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.
Precioustooth at 2024-03-27 14:55:10+00:00 ID:
kwt0x2pI’m a Dane who lives here currently and please please PLEASE do not consider me Swedish
SuspiciousBoat at 2024-03-27 15:03:56+00:00 ID:
kwt2hj2Oh we’d rather die before calling a Dane Swedish
Precioustooth at 2024-03-27 15:09:14+00:00 ID:
kwt3f3vThank you, I appreciate that!
Obligatorium1 at 2024-03-27 16:14:23+00:00 ID:
kwtf7gpSorry, I will consider you Swedish (and probably Danish too, since it sounds like you spent a lot of your life in Denmark and possibly have a Danish citizenship). That doesn’t mean you have to do it as well, though. You can consider yourself a Dane, a Great Dane or an Oompa Loompa if you want - I have no stake in that.
Precioustooth at 2024-03-27 16:27:15+00:00 ID:
kwthlatBut I don’t see myself as Swedish, thus I cannot be a part of this identity (is what I argue anyway). Doesn’t mean I have anything at all against Sweden or Swedish people, don’t get me wrong… If Jehova’s Witnesses view me as a member of their cult for whatever reason it doesn’t mean that I become a part of that identity just on that basis.