How to fake your way through Sweden...

Not Swedish? Here are four things you'll need in order to appear like an everyday Swede:

I'm not going to lie, I'll probably pick up a shnazzy pair while I'm here.

1. Shoes.  Converse shoes.  Everyone wears them here.  It's either Converses or black leather ankle boots.

Jeggings.  Why...?

2. Skinny jeans.  If you're walking in town, 75% of the girls you see will be wearing skinny jeans, leggings, or  worse, jeggings.

Swedish, tall, but no blonde hair.  Also, not female.

3. Blonde hair.  The stereotype is kind of true.  No wonder people whom I can't recall having met at orientation remember me instantly.  I have to remind myself that I'm not at UBC/Vancouver anymore...

4. Height. Let's face it, most of the Swedes here are not shorter than 5''.

So long as you have skinny jeans and Converses, you're basically a Swede (even if you're not).

Numbers 3 and 4 are important, but not as important as numbers 1 and 2.  So if you don't have blonde hair and are short, you can still resemble a Swede, and maybe someone will even walk up to you and say, "Hej, Talar du svenska?"