Name some cool Swedish-Americans

[JVS]

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. flamingyouth, of course!

And the Swedish Chef.

[JVS]

3. The Chef never sold out and became an American

He was all about Swedish World domination.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

51. I'll second Flamingyouth

A first class moderator, a wonderful friend and a great person. Those who have had the pleasure of working with her in the moderating forums know what a wonderful experience it is:)

[fob]

2. Thomas Holmstrom, Nicholas Lidstrom

GO WINGS!!

[flamingyouth]

37. Nicholas Lidstrom would be much cooler if he had an "N" in his name

[fob]

46. Huh? N is the first letter in his name, I don't get it. Although as I

look now I did spell it wrong, it's Nicklas. Doh!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

47. Both Lidstrom and Lindstrom are perfectly good Swedish names

I'm from Minnesota--I oughta know. Yeepers! :-)

[flamingyouth]

49. That's what I mean - obviously "Nicholas" has an "N" in his name

:D

[Lavender Brown]

4. I've never had a thread copied before

Heehee. :D

[Lizz612]

5. Ikea

[JVS]

6. Ummm, that's not a person

[Lizz612]

10. I know

I'm just a little goofy today. :P

[JohnKleeb]

13. youre always a little goofy, thats why youre cool

you get the day off of work again? and pardon my ignoarnce but what is IKEA and why do you like it so much, it doesnt have anything to with science does it heh.

[JohnKleeb]

8. isnt that a company?

if youre gonna say companies, then I am gonna be a glut and say
Swedish fish

[nickinSTL]

7. Me!

Ok, so I'm only like 1/8 Swedish.:7

Was Charles Lindbergh Swedish-American?

[JVS]

11. I dunno. My grandma was Swedish

But since she was 75 years older than me, I never really thought of her as cool. She did go to college and played football though.

Swedes don't like to talk much... so people probably don't even notice them

[phantom power]

12. Me too!

I'm 1/4 swedish and 1/4 Danish. Each quarter hates the other, of course.

[XNASA]

9. Arne Saknussen

Let's see who get's that reference.

On a serious note: Carl Sandburg

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. Saknussen was Swedish-French, dumbass.

[XNASA]

15. Who you callin' a dumbass, .........

.....you Idol of Idiot-worshippers?

[Magrittes Pipe]

19. Blast!

How did you know?

[XNASA]

22. I've been to your website.

[Magrittes Pipe]

23. Again, my hubris is my own undoing!

:cry:

[jedicord]

16. Me!

My mom was born in Sweden, came over when she was 5.

[JVS]

17. Does she make Xmas Lutfisk?

I need someone against whose Lutfisk I can compare mother's.

[jedicord]

21. Don't know, that doesn't sound familiar.

She's been dead for 11 years now:cry:

But she made the most fantastic chicken and dumpling - fluffy not flat! I can't eat that any more 'cause no one else's can stack up!

[JVS]

27. My condolences

[SiouxJ]

26. Me too!

My Dad is full Swedish, though he was born here. Actually I'm a Swedish/Russian-American. Mom's full Russian.

[Beware the Beast Man]

18. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Oh...you said cool Swedish-Americans :shrug:

[BurtWorm]

20. They're Norwegian-Americans anyway.

You can tell by the "en." (They could be Danish, come to think of it.)

[Beware the Beast Man]

24. Oops.

I tried doing my research, but when I typed in "Olsen Twins" and "Swedish" I got about 4 million hits for hardcore porn!

[BurtWorm]

29. Let me verify that for you.

;)

[JVS]

30. Link?

[Beware the Beast Man]

33. Hehe...just do a Google search

It's an eye-opener...

[JohnKleeb]

25. dont Norweigan names end like that too?

[BurtWorm]

32. Norwegian, Danish

and Andorran?

[JVS]

34. At what point did Swedish culture and Norwegian culture...

become distinct?

[BurtWorm]

36. At the Wisconsin-Minnesota state line

:shrug:

[terrya]

28. Inga Swenson.

The actress from "Benson"

[BurtWorm]

31. Benson might be Swedish too.

That would be cool!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

48. And Inger Stevens, the 1960s actress

who committed suicide. :-(


And here's a website, listing some more:

http://hem.fyristorg.com/micke-p/Genealogy/boken.htm

Including astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Charles Lindbergh, William Rehnquist (boo!), Ann-Margret, Kris Kristofferson, Gloria Swanson, Candice Bergen (and even more so, her father Edgar),and a few I wouldn't have expected, including Ray Bradbury, Melanie Griffith, and Mamie Eisenhower.

[madrchsod]

35. i am-----

does that count? John Anderson from Rockford, Illinois was cool-received 6 million independent votes in 1980 and was a really nice guy...

[SarahB]

38. Me!

But I'm English too (and I wore braces for two years to prove it)! :7

[Taverner]

39. I was gonna mention Sarahbelle

woo hoo! :yourock:

[SarahB]

40. Thanks, you!

And back at ya!
:yourock:

[flamingyouth]

42. I didn't know!

Hej pa dej, SarahBelle! :hi:

[SarahB]

43. I don't know any.

My Swedish side came in the 1870's. I remember "flicka" means girl. That's it. It's almost totally Swedish on my mom's side though. :D

[flamingyouth]

45. "Svenska flicka" - that's what John Gilbert used to call Garbo

They were dating and even engaged at one time. She stood him up at the altar, basically, and crushed him.

I was lucky - my grandparents taught me quite a bit of Swedish as a kid, then I learned it in college too.

:hi:

[Bluebear]

41. Leroy Anderson, great American composer

[SarahB]

44. Ann Margret.

:D

[Tom_Foolery]

50. Bo Svenson...

He played Buford Pusser in the sequels to "Walking Tall".

[daisygirl]

52. Mongo

Otherwise known as my husband and the person who turned me on to DU. And no, I'm not biased at all!