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.

  • Dannebot@leddit.danmark.partyOPMBSvenska
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    1 year ago

    Fapping-sloth at 2024-03-27 16:09:10+00:00 ID: kwtem8y

    To be fair; John (if that is not just an example!) is a more common name in Sweden than Sture!

    Sture is quite an ”old people” name over here, not many young adults that are called that.

    As for first va second name……doesnt really matter! Ive NEVER been called my first name in my whole life by people i know or family!

    Might they think its odd he wants to be called by his second name rather than the one he is usually called….well, maybe a bit but not much especially if it is the name he use when they get to know him! Doesnt really matter much…