Thought I would write about Sweden in the american way. How the americans think of Sweden and what they know.

First of all they either have relatives or something in our country, or they haven't heard of it at all. Many of the americans mix it up with Switzerland.

If they do know about Sweden they have usually heard of Stockholm. Sometimes Malmö and Gothenburg, but mostly Stockholm. That's what people say when they ask us where we're from and we aswer Sweden.

The next thing they know is IKEA - it's very big here and since it says all the labels and stuff in swedish etc many people know IKEA is from Sweden. When we were on our way home from B one time a group of people from a red sox game started to talk to us, ask where we were from etc. When we were getting off the train they started shouting IKEA after us, it was so funny!

We've also heard a lot of Swedish House Maffia during our year here, since their music is on the radio all the time and they're called SWEDISH house maffia, it's kind of obvious. Also Avicii is on the radio all the time - nowadays "Wake me up!".

ABBA and Mamma Mia is also a typical swedish thing here. It's not the first thing people say about Sweden, but it's a big thing in the states and many people know where the band was from.

Volvo is the world's safest car and Sweden can proudly take the credit for that. A lot of americans drive Volvos.

They have Sockerbit - sweet and swedish in New York and swedish pieces of candy is something they don't really have here in the same way, they also have FIKA with special swedish receipts with crabfish etc, and a swedish bakery in Chinatown.

The Swedish Fish is one of the most common kind of candy in America.

H&M is international and very popular in the states. Don't know if many americans know it's from Sweden, but still.

Swedish meatballs and pancakes are popular food, mostly for kids.

 

Well, that's pretty much all I can think of right now...