Swedish customs and taboos
The Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige), referred to as "Sweden", was officially established in 1905. Moreover, the name "Sweden" evolved from the name "Svia" established in the Middle Ages in the Méalen Lake District in the south of the country."Svia" means "relative" in Old German. Although Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and are all Scandinavian countries, Swedes are more open in political and social interactions than other kingdoms. Sweden's special geographical environment and peaceful and peaceful life have formed their complex personality that is both optimistic and taciturn, willing to make friends and relatively withdrawn.
They have high cultural education, civilized speech, and rules of behavior. Generally, when talking to guests, you don't like to be too close, and a distance of more than 1 meter is more suitable. When talking to guests, they also have a special habit. They always like you to look at me and I look at you, thinking that this not only shows the importance of each other, but also shows mutual closeness. If you know people here, you should take the initiative to say hello when you see them. When people here meet foreign tourists, they will shake hands and sometimes kiss. These are all customs here, so don't make a fuss.
They are not willing to hold social events in the afternoon. Because they are generally used to resting between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., and not carrying out activities until the early morning of the next day. They like a quiet and elegant environment most, and they like flowers and plants even more, especially the water lilies, the crown of flowers. They like the blackbird and think it is good at imitating the chirping of a variety of birds. Its voice is melodious and pleasant, which is particularly lovable, so people also call it the national bird.
If you plan to come here to discuss business, it's best to avoid July and August of each year, when most people take vacations. People here pay great attention to abiding by traffic rules, and they also hate people who don't abide by traffic rules, so they must abide by the traffic here. It is best not to ask about the age or political affiliation of Swedes, which is a taboo conversation.
The average food for people here is Western food. For example, the pasta here is very well made. If you go to a Swedish home, don't sit casually. You have to sit according to the owner's arrangements, and you have to help the lady next to you sit down with a gentleman. Don't make a noise when eating. If older people or high-status people here don't toast you, don't toast them. This order is very different from our country.
When they entertain guests, they also have some rules for toasting. Under normal circumstances, guests have to wait for the host, elderly person or high-ranking person to toast before making a toast; they cannot clink glasses before the host says "please", etc. After they entertain guests, they are always happy to express their gratitude to the host before leaving the table, and also call the next day to express their gratitude again, otherwise they will think you lack manners.
The rings they wear are both ornaments and symbols of profession. Generally speaking, those with oak leaves on the ring are mostly middle school teachers; those with a pattern of a bunch of locust leaves, an axe and a cross intertwined are mostly carpenters; those decorated with a laurel pattern may be glass cleaners. However, the ring symbolizing profession is worn on the index finger, unlike the wedding ring on the ring finger.
Swedish women in Quedena like to make earrings from fragrant flowers. They even use many garlands to hang down their shoulders. The colors are elegant, such as emerald green, light yellow, milky white, etc. When friends meet, they first smell each other's earrings. If the other's earrings do not have fragrance, the person who sniffed them will think they have touched the mold. Moreover, when Swedes visit relatives and friends, they always bring a bouquet of flowers or a box of chocolates, which they consider a necessary etiquette.
Sweden is still a semi-alcoholic country, so wine cannot be given as a gift. There are no hotels across the country, and you must have a liquor purchase license to buy alcohol. Anyone with such a license pays a large amount of tax every year. Restaurants and shops can only sell small amounts of alcohol during dinner time to people with alcohol purchase licenses. There are no alcoholics hospitals in urban and rural areas. Drunkies can be detained at any time and checked by police hospitals. If a drunk person is found to have an alcohol content of more than 1/4 in his blood, he will be sent to a local alcoholics hospital for forced treatment for three months. If he is found to have drunk again, he will be sent to the state-established "Vannugam Alcoholics Hospital" or the "Cullen Island Hospital" run by the Christian Church for long-term forced treatment.
The vast majority of Swedes believe in Protestantism. Although freedom of religious belief is claimed here, the Lutheran Church (Lutheran Church) has the nature of a national church, accounting for about 90% of the country's population, followed by Roman Catholic Church, Orthodox Church and Judaism. Swedes avoid asking strangers about their political affiliation, family finances, age, religious beliefs, and direction of action. Because this is their private matter and no one needs to know.
Because the colors of the Swedish flag are blue and yellow, Swedes regard yellow and blue as representative colors of the country, so they avoid using this color group on goods. In addition, they don't like red much, where red represents a bad omen. When expressing gender in color, Swedish blue represents male. Swedes still don't like religious symbols and patterns such as sickles and hammers on product packaging. They also don't like traditional China landscape patterns, lady patterns and big red flowers patterns.
Swedes avoid "13" and believe that "13" will only bring disaster and sadness to people. They taboo someone blowing their nose or picking their nostrils in front of everyone, believing it to be undignified and unethical behavior. They avoid anyone harming birds, cats, dogs and other animals, believing that these are some animals that should be protected. They can't bear to see excessively intimate words and deeds in front of everyone and think it is immoral. They avoid smoking casually in public places. Believing that this is harmful to the health of others. They don't like greasy food; some people don't eat eggs.