Interview with the Young Creative Council

YCC: So do people generally live up to their country’s stereotype?

Oh yes. I think people play up to their stereotypes, especially when they reside outside their own country. I am definitely more Swedish in London than in Stockholm. In my experience, being proud of your nationality gives you an identity beyond name and personality – and I find it quite endearing to be known as the ‘banana-dancing Swede’. I think of stereotypes as a caricature of nationality – a magnification of truth.

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