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Sweden-GAF |OT| I'd Say It's Pretty Lagom
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if you don't mind me asking, do you work in the private sector ? What's the split like between public and private ?
Hi Sweden gaf
My moms side is Swedish and Norwegian. Always been proud of that.
I went through Scandinavia a couple years ago. The overnight ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm and then took the super nice X2000 train or whatever to Copenhagen. Not the fastest train but it was beautiful. The scenery on that ride was also very nice. I took the night train from malmo to Berlin was pretty nice the train goes into a ship!
I don't know if I could live in Sweden though. The weather is a bit cold, and the super long short days would drive me crazy I think.
Super long short days?
Are you complaining about the long summer days or the short winter days?
Roughly, we have 18 hours of sunlight in Sweden during the summer, and around 6 hours of sunlight during the winter.
Median income (25900 SEK) you would be paying around 33% tax.
Guns (Bofors AB), jet engines (Volvo Aero), cars & trucks (Volvo). Used to have SAAB as well but they ran it into the ground.
Fudgepuppy
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RoadHazard
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Yeah, everyone drinks tap water here, no reason not to. Buying bottled water is pretty much unheard of (except when people want carbonated water, which I personally hate).
Cold weather and short days only actually happen during the winter though. During the summer it can get pretty damn hot, and the days are long as hell. But yeah, winter in Sweden isn't the best thing ever.
Äntligen. Now we only need a Norrland-GAF thread
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RoadHazard
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Hahah, vänner jag känner från gymnasiet kallar mig fortfarande det.
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Ain't much different on the mainland. At least Sweden has decent snow most years which brightens things up and the country knows how to handle the decimetres of coverage compared to say the UK which shits itself when 0.5 cm has fallen.Well, we make it up during the winters when we get four hours of sun.
Fudgepuppy
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Well we're I live we can handle the snow, but in Stockholm it's chaos every year when those first centimetres of snow drop.
I work in the private sector and that salary is high than in the public sector.
Public workforce is about 30%
Eh, I would go crazy if I couldn't have my long summer days. I could most certainly be without the shitty winter here, though.
Snytbaggen
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Okay, here it is. Not sure about the framerate but whatever.
Yes, we also have milk cartons (Tetra Pak). Oh and I forgot IKEA, and Swedish Match (tobacco company). Swedish Match (among other companies) make the superior form of tobacco delivery: snus.
Behold:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snus
Tobacco pouches (or in loose, or "lös") that you put under your upper lip. No second hand smoke, you can use it anywhere (smoking inside restaurants, public buildings, etc is banned), and doesn't cause cancer (i.e no study has found it to).
Both. I just don't like super long days in the summer, and then it's like a hangover all through winter. I liked everything else though. The Stockholm subway is so nice
I did like the food mostly. I got a bread topped with herring type snack from a street vendor.,Swedish and Norwegian always remind me of Christmas because that's when my family would eat it mostly.
Funny because we always ate 'limpa' bread. I learned when I was in Stockholm that limpa just means bread. Ha.
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ajhahahahah omg
Fudgepuppy
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If I'm not mistaken we export a lot of minerals and wood too.
Phoenician_Viking
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Hej Sverige!
I have been to both Malmø and Stockholm and i have to say Malmø>>>>>Stockholm. I find it too funny and awesome that we take the train from central station in Copenhagen and 30 minutes later we are in Sweden.
I have been to both Malmø and Stockholm and i have to say Malmø>>>>>Stockholm. I find it too funny and awesome that we take the train from central station in Copenhagen and 30 minutes later we are in Sweden.
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En sak som ni alltid förbiser: Skåne är inte den enda delen av det Skåneland som Damnark fick ge upp. Det inkluderar även Halland och Blekinge.
There is a very good reason for that. About half of the original Danish kingdom is now owned by Sweden (has been since the mid-1600s). Otherwise it would be a longer trip!
Both. I just don't like super long days in the summer, and then it's like a hangover all through winter. I liked everything else though. The Stockholm subway is so nice
I did like the food mostly. I got a bread topped with herring type snack from a street vendor.,Swedish and Norwegian always remind me of Christmas because that's when my family would eat it mostly.
Funny because we always ate 'limpa' bread. I learned when I was in Stockholm that limpa just means bread. Ha.
It doesn't, limpa is a type of bread and not just bread in general.
edit: well technically the guy below is right, it means loaf, but it's used for a certain type of bread
RoadHazard
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So damn awful. I can't stand any kind of liquorice, it just tastes absolutely terrible to me. It's a very divisive type of candy; some absolutely love it, while others (like me) think it's the worst taste in existence.
Good point. I bet the roads in Sweden also don't melt when it's over 25C.
SquiddyCracker
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Salty liquorice.
It was so disappointing though! We bought limpa bread special from the Swedish food store every Christmas. All this time it was just 'loaf' still very good bread though. I miss it.
I love northern European licorice candy too.
Usch fan, jag gillar lakrits men den där klarar jag inte av.
Wait, where does the roads melt due to that kind of temperature? 25C isn't that high. I mean, we get that in Sweden a week or two every summer.
Also Sweden is a neutral country, so please don't start a war with us. We do have a military that used to have mandatory military service (for 1 year) for every man when they turned 18. Then it was still officially "mandatory" but it was pretty easy to get out of if you wanted to, and now they have scrapped that altogether.
For a neutral country we sure do make a lot of guns and weapons
AT-4 from SAAB Bofors Dynamic.
Also we have bitchin' fighter jets:
JAS 39 Gripen (Gripen is Swedish for "Griffon"). They make the engine for that in the city I live in (Trollhättan).
Also a lot of roads in Sweden have been designed so they can be used as makeshift runways for military aircraft in case of war and our airbases being hit.
For a neutral country we sure do make a lot of guns and weapons
AT-4 from SAAB Bofors Dynamic.
Also we have bitchin' fighter jets:
JAS 39 Gripen (Gripen is Swedish for "Griffon"). They make the engine for that in the city I live in (Trollhättan).
Also a lot of roads in Sweden have been designed so they can be used as makeshift runways for military aircraft in case of war and our airbases being hit.
why junior why?
RoadHazard
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Perfect!
Fudgepuppy
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Liquorice overall is a very love it/hate it affair.
Most swedes do seem to like it a lot more than most other countries, except for the fins, they fucking love that shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5fQZhv0poU
RoadHazard
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It doesn't have to be. I by my snus in "stockar" ("stocks"?) of 10 for 360 SEK, so 36 SEK per tin. Still kind of expensive, but a far cry from what it typically costs to buy a single tin.
(Göteborgs Rapé all the way!)
I agree with everything he said
Wait, where does the roads melt due to that kind of temperature? 25C isn't that high. I mean, we get that in Sweden a week or two every summer.
I visited the local govt in hertfordshire, north of london. They said their roads melt in the summer when it gets above 30C or something. They were using it as an impact of global warming. I thought it was a bit sad because where I grew up its 40C in the summer and -30C in the winter.
Anyway looks like you can buy the limpa inwas talking about online!
http://www.ingebretsens.com/foods/breads-cereals/ingebretsen-s-limpa.html
Snytbaggen
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Another great (norwegian) invention that is common in Sweden. I can't believe more countries don't use it.
Seriously. How do they even do it? I mean, I really have no idea. Do they just cut chunks out of it with a knife?
There's a special type of loaf bread for Christmas and Easter which is what I miss, called vörtbröd. It's darker than regular brown loaf bread. I used to eat that loaf after loaf as a kid.
I introduced some friends to a cheese slicer as they call it. It was a magical moment for them.
I've actually seen them in shops referred to as Swedish cheese graters in Ireland.
Same as "Swedish bread" = knäckebröd