Fjuckby
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SE UPP) is a village in Uppsala MunicipalityUppsala Municipality
Uppsala Municipality is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 200,032 . Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala....
, Uppsala County
Uppsala County
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, Sweden
Sweden
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, located about 15 km north of the central city Uppsala
Uppsala
- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...
along European route E4
European route E4
European route E 4 passes from north to south through Sweden from the border with Finland, total length . The Finnish part lies entirely within Tornio in northern Finland, and is actually only long...
. The village has a population of 65 people (as of 2000) within an area of 18 hectares. Known as a site for runestones, the village's name has generated worldwide interest in the village.
History
Prior to the 1930s, the village was known as Fjukeby. In the 1930s, the spelling of the name of this small historic town was changed to Fjuckby. With the rise of international travel by Anglophones, and the rise of global communications, English speaking tourists have traveled to Fjuckby out of amusement at the name in order to ridicule it. Inhabitants of Fjuckby endured years of ridicule over the name, which is not only similar to "fuckFuck
"Fuck" is an English word that is generally considered obscene which, in its most literal meaning, refers to the act of sexual intercourse. By extension it may be used to negatively characterize anything that can be dismissed, disdained, defiled, or destroyed."Fuck" can be used as a verb, adverb,...
", a common English expletive, but includes the word "juck", a Swedish equivalent of the same expletive.
Over time, some residents grew weary from constantly having to take a tiresome defensive stance, and suffered from constant teasing. In addition, the name Fjuckby made it difficult to sell property or run a successful business.
In December 2006 15 of the inhabitants of Fjuckby applied to change the name of their village. The request was sent to the Swedish government surveyors' office, and requested that the office grant permission for the name to be changed back to Fjukeby. The request complained of suffering from an epidemic of "weariness, embarrassment and conditioned shame." In particular, the place name 'Fjuckby' arouses ridicule, teasing and hilarity in the general public and spontaneously and repeatedly leads to associations concerning certain carnal activities between people and between animals. The change was not allowed as only 15 of 65 residents were in favour of the change.
Location
Fjuckby is located north of UppsalaUppsala
- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...
in central Uppsala County. Uppsala County is located on Sweden's east coast, between the Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of Bothnia
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in the north and Lake Mälaren in the south. (Coordinates: 59°58′N 17°36′E.)
Runestone
Greece Runestones
The Greece runestones are about 30 runestones containing information related to voyages made by Norsemen to the Eastern Roman Empire. They were made during the Viking Age until about 1100 and were engraved in the Old Norse language with Scandinavian runes...
U 1016, which commemorates in its inscription that the location of the death of a person was at home. A recently discovered runic section inside a main runic band on the runestone contains an inscription that commemorates a son who died in Greece
Greece
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. In particular, the stone reads:
Captain Liut erected this stone in memory of his sons. One was called Aki, who was lost overseas.
In a study by Fred Wulf, Wulf proposes that the added message emphasizes that the sponsor's other son Hafnir had died at home.
