Sweden 4

Listen to Sweden 4, a 28-year-old man from Vaplan and Nälden, Sweden. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 28

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1978

PLACE OF BIRTH: Östersund, Jämtlands län, Sweden

GENDER: male

ETHNICITY: Caucasian/Swedish

OCCUPATION: unemployed academician

EDUCATION: Ph.D. in physics and mathematics

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject lived in Vaplan for eight years, and then moved to Nälden. He has lived in other areas of Sweden, including Stockholm.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

The subject learning English as a second language at school during 1988-1997 and has watched many American movies and viewed many American TV shows.

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RECORDED BY: N/A

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/01/2006

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

So, I was born in Östersjön in Jämtland in northwestern Sweden. I was raised in the village of Vaplan in Nälden, thirty kilometers northwest of Östersund. They are together about one thousand five hundred inhabita … inhabita … inhabitants. Uh, we have cool summers and cool winters, uh, dark winters. So there’s not much to do here in the winters except watching American movies and TV, so, I guess, yeah, that’s about it …

TRANSCRIBED BY: Elizabeth Terrel

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 12/07/2008

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