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Countrymen not impressed by Swedish cops’ subway heroics
Everyone is gushing about the Swedish cops who stopped a Manhattan subway beatdown - except their compatriots back home.
The vacationing Scandinavian dream team - Samuel Kvarzell, Markus Asberg, Eric Jansberger and Erik Naslund - broke up a vicious brawl between homeless men while riding an uptown No. 6 train to see the Broadway show “Les Miserables” on Wednesday.
But while the off-duty out-of-towners were heralded by everyone from NYPD brass to Gotham straphangers, their heroic move barely garnered a kudo in Sweden.
“When somebody does something good here, we give them cake and a medal. But it’s not really a big deal,” said Swedish officer Kia Samrell, who works at the Stockholm Police Department with Kvarzell.
“In Sweden, if you see something bad, you just do something to help . . . It’s ordinary, what they did.”
Even Kvarzell’s boss was so underwhelmed that he refused to take calls from the press about it, Samrell said.
“[The story] is bigger there than here,’’ she explained.
The four officers appeared to agree with their fellow cops’ assessment of their deed.
They declined to talk about their heroics Thursday, other than Asberg saying, “It was no big deal.”
Instead, he wanted to talk about the play, at which they arrived on time after their dramatic digression.
“It was awesome - really, really good,” he said of the show.
A rep for “Les Miz” praised the Swedish cops - who are staying at a budget hotel in Midtown - and offered them a backstage tour.
An NYPD officer also contacted the foursome, saying that “a commissioner” wants to meet them and present them with a gift to honor their deed, a police source said.
Meanwhile, straphangers gushed that they’re cuter than a boy band.
“They’re pretty fine. Brave and blond!” said Janice Brown, 37, who was riding an uptown No. 6 train Thursday.
Justice LeBoy, 24, a student, added, “That’s a really brave thing to do. Especially because they are tourists - tourists are usually just in the way.”
Countrymen not impressed by Swedish cops’ subway heroics
Click to viewEveryone is gushing about the Swedish cops who stopped a Manhattan subway beatdown - except their compatriots back home.
The vacationing Scandinavian dream team - Samuel Kvarzell, Markus Asberg, Eric Jansberger and Erik Naslund - broke up a vicious brawl between homeless men while riding an uptown No. 6 train to see the Broadway show “Les Miserables” on Wednesday.
But while the off-duty out-of-towners were heralded by everyone from NYPD brass to Gotham straphangers, their heroic move barely garnered a kudo in Sweden.
“When somebody does something good here, we give them cake and a medal. But it’s not really a big deal,” said Swedish officer Kia Samrell, who works at the Stockholm Police Department with Kvarzell.
“In Sweden, if you see something bad, you just do something to help . . . It’s ordinary, what they did.”
Even Kvarzell’s boss was so underwhelmed that he refused to take calls from the press about it, Samrell said.
“[The story] is bigger there than here,’’ she explained.
The four officers appeared to agree with their fellow cops’ assessment of their deed.
They declined to talk about their heroics Thursday, other than Asberg saying, “It was no big deal.”
Instead, he wanted to talk about the play, at which they arrived on time after their dramatic digression.
“It was awesome - really, really good,” he said of the show.
A rep for “Les Miz” praised the Swedish cops - who are staying at a budget hotel in Midtown - and offered them a backstage tour.
An NYPD officer also contacted the foursome, saying that “a commissioner” wants to meet them and present them with a gift to honor their deed, a police source said.
Meanwhile, straphangers gushed that they’re cuter than a boy band.
“They’re pretty fine. Brave and blond!” said Janice Brown, 37, who was riding an uptown No. 6 train Thursday.
Justice LeBoy, 24, a student, added, “That’s a really brave thing to do. Especially because they are tourists - tourists are usually just in the way.”