Thanks for the history lesson. I did not realize the French influence but remember the deal with Napoleon.
I love the skiing to get away from the Danes and 200 miles. Yes - I understand about cross country skiing and Sa’ami.
I remember in college I had a Norwegian exchange student buddy. A conservative too. We also had some Finns in one class. Where he lived off campus there were a lot of Finns. Well the big Scandinavia winter sports thing occurs which is a really big deal. Like a Scandinavia Olympics that occurs either yearly or every 4 years. Well he is all excited and starts to antagonize the Finns.
Funny guy and I think his family was loaded. He told me in an offhand way how his tailor in London had everything memorized.
The royalty in Sweden was doing well until this scandal. The woman are so good looking it makes it tough to be king...but somebody’s gotta do it.
Yeah, why not ~ gotta' be one tough job. And then there are all those saunas!
One of my early French ancestors who moved to Sweden in the 1500s was given one of the Vassa King's illegitimate daughters as a bride. Later on one of his grandson's snagged another later king's own mistress.
Those guys used to keep harems! They were then, and remain, only nominally Christian.