If you want to get the Swedes singing then open a bottle of ice-cold snaps (the swedish word for schnapps). And if you want to join them in the singing of a "snapsvisa" is here an English transcription of one of the most famous songs. Grab a Swede and sing along! SKÅL!
Hell and gore
Chung hop father Allan Allan lay
Hell and gore
Chung hop father Allan lay
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Oh handsome inter hell an tar
Hand hell air inter half an four
Hell and gore!
(Now knock it back in one)
Chung hop father Allan lay
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The "lagom bra" (just about right and nothing to make a fuss about) Swede or the Swede who is not too good but, then again, not so bad either.
Swedes always doing things in moderation that means that they always take the middle path. If there is a three-lane motorway, Swedes clog up the middle lane. If there is a choice between "ja" or "nej" the swedes say "nja".
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Swedish television
God may be watching you. But I doubt whether he watches Swedish television. At prime viewing time Swedish television tells you that everthing is dangerous to your health. Don't eat this, don't drink that, don't do that either. However, the death rate in Sweden is still 100%.
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Swedish sex and sin
there isn't any. So go out and have fun!
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The Swedish language
Hej!- the word for hello and good-bye is the same. it's difficult to know whether people are coming or going.
Gift- the word for married is the same word as for poison. This probably could explain the high divorce rate...
Sex- the word for six is the same for sex, which gives a 'six-pack' a whole new meaning.
A-laget- in Swedish, the 'A-team' is a group of hopeless alcoholics hanging outside the state liquor store. Not the kind you'd want in the national basketball team in other words.
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Swedish English (Swenglish)
(Althrough swedes generally have a very good command of the english language, sometimes the just don't quite get it right...)
"Please take of your clothes and follow me to the whip room"
"His name is Öberg, a zero with two pricks" (prickar=dots)
"you will have to show your leg before entering" (leg= ID)
"please keep hanging on the line"
"thank you for the last time"
Can I follow you to the big mess in Stockholm?" (mässa=fair)
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A lesson in Swedish
(the swede is a person of few words)
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English Swedish Literal translation
Excuse me, I didn't quite catch
what you were saying. Va? (vah?) what?
Sorry for bumping into you like
that. so terribly clumsy of me. Oj! (oil!) Oh!
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It's you! how lovely to see you! Nej, men! (nay men!) No, but!
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How are things with you? Annars? (an ass?) otherwise?