How To... tell if someone if swedish by reading about experiences from others. Taken from Aftonbladet. "Blond och blåögd" så skulle de flesta beskriva en typisk svensk. Men enligt min undersökning bland utbytesstudenter på Dragonskolan, visade det sig att svenskar är mer än bara blonda, blåögda nordbor som antingen kör Volvo eller SAAB. DJOESEPH GERON - Dragonskolan, Umeå - "Swedish guys have a great reputation abroad in Canada. Girls picture them all as tall, blonde VIKING GODS named Lars." Gwen Haevens, 18, Vancouver, Canada "Swedish girls are rumored in Brazil to be blonde, beautiful, green or blue eyed and with an open mind about SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS." Carlos Vane Jr., 18, Caxias do Sul, Brazil "I was led to believe that Swedish boys are TALL, BLONDE, BLUE EYED, QUIET and totally crazy about SEX." Katie Quinn, 18, New York, USA "According to what I heard, Swedish girls are blonde, beautiful and are volleyball players. But after six months, I found out that indeed they are blonde and beautiful but they can't play volleyball because it's dark almost all the time here." Andreas Gruber, 17, Salzburg, Austria "They are short. They don't dress good and they drink a LOT. But when you talk to them they always SMILE : ) I like that!" Raido Rebane, 18, Kuusalu, Estonia "Swedish boys are quiet, have no asses, are annoying drunks with tight jeans and are SEXFIENDS." Nicole Smith, 16, Connecticut, USA "Before getting to Sweden I thought all guys were tall, TANNED, blonde & blue eyed. But when I came here I saw that most guys had DARK hair and eyes. They're also shy and SCARED of speaking ENGLISH with me so they dont speak, except for a few. Most just look and occasionally SMILE. They dont seem so different to AUSSIE boys except for certain differences in cultural behavior. Most I've actually talked to seem quite NICE and sometimes FRIENDLY". Kristy "Crissy" Wallington, 17, Albany, Australia "In the States, people have the misconception that all swedish girls are tall, VULOPTUOUS (välutrustade!) blondes with blue eyes who run around NAKED in the snow with only a fur cup on. They supposedly drive around in Volvos and are obsessed with SEX. Unfortunately, these are only misconceptions. Sure, the percentage of the population that is blonde & blue eyed may be a little higher than in da U.S., but it's not that big of a difference. Sex is more socially accepted here than in the States, but that doesn't mean that Swedish girls are "SEX-CRAZED". All in all, Swedish females are not that much different than a girl living in Middle America". Thomas Malmgren, 18, Houston, USA "Swedish MEN.....um, rather Swedish BOYS...how do I describe them after being in Sweden only 2 weeks? Immature, shy, easy to embarrass. It depends on the guy, but most of them appear to have not discovered girls yet. I smile at them, they duck their heads. I wink, they blush. It doesn't matter what I do, they don't really want to talk to me, perhaps they just have problems expressing themselves, but who knows? They also aren't as fashion oriented as the women (God forbid!)." Katie Esse, 17, Minnesota, USA