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främlingslegionen

English translation: Foreign Legion

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Swedish term or phrase:främlingslegionen
English translation:Foreign Legion

09:01 Feb 14, 2002
Swedish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Military / Defense / warfare
Swedish term or phrase: främlingslegionen
army group independant from nations
helene
Foreign legion
Explanation:
Or sometimes called "The French Foreign Legion".
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Fredrik Larsson
Local time: 19:53
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5 +3Foreign legion
Fredrik Larsson
5The Foreign Legion
Jeff Ganellen


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Foreign legion


Explanation:
Or sometimes called "The French Foreign Legion".

Fredrik Larsson
Local time: 19:53
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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.
7 mins
  -> 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
4 days
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
The Foreign Legion


Explanation:
None required.

Jeff Ganellen
Sweden
Local time: 19:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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