More accurately, the Swedes like following trends and being in on the latest cool thing from abroad, and after the British people went viral in voting to name the research ship, some marketing person at a private-sector open-access rail operator (who are second to the state-run rail operator SJ, and keen on any gimmick that might raise their profile) jumped right on it.
Exactly what i expected
Swedish is such a beautiful language. I wonder what it translates to in English.