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(Music)
1. You consider "Schlager" being a proper music genre.
2. You only listen to “Schlager” once a year.
3. You proudly state that the best Eurovision entry ever is "Waterloo".
It still disturbs you that Carola did not win the Eurovision Song Contest the first time around she participated, back in -83.
4. When you giggle when singing the second verse of “Ja, må han leva”.
5. You feel the need to apologize to people for the Crazy Frog since a Swede invented it.
6. You know the lyrics of "Man ska ha husvagn..." and every now and then it pops up in your head.
7. You think the song in the “Blossa” advertisement is a proper Christmas carol.
8. You actually know which three persons the abbreviation GES refers to.
9. You believe that GES "När vi gräver guld i USA" is the best song about football ever. EVER!
10. The voice of Per Gessle brings back memories from every summer of your life.
11. You know that Per Gessle is responsible for more child conceiving than Barry White.
12.You force Non-Sweds to listen to Gyllenetider during the whole summereven though they cant understand the beauty of it. it is not because ofyour lack of trying. You have in fact tried to translate all the songsfor them and tried to convince them to learn to sing “Sommar tider” inSwedish.
13. Even if you normally hate ABBA, Ace of Base, Roxetteetc. you still LOVE it when you're in a club abroad and they playsomething Swedish (you'll probably even ask the DJ to play it…).
14.You’ve always believed that Cornelis Wreeswijk sang a song called"Hejsan Morsan, Hejsan Stabben", even though it’s really called "Brevfrån Kolonien")
(Sports)
1. You think that Sweden winninggold in any type of World Championships/Olympics require celebrating bygetting really drunk and splashing around in a large and famousfountain.
2. You don't really care about winning as long as theSwedish beat the Norwegians and the Finish, no matter what thegame/contest is.
3. You get nostalgic by thinking of the summer of 1994.
4.You cry with nostalgia and happiness thinking about Peter "Foppa"Forsberg's penalty in the ice-hockey final, Olympic Games inLillehammer 1994.
5. You can't refrain from bragging about winningboth the olympic and the world championship 2006 in ice-hockey back toback whenever you have the opportunity to talk to a Canadian.
6.It's totally ok to stop working for a while when Anja is skiing in animportant competition and instead join your colleagues in front of theTV which somebody brought.
7. You cried when Henrik Larsson cut his hair.
8.You know that Sweden will never actually win the World Cup in Football,but keep partying anyway.You're at a sports competition abroad,shouting "Heja heja!" although no one understands it.
9. You get into an argument explaining to non-Swedish people that Zlatan Ibrahimovic ACTUALLY IS from Sweden.
10.You find it perfectly normal to exercise by doing the Nordic Walking(“stavgång”) which means taking a walk with two ski sticks and no skis.
11. You are stuck in front of the TV watching curling during every Olympic Games.
12. You actually understand the rules of curling.
13. You can't stop yourself from boasting about Björn Borg winning Wimbledon five times.
14. You know that Björn Borg and Börje Salming are not just famous athletes but also have their own underwear collections.
15.You consider finding red and white markers in the forest, only with theuse of map and compass a pastime, not a cruel and unusual punishment.
16. You just have to state (with barely hidden pride) the superiority of Björn Borg to John McEnroe.
17.You KNOW that someday soon Björn Borg will make his come back... In thesame white outfit and headband he wore twenty years ago!
18. You know what floorball (“innebandy”) is and you find it quite a cheesy sport.
19. You have, on several occasions, played floorball. And secretly enjoyed it.
20.The fact that shows about fly-fishing has more viewers than NHL in theU.S., does not stop you from thinking that Peter Forsberg is probablyrecognized by all Americans.
(Famous people)
1. You find it hillarious that Bo G Eriksson is E-Type’s father.
2. You think that Robert Gustavsson is the funniest man alive; Period.
3. You know Carl Larsson captures the atmosphere of a 'stuga' perfectly.
4.You refer to some internationally famous Swedes by their nicknames,even when speaking to bewildered Non-Swedes who have no clue who youare talking about.(I.e "Svennis", "Henke", “Carro”).
(Travelling)
1. You would never go travelling without sheets or towels, even when having been told that it will be provided for you.
2.You consider taking a cruise ship to Tallin or Helsinki a valid excuseto get completely off your face and act like an utter fool as soon asthe ship leaves port.
3. The first thing you ask when coming back from a trip abroad, is how the weather was while you were away.
4.Even before you have begun your trip abroad you freak out over the factthat you are not able to drink water from the tap in some othercountries.
5. You are abroad and ask for "Swedish coffee” at the hotel.
6.Apart from what’s mentioned in the previous point, of course you doalso use other quotations from "Sällskapsresan" when going abroad.
7. On vacation, you have no problem getting up at 5 a.m to "save" your familys seats by the beach with towels.
8.You take a picture of yourself (on your crappy mobile phone camera),lying on the beach abroad when it's winter in Sweden, and send it toall of your friends (especially the ones you don't like).
9. You have at least once been called albino.
10. You lie on the beach while the natives wear winter coats.
11. You wear a bandana while travelling.
12.You truly believe that switching from SEK to Euro would take away thejoy of being abroad and annoying the shop clerk when you are trying tofigure out which coin is which.
13. A good summer vacation consistsof going to a country down south in Europe, probably Greece or Spain,with your friends. When you arrive at 23:30 (not 11.30 pm, majordifference!) the first thing you do is get wasted and stay wasted forthe rest of the week.
14. You call Mallorca "Mallis".
15. Youcome home from your holiday and in your excitement you tell yourfriends what a beautiful place Thailand is and they should go theresometime (even though they have all been there at least two timesalready).
(Partying/drinking habits)
1. The thought taking shots of “snaps” without singing has never occurred to you.
2. It doesn’t matter if it’s “snaps” or not, you love singing “snapsvisor” while drinking any kind of alcohol.
3. You take a sip of Strongbow, frown, and state that there's nooo way that the yellow sludge they call cider really is cider.
4. You think it’s normal to see a group of guys come into a bar and then all queue up and buy their own drink.
5. You generally consider the pre-party better than the night out in a club that follows.
6.You quickly round up all the cans and bottles from last night’s partyand curse all the ones who bought non recycle cans, then go to theclosest shop and treat yourself to dinner.
7. You can’t for the life of you understand why there’s no handles on the paper bags you get in the liquor store.
8. You think going to the pub for a drink is a waste of time if you're not going to get drunk.
9. You wake up after a hard nights party only to experience the nationally known feeling of "Ågren".
10.You notice that “Systembolaget” is closed and the most alcoholicbeverage you can find to drink is 3.5 % beer from the supermarket, andeven if you know it’s a shame, you buy it.
11. You do, to some extent, consider cider being a children’s soft drink.
12.If you drink during the week you are considered an alcoholic, but ifyou don’t party hardcore during the weekend you are considered weird.
13. You consider cannabis more dangerous than alcohol.
14.You feel proud when someone orders “Kopparbergs Cider” in a pub abroadeven if you consider Swedish people (especially guys) being very girlyif they order it in a pub in Sweden.
15. You claim to Non-Swedes that you only drink “Absolut Vodka”. Liar.
16.When you ring up the hostess of a party to find out who is going andwhat will be happening - just in case there is someone there you don'tknow or even worse the hostess has invited friends AND family.
17. Everyone knows that going to a party at a friend’s house means BYOD (bring your own drinks).
(Fashion sense)
1. You think it’s a surfer thing to wear swimming trunks with flower patterns, even though it’s not.
2. You don't find it wierd at all to get undressed in a locker room with unknown people.
3. You knew what crocs were two years before the rest of the world
You truly believe Peter Forsberg actually invented Crocks.
4. You are dying for crocs to become constitutionally banned as they are “soooooooo last season”.
5. You know Swedish guys not necessarily are gay, only their dress code seem to have that effect on Non-Swedes.
6. You try to explain to Non-Swedes that drain pipes (stuprörsbyxor) are worn by guys and it's not considered gay.
7.If you are a Swedish girl, you don't find the trousers worn by Swedishguys being ridiculously tight but rather find loose fit trousersterribly boring and soooooo unfashionable, unless they are really baggyand attached to a skater or snowboarder.
8. You always follow the latest fashion trends since you are afraid you won't "fit in" if you don't.
9. You shove your pants into your socks even when you’re inside, and there is not snow/rain anywhere in sight.
10. You have a closet full of clothes from H&M
11. Talking to a Non-Swede you get hurt and pissed off if the person you are talking to doesn’t know H&M is Swedish.
12. You actually know what the H and the M in H&M means and consider it shocking that no one else does.
13.You constantly wear your all weather jacket (Peak, NorthFace, Everest,Haglöfs) no matter what time of year or on what occasion, since it goeswith shorts, dresses, suits - everything!
14. You prefer comfortable sandals over nice high heels.
15. You carry a backpack in any given context, no matter if it is an ever so official event. Why change? It’s convenient!
16. You shamelessly wear socks with loafers and sandals.
17. You do not consider it a fashion faux pas to wear white socks with a black suit.
18.You think it’s really weird that when you go shopping for a swimsuitoutside the borders of Sweden, the bikinis come with tops.
19. You're favourite colour is grey (alls shades of grey).
20. You own at least three cardigans (even if you are a bloke).
1. You consider "Schlager" being a proper music genre.
2. You only listen to “Schlager” once a year.
3. You proudly state that the best Eurovision entry ever is "Waterloo".
It still disturbs you that Carola did not win the Eurovision Song Contest the first time around she participated, back in -83.
4. When you giggle when singing the second verse of “Ja, må han leva”.
5. You feel the need to apologize to people for the Crazy Frog since a Swede invented it.
6. You know the lyrics of "Man ska ha husvagn..." and every now and then it pops up in your head.
7. You think the song in the “Blossa” advertisement is a proper Christmas carol.
8. You actually know which three persons the abbreviation GES refers to.
9. You believe that GES "När vi gräver guld i USA" is the best song about football ever. EVER!
10. The voice of Per Gessle brings back memories from every summer of your life.
11. You know that Per Gessle is responsible for more child conceiving than Barry White.
12.You force Non-Sweds to listen to Gyllenetider during the whole summereven though they cant understand the beauty of it. it is not because ofyour lack of trying. You have in fact tried to translate all the songsfor them and tried to convince them to learn to sing “Sommar tider” inSwedish.
13. Even if you normally hate ABBA, Ace of Base, Roxetteetc. you still LOVE it when you're in a club abroad and they playsomething Swedish (you'll probably even ask the DJ to play it…).
14.You’ve always believed that Cornelis Wreeswijk sang a song called"Hejsan Morsan, Hejsan Stabben", even though it’s really called "Brevfrån Kolonien")
(Sports)
1. You think that Sweden winninggold in any type of World Championships/Olympics require celebrating bygetting really drunk and splashing around in a large and famousfountain.
2. You don't really care about winning as long as theSwedish beat the Norwegians and the Finish, no matter what thegame/contest is.
3. You get nostalgic by thinking of the summer of 1994.
4.You cry with nostalgia and happiness thinking about Peter "Foppa"Forsberg's penalty in the ice-hockey final, Olympic Games inLillehammer 1994.
5. You can't refrain from bragging about winningboth the olympic and the world championship 2006 in ice-hockey back toback whenever you have the opportunity to talk to a Canadian.
6.It's totally ok to stop working for a while when Anja is skiing in animportant competition and instead join your colleagues in front of theTV which somebody brought.
7. You cried when Henrik Larsson cut his hair.
8.You know that Sweden will never actually win the World Cup in Football,but keep partying anyway.You're at a sports competition abroad,shouting "Heja heja!" although no one understands it.
9. You get into an argument explaining to non-Swedish people that Zlatan Ibrahimovic ACTUALLY IS from Sweden.
10.You find it perfectly normal to exercise by doing the Nordic Walking(“stavgång”) which means taking a walk with two ski sticks and no skis.
11. You are stuck in front of the TV watching curling during every Olympic Games.
12. You actually understand the rules of curling.
13. You can't stop yourself from boasting about Björn Borg winning Wimbledon five times.
14. You know that Björn Borg and Börje Salming are not just famous athletes but also have their own underwear collections.
15.You consider finding red and white markers in the forest, only with theuse of map and compass a pastime, not a cruel and unusual punishment.
16. You just have to state (with barely hidden pride) the superiority of Björn Borg to John McEnroe.
17.You KNOW that someday soon Björn Borg will make his come back... In thesame white outfit and headband he wore twenty years ago!
18. You know what floorball (“innebandy”) is and you find it quite a cheesy sport.
19. You have, on several occasions, played floorball. And secretly enjoyed it.
20.The fact that shows about fly-fishing has more viewers than NHL in theU.S., does not stop you from thinking that Peter Forsberg is probablyrecognized by all Americans.
(Famous people)
1. You find it hillarious that Bo G Eriksson is E-Type’s father.
2. You think that Robert Gustavsson is the funniest man alive; Period.
3. You know Carl Larsson captures the atmosphere of a 'stuga' perfectly.
4.You refer to some internationally famous Swedes by their nicknames,even when speaking to bewildered Non-Swedes who have no clue who youare talking about.(I.e "Svennis", "Henke", “Carro”).
(Travelling)
1. You would never go travelling without sheets or towels, even when having been told that it will be provided for you.
2.You consider taking a cruise ship to Tallin or Helsinki a valid excuseto get completely off your face and act like an utter fool as soon asthe ship leaves port.
3. The first thing you ask when coming back from a trip abroad, is how the weather was while you were away.
4.Even before you have begun your trip abroad you freak out over the factthat you are not able to drink water from the tap in some othercountries.
5. You are abroad and ask for "Swedish coffee” at the hotel.
6.Apart from what’s mentioned in the previous point, of course you doalso use other quotations from "Sällskapsresan" when going abroad.
7. On vacation, you have no problem getting up at 5 a.m to "save" your familys seats by the beach with towels.
8.You take a picture of yourself (on your crappy mobile phone camera),lying on the beach abroad when it's winter in Sweden, and send it toall of your friends (especially the ones you don't like).
9. You have at least once been called albino.
10. You lie on the beach while the natives wear winter coats.
11. You wear a bandana while travelling.
12.You truly believe that switching from SEK to Euro would take away thejoy of being abroad and annoying the shop clerk when you are trying tofigure out which coin is which.
13. A good summer vacation consistsof going to a country down south in Europe, probably Greece or Spain,with your friends. When you arrive at 23:30 (not 11.30 pm, majordifference!) the first thing you do is get wasted and stay wasted forthe rest of the week.
14. You call Mallorca "Mallis".
15. Youcome home from your holiday and in your excitement you tell yourfriends what a beautiful place Thailand is and they should go theresometime (even though they have all been there at least two timesalready).
(Partying/drinking habits)
1. The thought taking shots of “snaps” without singing has never occurred to you.
2. It doesn’t matter if it’s “snaps” or not, you love singing “snapsvisor” while drinking any kind of alcohol.
3. You take a sip of Strongbow, frown, and state that there's nooo way that the yellow sludge they call cider really is cider.
4. You think it’s normal to see a group of guys come into a bar and then all queue up and buy their own drink.
5. You generally consider the pre-party better than the night out in a club that follows.
6.You quickly round up all the cans and bottles from last night’s partyand curse all the ones who bought non recycle cans, then go to theclosest shop and treat yourself to dinner.
7. You can’t for the life of you understand why there’s no handles on the paper bags you get in the liquor store.
8. You think going to the pub for a drink is a waste of time if you're not going to get drunk.
9. You wake up after a hard nights party only to experience the nationally known feeling of "Ågren".
10.You notice that “Systembolaget” is closed and the most alcoholicbeverage you can find to drink is 3.5 % beer from the supermarket, andeven if you know it’s a shame, you buy it.
11. You do, to some extent, consider cider being a children’s soft drink.
12.If you drink during the week you are considered an alcoholic, but ifyou don’t party hardcore during the weekend you are considered weird.
13. You consider cannabis more dangerous than alcohol.
14.You feel proud when someone orders “Kopparbergs Cider” in a pub abroadeven if you consider Swedish people (especially guys) being very girlyif they order it in a pub in Sweden.
15. You claim to Non-Swedes that you only drink “Absolut Vodka”. Liar.
16.When you ring up the hostess of a party to find out who is going andwhat will be happening - just in case there is someone there you don'tknow or even worse the hostess has invited friends AND family.
17. Everyone knows that going to a party at a friend’s house means BYOD (bring your own drinks).
(Fashion sense)
1. You think it’s a surfer thing to wear swimming trunks with flower patterns, even though it’s not.
2. You don't find it wierd at all to get undressed in a locker room with unknown people.
3. You knew what crocs were two years before the rest of the world
You truly believe Peter Forsberg actually invented Crocks.
4. You are dying for crocs to become constitutionally banned as they are “soooooooo last season”.
5. You know Swedish guys not necessarily are gay, only their dress code seem to have that effect on Non-Swedes.
6. You try to explain to Non-Swedes that drain pipes (stuprörsbyxor) are worn by guys and it's not considered gay.
7.If you are a Swedish girl, you don't find the trousers worn by Swedishguys being ridiculously tight but rather find loose fit trousersterribly boring and soooooo unfashionable, unless they are really baggyand attached to a skater or snowboarder.
8. You always follow the latest fashion trends since you are afraid you won't "fit in" if you don't.
9. You shove your pants into your socks even when you’re inside, and there is not snow/rain anywhere in sight.
10. You have a closet full of clothes from H&M
11. Talking to a Non-Swede you get hurt and pissed off if the person you are talking to doesn’t know H&M is Swedish.
12. You actually know what the H and the M in H&M means and consider it shocking that no one else does.
13.You constantly wear your all weather jacket (Peak, NorthFace, Everest,Haglöfs) no matter what time of year or on what occasion, since it goeswith shorts, dresses, suits - everything!
14. You prefer comfortable sandals over nice high heels.
15. You carry a backpack in any given context, no matter if it is an ever so official event. Why change? It’s convenient!
16. You shamelessly wear socks with loafers and sandals.
17. You do not consider it a fashion faux pas to wear white socks with a black suit.
18.You think it’s really weird that when you go shopping for a swimsuitoutside the borders of Sweden, the bikinis come with tops.
19. You're favourite colour is grey (alls shades of grey).
20. You own at least three cardigans (even if you are a bloke).
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