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Ole and Lena, the Glossary

Ole and Lena (also Sven and Ole) are central characters in jokes by Scandinavian Americans, particularly in the Upper Midwest region of the United States.^[1]

22 relations: Boudreaux and Thibodeaux, Dessert bar, Dollar, Finland, Iowa, Joke, Minnesota, Nickel (United States coin), Nordic and Scandinavian Americans, North Dakota, Norway, Outhouse, Red Stangland, Scandinavia, Sons of Norway, South Dakota, Sweden, Trousers, Uff da, Upper Midwest, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Wisconsin.
Ethnic and racial stereotypes in the United States
Ethnic jokes
Nonexistent people used in jokes
Norwegian-American culture in Minnesota
Stock characters in jokes

Boudreaux and Thibodeaux

Boudreaux and Thibodeaux, also known as Boudreau and Thibodeau, are jokes which make fun of slow-witted Cajuns. Ole and Lena and Boudreaux and Thibodeaux are Nonexistent people used in jokes and Stock characters in jokes.

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Dessert bar

Dessert bars or simply bars or squares are a type of American "bar cookie" that has the texture of a firm cake or softer than usual cookie.

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Dollar

Dollar is the name of more than 25 currencies.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Iowa

Iowa is a doubly landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Joke

A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Nickel (United States coin)

A nickel is a five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint.

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Nordic and Scandinavian Americans

Nordic and Scandinavian Americans are Americans of Scandinavian and/or Nordic ancestry, including Danish Americans (estimate: 1,453,897), Faroese Americans, Finnish Americans (estimate: 653,222), Greenlandic Americans, Icelandic Americans (estimate: 49,442), Norwegian Americans (estimate: 4,602,337), and Swedish Americans (estimate: 4,293,208).

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Outhouse

An outhouse is a small structure, separate from a main building, which covers a toilet.

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Red Stangland

Eider Clifford "Red" Stangland (February 7, 1922 – August 8, 1995) was an American radio broadcaster and humorist.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.

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Sons of Norway

Sons of Norway (Sønner av Norge), founded in 1895 as the Independent Order of the Sons of Norway, is a fraternal organization principally representing people of Norwegian heritage in the United States and Canada.

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South Dakota

South Dakota (Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Trousers

Trousers (British English), slacks, or pants (American and Canadian English) are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, dresses and kilts).

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Uff da

Uff da (sometimes also spelled oof-da, oofda, oofala, oof-dah, oofdah, huffda, uff-da, uffda, uff-dah, ufda,, or uf daa) is an American Scandinavian exclamation or interjection used to express dismay, typically upon hearing bad news.

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Upper Midwest

The Upper Midwest is a northern subregion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Midwestern United States.

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Upper Peninsula of Michigan

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P.—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_and_Lena

Also known as Ole and Lena jokes, Sven and Ole.