Sweden has a number you can call to talk to a random person

dashcloud shared a link said Thu, Apr 7th 2016 at 8:01pm ET

From this article: http://mashable.com/2016/04/06/call-sweden/
Sweden has set up a number that anyone can call to talk with a random Swedish person in the country.

To be connected to a random Swede, call +46 771 793 336. (That's +46 771 SWEDEN).

This sounds like a great idea for a Periscope video!

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mfladd said Thu, Apr 7th 2016 at 8:11pm ET:

Can I talk to the Swedish Chef?

But, I also think this would make a GREAT periscope video.

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- @mfladd so would this
  
  WTFhqwhgads said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 8:45pm ET
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mfladd said Thu, Apr 7th 2016 at 8:28pm ET:

Talking to Swedish House Mafia would be cool too.

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- thismyusername said Thu, Apr 7th 2016 at 9:03pm ET
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Smitty2525 said Thu, Apr 7th 2016 at 9:29pm ET:

Geez socialists are too stupid to just punch numbers into the phone?

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- @cranky1950 Don't think it is due to socialism, but I as thinking that we Americans have something similar...
  
  baqui63 said Thu, Apr 7th 2016 at 10:47pm ET
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somf69 said Thu, Apr 7th 2016 at 11:16pm ET:

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cercopithecoid said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 12:13am ET:

I've always wondered what Bob Dylan would have sounded like if he was born and raised in Sweden.

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- He probably would have been a backup singer in ABBA.
  
  macromeh said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 10:06am ET
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Lotsofgoats said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 10:08am ET:

hmm I might actually call a Swede and have a nice conversation then!

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Pavlov said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 2:10pm ET:

We had this when I was a little kid, but back then it was named "You've dialed the wrong number."

I'm really shocked they don't have "Text a Random Swede" - I can't get anyone younger than 30 on the phone but they'll answer a text in less than a minute.

Plus, how do they guarantee a Swedish person will answer the phone? What if the person that answers just happens to be visiting?

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- @Pavlov Per Reddit, swedes are able to sign up to be a part of the service. The individual who was commenting stated he had a few people call but they just hung up when he said hello.
  
  DaveInSoCal said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 4:23pm ET
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katylava said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 4:29pm ET:

Presumably, you'll have to pay international rates to call — though it would be only $0.01 a minute on Google Voice.

I can afford that! I wanna talk to a Swede!

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- wait... what if they don't speak english? do i need to learn swedish first?
  
  katylava said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 4:33pm ET
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- @katylava IIRC it is something like 90% of the population of Sweden that speaks English, and those that don't can understand it well enough to get along - I've never had a problem communicating in English while visiting the two times I've been (both for work related location shoots), in fact, they speak (and curse in) English much better than I do (implausible I know, but true).
  
  Pavlov said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 6:33pm ET
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katylava said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 4:37pm ET:

This article has snippets from their conversations: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/swedish-number-allows-you-call-random-swedes-so-we-tried-n552906

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juststephen said Fri, Apr 8th 2016 at 6:36pm ET:

Call 867-5309 and you'll get a nice girl named Jenny.

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