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Swedish Mentality
By Åke Daun
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By Åke Daun
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Is there a distinctly Swedish national character? Are Swedes truly shy, unemotional, conflictavoiding, melancholy, and dour? Swedish Mentality, the English translation of the hugely successful book published in Sweden in 1989, considers the reality behind the myth. The author, Åke Daun, is a respected ethnologist who is sometimes referred to as the "guru" of Swedish character. In recent years, it has become popular to discuss Swedishness and Swedish identity. The advent of the European Uni...