|   I have a dim memory of this comic strip from a couple of years ago, but
|   my Google skills are failing me.  I think it was about a young Finnish
|   woman living in London (it was definitely in English, and the young
|   woman looked Goth-like) but I can't find any mention of it.

NEMI!

Nemi is Norwegian, and in the original strip it is quite clear she
lives in Oslo:
        http://spray.nettavisen.no/kultur/tegneserie/nemi/

However, the free newspaper "Metro" publishes an English translation,
which I found here:
        http://tinyurl.com/stu0

I don't know if this link is permanent or a week-by-week thing.  If it
changes, you can find Nemi by going to
        http://www.metro.co.uk/
then clicking on "Games & Puzzles", then scrolling down to "Nemi
cartoons" near the bottom of the page.

I don't see any indication in these strips of Nemi's nationality or
where her English-translated alter ego lives.

I <heart> Nemi.  

- Cindy Kandolf, certified language mechanic, mamma flodnak
   flodmail: ci...@nethelp.no     flodhome: Bærum, Norway
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