Finnish neighborhood in Sweden, Skovde. Everything is in Finnish language and their apartments also have saunas %). [OC]

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1. *-hemmet* makes it sound like it’s a retirement home.

   For the record *Skövde* is nowhere near the Finnish border.

2. Wild, what’s the history there?

3. So when the Fins do it, it’s cute. But when the brown people do it, it’s bad?

   I’m confused.

4. When I grew up 1990 in Sweden, we had a Finnish culture club location. Finska Föreningen, my strongest memory is that they had in the summer tango competition, and if you don’t know, Finnish people LOVE tango. Lots of people living in the same hood used to play Finnish tango music on max from their balcony.

   Still remember the local older, as soon the sun came out, they started occupying every bench in the neighbourhood and non of the men had a shirt on. Also, lots of drinking, and after every winter, they had lost someone in what i assumed as young, alcohol related damage.

5. I remember being told many years ago by a Finnish friend that there’s an important Swedish speaking minority in the country, that roughly matches with the higher middle class there. Not sure how accurate that is.

   Is there any similar associated stereotype for the Finnish living in Sweden?

6. No euros I guess…