The Olympics: Team Sweden
Nicklas Bäckström
Sweden (Sverige)
Let’s Learn Some Svenska!! – Impressing Friends, Family and Swedish Hockey Players Everywhere!
Hello | Hej. |
I Love You (important for what should be obvious reasons) | |
My Swedish is bad. | Min Svenska är dålig. |
I need to practice my Swedish. | Jag måste öva på min Svenska. |
Congratulations! (When they win….which they probably will…crafty, patient Swedes, swoopin’ in and winning the whole darn thing) | Grattis! |
My hovercraft is full of eels (again, relevant for obvious reasons) | Min svävare är full med ålar. |
The National Anthem of Sweden
(so you can sing along with Nick when Sweden wins the whole dang thing) (In Swedish. Of course.)
"Du gamla, du fria…"
Du gamla, du fria, du fjällhöga Nord,
du tysta, du glädjerika sköna!
Jag hälsar dig, vänaste land uppå jord,
din sol, din himmel, dina ängder gröna,
din sol, din himmel, dina ängder gröna.
What you didn’t get that? OK, OK…
Thou ancient, thou freeborn, thou mountainous North,
In beauty and peace our hearts beguiling,
I greet thee, thou loveliest land on the earth,
Thy sun, thy skies, thy verdant meadows smiling.
Thy sun, thy skies, thy verdant meadows smiling.
Thy throne rests on mem’ries from great days of yore,
When worldwide renown was valour’s guerdon.
I know to thy name thou art true as before.
Oh, I would live and I would die in Sweden,
Oh, I would live and I would die in Sweden.
(http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Quick-facts/Sweden-in-Brief/National-Anthem/)
And now because you’re in a sing mood, why not some slammin’ Swedish tunes? (The minute you make a little mention of Erik Grönwall, or BassHunter, to Nick, you’re golden.)
Current Top Swedish Singles:
1.) Erik Grönwall, Higher
2.) Anything Basshunter. "Boten Anna"…particularly classy, if you like European club music. And yes, I realize this is an oxymoron.
3.) The Baseballs, Strike!
4.) Torgny Melin’s, Dansbandsnatt
5.) Zekes, En sån natt