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13 Dec 2009, 8:47 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:
Do they sell Freia chocolate in the U.S.?

No, you'd have to go to a store that sells imported Scandinavian stuff.

I don't know if the Marabou chocolate at IKEA stores is similar to Freia's.

Out of curiosity, I bought a bag of Ahlgrens Bilar at IKEA and I found it :eew: oh well :lol:


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13 Dec 2009, 9:54 pm

Stinkypuppy wrote:
Tim_Tex wrote:
Do they sell Freia chocolate in the U.S.?

No, you'd have to go to a store that sells imported Scandinavian stuff.

I don't know if the Marabou chocolate at IKEA stores is similar to Freia's.

Out of curiosity, I bought a bag of Ahlgrens Bilar at IKEA and I found it :eew: oh well :lol:


I'd love to try it!


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13 Dec 2009, 10:19 pm

Well , I went to Houston for 10 days and only saw 1 man who'd I call obese :wink:

They say food is cheaper in Sweden but I dont notice much difference......well candy is cheaper in Sweden but that ain't food now is it ;)

To buy a house or car in Sweden........you get waaaaaaay better price there than Norway.



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14 Dec 2009, 3:52 am

collectoritis wrote:
Well , I went to Houston for 10 days and only saw 1 man who'd I call obese :wink:

They say food is cheaper in Sweden but I dont notice much difference......well candy is cheaper in Sweden but that ain't food now is it ;)

To buy a house or car in Sweden........you get waaaaaaay better price there than Norway.


Is Norway fed by high oil prices?


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14 Dec 2009, 4:30 am

ruennsheng wrote:
collectoritis wrote:
Well , I went to Houston for 10 days and only saw 1 man who'd I call obese :wink:

They say food is cheaper in Sweden but I dont notice much difference......well candy is cheaper in Sweden but that ain't food now is it ;)

To buy a house or car in Sweden........you get waaaaaaay better price there than Norway.


Is Norway fed by high oil prices?


Yes, they are very pricy.



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14 Dec 2009, 7:24 am

bdhkhsfgk wrote:
ruennsheng wrote:
collectoritis wrote:
Well , I went to Houston for 10 days and only saw 1 man who'd I call obese :wink:

They say food is cheaper in Sweden but I dont notice much difference......well candy is cheaper in Sweden but that ain't food now is it ;)

To buy a house or car in Sweden........you get waaaaaaay better price there than Norway.


Is Norway fed by high oil prices?


Yes, they are very pricy.


Wait till they run out of oil...


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14 Dec 2009, 8:08 am

ruennsheng wrote:
bdhkhsfgk wrote:
ruennsheng wrote:
collectoritis wrote:
Well , I went to Houston for 10 days and only saw 1 man who'd I call obese :wink:

They say food is cheaper in Sweden but I dont notice much difference......well candy is cheaper in Sweden but that ain't food now is it ;)

To buy a house or car in Sweden........you get waaaaaaay better price there than Norway.


Is Norway fed by high oil prices?


Yes, they are very pricy.


Wait till they run out of oil...


That's not good, but thankfully, it will last a GOOD WHILE, and by then, I'm sure the society finds a way to gain wealth.



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14 Dec 2009, 9:07 am

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I've been to Norway, and I learnt there that Norwegians make Swedes the butt of a lot of their jokes, similar to how you get "Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman" jokes in Britain.
(All good-natured stuff, of course.)

I've never been to Sweden, and I don't know if Swedes return the compliment.
(Maybe they make jokes about the Finns instead?)


OMG yes. The silly thing is the Swedes have the same jokes, except it's for Norwegians. Seems they have a bit of a rivalry. Not entirely sure how friendly it is. XD



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14 Dec 2009, 9:53 am

I thought Sweden is somewhat larger than Norwegians? In numerical terms, Norway loses. But on per capita income, Norway wins. Isn't it fair?


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14 Dec 2009, 9:56 am

shirochan wrote:
skysaw wrote:
I've been to Norway, and I learnt there that Norwegians make Swedes the butt of a lot of their jokes, similar to how you get "Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman" jokes in Britain.
(All good-natured stuff, of course.)

I've never been to Sweden, and I don't know if Swedes return the compliment.
(Maybe they make jokes about the Finns instead?)


OMG yes. The silly thing is the Swedes have the same jokes, except it's for Norwegians. Seems they have a bit of a rivalry. Not entirely sure how friendly it is. XD


Oh, it's friendly enough :wink:



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14 Dec 2009, 12:07 pm

I would pick Norway because Norwegian (bokmål) is easier to understand than Swedish.



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14 Dec 2009, 8:05 pm

I'd pick up Sweden for the time being because Sweden has IKEA and Saab. What about Norway? Only salmon and oil... :P


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15 Dec 2009, 2:36 am

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I would pick Norway because Norwegian (bokmål) is easier to understand than Swedish.

Well, that definitely rules Denmark out. I have a theory that Danish is not so much a lnaguage as it is a throat disease... :P


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15 Dec 2009, 3:18 am

Henriksson wrote:
AnnePande wrote:
I would pick Norway because Norwegian (bokmål) is easier to understand than Swedish.

Well, that definitely rules Denmark out. I have a theory that Danish is not so much a lnaguage as it is a throat disease... :P


Yes, danish is so complex, people have a theory that the origin of the Danish language is regurgiating over long periods of time; (Danish); "Kom, så ska vi ha lid MÅÅÅÅÅhhhhhrrrrrrrnnmaeeeiiijjjd" :lol:



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15 Dec 2009, 5:47 am

Icelandic is even worse!


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15 Dec 2009, 5:50 am

In Icelandic, compared to (daughter in different languages) Norway's; "Datter", Sweden's "Dotter", and Denmark's....... :scratch: ............ They say "Dottir" in Iceland, it's so hilarious, but which language would you say is the funniest one out of them?