Xenophobe's Guide to the Swedes

Xenophobe's Guide to the Swedes

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<DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>Soulful sadness</I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>A common trait among Swedish people is a deeply felt svårmod, a dark melancholy born out of long winters, high taxes, and a sense of being stuck far out on a geo-political and socio-economic limb. They brood a lot over the meaning of life in a self-absorbed sort of way without ever arriving at satisfactory answers.</I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I></I> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>Love all</I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>The Swedes indulge in sport for leisure and sex for pleasure. Some people treat sex as a sport in order to combine leisure with pleasure, and thus save time and energy.</I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I></I> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>Nurture nature</I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>The Swedes have a dream: to save Nature from Man. This is more than just a vision—it's as close to a passion as the Swedes ever get.</I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I></I> </P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>Net loss</I></P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I>Becoming rich in Sweden has never been easy. As Ingmar Bergman found out, even millionaires can have difficulties making ends meet when income tax is levied at 102%.</I></P></DIV></DIV>