How are Swedes and Finns different?

The difference seems to be that Swedes get drunk to party, while Finns get drunk simply to get drunk. The stereotype further decides that Swedes are noisy and arrogant. Finns think of Swedes no only as arrogant versus the Finns, but also over-self-confident and proud in comparison to the rest of the world.

How are Swedes and Norwegians different?

Norwegians are from Norway, have Norwegian passports, and are not from an EU-nation. Swedes are from Sweden, have Swedish passports, and are from an EU-nation.

How different are Danish Swedish and Norwegian?

Danish and Norwegian are very similar, or indeed almost identical when it comes to vocabulary, but they sound very different from one another. Norwegian and Swedish are closer in terms of pronunciation, but the words differ. Danish, the young rebel, smokes indoors and no one “gets” her.

Can Danes and Norwegians understand each other?

Danish speakers generally do not understand Norwegian as well as the extremely similar written norms would lead one to expect. In general, Danish and Norwegian speakers will be able to understand the other’s language after only a little instruction or exposure.

How similar are Norwegian and Finnish?

Finnish, being completely different, belongs to the Finno-Ugric language family. Danish, Swedish and Norwegian are all very similar, and it is common for people from all three countries to be able to read the two other without too much difficulty.

How similar is Norwegian to Finnish?

Do Swedes and Danes speak the same language?

The Danes speak Danish and the Swedes speak Swedish. Also, when they are on the phone to someone in a country other than Denmark or Sweden, they drop to English just as many would in real life.

Can Swedes and Norwegians hear the difference between Danish and Norwegian?

Norwegians and Swedes can’t hear it themselves but Danes (and probably people from other countries) have a hard time telling them apart. Yes, they have quite a few words that are different in the two languages but the pronunciation sounds similar. My husband, who is Norwegian, always has to listen to a semi-Swedish from my Danish friends.

What do the Norwegian and the Finnish people have in common?

Both individuals have a Finland and Northern Siberia component. The Norwegian individual is from a more Northern area, so it makes sense that that person would have a more significant contribution from Finland and Northern Siberia.

Do most Scandinavians understand other Scandinavians?

Most Scandinavians will understand most Scandinavians if they really try but not everyone is willing to try and that’s a shame. Absolutely! The three Scandinavian languages are similar to one another and apart from some minor differences that are easily learned, one could say that we really just speak dialects of the same language.

Why do Swedes speak French and Danish so well?

The reason why Danes and Norwegians make this connection between Swedish and French is probably because the Swedish royal house has it’s roots in France with Jean Baptiste Bernadotte who became a Swedish king under the name Karl Johan back in 1818. But just because Sweden had a French king doesn’t mean that Swedes speak semi-French.