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.
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
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