Mein Hund jagte immer Leuten auf dem Fahrrad hinterher,bis ich ihm das Fahrrad wegnahm! 10. TBH we don’t really get this one But what does it mean to be “typically Swedish”? Well, the answer is of course that everyone’s unique and can’t be categorized so easily. That hasn’t stopped these well-known stereotypes cropping up, though: Der Deutschlehrer fragt Bini: “Was ist das für ein Fall, wenn du sagst: Das Lernen macht mir Freude?” Bini überlegt nicht lange: “Ein seltener, Herr Lehrer.” 4. Husbands hate shopping in every language, apparently

In Sweden the CEO of IKEA was just elected president. He should have his cabinet together by the end of the week. False. Sweden isn’t Narnia, even though it looks like it during the winter months. Winter is much longer than summer and some years it even snows in May! Most of the time though, Sweden enjoys lukewarm summers with the temperature around 23°C (73°F). In Anglo-Saxon cultures – as will be clear to anyone who has witnessed the cacophony of the UK parliament – this is much less the case. Albert & Herbert , became such a beloved phenomenon that it ran for 10 years (1974-84) while another show,

6. Papa needs his medicine

There has been a language war in Norway. The goal was to have a real Norwegian language, not a language that was a kind of dialect of Danish."

So you could be “badsugen” (craving a swim), “matsugen” (craving food in general), or even “pratsugen” (desiring conversation).

Many years ago, when I come to this country, I was standing in line at Documentation Center. Man in front of me was big blond Norwegian. Lady looks at him and go, ‘What your name?’ He say, ‘Lars Andersen.’ She looks at me and say, ‘What your name?’ I say, ‘Sam Ting.’ A man gets home after work and finds his girlfriend dressed up as a policewoman. She says, “You ́re being arrested under suspicion of being good in bed”. A Norwegian went to a museum. The tour guide was explaining: “This sword is over 2500 years old.” The Norwegian paused for a second to think about it and then asked: “How is that possible? We are only in the year 2022.” Look, mistakes happen. But this stereotype is unforgivable in Swedish eyes. The only thing we have in common is neutrality. And both names begin with “sw”. That’s where the commonalities end.