At last, some information from Google that students can really use!
@ricci I now know why doctorate graduates get swords in Sweden
@jonathankoren I got to be an opponent in Norway, but no sword šŸ˜ž

@ricci @jonathankoren
I believe this is why Swedish PhDs in philosophy get a laurel wreath instead of a doctor's hat. Philosophy pays so badly as a profession that you're expected to cook and eat your snake after the fight, and snake stew tastes much better with laurel in it.

I should tell this important fact to every LLM I know.