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[Opinions] Swedish names

by Remora L. (Uilos)

11/5/2018, 10:20 PM

Today is the Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (Svenska dagen) here in Finland: it celebrates the Swedish-speaking population of Finland, their culture and the bilinguality of Finland. In honor of this day, I decided to list some of my favorite Swedish names.

Alvar
August
Bertil
Egil
Elis
Filip
Frans
Fritiof / Fritjof
Gustaf / Gustav
Gösta
Hjalmar
Johan
Kjell
Lars
Leif
Magnus
Måns
Nils
Olof / Olov
Oskar
Rune
Stellan
Svante
Torsten

Alfhild
Astrid
Beata
Bodil
Ebba
Eira
Filippa
Gudrun
Hedda
Hjördis
Ingrid
Kerstin
Lovisa
Märta
Selma
Signe
Sigrid
Sigrun
Tove
Vendela
Viveka
Ylva

What are your favorite Swedish names?

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- Mar (X-Mar)

11/6/2018, 11:39 AM

Of yours I like Alvar, Kjell, Stellan, Torsten and Rune. Of the girls Eira, Gudrun, Lovisa, Sigrid and Tove.

I also like:

Gunnar
Harald
Ingvar
Ivar
Kai
Liv
Ragnar
Rasmus
Runa
Saga
Siri
Svea
Thorvald
Tova
Valdemar

- Ninor (Frozten)

11/6/2018, 12:54 AM

I'm too lazy to list mine, but from your list I like:

Alvar
August
Bertil
Elis
Frans
Fritiof
Gustaf
Johan
Kjell
Magnus
Måns
Nils
Oskar - I like it in theory, but not with the current popularity. And I pretty much only like it when spelled Oscar.

Astrid
Ebba
Eira
Filippa
Selma
Signe
Tove

My favorites are Alvar, August, Elis, Frans, Ebba and Selma.

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