My son is in high school and is going to be an exchange student in Sweden next year.

Our family background is Swedish. His first name is a typical American name, but his middle name is Swedish, and our last name is Swedish.

For example, John Sture Andersson.

Nobody calls him Sture in the US; people can’t pronounce it. But he has been asking Swedish people who he’s met (so far, as part of the exchange program process) to call him Sture.

Is that weird; if he asks people in Sweden to call him Sture, will Swedes make fun of him or think that his request is bizarre, since he is called John in the US? And is the name “Sture” a nice name?

Thanks.

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The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/CraftAccomplished784 at 2024-03-27 13:08:14+00:00.

  • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBSvenska
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    6 months ago

    spiderduckling at 2024-03-27 14:05:10+00:00 ID: kwsseqv

    If he introduces himself by his middle name they’re obviously going to call him that. He doesn’t have to do the whole “yeah it’s actually my middle name” spiel.

    Many swedes have their middle name as their main name, it’s obviously not as common as using your first name but it happens. I have three people in my family who do haha

    Edit: two people, I just remembered my brother just changed his name