RE: unlike the Swedes, who are pathetic.
Weren’t the Vikings notorious raiders and slave traders? That’s what the Swedes want to forget.
> Weren’t the Vikings notorious raiders and slave traders? That’s what the Swedes want to forget. <
My wild guess is that the Swedes still feel some shame over how they behaved in WW II. Sweden was neutral, but they played a huge part in keeping the Nazi war machine going.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_iron-ore_mining_during_World_War_II