So back to the subject of this post. What makes me think yard sales come from Sweden? Maybe they were first started in the United States and then brought over to Sweden.
Well, I say they come from Sweden because Sweden is older than America, and there were a lot more Swedish immigrants going to America than Americans coming to Sweden in the 1800′s, so the Swedes must have brought it over. And now I have officially written it in my blog that yard sales come from Sweden, it is now officially on the Internet, and everything on the Internet must be true, right? So spread the truthiness, and next time someone brings up a garage sale casually say “You know, yard sales come from Sweden.”
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Hej!
Loppa is the swedish word for a Flea…..
“Loppis” is short for “Loppmarknad”
So I guess Loppis is the same as a Flea-market!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flea_market
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Yes and no. It is totally, but it also is for just general garage sales (one person selling stuff, instead of a bunch in a market). And therefore yard sales come from Sweden!
I’ve never been to a Swedish garage sale, I’ve actually never seen them before here (Göteborg). What I think is really amusing though is the räggare, those guys with the old 60′s cars, playing country music and wearing Elvis hair styles. Who would have known that would be popular in Sweden =D
I’m probably not the first person to point this out, but are you sure you want to call yourself missfoster? Is your name miss Foster, or is it a play on “swedishfreak”, because missfoster is not that kind of freak. It’s probably the worst thing you can call someone in the swedish language.
Yep, I’m sure!