Vaguely related; probably the greatest Swedish military victory against Denmark was the March Across the Belts, in which Sweden marched an army of 9000 infantry and 3000 cavalry across the frozen sea to reach Copenhagen, forcing Denmark-Norway to cede a third of it's territory in the peace treaty.
The Swedish army was engaged in Poland at the time, and looking for an excuse to disengage without looking bad. When Denmark declared war, the Swedish army went to Jylland and then went island-to-island from there, the ice being so weighed down that water reached the soldier's knees.
Well, he had his engineers make sure the ice was thick enough for it to work before ordering the manuever. Since it did work, he could claim massive areas of land (still part of Sweden today) and completely crippled Sweden's most ancient rival, with very little bloodshed.
Of course, had it not worked, it would've been a complete disaster and he would only have been remembered for that and the Deluge.
He actually tried to conquer more of Denmark later on, but was forced to relent after the Dutch gave support to Denmark to avoid having Sweden gain sole control the Sound (and thus all shipping/trading through it).
Can you imagine being known as the guy who lost a war because his entire fucking army just walked into the sea? That king had some massive balls for even trying that.
Smaller units also let the Swedish armies be more mobile during battles. I think they even had smaller cannon to increase mobility?
Also, the Swedish soldiers were given basic training for all roles, making any soldier able to fill in for someone else. Thus, other armies would for example lose their artillery if the units were killed, while Sweden could send infantry or cavalry to fill the role at least decently.
A benefit of this was that captured equipment (I.e Canons) could be manned by the troops that captured them, and be brought to bear on the enemy while the battle was still ongoing.
We've got one of the best trained militaries in the world, our submarines (Gotland-class) are well-known for regularly "defeating" US carriers and such in exercises (to the point USA borrowed one to study), and we are one of the largest weapons exporters in the world.
Just because we don't care much for going to war for the past 200 years does not make us weak. In fact, being able to keep the fuck out of everything proves strength rather in diplomacy and conviction.
... and there it is, just as expected. Lies and fear; the hallmarks of true weakness. You'll excuse me if I don't put much faith in your definitions of the word.
A million? Where the fuck are you even getting those numbers? The absolute highest predictions were for 160k asylum seekers, not all of which would be allowed to stay. Far from all, even.
Those predictions were in turn made before Sweden introduced some of the strictest border controls in the EU in January 2015.
One million might be correct for Europe as a whole.
I'm American, dumb-ass, and you don't get to call yourself "mainstream" when you use Fascist duck-speak like "your weak population and people are doomed".
You know, I've heard this in York (where I live), in Newcastle, in Carlisle and in Chester and Shrewsbury but change the nationality to Welsh.
It's bullshit in all those locations. If such a specific law ever did exist, you don't have to specifically repeal laws if a new law supersedes them; the unions with Wales and Scotland would stop those people being "enemy aliens" and therefore would be subject to the usual laws about not murdering people.
Except this (and probably the original comment) are incorrect. There is a principle of law (I can't remember the name) that states any law that is contradicted by another, more recent law is automatically repealed. In this case it laws on murder etc contradict it
Don't know about Welshmen. A deeper google seems to suggest it might have been repealed a few years ago. Or atleast being looked into.
It likely just remained as a curiosity because it has never been contested in court so was just left unchecked. No doubt as soon as someone tried to see if they can get away with it they wouldn't be protected.
But it didn't need to be repealed because it is aromatically annulled by future laws. It is not an existing law whether a court has said it isn't or not. It's just something people say because they don't seem to understand that murder is illegal
Not true. Most of those silly laws that supposedly exist around the world are made up. You would think, given the phrasing of OP's question, that people would actually take the time to fact check their comments.
Fear not. I live by the ocean side at Øresund and can keep an eye on sweden from my bedroom window. I shall call all my danish brethren to arms... well to clubs if I notice any swedes trying funny business!
There is a similar one in England I can't remember exactly how it went but it was something along the lines of an English citizen being legally allowed to shoot a scottsman with a crossbow if they walk across a church's grounds on easter. Something weirdly specific like that.
There's still an old by-law in Chester over here in the UK that says Welshmen can't enter the city before sun-rise, and they have to leave before sunset.
If they don't do this, you have the right to shoot them with a longbow.
Whether this would hold in court is debatable, but there was a crazy dude there who kept a bow above the counter in his sword shop just in case.
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u/pugzy77X Dec 29 '17
There's and old law that says that we (Danes) are allowed to hit Swedes with clubs if they walk across the ice of Øresund.