Post #4500181

I came across this article today about language reform in Sweden which intrigued me. Many European languages have a formal and an informal “you” eg. Du/Vous in French and “Du/Sie” in German. Swedish also had this but it was effectively abolished around 1970 to promote egalitarianism. What I find interesting is that this seemed to happen organically i.e the country as a whole shifted its use over a period of time via common usage rather than it was imposed from on high (NB. The Swedish du/ni these days is about a single “you” and a plural “you” ) I now want to go find out if “jantelagen” is still prevalent across the Nordics in general. (PS if this article is incorrect then please feel to correct me!) https://elon.io/grammar/swedish/register/du-tilltal #language #svenska #swedish