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[Lovely Salsa]

Just you wait, Sweden. Some day soon, we will take back Skåne, Halland and Blekinge.

You can have it all

 

[DevilDog]

Carl XVI Gustaf, king of Sweden. [A short documentary]

 

[nubbe]

When the state started doing inventory of our populus it was classified, because Russia would have annexed us if they knew how easy it would have been

 

[strafer]

More people than WoW players.

 

[Doomshroom]

I know but it's still pretty crazy when I think about it. Those two cities I listed have a combined square mileage of 540 (1400 square km). Sweden is 204,000 square miles ( 530,000). Cali is actually about 40,000 square miles (105,000) fewer than Sweden and has four times its population..

Its still to crowded i hate when you have to stop in a roundabout.

 

[Majine]

They mind adding anywhere between one and... 65 million people starting around let's say.... noonish today?

Depends, are you okay with being annexed by Russia in the next four years?

 

[UnObtainium17]

Size

Which one of those colors is Swedan?

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Depends, are you okay with being annexed by Russia in the next four years?

I mean I'll take 4 years of freedom over being a puppet state to them after today.

 

[Dalibor68]

To swedes: how is it with the "lack of sunlight" say in Stockholm? Is it really a big deal? I was in copenhagen in december (which is still more south than Stockholm, but more north than say Malmö) and didn't notice any difference to Austria. And is there a "recommended" time of the year to visit?

 

[Grassclipper]

To swedes: how is it with the "lack of sunlight" say in Stockholm? Is it really a big deal? I was in copenhagen in december (which is still more south than Stockholm, but more north than say Malmö) and didn't notice any difference to Austria. And is there a "recommended" time of the year to visit?

Summer is always nice. The sun is up really long. As of right now, I think that it's light out for a fair amount of time. (Uppsala area.) Overall though I learned how to handle the darkness of winter so it doesn't bother me a lot anymore.

Good going Sweden by the way.

 

[Liljagare]

To swedes: how is it with the "lack of sunlight" say in Stockholm? Is it really a big deal? I was in copenhagen in december (which is still more south than Stockholm, but more north than say Malmö) and didn't notice any difference to Austria. And is there a "recommended" time of the year to visit?

During summer it's almost light 20 hours a day, but winters suuuuuuuuuck. Nov-dec are vampire months, I hate them, sun gets up at 9 and sets at 2, and add the weather its pretty much gloomy all day.

June/July/August/September are nice months usually, May can be a hit or miss.

I hate the winters here, and need light therapy during them..

 

[Frankfurter]

The crazy thing is that Sweden is actually bigger than say Germany (which is at 82million).

Sweden 450,295 km2
Germany 357,168 km2

There is a lot of "uncommon" geographical knowledge that is really fascinating. Australia being bigger than the US, Bangladesh having a population of 160million, generally the fact that most of our maps are completely unproportional towards the north.



Agreed.



Both. Lots of people seeking asylum but also scandinavia and sweden in particular seem to have a certain pull-factor within the EU. My gf's best friend for example moved to Uppsala university to study there and likes it alot, aside from the lack of sun sometimes.

But... it isn't.

 

[Dalibor68]

But... it isn't.

Mainland US* (Contiguous 48)

During summer it's almost light 20 hours a day, but winters suuuuuuuuuck. Nov-dec are vampire months, I hate them, sun gets up at 9 and sets at 2, and add the weather its pretty much gloomy all day.

June/July/August/September are nice months usually, May can be a hit or miss.

I hate the winters here, and need light therapy during them..

Isn't 20 light hours a day also kind of annoying? Then again I guess you can always pull down the window shutters to sleep.

 

[slit]

Mainland US* (Contiguous 48)

It still isn't.

 

[archnemesis]

To swedes: how is it with the "lack of sunlight" say in Stockholm? Is it really a big deal? I was in copenhagen in december (which is still more south than Stockholm, but more north than say Malmö) and didn't notice any difference to Austria. And is there a "recommended" time of the year to visit?

Today we have about seven hours of sun in Stockholm. If it's cloudy, and it often is, then there will be a dull gray light. May to September are great months to visit us. The northern parts of the country are pretty in winter.

 

[Airola]

That's an old coin, they removed the visual on current ones.

Yeah, it's still funny it once was real though
And it might even be funnier because they acknowledged it and changed it. Like, there were officials who looked at it and thought "shit, that really looks like a penis with balls and all..." and they had to do all the paperwork needed to change it

 

[amanset]

Unsurprising given their immigration numbers. We'll find out in the next years whether the rise in population is a good thing or not.

As one of those immigrants I am happy to take the blame.

 

[Dalibor68]

It still isn't.

It is, when we talk about Australia as a whole vs Contiguous 48.

Australia - 7 692 024

http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-top...ions/area-of-australia-states-and-territories

Together, the 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C. occupy a combined area of 3,119,884.69 square miles (8,080,464.3 km2), which is 1.58% of the total surface area of Earth. Of this area, 2,959,064.44 square miles (7,663,941.7 km2) is land, composing 83.65% of U.S. land area, similar to the area of Australia.[6]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiguous_United_States

(I guess if you also only count the australian mainland area, then the contiguous US is indeed ahead still but only by ~4000km²)

In either case, the point is that most people probably wouldn't expect Australia to be this big.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

The crazy thing is that Sweden is actually bigger than say Germany (which is at 82million).

Sweden 450,295 km2
Germany 357,168 km2

There is a lot of "uncommon" geographical knowledge that is really fascinating. Australia being bigger than the (*edit* -> Mainland, contiguous 48) US, Bangladesh having a population of 160million, generally the fact that most of our maps are completely unproportional towards the north.



Agreed.



Both. Lots of people seeking asylum but also scandinavia and sweden in particular seem to have a certain pull-factor within the EU. My gf's best friend for example moved to Uppsala university to study there and likes it alot, aside from the lack of sun sometimes.

The Netherlands hit the 17 million inhabitants mark last year. It's roughly a tenth the size of Sweden.

 

[GCX]

Isn't 20 light hours a day also kind of annoying? Then again I guess you can always pull down the window shutters to sleep.

Believe me, after the dark winter it feels like heaven.

 

[norinrad]

Time to deploy the Swedish military to the Finnish border. Too many Finlandia's coming into Sweden. I will gladly allow all Finnish women to pass, the man can stay home and restore Nokia's glorious past.

 

[amanset]

The crazy thing is that Sweden is actually bigger than say Germany (which is at 82million).

Sweden 450,295 km2
Germany 357,168 km2

Yeah, the Nordics have some of the lowest population densities in Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_and_population_of_European_countries

Population density, area and population of internationally recognised countries and dependencies in Europe
Name Population Density(/km2) Area(km2) Population
Monaco Monaco 18,369 1.98 36,371
Gibraltar Gibraltar (UK) 4,328 6.8 29,431
Vatican City Vatican City 2,045 0.44 900
Malta Malta 1,260 316 397,499
Guernsey Guernsey (UK) 990 78 64,587
Jersey Jersey (UK) 774 116 89,775
San Marino San Marino 455 61 27,730
Netherlands Netherlands 393 41,526 17,100,500
Belgium Belgium 337 30,510 11,007,020
United Kingdom United Kingdom 269 243,610 65,542,579
Germany Germany 233 357,021 81,799,600
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 205 160 32,842
Italy Italy 192 301,230 60,665,625
Switzerland Switzerland 207 41,290 7,301,994
Luxembourg Luxembourg 173 2,586 512,000
Andorra Andorra 146 468 68,403
Moldova Moldova 131 33,843 4,434,547
Czech Republic Czech Republic 130 78,866 10,674,947
Isle of Man Isle of Man 129 572 73,873
Denmark Denmark 125 43,094 5,368,854
Poland Poland 124 312,685 38,625,478
Albania Albania 123 28,748 3,544,841
Cyprus Cyprus 117 9,248 803,147
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 113 86,600 9,754,830
Slovakia Slovakia 111 48,845 5,422,366
France France 111 547,030 63,601,002
Portugal Portugal 109 92,391 10,617,999
Armenia Armenia 108 29,743 3,262,200
Hungary Hungary 108 93,030 10,075,034
Serbia Serbia 97 88,361 7,498,001
Austria Austria 97 83,858 8,169,929
Slovenia Slovenia 95 20,273 2,048,847
Spain Spain 92 505,782 46,777,373
Greece Greece 81 131,940 11,606,813
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 81 25,713 2,054,800
Romania Romania 80 238,391 19,043,767
Croatia Croatia 78 56,542 4,490,751
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 51,129 3,964,388
Ukraine Ukraine 76 603,700 45,396,470
Georgia (country) Georgia 71 69,700 4,960,951
Bulgaria Bulgaria 69 110,910 7,621,337
Republic of Ireland Ireland 65 70,280 4,581,269
Belarus Belarus 50 207,600 10,335,382
Montenegro Montenegro 48 13,812 626,000
Lithuania Lithuania 44 65,200 2,881,020
Latvia Latvia 37 64,589 1,973,127
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands (Denmark) 33 1,399 46,011
Estonia Estonia 28 45,226 1,294,236
Sweden Sweden 20 449,964 9,515,744
Finland Finland 16 338,424 5,410,233
Norway Norway 13 385,252 5,033,675
Russia Russia 8 17,075,400 143,100,000
Iceland Iceland 3 103,001 320,060
Total 31.56 26,680,676 842,033,572

 

[amanset]

During summer it's almost light 20 hours a day, but winters suuuuuuuuuck. Nov-dec are vampire months, I hate them, sun gets up at 9 and sets at 2, and add the weather its pretty much gloomy all day.

June/July/August/September are nice months usually, May can be a hit or miss.

I hate the winters here, and need light therapy during them..

I find Winter fine when there's snow as that pretty much lightens up everywhere.

Unfortunately the last four winters have been shite.

 

[slit]

It is:


http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-top...ions/area-of-australia-states-and-territories


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiguous_United_States

(I guess if you also only count the australian mainland area, then the contiguous US is indeed ahead still but only by ~4000km², but then again this map says otherwise: http://www.comparea.org/USA48+AUS - their australia size however doesnt match up with the current wiki article they cite)

In either case, the point is that most people probably wouldn't expect Australia to be this big.

If your talking total area it isn't . You didn't qualify anything else.

 

[amanset]

The Netherlands hit the 17 million inhabitants mark last year. It's roughly a tenth the size of Sweden.

If you treat England alone, which could well happen these days, I believe it is the second most densely populated country in the EU after Malta. In 2013 there were 413 people per square kilometre. The Netherlands is 411.8.

 

[RoyalLaFlame]

My country had more population than Sweden? What??!

 

[xrnzaaas]

I wonder how they'll spin the news on the immigrant minority eventually becoming the majority in a couple of decades.

 

[Staf]

Vi gjorde det SweGAF, bra jobbat!

 

[Paganmoon]

I find Winter fine when there's snow as that pretty much lightens up everywhere.

Unfortunately the last four winters have been shite.

14 degrees here in Gothenburg right now... It's like we've got summer all over again!

I wonder how they'll spin the news on the immigrant minority eventually becoming the majority in a couple of decades.

Hmm, yeah, those damned Finns taking over.

 

[Tunesmith]

I'm impressed it slipped past the many eyes that would have had to approve it in the first place.

Yeah, it's still funny it once was real though
And it might even be funnier because they acknowledged it and changed it. Like, there were officials who looked at it and thought "shit, that really looks like a penis with balls and all..." and they had to do all the paperwork needed to change it

I think it was part of a grander re-design of the motifs as a whole (convenient eey?) so that the coins didn't need to be changed as new countries joined the union, there are still millions of the old coins in circulation though so plenty of geographical phallus's to go around.

 

[Condom]

I wonder how they'll spin the news on the immigrant minority eventually becoming the majority in a couple of decades.

Source? That will take at least a century.

 

[GCX]

Time to deploy the Swedish military to the Finnish border. Too many Finlandia's coming into Sweden. I will gladly allow all Finnish women to pass, the man can stay home and restore Nokia's glorious past.

The "18% of Swedish people born abroad are from Finland" data is kinda skewed, the main reason behind that is the mass migration that happened in the 60s. It doesn't really represent current immigration patterns so you can sleep your nights safe and sound.

Spoiler

 

[Staf]

14 degrees here in Gothenburg right now... It's like we've got summer all over again!

Firstly, another person from Gothenburg on GAF?! Is your name Glenn by any chance?
Secondly, it's 8 degrees i Gothenburg here at work .

 

[Timbuktu]

Amazing that New York City is almost as big (population) as all of Sweden. Either I should be surprised that Sweden has so few residents, or that NYC is just that fucking packed.

I guess plenty cities in China or India that no one here can name have bigger populations than a lot of European countries.

 

[strafer]

any in Uppsala by any chance?

 

[amanset]

Isn't 20 light hours a day also kind of annoying? Then again I guess you can always pull down the window shutters to sleep.

To give you an idea of the extreme it gets to in Stockholm, this photo was taken at a suburban Stockholm station at 11:40pm on 2015-06-25:

You kind of get used to it.

 

[Tunesmith]

Firstly, another person from Gothenburg on GAF?! Is your name Glenn by any chance?
Secondly, it's 8 degrees i Gothenburg here at work .

I'm from Gbg as well and I can confirm everyone is called Glenn.

 

[Dalibor68]

To give you an idea of the extreme it gets to in Stockholm, this photo was taken at a suburban Stockholm station at 11:40pm on 2015-06-25:

You kind of get used to it.

Woah that seems insane, but also cool in a way. Kind of reminds me of the typical bright nights in videogames

Maybe that has an effect on crime statistics btw? Since afaik there's studies showing that usually more crimes are committed at night / in badly-lit areas?

 

[Tunesmith]

To give you an idea of the extreme it gets to in Stockholm, this photo was taken at a suburban Stockholm station at 11:40pm on 2015-06-25:



You kind of get used to it.

You also miss it a shit ton when you're living abroad in places where the sun sets at 21:00 or before during high summers. :|

 

[Christhor]

I want a wall between Norway and Sweden, stat. Having a long open border to Sweden is the worst feeling in the world guys.

 

[amanset]

You also miss it a shit ton when you're living abroad in places where the sun sets at 21:00 or before during high summers. :|

I'm always amused by sleeping in during the winter at the weekend. You wake up and you're not sure if it is a bit dark because the sun is going up or down. It really could be either.

 

[Paganmoon]

Firstly, another person from Gothenburg on GAF?! Is your name Glenn by any chance?
Secondly, it's 8 degrees i Gothenburg here at work .

Got-GAF represent!

14 degrees according to my outside termometer, but could be cause the sun actually got some stray rays through the clouds And 8 degrees, yeah, still almost like summer, right?

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I want a wall between Norway and Sweden, stat. Having a long open border to Sweden is the worst feeling in the world guys.

are you trying to get elected? Because that's how you get yourself elected.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I guess plenty cities in China or India that no one here can name have bigger populations than a lot of European countries.

I bet most of GAF could correctly guess a good number of them.

 

[strafer]

I want a wall between Norway and Sweden, stat. Having a long open border to Sweden is the worst feeling in the world guys.

But I love Norway.

 

[Christhor]

are you trying to get elected? Because that's how you get yourself elected.

That would be fun, but we already have Sylvi Listhaug. She just needs a bit more power and she'll take care of that wall.

 

[CoolOff]

Always wanted to visit Sweden. When is the best time? May?

I'd say early June. Maximize sun-hours and most Swedes haven't started their holidays yet so it won't be too crowded.

 

[Staf]

I want a wall between Norway and Sweden, stat. Having a long open border to Sweden is the worst feeling in the world guys.

We are pretty awesome here in Sweden. Would prefer not having a wall though. Don't want to make it needlessly difficult in invading Norway for the oil in the coming years.

 

[Ullus]

To give you an idea of the extreme it gets to in Stockholm, this photo was taken at a suburban Stockholm station at 11:40pm on 2015-06-25:



You kind of get used to it.

It does get pretty silly, but like you said, you get used to it.
Had this in my dropbox, taken 3 AM on June 6th according to the file date:

 

[MikeHattsu]

I want a wall between Norway and Sweden, stat. Having a long open border to Sweden is the worst feeling in the world guys.

How would we get to Strömstad then?