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Re:Why is violent crime so rare in Iceland? by eaurouge on Thursday May 16, 2013 @04:03PM (#5720817)
Scandinavian countries also didn't go around colonizing others, or getting involved in slave trading, or importing cheap labor when convenient, or generally meddling in other countries affairs.

About England ever being peaceful, that's funny.

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Re:Why is violent crime so rare in Iceland? by gongador on Thursday May 16, 2013 @04:51PM (#5721056)
Actually at least Sweden was involved in slave trading, out of a slave fort in Ghana called Carolusborg. I'm pretty sure there was one or a few short lived attempts at colonies as well, somewhere in the Carribean.

Here's a link to a Swedish newspaper discussing Carolusborg (in Swedish). http://www.dn.se/resor/sveriges-morka-slavhistoria

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