Talk:National Day of Sweden

Something is wrong here

I've made a number of minor edits in the interest of clarity and making this short article 'flow' better. I am no expert on Swedish history. I only stumbled into this article and felt that it could benefit from some minor revisions. Now upon re-reading the article I'm puzzled.

In the first sentence of the History section, we're stating that this holiday was founded in honor of the crowning of King Gustav Vasa. In the next sentence we are saying that this holiday isn't closely related to a significant event in Sweden's history. Was King Gustav Vasa not a significant figure? Wouldn't his crowning be a significant event in any case?

Hi. I was made ware of your question by a post on my personal discussion page, and it seems to be confusing for more than you. Based on the corresponding article on Swedish wikipedia, the Swedish National Day has always been questioned because it is not CLOSELY related to a significant event in Sweden's history. Gustav Vasas crowning was not honoured until centuries later, and in the mean while Sweden seems to have had no National Day. This day has never been regarded as important as, say, the American Independance Day, which in effect create the U.S. nation., which is also the reason this day wasn't declared a national day until the 1980's. I hope this will anser you question, in other cases, just ask again :-)

Fred-Chess 20:32, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Very good. I'll summarize your response and add it to the article. This should clarify the situation for anyone who is interested. Gregmg 21:04, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Well I would say that the "In the next sentence we are saying that this holiday isn't closely related to a significant event in Sweden's history." might that Swedes don't see this day as very significant. Not that many celebrate it, if you read online polls from the biggest Swedish newspapers they all have from 60 to 70% voting No on "Will/Do you celebrate the national day?". I myself don't really celebrate it either... I would rather have Midsommarafton (Midsummers eve) as the national day as much more Swedes celebrate it. But it's not either "celebrated because of Sweden, or that you're Swedish", that's one of the main reasons why the national day isnt widely celebrated, as many Swedes draw parallels from nationalism/patriotism to racism. The later has been discussed in television shows and other medias. Its like "We think we're the best country in the world, but we can't say it out loud because that wouldn't be very nice to the others, or we'd be seen as racists."

p.s. the only reason why I'll be wearing a Swedish t-shirt today is because of the Euro 2008 qualifier against Iceland :) ^CHANDLER   03:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Images without explanation

There are pictures of Swedish Nazis at the bottom of the page, but no explanation at all for this in the text. Can someone please clarify? --nk, 05:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I removed those pictures, they don't have any linkage to the article itself, they are also not present in the swedish version of this article, which this article clearly is a translation of. Bluray (talk) 16:03, 6 June 2008 (UTC)