10 Differences Between a Swedish Boyfriend and a Normal Boyfriend

3. A normal boyfriend has a ton of nicknames for you.

A Swedish boyfriend narrows it down to either your name or älskling.

4. A normal boyfriend wears sweatpants to the gym.

A Swedish boyfriend gets his Haglöfs/Nike/Peak Performance skinny black tights on and wears as much lycra as possible when working out at SATS or Fitness24Seven.

5. A normal boyfriend will always insist on paying when you’re going out.

A Swedish boyfriend is completely into the whole gender equality thing and asks you to go Dutch.

6. A normal boyfriend’s looks don’t draw more attention than yours when vacationing outside of Sweden.

A Swedish boyfriend gets the girls abroad projecting that he’s basically Alexander Skarsgård in person — an immaculately dressed, tall, well-groomed boy with good hair, jeans shorts and stylish sunglasses (preferably a pair of Ray Ban Wayfarers).

7. A normal boyfriend has his ups and downs.

A Swedish boyfriend has never put his ass on an emotional roller coaster and is always lugn som en filbunke.

8. A normal boyfriend has issues with your male friends.

A Swedish boyfriend happily hangs out together with you and your killkompisar and makes sure to invite his tjejkompisar as well.

9. A normal boyfriend buys you flowers on your birthday.

A Swedish boyfriend buys you that Efva Attling bracelet you’ve been eyeing for years, a Sandqvist backpack or anything else he has carefully selected and wrapped.

10. A normal boyfriend courts you with dinners and flowers when dating.

A Swedish boyfriend doesn’t date. You just see each other until he one day decides his tooth brush is a part of the decoration at your place and OLW-chips and Cola on a Friday night is a given.