[norton]

Several years back I had the joy of dealing with a Swedish company; only made it work by pulling the job from them and forcing novation to a US firm. Their lead negotiator admitted that the only way to liven up a group of Swedes was to be certain there was at least one Finn included.

That certainly applied to those I dealt with.

While the negotiating team made it clear that they had no regard for our laws, under which they'd agreed to perform, the most reasonable and personable non-Finns I dealt with were in the legal firm defending them.

[AppyPappy]

The Swedes at Volvo would brag about how much time they got off in Sweden. When they were asked “Why don’t you offer that same benefit to Americans?”, they responded “The US government limits vacation time to two weeks”.

Absolute morons.