Practical International Data Management - Personal names in an address block


Personal names may be written differently according to context, and this is also the case in the context of a postal address.

Examples


In Germany, when to a private individual, the name is written:


   Herrn
   B. Schmidt


When the name is included with company information the format changes:


   Widgets GmbH
   Herrn B. Schmidt


In Sweden, when business correspondence is private, the personal name is written before the company name:


   Sven Jansen
   Widgets AB


But when the correspondence may be opened by others, the format is revesed:


   Widgets AB
   Sven Jansen




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