{"id":4840,"date":"2011-12-19T21:35:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T21:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=4840"},"modified":"2011-12-19T21:35:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T21:35:44","slug":"the-honesty-and-security-you-find-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/the-honesty-and-security-you-find-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"The honesty and security you find in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things I am very proud of when it comes to Sweden is the honesty of people. If you loose your wallet or forget your phone people run after you to hand it back, they also hand in the wallet to the police station with all the money and cards still remaining.<\/p>\n

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In addition to that many people in Sweden are not afraid to let their children run around a little out of sight. And people do occasionally let their bags out of sight without worry.\u00a0 All in all, people are very trusting, probably with good reason since bad things like theft very seldom occur, I think. I love the fact that you don\u2019t constantly have to suspect people are out to get you, and I find it wonderful that so much honesty and kindness is so unlimited.<\/p>\n

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By writing this I don\u2019t mean that Sweden is the only country to be this kind and friendly, because I know it is not. However, many people I have met and talked to have the impression of Swedes being quite reserved and cold, at least in the beginning before a good relationship has been established. I therefor want everyone to know of some of the things that make the Swedish society such a nice one to live in.<\/p>\n

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There is so little stress over personal safety, because it is taken for granted that you won\u2019t get shot on the street. A theory why Sweden is such a safe society to live in might be connected to the fact that the social welfare covers basically everybody, making sure that there are very few people in complete <\/em>poverty. Could this mean that the rate of crime decreases together with poverty?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the things I am very proud of when it comes to Sweden is the honesty of people. If you loose your wallet or forget your phone people run after you to hand it back, they also hand in the wallet to the police station with all the money and cards still remaining…<\/p>\n

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