A Few Minor Differences

No matter how lost and confused and utterly distressed you look in Sweden, Swedes will not approach you. Once you ask them for help, most Swedes tend to be overly helpful and very kind, but until you break them from their own little world, they are very aloof.
Also, Swedes may seem rude at first, but they are just more relaxed than we are. Though I learned the term for 'excuse me' first, I've never used it without receiving a strange look, and I have NEVER heard a Swede say it themselves. They simply brush past, and assume you know they meant no disrespect.
Professors are laid back. I refer to the department of history head, Georgy Novaky, as Professor in emails and he signs them "/G." Class begins a quarter past the hour, though schedules say to show up on time. Also, because school is FREE and tuition costs NOTHING and each student gets a STIPEND from the government, professors are only paid based on how many students attend the class and only if they show improvement. Thus, the subjects seen as less prestigious, such as humanities and the arts, are given less funding. So, a class worth 7.5 ECTS (about 3 credit hours) will meet for five hours every day in a science course, but only 5 times a month for history.
So far, Sweden has proved itself to be a land of Catch-22. You cannot register for a course until you have internet access, but you are not granted internet access from your dorm room until you are officially registered for a course.
Sweden is known for its efficiency, but stores never open before 10 AM, and usually close by 5. University buildings are closed from 12-4 for Fika. (Fika is the Swedish version of high tea, where you get coffee and either sandwiches or desserts and talk with friends.)
Though you are allowed to buy alcohol from grocery stores (only supply alcohol of 4.5% or less) or bars at the age of 18, you are unable to buy from the System Bolaget (the government-owned liquor store) until 20. There, the alcohol is taxed to high hell. A single beer, the cheapest available, is $5. Yet, alcohol is still as big a part of school life here as it is in America.
Everyone in Uppsala carries on their daily life in the shadow of an all-imposing Cathedral. The Domkyrkan exists on a piece of land that has been used for religious ceremonies since before the Vikings. Now, it is a massive and beautiful gothic revival church, with the bodies of kings and archbishops inside. Sweden is composed of a population that is approximately 90% atheistic, yet stores do not open on Sunday and you cannot buy liquor on Sunday for it is the Sabbath.
More to come on confusion in Scandinavia...