Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

främlingslegionen

English translation:

Foreign Legion

Feb 14, 2002 09:01
22 yrs ago
Swedish term

främlingslegionen

Non-PRO Swedish to English Other Military / Defense warfare
army group independant from nations

Proposed translations

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Foreign legion

Or sometimes called "The French Foreign Legion".
Peer comment(s):

agree Bengt Sandström : Agree -98 % - but there also used to be a "Spanish Foreign Legion" (Spanish North Africa). In Swedish often used metaforically for any heterogeously recruited troop.
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Thank you for that information. However, when Swedish people talk about Främlingslegionen, they mean the French one.
agree Sven Petersson
3 hrs
Tack!
agree abborre
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The Foreign Legion

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