Posted on 02/11/2010 2:24:36 PM PST by The Swedish Guy
Hi! New member here. Just wanted to see if there are any interesting questions about Sweden. I'll answer them all as best as I possibly can.
My grandparents came over to America from Bohuslän and settled in Chicago. My cousin now runs the Henriksson family farm in Torbal (between Tanumshede and Lur). I have spent a lot of time in Sweden visiting friends and relatives.
Var bor du i Sverige?
Ping to the Swedish Ping List.
Thanks for the welcome :)
The answer to your questions are that Swedes in general have quite a lot of pride in regards to Saab and Volvo, while also feeling sad for the meagre state the companies are in today. When it comes to Saab specifically we feel hopeful that the Spyker deal will work out, but most people are a bit sceptic whether or not this will succeed in reviving Saab and make it competitive (Which it hasn't been in some 20 years).
Hmm, that doesn't work. From the context I thought it meant something like "How annoying!" or "That's disgusting!" I guess it will have to remain a mystery. Thanks anyway.
More Swedes actually moved to northern Illinois. Chicago, where my grandparents moved, is the Swedish capital of America. In 1920, there were more people born in Sweden living in Chicago than in any city in the world except Stockholm.
Norwegian sounds almost like a Swedish dialect and you usually need a little bit of practice to fully understand what they are saying. Danish is a completely different matter. I've been living pretty close to Danemark for a year now and I can't understand a single word. I can read Danish though so it's just the pronunciation I don't get.
I think “Uff da!” is Norsk-American for what would be “Usch då!” på svenska.
I think it's supposed to be "ofta" which means "often".
Not Swedish - It is Norwegian-American for "Oy Vey".
why doesn’t Sweden return its stolen Jewish gold?
I'm living in Southern California right now, we always find warm and wet satisfying.
This obviously depends on a lot of different factors like are you living in the city, how old is your child etc. But usually kids go to school by themselves once they are six or maybe seven and are usually allowed to "roam". They are of course told the usual things like "don't talk to strangers" and "don't hop into a strangers car" but I wouldn't expect anything else from a worrying parent.
Would be cool if it was, but I'm guessing the only thing haunting it is bad conservation. If you wan't to read more about it their webpage is pretty good.
It is Norwegian-American for "Oy Vey"
Thanks, that makes sense.
Hej Karl! Tack så mycket för välkommnandet! I'm Fredrik and is currently living in Lund; I originally come from Stockholm. It would be great to be added to the Swedish ping list.
Can I add other pings by myself or do have to find the list master for those? Hmmm... I really need to find that newbie thread I was tipped about.
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Why?
I know about the Swedes in N. Illinois. My great grandfather came over from Vastervik to Mystic, Iowa, where there was a Swedish settlement in 1902. He got off the train in Chicago and looked up some shirt tail relatives nearby, then came to S. Iowa where he was a brick mason.
The Danes apologized for the Vikings a few years ago.
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