Thread: Swedish Puukko?
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Old 19th October 2006, 08:47 AM   #4
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Lew,

This knife is called "Morakniv" in Swedish.
Mora is the city in central Sweden where they were/are produced.
The word Puukko doesn't exist in any of the Scandinavian languages (=Swedish, Norwegian and Danish), it's only applicable for Finland and Finnish knives.
Looks a bit strange for Scandinavians to see their traditional knives being labeled with a completely foreign term.
I guess you would react the same if somebody described a traditional US product, like jeans, with a Spanish completely different word?
Have you seen Levi's latest model of pantalones vaqueros?

Michael
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