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.
Jaxcie at 2024-03-27 13:19:56+00:00 ID:
kwsl2y3My name is in the likes of Henrik Gustaf Erik, but my daily name is Gustaf. So honestly I wouldn't think anything about someone preferring to use their non first name
CraftAccomplished784 (OP) at 2024-03-27 13:24:43+00:00 ID:
kwslsu6Tack
mondup at 2024-03-27 14:50:40+00:00 ID:
kwt046jIn Sweden we have the concept of "tilltalsnamn" (which can be any of your given names). In many English speaking countries the normal concept is "first name", and that is exactly your first given names.