Stereotypes?

bjorn · 10-19-2005, 01:31 PM

Inspired by a thread on another forum I decided to find out if there are any steriotypes on swedish people and sweden out there.

- Do polar bears really walk our streets?

- Every swedish person is blonde right?

- Is Sweden and Switzerland not the same country?

Now, this seems to be a pretty educated board so there might not be that many steriotypical veiws out there but it still might be fun.

So, Hit me!

[ 10-20-2005, 06:30 PM: Message edited by: bjorn ]

johnny · 10-19-2005, 01:47 PM

Are numbers of sexually transmitted diseases really higher in Sweden than in any other European country ?

Timber Loftis · 10-19-2005, 02:03 PM

http://www.jmallard.com/sbt.htm ??

Felix The Assassin · 10-19-2005, 09:46 PM

http://www.zcu.cz/~wimmer/europe.jpg !!

Sever · 10-20-2005, 12:42 AM

Are Swedish guys all called Sven? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

And are they all masseuses? (!? What is the plural of masseuse? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] )

Bungleau · 10-20-2005, 10:07 AM

Swedish guys would be masseurs. Swedish gals would be masseuses.

But aren't they all 5'10 or higher, blond, slender, and stacked? Or is that just what they show in those movies on Discovery...

johnny · 10-20-2005, 10:36 AM

Erm...is it also true that Swedish dudes are very slow when it comes to making replies in topics they started themselves ?

Lanesra · 10-20-2005, 10:39 AM

No stereotypes - maybe a few steriotypos though.

I do know for a fact that you only eat herring and that it is night for 6 months of the year!

bjorn · 10-20-2005, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by johnny:
Are numbers of sexually transmitted diseases really higher in Sweden than in any other European country ?

You kinda caught me off guard there... I knew nothing about that. I tried checking it up and it seems like there are alot of countries in europe where the numbers are much higher. Eastern Europe mostly.

Quote:

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: http://www.jmallard.com/sbt.htm ??

Well there you go, busty blondes a plenty

Quote:

Originally posted by Seven: Are Swedish guys all called Sven? And are they all masseuses? (!? What is the plural of masseuse? )

My parents named me Björn and, according to my ex, I'm terrible at giving massages.
"Why are you so bad at this!?"

Quote:

Originally posted by Lanesra : I do know for a fact that you only eat herring and that it is night for 6 months of the year!

I was very drunk i a pub in Newcastle once and I started talking to the locals. I tried to fool them into beliving that we actually had polar bears in Sweden and almost half of them bought it. When I told them that in the northern parts of Sweden the sun stays down for six months only to never set for the rest of the year, which is true (not that extreme but more or less), not one of them belived me. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 10-20-2005, 06:34 PM: Message edited by: bjorn ]

bjorn · 10-20-2005, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by johnny:
Erm...is it also true that Swedish dudes are very slow when it comes to making replies in topics they started themselves ?

Obviously

.. And apparently, we are also terrible spellers.
Lanesra [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 10-20-2005, 06:36 PM: Message edited by: bjorn ]

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