The Scandy languages like long sequences of consonants, and not just for reasons of coding non-Latin sounds with the Latin alphabet.
The SKS in Fisksätra, where I live, is a problem to many immigrants. But the place has a pet name in typical Stockholm style: Fiskis.
So a lot of people call it Fiskis-ätra.
@mrundkvist
The consonants wouldn't stump me, but the ä would. There are consonant groups in English too. However, some English people can't pronounce sequences of consonants in English (e.g. rendering umbrella as umb-uh-rella).
Swedish words are hard for an Anglo to pronounce from the spelling. I sang in a multi-lingual vocal group: Japanese ok, Czech yes, German and French a doddle, Swedish we had to take out of the concert programme. We'd have done better if we couldn't read the words.
Martin Rundkvist
sunflowerinrain
Herzleid