Nat has been prankstering around with GnomeWorldWide, which resulted in the following email from Axel Liljencrantz:

Saw your GnomeWorldWide, nice map. Spotted an error, though. You have accidentaly marked the location of Atlantis as north east of Madagascar. Actually, it has been known since 17th century that Sweden is the real location of Atlantis. In his seminal work ‘Atlantica’, the famous Swedish scientist Olof Rudbeck showed not only that Sweden is the location of Atlantis, but also many other previously unknown facts, such as that the Greek, Roman and Geatish civilizations where all decendants from the people of this Sweden-based Atlantis.

If you doubt the accuracy of these statements, please consider the number of GNOME releases that have had Swedish names, such as the well known “Glad midsommar” and “Grym liten hattgubbe”. You can find more information about Olof Rudbeck on the net, for instance at the University of Uppsala or freedictionary.

I’m not one to argue with a member of the Swedish Conspiracy.