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

The tradition of indicating one's father in one's "last name" is no longer
used in Sweden. There are quite a few swedish surnames that end with -son,
but I don't think there are any that end with -dottir. 

In Iceland everybody is still -son or -dottir, depending on their gender.
^_^

- Jussi Nikander


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