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Originally Posted by The Monkey
You country stole a quarter of the territory of the world and claimed it for yourself. Let's just agree not ju judge modern football teams on their countries' pasts, shall we?
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As opposed to a nazi regime that sought to subjugate or enslave most of Europe!!! Unless of course they happened to a be a very friendly country like Sweden.
Great Britain may have stolen large sections of the world along with most other European powers as well. Great Britain just did it better though, mostly due to their naval supremacy. The Germans tried to achieve this naval supremacy at the start of the 20th century and it was one of the reasons that led to the first World War.
Strangley enough, The Swedes despite their history of rowing around in longships, wearing horned helmets and making harsh guttural sounds, never actually managed proper colonization of other societies. It seems, a bit of pillaging was more preferible.