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

[lenin_117]

The Swedes are really good for placing many blades into a compact device used by the army.

 

[Cpt. Red]

The Swedes are really good for placing many blades into a compact device used by the army.

Thats Switzerland...

 

[lenin_117]

The Swedes are really good for placing many blades into a compact device used by the army.

Thats Switzerland...

Not a preconception then. A misconception.

 

[Cpt. Red]

My only preconception of Sweden is that Swedish Rap is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnaeImQ0TSg

Well that was a pleasant surprise...

 

[Martymer]

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.

There are no black people in Sweden. They lied to you.

That's right. And there are no Mexicans in LA. Oh, wait...

Well what would a black person be doing in Sweden? Besides the fact that he would stand out horribly and look ridiculous, how did he get there? Who thinks, "I think I'll move to a country where every other inhabitant looks the polar opposite of me"?

Yeah, what would a black person (or any non-white person) be doing in Sweden? Hmm... Let's see... Tax financed wellfare which basically means you never have to worry about starving (or even living without running water and electricity) or not being able to afford health care. Over a century of peace. Laws against pretty much all kinds of discrimination. Freedom of speech and religion (not just officially, but in practice as well). Yeah, if I lived in a third world country and wanted to move somewhere else, Sweden sounds like the last choice on my list (/sarcasm). And no, I'm not implying that all immigrants are leeches. Some are, but then again, so are some of us. All I'm saying is, we've got lots of immigrants here.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Sweden, the new Japan:
Yes, for everyone who thought that was another crazy jpop song, no, it's apperantly from Sweden.

Aaaanyway, what I've heard about Sweden:
- A succesfull welfare state (correct me if I'm wrong).
- Awesome meatballs.
- Politically stable.
- Killer women.
- They value free speech a lot.
- Very relaxed people.
- One of the least religious countries in the world.
- Awesome accents if they speak english.
- Sauna lovers.
- Way too long winters dammit!
- Lots and lots of Ikea's (my own room is FULL of Ikea furniture, it's cheap and looks decent, going to the Ikea this evening for some new stuff)

 

[Zac_Dai]

That they are all amazingly good at games and are way to full of themselves and this is coming from someone whos had a lot online swedish friends.

They really are amazing at games though, I've never met a Swedish noob and I bet you'll be hard pressed to find a a ladder where there wasn't a swede in the top ten.

 

[Nmil-ek]

Blondes
Beer
Heavy Accents
SWE??!?!!?
Metal

Thats about it.

 

[PureChaos]

Swedes are OK, they're a ***** to prep for cooking though. unless you have a sharp knife they are REALLY hard to cut up. once they are prepped, boiling them is OK and they go really well with a Sunday Roast.

EDIT: just wanted to make it clear i was making a joke on the whole 'swede' name and was talking about the vegetable, not the people. when i read it after posting, it could sound like i hack up and eat Swedish people. i don't do that...any more!

 

[Martymer]

I always condsidered Swedes to be laid-back, symphatetic people, in big part unharmed by religion and other forms of fanaticism, but on the other hand I find their love for welfare state and often ridiculously progressive world view making them look a little bit like cows. Sorry.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but could you elaborate on that? Look like cows? That sounds like a fat joke to me, but considering the context I doubt that's what you mean, so ... what DO you mean?

Also Swedish teenage boys often wear too big shoes and way too tight pants suspended just above their knees, which was always a source of good laughs whenever I saw them in Cracow.

Yeah that's a fashion trend that can't die soon enough... For some reason it doesn't seem to, though

 

[Daveman]

Don't you have really hot blond women everywhere?

 

[Korolev]

The only thing I know about Sweden is that:

1) They are pretty civilized and well behaved and work hard
2) It's cold where they come from
3) They are generally nice, unthreatening people
4) They have a monarchy I think
5) They make some form of shoe.... or is that Denmark?
6) They are NOT the country with the wind-mills
7) They've got reindeer. Or is that Finland?

 

[Joos]

Opeth!

In Flames!

Deathstars!
Soilwork!
Scar Symmetry!
Dark Tranquillity!
Entombed!

 

[vondy]

I think Piratpartiet is awesome.

I think Mona Sahlin is an ugly cow.

I think Anders Borg is the shit.

I love my swedish meatballs.

I think Ipred and FRA are evil.

I hate the overprices on games in Sweden.

I think dynamite and the zipper are pretty nice inventions from Sweden.

Oh and btw, I live just outside of Stockholm.

Helt rätt!

Utom det heter IpGay, inte Ipred

 

[Martymer]

I always condsidered Swedes to be laid-back, symphatetic people, in big part unharmed by religion and other forms of fanaticism, but on the other hand I find their love for welfare state and often ridiculously progressive world view making them look a little bit like cows. Sorry.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but could you elaborate on that? Look like cows? That sounds like a fat joke to me, but considering the context I doubt that's what you mean, so ... what DO you mean?

I mean that Swedish govermental protectionalism, unreasonably over the top concern about equal treatment of every social group and pursue of safety with disregard for freedom in general, gives me a feeling that you're boring, unpassionate, sickeningly pleasant people.
But that may be because I live in a genuinely crazy country.

Ah, OK. Got it. Can't argue with what you're saying. Reminds me of the preacher who was charged with "inciting hatred against a group of people" because he preached (in perfect accordance with his interpretation of Christianity) against homosexuality. Or how we've got rules against wearing anything on your head in school, unless of course you're a muslim girl, because it would be racist to expect them to follow the same rules as everyone else.

 

[Mezrev]

I'm Finnish, I've got an endless amount of jokes about Swedish people.

 

[Dys]

Swedes are nuetral, up to their necks in nuetrality...
...What is it that makes a man go nuetral? Lust for power?...Gold??

 

[Evilvikingking]

The Swedish rule! I stayed in Kiruna for a week and everyone was very friendly and heard of no crime at all...

This, of course, is unlike Norway.