First of all, well done you sweet people who actually took time and made the effort with the celebrity puzzle! I admire your creative solutions with the answers as well and if my hidden stash of Swedes sweets (Tibor’s post yesterday was pure torture, thank you!!) were bigger, I would send something to all of you. But I have to pick blaaraeka as this week’s winner – for being quick, inventive and correct! Well done!<\/p>\n
Well, election is almost upon us now (Sunday and from what I could figure out from your comments, the big voting q seems like taboo in many places. But – I have realized something quite important regarding this this week. The Swedes have opened up a lot more about how they vote this election – all thanks to Facebook. I have seen an endless amounts of “vote for…”-statuses, political posters, snippets from debates, photos etc and I can safely say I know much more about my friends political views now than four years back, when Facebook wasn’t as massive as it is today. Perhaps Facebook\u00a0will kick this taboo’s butt, just like it\u00a0has\u00a0done\u00a0with our stupid Jante law?<\/a><\/p>\n Alright then, the other question you should never ask a Swede… I had some great suggestions, like “How much do you weigh?” (Vad v\u00e4ger du?)<\/strong>\u00a0 “Are you married?” (\u00c4r du gift?)<\/strong> or “Are you religious?” (\u00c4r du religi\u00f6s?)<\/strong> and even thought it probably isn’t great to ask someone about their weight, I’m pretty confident it\u00a0would have been\u00a0much more offensive to ask “How much do you earn?” (Vad tj\u00e4nar du?)<\/strong><\/p>\n Talking about salaries are a big no-no i Sweden and I can’t for my life understand why. I think it would help people if we were more open about these things, help people to fight for the salaries they are entitled to and make the gaps smaller.\u00a0But no, you just don’t talk about it, period. Is this a form of Jante law-complex as well? You shouldn’t show off, brag, think highly of yourself etc…? I don’t know. Is it the same where ever in the world you are?<\/p>\n My suggestion for the new government in Sweden: Let’s put\u00a0our salaries on Facebook as well!<\/p>\n Have a great weekend and make sure to check our Facebook page for some voting results on Sunday! Alliansen or de r\u00f6dgr\u00f6na, that’s the question!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First of all, well done you sweet people who actually took time and made the effort with the celebrity puzzle! I admire your creative solutions with the answers as well and if my hidden stash of Swedes sweets (Tibor’s post yesterday was pure torture, thank you!!) were bigger, I would send something to all of…<\/p>\n