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MLB Team Names in Swedish

2007-05-25 18:54

by Score Bard

In full appreciation of this map of the Stockholm Subway system, where all the Swedish place names are translated into literal English, I present the 30 Major League team names, translated into literal Swedish, listed in Swedish alphabetical order.

Which team is which, I'll leave it for you to figure out in the comments. No fair spilling the beans if you can already speak a Scandinavian language, though.

Björnungarna
Bryggarna
De Idrottsliga
De Klippiga
De Kungliga
De Landsomfattande
De Modiga
De Röda
Fäderna
Gyllingarna
Indianerna
Jänkarna
Jättarna
Nötskrikarna
Parkvaktarna
Rockorna
Röda Fåglarna
Röda Strumporna
Sjömännen
Sjörövarna
Skallerormarna
Spjutfiskarna
Stjärnorna
Storstadsinvånarna
Tigrarna
Tvillingarna
Undvikarna
Ungstona
Vita Strumporna
Änglarna

Comments

2007-05-25 19:28:50

1. DXMachina

First pass:

De Modiga - The Mets?
De Röda - The Reds
Indianerna - Indians
Röda Strumporna - Red Sox
Sjömännen - Mariners
Spjutfiskarna - Marlins
Stjärnorna - Astros?
Tigrarna - Tigers
Vita Strumporna - White Sox
Änglarna - Angels

2007-05-25 19:37:24

2. DXMachina

Jänkarna - Yankees
Jättarna - Giants
Rockorna - Rockies

2007-05-25 19:38:19

3. Philip Michaels

Gyllingarna -- Giants?
Jänkarna -- Yankees?
Tvillingarna -- Twins?

2007-05-25 19:40:29

4. trainwreck

Rockorna - The Rockies?

Roda Faglarna - Nationals? Figured it means red flags.

2007-05-25 19:55:48

5. For The Turnstiles

Röda Fåglarna - Cardinals?

2007-05-25 19:57:28

6. DXMachina

Björnungarna - Cubs
Röda Fåglarna - Cardinals (I know Röda has to be red, but it took me a bit to figure red birds)
De Landsomfattande = Nationals

2007-05-25 19:58:22

7. trainwreck

Damn, totally forgot Cardinals. Was trying to think of teams with red.

2007-05-25 20:48:30

8. Bob Timmermann

Which subway line would you take to get near the ferries for Helsinki?

I remember my father and I running to catch that one.

2007-05-25 21:13:30

9. Score Bard

8 That would probably be "Shout Stone".

5 and 6 are correct. The others contain at least one error.

2007-05-25 22:08:03

10. Peter

Fäderna = Padres ?

2007-05-25 23:55:24

11. Cliff Corcoran

Well let's just establish these as correct to get them out of the way:

Röda Strumporna - Red Sox
Vita Strumporna - White Sox

2007-05-25 23:56:57

12. Cliff Corcoran

I'm pretty confident about this one as well:

Rockorna - The Rockies

2007-05-25 23:57:43

13. Cliff Corcoran

And these two:

De Röda - The Reds
Indianerna - Indians

2007-05-26 00:00:13

14. Cliff Corcoran

Finally as the Yankee guy, I'll put my faith in this one:

Jänkarna - Yankees

Apologies to DXMachina who got all of these first, but got greedy and fell prey to Ken's cryptic answer key trap.

I'll let the others play now.

2007-05-26 00:04:54

15. Qwerty75

De Kungliga - The Royals

2007-05-26 00:32:28

16. Qwerty75

With some help from an online Swedish-English dictionary:

Bryggarna - Brewers
De Modiga - The Braves
Nötskrikarna - Blue Jays
Sjörövarna - Pirates
Skallerormarna - Diamondbacks (literally, Rattlers)
Undvikarna - Dodgers

Figure no one would get those without knowing the language or getting help from outside sources anyway ...

2007-05-26 00:38:20

17. Qwerty75

More translation:

De Idrottsliga - The Athletics

2007-05-26 00:44:41

18. Qwerty75

Klippiga - Rockies
Rockorna - Rays

2007-05-26 07:10:05

19. Vishal

well, my one semester of introductory swedish back in college like 6 years ago isn't much help at this... and pretty much all my first instincts were expressed by dxmachina already...

i'll put what we seem to have gotten out there anyway, informed by the previous comments of course and filled in by my guesses.

Björnungarna - cubs
Bryggarna - brewers
De Idrottsliga - athletics
De Klippiga - rockies
De Kungliga - royals
De Landsomfattande - nationals
De Modiga - braves
De Röda - reds
Fäderna - padres
Gyllingarna - rangers?
Indianerna - indians
Jänkarna - yankees
Jättarna - giants
Nötskrikarna - blue jays
Parkvaktarna - orioles?
Rockorna - devil rays
Röda Fåglarna - cardinals
Röda Strumporna - red sox
Sjömännen - mariners
Sjörövarna - pirates
Skallerormarna - diamondbacks
Spjutfiskarna - marlins
Stjärnorna - astros
Storstadsinvånarna - mets
Tigrarna - tigers
Tvillingarna - twins
Undvikarna - dodgers
Ungstona - phillies?
Vita Strumporna - white sox
Änglarna - angels

2007-05-26 07:14:29

20. Vishal

thinking about it again, i bet the rangers and orioles need switching. assuming "park" means something similar, and perhaps the score bard translated it from "park ranger".

2007-05-26 07:49:23

21. Elliot

To put aside the game for a brief moment, that subway map is spectacular. How would you feel about heading to a place called Awful Village Hospital? What about Sharp Nude? Sandcastle? Exhale? Rock Star? Coffin? Fathertown? Is it just me or does it sound like I'm reading the track listing on a modern rock album? And can someone please inform Dan Steinberg about the existence of Bog Cottage?

2007-05-26 08:10:43

22. Score Bard

19 combined with 20 is correct.

2007-05-26 08:11:30

23. Score Bard

19 And why in the world would you take a semester of introductory Swedish, Vishal?

2007-05-26 11:17:19

24. Vishal

hah, i thought it was a really neat-sounding language, and i like swedish culture. plus there are a few swedish bands i like as well. unfortunately because i was a double-major, and for whatever reason i was hellbent on graduating on time (a mistake), i didn't have room in my schedule to take any more than the first semester. i really liked it though; it was a lot of fun. maybe someday i'll take another crack at it.

2007-05-26 14:38:47

25. Ember Nickel

If it's not too divergent from the actual point of the blog, I'd love to write lyrics for songs with the given titles.

Or could I make them tie into baseball somehow? Possibilities, possibilities...

2007-05-27 15:45:24

26. joejoejoe

I got to third base with Vita Strumporna at my junior prom.

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