Swedish Resistance to Feeding Debate

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The Swedish resistance to feeding guests may not actually be as rude as it seems

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A viral Reddit post about Swedish households excluding guests from meals created a flurry of debate over cultural norms.

Professor Hakan Jonsson said some of the resistance to feeding guests stems from the days when food harvests had to be stored for many months during the long Nordic winter.

Not feeding a guest in your home is the peak of rudeness in certain cultures.

But when you dig into the roots of why those norms exist, it's not quite as blatantly rude as it seems.

Part of Sweden 's not-feeding-guests culture may be rooted in a history of shame for 'owing' people.

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