Oh yea - very closely related countries and languages - with a serious love/hate realtionship
. During the Viking ages the Swedes went east and we went west ("Rus" as in Russia - is actually a slavic word for for Swede). After a short break from looting and pilfering most of Europe we were pretty much at war with each other from 1400-1800. Those damn Swedes won most of the Battles but never conquered us! Anywho - now we are friends - except when we play football or when those damn swedes come down to get drunk here (they really can't hold their drink
).