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This article is from the Nordic countries
FAQ, by Antti Lahelma and Johan Olofsson, with numerous
contributions by others.
1.7.1 Which are the related newsgroups in the international hierarchies?
There aren't that many. Soc.culture.nordic, as I said, is so far the
only group in the original "Big Seven" hierarchies (news.*, rec.*,
sci.*, soc.*, misc.*, talk.* and comp.*) devoted specifically to the
Nordic countries, and there aren't any corresponding alt.* groups
either. Splitting up soc.cculture.nordic into s.c.sweden, s.c.finland,
and so forth, has been discussed from time to time but the idea hasn't
received much support because of the relatively low number of Nordic
netters in general and Danish & Icelandic netters in particular (s.c.n
is a pretty medium-traffic group), the existense of national
hierarchies where Nordics can discuss the matters of their own
countries, and perhaps also the feeling of community that has evolved
in s.c.n over the years (the group has been around for at least since
the beginning of the 1990:ies; no one seems to know the exact year it
was created).
There are, however, some international newsgroups that have some
connection to Nordic issues. A scan through the lists of active major
and alternative newsgroups (posted regularly to news.lists) with
global distribution produced the following, vaguely Nordic-related
groups:
soc.culture.baltics An unmoderated group on the Baltic countries
of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
soc.culture.estonia A moderated group on things Estonian.
soc.culture.europe A group on European countries in general,
but alas, probably the flamiest group in the
net right after alt.flame.
soc.genealogy.nordic Questions about your family roots should be
posted here.
rec.skiing.nordic A group devoted to that most Nordic of all
sports, cross-country skiing.
rec.travel.europe Discussions on travelling in the Nordic
countries fit in here as well.
talk.politics.european-union Politics of the European Union
nordunet.talk.skandinaviska Nordunet is the hierarchy of the Nordic
University Network. Discussion in both
English and Nordic languages (this one
is in 'skandinaviska').
alt.culture.net-viking The Norsemen of the Net.
alt.kill.the.whales A Norwegian national pastime.
alt.music.abba Björn, Benny &co.
alt.music.swedish-pop ABBA and beyond.
alt.music.bjork The Icelandic singer Björk and her
late band, the Sugarcubes.
alt.music.yngwie The Swedish guitar hero.
alt.politics.ec Politics of the European Union.
alt.religion.asatru Worshippers of the Old Norse deities.
alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork Well...it has the word "Swedish"
in it. :) Anyway, it's a classic.
(Did I forget any? I shouldn't think so :)
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