I thought I'd ask the non-Americans here -- are there any popular songs about how great your country is?
Not in Sweden, no. It is considered ridiculous to sing songs to your country here. Swedes are patriots, we really are, but it's not part of our patriotism to sing songs about our country or to wave flags. But I should perhaps mention that a relatively popular song, "This is your land" which is meant to be a non-ironic tribute to Sweden, is a duet sung by a "typical Swede" and a man with a very noticable foreign immigrant-type accent.
I don't think so. But songs sung by regional artists with typical regional accents are popular.
No!!! That's considered to be very bad manners. You just can't do it in Sweden. Let me put it like this - those with the smarts and talent to write a good song praising Swedish culture know that that sort of thing isn't done, and those who don't give two hoots about good manners aren't talented enough to write such a song. So nothing of the sort exists.
Ann
