The Xenophobe's Guide to the Swedes ^{2nd Ed.}

Gaining access to the Swedish Soul can be difficult. Their navel-gazing literature offers few clues, and the news media even fewer. There is a secret entrance, however, in the form of Swedish cinema. This art form is the precinct not only of Bergman, but of a whole dynasty of talented film makers and actors casting their nets in a sea teeming with Soul and fat government subsidies.

• Nationalism and Identity
• Character
• Beliefs and Values
• Behaviour
• Obsessions
• Manners
• Conversation
• Eating and Drinking
• Leisure and Pleasure
• Health and Hygiene
• Sense of Humour
• Culture
• Custom and Tradition
• Systems
• Government
• Crime and Punishment
• Business
• Language
  

Funny, a bit nasty, but very accurate.

But I am biased, as I'm a Swede :-)