As a swede I can confirm that there are only single beds here. Double beds was banned in the 1950s as they got popular and since then it has been illegal to own one. So the double beds you buy at Ikea today was designed and produced in Sweden, but they are under heavy surveillance to make sure no person will lay on it until it is shipped out of the country. One may think this is a strange law, but it makes sense for swedes and today there are not much controverse surrounding the law.
Really? I am from Chile and I have a sister married with a swede, and they sleep in a double bed like any couple (emigrants and swedes) that I knew (in the north, i.e. Luleå, Piteå, Kiruna, etc.) Please explain to me this, I love svenska kultur, and I just finish Moberg's Emigrants's books serie.
Yes, as a Swede I have to confirm that there are only single beds. My wife and I tried to share a bed once, for cultural curiosity, but it was utterly awkward and we both felt ashamed afterwards
Very cute :D You've captured the feel of a Swedish 19th century home pretty well :D We do have double beds in Sweden though :p Actually, I think that the bed upstairs would have been a double bed, not today, but back then the beds weren't huge like today :)
Does anyone know the name of the fiddle tune that is played ? Its a well known fiol musik /fiddle music we play in Sweden and on the scandinavian Midsummer fest here in Seattle every midsommar. I got to visit this place in 1998. It really looks like "home" as far as the rural area of S. Sweden as I was born and raised in Sweden ( Sodertalje area)
Oh, I love this. But as a comment, single-beds vs double ones aren't that common. 90 centimeters+ are counted as a double. Also, I think you guys confuse Swedish and Finland, which isn't surprising considering our close relationship. But at the same time Sweden and Finland have two very different languages (my mother is Finnish, so I recognize both)
+Enraged Fireplug Also, sidbord= "sid = besides, bord = table. So, besides the tavle is essentially the meaning of that. Or a cabinet, which I also have.
+Enraged Fireplug also, "trasmattor" or "trash mats" are usually made from old clothes. Perhaps that's where the term "rug rats" is from? My mom still does those.
Viewers of this video may enjoy visiting the "Old Chisago County Group" on Facebook and help set the younger generations straight on the old customs and traditions that were left behind over a century ago, as the Swedes settled and populated this area of Minnesota in the USA. Apparently the 'single bed' controversy is still alive and well in our region and could probably use some additional elaboration, as datapeter pointed out! facebook.com/groups/343291885809970/
