What's Your Internal Citizenship?

So how come most of us didn't emigrate to Scandinavia? 

So how come most of us didn't emigrate to Scandinavia? 

Brrrrrr! Cold enough for me right here! 

Brrrrrr! Cold enough for me right here! 

My Swedish friend that lives in Scotland complains that Scotland is always too cold for her!   

My Swedish friend that lives in Scotland complains that Scotland is always too cold for her!   

I understand you have a lot of wind up there - must be all the neeps & tatties?! 

I understand you have a lot of wind up there - must be all the neeps & tatties?! 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Lithuania in da house!?!

Maybe there are a lot of scandinavian countries represented as many of the core american values are derived from the northern european protestants who fled to the US for religious freedom. These values have probably been passed down (unconsciously) through the generations.

Or not. 

Maybe there are a lot of scandinavian countries represented as many of the core american values are derived from the northern european protestants who fled to the US for religious freedom. These values have probably been passed down (unconsciously) through the generations.

Or not. 

I sort of thought it might be because this board skews liberal (for Americans) and most of Scandinavia is the best example of functional liberal social democracy there is. I'm not sure that current Scandinavian values line up all that well with average American values these days.

So how come most of us didn't emigrate to Scandinavia? 

I tried. Closest I got was a Brit with a Swedish ex. 

Though, funny enough, my father almost took a job in Sweden when I was in high school. He had us all learning Swedish, and then he decided against it for some reason. I always used to wonder what my Scandinavian life would have been like.

Instead my parents went abroad and brought back a Volvo.

So how come most of us didn't emigrate to Scandinavia?  

Got Swedish Never been to Sweden, but I went to Norway last year and it was breathtakingly beautiful. Even the airport was surrounded by waterfalls! I'd go back in a heartbeat!

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Bergen (Western Norway)

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Taken from my bus seat on my way to Flam. All the buses have wifi  

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The Fjords

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I got Denmark too. 

I got Iceland lmao... Pretty random!

I got Czech Republic, fun survey!

I am Swedish; Mr MLG is Danish - which works, 'cause he wants to move to Copenhagen. 

Maybe there are a lot of scandinavian countries represented as many of the core american values are derived from the northern european protestants who fled to the US for religious freedom. These values have probably been passed down (unconsciously) through the generations.

Or not.  

I don't know about the rest of North Europe, but the English Pilgrims...pilgrimed because they didn't like the less strict protestant denominations that were in favour after Charles II took the throne. (Before that it had been Oliver Cromwell, who was a puritan, and the state religion was Puritan.) The other North Europeans, I think did have the freedom of being protestants...I know the Dutch weren't allowed to be, because they were ruled by Spain* at one point...but that's Western Europe.

*Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!!


I am swedish as it says...oh well at least it is a relatively easy langauge to learn...compared to some other Germanics *coughenglishandgermancough*
I would love to be a scandinavian, as I would be able to speak another language, and perfect English too. Maybe it is my ancestral Inner Viking calling me back to my homeland? Iwillignorethefactthatmyfamilynamecamefromwhatisn owtheNetherlands.....