One has to hand it to the Swedes, they are the gentlemen of the Nordics. Perhaps it is the long absence of wars,Bamboo Grove wrote:The Olympics hockey final btw Swe and Fin was a thriller. We watched it along with about 300 others, mainly from Sweden and Finland in a Swedish restaurant and after the match both teams' supporters were in very friendly terms with each other and I even received a Swedish team shirt from one guy that I went to congratulate after the match. No hooliganism or fights there, that was good fun, although we lost the match.
perhaps being the first true welfare society of "peoples home" - (folkhem). Be it what may, nowhere in the world is the traffic
as safe, considerate and polite as in Sweden. And, of course, the ice-hockey audience as well.
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....Many SaiPa supporter say Pelicans-SaiPa match is their "derby" in league. And it is because Pelicans is their nearest opponent. Atmosphere in this match was very good. In match Pelicans was little better team than SaiPa. Pelicans control this match, but SaiPa take two points.