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English
Etymology
From Swedo- + -phile.
Noun
Swedophile (plural Swedophiles)
- A person who admires Sweden and things associated with it.
2013, Jonathan Boswell, Community and the Economy: The Theory of Public Co-operation, Routledge, →ISBN:Sweden is often in his mind though he is no robotic Swedophile, as one sometimes finds; his theory is more general and its applications would be more diverse.
2000, John Ernest Oliver Screen, Mannerheim: The Finnish Years, Hurst, →ISBN:On the other hand it was unfashionable to be Swedish-speaking, Swedophile and believing in cooperation with Russia.'44 These contrasting attitudes were not necessarily mutually exclusive; for example, some of the leading Jägers were Swedish-speaking although in other ways they fell into the 'fashionable' category.
1935, Landscape and Garden: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to Garden Design and Landscape Architecture, volume 2, Arthurs Press, Ltd, page 102:But even a Swedophile must exercise restraint. My memories of Swedish gardens are but one part and that indeed a small one, of my whole impression of Swedish life.
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