Pacifist - Scandinavia and the World
Svalbard is the Norwegians’ favourite island, and a place where people are required to carry guns because of the large number of polar bears living there. Sweden and Denmark trying to shoot each other is of course another joke on them holding the world record for most wars fought between them.
Boys are such weirdos - Scandinavia and the World
Boys are such weirdos. Heh, while studying the history of the witch trials in Scandinavia, I came across a Swedish book, that said that witchcraft was a very women-specific crime, while incest and zoophilia was very men-specific in Norway and Sweden, respectively. Sadly the book didn’t mention what men in Denmark got killed for, so I just assumed it was something more “boring” like murder. It should be mentioned that just because most men got killed for this in those countries, it doesn’t mean i
Bad Weather - Scandinavia and the World
Bad Weather: My Faroese housemate's mother told me stories about the winter storms on the Faroe Islands. They blow roofs of buildings and cars into the sea, but you know it's really bad if the sheep start blowing around. You see, the sheep are so good at predicting storms they hide well ahead of time, so if the wind can pick them up it's BAD.
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