A Swedish 25-
year-old lays claims to what the Local speculates may be
the world's longest name; it holds the record in Sweden.
Though the former Alexander Ek goes by Papah Long
Nameh for short, his legal name now stands at 63 first
names, the first of which is "Kim-Jong," followed by Ek.
In its entirety:
Kim-Jong Sexy Glorious Beast Divine man-hood
Father Lovely Iron Man Even Unique Poh Un Winn
Charlie Ghora Khaos Mehan Hansa Kimmy Humbero
Uno Master Over Dance Shake Bouti Bepop
Rocksteady Shredder Kung Ulf Road House
Gilgamesh Flap Guy Theo Arse Hole Im Yoda Funky
Boy Slam Duck Chuck Jorma Jukka Pekka Ryan
Super Air Ooy Rusell Salvador Alfons Molgan Akta
Papa Long Nameh Ek.
It's a name that has cost him, literally. Sweden grants
each citizen the right to one free name change. After
that, it's 1,000 kronor, or about $184, per change. And
since age 18, Ek has altered his six times,
with Nyheter24reporting past (and shorter) versions
have included Osama bin Alexander and Alexander
Gargamel Powhatan Genghis.
One of those changes involved adding "Klaus-Heidi" to
his name in a bid to win a recent contest put on by
German airline Lufthansa, which hoped to get a Berlin-
loving Swede to change his or her name in exchange for
a rent-free year in the capital (42 did
so, Bloomberg reports; Ek didn't win, though he went
the extra mile and made his name "Klaus-Heidi
Bratwurst). Ek doesn't seem to see much downside to
his mouthful of a name: "I don't always get my mail and
sometimes the electricity bill is late, but that's part of the
charm."
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