Sweden, what do you know about it and its history?

**Salem1** · August 30, 2009, 09:29 AM

Could be anything really. What do you know about this country? I'm interested since we're a small country, and thus I'd like to know what people know about Sweden.

**CiviC** · August 30, 2009, 09:44 AM

Well you were great in 1600's and your history is very interesting in that period.

**dogukan** · August 30, 2009, 10:01 AM

girls are great
handball is good
has immigration problems
is sort of socialist which is good
height average is taller than many
girls are awesome
not related to Finns
Same family with Danes and Norwegians
had a kickass army during late reneissance and early enlighrenment era
has many significant figures in history
troubled with Danes
Girls are hot
probably gets boring for a meditrrenean person after a while-at least in the more northern parts
cold winters
small population but women-men ratio is good I suppose
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ljungberg
Used to be imperialist evil, especially to Finns earlier
I hate nationalists who wants to talk about their country all the time and they are there just like in every other country( haha not to you Salem....maybe

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Swedish meatballs? Never tasted but is probably good.
IKEA!!!
Girls
Isolated a little but still gets a lot of immigration
Suprisingly has her own military industry...for a small country and a PEACEFULL SMALL COUNTRY.

Carl something after escaping Poltava had demanded help from Ottomans and stayed there for a while and for his personality gained the respect of Janissaries who called them "Demirbaş"(ironhead) Şarl.

**Lord of Lost Socks** · August 30, 2009, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by dogukan

Used to be imperialist evil, especially to Finns earlier

Well, the Russians were worse

Originally Posted by dogukan

what is good about having "fiercest" vikings?

Dude... Vikings!

Originally Posted by Rodina38

The have not fought a war for exactly 200 years from 2009.

Yeah, the Swedes got beaten so bad they became pacifist.

**Hakkapeliitta** · August 31, 2009, 02:20 AM

Originally Posted by Alarim

Well, the Russians were worse

Well, Finland had a great deal of autonomy under the Russian empire and we weren't forced to fight in their wars, so apart from the russification period I'd say Finns were alot better off under the Russians than under the Swedes.

**Tiberius Tosi** · August 30, 2009, 10:07 AM

To be honest, close to nothing. You king is a decendent of a French general (Bernadotte) who was randomly chosen by Charles the something (II? X?). Umm, you guys were awesome way back when, but then slowly lost power. People get you mixed up with Switzerland a lot. You guys were a safehaven for refugees during WWII. Sweden = cold, people always say "ya sveden" when talking about Sweden. You king is Gustaf or something like that, and that's pretty much all I know lol, pathetic. Oh yeah and your president a while back looked exactly like Conan O'brien.

**Centurio Marcus** · August 30, 2009, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by Tiberius Tosi

You king is Gustaf or something like that, and that's pretty much all I know lol, pathetic. Oh yeah and your president a while back looked exactly like Conan O'brien.

I had no idea that Sweden had both king and president...

And it was OUR president who looked like Conie.

**IMPERATOR_5** · August 31, 2009, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by Tiberius Tosi

Oh yeah and your president a while back looked exactly like Conan O'brien.

It was Finlands president

. And Sweden is not a republic

**Habelo** · August 30, 2009, 10:07 AM

The only thing that is good about sweden (better then other countries) is that we had the fiercest vikings, and vikings lived in an utopia. something that we are a long way from in modern times.

**dogukan** · August 30, 2009, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Habelo

The only thing that is good about sweden (better then other countries) is that we had the fiercest vikings, and vikings lived in an utopia. something that we are a long way from in modern times.

what is good about having "fiercest" vikings?

**DAVIDE** · August 30, 2009, 10:16 AM

**Habelo** · August 30, 2009, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by dogukan

what is good about having "fiercest" vikings?

they are better then everyone else? no civilization has achivied the amount of joy a people experienced since during those times.

**Tiberius Tosi** · August 30, 2009, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by Habelo

they are better then everyone else? no civilization has achivied the amount of joy a people experienced since during those times.

Sorry but, how do we know they were so happy?

**dogukan** · August 30, 2009, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by Habelo

they are better then everyone else? no civilization has achivied the amount of joy a people experienced since during those times.

how do you know they were happy?
And how do we know they are the fiercest?
And is being fierce an awesome thing to be proud of? Let's say it is, should I respect a Swede for that particular reason?

(soory, I declared war on nationalism)

**Old_Scratch** · August 30, 2009, 11:08 AM

I can point out it's location on a map and I have a general idea of what the terrain is like. And I know a little about Gustavus Adolphus and the 30 years war, that's about it.

**Tiberios** · August 30, 2009, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by dogukan

how do you know they were happy?
And how do we know they are the fiercest?
And is being fierce an awesome thing to be proud of? Let's say it is, should I respect a Swede for that particular reason?

(soory, I declared war on nationalism)

I have to agree. There is no way of prove which Vikings (danish, Swedish or Norwegian) were the fiercest. Nor does it matter at all.

Originally Posted by Rodina38

The have not fought a war for exactly 200 years from 2009.

Soon to become the Swiss of the North

**~~removeduser_052420~~** · August 30, 2009, 10:08 AM

Swedish Girls are hot, and there is a candy in America called "Swedish Fish", which is really good. But other than that, most Americans don't know jack didley squat, and don't really care either.