http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIGQ9KXpCAK-RIL5scrMKcaYRvFwD92GQAP80

Sweden relaxes rules on givings kids unusual names

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Swedish authorities say parents can now name their newborns "Budweiser" or "Metallica" if they so wish.

For decades, Swedish tax authorities had banned parents from naming their children after fast food chains, rock bands or their favorite brand of beer.

But tax authority spokesman Lars Tegenfeldt says the guidelines have been relaxed. He says "there is nothing negative about a name like Coca-Cola or McDonald's today. In the 1970s, maybe it was."

Still, authorities are drawing the line at giving children swear words for names. And forget about naming your child God, Allah or Devil.

Haha, now they will fit in with Hollywood babies.

One of the example names I saw in a dn.se article about the change is Morgonrodnad. Somehow I'm not terribly high on "Morningblush" as a name for a child.
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Haha that can either be taken as completely innocent and hippie... or, well the other way

Actually morgonrodnad would properly be translated as a poetic form of dawn, which is a rather common name in English.

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Originally posted by Sapphire:
Actually morgonrodnad would properly be translated as a poetic form of dawn, which is a rather common name in English.

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Beautiful :}