I appreciate when people know the difference between the Nordic countries and Scandinavia 👍🏻. It’s like knowing the difference between, Great Britain, the UK and the British Isles.
@@herrbonk3635 having been ruled by a Scandinavian country doesn't make Finland Scandinavian, just like it doesn't make Estonia, Iceland, Greenland, or any other territory ever ruled by a Scandinavian country Scandinavian.
@@jubmelahtesIt wasn't ruled by, it was part of. Just like Norrland still is, or Skåne, Blekinge, Halland, for that matter. Finland was the east part of Sweden for more than half a millenia until taken by Russia in 1809. The mountain range Skanderna also reaches well into Finland, regardless of politics (but not into today's Denmark).
That just highlights the fact that these are some of the oldest countries in existence. With so many hundred years between them, there's bound to be a neighborly dispute or five.
That is also the reasons the two languages are so different, despite that Swedish and Danish is closer then Norwegian (depending on Bokmål or Nynorsk). Because war make langauges diverge more. Interesting thing about Norway, the dialects are much more obvious, while Sweden is more united in languages, but we still have several major dialects and languages. Gustav Wasa was name Gustav Eriksson. He was named Gustav Wasa later.
For those who still are confused: SCANDINAVIA: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. NORDIC: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland. SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA (the geographic location) is Norway, Sweden and a small part of northern Finland.
There is also a part called Fennoscandia or the Fennoscandian Peninsula which is the geographical peninsula in Europe, which includes the Scandinavian and Kola peninsulas, mainland Finland, and Karelia
@@TullaRask Not local, so much as rarely used. (NRK once referred to a 1970s collaboration with SVT as a North Scandinavian Co-Production). I agree though, in active use it would probably just raise a question mark.
I am Swedish and have worked in a Norwegian company. In my opinion, differences between our countries are microscopic, we understand each other's language and like to spend time with each other. In Sweden we talk about the Brethren people.
I am norwegian and we define Scandinaiva as the three brothers Norway, Sweden and Denmark. This has to do with the close relationship in culture. language and proximity. History also signify how easily people intermingle in these 3 countries. The cultural ties are also very close since ancient times. The "Nordic" area are more like cousins, and are historically lands that at some point were dominated and/or populated by one of these 3 countries. Mentally these areas therefore parts of our "family" which is quite apparent when it comes to trust, mutual understanding and knowledge, etc. This leads to close economic ties, as it is easier to know each others markets and needs and trust in the way of doing business. For example, oral "contracts" are usually treated as binding as documented ones. Not keeping your word is usually seens as a character flaw. Boasting and promising likewise. Maybe this is a clue to understand the nordic reluctance to speak needlessly. This culture of keeping your word can be followed back to ancient times, and may have to do with the consequences of long distances and cold climate. Lying or misrepresenting could have dire consequences for survival.
" Not keeping your word is usually seens as a character flaw. Boasting and promising likewise. Maybe this is a clue to understand the nordic reluctance to speak needlessly." 😂 That´s funny, but may well be true.
Really unexpecting notice..yes..Its true.We have the same way to think.. but it must have to do with the common understanding .. not easy to cheat or lie when you use the same ”body-talk” and similiar understandable dialects.
Like Finland being a region in Sweden for what is it, 700 years? Before the Russians took it all from us. But then again, Finland became an independent country when they liberated themself from Russia over 100 years ago.
I met an Irishman that had been living in Finnmark, the northernmost county in Norway. It’s completely dark for moths. He said he’d never met happier people than in Finnmark
I'm from Finnmark, lived up here all my life and while I agree that yes we are happy here most of the time, it can however be hard for some people to live under polar nights, communities up here are small (apart from 3 cities where 2 have population of 10 000 and some, and 1 is above 20 000). My hometown have about 900 people, hardly any unemployment and relative cheap livingcost ... But clima and polarnights can take a toll on most people, I think its about having hobbies, enjoying the outdoorlife and when we start getting daylights again in january sometimes ... before we see the sun in early february its magical 🙂 then summer comes and sun does not go down.
If you want to see the Northern Lights and meet the Sami people at the same time, I would look at going to Alta. You can also take the local bus from there over the tundra called Sennalandet and sleep at Skaidihotel. Sennalandet often has alot of reindeer as well. Another place to visit is Nordkapp, the northern most point. And some other cities are Narvik, Tromsø, Bergen, Trondheim, Kristiansand and Røros. From Tromsø you can take the plane to Svaldbard as well, where there is polar bears roaming the outcast of the city of Longyearbyen. If you go to Alta you can look at going to Samii Sida, a place for tourists that is driven by some sami folk or you can go to one the sami villages like Karasjok or Kautokeino. Love the video by the way, from a proud sami😍
Oh wow thank you for the recommendations! This will all definitely be useful for me when I decide to come and see the Northern Lights and also experience the Sami culture too! I hadn't heard of Alta before, but now I will look into it and see what I can find, it sounds amazing! Thanks so much
I'll go ahead and reccomend my own town Bodø while we're at it with the Northern cities and towns. Buut I don't think we're the best with the whole northern lights thing. Even if it's still possible. Best part of my town is probably the football team, which isn't saying much XD.
I've never been in Norway too see the Aurora Borealis, but I have seen it many times in northern Sweden. I have however seen photographs/vids of the "Norway edition". Never seen anything like that in Sweden in terms of colours/richness. Maybe it exists in Sweden too. But I will have to admit I have never witnessed it.
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 I agree that Alta is the place to go if you want to experience both the northern lights and Sami culture. You can travel from Oslo by direct flight to Alta, and if you book well in advance you can get a cheap ticket by Norwegian standards. Alta has a stable, cold climate in the winter, it is located by the fjord and has a short distance to the mountain range and Kautokeino, Norway's largest Sami municipality and largest reindeer herding municipality. In Alta, you can spend the night at an ice hotel, and it is a well-developed offer for tourists, both with a view to seeing the northern lights and experiencing Sami culture. I can't believe that I, who was born in Hammerfest, am advertising for Alta, but OK. I would rather go to Kautokeino than to Skaidi, which is just a crossroads where two rivers meet. If you are traveling to the area in the summer, however, I would travel towards the coast to experience the midnight sun in Hammerfest, of course, and if you are interested in fishing there are many opportunities to fish in the sea. Maybe you'll be lucky and see whales. In the summer you can see the petroglyph field in Alta, which is large. Hammerfest is an exciting and vibrant town with a long history that includes a port for fishing and hunting in the Arctic. It was the first town in Europe to have electric street lights, and is today the base for bringing ashore gas from the Barents Sea. The city used to advertise that it was the world's northernmost town. Today, Honningsvåg advertises being the world's northernmost town, but you have to stretch the term far to call Honningsvåg a town. th-cam.com/video/hXHHBtlVKzA/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/lKDs0aIwYnE/w-d-xo.html
But the original Ice Hotel is in Sweden. And there are also lots of Sami people there, in inner parts of Sweden, closer to the Norwegian border. As there are in Northern Finland and Kola peninsula in Russia.
By the free roaming law you CAN camp on private property. This is a major point of this law. The point is NOT "private land", but "uncultivated land". Uncultivated land is open for camping no matter how private it is. This also include foraging, and sometimes fishing, as long as it is for immediate personal use. So don't think that you can keep people off your uncultivated land you purchased in Norway, BUT you can make them stay at least 150 metes away from your private home.
Yeah, it's beginning to get a bit irritating that most "facts" videos keep regurgitating this incorrect "fact" over and over again, and nobody seems to actually look up the real facts. I think it's one of our most important laws, so people need to get it right! 😡
All the Scandinavian countries are lovely. They are also very different from each other. Norway is mountains and fjords. Sweden is forests and lakes. Denmark is small islands and beaches. They are all lovely to visit in the summer. As for living here, the Scandinavian winters are definitely not for everybody. Some people handle the wet and dark fine. Others get depressed. Melancholy due to the darkness is certainly part of our national characters. The only way to tell is really to try it. Stay one winner in Scandinavia before committing to moving here permanently. If you hate it, don't feel bad about it. Many people do.
Scandinavian music is known for it's melancholic lyrics. Many TH-cam reactors point that out. I know a-ha best, but ABBA has these lyrics, too, and many other artists.
Yes I am sure they are all different, and they all offer a lot of great pleases! I really want to visit all three countries in the summer and have an authentic experience in each place 😁 I can imagine the winters are tough, especially if you’re not used to it. I visited Stockholm last December and it was absolutely freezing with snow everywhere 🤣 I can believe melancholy due to darkness is part of your national characters haha but maybe you’re right, I’d have to experience a whole winter somewhere in Scandinavia before committing to moving! 😅🤣
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 Snow in Stockholm, you was lucky. It used to be more snow, but it getting less time now. Wonder why. 😞 And no, the winter is white snow and dark and crisp nights. At least if you are outside of cities and north of Stockholm. South there are no real winters anymore, or less often. There it is just dark and wet.
The Northern Lights appear during the beginning of September in and around Kiruna in the far north of Sweden. And by the time winter has fully set in around January, the Northern lights can be seen throughout Swedish Lappland.
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 If you go to Norway, you get to see the Northern lights over the ocean, and get the double effect. Sorry, just teasing the Swede.
Regarding the freedom to roam law in Norway. You can definitely camp on private property. You just can’t camp one people’s lawns that are close to residential houses. Otherwise, you can camp on private land
I have a Swedish father and a Norwegian mother and also my wife have a Swedish father and Norwegian mother. Even her mother is Scandinavian with Swedish father and Norwegian mother. When it comes to differenses between siblings countries like Sweden and Norway I think that people in Kiruna (northern Sweden) have more incommon with the nearest Norwegian town, the neibours in Narvik, than the Kiruna -people have with Swedes in the Malmö-area in the south of Sweden. The Malmö-people have more incommon with danes in Copenhagen than they have with people in the far north of Sweden. People in Oslo have more incommon with people in Gothenburg than with people in Stockholm due to the many visits nearby. So If you've only been in Oslo and Stockholm you really dont know much about the rest of the countries of Norway and Sweden. I've done a DNA-test in a lab in the US and received an answer telling that I am 91,9% Scandinavian and 8,1% Finnish. Norway and Sweden are 90% of the geographic Penisula of Scandinavia and 10% is situated in todays Finland. According to languages and genetics the Scandinavians relatives also include 85% Danes and app. 10% coastal Finns now living from Helsinki up to Uleåborg and also including the Åland Isles in the Bothnian sea between Sweden and Finland.Danes living in the south near todays Germany are mostly related to Germans and Friesian people in todays Belgium and the Netherlands. My own genealogic research since 1974 goes back to 1250 AC or app.100 years after the ending of the viking-era (app.700-1150AC). During these millenias it has been several contacts/marriages over the border mountainrange east/west. In my homevillage in the northern part of Sweden 75km from the Norwegian border, close to the mountain-range and west of the lakes and the forestal area, there are recidential mountain Samipeople whom I know by name and person and that are owning and herding reindeers. By the way I am related to the son of Björn 'Ironside' Ragnarsson named Eric Björnsson. As the brothers inherited Sweden and Denmark after their famous father Ragnar, then Björn became King of Sweden and the others took Norway and Denmark. Björn is stated to be founder of the Munsö-tribe and Björns father was Ragnar 'Lodbrok' Sigurdsson. Ragnars father was Sigurd Ring Randversson , Swedish and Danish king born in Uppsala Sweden. Sigurd became also King of Denmark after the battle of Bråvalla, near Bråviken east of Norrköping in Sweden, when he concurred his uncle ( halfbrother of his father) Harald Bluetooth or Harald Gormsson son of Gorm the old of Denmark. Randver Radbartsson was born in ancient Russia todays Ukraine and had a Swedish mother.. Kyiev, the capital of Ukraine was founded by Swedes from Roslagen north of Stockholm as we know by research. To complete the row of famous Kings we must mention Harald 'Fairhair' Halfdanson ( in Swedish Harald Hårfager ) was related to the Swedish tribe of Yngve Frej. Haralds father was Halfdan Svarte (Black) a halfDane. And according to the filmed ' Viking ' series there are lots of mish-mash with different people and not historically correct. For instance 'Rollo' was never a brother of Ragnar at all. Life-time-space is very wrong between the two. Well anyhow some people have fun to see the series.
Oh that’s so cool that you are both Swedish and Norwegian! 😁 Yes I guess it makes sense that people from a similar geographic region would have more in common with each other, even if they are in different countries! Oh yes I know that Oslo and Stockholm are not reflective of Norway and Sweden so I am looking forward to exploring more of those countries in the future! Your ancestry sounds so cool! 😁
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 It's a little bit like: - Hey, we could cooperate and have the same ruler! - Yeah, that's a good idea - Can we join, we also don't have a ruler?! - Yeah, welcome! A few years later: - But hey, why do you get to make all the decisions? We didn't agree to that? - I know, but we have a king and you don't. - But we can find one if we want, perhaps - But we want to have a union - Yeah, maybe we do too, but we also want to chose the king - I'll make you agree! - No, we won't! - Then maybe we don't want a union! Etc etc etc etc etc In the end everyone got tired of wars, especially the people in Scania, that once belonged to Denmark but is now the southernest part of Sweden. That area had gone back and forth so many times they were sick of soldiers from either side taking all their food and raping them, they just wanted stability and peace. Sometimes I think it is just coincidence that it stayed Swedish, but actually other European countries didn't like the Öresund to be controlled by one country (heavy tolls for anyone passing through), so that would be the reason in the end. Nowadays we are separate countries, but united by culture and history. I think that maybe we cooperate better this way.
Freedom to roam applies even to private property as long as you are not up close to someone actual house. But in privately owned forests for example you are allowed to camp and forage etc. as long as you don't destroy anything.
Please go to Gothenburg (in the summer). I’m a little biased bc it’s my hometown 😂 (but I was born in Stockholm and love that city too) - a little friendlier, a little cheaper, just as much to see and enjoy. Especially seafood since it’s fresh from a real sea on its doorstep…
But do try to stay away from "Feskkjoerka", the fish and seafood market in a former church in Goteborg. Tourist trap of the first order, in my opinion a lot like the fish market in Bergen, Norway.
In Sweden we have both Landskap ( provinces ) and Län ( countis ). What you should focus on is the provinces , these are the ones that have cultural and historical connection to the inhabitants.
Just a heads up, if you have only been to Oslo in Norway, you haven't really experienced norway. Oslo is very different culturally to the rest of Norway.
Yes I absolutely believe this! I am sure that some of the more smaller cities and towns are just so culturally different to Oslo, but I can’t wait to explore them and find out! 😁
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 there is a boat going from south to north of Norway which is the way of see the sea side of Norway, Hurtig Rutten. I guess that is also a nice tourist trip.
@@AndersJacksonthere is actually a whole fleet of passenger and cargo ships (they even carry cars) serving the coast between Bergen in the south and Kirkenes in the north. The proper name of the owner company is Hurtigruten, meaning "the rapid route" or line. Although most Norwegians say "hurtiruta" (with a silent g and an a at the end). The ships nowadays are comparable to cruise liners regarding size and passenger comfort. I myself have travelled on one just once, between Bodø and Stamsund, I believe it was.
Right to Roam, but not on private property? That's BS. You can camp if you follow local rules about open fire and clean up after yourself. The area you camp has to be away from people's houses, so select a hidden bit of land.
@@lillm6874 There is a rule about 150 m I think. As I said find a hidden corner somewhere. Most places in Norway is owned by someone private, perhaps except in Nortern Norway. Where I live state owned property is few and far between.
@@TullaRask Yes I know, it’s like that where I live as well. We have a farm, and we also own the mountains around with our neighbours.😊 The main rule for camping is that tents must not be set up so close to inhabited houses that it disturbs the residents' peace, and in any case no closer than 150 metres. Tenting for more than two days requires the landowner's consent. Without the landowner's consent, the right of residence does not apply to caravans and mobile homes. This means that the landowner can refuse camping on a private road or property. And you can’t of course camp on infields, no matter how far away from houses it is👍
@@lillm6874 Yes well, if people grow wheat, you can't just put your tent on top of that. It's also a fact that cows are not housepets. They might not like being treated like one. People have been hurt and even killed.
The reason Norway has lower taxes (which are by no means low) is probably our oil fund, which is run economically very sensibly, though maybe a bit too stingily. A welfare model like the Scandinavian countries require a lot, so the taxes are ...well, a lot.
Actually the reason the taxes are lower in Norway is because it is calculated based on GDP, and since oil is a large part of Norway's GDP, it affects the calculation figures. If you look at oil's share of tax revenue compared to oil's share of GDP, Norwegians probably pay as much tax as our neighbours.
3:31, don't forget that the other half of the year - the sun barely sets at all. At least Sweden really lives up during summer, people open up, get friendlier and make the most of life before the depressing winter months.
Funny fact Sweden is the country with the most islands in the world. It is extremely common for Swedes to visit these islands during the summer on their vacation, however, few foreign tourists visit them, something I think many Swedes find strange as this for many Swedes is the most beautiful thing we have to offer. It's a bit like going to Norway and missing the fjords.
Oh really? I didn’t know that! I think most people here don’t really know all these islands exist in Sweden haha but now I want to plan a trip exploring some beautiful Swedish islands! 😁
I don't know if anyone said this yet, but if you want to see northern lights, go to Abisko in Sweden. It's located in an area where there's "rain shadow", IE, the sky is often clear, and as us aurora enthusiasts know that clouds are the most common thing to ruin the experience. 🙈
If you move to Norway, you will have higher costs of living, but you will also have a higher income. It evens out pretty well. I know Brits who feel that Norwegians and Brits are more similar in many ways, but I think that very much depends on the individual Brit.
Treriksröset. You can literally cross the borders of three countries in 30 seconds! You can go see Gustavus Adolphus taxidermided horse (who died way before the founding of the United States) at the Royal Armoury in Stockholm.
"Freedom to roam", the narrator says "freedom to roam unless it's private property". Eh no, it's freedom to roam ALSO if it's private property, that's the whole point. But it does not give you teh right to camp in someones garden, or "too close" to someone's privacy. It's not really a problem as the land is huge and more than enough space.
Welcome to Norway! :) What they didn't say in the video, everybody in Norway speaks English. In fact, Norway has a higher English fluency than Canada! This is due to the fact that parts of Canada are speaking French, and that every kid from 6-7 in Norway learns English in school.
Yeah, some of my friends are still salty with Sweden about that. Of course that was the government decision (to avoid getting invaded themselves). The fact is also still though that a lot of Swedes helped a lot of Norwegian refugees and resistance fighters.
@@tosvus people don't really know history that well. Sweden actually warned us an attack could come, the salty part was about allowing troop transport through Sweden of Nazi troops, but at that point Sweden hand was forced and staying natural was only possible by balancing on a knife edge. Seen in retrospect having Sweden neutral mattered a lot, was easy for Norwegians to escape Nazi, made Sweden in super good position post war, while rest of Europe was in ruins, we had a rich neighbor and that helped Norway recover.
If I were you, I would look a little more at Finland. They were voted the happiest people in the world five years in a row! Finland is called the land of a thousand seas and they have both Sami and Northern lights😊
If you really want to experience the differencees between both countries you have to go to the huge shopping area located near the motorway at Svinesund border crossing (between Gothenburg and Oslo). People from NO buy sweets in SE while people from SE buy toilet paper and napkins in NO. Another thing worth mentioning is the language. Although different, both can understand eachother very well (the common flag carrier airline SAS uses only one language that can be understand in SE, NO and DK).
Haha that’s so funny! I will have to visit that shopping area one day 🤣 Oh that’s so cool that both can understand each other’s language, they definitely sound quite similar to someone like me haha even though I know they are different! 😅
Just a little note you cannot sell or provide to someone under 18 nor 18 year olds cannot buy, or 21 for some beverages, but there is no law about consumption of alcohol no one can arrest you for underage drinking but they can arrest if someone is caught providing it
I don’t think this video gave you the real differences between Norwegians and Swedes, how we are different as people. We eat different food, have different holidays, act different and so on… But if you like to visit Norway again, you need to come to Bergen, and then the northern Norway. I can show you Bergen:)
You’re absolutely right! I’m hoping that the more videos I watch, the more I will learn about the real differences between Norwegians and Swedes 😅 I definitely want to come to Bergen, it’s next on my list of places to go in Norway! That would be amazing thank you! 😁
Most of it is correct but there are a few errors here and there. Example above the Arctic Circle in the summer, the sun is up all the time, talking about Vikings and showing a Vasa ship is a bit confusing. Scandinavia is not really a word that is used particularly often in the Nordic countries, however, companies have often used it when they launched products abroad, which is probably why it is more common to talk about Scandinavia in English, normally Denmark, Norway, Sweden are considered belong to these. But in Scandinavia we almost always say Nordenif you translate it will be the Nordic. he's also very vague about what the rules are for freedom to roam but some are: That you can camp on private land without asking for permission, but you are not allowd damage the land and you have to clean up after yourself, you can only sleep in the exakt same spot for a 24 hours after that you hve to move the tent. However, you may not camp in someone's garden or in close proximity to someone's house. A landowner can be granted special permission to put up signs that the area is privet, but this is unusual for private individuals to get permission for.
Yes I have discovered that quite a lot in this video I reacted to is not accurate haha but luckily some awesome people like you have taken the time to let me know! So I very much appreciate you clarifying the facts as I want to make sure I’m learning all the correct information about these amazing countries! 😁
As for "free" university, I would say its more correct to say "pretty much" free, since there are stuff like a small fee to start studying there, and books you need are not cheap at all. Like really expensive! But except for the fee, I guess tuition isn't really a thing. But I do think other countries are being a bit hyperbolic when they say free.
Ah yes I guess it makes sense that there would still be fees to pay and books to buy, but not having tuition (which is super expensive here in the U.K.) is still pretty damn good! 🤣 But yes, we’ll have to start saying that it’s “pretty much free” over in Scandinavia instead haha 😝
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 there’s a gov grant that all students, aged 18 and over get when studying. It’s small. Mainly to cover bus fares etc. Then there’s a gov subsidized student loan scheme. It’s intention is to cover food, housing etc during your years of studying. The loan has 0% rate and you don’t start to pay back until at least a few years after you have finished your studies. Then you pay a set sum, more if you like, for the 30-50yr payback plan. Other student loan givers are not forbidden but they simply can’t make a profit of it here. There are no fees concerning you applying or for attending a course. The costs are all the around stuff. I studied for 4.5 yrs in Stockholm. Books are ridiculously expensive, and usually mandatory, even though they never are used. What we did in my group was to buy the books together and study as a group. Worked out well and drastically reduced 2-2500SEK/month on books. I studied pol.sci so sharing books may not be comparable in every subject
When I went to college in Norway (quite a few years ago, sadly...), I think I paid about $120/year in fees, plus buy books which came out to a few hundred a year as well, but as others mention, you get a grant from the authorities, I believe somewhat depending on your financial situation, but the minimum you could expect at the time was I think about $1700/year or so. In addition, they calculated out a reasonable loan amount granted (to cover living expenses, i.e. rent, food etc), which is interest free as long as you make less than a certain amount. Also, there are ways to get rid of parts of the debt after college. For instance, my friend, moved to Northern Norway and was a teacher there for a few years, and I think they took off 10% each year he was there if I'm not mistaken. On a final note, there are of course private colleges you CAN attend too, and they can get expensive, but most people don't. Even in the US where I live, we have community colleges which are FAR cheaper than the colleges and universities we think of, but the quality is variable and you are kind of looked down on if you go to that.
Gotta love Denmark! In Norway we love making vacation trips to Denmark! We have a phrase; "det er deilig å være norsk i danmark!" .. meaning.. "It's nice to be Norwegian in Denmark!" 🙂
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 If you are going to Denmark, you must travel over the Öresund bridge to Malmö. ( Sweden) It´s a 15,9 km long bridge combined with a tunnel. There is a toll at the Swedish side ( Money for maintaining the bridge) but it´s really wort it. The reason of the tunnel is that it´s so close to the Copenhagen airport, so it´s safer to not have a bridge all the way. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/%C3%98resund_Bridge_from_the_air_in_September_2015.jpg
Oh that’s cool, I definitely want to go to Bergen (not just for the northern lights haha) but I definitely hope I can make it further north as much as I can! 😁
As far as I know, Norway also broadcast the same basic Disney program at Christmas as Sweden. ... and according to Wikipedia, so are Denmark and Finland.
The best places to see the northern lights would, for a civilization-craving person like myself be Tromsø, Alta or Longyearbyen(Svalbard). Svalbard is further north and has less light pollution than the other two, but you have to get to Svalbard. But when there you can sit outside a restaurant and watch the northern lights. Tromsø is a more 'bigger' city, but has light pollution. So you have to take a fifteen-minute to half-hour bus trip to try to get away from most light sources and really get a good view of the northern lights. But you can spend the time not watchin the northern lights visiting museums, cinemas, restaurants, big shopping malls, game halls and staying in world class hotels. Then, when the weather clears you head for the outdoors to watch the northern lights. Alta is sort of a midpoint between the two. It's smaller than Tromsø and not really further north, but it is further east and has fewer cloudy days. So you'll get to see the northern lights more easily but have fewer non-northern-lights activities available. But there is a cinema, restaurants, shopping districts etc. Just smaller and fewer than in Tromsø. All three of them have plenty of touristy things you can do and thriving tourism industries that want your money.
Ah thanks for the recommendations! Yes I am definitely considering Tromsø and Alta for seeing the Northern Lights, but will also check out Longyearbyen as well! Thank you so much for all the suggestions, I really appreciate it! 😁
We also have Donal Duck cartoons on national TV, on cristmas eve, in Norway! Bouth contrys have been doing that for as long as I can remember (alteast 45 years). It is my moest important cristmas tradition (yes am an atheist..)
@@Brigtzen Pluto and chip and dale, (snipp og snapp) ? or lady og landstrykeren ? My favorite moment is when "the cricet" sings "when you wich upon a star.. "❤🎅
Ah that’s so cool! I love Donald Duck cartoons, though it’s not a Christmas tradition for us here in the U.K. But it’s so fun that both countries have had that tradition for so many years! 😁
Free daycare? Nah we dont. 🇳🇴 But you should move here. The Swedes have also started moving here. In Oslo your waitress are most likely Swedish. I will tell you where the best place to see the northern lights are... Its in the cockpit of a plane. I worked as a cabin Crew in Norwegian and could go and watch that if we flew where it was. 1 time was enough... Its weird what tourists sooo want to see in Norway I dont care much for really. I guess I take it for granted.
Haha thanks, yes I would like to move there for sure! 😁 Oh wow yes I can imagine seeing the northern lights from a cockpit would be so insane and amazing! 😍 Yes I guess when you are used to having something it loses it’s appeal sometimes, I’m sure there are things in the U.K. that tourists go crazy for and I’m just used to and take for granted 😅 Thanks for your comment! 😁
Same. I thought it would be this magical thing, would make me feel emotions never before seen. So after 3yrs selling this magical experience to tourists from our offices in Stockholm I got the chance to see it myself. In Abisko. Perfect conditions. Romantic weekend. It was the most boring, non-entertaining thing ever. This is a terrible way to spend some alone time together. The whole weekend was ruined after the display. Why have none of my clients demanded a refund. It’s absolutely ridiculous to pay such high prices to stay somewhere you may see them, there’s no guarantee. Those who do business up by the Northern lights are ruthless. Not only are they expensive but they also up front push on the paragraph that northern lights isn’t guaranteed. I watched them for 2 mins. Memories for life..
OK thanks for the publicity of my home country. Born in UK and lived in North Stockholm 20 years . Best time to come is all the time ..especially deep winter for the snow and northern lights, and late May onwards for everything else...its been a great time here but every pay day and that 32 percentage tax mmmm
Oh wow you must love it in Stockholm to be there after so many years! 😁 I visited Stockholm last December and it was absolutely freezing and it snowed the first night I got there 😅 Definitely want to see the northern lights and also see the country in summer too! Yeah I can imagine that tax bill is never fun haha 😝🤣
Yeah I find it a bit silly, especially this northern lights discussion. It's about how far north you are, and even in other areas, northerners will have a different culture, personality etc than a southerner, so trying to limit by nationality isn't super helpful. Your last name sounds Swedish, so I'll point out I'm Norwegian and feel the same way :)
You should take a look at a TV gameshow (available on YT) called Alt for Norge and Allt for Sverige. It's a bit like I'm a Celebrity except they are not celebs but Americans with, at least some, Norwegian/Swedish ancestry taking part in challenges to win a meeting with their long lost Norwegian/Swedish relatives.
You are right about Scandinavia and the Nordic countries. Scandinavia is Denmark,Norway and Sweden. Add Finland and Island and you get the Nordic countries !!!
I'm happy to see the video-parts from Malmö (the city I live in) and Turning Torso that is the highest building in Sweden, at least it was when it was built. When it comes to religion here in Sweden it's a bit more complicated. Sure, there are many atheists here but there are many representations of most religions in the world aswell as the old Norse religion that I believe in. Also, Skåne became Swedish the year 1658 after being ruled by Danish kings for over a 1000 years but still our own nation (complicated, I know). Our flag (red and yellow and during the 1800's reinvented to red with a yellow cross) is far older than the Swedish, in fact almost as old as the Danish flag. Unfortunately the historic documents doesn't describe our flag in more detail than the colors.
Ah it’s cool you live in Malmö! I’d love to visit there some time 😁 That information about Skåne is so interesting! I had no idea about any of that, I think I will have to go and learn more about the history of Skåne for sure. Thank you! 🙌
Strange that he left out that Finland was part of Sweden for most of that time! So the Yellow part is todays Sweden, but the south belonged to Denmark and Finland was Swedish.
"Strange that he left out that Finland was part of Sweden for most of that time! " Indeed. Finland was more or less a part of Sweden from the birth of Sweden in the early 2nd millennium. Sweden and Finland really was the same country and that only ended due to Russia´s occupation in the 19th and early 20th century. Sweden and Finland are today in many ways still one country. There is at least half a million swedish descendants living there and Swedish is an official language of Finland. You simply can not discuss Sweden without discussing also Finland and it´s swedish ancestry. In Sweden today we regard also the finns as part of the nordic or scandinavian family although I would define the people of Finland as a part of the nordic family rather then a part of the scandinavian family, which imo is in Denmark, Norway and Sweden proper. The difference between these two families is miniscule from a social or political perspective. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_under_Swedish_rule#Middle_Ages_(c._1150_%E2%80%93_1523) nordicperspective.com/facts/finnish-heritage-origin-of-finns
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 The most obvious remnant of this is that the people on the Finnish island of Åland is Swedish-speaking. When you go to uni in Åland, you first think of going to Stockholm. Swedish media is extremely popular on the island, and so on.
@@_Wolfsbane_ " The most obvious remnant of this is that the people on the Finnish island of Åland is Swedish-speaking." Yeah and another "remnant" of that will be if You take a tour along the south coast of Finland as I did by bike once. I did not really feel I was away from Sweden until I reached Helsinki and saw all those beautiful buildings that were built there under the Russian rule ... 🤔 I kind of wish those buildings had been built by us swedes before Russia defeated Sweden in the early 19th century. Strange, when You consider that we have such a lot of beautiful buildings in Stockholm that were built during the 18th century ....
Generally Abisko in Sweden is regarded as the best place to se Northern light. The reason is the mountains surrounding Abisko which creates many the highest rate of clear sky.
@@Kay-jg6tf As a Norwegian myself, I dont't see much point in getting into a contest over it. You can get spectacular Northern Lights in Alaska as well. It's a bit like the Finns keep insisting Santa Claus lives there :D
Norway, Sweden and Denmark have a very different geography. Denmark are not even compareble. Its just farmland and totally without any mountains , they hardly dont even have hills.😅
Nordic countries and Scandinavian countries is like Great Britain and the United Kingdom. A lot of people who are not British struggle to tell the difference. BTW: You pronounce "joiking" really well!
I think you should look into Finland and Estonia that have made amazing progress the last 20 to 30 yrs. Estonia and Finland are No 1 and 2 in rhe world in the PISA ranking. Estonia is known for having the most efficient and advanced solutions for the public sector and is known for being the Silicon Valkey of Europe when it comes to IT innovation.. Finland is generally known for top notch public services. In Scandinavia we struggle with quality, efficiency and capacity challenges in the public sector and that we have a lot to learn from Finland Estonia.
I would recommend you to move to Norway to a place near Sweden. The salary in Norway is much higher than in Sweden. Then you can work in Norway and shop in Sweden.
Gustavus Adolphus aka Gustavus Adolphus the Great, The Lion from the North, The Midnight Lion, The Father of Modern Warfare, etc, but officially called Gustav II Adolf. He is generally viewd as one of the greatest military leaders of all time, hence why he's called The Father of Modern Warfare. He was the first to utilize combined arms, fielding both pikes and muskets in the same units. He would also have infantry trained to use artillery and ride horses and he would have cavalry and artillery being trained to effectively fight as infantry. He lead his men from the front and personally lead cavalry charges. This would go on to be his demise as he was separated from his unit and killed during a cavalry charge at the battle of Lützen in 1632. He inherited a lot of wars and conflicts from his father, Carl IX. Territorial disputes with Russia and Denmrk-Norway as well as a dynastic struggle with his fist cousin, Sigismund III Vasa, king of Poland. Same principle was used during the Great Northern War. Carl XII is also viewd as one of the greatest military leaders in history. He's probably the only one who has invaded Russia and forced them to take a gamble on how to defeat him. Peter I basically shit himself after his army of 40 000 men was annihalated at Narva in 1700. The Swedish force numbered only 10 000. It took Peter I 10 years to get a single real victory. Prior to 1709 Russia and Polan-Lithuania had only won minor victories while it was Sweden who won the major victories. The only batle I can think of that was somewhat important that the Russians won was the Battle of Narva in 1704. Narva was defended by roughly 3800 Swedish soldiers but they were unable to stop the 20 000 Russians that attacked the city. They inflicted roughly 3000 casualties on the Russian invaders. Some people also forget that this conflict was not started by Sweden. It was actually Denmark who first attacked Holstein Gottorp and then Sweden invaded Denmark and a few months later they were forced to sign a peace treaty. Later that same year the Russians had invaded Swedish Livonia (Today's Estonia and Latvia). Edit: Sweden and Denmark are also the two countries who have fought the most wars against each other. One would think it would be France and England/Britain, but they still have a couple tens of wars to go, as well as a couple tens of years of fighting to go before they reach the levels of Denmark and Sweden.
Oh wow! I love history so this was a super interesting comment to read, thank you! Sounds like such an exciting history and I can’t wait to learn more about it! 😁 Yes I guess it would be normal to think that record would go to France and Britain haha I guess have lots more to learn about the Sweden and Denmark wars!
Scandinavia is a geographic term. Meaning the Scandinavian peninsula. Technically Denmark is no longer on Scandinavia and part of mainland Europe... And Northern Finland is technically also on the peninsula. Historically, Denmark used to have land areas on the Scandinavian peninsula.. And Finland is the other "half" of original Sweden. The problem is people think Scandinavia is a cultural term..
You make a good point that a lot of people think Scandinavia is a cultural term! I’ve probably been guilty of that myself in the past, as stereotypically we see the three countries and peoples as very similar!
Yes, we are different but we are also similar. But there are big difference between people in Kristiansand and Hammerfest too... It's actually bigger difference between people in these cities than between people in Oslo and Gothenburg.. This is actually a fact... But, if Norwegians and Swedish meet in a big group, then I don't think we end up in 2 different national groups. We mix in group of personalities. I am 100 % sure of that...
Ah yes that’s interesting! I can imagine there is a big difference between people in Kristiansand and Hammerfest for sure. I think you’re absolutely right, you would definitely mix because of personalities and not just because of nationalities! 😁
Scandinavia is Sweden, Norway and Denmark, nothing more and nothing less. Outsiders try to make sense of it by coming up with definitions that seems to aim to include or exclude countries but the fact remains that to people in these 3 countries we are Scandinavia and no one else is. US Americans and perhaps others tries to fit Finland in with Scandinavia but Finnish people don't count themselves as that and Swedes, Danes and Norwegians do not count Finns as Scandinavians so who is an outsides to tell us who belongs and not.
Yeah I always defined Scandinavia as Sweden, Norway and Denmark, but can understand it could be frustrating that people sometimes try to include other countries like Finland as well 😅
Scandinavia... Why there are so many different opinions of what Scandinavia really is, is because there are so many different aspects of what makes up a certain region. There is the geographical aspect, the geological aspect, the cultural aspect, the linguistic aspect, the political aspect etc. Looking at the geographical aspect, the Scandinavian peninsula, starts somewhere up in northern Norway and branches out towards southern Norway and southern Sweden. No Finland, no Denmark. The geological aspect, the Scandes (or Scandinavian) mountain ridge/range actually starts in northeastern Norway, incorporates all of Norway, a part of northern Finland, most of Sweden... AND the Faroe Islands, the Shetland and Orkney Islands and the Scottish Highlands(!). The cultural aspect, the Scandinavian people, the northern Germanic people, incorporates Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, Icelandic Islanders, Faroe Islanders. Mind you, some Danish and Norwegian Vikings populated parts of the Britannic Islands, and Swedish Vikings populated what's now known as Russia, Belarus and Ukraine too... so yes, the word "Scandinavian" is often a mishmash of different aspects of being Scandinavian. As a Scandinavian Swede, I am culturally and I guess historically closer to our Norwegian and Danish brothers than our Finnish and Icelandic cousins... if that makes sense? But personally I still consider both Finland and Iceland being part of Scandinavia based on reasons/aspects mentioned above.
@@hlorii6598 Yes they are, via Denmark, who has to allocate two spots for them. They also just held the rotating presidency or it may have been Greenland
Regarding the number of islands. It is not in the tens of thousends. Actually Sweden have 267,570 island and Norway is a close second with 239,057. This make them the top two in the world (Finland is nr 3 with 178,947 islands)
Dude, you should definitely move to Iceland! Salaries are higher and expenses are lower. Nature is stunning and it's one of the most progressive countries in the world
Scandinavia is definitively Norway, Sweden and Denmark. But the Scandinavian peninsula does not contain Denmark. And to up the confusion, Finland is often an unofficial member of Scandinavia despite not speaking a Norse language. Finland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands are all part of the Nordics, though. And then we have the extended Nordics which include some Baltic countries and Scotland.
So its like me being Lithuanian and rejecting the fact that people categories me to eastern europe although I’m north Europe officially. but we all understand sometimes the phrases are describe political and cultural state and not Geography or Political map. Same with Scandinavia. Finland Iceland have exact similarities that defines Scandinavia- human rights equality and generally quite fair society values are very similar dont see the point of distinction
These countries are like the children of parents who had a very difficult and protracted divorce. The parents are the Church (the Pope) vs the King as these countries have always had kings in their own history. Be it today's murderous kingdom, or older petty kings or Jarl over a piece of land. Sweden is the big brother in the family and as a big brother he has always taken responsibility both in good and sometimes bad ways for his siblings. It's not always so easy to be a child and always have to take on the adult's responsibility. Most of us today know the importance of being a child and growing up in a secure relationship. The little siblings tend to highlight the historical things on flaws that exist to some truth, but always forget about the good things that lead us on and forward into the future. Denmark is the twin who was born in the wrong year. As number two in the group of children, there is always competition between the first two. And the big difference is that Danish is not always comprehensible to a Swede. That two siblings have language differences is interesting in several aspects. Denmark is the nation in the world with which Sweden has waged the most wars over the years and ends in Christian II's, who after the bloodbath in Stockholm became known as Christian the Tyrant in Sweden. The strife does not end with Christian II's, they take a new turn to today's modern developed nations where reconciliation is found among the political sphere. Norway is the baby in groups of children who have always depended on others to meet their needs. In terms of language, it is easy for both Swedes and Norwegians to understand each other. Through our shared sense of humour, this is mostly seen in the fact that the older brother usually calls his little brother stupid with the help of humour, while the little brother, with the help of humour, beats himself on the chest that he remembers being somewhat smarter than that. The spoken language of Norwegian sounds cheerful and with a certain twinkle in the eye. Many people forget that there are several different variations of Norwegian in Norway. As an older brother, I would say that there is a dialect war going on in Norway. In Sweden we speak Swedish and recognize a few minority languages, In Norway it seems more important to argue about small things as a common language. Finland is child number three in the group of children. The brother from another murderer is a modern expression as Sweden and Finland have the same mother and father. Many people do not associate Finland as an important part of the family, probably because the mother was different. Based on being four children who all grew up with dysfunctional parenting, the outside world can see that there are four independent and developing nations today. However, similarities and differences are visible in slightly different ways depending on which nation you as an outsider choose to visit. If you ask me as a Swede which of my siblings I feel most connected to, my answer would be Finland...
Haha this was such a fun analogy to read! 🤣 One if the funniest comments I’ve read so far, yet really so informative! I feel like I’ve now got a much better understanding of the dynamics between these countries from just your comment haha 😂 Thanks so much! 😁
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 the bond we have is unique Sweden are having issues with gang-violence and crime rising. Something I as a Swede find incredibly embarrassing to my Nordic family but so far all I have read, listened to from the others on tv/radio have been that we are their brothers and sisters and we deserve their support. Yes. The situation is completely self-made and have escalated quick due to a gov who, was in coalition with a party that basically want to abolish prisons. So pretty much nothing happened The new gov have this as one of their main issues to put first on the agenda when they are voted in. Sweden have had crime waves earlier. Gang on gang crime, motorcycle clubs. Not to the same degree though. This is also with a completely new set of tools and methods. Lastly. I live in a suburb to Stockholm. Work on the other side of town so I have a bit to travel. I have my flat in a newly built area. Right next is an area of council fats. My whole suburb is classified as high-risk. Absolutely everything that’s happened have occurred there. I have yet to hear or see any guns, shootings or other. Since the violence is gang on gang it, disturbs us, but it does not affect our daily life. 95% of shootings are in areas like the council flats.
If Sweden is the big brother, it should also be mentioned that he let the evil cousin into Little Brother's room to get beaten up, so he had a mean streak at times ;) (Talking about WW2 and Germany of course)
@@tosvus Yes, you are both right and wrong on the matter here ;) It is right that the government at the time allowed the transit of German troops through Sweden to Norway and Finland, essentially. The error if a very small error, becomes that PM. Albelin said No to the German request, then the Swedish government knew that there were German plans to occupy Sweden completely by our security police today called SÄPO. The laws of war, or as we know them today, international humanitarian law apply to everyone involved and here it is a very big mistake by the Swedish government to choose between apples and pears as they did after all. I agree with you 110% there, hands down. As the post-war child that I am, this is what torments me the most in our history. Although I understand better as an adult that there were very,very difficult decisions that were made then. I also understand that Norwegians and Finns can never really forgive the great betrayal and the heavy moral yoke to bear that becomes a fact of the Swedish decision. As a big brother, it's a burden to carry for sure. It doesn't get better knowing that there was also great support within the military and the hierarchic parts of our society for Nazism over the danger of Stalinism or if we like the red peril. Fact stil stands, It's April 1942 and Adolf Hitler still rules unrestricted in Europe. The so-called February crisis between Sweden and Germany has just unfolded. There are lots of rumors buzzing that Britain will attack Nazi-occupied Norway with Swedish help - and that Germany is planning an invasion of Sweden to stop this scenario. - Stockholm was a Mecca for intelligence and the diplomatic corps as an open city during this time, everyone was there completely in the open. Many people say that Sweden was caught between a rock and a hard place, and that is true in many ways here. It is a known fact that the UK was never comfortable with ore and other minerals being sold to Germany. As they wanted us to be solely on their side. Margaret Thatcher was a very strong woman and her razor-sharp tongue will not spared the decisions to "collaborate" with Germany. In fact, Svergie cooperated with both sides and tried to walk a very difficult balancing act and failed big time. This balancing act has cost us as a nation many things, mainly through diplomatic obstacles/difficulties over the years. I don't think that the Swedish government really understood the seriousness of its decision, the fact is that probably no one does it fully at the time because there are few who are still alive today who were there. All documents or notes of meetings, etc., will probably never be fully publicly available, unfortunately. History is interesting in many different ways, I do genealogical research and would like to see the documents that exist during this particular time...
Jeg lurer på Gustaf Eriksson. Hvorfor ville han prøve å flykte til Norge, som var under Christian II sitt styre? Ville det kanskje være bedre å rømme til Finland?
Oh wow that’s so cool! That really is a flex haha 🤣 My only experience of Jojks so far was watching a guy called Jon Henrik on Sweden’s Got Talent and it was so incredible and emotional! I would definitely love to go and see and experience some of the Sami culture, so it’s awesome that you have Sami relatives in your past! 😁
1/8th lol, you and most above tromsø. lol theres more sami(by blood) in oslo then finnmark. the blood dont make you sami, the culture does. so flex hard and own it ;)
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 I've also seen Jon Henrik, I really loved him when I was little, like really loved him. I'm Swedish and live in Västerås but I feel obligated to move to northern Sweden some time in my life. Like Luleå or Kiruna.
Yes, the legal age to DRINK alcohol is 18 but you have to be 20 to BUY it. And yes, you should visit Stockholm in June. You"re more than welcome to stay at my place 🙂
I appreciate when people know the difference between the Nordic countries and Scandinavia 👍🏻. It’s like knowing the difference between, Great Britain, the UK and the British Isles.
Thank you! Yes I agree! 😁
That's just recent politics to adapt to the break between Sweden and Finland.
Finland is also Scandinavian, or did it suddenly stop being it in 1809?
@@herrbonk3635 having been ruled by a Scandinavian country doesn't make Finland Scandinavian, just like it doesn't make Estonia, Iceland, Greenland, or any other territory ever ruled by a Scandinavian country Scandinavian.
@@jubmelahtesIt wasn't ruled by, it was part of. Just like Norrland still is, or Skåne, Blekinge, Halland, for that matter. Finland was the east part of Sweden for more than half a millenia until taken by Russia in 1809. The mountain range Skanderna also reaches well into Finland, regardless of politics (but not into today's Denmark).
Indeed. Never call a Welshman an Englishman, ha, ha.
Fun fact: Sweden and Denmark hold the record for the most wars fought between two countries
I didn’t know that! That’s a cool fact! 😁
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That just highlights the fact that these are some of the oldest countries in existence. With so many hundred years between them, there's bound to be a neighborly dispute or five.
That is also the reasons the two languages are so different, despite that Swedish and Danish is closer then Norwegian (depending on Bokmål or Nynorsk). Because war make langauges diverge more.
Interesting thing about Norway, the dialects are much more obvious, while Sweden is more united in languages, but we still have several major dialects and languages.
Gustav Wasa was name Gustav Eriksson. He was named Gustav Wasa later.
For those who still are confused: SCANDINAVIA: Norway, Sweden and Denmark. NORDIC: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland. SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA (the geographic location) is Norway, Sweden and a small part of northern Finland.
There's also (at least in Norway) a specific term for just Norway and Sweden: North Scandinavia (Nord-Skandinavia).
This is exactly what I thought so thank you for the confirmation! 😁
@@hlorii6598 I'm Norwegian, never heard that before. It might be local somewhere.
There is also a part called Fennoscandia or the Fennoscandian Peninsula which is the geographical peninsula in Europe, which includes the Scandinavian and
Kola peninsulas, mainland Finland, and Karelia
@@TullaRask Not local, so much as rarely used. (NRK once referred to a 1970s collaboration with SVT as a North Scandinavian Co-Production).
I agree though, in active use it would probably just raise a question mark.
I am Swedish and have worked in a Norwegian company. In my opinion, differences between our countries are microscopic, we understand each other's language and like to spend time with each other. In Sweden we talk about the Brethren people.
Yes it’s clear that the two countries and peoples have a lot in common! 😁
i feel like swedes likes norwegians more than norwegians like swedes
@@bkern8536 just Little brother problems, but we like you anyways. Even when you loose in Ice-hockey and Bandy... 😀And when we sing the Norge-song. 😀
@@bkern8536 we dont like norwegians, lets not talk about denmark
its obviously the other way around
I am norwegian and we define Scandinaiva as the three brothers Norway, Sweden and Denmark. This has to do with the close relationship in culture. language and proximity. History also signify how easily people intermingle in these 3 countries. The cultural ties are also very close since ancient times.
The "Nordic" area are more like cousins, and are historically lands that at some point were dominated and/or populated by one of these 3 countries. Mentally these areas therefore parts of our "family" which is quite apparent when it comes to trust, mutual understanding and knowledge, etc. This leads to close economic ties, as it is easier to know each others markets and needs and trust in the way of doing business. For example, oral "contracts" are usually treated as binding as documented ones. Not keeping your word is usually seens as a character flaw. Boasting and promising likewise. Maybe this is a clue to understand the nordic reluctance to speak needlessly. This culture of keeping your word can be followed back to ancient times, and may have to do with the consequences of long distances and cold climate. Lying or misrepresenting could have dire consequences for survival.
" Not keeping your word is usually seens as a character flaw. Boasting and promising likewise. Maybe this is a clue to understand the nordic reluctance to speak needlessly." 😂 That´s funny, but may well be true.
Oh wow this was such a super interesting comment to read! Thanks so much for sharing 😁 Some really great information in there! I appreciate it ☺️
Really unexpecting notice..yes..Its true.We have the same way to think.. but it must have to do with the common understanding .. not easy to cheat or lie when you use the same ”body-talk” and similiar understandable dialects.
I'm swedish and didn't know that. Cool fact
Like Finland being a region in Sweden for what is it, 700 years? Before the Russians took it all from us.
But then again, Finland became an independent country when they liberated themself from Russia over 100 years ago.
I met an Irishman that had been living in Finnmark, the northernmost county in Norway. It’s completely dark for moths. He said he’d never met happier people than in Finnmark
Wow that’s so interesting! 😁
Could be because they receive a lot more government subsidies than the rest of us. Tax breaks et cetera.
I'm from Finnmark, lived up here all my life and while I agree that yes we are happy here most of the time, it can however be hard for some people to live under polar nights, communities up here are small (apart from 3 cities where 2 have population of 10 000 and some, and 1 is above 20 000). My hometown have about 900 people, hardly any unemployment and relative cheap livingcost ... But clima and polarnights can take a toll on most people, I think its about having hobbies, enjoying the outdoorlife and when we start getting daylights again in january sometimes ... before we see the sun in early february its magical 🙂 then summer comes and sun does not go down.
If you want to see the Northern Lights and meet the Sami people at the same time, I would look at going to Alta. You can also take the local bus from there over the tundra called Sennalandet and sleep at Skaidihotel. Sennalandet often has alot of reindeer as well. Another place to visit is Nordkapp, the northern most point. And some other cities are Narvik, Tromsø, Bergen, Trondheim, Kristiansand and Røros. From Tromsø you can take the plane to Svaldbard as well, where there is polar bears roaming the outcast of the city of Longyearbyen. If you go to Alta you can look at going to Samii Sida, a place for tourists that is driven by some sami folk or you can go to one the sami villages like Karasjok or Kautokeino. Love the video by the way, from a proud sami😍
Oh wow thank you for the recommendations! This will all definitely be useful for me when I decide to come and see the Northern Lights and also experience the Sami culture too! I hadn't heard of Alta before, but now I will look into it and see what I can find, it sounds amazing! Thanks so much
I'll go ahead and reccomend my own town Bodø while we're at it with the Northern cities and towns. Buut I don't think we're the best with the whole northern lights thing. Even if it's still possible. Best part of my town is probably the football team, which isn't saying much XD.
I've never been in Norway too see the Aurora Borealis, but I have seen it many times in northern Sweden. I have however seen photographs/vids of the "Norway edition". Never seen anything like that in Sweden in terms of colours/richness. Maybe it exists in Sweden too. But I will have to admit I have never witnessed it.
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 I agree that Alta is the place to go if you want to experience both the northern lights and Sami culture. You can travel from Oslo by direct flight to Alta, and if you book well in advance you can get a cheap ticket by Norwegian standards. Alta has a stable, cold climate in the winter, it is located by the fjord and has a short distance to the mountain range and Kautokeino, Norway's largest Sami municipality and largest reindeer herding municipality. In Alta, you can spend the night at an ice hotel, and it is a well-developed offer for tourists, both with a view to seeing the northern lights and experiencing Sami culture. I can't believe that I, who was born in Hammerfest, am advertising for Alta, but OK.
I would rather go to Kautokeino than to Skaidi, which is just a crossroads where two rivers meet. If you are traveling to the area in the summer, however, I would travel towards the coast to experience the midnight sun in Hammerfest, of course, and if you are interested in fishing there are many opportunities to fish in the sea. Maybe you'll be lucky and see whales. In the summer you can see the petroglyph field in Alta, which is large.
Hammerfest is an exciting and vibrant town with a long history that includes a port for fishing and hunting in the Arctic. It was the first town in Europe to have electric street lights, and is today the base for bringing ashore gas from the Barents Sea. The city used to advertise that it was the world's northernmost town. Today, Honningsvåg advertises being the world's northernmost town, but you have to stretch the term far to call Honningsvåg a town.
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But the original Ice Hotel is in Sweden. And there are also lots of Sami people there, in inner parts of Sweden, closer to the Norwegian border. As there are in Northern Finland and Kola peninsula in Russia.
By the free roaming law you CAN camp on private property. This is a major point of this law. The point is NOT "private land", but "uncultivated land". Uncultivated land is open for camping no matter how private it is. This also include foraging, and sometimes fishing, as long as it is for immediate personal use. So don't think that you can keep people off your uncultivated land you purchased in Norway, BUT you can make them stay at least 150 metes away from your private home.
That’s great to know, thank you so much!
Yeah, it's beginning to get a bit irritating that most "facts" videos keep regurgitating this incorrect "fact" over and over again, and nobody seems to actually look up the real facts. I think it's one of our most important laws, so people need to get it right! 😡
All the Scandinavian countries are lovely. They are also very different from each other. Norway is mountains and fjords. Sweden is forests and lakes. Denmark is small islands and beaches. They are all lovely to visit in the summer. As for living here, the Scandinavian winters are definitely not for everybody. Some people handle the wet and dark fine. Others get depressed. Melancholy due to the darkness is certainly part of our national characters. The only way to tell is really to try it. Stay one winner in Scandinavia before committing to moving here permanently. If you hate it, don't feel bad about it. Many people do.
Actually a lot of beaches in Sweden too, both on the Baltic Sea and also the North Sea :-)
Scandinavian music is known for it's melancholic lyrics. Many TH-cam reactors point that out. I know a-ha best, but ABBA has these lyrics, too, and many other artists.
Yes I am sure they are all different, and they all offer a lot of great pleases! I really want to visit all three countries in the summer and have an authentic experience in each place 😁 I can imagine the winters are tough, especially if you’re not used to it. I visited Stockholm last December and it was absolutely freezing with snow everywhere 🤣 I can believe melancholy due to darkness is part of your national characters haha but maybe you’re right, I’d have to experience a whole winter somewhere in Scandinavia before committing to moving! 😅🤣
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 Snow in Stockholm, you was lucky. It used to be more snow, but it getting less time now. Wonder why. 😞
And no, the winter is white snow and dark and crisp nights.
At least if you are outside of cities and north of Stockholm.
South there are no real winters anymore, or less often. There it is just dark and wet.
The Northern Lights appear during the beginning of September in and around Kiruna in the far north of Sweden. And by the time winter has fully set in around January, the Northern lights can be seen throughout Swedish Lappland.
Oh that’s great to know! I would love to visit Kiruna and see the Northern Lights, it would be an incredible experience! ✨
The northerns lights can be spotted throughout all of Sweden, but light pollution and clouds make them more rare.
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 If you go to Norway, you get to see the Northern lights over the ocean, and get the double effect. Sorry, just teasing the Swede.
Regarding the freedom to roam law in Norway. You can definitely camp on private property. You just can’t camp one people’s lawns that are close to residential houses. Otherwise, you can camp on private land
This is good to know, thank you!
I have a Swedish father and a Norwegian mother and also my wife have a Swedish father and Norwegian mother. Even her mother is Scandinavian with Swedish father and Norwegian mother. When it comes to differenses between siblings countries like Sweden and Norway I think that people in Kiruna (northern Sweden) have more incommon with the nearest Norwegian town, the neibours in Narvik, than the Kiruna -people have with Swedes in the Malmö-area in the south of Sweden. The Malmö-people have more incommon with danes in Copenhagen than they have with people in the far north of Sweden. People in Oslo have more incommon with people in Gothenburg than with people in Stockholm due to the many visits nearby. So If you've only been in Oslo and Stockholm you really dont know much about the rest of the countries of Norway and Sweden. I've done a DNA-test in a lab in the US and received an answer telling that I am 91,9% Scandinavian and 8,1% Finnish. Norway and Sweden are 90% of the geographic Penisula of Scandinavia and 10% is situated in todays Finland. According to languages and genetics the Scandinavians relatives also include 85% Danes and app. 10% coastal Finns now living from Helsinki up to Uleåborg and also including the Åland Isles in the Bothnian sea between Sweden and Finland.Danes living in the south near todays Germany are mostly related to Germans and Friesian people in todays Belgium and the Netherlands. My own genealogic research since 1974 goes back to 1250 AC or app.100 years after the ending of the viking-era (app.700-1150AC). During these millenias it has been several contacts/marriages over the border mountainrange east/west. In my homevillage in the northern part of Sweden 75km from the Norwegian border, close to the mountain-range and west of the lakes and the forestal area, there are recidential mountain Samipeople whom I know by name and person and that are owning and herding reindeers. By the way I am related to the son of Björn 'Ironside' Ragnarsson named Eric Björnsson. As the brothers inherited Sweden and Denmark after their famous father Ragnar, then Björn became King of Sweden and the others took Norway and Denmark. Björn is stated to be founder of the Munsö-tribe and Björns father was Ragnar 'Lodbrok' Sigurdsson. Ragnars father was Sigurd Ring Randversson , Swedish and Danish king born in Uppsala Sweden. Sigurd became also King of Denmark after the battle of Bråvalla, near Bråviken east of Norrköping in Sweden, when he concurred his uncle ( halfbrother of his father) Harald Bluetooth or Harald Gormsson son of Gorm the old of Denmark. Randver Radbartsson was born in ancient Russia todays Ukraine and had a Swedish mother.. Kyiev, the capital of Ukraine was founded by Swedes from Roslagen north of Stockholm as we know by research. To complete the row of famous Kings we must mention Harald 'Fairhair' Halfdanson ( in Swedish Harald Hårfager ) was related to the Swedish tribe of Yngve Frej. Haralds father was Halfdan Svarte (Black) a halfDane. And according to the filmed ' Viking ' series there are lots of mish-mash with different people and not historically correct. For instance 'Rollo' was never a brother of Ragnar at all. Life-time-space is very wrong between the two. Well anyhow some people have fun to see the series.
Oh that’s so cool that you are both Swedish and Norwegian! 😁 Yes I guess it makes sense that people from a similar geographic region would have more in common with each other, even if they are in different countries! Oh yes I know that Oslo and Stockholm are not reflective of Norway and Sweden so I am looking forward to exploring more of those countries in the future! Your ancestry sounds so cool! 😁
Wow
Good lord, the wars in Scandinavia 😅😅😅, a lot to unpack there but it’s quite interesting and sometimes really, really fun stuff 👍🏻.
Haha yeah I think there’s a lot for me to learn about the wars in Scandinavian history! 😆🤣
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 It's a little bit like:
- Hey, we could cooperate and have the same ruler!
- Yeah, that's a good idea
- Can we join, we also don't have a ruler?!
- Yeah, welcome!
A few years later:
- But hey, why do you get to make all the decisions? We didn't agree to that?
- I know, but we have a king and you don't.
- But we can find one if we want, perhaps
- But we want to have a union
- Yeah, maybe we do too, but we also want to chose the king
- I'll make you agree!
- No, we won't!
- Then maybe we don't want a union!
Etc etc etc etc etc
In the end everyone got tired of wars, especially the people in Scania, that once belonged to Denmark but is now the southernest part of Sweden. That area had gone back and forth so many times they were sick of soldiers from either side taking all their food and raping them, they just wanted stability and peace. Sometimes I think it is just coincidence that it stayed Swedish, but actually other European countries didn't like the Öresund to be controlled by one country (heavy tolls for anyone passing through), so that would be the reason in the end.
Nowadays we are separate countries, but united by culture and history. I think that maybe we cooperate better this way.
@@annalundquist7247 it is also easier to defend your land if there is a large body of water between you and that annoying backstabbing neighbor.
Freedom to roam applies even to private property as long as you are not up close to someone actual house. But in privately owned forests for example you are allowed to camp and forage etc. as long as you don't destroy anything.
Ah thank you for clarifying this! 😁
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 You can also pick as many berries and mushrooms you want in the woods.
Please go to Gothenburg (in the summer). I’m a little biased bc it’s my hometown 😂 (but I was born in Stockholm and love that city too) - a little friendlier, a little cheaper, just as much to see and enjoy. Especially seafood since it’s fresh from a real sea on its doorstep…
Gothenburg is definitely on my list! Probably the next place I will visit in Sweden 😁 And I love seafood so will have to try the local dishes! Haha 🤣
But do try to stay away from "Feskkjoerka", the fish and seafood market in a former church in Goteborg. Tourist trap of the first order, in my opinion a lot like the fish market in Bergen, Norway.
@@Muchoyo you mean "Feskekörka", Fiskekyrkan on standard Swedish. 🙂
Don't know about tourist trap though. Depends on what you do, I guess.
In Sweden we have both Landskap ( provinces ) and Län ( countis ). What you should focus on is the provinces , these are the ones that have cultural and historical connection to the inhabitants.
Ah yes that makes sense! I will concentrate on learning more about the different Landskap then! Thanks Daniel! 😁
Just a heads up, if you have only been to Oslo in Norway, you haven't really experienced norway. Oslo is very different culturally to the rest of Norway.
Yes I absolutely believe this! I am sure that some of the more smaller cities and towns are just so culturally different to Oslo, but I can’t wait to explore them and find out! 😁
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 there is a boat going from south to north of Norway which is the way of see the sea side of Norway, Hurtig Rutten. I guess that is also a nice tourist trip.
@@AndersJacksonthere is actually a whole fleet of passenger and cargo ships (they even carry cars) serving the coast between Bergen in the south and Kirkenes in the north. The proper name of the owner company is Hurtigruten, meaning "the rapid route" or line. Although most Norwegians say "hurtiruta" (with a silent g and an a at the end). The ships nowadays are comparable to cruise liners regarding size and passenger comfort. I myself have travelled on one just once, between Bodø and Stamsund, I believe it was.
I’m watching this like I wasn’t born and raised in Sweden
Hahaha 😝🤣🤣🤣
Right to Roam, but not on private property? That's BS. You can camp if you follow local rules about open fire and clean up after yourself. The area you camp has to be away from people's houses, so select a hidden bit of land.
That’s good to know, thank you for correcting that fact from the video, I appreciate it! 😁
Actually, you can’t camp on infields, and if you camp on private property for more than two nights you have to ask the owner for permission
@@lillm6874 There is a rule about 150 m I think. As I said find a hidden corner somewhere. Most places in Norway is owned by someone private, perhaps except in Nortern Norway. Where I live state owned property is few and far between.
@@TullaRask Yes I know, it’s like that where I live as well.
We have a farm, and we also own the mountains around with our neighbours.😊
The main rule for camping is that tents must not be set up so close to inhabited houses that it disturbs the residents' peace, and in any case no closer than 150 metres. Tenting for more than two days requires the landowner's consent. Without the landowner's consent, the right of residence does not apply to caravans and mobile homes. This means that the landowner can refuse camping on a private road or property.
And you can’t of course camp on infields, no matter how far away from houses it is👍
@@lillm6874 Yes well, if people grow wheat, you can't just put your tent on top of that. It's also a fact that cows are not housepets. They might not like being treated like one. People have been hurt and even killed.
Great video bro!
Ah thanks so much! 😁❤️
The reason Norway has lower taxes (which are by no means low) is probably our oil fund, which is run economically very sensibly, though maybe a bit too stingily. A welfare model like the Scandinavian countries require a lot, so the taxes are ...well, a lot.
That makes a lot of sense yes!
Actually the reason the taxes are lower in Norway is because it is calculated based on GDP, and since oil is a large part of Norway's GDP, it affects the calculation figures. If you look at oil's share of tax revenue compared to oil's share of GDP, Norwegians probably pay as much tax as our neighbours.
Actually. If you look at how much each Nordic country puts into these social programs, money from tax. There’s small differences.
3:31, don't forget that the other half of the year - the sun barely sets at all. At least Sweden really lives up during summer, people open up, get friendlier and make the most of life before the depressing winter months.
That’s true! I guess you really have to make the most of the summer while you can! 😁
I’m 🇳🇴. Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden and Denmark. No other combinations.
Funny fact Sweden is the country with the most islands in the world. It is extremely common for Swedes to visit these islands during the summer on their vacation, however, few foreign tourists visit them, something I think many Swedes find strange as this for many Swedes is the most beautiful thing we have to offer. It's a bit like going to Norway and missing the fjords.
Oh really? I didn’t know that! I think most people here don’t really know all these islands exist in Sweden haha but now I want to plan a trip exploring some beautiful Swedish islands! 😁
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 I think it´s because both Stockholm and Göteborg has archipelagos. Some islands are really small.
I don't know if anyone said this yet, but if you want to see northern lights, go to Abisko in Sweden. It's located in an area where there's "rain shadow", IE, the sky is often clear, and as us aurora enthusiasts know that clouds are the most common thing to ruin the experience. 🙈
Ah yes I have a had a couple recommending Abisko, so I’m definitely going to add that place to my list of places to visit! Thanks so much! 😁❤️
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 you know that Abisko is a far way from Stockholm, Gothenbourgh or Malmö.
So you should probably plan for that.
If you move to Norway, you will have higher costs of living, but you will also have a higher income. It evens out pretty well. I know Brits who feel that Norwegians and Brits are more similar in many ways, but I think that very much depends on the individual Brit.
Ah that’s good to know! Thank you!
Treriksröset. You can literally cross the borders of three countries in 30 seconds!
You can go see Gustavus Adolphus taxidermided horse (who died way before the founding of the United States) at the Royal Armoury in Stockholm.
I need to go to this place for sure! It just sounds like it would be so cool to cross the borders of three countries in 30 seconds!🤣😁
Abisko in Sweden is one of the best places for seeing aurora borealis (northern light).
Many people have told me this! Going to have to consider Abisko for sure 😁
Nothing is free in Norway. We pay for daycare and preschool, it costs me 8000kr nor, a month for 2 kids to go to kindergarten.
Wow that sounds pretty expensive! 😅 Thanks for letting me know!
"Freedom to roam", the narrator says "freedom to roam unless it's private property". Eh no, it's freedom to roam ALSO if it's private property, that's the whole point. But it does not give you teh right to camp in someones garden, or "too close" to someone's privacy. It's not really a problem as the land is huge and more than enough space.
Thank you so much for clarifying that fact! 😁
Welcome to Norway! :) What they didn't say in the video, everybody in Norway speaks English. In fact, Norway has a higher English fluency than Canada! This is due to the fact that parts of Canada are speaking French, and that every kid from 6-7 in Norway learns English in school.
He missed the part where Norway gained independence from Sweden in 1905. And that Sweden enabled the german occupation of Norway during WW2...
Yeah, some of my friends are still salty with Sweden about that. Of course that was the government decision (to avoid getting invaded themselves). The fact is also still though that a lot of Swedes helped a lot of Norwegian refugees and resistance fighters.
@@tosvus people don't really know history that well. Sweden actually warned us an attack could come, the salty part was about allowing troop transport through Sweden of Nazi troops, but at that point Sweden hand was forced and staying natural was only possible by balancing on a knife edge. Seen in retrospect having Sweden neutral mattered a lot, was easy for Norwegians to escape Nazi, made Sweden in super good position post war, while rest of Europe was in ruins, we had a rich neighbor and that helped Norway recover.
If I were you, I would look a little more at Finland. They were voted the happiest people in the world five years in a row!
Finland is called the land of a thousand seas and they have both Sami and Northern lights😊
Finland is deffo Scandinavian Country
If you really want to experience the differencees between both countries you have to go to the huge shopping area located near the motorway at Svinesund border crossing (between Gothenburg and Oslo). People from NO buy sweets in SE while people from SE buy toilet paper and napkins in NO. Another thing worth mentioning is the language. Although different, both can understand eachother very well (the common flag carrier airline SAS uses only one language that can be understand in SE, NO and DK).
Haha that’s so funny! I will have to visit that shopping area one day 🤣 Oh that’s so cool that both can understand each other’s language, they definitely sound quite similar to someone like me haha even though I know they are different! 😅
Just a little note you cannot sell or provide to someone under 18 nor 18 year olds cannot buy, or 21 for some beverages, but there is no law about consumption of alcohol no one can arrest you for underage drinking but they can arrest if someone is caught providing it
Oh that’s cool, thanks for clarifying that fact! 😁
I don’t think this video gave you the real differences between Norwegians and Swedes, how we are different as people. We eat different food, have different holidays, act different and so on…
But if you like to visit Norway again, you need to come to Bergen, and then the northern Norway. I can show you Bergen:)
You’re absolutely right! I’m hoping that the more videos I watch, the more I will learn about the real differences between Norwegians and Swedes 😅 I definitely want to come to Bergen, it’s next on my list of places to go in Norway! That would be amazing thank you! 😁
Most of it is correct but there are a few errors here and there. Example above the Arctic Circle in the summer, the sun is up all the time, talking about Vikings and showing a Vasa ship is a bit confusing. Scandinavia is not really a word that is used particularly often in the Nordic countries, however, companies have often used it when they launched products abroad, which is probably why it is more common to talk about Scandinavia in English, normally Denmark, Norway, Sweden are considered belong to these. But in Scandinavia we almost always say Nordenif you translate it will be the Nordic.
he's also very vague about what the rules are for freedom to roam but some are: That you can camp on private land without asking for permission, but you are not allowd damage the land and you have to clean up after yourself, you can only sleep in the exakt same spot for a 24 hours after that you hve to move the tent. However, you may not camp in someone's garden or in close proximity to someone's house. A landowner can be granted special permission to put up signs that the area is privet, but this is unusual for private individuals to get permission for.
Yes I have discovered that quite a lot in this video I reacted to is not accurate haha but luckily some awesome people like you have taken the time to let me know! So I very much appreciate you clarifying the facts as I want to make sure I’m learning all the correct information about these amazing countries! 😁
As for "free" university, I would say its more correct to say "pretty much" free, since there are stuff like a small fee to start studying there, and books you need are not cheap at all. Like really expensive! But except for the fee, I guess tuition isn't really a thing. But I do think other countries are being a bit hyperbolic when they say free.
Ah yes I guess it makes sense that there would still be fees to pay and books to buy, but not having tuition (which is super expensive here in the U.K.) is still pretty damn good! 🤣 But yes, we’ll have to start saying that it’s “pretty much free” over in Scandinavia instead haha 😝
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 there’s a gov grant that all students, aged 18 and over get when studying. It’s small. Mainly to cover bus fares etc. Then there’s a gov subsidized student loan scheme. It’s intention is to cover food, housing etc during your years of studying. The loan has 0% rate and you don’t start to pay back until at least a few years after you have finished your studies. Then you pay a set sum, more if you like, for the 30-50yr payback plan.
Other student loan givers are not forbidden but they simply can’t make a profit of it here.
There are no fees concerning you applying or for attending a course. The costs are all the around stuff. I studied for 4.5 yrs in Stockholm. Books are ridiculously expensive, and usually mandatory, even though they never are used. What we did in my group was to buy the books together and study as a group. Worked out well and drastically reduced 2-2500SEK/month on books.
I studied pol.sci so sharing books may not be comparable in every subject
When I went to college in Norway (quite a few years ago, sadly...), I think I paid about $120/year in fees, plus buy books which came out to a few hundred a year as well, but as others mention, you get a grant from the authorities, I believe somewhat depending on your financial situation, but the minimum you could expect at the time was I think about $1700/year or so. In addition, they calculated out a reasonable loan amount granted (to cover living expenses, i.e. rent, food etc), which is interest free as long as you make less than a certain amount. Also, there are ways to get rid of parts of the debt after college. For instance, my friend, moved to Northern Norway and was a teacher there for a few years, and I think they took off 10% each year he was there if I'm not mistaken. On a final note, there are of course private colleges you CAN attend too, and they can get expensive, but most people don't. Even in the US where I live, we have community colleges which are FAR cheaper than the colleges and universities we think of, but the quality is variable and you are kind of looked down on if you go to that.
Gotta love Denmark! In Norway we love making vacation trips to Denmark! We have a phrase; "det er deilig å være norsk i danmark!" .. meaning.. "It's nice to be Norwegian in Denmark!" 🙂
That’s such a fun phrase! I haven’t been to Denmark yet, but I’ll definitely be visiting in the first few months of next year and I’m so excited! 😁
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 If you are going to Denmark, you must travel over the Öresund bridge to Malmö. ( Sweden) It´s a 15,9 km long bridge combined with a tunnel. There is a toll at the Swedish side ( Money for maintaining the bridge) but it´s really wort it. The reason of the tunnel is that it´s so close to the Copenhagen airport, so it´s safer to not have a bridge all the way. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/%C3%98resund_Bridge_from_the_air_in_September_2015.jpg
You can see the northern lights even in Bergen (south-west), but the chances are higher the further north you get.
Oh that’s cool, I definitely want to go to Bergen (not just for the northern lights haha) but I definitely hope I can make it further north as much as I can! 😁
As far as I know, Norway also broadcast the same basic Disney program at Christmas as Sweden. ... and according to Wikipedia, so are Denmark and Finland.
The best places to see the northern lights would, for a civilization-craving person like myself be Tromsø, Alta or Longyearbyen(Svalbard).
Svalbard is further north and has less light pollution than the other two, but you have to get to Svalbard. But when there you can sit outside a restaurant and watch the northern lights.
Tromsø is a more 'bigger' city, but has light pollution. So you have to take a fifteen-minute to half-hour bus trip to try to get away from most light sources and really get a good view of the northern lights. But you can spend the time not watchin the northern lights visiting museums, cinemas, restaurants, big shopping malls, game halls and staying in world class hotels. Then, when the weather clears you head for the outdoors to watch the northern lights.
Alta is sort of a midpoint between the two. It's smaller than Tromsø and not really further north, but it is further east and has fewer cloudy days. So you'll get to see the northern lights more easily but have fewer non-northern-lights activities available. But there is a cinema, restaurants, shopping districts etc. Just smaller and fewer than in Tromsø.
All three of them have plenty of touristy things you can do and thriving tourism industries that want your money.
Ah thanks for the recommendations! Yes I am definitely considering Tromsø and Alta for seeing the Northern Lights, but will also check out Longyearbyen as well! Thank you so much for all the suggestions, I really appreciate it! 😁
Cost of living also relates to wages, so if you have to pay more to live there, chances are that you also earn more.
*NEW cars sold. Still, the vast majority of used cars, and hence all cars sold are combustion engine based.
We also have Donal Duck cartoons on national TV, on cristmas eve, in Norway! Bouth contrys have been doing that for as long as I can remember (alteast 45 years).
It is my moest important cristmas tradition (yes am an atheist..)
I too love the donald duck movies, especially the one about the dog :) (forgot his name)
@@Brigtzen Pluto and chip and dale, (snipp og snapp) ? or lady og landstrykeren ? My favorite moment is when "the cricet" sings "when you wich upon a star.. "❤🎅
@@hwplugburz Yessss its so nice
Ah that’s so cool! I love Donald Duck cartoons, though it’s not a Christmas tradition for us here in the U.K. But it’s so fun that both countries have had that tradition for so many years! 😁
Sweden, Norway and Denmark= Scandinavian countries.
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Island and Finland = Nordic countries
Greetings from Sweden /Anette
That’s exactly what I thought so thank you so much for confirming! 😁
Free daycare?
Nah we dont. 🇳🇴
But you should move here. The Swedes have also started moving here. In Oslo your waitress are most likely Swedish.
I will tell you where the best place to see the northern lights are... Its in the cockpit of a plane. I worked as a cabin Crew in Norwegian and could go and watch that if we flew where it was. 1 time was enough... Its weird what tourists sooo want to see in Norway I dont care much for really. I guess I take it for granted.
Haha thanks, yes I would like to move there for sure! 😁 Oh wow yes I can imagine seeing the northern lights from a cockpit would be so insane and amazing! 😍 Yes I guess when you are used to having something it loses it’s appeal sometimes, I’m sure there are things in the U.K. that tourists go crazy for and I’m just used to and take for granted 😅 Thanks for your comment! 😁
Same. I thought it would be this magical thing, would make me feel emotions never before seen.
So after 3yrs selling this magical experience to tourists from our offices in Stockholm I got the chance to see it myself. In Abisko. Perfect conditions. Romantic weekend.
It was the most boring, non-entertaining thing ever. This is a terrible way to spend some alone time together. The whole weekend was ruined after the display.
Why have none of my clients demanded a refund. It’s absolutely ridiculous to pay such high prices to stay somewhere you may see them, there’s no guarantee. Those who do business up by the Northern lights are ruthless. Not only are they expensive but they also up front push on the paragraph that northern lights isn’t guaranteed.
I watched them for 2 mins. Memories for life..
OK thanks for the publicity of my home country. Born in UK and lived in North Stockholm 20 years . Best time to come is all the time ..especially deep winter for the snow and northern lights, and late May onwards for everything else...its been a great time here but every pay day and that 32 percentage tax mmmm
Oh wow you must love it in Stockholm to be there after so many years! 😁 I visited Stockholm last December and it was absolutely freezing and it snowed the first night I got there 😅 Definitely want to see the northern lights and also see the country in summer too! Yeah I can imagine that tax bill is never fun haha 😝🤣
For aurora borealis sighting, go to Tromsø, and take it from there.
Definitely going to go to Tromsø for sure! 😁
Tromsø in Norway is the best place in the world to see the northern light 😍
I want to go to Tromsø so much! Hopefully next year! 🤞
@@allaboutscandinavia9779
The most beautiful place in Norway imo is Lofoten 👍😍
It's less difference between northern parts of both Sweden and Norway and southern parts of them both. It's basically the same country really.
Yes I am discovering this! 😁
Yeah I find it a bit silly, especially this northern lights discussion. It's about how far north you are, and even in other areas, northerners will have a different culture, personality etc than a southerner, so trying to limit by nationality isn't super helpful. Your last name sounds Swedish, so I'll point out I'm Norwegian and feel the same way :)
I've learnt from TH-cam that the people of Oslo love going to the opera, not for the music but to walk on the roof!😀
Abisko, west of Kiruna in Sweden, is known as a Northen Lights spotting spot 😉
Oh amazing thank you! I will add that place to my list! 😁
You should take a look at a TV gameshow (available on YT) called Alt for Norge and Allt for Sverige. It's a bit like I'm a Celebrity except they are not celebs but Americans with, at least some, Norwegian/Swedish ancestry taking part in challenges to win a meeting with their long lost Norwegian/Swedish relatives.
You are right about Scandinavia and the Nordic countries. Scandinavia is Denmark,Norway and Sweden. Add Finland and Island and you get the Nordic countries !!!
I knew it haha thank you! 😁
I'm happy to see the video-parts from Malmö (the city I live in) and Turning Torso that is the highest building in Sweden, at least it was when it was built. When it comes to religion here in Sweden it's a bit more complicated. Sure, there are many atheists here but there are many representations of most religions in the world aswell as the old Norse religion that I believe in. Also, Skåne became Swedish the year 1658 after being ruled by Danish kings for over a 1000 years but still our own nation (complicated, I know). Our flag (red and yellow and during the 1800's reinvented to red with a yellow cross) is far older than the Swedish, in fact almost as old as the Danish flag. Unfortunately the historic documents doesn't describe our flag in more detail than the colors.
Ah it’s cool you live in Malmö! I’d love to visit there some time 😁 That information about Skåne is so interesting! I had no idea about any of that, I think I will have to go and learn more about the history of Skåne for sure. Thank you! 🙌
No other two countries have been at war with each other more than Sweden and Denmark.
Yes I have heard that and it is such a cool and interesting fact! I’m going to have to learn more about all these wars! 🤣
Strange that he left out that Finland was part of Sweden for most of that time! So the Yellow part is todays Sweden, but the south belonged to Denmark and Finland was Swedish.
"Strange that he left out that Finland was part of Sweden for most of that time! "
Indeed. Finland was more or less a part of Sweden from the birth of Sweden in the early 2nd millennium. Sweden and Finland really was the same country and that only ended due to Russia´s occupation in the 19th and early 20th century. Sweden and Finland are today in many ways still one country. There is at least half a million swedish descendants living there and Swedish is an official language of Finland. You simply can not discuss Sweden without discussing also Finland and it´s swedish ancestry. In Sweden today we regard also the finns as part of the nordic or scandinavian family although I would define the people of Finland as a part of the nordic family rather then a part of the scandinavian family, which imo is in Denmark, Norway and Sweden proper. The difference between these two families is miniscule from a social or political perspective.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_under_Swedish_rule#Middle_Ages_(c._1150_%E2%80%93_1523)
nordicperspective.com/facts/finnish-heritage-origin-of-finns
Ah okay, I’m not sure I really knew that! 😅 Thanks so much for sharing that, it’s super interesting! I’ve got a lot more to learn for sure 😁
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 The most obvious remnant of this is that the people on the Finnish island of Åland is Swedish-speaking. When you go to uni in Åland, you first think of going to Stockholm. Swedish media is extremely popular on the island, and so on.
@@_Wolfsbane_ " The most obvious remnant of this is that the people on the Finnish island of Åland is Swedish-speaking."
Yeah and another "remnant" of that will be if You take a tour along the south coast of Finland as I did by bike once. I did not really feel I was away from Sweden until I reached Helsinki and saw all those beautiful buildings that were built there under the Russian rule ... 🤔 I kind of wish those buildings had been built by us swedes before Russia defeated Sweden in the early 19th century. Strange, when You consider that we have such a lot of beautiful buildings in Stockholm that were built during the 18th century ....
Generally Abisko in Sweden is regarded as the best place to se Northern light. The reason is the mountains surrounding Abisko which creates many the highest rate of clear sky.
Oh thanks! I will add Abisko to my list of places to visit, especially when I start planning where to see the northern lights! 😁
The best place in Sweden maybe, the best place are in northern Norway.
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 If you want to see the northern lights you should obviously do it in Tromsø, or somewhere in northern Norway
@@Kay-jg6tf As a Norwegian myself, I dont't see much point in getting into a contest over it. You can get spectacular Northern Lights in Alaska as well. It's a bit like the Finns keep insisting Santa Claus lives there :D
Norway, Sweden and Denmark have a very different geography. Denmark are not even compareble. Its just farmland and totally without any mountains , they hardly dont even have hills.😅
Nordic countries and Scandinavian countries is like Great Britain and the United Kingdom. A lot of people who are not British struggle to tell the difference.
BTW: You pronounce "joiking" really well!
Yes I guess that’s true 🤣 Oh and thank you for complimenting my pronunciation! 😁
I dont agree
I think you should look into Finland and Estonia that have made amazing progress the last 20 to 30 yrs. Estonia and Finland are No 1 and 2 in rhe world in the PISA ranking. Estonia is known for having the most efficient and advanced solutions for the public sector and is known for being the Silicon Valkey of Europe when it comes to IT innovation.. Finland is generally known for top notch public services. In Scandinavia we struggle with quality, efficiency and capacity challenges in the public sector and that we have a lot to learn from Finland Estonia.
I would recommend you to move to Norway to a place near Sweden. The salary in Norway is much higher than in Sweden. Then you can work in Norway and shop in Sweden.
Interesting suggestion haha! I will keep that in mind! 😁🤣
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 It´s the same between Denmark and Sweden.
Gustavus Adolphus aka Gustavus Adolphus the Great, The Lion from the North, The Midnight Lion, The Father of Modern Warfare, etc, but officially called Gustav II Adolf. He is generally viewd as one of the greatest military leaders of all time, hence why he's called The Father of Modern Warfare. He was the first to utilize combined arms, fielding both pikes and muskets in the same units. He would also have infantry trained to use artillery and ride horses and he would have cavalry and artillery being trained to effectively fight as infantry. He lead his men from the front and personally lead cavalry charges. This would go on to be his demise as he was separated from his unit and killed during a cavalry charge at the battle of Lützen in 1632. He inherited a lot of wars and conflicts from his father, Carl IX. Territorial disputes with Russia and Denmrk-Norway as well as a dynastic struggle with his fist cousin, Sigismund III Vasa, king of Poland.
Same principle was used during the Great Northern War. Carl XII is also viewd as one of the greatest military leaders in history. He's probably the only one who has invaded Russia and forced them to take a gamble on how to defeat him. Peter I basically shit himself after his army of 40 000 men was annihalated at Narva in 1700. The Swedish force numbered only 10 000. It took Peter I 10 years to get a single real victory. Prior to 1709 Russia and Polan-Lithuania had only won minor victories while it was Sweden who won the major victories. The only batle I can think of that was somewhat important that the Russians won was the Battle of Narva in 1704. Narva was defended by roughly 3800 Swedish soldiers but they were unable to stop the 20 000 Russians that attacked the city. They inflicted roughly 3000 casualties on the Russian invaders. Some people also forget that this conflict was not started by Sweden. It was actually Denmark who first attacked Holstein Gottorp and then Sweden invaded Denmark and a few months later they were forced to sign a peace treaty. Later that same year the Russians had invaded Swedish Livonia (Today's Estonia and Latvia).
Edit: Sweden and Denmark are also the two countries who have fought the most wars against each other. One would think it would be France and England/Britain, but they still have a couple tens of wars to go, as well as a couple tens of years of fighting to go before they reach the levels of Denmark and Sweden.
Oh wow! I love history so this was a super interesting comment to read, thank you! Sounds like such an exciting history and I can’t wait to learn more about it! 😁 Yes I guess it would be normal to think that record would go to France and Britain haha I guess have lots more to learn about the Sweden and Denmark wars!
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 you should try "sabaton history"
You should know about Shetland Larsen. Norwegian who worked with the UK during World War II
Oh I will look into him! Thanks 😁
Yes, Scandinavia is Denmark 🇩🇰 Norway 🇳🇴 Sweden 🇸🇪
Swedish music WAS better - but now a lot of positive things happens in Norway
When they don't copy Sweden they will do good on their own. Lots of talent in Norway.
I’m currently listening to some great music from Norway and Sweden, glad to see some positive things happening! 😁
Yeah I’m discovering some great Norwegian talent!
Sweden is the worlds 2nd largest music exporter, just between the US (1) and the UK (3). So yes, I would say Sweden produce better music.
Cost of living has to be compared to income level. The pay is better in Norway and the prices are higher.
You’re absolutely right! 🙌
Denmark used to own Norway and parts of southern Sweden , so they are considered part of Scandinavia because the cultures have been mixed.
Since 21. May 2012 Norway has not had a state church.
Lots of people from Scotland Ireland England originated from Scandinavia
Yes I have heard this! So cool 😁
Guess what. We do have free prescriptions, free higher education, free university but I’m not telling you where in case you come and spoil it!
I promise I won’t tell anyone else? 🤣 hahahaha
I agree with your definition of Scandinavia and the Nordic countries, as a Norwegian :)
Visit Alta in Norway and you'll find the Northen Light :) Also If you want to try dog sledding you will also find this in Alta.
Yes I have had many people recommending Alta, so I will definitely have to go some time soon! Thank you! 😁
Scandinavia is a geographic term. Meaning the Scandinavian peninsula. Technically Denmark is no longer on Scandinavia and part of mainland Europe... And Northern Finland is technically also on the peninsula. Historically, Denmark used to have land areas on the Scandinavian peninsula.. And Finland is the other "half" of original Sweden. The problem is people think Scandinavia is a cultural term..
You make a good point that a lot of people think Scandinavia is a cultural term! I’ve probably been guilty of that myself in the past, as stereotypically we see the three countries and peoples as very similar!
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 We live and we learn thankfully. Something new everyday. :-)
@@swedishmetalbear Absolutely! 😁🙌
Yes, we are different but we are also similar. But there are big difference between people in Kristiansand and Hammerfest too... It's actually bigger difference between people in these cities than between people in Oslo and Gothenburg..
This is actually a fact... But, if Norwegians and Swedish meet in a big group, then I don't think we end up in 2 different national groups. We mix in group of personalities. I am 100 % sure of that...
Ah yes that’s interesting! I can imagine there is a big difference between people in Kristiansand and Hammerfest for sure. I think you’re absolutely right, you would definitely mix because of personalities and not just because of nationalities! 😁
The northen lights have been visible all over Norway for the last days.
There is a good APP for Aurora Borealis: My Aurora Forecast & Alerts. BTW, Sweden has most Islands in the world, 221K of them 😃
Oh amazing I will have to check that out when I come to see the Northern lights, thank you! 😁
Swedish lappland is great for seeing the northern lights
I would definitely love to go there and hopefully will go next year! 🤞
Scandinavia is Sweden, Norway and Denmark, nothing more and nothing less. Outsiders try to make sense of it by coming up with definitions that seems to aim to include or exclude countries but the fact remains that to people in these 3 countries we are Scandinavia and no one else is.
US Americans and perhaps others tries to fit Finland in with Scandinavia but Finnish people don't count themselves as that and Swedes, Danes and Norwegians do not count Finns as Scandinavians so who is an outsides to tell us who belongs and not.
Yeah I always defined Scandinavia as Sweden, Norway and Denmark, but can understand it could be frustrating that people sometimes try to include other countries like Finland as well 😅
Scandinavia... Why there are so many different opinions of what Scandinavia really is, is because there are so many different aspects of what makes up a certain region. There is the geographical aspect, the geological aspect, the cultural aspect, the linguistic aspect, the political aspect etc. Looking at the geographical aspect, the Scandinavian peninsula, starts somewhere up in northern Norway and branches out towards southern Norway and southern Sweden. No Finland, no Denmark. The geological aspect, the Scandes (or Scandinavian) mountain ridge/range actually starts in northeastern Norway, incorporates all of Norway, a part of northern Finland, most of Sweden... AND the Faroe Islands, the Shetland and Orkney Islands and the Scottish Highlands(!). The cultural aspect, the Scandinavian people, the northern Germanic people, incorporates Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, Icelandic Islanders, Faroe Islanders. Mind you, some Danish and Norwegian Vikings populated parts of the Britannic Islands, and Swedish Vikings populated what's now known as Russia, Belarus and Ukraine too... so yes, the word "Scandinavian" is often a mishmash of different aspects of being Scandinavian.
As a Scandinavian Swede, I am culturally and I guess historically closer to our Norwegian and Danish brothers than our Finnish and Icelandic cousins... if that makes sense? But personally I still consider both Finland and Iceland being part of Scandinavia based on reasons/aspects mentioned above.
What about the Faroe Islands? I'm pretty sure they're Nordic too.
Yes definitely, but that raises one question in my mind: Are they represented in the Nordic council?
My guess is only indirectly by way of Denmark
You’re right 😁 And I would love to visit the Faroe Islands some day and experience life there!
@@hlorii6598 Yes they are, via Denmark, who has to allocate two spots for them. They also just held the rotating presidency or it may have been Greenland
Regarding the number of islands. It is not in the tens of thousends. Actually Sweden have 267,570 island and Norway is a close second with 239,057. This make them the top two in the world (Finland is nr 3 with 178,947 islands)
Sweden and Denmark are the two countries which have declared war on each other the most times in human history. About 30 times.
Yes I’ve learnt this and I kind of love this fact haha 🤣 So much war history to learn about Sweden and Denmark!
Dude, you should definitely move to Iceland! Salaries are higher and expenses are lower. Nature is stunning and it's one of the most progressive countries in the world
Interesting suggestion! High salaries and low expenses does sound good haha and I do love great nature! 😁
Scandinavia is definitively Norway, Sweden and Denmark. But the Scandinavian peninsula does not contain Denmark. And to up the confusion, Finland is often an unofficial member of Scandinavia despite not speaking a Norse language. Finland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands are all part of the Nordics, though. And then we have the extended Nordics which include some Baltic countries and Scotland.
Gustavus Adolphus - a name not known by most Swedes. His "real" name (after becoming king) was Gustav II Adolf.
Norway can't play ice hockey rest was accurate 😜 and the 8x longer coastline in Norway is questionable/news to me, sure don't looks like it
Hahaha I will take your word for that! I know very little about Norway’s ice hockey skills 🤣🤣
Vikings, shows the Vasa-ship (1628) ...
😅😅😅
Norway don't have free university. Yes public university is cheaper, not free. Also we don't have college.
Ah okay yes, thanks for clarifying! 😁
Hello! Finland also Scandinavian
Hello! :D
So its like me being Lithuanian and rejecting the fact that people categories me to eastern europe although I’m north Europe officially. but we all understand sometimes the phrases are describe political and cultural state and not Geography or Political map. Same with Scandinavia. Finland Iceland have exact similarities that defines Scandinavia- human rights equality and generally quite fair society values are very similar dont see the point of distinction
Norway is not Even in EU
It is paid for through taxes, not free
That’s true!
These countries are like the children of parents who had a very difficult and protracted divorce. The parents are the Church (the Pope) vs the King as these countries have always had kings in their own history. Be it today's murderous kingdom, or older petty kings or Jarl over a piece of land.
Sweden is the big brother in the family and as a big brother he has always taken responsibility both in good and sometimes bad ways for his siblings. It's not always so easy to be a child and always have to take on the adult's responsibility. Most of us today know the importance of being a child and growing up in a secure relationship. The little siblings tend to highlight the historical things on flaws that exist to some truth, but always forget about the good things that lead us on and forward into the future.
Denmark is the twin who was born in the wrong year. As number two in the group of children, there is always competition between the first two. And the big difference is that Danish is not always comprehensible to a Swede. That two siblings have language differences is interesting in several aspects. Denmark is the nation in the world with which Sweden has waged the most wars over the years and ends in Christian II's, who after the bloodbath in Stockholm became known as Christian the Tyrant in Sweden. The strife does not end with Christian II's, they take a new turn to today's modern developed nations where reconciliation is found among the political sphere.
Norway is the baby in groups of children who have always depended on others to meet their needs. In terms of language, it is easy for both Swedes and Norwegians to understand each other. Through our shared sense of humour, this is mostly seen in the fact that the older brother usually calls his little brother stupid with the help of humour, while the little brother, with the help of humour, beats himself on the chest that he remembers being somewhat smarter than that. The spoken language of Norwegian sounds cheerful and with a certain twinkle in the eye. Many people forget that there are several different variations of Norwegian in Norway. As an older brother, I would say that there is a dialect war going on in Norway. In Sweden we speak Swedish and recognize a few minority languages, In Norway it seems more important to argue about small things as a common language.
Finland is child number three in the group of children. The brother from another murderer is a modern expression as Sweden and Finland have the same mother and father. Many people do not associate Finland as an important part of the family, probably because the mother was different.
Based on being four children who all grew up with dysfunctional parenting, the outside world can see that there are four independent and developing nations today. However, similarities and differences are visible in slightly different ways depending on which nation you as an outsider choose to visit. If you ask me as a Swede which of my siblings I feel most connected to, my answer would be Finland...
Haha this was such a fun analogy to read! 🤣 One if the funniest comments I’ve read so far, yet really so informative! I feel like I’ve now got a much better understanding of the dynamics between these countries from just your comment haha 😂 Thanks so much! 😁
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 the bond we have is unique Sweden are having issues with gang-violence and crime rising. Something I as a Swede find incredibly embarrassing to my Nordic family but so far all I have read, listened to from the others on tv/radio have been that we are their brothers and sisters and we deserve their support.
Yes. The situation is completely self-made and have escalated quick due to a gov who, was in coalition with a party that basically want to abolish prisons. So pretty much nothing happened
The new gov have this as one of their main issues to put first on the agenda when they are voted in.
Sweden have had crime waves earlier. Gang on gang crime, motorcycle clubs.
Not to the same degree though. This is also with a completely new set of tools and methods.
Lastly.
I live in a suburb to Stockholm. Work on the other side of town so I have a bit to travel. I have my flat in a newly built area. Right next is an area of council fats. My whole suburb is classified as high-risk. Absolutely everything that’s happened have occurred there. I have yet to hear or see any guns, shootings or other. Since the violence is gang on gang it, disturbs us, but it does not affect our daily life. 95% of shootings are in areas like the council flats.
If Sweden is the big brother, it should also be mentioned that he let the evil cousin into Little Brother's room to get beaten up, so he had a mean streak at times ;) (Talking about WW2 and Germany of course)
@@tosvus Yes, you are both right and wrong on the matter here ;)
It is right that the government at the time allowed the transit of German troops through Sweden to Norway and Finland, essentially. The error if a very small error, becomes that PM. Albelin said No to the German request, then the Swedish government knew that there were German plans to occupy Sweden completely by our security police today called SÄPO.
The laws of war, or as we know them today, international humanitarian law apply to everyone involved and here it is a very big mistake by the Swedish government to choose between apples and pears as they did after all. I agree with you 110% there, hands down.
As the post-war child that I am, this is what torments me the most in our history. Although I understand better as an adult that there were very,very difficult decisions that were made then.
I also understand that Norwegians and Finns can never really forgive the great betrayal and the heavy moral yoke to bear that becomes a fact of the Swedish decision. As a big brother, it's a burden to carry for sure.
It doesn't get better knowing that there was also great support within the military and the hierarchic parts of our society for Nazism over the danger of Stalinism or if we like the red peril.
Fact stil stands, It's April 1942 and Adolf Hitler still rules unrestricted in Europe. The so-called February crisis between Sweden and Germany has just unfolded. There are lots of rumors buzzing that Britain will attack Nazi-occupied Norway with Swedish help - and that Germany is planning an invasion of Sweden to stop this scenario.
- Stockholm was a Mecca for intelligence and the diplomatic corps as an open city during this time, everyone was there completely in the open.
Many people say that Sweden was caught between a rock and a hard place, and that is true in many ways here. It is a known fact that the UK was never comfortable with ore and other minerals being sold to Germany. As they wanted us to be solely on their side.
Margaret Thatcher was a very strong woman and her razor-sharp tongue will not spared the decisions to "collaborate" with Germany. In fact, Svergie cooperated with both sides and tried to walk a very difficult balancing act and failed big time. This balancing act has cost us as a nation many things, mainly through diplomatic obstacles/difficulties over the years.
I don't think that the Swedish government really understood the seriousness of its decision, the fact is that probably no one does it fully at the time because there are few who are still alive today who were there. All documents or notes of meetings, etc., will probably never be fully publicly available, unfortunately.
History is interesting in many different ways, I do genealogical research and would like to see the documents that exist during this particular time...
@@billjohansson88 Wow, thank you for the thorough answer. I definitely agree with your points.
Basically, the further north you go, the better are your chances of seeing the northern lights. It's as simple as that.
That makes sense! And I definitely plan on going north in the future! 😁
What country is the person in this video from?
Jeg lurer på Gustaf Eriksson. Hvorfor ville han prøve å flykte til Norge, som var under Christian II sitt styre? Ville det kanskje være bedre å rømme til Finland?
I'm borned and living in Sweden 35yo never seen northern lights in Stockholm you need to go way up north
Then I will go way up north to see them! 😝😁
You said Jojk right, I'm just gonna flex and say that I'm 1/8th Sami. My grand grandmother was Finnish Sami.
Oh wow that’s so cool! That really is a flex haha 🤣 My only experience of Jojks so far was watching a guy called Jon Henrik on Sweden’s Got Talent and it was so incredible and emotional! I would definitely love to go and see and experience some of the Sami culture, so it’s awesome that you have Sami relatives in your past! 😁
1/8th lol, you and most above tromsø. lol theres more sami(by blood) in oslo then finnmark. the blood dont make you sami, the culture does. so flex hard and own it ;)
@@allaboutscandinavia9779 I've also seen Jon Henrik, I really loved him when I was little, like really loved him.
I'm Swedish and live in Västerås but I feel obligated to move to northern Sweden some time in my life. Like Luleå or Kiruna.
Scandinavia :Denmark , Norway and Sweden Nordic countries :the 3 Scandinavian plus Finland, Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands and Åland
Yes, the legal age to DRINK alcohol is 18 but you have to be 20 to BUY it.
And yes, you should visit Stockholm in June.
You"re more than welcome to stay at my place 🙂