A friend of mine lives in the US and he orders something called snus from a swedish website.
Snus is tobacco you put under your lip btw.
Anyways, he shows me this site and the clothes they are selling claiming it to be Swedish fashion.
I laughed my socks off!
OMG, they are selling clogs, kneesocks and wollen sweaters like it´s how we dresses.
Haha yeah right.
Boras, my hometown, is known for once being the Swedish capital of textile industries.
Nowadays almost all textiles are made in cheaper countries but we still have designschools and a lot of famous designers.
We dress just like everyone else.
In fact, people in the US dresses like we did 10 years ago, strange actually.
I´ve also heard that it seems to be some kind of saying that we have Polarbears walking around on the streets.
Well I hate to break it to you guys but the only Polarbears we have here is at a Zoo.
But we do have Elks and we do sell Elk-poo to Germans for a fortune.
That to me is wicked ; )
Saturday, January 31, 2009
The Law of Jante
The first and really important lesson about Sweden is to know how the Law of Jante works.
Yes it´s a law and yes we follow it, but it´s all inofficial.
Fuck federal laws, this is the shit!
Everything is tinted by this law, if you want to be successfull and make an carrier don´t follow it, but if you want to make friends and not alienate half the inhabitants you need to know how this works.
Otherwise you`ll se hatred in a new kind of shape.
The Law of Jante also applies in other Nordic countrys such as Denmark and Norway but Sweden is the leading country.
Those who assert to the influence of the Jante Law often maintain that the values of the Danish and other Nordic welfare states can be credited to the persistence of the Jante Law, in particular their stress on social equality and their emphasis on fairness for all.
Nowdays the law of Jante is something people doesn´t wish to acknowledge, it´s considered oldf ashioned to follow this but we have it in our veins.
Here are the 10 main rules;
1. Don't think that you are special.
2. Don't think that you are of the same standing as us.
3. Don't think that you are smarter than us.
4. Don't fancy yourself as being better than us.
5. Don't think that you know more than us.
6. Don't think that you are more important than us.
7. Don't think that you are good at anything.
8. Don't laugh at us.
9. Don't think that anyone cares about you.
10. Don't think that you can teach us anything.
This is not to be mistaken for bad self-esteem, you got to have a good self-esteem but you can´t show it to others.
If you think like the law people will dislike you, if you live the law people will love you.
Confusing?
Baby we´re just getting started!
Yes it´s a law and yes we follow it, but it´s all inofficial.
Fuck federal laws, this is the shit!
Everything is tinted by this law, if you want to be successfull and make an carrier don´t follow it, but if you want to make friends and not alienate half the inhabitants you need to know how this works.
Otherwise you`ll se hatred in a new kind of shape.
The Law of Jante also applies in other Nordic countrys such as Denmark and Norway but Sweden is the leading country.
Those who assert to the influence of the Jante Law often maintain that the values of the Danish and other Nordic welfare states can be credited to the persistence of the Jante Law, in particular their stress on social equality and their emphasis on fairness for all.
Nowdays the law of Jante is something people doesn´t wish to acknowledge, it´s considered oldf ashioned to follow this but we have it in our veins.
Here are the 10 main rules;
1. Don't think that you are special.
2. Don't think that you are of the same standing as us.
3. Don't think that you are smarter than us.
4. Don't fancy yourself as being better than us.
5. Don't think that you know more than us.
6. Don't think that you are more important than us.
7. Don't think that you are good at anything.
8. Don't laugh at us.
9. Don't think that anyone cares about you.
10. Don't think that you can teach us anything.
This is not to be mistaken for bad self-esteem, you got to have a good self-esteem but you can´t show it to others.
If you think like the law people will dislike you, if you live the law people will love you.
Confusing?
Baby we´re just getting started!
Let´s start with the boring part...
Sweden
pronounced:swi:dən
The Kingdom of Sweden is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the Öresund Bridge in the southwest.
At 450,000 km² (174,000 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union in terms of area, with a population of over 9.2 million.
Its capital and largest city is Stockholm with a population of nearly 2 million in the metropolitan area, making it the largest city and metropolitan area among the Nordic countries.
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government and a highly developed economy.
It ranks first in the world in the Economist's Democracy Index and 7:th in the United Nation's Human Development Index.
Since 1814, Sweden has been at peace, adopting a non-aligned foreign policy in peacetime and neutrality in wartime.
It has been a member of the European Union since 1995.
Source:Wikipedia
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