Today the divorce between Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods was finalized here in Florida. Elin did her best to protect her and her childrens safety and integrity by divorcing a husband who was an obvious liability. I wish Elin and her children the best of luck and I am sure these kids will do good in the hands of Elin.

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Visby, Gotland, home of Almedalsveckan

When I was a young girl I remember watching the former Swedish prime minister, Olof Palme holding a speech in Almedalen, a beautiful park by the sea in my hometown Visby. I do not remember what he said, but I remember feeling very close to him, as a person. Olof Palme founded the tradition of Swedish party leaders to speak in Almedalen already in 1968, twenty years later when Olof Palme was shot to death in Stockholm, the tradition of speaking in Almedalen almost died with Olof Palme. His widow, Lisbet Palme, though,  actively encouraged party leaders to continue this tradition of talking to directly to the people in a relaxed and intimate atmosphere.  A few years ago, I visited Almedalsveckan again, it has certainly changed, from the intimate and intellectual dialogue to madhouse of screaming politicians who will do whatever it takes to get the attention from the crowds and the media.

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Princess Madeleine, second from the left visiting Children's Harbor in Fort Lauderdale. Photo Children's Harbor.

On April 27 Swedish princess Madeleine visited the Children's Harbor in Pembroke Pines here in Florida. The princess is going through a break-up with her boyfriend since eight years and has fled Sweden to be with friends in New York. Yesterday the princess cancelled an appearance at Sweden Week in Seattle and her big sister Crown princess Victoria had to jump on a plane and take her little sisters place in Seattle. According to the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, the organisers of Sweden Week is not so happy about the change of plans in the last minute, they had originally been promised that the Swedish king himself would appear, then princess Madeleine was announced and now it seems like they Royal Court of Sweden will be represented by the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess, however, is a pro and will do an excellent appearance at Sweden Week.

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TigerDuck?

Last week our Swedish exotics made headlines again, the Tiger made a robotic mea culpa to his wife, his friends, his sponsors etc, etc, etc. Mrs Duck however was exposed for another cheat scheme by her husband the Duck.

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One of the most talked about Swedes in Florida these days, Elin Nordegren's Tiger has turned into a cheetah and Anna Aberg's duck has left the pond.The Swedish blondes in distress have a few things in common, they allegedly attacked their husbands, Anna by hurling an ice cube and Elin by swinging a golf club. They married celebs and they have children with their famous husbands.  Their hubbies are good for millions of dollars and in case of a divorce they will probably walk away with some millions on their bank accounts.

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Elin Woods is a Swedish woman with good education, a strong and successful family and very good friends that could not care less about the money her husband has made.  She has nothing to lose by leaving Tiger Woods and the friends and mistresses he bought. Obviously the so called friends of Tiger Woods who acted as pimps by sending willing mistresses all over the world do not care for him they care for his money and so did the mistresses.  I mean with friends that helps you to destroy your family, you certainly do not need enemies.

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  Agnes-Nicole Winter and Mara New     Courtesy Mara New

Mara New contacted us about her close relationship with Agnes-Nicole Winter from the Swedish TV- series Svenska Hollywoodfruar.  Mara can be seen in the show as the friend of Agnes-Nicole who takes care of her beloved dog, Ruffy.  In a few sentences Mara describes the first impressions many Americans get when the meet a Swede for the first time, “I was intimated by her beauty and somehow I thought she might be a little stuck up and I did not know that she has a great sense of humor.”  

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                                                           Dominic and his mother Annie
Last June, 7-year-old Dominic Johansson and his parents had boarded a flight from Arlanda, Stockholm to India. Minutes before the plane was supposed to leave the gate, police boarded the plane and arrested the family. Later Dominic was separated from his parents and brought to a foster family on the Swedish island Gotland where he grew up with his parents Christer and Annie.

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EuroFloridian has met with Rebecca Weiss, a Swedish artist and author who since 1994 has lived in Bellair with her husband and two cats. Rebecca is the daughter of the well renowned Swedish artist Helga Henschen and German-Swedish author Peter Weiss.  Helga Henschen died in 2002, the same year Rebecca started to write her autobiography, “Journeys in Darkness and Light”.

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A bleak copy of the Real Housewives of series

The Swedish broadcast network, TV 3, has now aired three episodes of the record breaking series, Swedish Hollywood Wives.  Not only did the series have a viewer record for the first episodes, one of the reality stars, Anna Anka, has caused a national gender equality debate, she has also become so popular that she was jetted over from the US to participate in a Swedish talk show, Skavlan, she also mingled with Swedish B and C celebs at some parties.

The three episodes of the Hollywood Wives can be viewed online from www.tv3.se.  The Swedish Hollywood wives do not have much of a fab or glam factor and very little drama compared to the US series The Real Housewives of that without doubt served as an inspiration for the Swedish, low budget and most of the time boring copy. Very Swedish, very lagom (just enough).

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A new docudrama a la The Real House Wives premiered on Swedish television. The house wives participating in the Swedish soap called Swedish Hollywood Wives  are Swedish women who have married rich and successful men in Hollywood, USA. The first episode of the series had more than 600 000 viewers, making it the most watched television program at the 9.00 pm time slot.

One of the house wives is Anna Anka, made and born in Poland, adopted to Sweden as a three-year-old  married since 2008 to Paul Anka, born Paul Mustapha Abdi Anka by Lebanese immigrants in Canada.  

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Annika Sorenstam and her husband Mike McGee had a daughter, Ava Madelyn McGee early this morning

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The Orange Belt Railway

Founder and patriarch of the first Swedish settlement in Florida

Josef Henschen came to Florida in 1871. He was a medical student at Uppsala University when he got the opportunity to bring a group of Swedish workers to Sanford, north of Orlando.  He recruited 36 workers from Uppsala and brought them to the work at the 12 000 acres of orange groves owned by General Shelton Sanford in Seminole County, Florida. General Sanford had not been pleased by the workforce recruited locally and had heard that Swedes were hard working and honest.

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