Drink
Sweden: Absolut Vodka, Brännvin
England: Tetley's Bitter, Beefeater's Gin, Pimm's.
Winner: Draw Maybe Sweden have better shots though.
Music:
Sweden: ABBA, Ace of Base, Europe, The Hives, Roxette, Basshunter, Avicii and a lot of heavy metal bands including, to name but a few, Lake of Tears, Spawn of Possession, Dark Funeral, Bloodhound, Bloodbath and Visceral Bleeding.
England: The Beatles, McFly.
Winner: England. By a lot.
Wheels
Sweden: Volvo, Saab
England: Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mini.
Winner: England That's an impressive run of cars on tap if you've got a spare $100,000 lying around.
Monarchy:
Sweden: King Carl XVI Gustaf, full name Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus. At 72 is the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history, having surpassed King Magnus IV's reign of 44 years and 222 days earlier this year. Fun and actual true fact: At his wedding reception ABBA performed Dancing Queen.
England: Queen Elizabeth II, full name Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. At 92 is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Fun and actual true fact: She finishes her day with a glass of Champagne.
Winner: England Got to be Liz but the ABBA move by King Carl almost tipped it his way.
Page turning books:
Sweden: Millennium trilogy
England: Harry Potter
Winner: England. The wizard would probably win over Lisbeth Salander but it would be a good battle. By the way if England win the World Cup, Potter is in danger of the dropping down the Harry rankings behind Prince Harry, Harry Kane and Harry Enfield.
Massive stores to get lost in:
Sweden: IKEA
England: Tesco
Winner: Sweden: There isn't a Facebook page with 19K likes called Bring Tescos to New Zealand.
Boffins:
Sweden: Anders Celsius.
England: Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing.
Winner: Sweden Sure Newton and Hawking did more for science but I can't explain to you what they actually did. Now Celsius, he's got a whole section in the 6 O'clock news dedicated to him.
Weather:
Sweden: July temperatures average 13 to 17°C. February is usually Sweden's coldest month, with temperatures from - 22 to -3°C.
England: Summer temperatures average about 15.6 °C. Drops down to 4.4°C in Winter.
Winner: England England gets some stick for its weather but I'd take rain and four degrees over -20°C.
Overall winner: EN-GA-LAND 6-2