The Xenophobe's Guide to the Swedes (Xenophobe's Guides)

An alternate cover edition can be found [here](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36235415-the-xenophobe-s-guide-to-the-swedes).

*Soulful sadness*

*A common trait among Swedish people is a deeply felt svårmod, a dark melancholy born out of long winters, high taxes, and a sense of being stuck far out on a geo-political and socio-economic limb. They brood a lot over the meaning of life in a self-absorbed sort of way without ever arriving at satisfactory answers.*

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*Love all*

*The Swedes indulge in sport for leisure and sex for pleasure. Some people treat sex as a sport in order to combine leisure with pleasure, and thus save time and energy.*

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*Nurture nature*

*The Swedes have a dream: to save Nature from Man. This is more than just a vision—it's as close to a passion as the Swedes ever get.*

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*Net loss*

*Becoming rich in Sweden has never been easy. As Ingmar Bergman found out, even millionaires can have difficulties making ends meet when income tax is levied at 102%.*