Poll: What preconceptions do you have/know of about Swedes?

[Xorghul]

OK, so the thing is that I'm kind of curious about what kind of preconceptions, or just what you know about Sweden since I've never really noticed if there are any preconceptions about Sweden/Swedes.

So...you know any?
EDIT: Oh, and I only want answers from non-Swedish persons. Kinda pointless with a Swedes view on Sweden.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

All of your women are blonde and hot. Lots of you are Gamers. You eat Meatballs and live in houses filled with things from Ikea.

But that's just me thinking of everything Swedish I know.

Oh and your word for friend (or similar) is Bastis, but with an umlaut on the a.
I think.

 

[xdiesp]

Vampire kids everywhere.

 

[Gooble]

Blondes
Very attractive women
An extremely fair/equal society
Cold, but sunny
Ikea
Swedish meatballs

 

[NeedAUserName]

Your Swedish (naturally).
All the girls are hot blondes.
Everything inside every house was bought from IKEA.

 

[Shapsters]

ABBA!!! Need I say more?

I was under the impression you were all blond white people, then I saw a black guy at the Olympics! I was like, WTF? A black guy in Sweden?

Also, your woman are blond and have teh secksy accents.

 

[scnj]

Opeth!

 

[Skeleon]

Hot busty blonde women.

 

[Break]

Well, I would think that they'd be starchy, and good in stews-

Oh, right, the nation? I don't really know. Tall? Pale? Good with the cold?

 

[A random person]

You have lots of attractive blondes, you make a crapload of catchy ear-wormy dance music, and you're very liberated, socialist, and are a model society. If only it wasn't nighttime half the year.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

All of your women are blonde and hot. Lots of you are Gamers. You eat Meatballs and live in houses filled with things from Ikea.

But that's just me thinking of everything Swedish I know.

Oh and your word for friend (or similar) is Bastis, but with an umlaut on the a.
I think.

The word for friend is kompis.

The word you're thinking of is "bästis", it means best friend.

That's what I meant, I have a cat shaped cushion called that.

 

[newguy77]

Good Chocolate
Good Fish
Good Meatballs

Yay stereotypes

 

[puppydogvaan]

All the people in Sweden are made of chocolate and all the fish are made of candy.

 

[lasherman]

your sole export is wobbly furniture

 

[dontworryaboutit]

They breed them in Sweden.

 

[Xorghul]

All of your women are blonde and hot. Lots of you are Gamers. You eat Meatballs and live in houses filled with things from Ikea.

But that's just me thinking of everything Swedish I know.

Oh and your word for friend (or similar) is Bastis, but with an umlaut on the a.
I think.

That's actually more or less correct, or except the Bastis part. Well it is true, but only little kids and girls use it.

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