It was a joke that you seemed to take very seriously. The pun of the joke was that since Sweden and Finland have been rivals for centuries, ranging from wars, to sports, it would be rather awkward for a Swedish person to live in Finland. I know that this is not true, I’m fully aware that both countries have thousands of people living in the other country and that generally speaking, this is not an issue. This was again, a silly joke that did not reflect any truth. I hope you have a terrific Friday!
But there is a difference in hate if you just speak swedish or are a swedish speaking finn. Though in my experience bot are quite rare (note here that I am not in a very good position to estimate this). But there is much more ill will towards learning swedish.
I’ve always had this romantic idea of meeting a woman from Finland, fall in love, and maybe, not likely, find peace.
And never speak finnish❤️
The perk would be that a large portion understands Swedish, which would also be the reason why everyone would naturally hate me. :)
Absolutely not the case, except for some Swedish speaking regions that are only a tiny part of the country and consist of villages and small towns.
Like 90% of Finns can’t even have simple conversations in Swedish.
Why would “everyone” hate you?
It was a joke that you seemed to take very seriously. The pun of the joke was that since Sweden and Finland have been rivals for centuries, ranging from wars, to sports, it would be rather awkward for a Swedish person to live in Finland. I know that this is not true, I’m fully aware that both countries have thousands of people living in the other country and that generally speaking, this is not an issue. This was again, a silly joke that did not reflect any truth. I hope you have a terrific Friday!
It was a bad joke because there’s people that genuinely think these things.
Thank you for sharing, I value your opinion about what’s considered a good or bad joke.
Was an ok joke I think.
But there is a difference in hate if you just speak swedish or are a swedish speaking finn. Though in my experience bot are quite rare (note here that I am not in a very good position to estimate this). But there is much more ill will towards learning swedish.
When I was younger, I had that dream too. But it was a dude instead of a lady. And we would start a heavy metal band.
That would be nice.