The loyal supporters from the Swedish branch of the Blues' Official Supporters' Club made a mammoth journey across land and sea to cheer on their favourites against Hull this afternoon.
It was a journey of around 1,000 miles for those fans just to get to Manchester.
And they were hoping to make it worthwhile by seeing City end a run of six straight Premier League draws with a convincing win.
They even have their own banner at the City of Manchester Stadium to show their love for the Blues - it is located at the top of the Colin Bell Stand and bears the message `Citizens Of Sweden'.
That is the official name of the Supporters' Club's Swedish branch, formed in 2008.
It is a clear sign that there is a corner of the Blues' home ground that will be forever Swedish, even though it's nearly 18 months since Sven-Goran Eriksson left the club.
The banner is certainly helping to keep City in the public eye in Sweden - with a little help from the M.E.N.
We publicised the banner when M.E.N. reader Willie White, a lifelong City fan from Denton, wrote in to ask just who were the fans making the long journey from Sweden to cheer on the Blues.
Anders Rosen, the vice-chairman of the Citizens of Sweden branch, then got in touch with us to explain just how popular the club have become in his homeland.
Rosen, 53, said: "We have members all over Sweden, from the north all the way down to Malmo in the south.
"People ask us why we support Manchester City, and we can't always give an answer!
"I started supporting them in the 1970s, shortly after English league games started being shown live on Swedish TV.
"I've supported them ever since.
"When the banner appeared in the Manchester Evening News, it was a big thing for us, and it created a lot of attention back home.
"We thought it was incredible that our banner should make it into an English newspaper. The City fans in Sweden were very excited about it!"
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A Manc and blue (28/11/2009 at 11:25)
JohnBlueLund, Lund, Sweden (28/11/2009 at 11:32)
M18 Blue"Give it to Gordon" (28/11/2009 at 11:32)
Yashin, Manchester (28/11/2009 at 11:40)
Lat oss hoppas att vi vinner bekvamt och du har en bra dag!!!
Nana Hughes (28/11/2009 at 12:25)
bluemoon risin' (28/11/2009 at 12:34)
Let me tell you about Sweden
Only country where the clouds are interesting
Big brother says it's the place to go
Too much time to think, too little to do
Too much time to think, too little to do
Too much time, too little to do
'Cos it's all quiet on the Eastern front
Fluctuations at a minimum
Hypochondriac tombstone
Sense of humour's gone astray somewhere
Too much time to think, too little to do
Too much time to think, too little to do
Too much time, too little to do
'Cos it's all quiet on the Eastern front
Cumulus nimbus floats by
Fluctuations at a minimum
Hypochondriac tombstone
Big brother says it's the place to go
It's all quiet on the Eastern front
(All quiet on the Eastern front)
It's all quiet on the Eastern front
(All quiet on the Eastern front)
It's all quiet on the Eastern front
It's all
Quiet
Brisbane Blue (28/11/2009 at 12:54)
Very valid question. Back in 1992 my mate and I went to Karlstad only to discover that our Swedish mate had pulled the only ugly woman in Sweden. Tragic really and there was no excuse for it. The beer was 10 pound a pint
Bigmouth strikes again, Manchester (28/11/2009 at 16:53)
venkman, manchester (28/11/2009 at 17:47)
I wonder if they enjoyed wathing the "convincing win".
Portsmouth Blue (28/11/2009 at 17:57)
Blue Ice, The internet cafe (29/11/2009 at 08:53)
33Years But47K (30/11/2009 at 19:30)