Scandiwegian

Scandiwegian adjective: belonging or relating to a style of interior furnishings that is middlebrow, bland, and modern.

Adjective

Scandiwegian (comparative more Scandiwegian, superlative most Scandiwegian)

(derogatory) Belonging or relating to a style of interior furnishings that is middlebrow, bland, and modern.
- They bought a cheap bed, and a ten-foot 1960s Scandiwegian sofa; they bought a small red Quasar Tv, with its remote in the form of an identical miniature red TV.2002, Terrell Dixon, City Wilds: Essays and Stories about Urban Nature, →ISBN, page 279
- Architects and designers used to speak, not always respectfully, of a style called Scandiwegian. The term was coined to describe that middlebrow, does-you-good, polite modernism professed by the enlightened Nordic countries.2008, Waitrose Food Illustrated, page 86
(humorous, informal) Vaguely Scandinavian or Nordic.
- Jomo talks with the conglomerate accent of one much practised in addressing an international audience: basically English, with a bit of Scandiwegian, a bit of mid-Atlantic, some East European gutturals and a touch of Australasian.2011, Serena Mackesy, The Temp, →ISBN
- In the Sixties, Reuben Mattus created the fake Scandiwegian brand of HäagenDazs, with its meaninglessly hoveringumlaut, to comfort a country still crying over its murdered president.2011, Simon Schama, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble, →ISBN

Scandiwegian (plural Scandiwegians)

(humorous, informal) A person who is Scandinavian or of Nordic descent.
- Another bloody Scandiwegian by the look of the blue eyes and flaxen hair.2010, Stephen Fry, The Stars' Tennis Balls, →ISBN, page 184
- The Scandiwegians present applauded heartily, Lutherans lapped it up, and there was obviously a following for fullthroated Russell Watson, if the middleaged bags in Size 20 Boden frocks were any clue.2011, Roger Lewis, What Am I Still Doing Here?: My Life as Me, →ISBN

Think about how many people you know who own a top of the range shiny Scandiwegian fridge which opens to reveal a curling sandwich, a dead tomato and some curdling milk.2008, Steve Shipside, Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth, →ISBN, page 25:
Many years ago, an old Norse berserker, told me a stirring tale, a real tear-jerker, about how he'd never been a shirker, when he was a Scandiwegian postal-worker.2013, Richard James Bentley, Greenbeard, →ISBN:
Even though they eventually gave up booting around the decapitated heads of Scandiwegian noblemen, many of these old soccer games continued to be extremely violent.2014, Michael Cox, Fitter, Faster, Funnier Football, →ISBN, page 10:
The other thing we found is that this part of the island is, for some reason, a firm favourite with Germans and Scandiwegians.2016, Mike Bodnar, Against the Current, →ISBN:

Blend of Scandinavian + Norwegian.

What does Scandiwegian mean?: Scandiwegian means belonging or relating to a style of interior furnishings that is middlebrow, bland, and modern.
How do you use Scandiwegian in a sentence?: Think about how many people you know who own a top of the range shiny Scandiwegian fridge which opens to reveal a curling sandwich, a dead tomato and some curdling milk.
What part of speech is Scandiwegian?: Scandiwegian can be an adjective or a noun.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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