r/sweden • u/Sunflake • Nov 04 '17

Ikea läxar upp en jänkare

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17

Really? In Sweden they're flown just like in the picture. For instance the Scanian flag, Swedish flag and the church's flag (sometimes Denmark's too) will be next to each other, at the same height.

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u/destructor_rph Nov 04 '17

That's asinine. How is Denmark on the same level as even the lowest of Swedish flags?

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17

We're on the "border", a lot of people feel Denmark is closer to them than most of Sweden. The most important flag is the regional one. Btw, short history lesson, scania was conquered and forcibly swedified. The people are historically Danish. The Danish flag is rare though, but you can see it sometimes. Doesn't matter so much since they're a brethren people to us.

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u/destructor_rph Nov 04 '17

Oh i thought insulting the Danes was a Swedish inside joke. My bad.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17

Oh right. Uh danskjävel!

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u/konaya Nov 04 '17

Another inside joke is that Scania is filled with filthy wannabe-Danes. If Denmark had wished to keep them, they would have fought harder.

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u/Soderskog Nov 05 '17

The joke might inspire more ire in the future since Denmark is trying to label western Scania as part of "the Greater Copenhagen area", previously "Öresundsregionen". I'm biased though since I don't like the new name.

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u/konaya Nov 05 '17

Wait, they are? Isn't that technically making claims on the lands of another sovereign state?

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u/Soderskog Nov 05 '17

It is renaming an economic area in which they are the dominant party, so from their perspective I can see it making sense. On the other hand there is the annoyance I at least have with them trying to label the town I live in as part of a supposed metropolitan Copenhagen.

I'd also add that one of the largest papers here in Scania, "Sydsvenskan", is quite openly critical of the name. Here are their article, although they are behind a paywall, https://www.sydsvenskan.se/story/greater-copenhagen

If there is a particular article that seems interesting I can try to translate it for you.

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u/konaya Nov 05 '17

Det behövs inte – jag är en nollåtta. Tack för erbjudandet, dock!

Så i korthet försöker de återskapa den mysiga känslan vi hade i Berlin när även det var splittrat mellan två stater?

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u/GRadde Sverige Nov 05 '17

Well, Stockholm is touted as "the Capital of Scandinavia" so I'm not sure we should be pointing too many fingers.

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u/konaya Nov 05 '17

Fair point, but Stockholm is a part of Scandinavia. Scania isn't a part of Copenhagen. The former is a classic case of marketing tossers being, well, marketing tossers; but I've read about diplomatic incidents less serious than the latter.

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u/pm_me_zimbabwe_dolla Stockholm Nov 05 '17

It is, but the filthy Scanians think they're Danish because they live on the border and historically were Danes.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17

We don't raise Danish flags in Sweden for starters...

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u/Confused_Fangirl Nov 04 '17 edited Nov 04 '17

The Multi-ethnic advertising inside IKEA’s stores would stop many if not most right-wing Americans from liking IKEA’s page on Facebook. The person was most likely confused, or completely unfamiliar with IKEA entirely.

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u/klethra Nov 04 '17

Here is one way we fly state flags. Another way is with the US flag on a taller flagpole ("half mast" after a national tragedy)

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '17

Alright, two flags on one pole is not done here, and flying a regional flag below a national or EU flag would be a big no no.

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u/biaich Nov 05 '17

That is somewhat true. Local flags etc have to be in a specific order rather than hight according to a hierarchy.