February 14, 2012
Published: 21 Dec 09 10:50 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/23968/20091221/
The Swedish population grew more in 2009 than it has in any year since 1946, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån - SCB). The increase is attributed to high birth and immigration rates, as well as sharply reduced emigration and fewer deaths.
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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
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Where did I made mention of race in my post and which race was I referring to. You little ignoramus heterocephalus glaber :-)
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2008/ois_yb_2008.pdf
I think many native Swedes are concerned about the intellectual, financial and social contributions of immigrants (newly arrived or not). This would be the case in any country, not only Sweden. There is nothing "racial" (I think you meant racist) about the post at all... In my opinion, it is YOU who is naive and needs to "grow up."
spot on..
Come off it! They are costing us more money than they will ever be able or willing to return and they just keep on coming.
Now, I can reach out an helping hand to just about anyone in real need, but when we are being taking advantage of and they start using and abusing the system I get rather pizzzed off. And I know I'm not alone with these thoughts.
Besides, many, if not as much as half of those coming within these borders are not the innocent victims they shine to be at all, but a bunch of criminals who probably would be put away for all time at home or even executed for crimes they have committed. They come here and claim the "rights" they never even had within their own borders and demand we give them everything they screaming for. I am not the only one who "happens" to know a great deal of very delicate information when it comes down to immigration issues in this country.
And yes, swedes do immigrate too. But the difference here is that we accept and embrace the rules and laws in the country we chose to live in. We don't "claim our rights" and demand their state or government to provide for us. If we did, they would probably just throw us out rather fast and head first. See ya!
Sweden has become a bloody asylum resort for far too many criminals as it is. And of course, they get pregnant and bring a lot of kids to the world that we also have to take care of in the end.
Population growth, fine! I don't mind at all. As long as everybody do their part.
As long as one is allowed in sweden, then the right is given and it does not matter even if they get it in their home country or not. Every one should be treated equally. Everyone is born and created by God and has the right to live. Are you trying to promote discrimination in a country that gives one the right to live there? It will be unfair to treat you as a king or queen and treat migrants like second class citizens. So get it straight that when a right is given, that person should be treated equally, would you like to be treated badly if you migrate to another country and face some second class conditions? Judge for yourself.
HAHAHAHA enjoy !
look at the immigrants that are coming to Sweden..
Somalians and Irakies both have loads of kids and both are mostly Muslims ..
talk about Culture clash..what chance do they have in Sweden probably not educated and almost impossible to get a job ..How is this going to benefit Sweden in the future let alone themselves..its bad business from the day one..for Sweden that is..the cost to educate intergrate is massive.
Im a immigrant to but in my case I was here to work and after several years i now have a family a house and drive a new car and pay loads of taxes to my mate Reinfelt and yes letting in me was good business for sweden ..
I say stop the culture clash immigration flow ..
God Jul!
Gott Nytt Ar!
Ja, jag vill leva,
jag vill di i Norden.
Please. Get over yourselves all you who live in fear of your precious traditions being eroded by immigration. The story is meant as a 'feel good' story on babies for Sweden at Christmas time...(birth of certain dude 2009 yrs ago, subtle reference)
Change is inevitable.FACT
Humans are dynamic in genes, geography and in general. FACT FACT FACT.
These facts no one can EVER dispute.
Immigrant bashing in 'The Local' I have come to expect always from the same corners of closet Nazis.
Happily, its the last kicks of a dying donkey so kick away donkeys, Sweden is in transition. The beauty of it all is there is sweet F.A all you haters can do about it.
*NEWSFLASH:
Homogenous populations as Hitler wanted has largely been rejected (ref: World War 1 and 2)
Is this article not about higher fertility/ greater births etc ...ie. MORE SWEDES!!!!!!
Simple me, thought that, it was cause for rejoicing. But it appears some here are not happy with the Swedish 'purity' of innocent babies.
Any of the negative contributors have children? Because if you do, wow!!.. One day you will have a tough time explaining your intolerance to some one. Good luck.
Merry Christmas to fellow christians. Not sure when is Eid?...Eid Mubarak iaf.
On 'CHANCE'
-there is none; for the 'good old days'
On 'CHOICE'
-evolve or die. All this complaining that the world/sweden is changing is the most neanderthal thought I have met in this forum.
What an utterly bizarre comment! You do know that simply putting "FACT" in capital letters over and over again does not make it so?
The whole comment was surreal but especially this gem:
"Homogenous populations as Hitler wanted has largely been rejected (ref: World War 1 and 2)"
Historical anomalies aside, what on earth is this supposed to mean?
There is nothing wrong or evil with homogenous populations and you will find that not one country in Europe has given their Marxist overlords any mandate to completely change the demographics and indeed the very foundation of their countries; you will also find that these Marxist overlords have never dared ask for mandate either.
All polls indicate that people all over Europe are sick and tired of immigration.
The influx is all one way: The peoples of the world are flooding into Europe in such vast numbers as to outbreed the Europeans in their own homelands within decades whilst Europeans are not flooding into any non-western country at all and consequently will have no place of their own.
Common sense dictates that we ask why this traffic is all one way and the implications of allowing it to continue.
That, by the way, is an analogy and I am in not seriously comparing people to cockroaches. However, there are some immigrants who, due to their religion convictions, have no respect for the laws, culture and tradition of Sweden. They have no intention of assimilating into Swedish society. Their intention is to impose their own sharia law. If I were a woman, a Jew, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, etc., a lover of democracy or a dog owner.... I would be very, very nervous.
There's a line of dialogue from the 1979 film "A L I E N", when the chief medical science officer complains to Ripley about how well the "guest" has a strong immune to there defense system.
LT. RIPLEY:
"And You let IT in here"
I have this to say to Sweden...
They're like Vampires, once You invite them in... I'm sure You know the rest. lol
You had all better get to crakin' the books on arabic lingo and the islamic / muslim way.
New advertisement for travel agency TV ads...
"Welcome to SWERABIA, The New Way of Life for All-ah You."
Sweden just had to be the humanitarians of the world, Hey! The US is NOT taking these "Insurgents" in. Ask Yourself, WHY?
BTW - Merry CHRISTmas !!! \ ( * > * ) /
"Sweden risks facing severe labour shortages"
Published: 22 Dec 09 15:48 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/24004/20091222/
"Over the next ten years, the number of native-born Swedes of working age will decline by 100,000."
I often tell young folks that if I had life to live over again I'd look real close at moving to Sweden, Canada, etc to raise my children. Because they would be assured of great healthcare, college education and less subject to being called off to some "long war", a long war to provide wealth to war mongers.
we as humans are so very meticulous in preserving the genotypes for posterity,
( exept Monsanto R I guess ) I am not racist, proof is I love Somali people for example, but I equally adore
the classical notorious Swedish archetype wich at my honest opinion
is threatened, albeit not by malice, just de facto.
this quote from above poster is very true, and one does not have to be a nazzi to agree with it, I' m not, but as a beleiver in reincarnation, I sure would like to be able to be born again in a true Swedish looking body one day, if there' s any left by then:
" The influx is all one way: The peoples of the world are flooding into Europe in such vast numbers as to outbreed the Europeans in their own homelands within decades whilst Europeans are not flooding into any non-western country at all and consequently will have no place of their own.
Common sense dictates that we ask why this traffic is all one way and the implications of allowing it to continue. "
We really do have to look into ourselves, immigration is sure one way because all the ravages and hundreds of years of savage (ops civilized) exploitation of all resources of the so called third world counries, just ask yourself why should a somali ever even think to come to sweden or any other european country?, maybe because the west is direct and non direct responsible of what is happening there? didnt many european leave their home countries to find a better life?, and btw many of them where not exactly goodfellas (new zealand, australia and others are well known to be previous open air prisons to undesired citizens of their own country) what about countries like italy that really did immigration on huge scale, by the millions and still do, exporting good things but also mafia and organized crime still now, funny thing is that italians right now feel superior and have repulsion to immigrants coming to italy (many of them from ex italin colonies) and turning out to be far far more racist than germans , swiss and nordics combined (admitting that those are racist which they are not anymore), we really have to look to the phenomenon on right perspective, we dont ask about chinese immigration because they are invisibile ruled by the chinese mafia where slavery is running as usual, just because we dont see it it doesnt mean it doesnt exist,
About immigrants in sweden, swedes should thank those people because if any one will pay for their pension and welfare it wont be their fellow citizens but 2nd and third generation immigrants, clealry newcomers wont, time is neded for adaptation and so on, people must see the phenomenon in terms of mass and global scale we should think in terms of decades evend hundreds of years its called evolution thats how it works.
Finally we should actually worry about the global warming and pollution (which by the way is produced only by the west and usa and to some degree to china turning the planet to wasteland and dumping waste guess where? well africa of course and other poor countries run by "prowestern" puppets and dictators appointed by civilized world sic.
I just cant understand why all the hatered and complains we all have to "grow" those immigrants because it is how we treat them that we will be payed likewise so instead of isolating them and showing hatered welcome them as fellow humans in need you will feel better and they will be grateful otherwise the results will be banlieu paris on huge scale.
last note whe are talking also about people with over 10000 years of civilization just please tell me what was sweden a few decades ago?, or France some 300 hundreds years ago, and finally USA its an immigration built superpower, think about it if quakers and mormons kept it "clean" from outsiders and non white !
Merry christmas and happy new year all