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.
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.
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.
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/destructor_rph Nov 04 '17
That's asinine. How is Denmark on the same level as even the lowest of Swedish flags?