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Swedish History

The Cold war between Sweden and the USA

July 30, 2009

I watched Frost Nixon the other night on DVD with Swedish subtitles of course.
I can’t say I was that impressed. Yes Michael Sheen played David Frost very well but there was nothing new in this for me. I have read extensively on Nixon and watched the actual debates previously so I was left a little [...]

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The French influence on Swedish

April 10, 2009

Its not just the Swedish Royal Family  (thanks Sarah!) who are devolved from the French.  There are actually a lot of Swedish words which are heavily influenced by the French.
I read that a lot of words came in at the start of the Bernadotte rule in 1818. Though a lot of previous rulers and aristocracy [...]

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