No, it's the same in the whole of Sweden, and you're mostly correct. A 'tomte' would be a gnome/elf. The Tomte with a capital T would be Father Christmas.

You 're spot on Bob! You know your Tomtes alright!

Whish I got the type leaving me abiotic oil, I actually belive more in the Tomte than the abiotic oil though... ;)

Yes Santa is called Jultomte

Nice, Linköping is my home town. We seem to have fairly "green" infrastructure when compared with the US norm but a lot more can be done.

My main peak oil preparation is to study engineering and energy to get a job in that sector but first I need to find some inspiration on how to specialise. Sadly it isent going especially well, I am not good at selling myself. And instead of specialising I pondered peak oil close to being depressed and ended up with an overall peak oil + global warming + swedish industry view wide as an encyclopedia that is useless for making a living, oups...

The long shot is to try to influence municipiality and national politics, hard but I might have made a tiny difference, its hard to measure. I am good at finding and combining ideas and not especially good at politics. ;-)

In case TSHTF I joined the home guard since I anyway cant avoid trying to help with serious problems and I rather try togeather with other people and with at least some resources to bear on a problem.

Stocking up with a years worth of food or having a garden is useless if you cant earn a living, priority one is to find some company etc that needs a person like me.