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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    6 months ago

    Flimsy-Turnover1667 at 2024-03-27 13:24:35+00:00 ID: kwsls4x

    The name that you go by isn’t always the first name in Sweden, so that isn’t a problem at all. I, for example, have two names that are before my given name on my passport but they’re not names I would react to if I heard them.

    Is Sture a good name? Sure. It’s a bit old-fashioned maybe but nothing crazy. Old-fashioned names have become quite popular recently so it wouldn’t stand out as weird.