Ten thousand Swedes

[wrench459]

My grandmother said a silly little rhymes
"Ten thousand Swedes
Ran through the weeds.."
I wonder if our friends from up north could enlighten me with the history of this?
Every time after she said the verse there was a big smile on her face.

[sawdust]

Originally Posted by wrench459 My grandmother said a silly little rhymes "Ten thousand Swedes Ran through the weeds.." I wonder if our friends from up north could enlighten me with the history of this? Every time after she said the verse there was a big smile on her face.

I am sure that there are fifteen thousands Swedes that could enlighten you.
Every time after she said the verse there was a big smile on her face.
She was just thinking about the 15,000 that came out

[Gary]

Dan was she Norwegian?

JSTOR:
(Mr Google is your friend)

[grslightng02]

From Wikipedia,

"Ten thousand Swedes ran through the weeds, Chased by one Norwegian. Ten thousand more ran to the shore, In the battle of Copenhagen." The ditty is based on events of The assault on Copenhagen.

[hrcollinsjr]

Just like Dan to ask a question and not stick around for the answer. Boys and Girls now is the time to talk about him. He probably won't have internet access for a few days. Don't say anything really bad as you might get his Momma on your case and you wouldn't want that. She gave me 10 minutes to wrap up our conversation and I told him he'd better not pretend to talk to me after I hung up.

Harold

[opelspyder]

Leave us Swedes alone, or I'll run away from you
Keith LUNDHOLM- Swedish

[hrcollinsjr]

Originally Posted by opelspyder Leave us Swedes alone, or I'll run away from you Keith LUNDHOLM- Swedish

I guess you're still upset that you didn't make the first cut on the Swedish Bikini team.

Hey, with that thought in mind, do you reckon it was one Norwegian male and the ten thousand running through the weeds were all female.

If Dan could only see where his simple question has gone.

Harold

[jjensen]

Yeah, my Grandma said that ditti too, and giggled! The point was that 10,000 Swedes were no match for one Norwegian!

[jjensen]

And since I'm more Danish than Norwegian, I always wondered why they didn't mention the Danes. The site was Copenhagen, after all...

[hrcollinsjr]

Originally Posted by jjensen Yeah, my Grandma said that ditti too, and giggled! The point was that 10,000 Swedes were no match for one Norwegian!

There are similar stories told here in the south.
Lewis Grizzard's - The Last Confederate Soldier

Harold

[timemachine]

Don't forget, the Swedes pretty much gave Norway to Norway cause they didn't see their neighbors as a big asset, if you know what I mean.

But we're all brothers and sisters, right?

Jim [Ericson, of Swedish heritage]

[grslightng02]

Wasn't Rose Nyland Norwegian?