#Swedish

An interesting tale about submarines.A Soviet submarine ran aground on Sweden's south coast very close to a Swedish naval base in 1981. They claimed it was due to an emergency
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One delusion Tegnellists like to put forward is that even though Sweden is sparsely populated, because Skåne & Stockholm are densely populated, Sweden is not comparable to its neighbours.Instead Stockholm
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Sweden and the scapegoating of immigrants. THREAD:- Swedish authorities aimed for broad (even herd) COVID-19 immunity.- Embarked on light-touch lockdown, kept schools open, denied modes of transmission, discarded masks.- Many
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One of the worst examples of wishful thinking masquerading as news I've seen was the right wing claim that the 'Swedish model' could deal with virus. There was no need
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So, how to destroy a language? Easy. Make sure that children do not get access to material such as cartoons, books or TV episodes in their own language. That's what's
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Having studied peace & conflict from a Swedish perspective I've been thinking about how completely normal it is for Swedish actors to be critical of policies & practices in the
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Disturbing developments in the Swedish covid debate.Yesterday, Radio Sweden published articles accusing scientists and activists critical of the Swedish pandemic response of attempting to damage Sweden's image abroad and encourage
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THREAD: Saw Chuck Norris is trending so I wanna take this time to talk about a REAL, LEGITIMATE BAD ASS DUDE who we all really should be giving our attention
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1) Awful story from Sweden. In September, journalists at public broadcaster Swedish Radio (SR) signed statement demanding better coverage of racism/discrimination & called out racism/discrimination within SR itself. SR responded
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1) Study: large excess #COVID19 mortality among Swedish residents born in Iraq, Syria, Somalia. March-May 2020, excess mortality rates (vs. 2016-19):Born Iraq, Syria, SomaliaAge 40-64: +220%Age 65+: +205%Born Sweden, Nordics,
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1) I'm not an epidemiologist. I'm not a virologist. But, I am a resident of Sweden who can read and think a little. The decision by Sweden today to recommend
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Exclusive: China tried to add a last minute clause to EU investment deal that would have frozen benefits for EU states that banned Huaweihttps://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3116896/china-tried-punish-european-states-huawei-ba
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Sometimes I wonder about the Swedish reluctance to use dialects when writing; some Westrobothnian writers do use dialectal words, especially in dialogues, but rather than using their dialect as a
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Might be a detail for many but in France, when you regularly go to a place, there comes a point where they tell you "this is on the house", or
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I’ve seen this pop up a few times and am fairly sure it will be an issue here in Sweden (given how committed we are here to exclusionary digital-only services),
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A thread for Finnish-Swedish poet Edith Södergran. Feminist, cat lover, rumored bisexual, goddess of the mic drop ending.“you are disappointed.” #womenintranslation During her lifetime, Södergran’s work was mocked and dismissed
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