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Murstensdalen nature reserve in Västmanland, Sweden (November 6, 2020).
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In the early 1800s a man named Little Jon lived in this so called earth cabin (swe. ‘backstuga’) located in southern Småland, Sweden. An earthen cabin is built partially buried in the ground, in this case there’s three walls of stone and one wall made of wood. In Sweden earthen cabins was common in the forests from the 1600s until the late 1800s Link
Source: voiceofnature
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In the early 1800s a man named Little Jon lived in this so called earth cabin (swe. ‘backstuga’) located in southern Småland, Sweden. An earthen cabin is built partially buried in the ground, in this case there’s three walls of stone and one wall made of wood. In Sweden earthen cabins was common in the forests from the 1600s until the late 1800s Link
Source: voiceofnature
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sweden, in relation to its size, is one of the biggest weapon exporters in the world
sorry to get political on a post that’s probably not supposed to be, but it’s important that everyone understands this: in school, swedish children are told that we haven’t been to war in 200 years. what that actually means is that sweden as a state has not been to war in 200 years. in 2014, the year we celebrated 200 years of peace and “neutrality”, sweden exported weapons to 54 countries.
two years ago, 40 percent of these weapons ended up in countries where they were literally not allowed to be. the countries we sell weapons to must reach a certain standard human rights-wise, yet we export to countries that are classified by peace organisations as Not Free.
third place on the list of buyers is the united states of america. the usa buys swedish weaponry, and that weaponry ends up with american armed forces in afghanistan and iraq.
conclusion: sweden’s neutrality is a joke.
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hang on.. so in the rest of the world it’s equally normal to eat candy in any day of the week????? like, eating candy on a wednesday is about as OK as eating it on a saturday???
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Transgender People in Sweden No Longer Face Forced Sterilization
By Rebecca NelsonJan. 14, 2013
Until late last week one of Europe’s most progressive nations had one of the continent’s most repressive policies on transgender people. Swedish law had required all transgender people to undergo sterilization if they want to legally change their sex. In a Dec. 19 decision, the Stockholm Administrative Court of Appeal overturned the law, declaring it unconstitutional.
Sweden’s 1970s-era statutes on sexual identity mandated that any person who legally wanted to change their sex must be sterile. Transgender Swedes had to go through gender reassignment surgery to have their legal documents updated, and to comply with the law, they were also sterilized, whether or not they wanted to be.
Liberal and moderate members of Sweden’s Parliament fought to repeal the law last year, but faced opposition from the conservative Christian Democrat party. The parties compromised by allowing transgender people to marry, which had been banned under the same law.
Despite Sweden’s other LGBT-friendly laws (Parliament legalized gay marriage in 2009 by a hefty majority) and calls to end the mandate from human rights groups, it has so far remained. That is, until an unidentified plaintiff who wanted to update his legal gender but refused to be sterilized took his case to the Swedish Board of Health.
Now, many of the estimated 500 people who have undergone forced sterilization since the law was passed are demanding compensation. Ulrika Westerlund, head of the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights, told Swedish website The Local that 200,000 kronor, or $31,000, would be a “fair sum” for damages.
“If lawmakers take the initiative to adopt a law outlining damages, we will not file a lawsuit,” she said.
Perfection of the Nordic race through sterilization isn’t new, and neither is granting compensation to those affected. In 1999, Sweden granted 175,000 kronor in damages to women who had been sterilized under an infamous eugenics program that lasted 40 years.
Sixteen European countries currently require transgender people to be sterilized before they undergo gender reassignment surgery, including France, Portugal and Italy. In Denmark, the Netherlands and Portugal, the law is under review.
WONDERFUL! Glad that such a progressive-minded country has finally repealed such an archaic law.
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Cottage on an island near Nora, Sweden. Submitted by Jonas Loiske.
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Sweden runs out of garbage, forced to import from Norway Sweden, a recycling-happy land where a quarter of a million homes are powered by the incineration of waste, is facing a rather unique dilemma: The nation has run out of much-needed fuel.
setfabulazerstomaximumcaptain
This is straight out of one of my dreams, a country running out of trash and having to borrow some.
PLEASE SWEDEN, COME TO AMERICA AND TAKE OURS!
dolbia
I don’t think burning Republicans is legal even in Sweden, Joseph.
setfabulazerstomaximumcaptain
Whelp
Someone just went there
ROFL!
nextyearsgirl
Sometimes I read things on tumblr and then turn to my coworkers and say “WHY ARE WE SO BAD AT EVERYTHING?”
cellisterine
This is so depressing.
Sweden is out of garbage and Iceland put all their bankers in jail… I know Scandinavia isn’t perfect but shit, they have some good ideas. America: why can’t we do what works in other countries??? h8u american exceptionalism
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Sweden’s Bunkers With no domestic sources of fossil fuels (well – except for wood of course), there has always been a push in Sweden to go for local sources of energy. A fairly large number of reasonably sized rivers made hydropower an interesting alternative and large installations were made in the early 1900s. The main railways in Sweden were electrified from 1914 and onwards and at the time of WWII, a substantial coverage had been achieved by international standards. Today some > 95% of the rail transport effort is done with electric traction.
Source: forum.ebaumsworld.com
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The Blue whale in Gothenburg, Sweden
Source: monstrum.dk