The other day I heard a interesting quote by Drew Curtis about Sweden. Drew is the founder of community website FARK and a popular lecturer in social media. He said 'I love Sweden. The entire world should be like Sweden. They all like to drink and get naked, and the women are hot. I can't think of a better nation on the planet.' No reinforcing of stereotypes there then.
This inspired me to find other quotes from celebrities about Sweden. After extensive searching, I only managed to find 3 more. And here they are.
The legendary Lou Reed said,
'Compared to New York City, Sweden is a very scary place'
I don't know what national characteristics or behaviours he was basing this on. Then there's New York Doll's member Johnny Thunders who said,
'I was in Sweden for 10 days. They put me on the front page of the daily papers eight days in a row. I did nothing to warrant any of the attention. It was ridiculous.'
Small country, 'big' international celebrity.
And, finally, my personal favourite from the very religious Sir Cliff Richard,
'Sweden is just about porn and gonorrhea'
To be fair that isn't exactly what Lou Red said and he was playing a character in a film it was basically about how the character had grown up in New York and it was what he knew and so Sweden was in comparison alien to him, the film is 'Blue in the Face' if anyone is interested in checking it out.
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