What etiquette common sense does Sweden have?

The Kingdom of Sweden, referred to as Sweden for short, is the largest of the five Nordic countries, covering an area of 449,000 square kilometers. With a population of 8.33 million, more than 85% of the residents live in the southern and central parts where industry and agriculture are developed, and 90% are Swedes. The main religion is Protestantism, and the Lode Church has the nature of state religion, accounting for about 90% of the national population. The king is the highest authority of the Swedish church. Swedish is the national language, and English is commonly used in business. Teach Stockholm first.

At present, the Swedish government is a constitutional monarchy with a cabinet system of responsibility. As a neutral country, Sweden did not begin to form a foreign neutrality policy in the19th century, and remained neutral in World War I and World War II. 1950 established diplomatic relations with China on May 9th.

Sweden is rich in iron ore, forest and water resources. The industry is developed, mining and technology are advanced, and bearings, special steel, rock drilling equipment and mine settings enjoy a high reputation in the international market. Agriculture is also relatively developed, food and livestock products are self-sufficient, and some vegetables and fruits are imported.

In the business circles of northern Europe, there is a popular saying: Norwegians think first, then Swedes make them, and then Danes are responsible for sales. Indeed, Norwegians pay attention to theory, are good at combing systems and are creative. Swedes are good at application, but good at industrialization. As for the Danes, they are good at sales, but they are better in business.

Swedish businessmen are kind-hearted, simple, not impatient, calm and kind. Strong planning, can not see the slightest uncertainty, belonging to the practical type. They are always step by step and behave themselves. So, things are slow. For example, when negotiating, you must explain it in order from the beginning, otherwise it will be ignored. When selling to them, you must explain the ins and outs of the product in detail from the beginning, and when talking about the advantages of this product, you must explain why there are such advantages, otherwise, they will not accept it.

Sweden is one of the most punctual countries in the world. A Swede has an appointment to meet at 3 pm. If he comes early, he will walk back and forth in the decent street of outsiders and wait until 3 o'clock to pick him up. Swedes are very disciplined and honest. When they see a red light in the street, they will never cross the street. Even if there is no car on the road, they have to wait for the green light before leaving. A Swede would rather keep candy paper for himself than throw it around. Swedes like quiet. No matter in the streets, there are cars running at full speed, but there is almost no sound and little noise. Swedes attach great importance to landscaping.

The living standard of Swedes is considered to be the second in the world. It has excellent social welfare. National personal income is much higher than that of Japan. The affluence of Swedes makes them have enough funds for education and medical care, and they also invest a lot of money in public entertainment activities. Swedes are industrious, and their per capita industrial output value ranks third in the world, with an average annual personal income of $654.38 +0.9 million, making them one of the countries with high personal income in the world.

In Sweden, the status of agents is very important. Most of the business involves agents, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that agents will not be in a mess. Therefore, although there is the problem of intermediate price difference, in order to engage in business activities smoothly, agents should generally be involved.

For business activities in Sweden, it is recommended to wear a suit, and it is best to make an appointment before meeting. In recent years, under the planned arrangement of the government, all the commercial organizations in Stockholm have moved to the suburbs and are no longer concentrated in the urban areas. So, in order to save time and go to a suburb, you might as well contact first and visit several companies you want to visit at a time. Swedish businessmen's dinners are usually very formal and must be tied with a black bow tie. If your opponent is an old-fashioned businessman in Sweden. Invited to each other's home for dinner, a bunch of flowers, please be on time. In Sweden, if you receive an invitation at 7 o'clock in the evening, it means that you must keep the appointment on time. Meet, shake hands and say goodbye. Shake hands first when you say goodbye, and don't shake hands after you put on your coat. Guests sit on the left side of the main seat, and most of them will make a formal toast at the dinner party. If you are the host, stand up and make a formal toast to the hostess. Show it to the host before you leave the table. Be sure to call or write to the host again when it is perfect. This is a courtesy. The hostess likes your guests to send her a bunch of flowers as a gift.

Don't ask about each other's family privacy during the conversation. It is a good habit of local people to obey the law, and violations are not allowed. Business activities will be held in February-May and September-165438+10. Winter is long, and locals like summer. It is difficult to talk business with them in July and August, which will be considered as thoughtless behavior. Easter and two weeks before and after Christmas should be exempted. Drinking water is safe.

400 duty-free cigarettes, or 100 cigars, or 500 grams of tobacco and 2 bottles of wine. Limited to SEK 6,000, Sweden has no foreign exchange control. You can take a taxi or a bus in Sweden. According to our idea, there is no extra baggage charge for carrying small pieces of luggage. In Sweden, it's different. When taking buses, taxis and trams, as long as you carry luggage, you will have to pay extra. This baggage fee standard is also different. So, if you go to Sweden on business, don't forget to prepare another baggage fee if you take your luggage with you. Tip taxi 10 ~ 15%, luggage is generally SEK 2 per piece. The hotel has added 12% to the bill, so we might as well give 3% to the waiter.

Sweden has the largest number of private boats in the world. Sweden likes sailing. Among the population of more than 8.3 million, there are 700,000 private boats.

Swedes impose heavy penalties on drunk driving, so one person is always designated as a driver at the party and can't drink. Toast is also very polite. You must wait until the host, elders or people with higher status propose a toast to you before you propose a toast to them. Don't pick up your cup until the host says "SKOAL".

Wedding and Funeral Etiquette There are two forms of Swedish wedding: religious wedding and non-religious wedding. Religious weddings are generally conducted in accordance with evangelical Lutheran etiquette. Non-religious weddings are presided over by judges or other people who have the right to preside over the wedding, and there must be two witnesses. There are many festivals in Sweden, such as Christmas, New Year's Day and Midsummer Festival.

The main taboo of Swedes is that strangers ask about their political orientation and age. Yellow and blue are taboos. Sweden imposes heavy penalties on drunk driving.

Dining etiquette Swedes are used to eating European western food, mainly pasta, and like to eat barbecue, bread, sausage, beef and so on. When attending a banquet held in Sweden, you should sit in the seat arranged by the host, and at the same time pay attention to helping the female companion next to the seat to sit down. Don't make any noise while eating. Be sure to wait until the host, elders or people with higher status give you a toast before giving them a toast.

Manners and Etiquettes When talking with guests, Swedes generally keep a distance of about 1.2 meters, and are not used to getting too close. They like to look into each other's eyes when talking and think it is a sign of respect for each other.

Meeting etiquette In Sweden, acquaintances greet each other when they meet. When meeting foreign guests, it is usually a handshake ceremony and sometimes a kiss ceremony. In general, people you don't know should make an introduction when communicating for the first time. The principle of introduction is that men introduce women and young people introduce old people.

Business Etiquette Swedes are calm and well-planned, and attach great importance to etiquette when dealing with foreigners. The best time for business activities is February-May and September-165438+ 10. Because of the long winter in the local area, people cherish summer very much and often take vacations in July and August, so it is not appropriate to talk business with them during this period.

Travel etiquette Swedes like a quiet and elegant environment. They have formed the habit of self-study and obeying traffic rules. Even if there is no traffic on the road, they will not cross the road as long as the red light is on. When you take a taxi or tram in Sweden, if you bring your own luggage, you need to pay an extra baggage fee, which varies according to the size of your luggage. Car tip 10- 15%.

Dress etiquette and Britain's dress patterns are highly respected by many people in the world. Although the British pay attention to clothes, they are very frugal. A suit usually takes ten or eight years to wear. An English man usually has two sets of dark clothes and two or three pairs of gray trousers. British clothing has been diversified and comfortable, and casual jackets and jeans are more popular.

Three quarters of Swedish children born and baptized are baptized and then automatically become members of the Swedish church. So baptism means more than a naming ceremony. People who have not been baptized as children can register as members of the church if they want. The decision-making power lies with parents at first, but from the age of 15, individuals can make their own choices. Baptism is usually held in church after Sunday morning service. In the Middle Ages, on the anniversary of a child's name, the priest would give the child's family a "named candle" and light it. This custom has revived recently. If you celebrate at home, friends and relatives often send some gifts with names. In different places of birth, people celebrate the birth of children in different ways: until the Second World War, people thought it was quite "common" to be born in hospitals, but now almost all children are born in hospitals.

The confirmation ceremony used to be a matter of course, but now it has gradually declined: 1 1 year-old children are only confirmed by about 55%. In a real ceremony, participants should wear cloak-like robes provided by the church. In addition to receiving the first communion, the confirmation ceremony also includes taking a Christian doctrine test and usually performing a "church play". If the confirmation ceremony is held locally instead of in the confirmation hall, participants usually hold a simple reception at home after the confirmation ceremony, offering coffee and cakes, and accepting gifts from relatives and friends. Sometimes, especially in rural areas, the confirmation ceremony is held on the anniversary.

Engagement, wedding announcement and wedding have been gradually regarded as one-off red tape in the past 50 years. For a long time, these etiquette are the rules that the middle class must follow. Of the more than 4 million registered "cohabitants" in Sweden, four fifths are married, and the marriage rate is gradually increasing. It is not uncommon to get pregnant before marriage. When engaged, men and women exchange rings. At the wedding, the groom puts a wedding ring on the bride, so Swedish husbands usually have only one ring on their left wedding finger, while their wives wear two. In some countries, this will cause misunderstanding, and they will be mistaken for widows.

Once, the church would announce the upcoming wedding in advance for three consecutive Sundays. This "personals" has now been replaced by the "Legal Marriage Obstacle Survey" conducted by government agencies. However, the three Sundays after the announcement still had social effects, so it did not completely quit the stage. The announcement may be shortened to two times, once in the home of one parent, or only once in the church if there are special requirements. An advertisement will be placed in the daily newspaper to announce the time and place of the ceremony. If there is no wedding banquet before the wedding, the couple can personally greet the guests or accept everyone's sincere wishes after the wedding. Pentecost and midsummer are popular wedding days.

The gathering of single men and single women has a long history (the latter was mentioned as early as16th century), but in recent years, this kind of gathering has become more and more around the world, and it is gradually held among friends, colleagues or classmates. Parties usually start with "kidnapping", and players are blindfolded to make the party more interesting.

Swedish civil marriage ceremony was widely accepted in 1908, and now about one third of marriages are held in this way. The ceremony was presided over by a judge and some senior municipal officials. The wedding needs two witnesses, and there is no fixed pattern for the wedding reception. If an old-fashioned wedding is held and many guests are invited, then usually the two families will share the cost with each other. Previously, the groom's father paid all the expenses.

Naming day and birthday celebration have a long history among the nobility and the middle class. But as a widely popular custom, its history is only a few generations away. Celebrating the naming day went out of fashion decades ago, but now a large calendar publishing company has modernized the common names and launched two or three names every day, thus turning a new page in the naming celebration. Nowadays, most of them celebrate their "big" birthdays over 50 and often advertise in newspapers.

Now, more and more people don't celebrate their birthdays, but on another day-for example, the next weekend. Since most parents are working outside now, children's birthdays are often postponed. If it is a "small" birthday, usually after the birthday girl wakes up in the morning, the family will send a plate decorated with flowers, cakes and gifts.

Funerals have been simplified a lot in recent years. The announcement of death usually only requires an advertisement to inform the relevant people about the funeral, and an obituary is published in the newspaper. The Red Cross was once a necessary symbol to declare death, but it has been frequently replaced by religious neutral symbols such as flowers, birds or sailboats for many years. "Private funerals", that is, funerals attended by only family members, have become more and more common, and announcements about funerals are usually issued after the ceremony. Ceremonies and eulogies are less and less common. undertaker gave a shovel when he walked past the coffin, that's all. After World War II, the dinner after the large-scale funeral disappeared and was replaced by a "memorial service", where only some small refreshments were placed in the lobby of the parish, the club building or at home. The emerging practice is to publish a "mourning" advertisement in the newspaper one year after his death, which is a custom brought by Swedish immigrants. Another method is to light the graves of relatives at Halloween and Christmas, which is becoming more and more popular.

Rituals closely related to different stages of life show a person's position in the past. They used to be very particular and popular for a while, but now they are declining in this century. In the past, some things were despised by people, such as not being baptized, living together without marriage or being buried in public. The latter is a punishment for suicides and death row inmates at the beginning of this century. Now everything is just the opposite, sometimes it's just a status symbol.