Talk:Hakkapeliitta

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A bit of nationalist exaggeration removed... -- 128.214.205.6

1 "by the Danube they raised up the Emperor's toast!"
2 John Hanson
3 German name
4 Mercenary Group

[edit] "by the Danube they raised up the Emperor's toast!"

I doubt the Hakkapeliittas toasted for the Emperor. More likely they just let their horses drink from his silverware cups, (and maybe pee on them).

-- Petri Krohn 22:41, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] John Hanson

The relation to John Hanson is incorrect. Please see John Hanson (myths).

Hanson the Swede

The entire tale was created in 1872 by connecting some dots that were very far apart. There was an Anders Hansson among the Swedish colonists of Delaware. There was also a Hanson on the staff of Gustavus Adolphus. But neither of these had any relation with our John Hanson. A Swedish periodical examined this myth in Släkthistoriskt Forum 2000:4, and an English version is available online [1].

-Viper Daimao 13:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] German name

User:Jaakko Sivonen has added the "citation needed" template for the German names of the song. Google clearly indicates the German names ([2], [3]). If he is concerned with the fact that the song was not "German" but Swedish/Finnish, the song is often referenced in English with the German names. Olessi 20:20, 17 September 2006 (UTC)