Robert Pettersson

Robert Pettersson
is @Sweden

Hello world,

My name is Robert and I’m Sweden for the week. I usually tweet as @EnkelP. I live on the west coast just north of Gothenburg where I’m born and raised.

I’m 35 years old on paper but I’m most likely appear 14 metally, at best.

I have worked as a hockey reporter since 1999 and been at hockeysverige.se since 2006 where we hands down deliver the widest hockey coverage in Sweden.

What I will do for you under my week as Sweden is most likey give you a lot of sports tweets, since that what I do. I will also give you a the perhaps easiest written English you have seen on this account. And please – don’t take everything I write litterally. I’m not always serious and I like to mix a little bit of seriousness with a little bit of bitterness and a little bit of sarcasm and humor – which might be considerad provocative to some.
But hey, that’s how I roll in Swedish. If you are lucky I don’t have the brains for it in English. Then I will be the most boring Sweden ever. Always something.

Besides sports I like films, TV Shows, travelling to the US, trolls and to take pictures even though I’m really not that good at it.

@Sweden May 19, 2013 23:01

And what can be a better way to quit my time as the voice of Sweden than hand you this historical goal medal game?

@Sweden May 19, 2013 22:18

Gabriel Landeskog gets a breakaway and miss the show, put gets the rebound to Simon Hjalmarsson who gets the goal.

@Sweden May 19, 2013 21:50

Sweden gets the late power play in the 2nd period. 2.50 left and still 2-1. The Swiss was really good for the minutes before the penalty.

@Sweden May 19, 2013 21:42

Seems like a some of the Swiss fans got thrown out of the arena. Cause? They wanted to stand up an watch the game.

@Sweden May 19, 2013 21:34

I’m so happy that Swedish coach Pär Mårts does’t put his credential badge as a tie any more after all these years.

@Sweden May 19, 2013 21:33

The Swiss players are not even close to play with the same speed 1st 7-8 min av the 2nd period as they were in the 1st.

@Sweden May 19, 2013 21:06

Sweden has 2-1 after the 1st period vs. Switzerland. The Swiss guys started best 1st half of the period, but lost some focus after that

@Sweden May 19, 2013 17:13

Peter Forsberg and Mats Sundin were inducted in the IIHF Hall of Fame today, by the way. That’s huge, but also a no-brainer.

@Sweden May 19, 2013 17:00

If you want to see something beautiful and perfect, you should se Rafael Nadal playing in Rome right now before it’s over.

@Sweden May 19, 2013 13:28

And speaking of things that would make the world a happier place: Don’t lean your seat back when you fly in economy class without asking.

@Sweden May 18, 2013 23:53

Thank you for the buddy-vote, Norway. Hope we can get one from Denmark too, so we’ll get over 20 points.

@Sweden May 18, 2013 20:00

Switzerland strikes 1st in the 2nd semi-final. Nino Niederreiter scores 1-0 vs. USA half way thru the 2nd period.

@Sweden May 18, 2013 17:19

I can’t even imagine how this Swedish team would have played the last games if the Sedin Twins hadn’t shown up for the tournament.

@Sweden May 18, 2013 16:14

Dick Axelsson is making his first shift for the game, and draw a Finnish penalty. Sweden on the power play with 5 min left of 2nd.

@Sweden May 18, 2013 16:08

Finland have a lot of puck in the Swedish zone, but can’t seem to get the traffic they need in front of the net to make the big plays.

@Sweden May 18, 2013 15:16

SCOOOOOOOOOOOORES! Sweden strikes first in the semi-final against Finland. Henrik Sedin breaks it in a power play.

@Sweden May 18, 2013 09:41

.@ryaneriksson According Swedish media there will be several things during the show tonite where we take the stand FOR gay relationships.

@Sweden May 18, 2013 09:07

Good morning. Today we will have a great show from Sweden. And we’ll also have the Eurovision Song Contest.

@Sweden May 17, 2013 18:34

The bridge is not really designed for the weather here since it’s often closed if it’s cold and icey during winter or if it’s really windy

@Sweden May 17, 2013 12:40

.@levererarn You are of course among the players that just missed the cut. You and twin brother P.J. Axelsson.

@Sweden May 17, 2013 11:00

We have a lot of really high talanted ice hockey players from Sweden. Players that have been some of the best there’ve ever been.

@Sweden May 17, 2013 09:28

I’m awake again. Perhaps you remember when I told you about Swedish hockey being so big that it turned up in the great TV show Psych?

@Sweden May 16, 2013 23:07

Finland-Sweden will play their semi-final on Saturday at 15.00 CET, Switzerland-USA will play at 19.00. Eurovision final starts at 21.00

@Sweden May 16, 2013 22:33

Great chance for Sweden when goalie Mike Smith really didn’t know where he had the puck after a shot from Gabriel Landeskog.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 22:10

Canada just had one in the post and right after they got a penalty. Sweden on the PP and with the momentum.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 21:36

1-0 Canada after the 2nd period, even though Canada scored late in the period. But it was half a second too late.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 21:25

Sweden have some really bad shots when they get in in position. Canada always seem much more dangerous. More skilled.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 21:02

Swedish assistant coach Peter Popovic says that they probably will play with 5 defenders now with Edler out.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 20:44

3 min into the 5 min Swedish penalty Canada gets a penalty. So Sweden will ride Edler’s game misconduct out.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 20:31

Best chance of the game came half way into the 1st period. Landeskog and Hjalmarsson where 2-on-1 but misread each other.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 20:07

Some Swedes giggles a bit when they hear the name of Canadian player P.K. Subban, since “Subban” is the Swedish word for “The Bitch”

@Sweden May 16, 2013 19:39

Finland wins 4-3 and advance into Saturdays semi-final in Stockholm. Will play against winner of Canada-Sweden.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 19:24

When you go around the goal and back in front of it (in ice hockey) we call it to “go the kitchen way” (gå köksvägen) in Sweden.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 18:50

Finland has been bad in the 2nd period and the Slovaks have had several chances to score a 3rd goal. We will have a thriller.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 18:49

Slovakia are back in it in the quarter-final against Finland. After being back 0-3 after 1st, they got 2 goals in the 2nd to get it to 2-3.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 17:56

Finland is crushing Slovakia in the 3rd quarter-final. 3-0 with 4 min left on the 1st period. Petri Kontiola with the 2 latest goals.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 17:34

But there’s no one I mean NO ONE, that would say that a tennis player hitting a volley “takes it on tennis”. He hits “a volley” #strange

@Sweden May 16, 2013 17:33

In Sweden many say “on tennis” instead of “volley” when a player hits the puck in the air. Ex. “He took it on tennis”.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 16:55

.@shkon Team Sweden had already filled up all of the roster spots when Caps got eliminated. So they couldn’t invite him.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 16:54

Who ever wins that semi-final will play for gold for the 1st time in many, many years. Swiss 1st since 1935 and USA 1st since 1960. Wow.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 16:29

Czech Republic gets their 1st goal against the Swiss. Making it a little bit more interresting 5 min into the 3rd period.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 13:56

USA 8-3 now. This is crazy. Three really quick goals and US will go on to the semi-finals. What a chocker.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 09:36

According to Aftonbladet Henrik and Daniel Sedin needs to play like aliens if Sweden should have a chance to win. I doubt they need to.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 09:23

Sweden (Malmö) will host the women’s world championships in ice hockey 2015. Made official last night. Really great news.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 09:17

.@twkusa I don’t really know how common it is to do it. But it might be a topic that doesn’t land on the discussion table at lunch.

@Sweden May 16, 2013 09:09

Waking up to the news that fellow Swedes Johnny Oduya and Marcus Krüger made 2-1 and 3-1 in Blackhawks win against Red Wings. Well done!

@Sweden May 15, 2013 19:26

.@lslothuus You might be able to RT shit to show how shitty people are. A RT isn’t the same as approval. I wanna show what disgusts me.

@Sweden May 15, 2013 19:16

.@rbrowne We really needed one closer to the rich people in Norway. Now they don’t have to go to Gothenburg 90km more south.

@Sweden May 15, 2013 17:53

He’s sitting here with two laptops, just beeing awesome. And yes, he regulary use both Twitter and Facebook.

@Sweden May 15, 2013 17:50

He’s 86 years old and cool as can be. Top 3 at around that age in the world with Clint Eastwood and Willian Shattner.

@Sweden May 15, 2013 15:51

One of the biggest reason kids in Sweden get spraind ankles and broken arms comes from falling from trampolines without a net.

@Sweden May 15, 2013 15:49

These trampolines are really popular in Sweden, but many families don’t bother to buy the safety net since it’s kinda expensive. Fools.

@Sweden May 15, 2013 14:40

Didn’t look that cool – I assume – when I tweeted walking and stumbled though. The Lord gives and the Lord takes.

@Sweden May 15, 2013 13:11

@fowelin Alla mord, våldtäkter, överfall, dödsfall och en mängd andra saker är betydligt värre att läsa. Du borde se över din världsbild.

@Sweden May 15, 2013 11:41

.@dicro18 The split-nation hosting has its perks on some levels. If I was in charge I would definitley go for it again.

@Sweden May 15, 2013 10:26

But everything is as always as good as you make it, so I might go out and travel a bit and try and post you some pics of Sweden.

@Sweden May 15, 2013 09:51

.@whump Yes. Now they are playing the World Championship in Sweden. Will play quarter-final against Canada tomorrow.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 23:12

But it’s been a great day and thanks for all the conversations and hopefully we’ll have a good day tomorrow too. Good night.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 23:12

But it’s been a great day and thanks for all the conversations and hopefully we’ll have a good day tomorrow too. Good night.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 22:30

Sweden won 4-2 against Denmark in the hockey thing. The Sedins only got four points. Not the six I predicted.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 22:10

Sweden up 4-2 against Denmark now. Halfway thru the 3rd period Martin Thörnberg gets his 2nd straight goal.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 21:59

.@prision_sex Now I was joking with you. Pulling your leg a bit. Those things are like from stone age, man.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 21:46

Montenegro had a sexistic video for this song, but said it was only humor. Yeah, right, We don’t believe you. Can’t joke about those things.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 21:43

.@denis_babin Very much so. Their hockey was pretty much ‘nothing’ 15 years ago. Have made A LOT of progress on every level during the2000s

@Sweden May 14, 2013 21:09

Daniel Sedin scores 1-1 against Denmark, with the assist from Loui Eriksson about 4-5 min into the 2nd period.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 21:03

Hopefully we can get some kind of law against retweeting wrong people in the near future. So that everyone makes that check up before RT.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 21:01

If you are a politcian, don’t forget to do a complete check up on the person you like to retweet. Or hell will break loose.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 20:45

Denmark is up 1-0 after the first period. Their Swedish coach Per Bäckman makes his last game as a coach.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 20:26

The clock in the arena is not working. It’s only counted manually now. Low-tech. Wonder if it has to do with that credential badge?

@Sweden May 14, 2013 20:22

It seems like Swedish head coach Pär Mårts is coaching without wearing his credential badge visable in front of the tie. Extremley rare.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 19:25

And here are the votes from the Swedish jury:
8 pts) Polly
10 pts) Dumle
12 pts) All kinds of salty liquorice.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 19:23

I think I’ve got a new vote from the Swedish jury. This time regarding Swedish candy for you people coming here to visit to look up or ask 4

@Sweden May 14, 2013 16:45

.@jitterbug212 I’m happy for you. You will have a great series against Boston. Would love to see Lundqvist get to the next round.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 15:34

.@ksandberg Very much so. It’s like taking it backwards. Begin the playoffs against the probably best team.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 15:32

In 45 minutes Norway and Czech Republic will play a decisive game for the last spot in the quarterfinals. Heia Norge!

@Sweden May 14, 2013 15:02

And when we finally comes to the time when that good weather should turn up we just sit and whine about the shitty weather. Every year.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 15:01

Sooo many Swedes are so obsessed with the weather. It’s never good enough. 9 months a year everyone is longing for “the good weather”

@Sweden May 14, 2013 14:59

I was out walking a bit, thinking of two things. Nintendo and the weather. I will save the Nintendo stuff for later.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 14:53

.@denis_babin That’s what makes it sooo hard to rank THE best Swede ever. They are all class acts, but all different style of players.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 14:50

.@jlangelesort But Sweden have enough points to be granted a top-4 spot in their group before tonites game.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 14:48

.@jlangelesort There are 2 groups with 8 teams each (one in Stockholm, one in Helsinki) and the 4 top teams of each group goes to the QF.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 13:47

The game doesn’t mean anything but the Sedin Twins will play 1st game of the tournament. Perhaps I’ll turn on that Eurovision thing instead

@Sweden May 14, 2013 12:29

.@dilypres I’m not surprised that Forsberg had the skills/aura/touch enough to be highly appriciated by Canadians.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 10:50

Wow. The news right now says a man in Jämtland have been attacked by a bear in the woods. Stay tuned for more.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 09:58

Team Russia on the other hand have one spot open and will most likely put Bäckströms teammate Alex Ovechkin in the lineup.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 09:30

.@britt_w That’s not likely, but you’ll never know. But of course the heritage of classic names is important to notice.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 09:27

Lundqvist is playing for New York Rangers. They where down 2-3 in the series against Washington when he didn’t allow any more goals.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 09:24

I love Henrik Lundqvist. And that’s not only because he is handsome. He will also come down as the best goalie we have ever had.

@Sweden May 14, 2013 09:20

Good morning world! It’s your kind of new voice of Sweden writing to you and we might have a wonderful day ahead of us.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 21:53

But it has been a great first day as a curator of Sweden. I have really enjoyed it. Everyone has been so nice to me.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 21:48

But anyhow: Here are the votes from the Swedish Jury
8 pts) The Two Towers
10 pts) The Return of the King
12 pts) The Fellowship of the Ring

@Sweden May 13, 2013 20:36

Watching the TV show Morgan & Ola-Conny and would be happy if I could explain it for you and make it justice. Or make you swedes for a day.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 19:28

.@siadaydreams I doubt that’s why. I believe it’s one person that’s just better than another person. Every person has equal value.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 16:53

It doesn’t get that funny when the boss (my wife) tells me to turn it down a bit, since 5 dots down is the least I must do.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 16:52

And I guess that might be what we can call a funny fact. But i doubt I’m the only one with that obsession.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 16:51

.@robert_hedlund what’s me to tell you about my obsession of having the volume on the TV to a “even number” like 35, 40, 45 or so.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 16:03

.@swedendc My guess is the development for goalies/defense has gone faster than for the offensive style. Goal avg. is decreasing generally

@Sweden May 13, 2013 15:54

I’ve been having so much fun running Sweden and be the face for a whole country that I, for real, have 8 new lifes on Candy Crush right now.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 15:50

.@larsxsamuelsson Yes. But with the point that CZE-RUS (for example) not will play in Finland and/or Sweden.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 15:47

The somewhat criticized Euro Hockey Tour (with national team tornaments in FIN, SWE, RUS, CZE) will be cancelled after next season.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 14:49

The Sedin Twins will play for Sweden in the hockey world champs against Denmark tomorrow. Loui Eriksson will be the 3rd guy in the line.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 14:37

I believe the first mission in collecting a jury to rank “stuff” is in. The first there is “Best city in Sweden”.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 13:56

Besides sports I really like to waste my time by playing Candy Crush and SongPop. I’m really good at both.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 13:12

I really get a lot of stuff in the mention feed right now. I might not be able to answer everything. Sorry.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 10:52

So please don’t be shy to send me suggestions of what you want some ranking lists of and I’ll try make it happen.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 10:51

Since we are hosting the Eurovision Song Contest this week I might build my own jury and give you the Swedish rankings of this and that.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 10:29

.@jsebbarbeau The Swiss team have been awesome. Working hard. Playing as a real team. Amazing work by all involved so far.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 10:27

.@nilseriksson8 Kjell Bergqvist if he get’s the language together. Otherwise Mikael Persbrandt, of course.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 10:22

Detroit Red Wings is in the 2nd round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Swedes love Red Wings since they have a good tradition with SWE players.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 10:14

.@alexstimson The sport gets a lot of mockery from “non believers” since the ball is kind of small and you often don’t really see it.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 10:04

Borlänge has 3000 Somalians living in town and the bandy thing is a way to help some of them integrate in the community.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 09:50

.@drcabl3 Right now I would say that it is that my timeline feed doesn’t contain one single person I normally follow.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 09:46

We have a saying in Sweden, kinda translated “I only drive”, which means that you just go with your thoughts. Hopefully I’ll get there soon.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 09:44

This writing in English thing is good. And really bad. It forces me think a lot more before posting. I’m not used to that.

@Sweden May 13, 2013 09:39

I’m 30-something and live north of Gothenburg and work as a hockey reporter and will probably give you a lot of sports tweets.