time, any kind of benchmark test is called Elk-Test in Germany.


Actually, it was a guy from Finland who told me that.He was making Swede-jokes all the time (How to sink a Swedish submarine? Send a diver down to knock at the hatch! -no offense intended- ) and told me: "Oh, the Swedish tell the same jokes about us but we both agree on Russian jokes."

[Blofeld's Cat]

Home of the makers of "The Silver Beast"

[The JB Shop]

I never thougt this thread would get that mutch of attention.

If any of you guys would telle the same question from your country, it be interesting.

IKEA is something that we are really proud of. I really like Ingvar Kamprad (the owner) and IKEA is the biggest Swedish company in the world. Ingwar is good for 3 billion swedish krona and 1 dollar costs 2,50 swedish krona.
If you think that the furnitures have strange names you should know that all the names means something in Sweden.

www.ikea.se (the home of the company)

What John Candy says in swedish is "Hejsan Raring, Jag har en tolv tums penis" Witch means Hey Honey, I have a 12 inch penis.

WHAT???? we dont have that kind of trash laws here in Sweden. If you want to have a gun you need to have a reason and the only reason there is if you are a hunter or a policeman. I thougt that most of the americans have guns (after watching Bowling for Columbine).

The Blonde chick from Sweden you may know is Victoria Playmate of the year Silvstedt and Vendela (Sports illustrated)

I like the Stockholm syndrome, thats a chance for us to get in to the movies you americans make

Gotland is the place to party during the summars, its like a bad version of Ibitza I belive lots of single yougsters drinking alcohol.

If you drink and drive you loose your licence to drive and you may get to prison.... BUT THAT GOOD RIGHT!!

Dolph Lundgren is Swedish but did you know that so is Stellan Skarsg

[Genrewriter]

No comment about IKEA?

If it helps Tim, the desk and all the bookshelves in my room were purchased there. It's also possible to find a perfectly acceptable Christmas gift for ones niece in the checkstands.

[Tarl_Cabot]

If you drink and drive you loose your licence to drive and you may get to prison.... BUT THAT's GOOD RIGHT!!??

Well,yes drinking and driving is reckless,stupid,irresponsible and a danger to others but 30 days in jail on a *first offense without a chance to straighten out your personal affairs is pretty extreme! I don't drive at all being that I live in a great city where cars are not neccessarry because of great public transportation and an abundance of cheap cabs...

"Yes we are socıalısts atleast the majority but I think thats good you know. Our contry take care of eatchoter (hmmm) We are like the musketears all for one and one for all."

Isn't Blofeld from socıalıst country?

IKEA rocks.

[dolce007]

Is it really Swedish for value?

[The JB Shop]

If you get busted driving with alcohol in your blood you often just loose your licence and might get at footlocker around your foot for 30 days. Its nothing really.

Well Blofeld isent from Sweden right

In Sweden whe have 29% tax on your salary. In the stores there are 25% tax on everything exept food (12%) and entertainment (6%).

What do you have in your contries?

[DLibrasnow]

Sweden....emm, well I know Maud Adams, Kristina wayborn and Britt Ekland are Swedish.