01-08-2002 03:34									#31
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Swedes are not nationalistic except when we win something in sports. I think swedes are among the least nationalistic people on the planet...

Norwegians on the other hand, they´re extremly nationalistic same with Finland. I guess that comes from being a colony for so many years. Danes aren´t nearly as nationalistic as these two, but still a tad more than swedes

	01-08-2002 04:38									#32
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There's a big difference between scandinavian nationalism and say nationalism in the Balkans.

	01-08-2002 04:44									#33
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Well, duh!

	01-08-2002 04:50									#34
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Of course they are.
Good! he he eh

	01-08-2002 05:02									#35
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quote: Norwegians on the other hand, they´re extremly nationalistic same with Finland. I guess that comes from being a colony for so many years.

Or maybe it comes from living in the GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH

	01-08-2002 05:09									#36
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Norway is the last Soviet state!

Björn Rosengren, our minister for industry, employment and communications said so, thus it must be true...

	01-08-2002 05:11									#37
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i know he said that. it had something to do with the Telia-Telenor merger. he didn't like the norwegian way to negotiate i think

	01-08-2002 05:16									#38
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I like Norway. The only place in Europe where you can get yourself Whale Beef without having a bunch of eco-freaks screaming their heads of.

	01-08-2002 05:18									#39
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BASTARD!!!

	01-08-2002 05:19									#40
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well, despite having been in Norway before, I've never seen whale on any menu... must have been because we never go into expensive restaurants

	01-08-2002 05:21									#41
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so you didn't try the McWhale burger at McDonalds?

	01-08-2002 05:23									#42
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He was probably too buse slurping down the Babyseal MaNuggets...

	01-08-2002 05:24									#43
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I've never been in any major Norwegian city apart from Trondheim, which had 999 years that day

	01-08-2002 06:21									#44
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The topic should read "Are Fennoscandians Nationalistic?" if according to the thread.

	01-08-2002 06:23									#45
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Fennoscandians? Is that "Northerners" as in "Nordic countries"?

	01-08-2002 06:41									#46
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what? did i read finlad is not sdcandinavian?


why cause theyr';e not vikings?


noone is



balkan natiuonalistm yes its different

there you say


fook off
here we kill


very bad yes, i cponcur

	01-08-2002 06:45									#47
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btw who named it scandinavia?


balkans is named after turks so it doesn mean nothing

	01-08-2002 06:46									#48
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Scandinavia is a geographical term... the two countries of the Scandinavian peninsula, i.e. Norway and Sweden. I'm not sure if Denmark is Scandinavia. Or Iceland. Anyway, 'Fennoscandia' adds Finland to the mess.

	01-08-2002 06:46									#49
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scandinavia = norway, sweden & denmark
scandinavia (esp. sweden) and finland have a lot of common history though

	01-08-2002 06:48									#50
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who named it scandinavi>

	01-08-2002 06:52									#51
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the Greeks or the Romans

	01-08-2002 06:55									#52
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quote: who named it scandinavi>

my encyclopedia says Plinius (whoever that is) used the word about "a big fertile island in the north", possibly refering to Skåne in southern Sweden.

	01-08-2002 06:55									#53
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could be cause its identical the samein greek

when its the smae in greek 99.999999998% is greek

	01-08-2002 06:56									#54
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ah plinius ok

	01-08-2002 07:00									#55
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i think Skåne is Scania in Latin or Greek so it makes a bit sense

skåne => scania => scandinavia

	01-08-2002 07:07									#56
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yeah greek legend speaks of an ice land up north and of the :british" isles and of america


which one are you i cant say

	01-08-2002 07:09									#57
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Scandinavia = The peninsula of Sweden & Norway
Fennoscandia = Finland, Russian Karelia and the Kola peninsula added to that

Nordic Countries = Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland.

In political text, Scandinavia usually refers to (all of) the nordic countries.

	01-08-2002 09:06									#58
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I beg to differ.

It's always been:

Scandinavia = Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Nordic countries = The 3 above plus Finland, Iceland - and also the Faroe Islands, but not Greenland.

	01-08-2002 09:21									#59
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Wait, what is the relationship between the Faroes and Denmark? Are they considered a country of their own? Do they have representative in the UN? If they tried putting an embassy in every country, would they have to use their entire population to staff them? If so, would they mind getting away from the Faroes?

	01-08-2002 11:26									#60
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Nationalistic? I think so.. I don't know about them swedes though. I think they are a bit too. And of course we have a nice love-hate relationship, but for fun and in good spirits, not real hate.

As for us not speaking to people, it's true. I just came back from supermarket, nobody said a word to each other. Not even the girl on the counter! But it's not to be taken bad or rude behaviour. We don't like small talk (very few exceptions), and lots of foreigners take it hard . You guys just can't keep your mouth shut!
We, for the most part, feel completely comfortable being quiet and for example driving a long way.
I think we take your fake cultures of being nice as bs and butt kissing for the most part .
But it's not like friends won't speak.. just people you don't know.
I still remember few months back some guy sitting next to me in greyhound (in USA) was talking all this and that, and was very uncomfortable with me. He thought i was an ******* for not chatting with him for the whole trip. That's ok.. i think he was an ******* for not shutting up! He wasn't making a real conversation though, i think he thought he was obligated to speak with me because i was sitting next to him.

edit: Another example which is more accurate is when i got lots of 'how are you doing sir' which is nice of course to hear. But when i opened my mouth they quickly continued, so i really couldn't answer there. Point is, why ask someone something, if you don't want to know the answer? I quick smile answered with nod is perfectly enough. It's like 'How are you doing' thinking the same time 'but what do i care'. Empty words!
Sorry for the rant.

Last edited by Pekka on 01-08-2002 at 11:32