"Hello, I am to be introducing myself. I am foreign exchange 
student from Sweden. My name is Ingrid Thorlson. I am to be
new here and wish to make friends."

How about "Thorsdottir" as the surname?  Of "Sifsdottir"?

Why? Thorlson is (at least as far as I know) a good swedish surname.

No, it's not. Torson or Torsson is, and I've met people whose family name
was Thor, although I'm not sure that one is actually derived from Tor.

Thorsdottir would be OK for an icelander, but I don't think there are any
swedes that have that kind of last name. 

As I recall, people who want to give their children -dottir (or -sdotter, to
be more accurate) names has to give it as a personal (middle) name, due to 
the naming laws (last name has to be the same as at least one parent's or 
something like that).


Hans Holm



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