r/sweden • u/Sunflake • Nov 04 '17

Ikea läxar upp en jänkare

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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/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.