Many Swedish compounds and expressions translate directly into English , but many others do not , even if the translations can be understood . For instance , the Swedish '' ta med '' means ’ bring ’ , but is often translated as the literal " take with " . In June 2010 , BP 's Swedish chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg famously caused a PR uproar after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill by referring to the common people as " the small people " , drawing upon the Swedish phrase '' den lilla människan ''
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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