Comments on: A Non Love Letter to System Bolaget (The Swedish Alcohol Monopoly)

By: Youma

Youma — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:33:42 +0000

Oh the humanity!! :)

By: Lostintheiceandsnow

Lostintheiceandsnow — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:01:37 +0000

I had a vote in the local elections. I wanted to know which party to vote for to get rid of Systembolaget. The response I got from a Swede, “Oh, but all parties agree with it,”

Unbelievable.

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By: Sapphire

Sapphire — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:10:36 +0000

Jen – Definitely! If Bolaget had better hours and selection, I would not be such a hater. I lived in North Carolina where a state monopoly does exist, but it is open everyday till late, has a large selection, and has reasonable prices.

puntino – A reply from Bolaget? No, they won’t give shit about my opinion because no matter what I still have to shop there.

abby – hahahaha!

By: abby

abby — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:08:10 +0000

But those bags make for great mini trash bags, bicycle seat covers, lunchbox holders, etc… :)

By: puntino

puntino — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:21:03 +0000

uhm . … a hot topic dear. Here in Italy we do not have this kind of regularization. To be more precise, I have to say that only recently a law regarding the alcohol consume has been issued.
The centric idea is to stop selling strong liquor (high proof spirits) after a given hour.
We don’t have any restriction regarding where to buy alcohol, what to sell and age needed to purchase it. All this lack of rules does not make us a drunk population, on the contrary, our “alcohol deaths” are minor than Swedish ones and on Friday we do not “work” at home (I found it upsetting and depressing, honestly) .
I think that the alcohol consume is heavily tied to social behavior issue.
Anyway have you received any reply ?

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:23:06 +0000

Here in Canada, one of the countries you had mentioned, yes we have the Canadian Association of Liquor Jurisdictions. Here in Canada as for what we can buy, you buy what you want selection is good and where you buy it well there are plenty of stores and its no big deal to go where its sold. So I am not so upset with the system here that has a simular statment on what they are trying to accomplish. I can however understand your distain for the when you can buy because i had looked up the hours and it was 4 hours a day shorter then what Canadian stores are open and 10 hours shorter on saturday and not open sunday. So I can understand the frustration there and I suppose it has to be one of those things that you have to plan ahead for, last minute is going to mean a mad dash.

By: 10 Things I Hate about Sweden

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