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.
doctormirabilis at 2024-03-27 14:53:05+00:00 ID:
kwt0ji4yes. i did have some (minor) issues with this though, when travelling to/from the us. ticket said my name, but passport obvs has another name listed first. annoying american airport cop on a power-trip made a fuss.
Arkeolog at 2024-03-27 15:30:04+00:00 ID:
kwt75ahYou should always fill in your full, official name the way it’s written on your passport when buying an airplane ticket. Anything else is asking for problems when going through passport control.
doctormirabilis at 2024-03-27 16:18:38+00:00 ID:
kwtfziqprobably right. never ever had any issues though, except when flying OUT OF the u.s.