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.<\/p>\n
For example: your number could be 1967-01-24-XXXX. In Swedish it is called your personnummer<\/em>. These numbers are very important. You really can\u2019t function in society without them.<\/p>\n \u00a0In a welfare system like Sweden\u2019s you can be treated as a number being asked for the holy \u201cpersonnummer\u201d instead of your name. If you have forgotten your library card and want to borrow books some libraries still lend you books if you tell them your personnummer and they will find you in their data base. The same thing goes for hospitals, dentists and other areas that are taken care of by the state.<\/p>\n \u00a0If you move to Sweden I am pretty sure that you get given a personal number, even if it is just a temporary one. Even one year exchange students are given special numbers.<\/p>\n \u00a0Elementary school students in about their 3rd or 4th year are expected to be able to remember their personal numbers by themselves by then.<\/p>\n Do you get treated as a number in your country? Is there a number system at all?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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…<\/p>\n