Just as there are non-American posters on this forum (Iain, me, the Norwegian fellow whose name I can't recollect) who give input on debates about Obama vs. McCain vs. Hillary, it's perfectly okay for other people to comment on Israeli politics.
Now you done it!
Conflating Swedes & Nords, a sure-fire way to see the herring hit the fan.
FWIW, I have a colleague of Norwegian heritage from Minnesota with a rather serious bias against Swedes.
As Dave Barry writes, "I am not making this up."