Q&A

What do Swedes and Danes think of each other?

What do Swedes and Danes think of each other?

The Scandinavian countries Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, are quite close. In reality the people of these countries respect and appreciate each other. But like in any family there is some loving teasing and the eventual feud. Danes think Swedish women are beautiful.

Which US state has the most Scandinavians?

Minnesota
Scandinavian Americans by state

State Rank State Percent Scandinavian Americans
United States 3.8\%
1 Minnesota 32.1\%
2 California 3.6\%
3 Washington 12.5\%

Where were the Danes from that invaded England?

As many as 35,000 Vikings migrated from Denmark to England, reveals a new study. But what made them embark on such a drastic step to move west to a new land? Despite the dangers, between 20,000 and 35,000 Danish Vikings chose to uproot and migrate to England between the 9th and 10th century.

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What do Norwegians think of the Swedes and Danes?

Norwegian stereotypes about the Swedes and Danes are just as strong as the external perspectives of Scandinavians in general, and the same holds true from the perspective of the Swedes and Danes. Scandinavian jokes featuring “the Swede, the Dane and the Norwegian” are commonplace in schools.

What do you think about Scandinavian people?

Stereotyping of Scandinavian people differs greatly depending on your perspective. Most foreign generalisations of the region’s people paint them as wealthy, rational, and perhaps even boring, with very little differences seen between the three nationalities.

What do Danes think about Americans and America?

One the one hand most Danes loves american burgers, american music, american movies – they enjoy visiting the US and admire that everything is so big! On the other hand Danes also keeps warning about “american conditions”. If we privatize, we will end up with Us conditions.

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What are the cultural differences between Denmark and the USA?

We are small and they are big and rich. They build tall buildings and live in huge mega cities. Much American entertainment has sort of like a liberal bias, and those are some values that we can certainly agree with. Any American entertainment based on more conservative values is nonexistent in Denmark.