{"id":385,"date":"2010-02-21T15:54:42","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T19:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=385"},"modified":"2010-02-21T15:54:42","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T19:54:42","slug":"swedes-love-their-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedes-love-their-winter-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedes love their winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swedes love their winter Olympics, called OS in Swedish, which means\u00a0Olympiska<\/span> Spelen<\/span>. It’s no wonder — Sweden is freezing. Especially right now. I was out today for a couple of minutes and still can’t feel my face.<\/p>\n

Swedes really do go crazy for their winter Olympics. They love the summer too, but the winter Olympics feels more natural. These people love to skate, ski, curl, play hockey.<\/p>\n

The other day at work, I was again reminded that I live in Sweden. I always smile when I get one of these revelations. This time, I was sitting at work, in a huge cafeteria, with 500 or so people, eating lunch. And on a big, movie theatre style screen, we were watching — curling! Yes, that’s right….curling.<\/p>\n

I work at a pretty conservative place….you know suits….and serious conversations, and what was on the tip of every one’s tongue, (tunga<\/span>)? Curling! Maybe that’s an overstatement…but Swedes do love their winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

And it shows.<\/p>\n

I did some math just now to see how good Swedes are in the winter Olympics. They currently have 6 medals. I thought that was high when I considered the population in Sweden, 9.2 million. So I started doing some research, (Jag\u00a0b\u00f6rjade<\/span> unders\u00f6ka<\/span> statistiken<\/span>). The United States has 23 medals, or 1 medal for every 13 million. So Sweden is pretty good, at 1 medal for every 1.5 million people. Austria however, is better, with 1 medal for every 1.2 million people.<\/p>\n

One country though, Norway, is not to be messed with. That nation of tough winter sporty types has 11 medals, or one medal for every 450,000 people.<\/p>\n

But the Swedes battle and the Swedish population really gets behind them in a very patriotic (patriotisk<\/span>) way that you otherwise rarely see in this country.<\/p>\n

I have to admit that I’ve watched a bit, and I especially love the Swedish commentators. The other day, they went crazy when\u00a0Bj\u00f6rn<\/span> Ferry unexpectedly won in some sort of cross-country skiing event. They were screaming — really in no language — and just going crazy (blev<\/span> galna<\/span>).<\/p>\n

It warms my heart to see Swedes excited, because sometimes I feel like they are too reserved….but they do live in a cold country, so maybe that’s why they are a little colder sometimes.<\/p>\n

Tell me: What’s your take on the Olympics where you are versus Sweden, and whether you agree or disagree about my cold assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Swedes love their winter Olympics, called OS in Swedish, which means\u00a0Olympiska Spelen. It’s no wonder — Sweden is freezing. Especially right now. I was out today for a couple of minutes and still can’t feel my face. Swedes really do go crazy for their winter Olympics. They love the summer too, but the winter Olympics…<\/p>\n

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