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Thought she was Norwegian, told she is Swedish
www.aftenposten.no ^ | 08/02/2007 | Eivind Sørlie

Posted on 08/02/2007 4:40:07 AM PDT by WesternCulture

(Well, IMO she's pretty enough to be Swedish, so perhaps the authorities are right.)

"Malin Aass was shocked when Norwegian authorities refused to renew her passport and told her she was "not a Norwegian citizen." Several times a week, confused "Norwegians that are really Swedish" turn up at the Swedish embassy, shocked that despite holding Norwegian passports, they are citizens of Sweden."

(Excerpt) Read more at aftenposten.no ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: babes; bureaucracy; citizenship; nationality; norway; passport; passports; passportspassport; scandinavia; sweden
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To: from occupied ga

Or sect 1 of the 14th amendment.


21 posted on 08/02/2007 5:53:25 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: Graybeard58

That was shocking!


22 posted on 08/02/2007 6:02:01 AM PDT by Nevadan (nevadan)
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To: WesternCulture
She's so cute they named a brewery after her.
23 posted on 08/02/2007 6:04:03 AM PDT by Sender (A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.)
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Bindi Ova


24 posted on 08/02/2007 6:04:42 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: WesternCulture

I just got back Monday from Sweden. I was in Stockholm, Linköping, and Gotland. I really don’t think Norwegians and Swedes look that much different...

They’re both beautiful!

:-)


25 posted on 08/02/2007 6:05:23 AM PDT by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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To: WesternCulture

I don’t know why Norway wouldn’t want to claim her. She’s got great genes. America was ruthlessly discriminatory about who was allowed in to the country in the 1800s and early 1900s— no sick people, etc.


26 posted on 08/02/2007 6:08:31 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: grjr21

“This is NOT a Swede”

I thought swede was a nickname for turnips. Helen Thomas is certainly as attractive as a turnip freshly pulled from the ground.


27 posted on 08/02/2007 6:11:11 AM PDT by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: WesternCulture
What's the difference?

(now ducking) :-)

28 posted on 08/02/2007 6:12:53 AM PDT by Tribune7 (Michael Moore bought Haliburton)
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To: WesternCulture
I declare her to be an honorary American!!!
29 posted on 08/02/2007 6:14:11 AM PDT by Tribune7 (Michael Moore bought Haliburton)
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To: Sender

“She’s so cute they named a brewery after her.”

- I haven’t tried that particular beer, but Norway has some of the best beers in Europe.

Even though Sweden has some nice really enjoyable beers too(like Mariestads, Åbro and TT), Norwegian beer is better in general. Maybe it’s because of their supreme spring water?


30 posted on 08/02/2007 6:18:21 AM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: GraniteStateConservative
America was ruthlessly discriminatory about who was allowed in to the country in the 1800s and early 1900s— no sick people, etc.

We're still ruthlessly discriminatory. No educated people, no rich people, no law abiding people, no english speaking people, no people who want to learn english, and of course very few white people. We only take in those who will be a burden on the rest of us.

31 posted on 08/02/2007 6:18:41 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government, Benito Guilinni a short man in search of a balcony)
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To: stuartcr
Or sect 1 of the 14th amendment.

I guess it depends on how you interpret "naturalized"

32 posted on 08/02/2007 6:24:00 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government, Benito Guilinni a short man in search of a balcony)
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To: No Truce With Kings

“I thought swede was a nickname for turnips.”

- A ‘swede’ is (apart from a native of Sweden) a name for a “..root vegetable that originated as a cross between the cabbage and the white turnip” (quote from Wikipedia).

It is also called ‘Rutabaga’, ‘Swedish Turnip’ and ‘Yellow Turnip’.

Frome what I’ve understood, this usage of the word ‘Swede’ is more common in British English than in AE.


33 posted on 08/02/2007 6:25:28 AM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: Tribune7

“What’s the difference?”

- Between Swedish and Norwegian girls?

It’s difficult to define it in a few words, it’s more like something you experience after having lived in Scandinavia for several years.


34 posted on 08/02/2007 6:28:15 AM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: t_skoz

“I just got back Monday from Sweden. I was in Stockholm, Linköping, and Gotland.”

- Guess the weather wasn’t that good in those parts of Sweden either (I live on the West Coast, in Gothenburg).

If I may ask, what did you enjoy and what was not so good about your trip?

Ps. Are you the guy I discussed the Gotland habit of eating Lamb eyes with here on FR a while ago?


35 posted on 08/02/2007 6:33:44 AM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: WesternCulture
that explains this pic of her dad:

36 posted on 08/02/2007 6:34:00 AM PDT by ari-freedom (Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.)
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To: WesternCulture
Here is her older sister in camouflage.


37 posted on 08/02/2007 6:38:44 AM PDT by Styria
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To: WesternCulture

Yup, that was me! I’m happy to report I returned from Gotland without anyone offering me lamb eyes :)

The weather was awesome! It only rained a few times, mostly either at night or while we were inside. So no complaints about that!

What did I like... well I love Sweden and would move to Stockholm in a second if I could find a company to set me up (I do computer and network support). I stay and travel with locals, because I have many Swedish friends! So it’s very easy for me to get along there. The only regret is that I didn’t find a young Swedish girl looking for dual citizenship who wants to teach me Swedish!!! hahahahaha


38 posted on 08/02/2007 6:39:14 AM PDT by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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To: WesternCulture

Norwegian father, Swedish mother, born in Norway, so she’s a Swede? How is that?

Perhaps the article is unclear... where it says “lived with her Norwegian father in Norway since she was born” ...that must mean she was born in Sweden and then went to Norway... which would logically make her Swedish and an immigrant to Norway. Her parents should have known that.

jw


39 posted on 08/02/2007 6:41:09 AM PDT by JWinNC (www.anailinhisplace.net)
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To: WesternCulture

Check this out...

http://www.gotlandsbryggeri.se/

I did the tour, they have really great beers!


40 posted on 08/02/2007 6:43:26 AM PDT by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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