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Favorite Nordic quirks

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  • 14-03-2006 8:53pm
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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,222 ✭✭✭✭


    This is from another forum for people moving to Sweden - The Local. Perhaps interesting for yous?
    http://www.thelocal.se/discuss/viewtopic.php?t=1799
    My favourites are "macka" and "fika" :p
    Does anyone else have a fav Nordic quirk?


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    Cindy Love
    Closed Accounts Posts: 219 ✭✭Cindy Love


    That thread is really great-thanks for posting it!

    I cant think of any quirks right now but im sure ill remeber some later....

    the sharp exhale of air is something that ive noticed before :-) very cute


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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,329 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Many thanks!

    As someone who is considering moving over ther for the summer, this may be very useful... shame I'm atr work now and can't view it in detail!

    Quirks? Lived in Denmark for a while... when I spoke Danish they were convinced I was Swedish. I also love Denmrk's pride in it's 'mountain', the Hjmmelberg' which is about 159m above sea level.

    Translated into English, it means 'sky mountain'. Danish humour in a nutshell - class!

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    Scania
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    Did you know that if the highest mountain in Denmark was in Norway, it would be called a valley!


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    maitri
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    Scania wrote:
    Did you know that if the highest mountain in Denmark was in Norway, it would be called a valley!

    Ha, ha, ha!
    36_11_6.gif


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    Victor
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    When you get too used to the variety in Swedish women and expect the blonde, fair-skinned, pretty one not to be Swedish, but she is.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,222 ✭✭✭✭biko


    When every phone call to a "myndighet" starts with you giving them your person nummer, even before you say your name.


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