When you think of swedes...

[Love]

The scandinavians still vote at us in ESC

 

[C~G]

No...you have the same self-esteem problem as finns, don't you?

I hate that finns have to ask from everybody what others think about them, but it's new to me swedes are like that too.

I guess this could start new thread trend "When you think of..."

 

[Trafalgar]

Raping, pillaging, long haired invading warriors. Or timid socialists.

 

[ArneHD]

I can't think of a Swedish stereotype I know. I've never been there, but it's on my list of places to visit.

Swedish meatballs & Swedish Fish have already been mentioned. I'll add the Swedish Chef from the Muppets. I know Swedes don't really talk or act like that, but that character is hilarious.

I used to know a Norwegian-American man who repeated the following limerick constantly:

"Ten thousand Swedes
came out of the weeds
chased by one Norwegian."

It was his tongue-in-cheek way of showing his pride in his Norwegian heritage at the expense of the Swedes.

That seem quite consistent with regular behaviour to be expected.

"Why are swedish jokes (jokes about swedes) getting dumber and dumber? Because the swedes have begun making them themselves."

 

[warpus]

...what do you think about? Yes, I know you all think about me at first, but beyond that.

Essentially tell me what you think the average swede looks like. Swedish stereotypes.

Swedish meatballs, swedish invasion of Poland, Swedish bikini team, Koop

 

[BirraImperial]

I think of really beautiful, sexy blond women.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

I imagine an old woman wearing a scarf on her head dropping a basket and shouting: "Härregud!"

 

[CaptainF]

Sports Figures:

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Babes:

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Vikings:

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But besides that, when I think of Swedish people I think of emotionally reserved, cool headed, blonde people who enjoy having exotic sex and drinking profusely.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Mikael Åkerfeldt.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

Who is he?

 

[AngryPinkMoose]

I think of girls with long braids and fat little boys with rosie cheeks O.O
Like Hansle and Grettle or were they German? o-O

 

[MadScotsMan]

German, Swede, same thing really, like italian and greek. But I am just being a racist =P I think of vikings, russian wars of conquest, or gay socalists

 

[Zarn]

Heresy (I'm not kidding) and socialism

 

[luiz]

Hot blondes and cold.

 

[Verbose]

When I think of the Swede's I think of victory...

Long live the memory of Peter The Great

Well, he attacked, so he'd better win it, or look like a total chump. Charles XII fought a defensive war after all.

 

[MadScotsMan]

and he nearly crushed russia....I also think of beer

 

[Mathilda]

All swedes are teh ghey X)

Thats what we think...

I was going to say limp wrists, but McManus got there first.

 

[Ansar]

I thought of a pine tree covered in snow.

 

[Whomp]

Haha that's really funny for some odd reason Ansar.

I think of The Ice Hotel, Nokia, Ikea, ea's in general, little red houses, Saabs, wodka, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Magnus Johansson, I presume all the women look like Tiger's wife,

Spoiler :

and Minnesota.

 

[Tekee]

Really Really BORING! Women in Sweden are no prettier then in other northern Countries so what's Sweden?
Oh yeah but I have an obsession with Swedish Guy and Swedish People and Language? Like a mocking-love relationship but its really nice!