I have recently encountered a car advert from the manufacturer Volvo Cars with the tagline "made by Sweden" instead of more usual "made in Sweden", so I'm wondering what it's supposed to mean. I have some possible interpretations:
- (most probable) they want to indicate not only manufacture location, but emphasize that the car is a product of every Swede and embodies some deeply Swedish values
- the car is manufactured by the state (not true, as the automaker is owned by Chinese company)
- the car is not actually made in Sweden, so they could not use "made in Sweden" phrase (like "designed in California, made in China") - quite unlikely, at least according to Wikipedia the car in question is manufactured in Sweden