You know that you are Swedish when...

I'm still a little stuck on the topic about what's Swedish, and found this list about Swedish things which I find really true! So funny to reflect a little on the things you find perfectly normal yourself, but that is rather strange to other people... :-)


You know that you are Swedish when:
  1. Your family had to re-arrange a number of Christmas traditions when Arne Weise retired.
  2. You get nostalgic by thinking of the summer of 1994. (because of the World Championship in soccer)
  3. You thought Astrid Lindgren was immortal and was shocked and cried your heart out when she actually did die.
  4. You really want to attend the Nobel Price Dinner.
  5. You go seriously sentimental when entering an IKEA store, outside the borders of Sweden.
  6. You love complaining about Sweden when you are there and state "it's much better in Sweden" when you are abroad.
  7. You claim that you are not a royalist but actually do care what "she" will wear on the Nobel Price dinner.
  8. You are prone to stand in line without complaining.
  9. Whenever discussing international problems you always, without exception state that "why don't you do it like we do it in Sweden?"
  10. You have a tendency to not divide words when you write in English, since "särskrivning" is a sin.
  11. You don't really care about winning as long as the Swedish beat the Norwegains and the Finish, no matter what the game/contest is.
  12. You know that Sweden never actually will win the World Cup in Football, but keep partying anyway.
  13. When you find people from other cultures generally being rather loud. With the exception of the Finish.
  14. You take your shoes off when entering a house, and don't get why non-Swedes find that funny.
  15. You don't consider a congregation of trees being a "real" forrest unless it takes at least 20 minutes to drive through it.
  16. You use metric system and really don't get why there are people out there who don't.
  17. You find the ads for Coca Cola during Christmas completely useless since noone would consider drinking any other soft drink than "julmust" during Christmas anyway.
  18. You consider Denmark and the Danish "pretty continental".
  19. You know that it is not true, but you like to believe that there is a massive difference between the taste of "julmust" and "påskmust".
  20. You know that the most common cars in Sweden are not Volvo's or Saab's, but Ahlgrens Bilar.
  21. You like things in general to be "lagom".
  22. It annoys the hell out of you that there is no good translation for the word "lagom" in any language (except in Turkish, apparently)
  23. You have at one point, or more, during your childhood, attempted to fabricate something that you learnt how to make from watching "Hajk".
  24. You think that Sweden winning a gold in any type of World Championships require celebrating by getting really drunk and splash around in a large and famous fountain.
  25. Making fun of Norway is a national institution. And vise versa.
  26. You love Kalles Caviar. Everyone else outside scandanavia hates it.
  27. You find it normal to have to go to a special store that is owned by the government, that's only open during daytime to buy a bottle of wine, or other alcoholic beverages.
  28. You constantly try to avoid meeting your neoghbours in the stairwell.
  29. You split the check by the exact penny after eating at a restaurant.
  30. You try to explain "The Law of Jante" to non-Swedes..!
  31. You die a little inside if you don't get your weekly ransion of "Mamma Scans Köttbullar".
  32. You think that everyone is allowed to walk in any field or forrest. And when people abroad tell you it's private land, you don't understand and say "But, what about Allemansrätten?"
  33. After having realized that someone is standing on your foot in the subway, you think that the best idea is to not say anything at all or maybe cough or nod a little in order to attract the attention of the person standing on your foot.
  34. You find non-scandinavians so loud and noisy but find it perfectly normal to get completely wasted, "bröla", sing along to "när vi gräver guld i usa..." and piss in public, when you're abroad and partying with non-scandinavians.
  35. You secretly consider Sweden the best place on earth and that Swedes are the most intelligent and beautiful people in the world.
  36. You know who Bamse is, and love him with all of your heart.
  37. You refuse to belive that snuff or "snus" is harmful.mSince snuff "isn't harmful", you can't understand why no one except the swedes use it...
  38. Seeing a young woman with lit candles stuck to her head no longer disturbs you.
  39. You have, with some measure of success, spoken rövarspråket.
  40. You are stuck in front of your TV watching curling during every Olympic Games.
  41. You have been accused of being from Switzerland. Repeatedly.
  42. You just love singing "snapsvisor" while drinking any kind of alcohol.
  43. You would rather stand up on the bus for an hour than bother the person who's handbag is currently occupying the last available seat.
  44. You would never use public transportation without a valid ticket, even though it's ridiculously overpriced.
  45. You happily engage in a conversation about the weather.
  46. You generally consider the pre-party better than the night out in a club that follows.
  47. You look forward all year for August when you get to gather your friends, put on stupid paper hats, drink Vodka, sing and eat crayfish.
  48. You don't mind women using the men's bathroom in clubs if the queue to the "Ladies" is long.
  49. You go abroad on vacation and first things first try to localize a Swedish bar and restaurant.
  50. You get chills down your spine thinking about the "Flour-tant".
  51. You find it adorable when people from other countries get excited about a few milimetres of snow that only stays on the ground for a few hours.
  52. You insist on that Swedish chocolate is the best chocolate in the world, despite of what the Belgians and the Swiss might say.
  53. It's raining and you hear yourself say your grandmothers wise words, "There is no bad weather, just bad clothes"
  54. You have genuinely believed that a person from the UK talking about "hockey" meant "ice-hockey".
  55. You consider blond hair about as normal as dark hair.
  56. You constantly have to point out that not EVERYONE in sweden is blond, in fact you add that most people are not.
  57. You only consider hair on the verge of being "white", blond. Everything else is just very bright brown hair.
  58. IKEA is home away from home.
2011-05-14 @ 15:56:16 Nijmegen Permalink

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Postat av: Anonym

Jisses- har du kommit på allt själv? Tid från tentaplugget eller ;)



Med de stämmer, pinsamt mycket! :D

2011-05-15 @ 11:36:26
URL: http://helenakumblad.blogspot.com/
Postat av: Maria

Haha, nä, har inte kommit på det själv - hittade det på en hemsida och tog med det jag tyckte stämde bäst! Du ser att jag är grymt effektiv i mitt tentaplugg... ;-)

2011-05-15 @ 13:22:00

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