[Dajazz]

Myself being Swedish and have lived abroad for 10+ years my experience is that Swedish sarcasm and irony does not translate well.

Yes, according to the book we are introvert, sexually liberal hermites with heavy drinking habits, but we're a very sarcastic people which will come across as arrogant if you can't handle the language. In Swedish his interviews come off a lot more tongue in cheek and "make fun of myself swagger".

For example, Sundin and Forsberg are hilarious (met and had ber with both) but probably came off as boring/arrogant to many canadians. Its difficult to translate tone into a second language.