(edit title) Are Swedes really all that different? The Scandinavians Options

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This was outside Urkult festival so he could have been from anywhere. I have never heard of anyone adopting this strategy so it was strange to hear my sambo say that it had happened to her before. Maybe its Norrland flirting? she is quite cute.

Another strange thing happened on the way to Urkult, I saw this guy collapsed by the side of the road - nowhere near Urkult - so I stopped my car and got out to check he was ok. the people i was with told me later that this was very un-swedish. Most Swedish people would just drive by, as they were before me.

I| must say Swedes do get quite a bashing for their behavior and I'm sure much of it is quite unfair but when things happen you start to collect a mental dossier which leads to an overall impression. I think the most telling perception I have is when some wacky guy was giving out free hugs in the streets in Sundsvall. It was so interesting to see the reactions of people. I think all people are somewhere on the sliding scales of aspergers/autism, I just wonder if there isn't something in Swedish society which makes them a bit more awkward with their fellow man. Its hard to feel a great deal of warmth from Swedes. In the long run, I think you can have a simpler relationship with Swedish people - and why not. They are not so up and down. British people are fundamentally a schizophrenic nightmare totally bogged down in a ridiculous class system that is so complicated you can only really understand where you stand if you are in the royal family - speaking as a brit - and I think we all look at our respective cultures with rose tinted glasses.

I like the French. they are total b*stards and they will give you their last bit of cheese. I think they are at terms with the inherent good and bad in humanity.

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Foreigners always feel this when they visit Sweden, and the answer is simple: they visited Stockholm - the city of cold, anti-social twats. The city and it's population is despised even by other Swedes!

Living in Sweden for 7 months now I have yet to encounter any miserable, negative, boring Swedes to the point that I have to complain about it. [...]I have found the Swedes th ... (show full quote)

Living in Sweden for 7 months now I have yet to encounter any miserable, negative, boring Swedes to the point that I have to complain about it. [...]
I have found the Swedes that I have met through different people to all be caring, funny, and generous. They are always looking to introduce me to more Swedish friends, invite me over for a glass of wine, go out for fika, or go to a party or bar.[...] ... (hide full quote)

Megalagom: something tells me you don't live in Stockholm!