by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 03/27/2017 at 16:09
by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 03/27/2017 at 16:09
Tags: Volvo
; V90
; Swedish
; Herrgård
STARS: 5
The Swedish for estate/wagon is, rather wonderfully, “herrgårdsvagn” which literally means “estate vehicle” or “mansion vehicle”.
As Volvo Cars’ Swedish site puts it:
Herrgårdsvagnen från Volvo är en ikon i bilvärlden
Estatecars from Volvo are an icon in thecarworld (yes, thecarworld. They like their compoundnouns in Scandinavia).
Have an ikon.
Also, have a herrgård. Once private houses of baronial splendour, they tend to be hotels nowadays.
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
03/27/2017 at 16:56, STARS: 0
Something that I learned in Sweden if your house had a certain number of rooms it was considered a palace. So is a herrgård considered a palace or just a mansion?
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
03/27/2017 at 17:48, STARS: 0
That would depend on which herrgård you had in mind....
Most of them aren’t that big as stately homes go. The one in the picture would be typical.
"AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
03/27/2017 at 17:54, STARS: 0
That makes sense. The one I stayed in that my cousins have is larger than that one. They told me it is 1 bedroom away from being considered a palace. The close as I can come to relating would be a large mansion.