Welcome /r/de! Today we are hosting Germany for a little cultural and question exchange session!

[u/lynxlynxlynx-]

Welcome German friends! Please select the "German Friend" flair and ask away!

Today we our hosting our friends from /r/de! Please come and join us and answer their questions about Sweden and the Swedish way of life! Please leave top comments for /r/de users coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness and personal attacks etc. Moderation out side of the rules may take place as to not spoil this friendly exchange. The reddiquette applies and will be moderated after in this thread.

At the same time /r/de is having us over as guests! Stop by in this thread and ask a question, drop a comment or just say hello!

Enjoy!

/The moderators of /r/sweden & /r/de

^{For previous exchanges please see the wiki.}

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Vi har nu haft hela 20 sånna här utbyten så dags att ta fram partyhatten och dra ut på dansgolvet med Tyskland! Vi har på senare tid blivit kända som mördare där nere i Tyskland via Scandi Noir svängen så försök att inte skrämma dom allt för mycket. Som alltid ber vi er att raportera opassande kommentarer och lämna top kommentarer i denna tråd till användare från /r/de! Ha så kul!

[u/[deleted]]

Not a question, but:

Thank you for giving Knäckebröd to the world. So many different types, so many different tastes! You're a good people.

[u/Matosinhoslover]

Jag har ingen fråga vill bara säger att jag flyttade idag till Sverige!

Åkte med bilen över Öresundsbron och tullen stoppade mig. Jag trodde det var för att kontrollera bilen (vilken så klart var fullpackad), men han bara sa "välkommen!".

Kändes bra :)

[u/ColinZealSE → u/Matosinhoslover]

Why Schweden?

[u/Obraka]

Just letting you, but the Germans (and also Austrians) still scream your names when surprised

Alter Schwede!

[u/[deleted] → u/Obraka]

Wow, what's the story behind that expression? Is it commonly used?

[u/Gesperrt]

Hello and thanks for a lot of awesome metalbands!

[u/TheBiscuiteer → u/Gesperrt]

Thanks to yourself for Rammstein!

[u/nowthisisawkward]

Sorry for invading Skåne and Småland with tons of tourists every summer with their Volvos with elk stickers and 2.5 kids in the backseat.

[u/Malalen → u/nowthisisawkward]

I wouldn't really mind it if not for them stealing road signs!

[u/[deleted]]

Hej hej, Sverige!

My question is: What's the best way to get Petter to do a concert in Munich?

;)

[u/dlq84 → u/[deleted]]

Pay him

[u/[deleted]]

Hej Sverige. Två år studerar jag svenska på mitt uni och jag vill mer. Jag vill åka dit igen. Dessutom ville jag bara säga att jag köpte ett nyt bord på Ikea idag och det passar perfekt till rummet.

[u/JohnCent]

Greetings, Swedish friends!

Sorry for bringing up a pretty heavy question, but it's something I've wondered about for a long time.

Now, the world knows about Sweden trying to be the vanguard of actually standing up for and acting according to the thought of Human Rights. This manifests especially in Gender issues (even if this progressive thinking brings many new problems) and the Swedish politics when it comes to migrants of all sorts.

Here's my question concerning this:

Are Swedish citizens actually as involved/interested in philosophical questions such as "Are we ought to help fellow human beings?" etc or what is it that got the Swedish society to the point of being like it is right now?

I can't really fathom the suggestion that a whole country could be this interested in social and ethical questions as Sweden supposedly is.

Germany for example is mostly apathic, when it comes to topics of moral.

Second question:

The weekly newspaper "ZEIT" reported on the concept of the "Invitationsdepartementet" around last winter.

Did any of you participate in a project that the people of the "Invitationsdepartementet" organised?

Do you guys even know about it?

Is it still around?

Thanks in advance for reading through my text!

Greetings!

[u/FaenK → u/JohnCent]

Are Swedish citizens actually as involved/interested in philosophical questions such as "Are we ought to help fellow human beings?"

I think there are two things to make this answer a good one. First off, in my experience, I would say that, in Sweden, there is a huge amount of people that seems to care. Whether or not they actually do is impossible to know. Anywho, as this country looks outwards like few countries do we see the rest of the world rather then ourselves. If this makes sense. We observe everything around us more than ourselves sometimes. Most people are enlightened about shit going on in the world today. That is one thing.

The second thing is that I think many people here don't see it from a philosophical point, but rather an actual human point of view, meaning that they are actually here, we can give them aid here. So it becomes more of a question about 'How', rather that 'If' we should help other people. The mindset is placed on the other side of the argument.

This is just my opinion, though, and not a fact!

Did any of you participate in a project that the people of the "Invitationsdepartementet" organised?

I did not know if this department, no.

[u/DICKPUNISHER → u/JohnCent]

I think we have a greater interest than most countries in the question that you pose. But it's in no way commonly agreed upon. I'm a bit hestitant on making this judgement since my perspective is a bit skewed as a student with mostly leftist friends.

But I would guess that if you went out asking people if we should help those in need a large percentage would say yes, but the amount of help is the biggest point of discussion.

As for Invitationsdepartementet, I have no personal knowledge of it, but a quick google suggests that it's still around.

[u/is_this_working]

What does Swedish comedy look like? Are there any Swedish comedians/comedy shows you'd recommend?

[u/pfdwxenon]

Whatabout the Euro? Likely to join or will never happen?

[u/FaenK → u/pfdwxenon]

I doubt that will happen soon, actually. At the moment I think that maintaining our own currency is better for the country's economy.

[u/Gentlemoth → u/pfdwxenon]

We had a referendum a few years ago, but people were not interested in joining. Our own economy is strong though and I fail to see the benefit of it aside from not having to exchange money when we travel in Europe.

With recent economic problems in Europe it seems troublesome to tie ourselves to the EMU, but I'm no good with economics to know the actual benefits and downsides

[u/pfdwxenon]

Whats up with Malmö and immigrants? Bad? Solvable? Blown out of proportion issue?

[u/Etaro → u/pfdwxenon]

Probably all three. There is some problems with anti-semitism from the Muslim population, and also that Swedes seems to move away from certain areas. It's probably very solvable, granted the politicians needs to admit it's a problem first.

I also feel that foreign media is blowing it out of proportion.

[u/LakeKeta]

Hello Sweden, we're planing to do a bike tour through Scandinavia during the summer. Now, I've got two questions.

• We're interested in both culture and landscape, what are must-see's in Sweden.

• Upon the trip we will only have about a month of experience on the bike, do we have to expect tough conditions during July and August?

Thanks in advance!

[u/headcrab1991]

Hey Swedes! I love over-the-top gangster rap and painting, can you recommend me some artists and rappers from your country?

Also, how is the cultural climate regarding art? Is there a lot of support, are there programs and sholarships for artist? Do you feel the general public is interested in art? What about the younger crowd?

Greetings!

[u/[deleted] → u/headcrab1991]

Fellow German here: I think if you like gangster rap then Kartellen should be up your alley.

[u/lastkajen]

I love you Germans!!