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In IKEA we trust

November 24, 2006 by in Politics,Random with 7 Comments

You’ve got to love it. Swedes have more faith in their local IKEA retailer than they do the church. It sounds like some people are preaching to easy to build cabinets and meatballs.

Perhaps the news shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, coming as it does from a country best known for its meatballs and the bright blue and yellow warehouses selling cheap and cheerful furniture around the globe. Still, preacher men the world over must be reeling. A new poll taken of Swedes indicates that more people trust IKEA than the church in the largely Protestant country. [...]

IKEA isn’t the only company Swedes trust more than the church — the list also includes Volvo (69 percent), Ericsson (59), Saab (57) and pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca (47) as well as four other companies that beat out the church on the trust factor.

So now the question turns to our readers. What or who do you trust / believe in more over the church… or government?


  • Injecter

    We have a Saab o.O

    I don’t believe in church (Im a jew :P)… So I believe everything more than church. But hmmm I believe in god so i donno… i wouldnt believe in ikea – that for sure!

  • Mike D

    actually I’d say they’re best known for their watches… wait thats switzerland.. umm there accent?? and isn’t that where the windmills are?

  • http://www.myspace.com/AlexTheMartian Alex B

    I always think of IKEA when thinking of Sweden, but that is because of seeing “Product of Sweden” on IKEA boxes at home as a kid

    Now if i think Volvo I do think of Sweden too, but if I think of Sweden I do not think of Volvo, just IKEA, lol

    funny how the mind works. I guess I should comment on this situation, but to be honest, I am not surprised, but I am surprised that the Swedish church ranked 14th most trusted, but I don’t know anything about that church.

  • tom (dB)

    i don’t trust the church, i don’t trust the government, but i do trust faith and spirituality. I trust myself.

  • http://quatre.wordpress.com Matthew Rodgers

    I trust Ron Popeil about as much as I trust “the church” or “the government.” Have you ever used one of this rotisseries? That’s good chicken!

  • http://loquent.blogspot.com l

    the first thing that i noticed after I moved to sweden was ikea furiture is everywhere! it becomes a little creepy when every single place you go in has the same stuff but i more than believe the poll. oh, the swedish church is Lutheran (though they like to simply call it the Swedish Church).

  • padieg

    when i think of Sweden i can only think of Swedish girls :)

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