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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Note that there's a typo in the source article:

One woman, from the southern province of ~~Smålandeven,~~ Småland, even managed to get Social Security benefits for calling in gay.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Isn’t that the name of the ikea play place?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is indeed.

It's a bit of a play on words, since Småland literally translates to Small land, making it apt as this is where you can leave your children at IKEA.

I looked up the etymology of the name out of interest, and it seems like it stems from it being made up of a collection of smaller self-ruling villages, located between Skåne that has often been under Danish control, and Götaland which was controlled by Götar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Småland is also where the first IKEA was founded.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Indeed! I was planning on mentioning that as well but forgot.

IKEA is an acronym: Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd - the name of the founder Ingvar Kamprad, the village of Elmtaryd (now spelled Älmtaryd) located in the parish of Agunnaryd.

Älmtaryd/Agunnaryd are located in Småland.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Magnificent. Top tier joke. 😂