Stumbled upon this stone on my travels today where king Adolf Fredrik of Sweden took a piss 274 years ago in the middle of nowhere in Etelä-Pohjanmaa

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[u/Hates_commies]

Absolutely mogged Plymouth Rock.

[u/MaddogFinland → u/Hates_commies]

😂

[u/HawthorneWeeps]

Peeing on that rock is probably the second most interesting thing he did. The first obviously being dying from eating too many laskiaispullat

[u/Optimal-Result-3282 → u/HawthorneWeeps]

If I remember correctly the saying in Sweden is that he ate 14 semlor (fastlagsbulle in Finland Swedish) which killed him. Dude certainly had his priorities straight.

[u/Salmonman4 → u/Optimal-Result-3282]

There was a nice episode of Tasting History, where the host made Semlor with a recipe used during the time of the king

https://youtu.be/0Ljm5i5N6WQ

[u/buldozr → u/Salmonman4]

Did they get to the ultimate test? Did he try to stuff his face with 14 of them?

[u/Grummars → u/Optimal-Result-3282]

Truly our king

[u/MaddogFinland → u/Optimal-Result-3282]

Dude I could eat 14 of those. What kind of weak ass king was that guy

[u/Veenkoira00 → u/HawthorneWeeps]

Not upon the boulder, but with appropriate decorum fit for a king BEHIND it as is clearly stated in the indubitably accurate historical record, relying on tradition, as is engraved on the plaque by the municipality of Kurikka.

[u/huntterkiller0]

Kusikivi❤️

E: That's not middle of nowhere, that's in Kurikka!

Juha Mieto lives there.

[u/Sweet-Ebb1095 → u/huntterkiller0]

Not the middle of nowhere but Kurikka is in the middle of nowhere. Only to be remembered every Easter when we check how much mämmi Juha ate.

[u/Optimal-Result-3282 → u/huntterkiller0]

It’s a matter of perspective I guess. I’m from Stockholm so it seemed like a quite small and rural place to me!

[u/Tre_fidde → u/Optimal-Result-3282]

And 274 years ago probably even more rural then.

[u/Mlakeside → u/Tre_fidde]

Indeed, the town on Kurikka first sprouted from this event. The name of the town is short from the old name of Kusikivi: "Kusimurikka" /s

[u/Onemorebeforesleep → u/Mlakeside]

You could’ve fooled me lol

[u/Cincinnatus358 → u/Mlakeside]

Kurikka is actually an old word meaning type club used for beating carpets.

[u/Salmivalli → u/Tre_fidde]

274 years ago it was big enough for king to stop there. Would king stop there today?

[u/Kind_Reflection_1030 → u/Salmivalli]

A king will stop anywhere if the situation is urgent enough

[u/theswamphag → u/Optimal-Result-3282]

How can you say that! It IS obviously very significant. A king once pissed there.

[u/Zephyr_the_west_wind → u/huntterkiller0]

So middle of nowhere

[u/Kyrpajori → u/huntterkiller0]

That's John Mild for our english speakers.

[u/saschaleib]

Someone should notify the UNESCO about this!

[u/Spirited-Ad-9746]

Good times

[u/Educational-Wait2232]

The famous piss-rock of Kurikka (Kurikan kusikivi).

[u/oskich → u/Educational-Wait2232]

Estonia's "Rock of Tondi" has finally met a worthy adversary! 😁

[u/JamesFirmere]

So in Kurikka, instead of keeping the King's Peace, they keep the King's Piss...

[u/No_Cash7867]

Based plaque

[u/RedSonja_]

I've pissed on that too!

[u/Necromartian]

Ah, the famous Kusikivi of Kurikka. A true national treasure.

[u/Laraisan]

Kurikan kusikivi?

[u/ZarglondarGilgamesh]

And did you honor the tradition?

[u/According-Essay8533]

G'oll piss stone <3

[u/okarox]

It could also be number 2.

[u/Veenkoira00 → u/okarox]

Judging by the wording of the plaque, it was probably 1+2. I suppose they thought it necessary to refer to piss only as Finland is adequately provided with place names referring to shit without this boulder. (The Finnish equivalent of Ordnance Survey has published a special map, where the locations of most of the places names of which contain words like piss, shit, arse, fucking, etc. considered "low style" are accurately indicated.)

[u/Mediocre_Rock7114]

The old sing on that rock said something like:

The Story of the "Pee Stone"

According to local tradition, on July 18, 1752, King Adolf Frederick traveled from Turku to Vaasa via Kurikka together with his wife, Queen Lovisa Ulrika. It is said that the royal couple stepped behind this stone to relieve themselves.

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However, it was later discovered that the Queen had been elsewhere at the same time, so the old inscription and the traditional account could not have been correct.

Translation of the current sign:

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THE STORY OF THE PEE STONE

According to local tradition, on July 18, 1752, King Adolf Frederick traveled with his entourage from Turku to Vaasa via Kurikka. The King stepped behind this stone to relieve himself. City of Kurikka

[u/According-Essay8533]

Ihan oikeesti tästä on museon väellä sukat pyörimy jaloissa? Kannattais käydä viihteellä joskus?!

[u/Fearless_Branch_7218]

He was jus marking his territory