Fucke This: Swedish Village Decides to change its name

[Jilly_in_VA]

The residents of the Swedish village of 'Fucke' have decided to change its name after they became fed up with being censored when writing about their lives of Facebook.

Found on Sweden's High Coast, the small hamlet is made up of just 11 properties.

It sits on the banks of Fuckesjön ('Fucke Lake') and is within walking distance of another small settlement - 'Hump' - found on the banks of Humpsjön ('Hump Lake').

According to the Institute for Language and Folklore, the earliest records of Fucke date back to 1547, where it is described as being 'by a lake, situated very high up on a hillside with very steep fields'.

But despite its historic roots, homeowners in Fucke are fed up - especially with their posts being censored by Facebook when they try to write about their village on social media, or when they try to sell things online.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10402925/Fucke-Swedish-village-decides-change-name.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

[hlthe2b]

1. Ahhh, that's sort of sad.

Really...

[DFW]

2. Sounds a little off the beaten track. Better charter a bus with this firm:

[Sneederbunk]

3. What are inhabitants of the village called?

[miyazaki]

4. Fuckwads?

[regnaD kciN]

5. But what about the nearby settlement on the shores of Screwesjon...

...not to mention towns on the other High Coast lakes of Bangesjön, Ballesjön, Getitonesjön, Mäkinwhoöpeesjön and Chickeboweboweesjön?

[Celerity]

7. the UK says hold my ale

[JanMichael]

8. I had to look a couple of those up and of course they're real...

... one more reason to consider retiring in Scotland or somewhere else in the UK.

Having a puerile sense of humor I could be entertained almost all the time.

[Solly Mack]

9. Poor fuckers.