Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA Founder, Dies at 91

On March 30, 1926, Ingvar Kamprad was born on his family farm Elmtaryd in the local parish Agunnaryd. While this innocuous statement of fact appears to point to nothing of interest, if you add the initials of this child to the initials of his farm and nearby parish, you get IKEA. Ingvar Kamprad was the … Read more

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Attack in Sweden: Flags at Half Mass

Yesterday I was sad to wake up to the news that there was a terrorist attack in Sweden. Another truck attack. While we mourn for the lives lost, let us continue to live our everyday lives not in fear, but in love of one another. The Prime Minister of Sweden released this statement yesterday: Today … Read more

Gavle Goat Burns Again

Gävle Goat Burns Again

Gävle’s famous Christmas goat just celebrated it’s 50th anniversary.  Sadly, overnight, it was burned down by arsonists over night.  Watch the reaction of a Swedish news program as they report the breaking news (in Swedish! Time to practice your Swedish!)

This isn’t the first time either! Of the 50 years the Gävle goat has been built, it has burned down 35 times.  It seems arsonists just can’t help to set fire to a giant goat made of straw.

Check out the fun festival that Gävle had in order to celebrate the Christmas goat.

They are discussing the option of building the goat again, at least until Lucia. There are costs involved in that though, and there are always risks that the arsonists will try to burn the goat down again.

What do you think? Should Gävle build the goat or let it rest in peace?

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Orgasm Church Denied in Sweden

A church in Sjöbo, Skåne tried to apply to become an official church.  It was denied because: Ordet orgasm är enligt definition ett sexuellt begrepp, vilket inte i något avseende hör ihop med kyrka. That means “The word orgasm is by definition a sexual concept, not something you hear together with church.” I think what is more … Read more

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Swedes Still Have Issues With Breastfeeding In Public

While Sweden is the 5th best country in the world for breastfeeding rates, it seems that Swedes still aren’t 100% accepting in public. That is what started a Facebook community called “Amningsuppropet” by Kicki Sahamies, after a librarian told her in front of a group of people that her breastfeeding didn’t look good (click the link to see … Read more

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Snoop Dogg Stopped In Stockholm, Throws a Hissy Fit Online

The rapper Snoop Dogg had a concert in Uppsala, the large college town only about an hour from Stockholm. On his way back to Stockholm, around midnight, his vehicle was stopped by a random vehicle check by the Stockholm police. Kinda like our random drunk driving stops in America.

Not surprisingly, Snoop Dogg looked under the influence. (He probably has taken so many drugs he is on a permahigh.)  So they took him in to test him.  He was a bit pissed off about being taken to the police station. Says it was racial profiling and says he will never return to Sweden.

The video above you can see a video when he is “getting arrested”. Though you don’t see or hear the police much at all.

Dude, you talk about doing drugs ALL THE TIME. I’m pretty sure just being Snoop Dogg is enough to suspect that you will have drugs on you.

I have to say, it is very interesting reading the English versions of the story, and the Swedish versions of the story.

The first I heard about it was English. Snoop Dogg Arrested in Sweden, Claims It Is Racial Profiling & Vows Never to Return.

Well, I didn’t hear about the racial profiling part in the video. And again, random stop, and again, you are SNOOP DOGG. Why wouldn’t you have drugs?

Then another English article talks about how he blasts the police on the Instagram video.

Message to my fans n fam !!

A video posted by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg) on

Now, how is that blasting? So you didn’t do drugs. Ok, at least your smart not to bring drugs into a country where pepper spray is illegal to carry.

The Swedish article? He wasn’t arrested, he was stopped. It wasn’t racial, it was random. He wasn’t arrested. He was taking in for a drug test.  They didn’t say the drug test didn’t come back, they said that they weren’t going to comment. And they didn’t even say that he was driving, but that he was a passenger!

Snoop Dogg stoppades av polis efter Sverigekonserten

Where does this stuff get lost in translation?

My “bonus” son says the answer is “Google”. Too true.