A Swede by Any Other Name. In Fact, Many Swedes.
7th February 2011
These days, growing numbers of young Swedes about to marry are not only choosing flatware patterns but also picking new names. Sometimes it is an older family name; more often it is one they simply concoct.
Mr. Ekengren recalled a case a few years ago in which an immigrant family requested permission to be called Mohammedsson.
“Permission was granted,” he said.