Tag Archives: personnummer
Age in Sweden Posted by Katja on Sep 16, 2011
The almighty ‘personnummer’ (your birthdate) makes everyones ages’ public and this may explain why Swedes do not mind giving their age when introducing themselves. For example when a group of people introduce themselves for each other, they say what their name is and how old they are. You age is a kind of ‘taboo’ subject…
Just a number? Posted by Katja on May 16, 2011
Every country that wants to keep track of its citizens has to have some sort of a system. In Sweden it is your birthdate plus an additional four numbers that are made unique for just you. Well the combination of the twelve digits are supposed to be unique to you anyway. For example: your number…
Illegal Immigrants in Sweden? Posted by Transparent Language on Sep 28, 2008
I’ve been reading the news like I always do and because this is Sweden, the news are not all that interesting. An elderly man died after swallowing his dentures. A hurricane warning issued for Norrland for this weekend. Yes, it’s blowing like crazy, branches are falling off of trees and stuff. For real. Three charged…