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Winterishere @thedevilinme (5217) • Northampton, England 12 Oct

Somalis fled their troubled country in the 1990s.Black Hawk Down was the movie about that war. They took to piracy in the new millennium. They made a few quid from that. Internet fraud is their next venture, targeting older...

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H Day in Sweden

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 25 Aug

I thought this was rather cool. Sweden switched their driving lanes back on September 3,1967. All cars had to stop at 4:50a. and change from the left side of the road to the right. Then at 5a. traffic resumed as usual. This was...

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Greta Thurnberg kidnapped by Israeli forces

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1731) 10 Jun

The Swedish environment activist Greta Thurnberg posted a video of herself and some other people hijacked by Israeli forces along the Israeli waters. It appears Greta's country- Sweden has not taken serious actions on this case...

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If this were 1712

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 1 Mar 24

and you were living in Sweden, today would be February 30. Why? I'm glad you asked. It turns out that up until the 1700s, Sweden was still using the old Julian calendar and decided it wanted to switch to the more "modern"...

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Aniara ( 2018) movie review

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5217) • Northampton, England 26 Nov 23

Star – Space My Rating *** Genre – Sci/Fi/World Cinema Run Time – 106 minutes Certificate – 18R Country – Sweden Awards 7 – Wins and nominations = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I loved doing film reviews on places like...

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Sex comes under sport in Sweden

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 3 Jun 23

There is a sex tournament conducted in Sweden first one of its kind. The public will judge and the link below has all the...

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A name with a difference

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Dec 21

Some years ago, we attended a jazz festival in Perth, capital city of Western Australia. As well as local musicians, there were some international groups as well. The announcer was a well-known identity and mostly did a great...

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Greta Thuneburg stamps in Sweden.

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 14 Jan 21

Greta Thuneburg is a climate activist from Sweden who is inn her teens. Sweden just put out a group of postage stamps honoring her. In many countries, living people can be honored on a postage stamp. The art is nice on these.

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Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake in Sweden today!

Denise @petatonicsca (7070) • Japan 18 May 20

All right, there was also a 5.1 in Japan, but nobody is worried about that because it is very normal. Nearly every week we have one or two at least. There was also a 5.5 off the coast of Oregon/California. Again, plate boundary,...

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Sweden on top of corona virus?

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5217) • Northampton, England 23 Apr 20

One of the oddities in Europe is Sweden, who did not go for a full lock down. Swedes can still go to bars, restaurants, shops and malls , their football league likely to kick off in mid June. The people trusted their medics and...

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Ace of Base - The Sign CD

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222222) • United States 29 Dec 19

Ace of Base is a Swedish pop group which was active from 1990 to 2015 and was considered the 3rd most successful groups next to ABBA and Roxette. They sold more than 50 million records worldwide. "The Sign" was certified 9x...

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The S. S. Uganda Cruise 2

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 23 Aug 19

The first few days of the summer of 1977 S. S. Uganda educational cruise were entirely at sea. The bullies lost interest in me after the first night, and the stormy weather of the North Sea gave way to the pleasant calmness of...

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We booked our vacation

Porcospino @Porcospino (31365) • Denmark 1 Aug 19

In December we are going to spend a week in the north of Denmark. We rented a holiday apartment in the building where my parents, my brother and I used to spend our vacation. When I was a teenager we were there every year, but I...

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Swedish islands

Porcospino @Porcospino (31365) • Denmark 28 Mar 19

My husband and I have talked about visiting some of the Swedish islands this summer. There are so many small islands and I have never visited any of them. When I travel I often visit big cities because I like to visit museums and...

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How do you guys feel about Sweden's gender nautral pre-school?

Yovana Yovanchich @yovanayv (7) 10 Feb 19

Hey guys! I recently found out about this pre-school in Sweden which uses gender neutral pro nouns towards kids and their goal is to free children from social expectations based on their sex. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about...

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England stormed into semi-finals of World Cup.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 7 Jul 18

England stormed into semi finals of World Cup 2018. They defeated Sweden 2 goals to nil. Dele and Maguire scored goals to take the team to Semi-finals. Harry Kane was guarded by defenders of Sweden but Sterling broke through and...

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Germany got their fans disheartened in World Cup 2018.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23230) 21 Jun 18

Germany lost the first match against Mexico 1 goal to nil. The fans all over the world are disheartened. Germany could not score. Muller and others could not make any impact. Unless Germany defeat Sweden they are out of the World...

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The 1977 Cruise First Landfall Visby Gosport Sweden

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 May 18

We reached our first of five ports of call quite early on. Gosport is a popular resort island off the coast of Sweden. The ship anchored out in the bay. I remember little of the Island itself other than how warm it was. We...

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Guess It's Time to Move to Sweden

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 3 Feb 18

I'm American and have no plans to expatriate. But sometimes a “carrot” is held out in front of me. A temptation. It kind of makes me want to at least consider living in an alternative place on the planet. Instead of ever being...

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Bjorn Socialist Republic

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97912) • Daytona Beach, Florida 21 Sep 17

Here is another little micro-nation. This one is right in Sweden and its leader is President Oskar Augustsson. I have to smile when I learn that there is zero population and it is only 6 sq.m. It is located on a stone that is...

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