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'@Sweden' Twitter Account Allows Different Swedes To Tweet On Behalf Of Their Country Each Week

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Huffington Post UK   Alastair Plumb First Posted: 30/12/11 12:17 Updated: 30/12/11 12:21

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If you had the chance to tweet on behalf of your own country - be it @unitedkingdom, @wales, @scotland, @england or @northernireland - what would you tweet about?

It's a lot of pressure, and something a group of lucky Swedish people have had to think about as the innovative "public" Twitter account "@sweden" allows different people to tweet whatever they like each week.

Currently it's advertising exec and part-time farmer (no, really), Anders Dalenius in control, whose mini biography can be found at the project's website, CuratorsOfSweden.com.

Of course it's all a stunt to boost tourism, but as stunts to boost tourism go, you've got to admit it's a pretty ingenious one.

To give you a taste of just what Andres has been tweeting about on behalf of the Scandinavian nation, we've compiled a little gallery of his "greatest hits" for you below - and be sure to follow him for more updates and to see who's in charge in the new year!

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If you had the chance to tweet on behalf of your own country - be it @unitedkingdom, @wales, @scotland, @england or @northernireland - what would you tweet about? It's a lot of pressure, and someth...
If you had the chance to tweet on behalf of your own country - be it @unitedkingdom, @wales, @scotland, @england or @northernireland - what would you tweet about? It's a lot of pressure, and someth...
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bluemarx
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06:07 on 19/01/2012
Is the tourist Office paying for this article by any chance? How about the massive human rights violation that was allowed to continue last week because of a tiny Christian party? Or the protests outside the parliament that took place yesterday and the ones that will continue alover the country during the weekend? The LGBT community, especially the trans community, are in desperate need for attention if this has even the tiniest chance of getting changed, but apparently the twitter account is more interesting right now? This is a slap in the face, especially from the Gay voices section
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