I’ve lived in Sweden for almost 8 years now and fortunately, I’ve been gainfully employed this entire time (crossing fingers). These years have given me a lot of insight into how different it is to work at a Swedish company when compared to an American company.
Here’s a few of my observations over the years… Treat this as a cheat sheet to understanding Swedish business culture just a bit better! Continue reading
A Swedish girl I dated very briefly was quite into the feminist movement. Everything was to be perfectly equal between the sexes. There should be no chauvinism, and men should treat women as complete equals, and should not treat them as a weaker gender. If you took a girl out to dinner one night, then she should reciprocate by buying the movie tickets. And if the movie tickets were worth less than the dinner, well, she should buy dessert too.
Excuse me, what?