tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523702223873513406.post7117231737749315239..comments2024-02-25T19:26:32.935-08:00Comments on Il Dolce Far Niente: Hiking on Lemmenjoki National Park, Lapland FinlandIl Dolce Far Nientehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061428664141154534noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523702223873513406.post-37559302835678418582011-03-24T14:06:27.400-07:002011-03-24T14:06:27.400-07:00The Swedish government was responsible for the mos...The Swedish government was responsible for the most iron ore the Nazis received. Kiruna-Gällivare ore fields in Northern Sweden were all important to Nazi Germany.<br /><br />These massive deliveries of iron ore and military facilities from Sweden to Nazi Germany lengthened World War II. Casualties of the war have been estimated at 20 million killed in Europe. How many of them died due to Sweden's material support to Nazi Germany, is not known.<br /><br /><br />The Swedish drinking toast (skal) has a rather macabre background; it originally meant 'skull'. The word has come down from a custom practiced by the warlike and terrorist Vikings who used the dried-out skulls of their enemies as drinking mugs, with the evident advantage that the mug held a large quantity of mead and could be easily replaced.<br /><br />The Viking raids are remembered: Spanish-speaking mothers warn their children that if they do not behave, the Norwegian (el noruego) will carry them off.<br /><br />In Lohja and Espoo near Helsinki they fenced off the school building with barbed wire, in order to ban children the access to a school.<br /><br />Sweden was silently pursuing principles of racial purity. During 41 years some 60,000 people were sterilized as misfits. <br /><br />http://www.thoughts.com/raimo/case-swedenRaimohttp://www.thoughts.com/raimo/case-swedennoreply@blogger.com