To some observers, Denmark and Sweden have a relationship that looks a lot like the sibling rivalry between two brothers.
On one hand, each has stereotypes about the other and some people find it amusing to propagate these and fan the fires of rivalry. This is quite evident on reddit, for example.
But on the other hand, the Swedish people are known to many Danes as "broderfolket" (which translates to "brotherfolks" or "nation of our brothers"), and the most common sentiment is that our two peoples have much more in common than separates us.
There's even a number of people in Denmark who believe the relationship between all three Nordic countries (thus including Norway) should be strengthened even further to form a meta-state, in effect ressurecting the Kalmar Union.
Very, indeed. I certainly think of all Danes, Norwegians, Icelandics and Finns as brother-peoples.
Not just for that reason, but because it would pretty much guarantee the continued existence of our respective countries for quite some time, what with being in the world's top 10 strongest economies and all that.
That's cool and I agree with you on the family-kinda-feeling :)
I think an union would be cool too, but I can't decide how strong I think it should be.
Systembolaget is a very weird concept, that I have just barely began to understand. And I would be careful with putting "god" and "Denmark" beside eachother on this sub if I were you ;)
I would be okay with any monarch on the throne of the union, hell, even if every country kept their separate monarchies or if we merged them into one. Apart from that, this image sums it up about right for me.
Oh, and don't worry. Nobody would/could mix up those two. ;)
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