{"id":5142,"date":"2016-09-19T18:55:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T17:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/?p=5142"},"modified":"2020-06-03T14:33:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T13:33:40","slug":"honesty-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hejsweden.com\/en\/honesty-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedes Are Honest People (Most of the Time)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Surprise: Swedish culture is different from yours. But you probably already expected that.<\/p>\n

Something I particularly like about Sweden and the Swedes, is their honesty. Or, at least, their attempt to be as honest and possible.<\/p>\n

If you come from a culture where it’s ok to take something, if the owner didn’t take care of it carefully enough,\u00a0you’ll probably interpret Swedish behavior as naive.<\/p>\n

I have head people from other countries say: “If he leaves his stuff unattended, it’s his own fault” justifying ones own thoughts of theft. That is certainly not the way a Swede would approach it. Swedes tend to say “Ah, he shouldn’t have left his stuff lying around when going to the bathroom while working in the library. But let’s have an eye on it make sure none will steal it.”<\/p>

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Honesty in Swedish culture<\/h2>\n

If everyone complies to the rules of honesty, it has some major benefits<\/strong>. For example, you don’t have to buy expensive fences or property surveillance systems and you\u00a0have a realistic chance your wallet or mobile phone will be found and returned to you if you lost it during a hike or when you ordered a latte in a Swedish caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

A few examples of honesty in Sweden:<\/h3>\n