Do Swedes and Danish get along?
Yes, the Swedes and Danes get along. For non-Swedes and non-Danes you might notice that there is a lot of banter, which for a lot of other people might seem offensive, however the Nordic humor is somewhat unique.
Do Swedes and Danes hate each other?
No hate generally. There might be things that annoys but generally we love each other really. Many Swedes visit Denmark and some live there and vice versa. The “hate” goes back to the times when Sweden and Denmark was at constant war with each other for about 120 years or so.
Are people from Sweden friendly?
Swedes are generally not considered friendly and cheerful towards strangers. I think this is mainly founded in the heavily ingrained respect for other people’s privacy in Sweden – the reason Swedes rarely engage strangers in conversation is because we don’t want to be a bother to someone who wants to be left alone.
What is the relationship between Danish and Norwegian and Swedish?
Here is the relationship between the three languages that all of this history has created: Written Danish and Norwegian are very similar, spoken Swedish and Norwegian are very similar, and Danish and Swedish have the least in common. Many people think Danes sounds like Norwegians with potatoes in their throats.
How similar are the languages spoken in Denmark and Norway?
Here is the relationship between the three languages that all of this history has created: Written Danish and Norwegian are very similar, spoken Swedish and Norwegian are very similar, and Danish and Swedish have the least in common.
Do Norwegians understand other languages better than Swedes?
According to a scientific study, of the three groups, Norwegians generally understand the other languages better than any other group, while Swedes understand the least. In general, Danish and Norwegian speakers will be able to understand the other’s language after only a little instruction or exposure.
Is Danish hard to understand for Swedes?
But while Danish in its written form is almost identical to Norwegian, spoken Danish has always been harder to understand, especially for Swedes, since it’s (very much) not enunciated, and the words are chopped off to an extreme degree – similar to Cockney, only much more so.