  We present on-going work of evaluating the, to our knowledge, first large
generative language model trained to converse in Swedish, using data from the
online discussion forum Flashback. We conduct a human evaluation pilot study
that indicates the model is often able to respond to conversations in both a
human-like and informative manner, on a diverse set of topics. While data from
online forums can be useful to build conversational systems, we reflect on the
negative consequences that incautious application might have, and the need for
taking active measures to safeguard against them.
