Talk:Swedish Bikini Team

A fact from Swedish Bikini Team appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 July 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Swedish Bikini Team, an advertising and marketing campaign for Old Milwaukee beer was shut down in the U.S. following protests by the National Organization for Women?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/July.

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Wait, so they're americans pretending to be swedish. So the page shouldn't be put under the category of Swedish Models.

I have seen the Playboy issue featuring these women but not the original advertisements. Until now I had thought the entire concept had been invented by Playboy.

Anyway, what's with the American stereotypical view of all Swedes being beautiful blonde women? It certainly doesn't fit in what some other countries think of Swedes. Particularly, we Finns have a stereotype of all Swedish men being homosexual. — JIP | Talk 06:56, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the root of the stereotype of Swedes from the American viewpoint. And yes, I'm an American. "Why?" can be said for many ethnic stereotypes. I'm pretty sure that your stereotypes of Italians, Mexicans, and Japanese for example aren't exactly in line with the American stereotypes of those ethnicities. To Americans they are, respectively, gangsters, lazy, and Kung Fu masters. Dismas|^(talk) 09:04, 12 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why do they have Danish names if they are supposed to be Swedes? Ignorance on the behalf of the creators?

Because the names sound Swedish to your average American. Dismas|^(talk) 19:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

why the hell are they doing this?

"Why the hell did they do this?" would be the more appropriate question since the "team" hasn't appeared in any media for years. And as the article states, it was just an advertising gimmick. Did it work? I don't know, you'd have to ask the Pabst people. Dismas|^(talk) 19:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article labels it an "American stereotype" that Swedish women are blond and have large breasts. I think that's inaccurate since it is well known worldwide that statistically Swedish women are blond and have big breasts. I think this calls for a rewrite. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.92.107.127 (talk) 17:10, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Notability

I am removing the notability tag. This "beer ad" continues to be a pop cultural reference a decade and a half after its demise. It is featured in male oriented comedies, currently airing on cable networks. Googling the term "Swedish Bikini Team" returns 215 hits. I use it. I know that alone does not make it notable, but there are a lot of things less obscure than this that rank encyclopedic virtue.

Nearly a generation has passed, and I believe as the source of choice for millions, this warrants an entry, if one person's inquiry is sated by this article.

---K3vin (talk) 01:54, 17 April 2009 (UTC) K3vin (talk)[reply]