Names and statistics

[Olaf Solstrand]

Our favorite Sigvald wrote:
> Recently statistics has been used in the debate about whether Horst can be
> seen as a Swedish name or not. Some people have also pointed out the fact
> that my first name Sigvald is not a very common name in Sweden nor in
> Norway.

(sigh!) Sigvald, I WAS BEING IRONIC! When people say "Sigvald is not a that 
common name either", it's not in an attempt to prove that you're not Norwegian. 
It's an attempt to make you understand that people can be Swedish even though 
they don't have a typical common Swedish name. Also: One can be Swedish and 
still have a German name. Is that really so hard?


> Thus 712 men are named "Sigvald" in Norway + Sweden

And how many women?



> I don't know why the name Horst occurs so much more frequent in Sweden than
> in Norway, but a good guess would be that it is because Sweden wasn't
> invaded by the Germans from 1940 to 1945. Just remember that the Swedish
> king from 1950 to 1973 was named Gustav 6 Adolf. I can't imagine that a
> Norwegian or a Danish king could possibly have used the name Adolf after
> WW2.

Oh no... That can only mean... Horst Schroeder is really Hitler? :-)

And, correct me if I'm wrong, as Swedish monarchy has never been one of my 
favorite subjects, but... if he was king from 1950 to 1973, wouldn't that mean 
he was given that name _long before_ WW2?




Olaf
not a that common name, either.