Sweden

by **SnowGeneral** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:22 am

Im from Sweden and I just whant to know what you guys know about Sweden. Sweden is often mixed up with other countries like Germany and Holland. Just write all you know about Sweden without looking it up on wikipedia first. I'm mostly intrested about what people in the US and other countries far from Sweden know.

by **Cynthia** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:24 am

What's Sweden?

by **TimoS** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:36 am

SnowGeneral wrote:Just write all you know about Sweden without looking it up on wikipedia first.

One thing I know for sure about Sweden, it has something that neither Norway or Finland have: nice neighboring countries

And that's all I need to know

by **AlgyTaylor** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:43 am

- It's called Sverge (or something similar) in Swedish.
- The flag's blue with a yellow cross on it, the centre of the cross is to the left hand side of the flag itself.
- Olof Mellberg is the captain of Sweden's football team
- Stockholm is the capital
- Goteborg, Helsingborg and Malmo are also big cities there.
- Sweden has a king. I have no idea who that is though
- It isn't in the Euro yet. I'd take a guess that the currency is Krona, because that's what Denmark's currency is and you Scandinavians have no imagination when it comes to that sort of thing

- It borders Finland and Norway
- I think it has a road bridge to Denmark, but I might be wrong
- Swedish people exist on a diet consisting entirely of meatballs. Probably.
- Ikea's from Sweden
- There's several islands off the west coast. Gotland is the only one I can think of right now.
- Lots of good electronic music comes from Sweden - eg Cari Lekebusch
- Abba are from Sweden too. As are The Cardigans.

That's about it.

by **SnowGeneral** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:49 am

Nice, you know what you are talking about, almost anyway. Gotland is on the east-coast. And yes, we have a bridge from Malmö(Sweden) to Copenhagen(Denmark).

by **Smurf75** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:53 am

I know alot about sweden, im not gonna post it here though since you didnt want us "2 hours away with boat guys" to describe your country

One thing I can/want to tell you is that we on our little island have had one of your kings in prison.... IN YOUR FACE

AlgyTaylor wrote:- Lots of good electronic music comes from Sweden - eg Cari Lekebusch

Never heard bout or heard that one though.. :lol:

by **SnowGeneral** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:02 am

What king? It must have been several hundreds years ago.

by **juventino** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:06 am

I usually have to tell people the diff between Switzerland and Sweden. Esp in latino countries.

by **Smurf75** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:09 am

SnowGeneral wrote:What king? It must have been several hundreds years ago.

Well it wasnt Carl Gustav XVI..... I admit I had to look up the name of the king imprisoned. I found out that it was Erik XIV and the year was 1571, and the person to put him there was his brother...... you swedes are so cruel :twisted:

by **Kugelblitz22** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:14 am

I know your never in the news in the U.S.

Maybe you could blow up some of our buildings.
Or flame Bush more in the international news.

by **Wisse** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:55 am

juventino wrote:I usually have to tell people the diff between Switzerland and Sweden. Esp in latino countries.

what they don't know? omg

sweden is in the north of europa
switzerland is in the middle of europa
switzerland speaks german, sweden has its own langluage,
around sweden is much sea, around switzerland no sea
etc.
etc.
etc.

by **static_ice** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:53 am

its a neutral country

just kidding I know that's switzerland not sweden...

by **btownmeggy** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:57 am

juventino wrote:I usually have to tell people the diff between Switzerland and Sweden. Esp in latino countries.

Suiza and Suecia are too similar. I mean, I obviously know the difference, but when speaking Spanish I'm much more likely to call one by the other's name than when speaking English.

by **Backglass** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:02 pm

This is what I know about Sweden...and it is all I need to know.

They have very nice cars there. :lol:

by **Gavino07** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:18 pm

Sweden is the richest country in Scandinavia! Don't worry, Norway will get their day.

by **onbekende** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:23 pm

Backglass wrote:This is what I know about Sweden...and it is all I need to know.

They have very nice cars there.

http://www.sportbilen.se/bilder/bildspe ... 1024px.jpg

Peugeot is French, idiot

by **Smurf75** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:28 pm

onbekende wrote:
Backglass wrote:This is what I know about Sweden...and it is all I need to know.

They have very nice cars there.

http://www.sportbilen.se/bilder/bildspe ... 1024px.jpg

Peugeot is French, idiot

He wrote have, dont make. Anyway... they also make nice cars

by **Aradhus** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:30 pm

Nice car, Backglass. And if I may say so, what a pair of headlights. I'd really like to ride that model...of car. :wink:

by **Ruben Cassar** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:48 pm

Correcting some stuff that has been written...

The car is a Peugeot as someone already said. Sweden makes Saab and Volvo and Sweden is written Sverige in Swedish. Btw, Swedish girls are absolutely gorgeous...

Sweden is definitely not the richest country in Scandinavia. Norway is the richest by far...and you should know that Gavino. Norway has oil...in fact after Saudi Arabia and Russia, Norway produces the most oil in the world.

Wisse they don't speak only German in Switzerland! They speak German, French, Italian and Romansh depending on the canton you are in.

I know many things about Sweden but I don't want to bore you all. On a side note I would like to thank Sweden for some of my favourite bands like Europe and Roxette. I thank Sweden for being an example of democracy and social welfare for the whole world. I hope to visit your great country someday...if only it wasn't so damn expensive!

by **Warrior987** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:49 pm

SnowGeneral wrote:Im from Sweden and I just whant to know what you guys know about Sweden. Sweden is often mixed up with other countries like Germany and Holland. Just write all you know about Sweden without looking it up on wikipedia first. I'm mostly intrested about what people in the US and other countries far from Sweden know.

Scandinavian Coutries by order of Awesomness:

1. Norway

2. Finland

3. Sweden

4. Denmark

by **TimoS** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:11 pm

Warrior987 wrote:
SnowGeneral wrote:Im from Sweden and I just whant to know what you guys know about Sweden. Sweden is often mixed up with other countries like Germany and Holland. Just write all you know about Sweden without looking it up on wikipedia first. I'm mostly intrested about what people in the US and other countries far from Sweden know.

Scandinavian Coutries by order of Awesomness:

1. Norway

2. Finland

Wohoo! Go Finland!

by **Cynthia** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:11 pm

Warrior987 wrote:
SnowGeneral wrote:Im from Sweden and I just whant to know what you guys know about Sweden. Sweden is often mixed up with other countries like Germany and Holland. Just write all you know about Sweden without looking it up on wikipedia first. I'm mostly intrested about what people in the US and other countries far from Sweden know.

Scandinavian Coutries by order of Awesomness:

1. Norway

2. Finland

3. Sweden

4. Denmark

Wohoo! Go Norway

by **Warrior987** on Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:15 pm

Cynthia wrote:
Warrior987 wrote:
SnowGeneral wrote:Im from Sweden and I just whant to know what you guys know about Sweden. Sweden is often mixed up with other countries like Germany and Holland. Just write all you know about Sweden without looking it up on wikipedia first. I'm mostly intrested about what people in the US and other countries far from Sweden know.

Scandinavian Coutries by order of Awesomness:
0. Me[b]

1. Norway

2. Finland

3. Sweden

4. Denmark

Wohoo! Go Norway