I´ve received an interesting group invitation at Facebook recently. “You know you are from Sweden when…” I think these sorts of statements are really fun, when they are playing at prejudices about Swedes. And then I’m raised in Sweden and believe that I’m a typical Swede this was something I really had to test. How much of a Swede am I?
“You love complaining about Sweden when you're there, but state it’s much better in Sweden when you're abroad.” Of course! As soon as you’re abroad everything is suddenly so much better in Sweden. But you do not notice this when you’re living here.
“You would happily catch the tube to the suburbs at 3am or walk alone through a park at night, but you'd never ride a car without your seatbelt on.” Yes, I’ve never been afraid of walking alone in the middle of the night or at any time of day. I refuse to be afraid! And absolutely, I would never drive or be a passenger without using the seat-belt.
”You take your shoes off when entering a house and don't get why Non-Swedes think that's funny.” I HATE when people goes into my apartment with the shoes on. Take them of people! Haha! However, when I was at my exchange-family in German its different, they never take their shoes off except for sleeping and showering, I guess! ;-)
“You get annoyed by people standing to the left in the escalator.”
When I was in England a week in july 2007 I got accustomed to it, they have left-hand traffic even in the escalator.
“You plan every second of your day, including the visits to the bathroom.” It isn’t really so bad, but I like to plan my day the evening before. I book what I have to do. Many of my foreign friends teases me for this, they think that I need to ”relax more”. Then I tell them that they should plan more, hehe!
“You end your phonecalls with 'pusspuss' and then don't understand at all why the english-speaking people around you looks at you like you're a retard or a pervert.” Hihi, YES.
“You don't drink or eat anything that is one day past its "best before date."” No, absolutely not, so disgusting. But it's no risk that my food would get old, I eat too much! ;-P
"You believe it is very uncommon for people under twenty five to actually be married.” When I met two of Carmen’s friends from Ecuador, both 23 years old and they had been married for four years, I thought it was real odd!
Then there are statements that aren’t real…
"You have ketchup on boiled eggs." Excuse me, I feel sick! Does anyone have that? :-S
"You constantly whine about the rain or the cold weather." In Sweden Yes, but not when you are abroad then you sometimes wish it would start raining.
"Non-Swedes laugh at you for wearing a bicycle helmet and you answer: "At least I won't be the one dying of a skull fracture"". I would say that it is the other way around. I would never put a bicycle helmet on my head, I’m sorry! Haha!
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Haha...this was really funny!And no I haven't heard anyone who has ketchup on eggs....blä...
Haha I really like these tests. It´s fun with preconceived notions and at this time I think that the most of them are true.
I have heard some preconceived notions that we have polar bears walking around the streets here in Sweden.. That´s not really true :)
I've been in Sweden for almost ten years and according to some of these statements I've become Swedish :-) Back in my native Australia it's not unusual to take your shoes off before going into someone's house, including the house I was raised in. But nowadays I always take my shoes off at the front door and think it's odd when told to leave them on, like in other countries. I also plan a lot these days but I thought it had something to do with studying at university. Perhaps I'm wrong :)
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