Raggare
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Raggare is a subculture found mostly in Sweden and parts of Norway and Finland, and to a lesser extent in Denmark, Germany, and Austria. Raggare are related to the American greaser and rockabilly subcultures and are known for their love of hot rod cars and 1950s American pop culture. Loosely translated into English, the term is roughly equivalent to the American "greaser", English "rocker", and Australian "Bodgie" and "Widgie" culture; all share a common passion for mid-20th-century American cars, rockabilly-based music and related fashion (blue-collar in origin, consisting of the likes of white T-shirts, loose fitting denim trousers with rolled cuffs, and canvas top sneakers such as Keds or Converse Chucks, or low-topped boots of an industrial nature).
See also
- Atlanticism
- Bōsōzoku
- Deep South
- Gopnik
- Greaser (subculture)
- Harry
- Kustom Kulture
- Mods and Rockers
- Neo-Confederate
- Nozem
- Rednecks
- Rockabilly
- Rockers
- Special Relationship
- Teddy Boyjens
- Transatlantic relations, relating to the assimilation of American and Canadian cultures into a pan-European soil.
- White trash
