You know what, you're right. I stand corrected. I was thinking of Denmark, not Sweden. I'm not sure how I got the two confused, but I sure did. Sorry AnMal. I'll be quiet now.

Random comparison.

Alabama, US: 52,419 square miles, population 4,822,023.
Finland: 130,596 square miles, population 5,421,827.

Wanna talk about distances? (Yes, we probably still have better public transportation, Sweden probably even better...)

Along with German and French, I do have some Dutch ancestry too so not sure how close they are to Sweden. Dad still, on New Years Day, eat pickled herring; says it brings good luck. I say, it's just stinky and nasty. lol

What public transportation? If you're lucky the buses run and come maybe once an hour. We have no sub in Tulsa, no streetcars either. There's a greyhound station where all the meth heads live though.

ek22: tss, i can see you didn't shut up and there was no need - a little transatlantic game of "we have it worst" is good for everyone .
lylejk: hehe, i perfectly agree with you there! but there is pickled herring and pickled herring - i mean, one kind is fermented and the stench of that is beyond belief, but there's also the variety that's pickled with onion, the one that's pickled with mustard, the one that's pickled with beetroot, the one that's pickled with onion and beetroot, etc. none of them smell good, but at least the normal ones don't smell very much.

Hah, sometimes I'd rather talk than live.