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To: himno hero

I suspect that my four great-grandparents who came over came over in part to get away from the Swedes. I didn’t know any of them, but the Norwegian love for Swedes carried onto the second and some of the third generation, who I did know. I suspect that now they will want to get away from the people Sweden has imported.


10 posted on 01/13/2018 10:40:38 AM PST by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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To: Hieronymus

Historically Norwegians and Finns were persecuted minorities within the Swedish Empire. Then the Finns incorporated themselves into Russia to stop persecution the way ancient Caucasian Kingdoms like Georgia and Armenia did to save themselves from Muslims. Then the Finns assisted Russians in destroying the Swedish Empire. By 19th century Sweden was mostly neutered and Norway declared independence in 1814, got a Constitution. It wasn’t actually recognized until earlier 1900s but it was practically independent since that time.


28 posted on 01/13/2018 11:07:33 AM PST by NorseViking
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