What Sweden is famous for?

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cleverlymadeup

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Higurashi said:
crazyhaircut94 said:
I don't know much about other countries, or much at all, but what is it that other countries think of Sweden? I've heard some say meatballs, and other say sexy women, and some other stuff I can't remember. But what pops up in your head when you think of Sweden?
Well, my fellow Viking, *scoffs mightily*, unfortunately a lot of people in the internet seem to think about ABBA, IKEA and Volvo. They don't think about dynamite, or the zipper, Polhemknuten, the 100-point thermometer, flintlock muskets, the Scheutzian calculation engine, the safety match, the Wahrendorff breech, the revolver (yes, at the same time and independently of Samuel Colt), cream separators, the pulse jet engine, sewing machine that can print logarithmic tables, the Nordenfelt machine-gun, the Odhner arithmometer, Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson (okay, maybe some do), the three-phase electrical system (along with Tesla), the adjustable spanner, the blowtorch, paraffin oil/kerosene cookers, sootless kerosene stoves, the sun valve, bicycles with a free wheel and a rear-wheel brake, high-pressure steam boilers, the Ljungström turbine, the turbine-powered locomotive, the air preheater, the the multi-row self-aligning radial ball bearing, the steel alloy Kanthal, ship propellers, <url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor>Monitor, the ultracentrifugation method for determination of molecular weights, the pyranometer, gas absorption refrigerators, foam plastic, insulation materials, air conditioners, dehumidification devices, the defibrator pulping refiner, the Asplund-method, the the coated electrode used in manual metal arc welding, the first practical dialysis machine, the principle of hemofiltration, echocardiography, the three-point safety belt, the wired rotor principle for machine encipherment, the Malaise trap and his works, the absorption refrigerator, the spherical bearing, Tetra Pak, the digitizer (predecessor of the computer mouse), the further development of the satellite-guided GPS into the AIS, the Power Former, the usage of electrophoresis to analyse proteins, the battery-powered pacemaker, the gamma knife for brain surgery, Losec or the Mecanum wheel.

Nooo. They think of ABBA. ABBA! No one likes ABBA, especially not us Swedish, and especially not when you have to hear that's what everyone associates Sweden with. Just think of dynamite and go blow something up.

Ingenuity. That's what the Swedish are famous for. That and being individualistic, socialistic, introvert, but hospitable, pricks.
you forgot the Nobel Prize, something i did mnetion along with nitroglycerin, that was used in dynamite

and hate to say it but a LOT of people like ABBA, they're still extremely popular, so much so that when offered $1 billion to tour they turned it down cause they made too much sitting at home
 

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For me, Sweden brings to mind bands. However, most of said bands were from a free mp3 website and relatively unknown in my area...
 

The Brian J

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Alright I wrote two different things in this post before realizing that they're both from Switzerland.

So, honestly, I can't think of anything that sticks out in my mind when I think of Sweden...
 

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TyeDye75 said:
To me Sweden means an excellent example of a socialist government that works, and also a populace which over=achieves in nearly every pursuit. The number of successfull sportspeople, musicians and even poker players far exceeds their relatively small population.
This.

And swedish fish.
 

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cleverlymadeup said:
Higurashi said:
crazyhaircut94 said:
I don't know much about other countries, or much at all, but what is it that other countries think of Sweden? I've heard some say meatballs, and other say sexy women, and some other stuff I can't remember. But what pops up in your head when you think of Sweden?
Well, my fellow Viking, *scoffs mightily*, unfortunately a lot of people in the internet seem to think about ABBA, IKEA and Volvo. They don't think about dynamite, or the zipper, Polhemknuten, the 100-point thermometer, flintlock muskets, the Scheutzian calculation engine, the safety match, the Wahrendorff breech, the revolver (yes, at the same time and independently of Samuel Colt), cream separators, the pulse jet engine, sewing machine that can print logarithmic tables, the Nordenfelt machine-gun, the Odhner arithmometer, Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson (okay, maybe some do), the three-phase electrical system (along with Tesla), the adjustable spanner, the blowtorch, paraffin oil/kerosene cookers, sootless kerosene stoves, the sun valve, bicycles with a free wheel and a rear-wheel brake, high-pressure steam boilers, the Ljungström turbine, the turbine-powered locomotive, the air preheater, the the multi-row self-aligning radial ball bearing, the steel alloy Kanthal, ship propellers, <url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor>Monitor, the ultracentrifugation method for determination of molecular weights, the pyranometer, gas absorption refrigerators, foam plastic, insulation materials, air conditioners, dehumidification devices, the defibrator pulping refiner, the Asplund-method, the the coated electrode used in manual metal arc welding, the first practical dialysis machine, the principle of hemofiltration, echocardiography, the three-point safety belt, the wired rotor principle for machine encipherment, the Malaise trap and his works, the absorption refrigerator, the spherical bearing, Tetra Pak, the digitizer (predecessor of the computer mouse), the further development of the satellite-guided GPS into the AIS, the Power Former, the usage of electrophoresis to analyse proteins, the battery-powered pacemaker, the gamma knife for brain surgery, Losec or the Mecanum wheel.

Nooo. They think of ABBA. ABBA! No one likes ABBA, especially not us Swedish, and especially not when you have to hear that's what everyone associates Sweden with. Just think of dynamite and go blow something up.

Ingenuity. That's what the Swedish are famous for. That and being individualistic, socialistic, introvert, but hospitable, pricks.
you forgot the Nobel Prize, something i did mnetion along with nitroglycerin, that was used in dynamite

and hate to say it but a LOT of people like ABBA, they're still extremely popular, so much so that when offered $1 billion to tour they turned it down cause they made too much sitting at home
Pretty much most of that rant, except the ABBA part (have to agree with cleverlymadeup, as I am one of those people, thank you), and what everyone else has said are what I think of. Given enough time, of course.

And Saab. I don't think that's been mentioned. Now that [a href=http://www.koenigsegg.com/]Koenigsegg[/a] are the new owners[sup]1[/sup]... *drool*

I especially agree the part about being "individualistic, socialistic, introvert, but hospitable, pricks." Aside from the socialist bit, that's me in a nutshell, and I've never even been to the old country. Hell, the socialist bit might also be right, but that requires effort in the form of research in my part, and nuts to that.

[sup]1[/sup]At least later this year they will be.
 

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IKEA, Abba, particleboard, Volvos, ice hotels and Leroy! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPO3Q-bkbdo] :D
 

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Meatballs, suicide, socialism, Ikea and Europop. I am not down with the last 4 but the meatballs are epic.
 

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I'm actually really surprised of the things people thinks about when they think of sweden.
I was sure that everyone would just say piratebay or leagal file-sharing.
But many seems to be confusing Sweden with Swizterland, there's a big difference between them.
 

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Zamn said:
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Zamn said:
I think Sweden is mostly known for socialism. Sweden is often held up as a model of how a state or society should be run by people (such as myself) of a left-wing inclination.
Ooh, the red star, eh?
Would I be right in assuming you're a fan of Rage Against the Machine too?
Hells no. Whatever about their politics I can't stand their music.
Fair enough.