Marie’s home town discusses naming a street after her
Written by roxeteer on June 22, 2004 to Marie Fredriksson.
ÖSTRA LJUNGBY - 
The social democratic party in Marie Fredriksson’s home town Östra Ljungby proposes that a street should be named after their only world-famous celebrity so far. The non-socialists are against the proposal.
“It’s not about Marie Fredriksson. It’s about the fundamental rule of not naming after living people,” says cultural board’s chairman Jan Lindberg. “Also, there’s no ’vacant’ street right now.”
Rune Persson, one of the members behind the proposal, has a different opinion. “It’s always a good time for Östra Ljungby to highlight Marie Fredriksson. It doesn’t have to be a street or a market place. It can as well be a school or some institution.”
The board had a long discussion on the issue, but didn’t make a decision yet.
- Helsingborgs Dagblad article (in Swedish)
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43 comments
Nox1983 said on June 22, 2004 18:09:
this is the best new in months, ang i hope a street can be named Marie Fredrikssongatan hehehe, or Fredrikssonvägen... :D
Jordi,
Superbullie said on June 22, 2004 18:18:
I agree with you nox...! But I also think that there should be no street named after a living person. You know how happy we all are that Marie is still alive!
flower said on June 22, 2004 19:50:
...I’ll recommend a very hard, if not impossible, to remove sign...
Jud (moderator) said on June 22, 2004 21:02:
@Flower: LOL!!! That’s what I thought too! :D
and well, why not? At least she could go and open the school or inaugurate the street herself? :)
Nox1983 said on June 22, 2004 22:59:
all this becouse she is an angel... fredriksson.angel.vägen hehe
Superbullie said on June 23, 2004 05:33:
Ha, ha, ha... :-) Leandro you’re right and anonymous you’re right, too! I mean probably you’re right, cos i know Gremans. I am from here
rox-kuryliw said on June 23, 2004 08:10:
Great Idea to me :-)), why only name a street after them when there dead what a waste that to me ! Do it when there alive and kicking ;)
Sascha said on June 23, 2004 10:02:
Street is boring. Better a school or why not an entertainment centre! And I’m with the rule of not naming after living people and I hate when streets or places get new names for popular reasons. But the idea is a honour for Marie anyway!
BTW I always thought Östra Ljungby was a village or a very small town. How big is it for real?
isaksson said on June 23, 2004 13:53:
well i tink that it should be named after living people to because this gifs her someting special to be happy for and so people know her
THER SHOULD BE ON THE SIGN MARIEFREDRIKSSONGATAN
with the words stil alive and singing
lots of love marie i
Starrox said on June 23, 2004 15:11:
@Sascha: Pretty small, I’d say, so they don’t have too many streets to choose from... ;-)
CamilaLook said on June 23, 2004 17:43:
Great idea!!!! I loved!!!! We all must agree that Marie deverves even more than this!!!!
flower said on June 24, 2004 06:11:
“So there’s no Victoragatan in Sweden?”
There are hundreds of streets named after our queen and she’s still around, as are her sisters, sons and granddaughter. They all have their name on streetsigns...
CRIZ said on June 24, 2004 17:43:
I wonder if Marie would agree with that....Would be nice if they ask her first!! If it’s unusual with alive persons than I it would be really tasteless! But I think that Michael Schumacher has his own street already too in his hometown, doesn’t he???
Marie-Fredriksson-vägen...I think that sounds nice!!
As nice as Gesslegatan...doesn’t it Per????? >;)
What about the first official Marie-Fredriksson-acadamy-for-modern-music instead??
maiken said on June 27, 2004 13:57:
I think they should name a square after Marie. The Marie-square! They have a Mika Häkkinen-square in Finland, and he’s still alive. I don’t know though, things might be different in Sweden. Anyway, nice idea!!
ampucha said on July 14, 2005 18:06:
hi
this is me ROXETTE’s fan all the way from NEPAL, and it would be fantastic if MARIE agree upon that.
Magnuswesters said on June 22, 2004 18:05:
cool! I want a street named after me to!!