[Snickersnee]

When Sweden adopted Socialism at the end of the XIX Century, they canvassed the population to see who was most likely to be a drag on the system -- the shiftless, the mentally slow, the big families -- and they exported them to North America en masse. I think it amounted to almost ten percent of the whole kingdom emigrating over a few years' time. As we know, these went largely to the Upper Midwest, where they were wildly successful. That's what happens when you have liberty.

On the other hand, they gave us the likes of Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone....

[Torie]

I don't believe any of the three you mentioned are Swedish. Mondale is Norwegian.

[Migraine]

On the other hand, they gave us the likes of Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Paul Wellstone....

...not to mention McGovern and Dasshole...

Hey, my forebears came on a ship from Sweden in 1636, landing in what is now Delaware. But I'm prouder to have two Indian grandmas.

[Intolerant in NJ]

they canvassed the population to see who was most likely to be a drag on the system -- the shiftless, the mentally slow, the big families --...seems to me I recall a story a year or so ago about a scandal brewing in Sweden over the fact that the government had engaged in a program of sterilization of the "mentally slow" - intellectually deficient - so that they would not have to spend as much money on care and supervision of future generations of impaired individuals...seems they had to resort to some pretty sordid practices to maintain their smug "progressive" facade.....

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

As we know, these went largely to the Upper Midwest, where they were wildly successful.

I thought the study should have compared Swedish-Americans to Swedish-Europeans. Then instead of a few percentage points the difference would have been like 50-70%.