what is the culture for teens in sweden?

Posted at March 30th, 2010 by admin

I want to know what type of music, sports, clothing, books, movies, etc., and average teen is interest in.

The answer above is correct, but she’s only listing Swedish music. Which we do listen too, but most of the music we listen too is American:

Mainstream music:
Lady Gaga, Owl City, Kings of Leon, Black Eyed Peas and so on.
Mostly girls listen to these music, I think. But guys too…

For guys it’s more spread I think, I listen to artists like The Knife (swedish), Hot Chip and many more.

Movies:
Twilight series is very popular among girls.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and all other Hollywood movies are viewed.

Books:
Harry Potter
Twilight series

Clothing:
H&M is the most popular store. Then there is Zara for girls of course and we have many more Swedish stores which probarbly won’t make sense to you. That’s a thing we don’t have anything that is American. We would never wear Abercrombie & Fitch it’s considered too "non-fashion" for Swedes girls (guys like me could probarbly wear it though). But we don’t have the stores anyway.

Sports:
The second largest sport is actully floorball, you can read about it on wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floorball

But no one watches floorball, you only play it in school and so on. The most popular sport is soccer! Then comes Ice Hockey.

It’s very rare to play american fotball or baseball. Basket is popular however.

Interest:
Many girls are intrested in fashion, many girls have blogs where they post what they wear and so.
Many guys play video games like World of Warcarft.

Of course they have other interest too like playing the guitar or something, partying, shopping whatever.

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  1. Comment by Serendipity

    Let the generalizations begin. ;)

    Music: Mainstream pop is very big with teens.

    —- Pop —-

    Latest heartthrob on the scene is Eric Saade:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ab8eGx5Gq4

    Although also popular is Måns Zelmerlöw:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOvzuTbghFo

    And the boyband E.M.D.:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRCmAbGjZiE

    Most popular female pop singer is Agnes:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hIa5m_luAo

    Also check out:
    Darin
    Ola
    Erik Grönwall
    September
    Velvet

    —- Rap/Hip-Hop —-

    Promoe
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWnMZRGpny0

    Timbuktu
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEaoVEoQDWI

    —- Rock —-

    Kent
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WqKUnhAU7g

    Mando Diao
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nh931yRQIM

    —- Indie —-

    Salem Al Fakir
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdkdGCqt_w

    Veronica Maggio
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtJxy0zc7nU

    Sports: Football (Soccer) or Ice hockey
    Clothing: H&M and Zara
    Books: ?
    Movies: Hollywood movies. :/ Comedy. Horror.
    Of course, when Swedish teenage movies premiere here they’re very popular with the teens of course (like for example Sandor slash Ida, Ondskan, etc).

    Hope that helps… why are you interested btw?
    References :
    I am Swedish

  2. Comment by Per

    The answer above is correct, but she’s only listing Swedish music. Which we do listen too, but most of the music we listen too is American:

    Mainstream music:
    Lady Gaga, Owl City, Kings of Leon, Black Eyed Peas and so on.
    Mostly girls listen to these music, I think. But guys too…

    For guys it’s more spread I think, I listen to artists like The Knife (swedish), Hot Chip and many more.

    Movies:
    Twilight series is very popular among girls.
    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and all other Hollywood movies are viewed.

    Books:
    Harry Potter
    Twilight series

    Clothing:
    H&M is the most popular store. Then there is Zara for girls of course and we have many more Swedish stores which probarbly won’t make sense to you. That’s a thing we don’t have anything that is American. We would never wear Abercrombie & Fitch it’s considered too "non-fashion" for Swedes girls (guys like me could probarbly wear it though). But we don’t have the stores anyway.

    Sports:
    The second largest sport is actully floorball, you can read about it on wikipedia:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floorball

    But no one watches floorball, you only play it in school and so on. The most popular sport is soccer! Then comes Ice Hockey.

    It’s very rare to play american fotball or baseball. Basket is popular however.

    Interest:
    Many girls are intrested in fashion, many girls have blogs where they post what they wear and so.
    Many guys play video games like World of Warcarft.

    Of course they have other interest too like playing the guitar or something, partying, shopping whatever.
    References :
    Swedish teen guy living in Sweden