@@Purple_flower09 but the main reason we managed to resist Hitler and the axis powers as a whole was because of colonialism. We had a massive empire with the resources,territory and industry to stop the Nazis rampaging across the globe and we did it not just with British soldiers but with soldiers from all across the empire. Without the British empire Germany could have won the war and as a result democracy would be non existent in Europe to this day so you should be proud of the UK'S colonial past as you are only living in a democracy today because of it
Torkel high, who took the third dane-yield was actually from Sweden... And there was probably a lot of people from south Sweden that came over to England at Sweyn and Canute´s reign... People like Blackstenius, Anvegård, Rytting-Kaneryd etc.. I have hundreds of people in N England which I share MtDNA with, we have the same female ancestor, and that must have happened in the Viking-age...
Exact the same thing??? Are you on drugs?? The Swedes had one colony in West Africa and one in the US , both for a very short time. The one in the US , "New Sweden" treated the locals very fair and we never sent soldiers to kill them. Oh and one one on St.Barth.
@@Coole-ee1vg I think that they are commenting on the Vikings...clearly not from Sweden! Sweden has a very, very dark history of practising eugenics until 1976...Sweden cannot and should not claim any moral high ground. The woman who made the comment about the UK humour clearly doesn't understand UK domestic history during the empire years and comes across as kind of bigoted and ignorant. The humour stems from coping with adversity (ask any reputable psychoanalyst...they will explain the concept of humour in maturational depression). The UK industrialised with the empire....and the vast, vast majority of the population lived in dire filth and squalor in the newly emerging industrial cities (and still do to an extent...as that chap said, the UK does not look after it's poor well). A huge proportion of the population (myself included) have Irish heritage as refugees of famine. It's not a one-dimensional issue. The French, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese are also known for their self-deprecating humour as a way of coping with their colonial past too...NOT (no offence meant to people from those places but you see the point I'm trying to make?).
@@davidowen2396 "Sweden has a very, very dark history of practising eugenics until 1976...Sweden cannot and should not claim any moral high ground. " Would you please stop this whataboutism. It´s now about england and the terrible crime they committed during the colonial age (surpressing other peoples, robbing other peoples, enslaving other peoples, becoming rich and affluent by exploiting other people). Of course any Swede got the right to verbalise it and critizise England for it.
And the Vikings when they attacked unarmed villagers and monks. So brave…so inspirational. 😂 However, the British made the modern world while the Swedes achieved naff all.
You’re absolutely right! Combined with being part of the category: "One of the few countries never invaded by the UK + declared war against the UK that backed down". Cheers mate! 🤩 /from a Swede
Strictly those 'weak ancestors' actually defeated the Vikings the vast majority of the time including for the final time at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. When the Viking invaders did take the throne of England they couldn't turn it into a dynasty and it folded incredibly quickly. Try again.@@thepretorian5292
Without wishing to sound overly defensive I always get frustrated when people talk about 'they' and colonialism in Britain. I consider myself English, but my paternal Grandparents were Irish and my maternal Grandparents were from the Highlands of Scotland, both places which suffered greatly at the hands of the English upper class. Up until recently many working class English people were in workhouses, and parts of the country still suffer from extreme amounts of poverty. It was in the main the English gentry, aristocracy and upper classes that benefited from 'the empire' and despite still being very wealthy and owning huge swathes of the land in Britain/England - these people are a tiny % of the population and certainly don't represent your average Brit.
Mate, all of us in the UK have benefitted from colonialism. Where do you think the money came from to fund the industrial revolution? Colonialism is what catapulted the UK into a top world power. All of our infrastructure, social infrastructure and institutions have benefitted from colonialism. Instead of shying away from it, we should just accept and acknowledge it. It doesn't mean you need to feel guilty about it but we should acknowledge the harm it has done and the advantages it has given us. Doesn't matter if you are an aristocrat, from anglo-saxon stock, working class, descended from slaves or even a recent immigrant to the UK; if you live in the UK then you are benefitting from the UK's colonial past (to differing degrees). You only have to see the decline of the UK in world standing over the past 70 years to see how we are just a minnow country (with our standing being propped up by our spread of the English language, establishing London as a financial hub during the peak of colonialism and membership in the EU).
@@artspooner We are still doing alright, the fact that we are still one of the wealthiest countries in the world with the most powerful military in Europe while being a member of the G7, just proves this fact. We are only in decline due to successive incompetent governments over decades. But I do agree with the premise of your comment, the empire is a very nuanced topic. The Swedes in this vid are just plain hypocritical given how the Vikings were…🤨
@@bunchberry9957 there’s one particular woman who was attacking the British, she said that we tried to use our sense of humour to cover up the crimes of the empire!
@Steven Clarke I know but that was just one person. If you read the comments, everyone is pissed off with her, even Swedish people. Most British people want to move on but people like her keep dragging up the past. It's infuriating. What she's clearly forgetting is that nearly all European countries colonised, not just the UK. Hell even Sweden were colonisers aswell.
"What they did in the past with colonialism"? Good grief. smh I'm British and I've never colonised anything. Some people, those who are particularly low-resolution thinkers, seem to be unable to differentiate between the past and the present, and unable to grasp that cultural and/or ethic essentialism makes a seriously faulty connection between the individual, the group to which they belong, and how that relates (if at all) to history. That kind of groupthink is really dangerous.
FYI the slave trade was still creating profit for slavers until 2015 reparation for loss of 'property' so man o' man the relevance is without doubt! As for the Viking comment they did not invade most of the world totally a moot point!
@@derekspitz9225 Thanks for the reply hmm, you know very well yesterday has an effect on today, today has an effect on tomorrow - -no such thing as living in the day -- enjoy the day but always remember where you are from and where you are going! PS no idea why some words are crossed out very odd!
The person who mentioned colonialism and that we’re funny to make people forget, well no we don’t try to make people forget, Sweden is very nice, are you nice to get people to forget your history? Every country has a bloody history, we have no control over that, it felt like an unnecessary swipe. Also we are not eternal enemies of Germany. Only during the world wars but before and after we are friends.
For the person at the star that complains about colonialism. The British Empire did more good than harm. We civilised the world. You can thank us anytime you want.
You are absolutely right and the British Empire banned slavery in 1807 and then forced the ban on the African slave trade by force of the Royal Navy, look on TH-cam for the British crusade against the African slave trade.
Just for anyone reading this, not all Brits think like this, or believe the hype that we 'civilised' the world like Great White Saviours. Some of us realise that ancient civilisations like the Eqyptians, the Mesopotamians, the Persians, the Indians, the Chinese, were building pyramids, advancing medicine and scientific theories, developing complex political systems, and founding powerful dynasties, whilst the indigenous Britons were painting themselves blue and building huts out of mud. I'm not going to enter into a discussion about the brutality, the genocide and the oppression that the British Empire brought with them while they 'civilised' the nations they conquered, or the disgusting views those Britons had about the people they ruled over, but suffice to say, 'doing more good than harm' is a bold statement that history will not treat kindly.
@@LLMoran617 Good grief. Not another self loathing woke lefty. People aren't interested in your virtue signalling. The truth is that no other nation has done more to lift up humanity then us Brits. I also find it fascinating that your sort always bring color and race in the conversion. It almost like you are a racist.
@@LLMoran617 all these foreign civilisations you mention were all benign and peaceful were they? Just so you know the marvellous Indian civilisation had a quaint tradition of widow burning until Britain stamped it out at the beginning of the 200 year British rule, and of these wonderful civilisations what did they invent that is in daily use around the world today? as a for instance, Britain invented Vaccine, penicillin, the train, Television, the worlds first massed produced tooth brush, Radar, the jet engine, the world’s first patented pneumatic tyre, tar macadam from which most roads are built, Portland cement which holds most of the world’s buildings together, the tin can and computer to name just a few, and then the big one, Britain was the first country to ban slavery in 1807, and then enforced it on the rest of the world, not bad for little Britain, that is why we are proud of our history!
@@pauljohnson1664 My goodness you assume a lot about me. And equally you also speak a load of shit. Where on earth did I bring up colour and race? I'm talking about civilisations, not races. What the fuck is virtue signalling? Have a read about any of the atrocities committed by the British Empire. That's not virtue signalling, that's cold hard fact, even if you're not brave enough to face it. Ultimately, you are not only wrong in what you say, you are also an arrogant coward who can't bear to face their country's dark past. I'm sorry for you.
The whole of Europe has a terrible colonial past not just Britain. For example the atrocities the Germans committed against the Herero people in Namibia is beyond anything the British ever did.
@zuppymac The British Empire banned slavery for the world, not only that, but the Royal Navy forced all other nations to stop the African slave trade, just check out on TH-cam the British crusade against the African slave trade, also when Britain defeated the Indian army and began the 200 year rule of India they discovered the quaint Indian tradition of Widow burning, the British told them to stop it immediately, and they replied that it was their tradition, the British said it was their tradition to hang men who did it and confiscate their property, how many lives do you think that saved, bearing in mind the huge population of India.
@zuppymac Hmmm where do we start. Spain, wreaked havoc in the South & Central America’s as well as Mexico. Portugal, again responsible for uninvited trips to the South America’s. France, well just read your history for the countries they visited. Belgium, the nightmare they inflicted in central Africa. Germany, we all know that lot. The Scandinavian countries, well you have to go back a while for those bad boys, but we suffered from them. Anymore.
And many of the people ,crossing the English Channel in dinghies for sanctuary in the UK are from former FRENCH COLONIES, which Brits had nothing to do with.
@zuppymac Great that you want more immigration into Sweden. All that green, open space ,clean water and fresh air that Greta loves so much Tell the leader of the WEF, that the people of Sweden,,who have never Invaded anywhere ( oh except the British Isles) are happy to oblige the problem of millions of displaced people, due to their governments ' policies of rivers dammed,,weapons of mass destruction now frequently tested in the world's oceans,, mass coal and gas use in China and Asia and the Middle East, now the playground of the oligarchs and USA, Russian and European, multi - billionaires,,
@zuppymac This is a GLOBAL situation and if the UK MSM ( which is Remain focused for profit) were to seek the truth as they are always saying " in the public interest", then they would find that many of the people, who crossed the English Channel in dinghies are from countries in Africa and Malaysia, which were and some still are, French colonies with Macron ( or the French Govt) issuing their currencies!! Now you may consider I digress, but the hard and unpleasant truth is that the brutal clearing of the Calais Jungle by Macron's police agents has been intensified in preparation for the quest of Macron to host the Olympic games in Paris ,next year!! Not good for the new world mega rich VIPs to see thousands of protesting ,displaced people on the streets of ' safe' St Germain is it nor the usary bankers!?
For the Swedish citizen complaining about colonialism and the current populations supposed guilt, i would counter with your Vikings, should you be ashamed still for what they did?
The children of today have nothing to do with what happened in the past. They have no guilt. Is there any limit on how far you will push that so called guilt onto children?
The UK has many bad points, but overall more good points; but I am British. The majority of the US were from Britain, just like Australia and other countries. For us, they are like relatives and not just another country. I do admire people from Norway, Sweden and Findland. So, it was great to listen to their thoughts. I also think they are the stronger partners within the EU, but I seem to remember that they are not fully integrated into it; I may be wrong. I would also agree that they seem to have a better way of life than us British, more chilled and more options. But, you can't pick where you are born.
Got to ‘love’ the passive aggressive woman who thinks Brits have a sense of humour because of the British Empire. I wonder how Swedes cope with having been neutral in the fight against Hitler?
What about the Swedish colonisation of Lappland ? They are quick enough to ask for our help when they need it, otherwise their attitude to the UK is one of scorn...
@@davedraycott5779 we cope with being Scandinavian/Nordic. From the day you were born, you learnt to cope with banter & insults from the Nordic countries. It's in our DNA to be tolerant and not be offended by the worst things you can ever hear about yourself. Because you’ve already heard it. P.S. We love our Nordic brothers & sisters.
@@RITA-gc2dv the woman on the video wasn’t using pleasant banter. She was expressing thinly veiled hostility.. She thinks that all bad things are somewhere else and she is possessed of some sort of purity and she wasn’t talking about her fellow Scandinavians just expressing a passive aggressive dislike of the British.So I don’t see the relevance of your comment. Or maybe I do.
You're right. That person was thinking too much of the World Wars. I'm English, learning German, and have even chatted to Germans on Tiktok some of who have corrected and encouraged my German language skills
I use to deal with Swedish home stay students. They were amongst the most disliked students for treating their host families badly. Most Asian students didn’t like them for some reason. Personally I had Swedish friends but they always warned me against the arrogant Swede. Good and bad in all countries. On another note your nationality might effect their answers. Remember most of them watch biased pro EU media. I like the guy who said “They have been around”. 🇬🇧
@@lightfootpathfinder8218 As a Swede I wouldn't define us as arrogant. Now this is obviously my daily life growing up here and being used to everyone being a bit introverted (as I am as well). Walking up to someone, asking for directions would be my last choice but I don't mind someone asking me; Although I must agree my tone and expression might be a bit sharp but that's just my introvert side xd. Also he nordic countries tend to talk shit about each other so I wouldn't trust that danish guy.
@@AnnaBanana_00 as an Englishman that is used to the Scottish,Irish and Welsh talking shit about us I took the danish view of Sweden with a pinch of salt as I guessed there would be local bias in Nordic countries just as there is in the British isles lol
@@lightfootpathfinder8218 Haha as you should! 😅 I come from the south part and people from the rest of Sweden always call us danish as an insult bc of our accent (since we belonged to Denmark far back in time). It’s bullying fr 😭
In terms of comparing how polite the US/UK are it depends where you go, If you visit New York you wont feel welcome at all, Whereas if you were to visit somewhere up north in England or even Scotland you'd likely get a really nice reception.
@@markhudson1887 Ah nice, whereabouts in London? I was last in Hampshire last Sept. I'm in Kent right between Dartford/Bexleyheath 👍 Oh and did you watch: Antiques Roadshow in Feb as they were in Hampshire and showed-Winchester Cathedral, Paulton's Park, National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, + The Marlands Shopping Centre 😃
@@spareemail2221 The political views of an area coincide with culture and attitude. People in progressive areas will have a culture and attitude much more similar to Sweden’s. The appeal of a traditional and conservative community won’t draw in many Swedes.
They go to London and assume the whole UK is like that. Go to a quieter village or town out in the countryside and you will learn how different it can be. York is a good example of a city that just looks like a big town not even a city, visit York it is wonderful.
They can't stand us! Their English is based on a fascination with American culture.....if you can call it that! American classic vehicles all over Sweden. They're a bit of an odd duck🦆.
Rich that woman moaning about colonialism but failed to mention Sweden's collusion with the nazis during WW2 hypocrites, also moaning about our weather when they're further north than we are 🤦🤷
Just recently done a Dna test I'm 62% Scandinavian like quite a few British people from Viking and Norman ancestry also I have visited Gothenburg Nice city and the Swedish people are lovely
The guy British people go to a Irish pub then go home doesn't everyone ilke to going to a pub or Irish pub not just the British people why would we go to a Irish pub when we could go to just as many British pubs bit of a strange comment lol I've been to Sweden Stockhyi thought the people were lovely and very friendly 👍🏻
I'm a Brit who definitely feels European, definitely prefers being an island off the coast of France and definitely doesn't want to be an island off the coast of New York!!! 😄 Also the German guy who said said 'f*ck you for leaving EU' - yep, feel you there. 'And for burning down Germany'. I mean, Germany burnt down a lot of Britain too so... pax??! 🤝
Oh yes, German citizen ,living in Sweden, the Brits found out ( too late) that those EU Treaties signed off in 2004, without tge human right ,to a prior EU Ref,,was really to pay EU bank debts and German reunification!
The EU is an outdated Eurocentric movement. If you take the time to study its inner workings you will be amazed. I use to pro EU but now I am pro European/ World. It is strange how the EU has morphed into a monster that treat countries as its counties. Study study.
Colonialism ? Swedes can look at what they did in Ukraine, for starters. Swedes ,Germans ,Finns, the Dutch and Norwegians ALL speak good English, while most Brits are bone idle about learning foreign languages.
Colonialism. Plenty of other countries did it too. What about when we were colonised - 3 times. We did lead the march to abolish slavery and made ourselves poor at the time to do so. London - too busy but I like the multi-culturalism. Tha'ts why its busy.
Yes ok ,but what it’s the problem about just admit the colonialism? In my country (Spain) nowadays at the schools they explain very clearly and raw the atrocities that Spain committed specially in the Americas. I don’t think that’s the case in the uk. I only seen answers like your answer,of course it was other countries but they are not proud of that unlike the Uk.
@@joseescobaralegre5421 Oh we do admit to it. Being a powerful nation we went out and conquered. And, we do talk about it in our schools. Dont worry, our education system is very left wing. What they dont say is the three times we were colonised as a nation and used as slaves. That we were also taken as slaves by the North Africans to work in their quarries. However, the colonisation helped civilise us, the same as we then went out and tried to civilise other nations. It is never good at the time but you do reap benefits further down the road. Many have only reverted to type once we left. The reason you will be seeing comments like mine is because we are told we cannot be proud of the UK or we are far-right. We should be ashamed of our country because of our past. Never other countries who did the same, just the UK. Never Germany after two world wars. But we should be proud. The UK has given the world one hell of a lot, including the world wide web, the industrial revolution, the world's common language. The abolishment of slavery that we led the march on and funded a Navy for, for many years which took some of our power because of what it cost us. I could go on. So, sorry, but on here is the only place we are allowed to be proud. So, please forgive us for loving our nation.
@@loopielou4426 but anyway I think Denmark was the first country to abolish slavery in 1792,in fact state of Vermont ,an independent republic after the American revolution ,becomes first sovereign state to abolish slavery in 1777.
London is hardly England any more but almost entirely recent immigrants. "White flight" took place years ago so the English Londoners have almost entirely disappeared. Londoners voted overwhelmingly to 'remain' and were very cross about Brexit.
Had a couple of Swedes from the same company come to work with us in the UK to learn new systems.We asked what they thought of the UK,they said "It was a dirty third rate nation".
I had no idea. It's odd when you think how well regarded the Brits & the Norwegians think of one another. Us & the Norwegians are great mates but their nextdoor neighbour seems to utterly despise us.....hay'ho.
@@milanm403 Bits of it, maybe. Today I've been in S.Wiltshire, Dorset & Hampshire. Anything but a shithole there - stunning landscapes, villages and some lovely people.
I’m still miffed that we left the EU, I voted to stay. My only solace was watching TH-cam clips of all the ex pat Brits that voted to leave finally realise that they were bollocksed and it was their own fault. Basically it was old people in Britain that on the main voted to leave, lots of people didn’t really ever believe we would leave which is why the voter turn out was quite low… I genuinely think if we had the same vote again now it’d be 60-70% that voted remain.
I can never understand why we Brits never got round to invading Sweden. I believe it's one of the 22 countries we've never invaded. How very odd, especially as it's so handy!!! 🇬🇧🤔🙄😂😂
The 2nd woman who was interviewed and said that British people have to be funny so we can forget about colonialism which is fair point but has she never heard of the Vikings
Thank you for leaving EU, and thank you for burning Germany. What a quote: whatever happened to Swedish neutrality? I see they’ve decided to join the NATO party; but can’t think why that may be.😂
The guy who says Brits don't give a damn about the poor is partly right - the ruling class and the media certainly don't, and neither do the hardcore of traditional Conservative voters. However, most ordinary people do care, and spend a lot of time volunteering, raising money for charities and trying to help people who are worse off than themselves. Inequality has exploded here over the last 10-15 years, and it has been extremely painful to witness - I live in one of the most deprived cities in England and it has been awful to see more homeless people sleeping on the streets, and food banks unable to meet the high demand. Our backward political system and terrible media make it look like we're an uncaring cold country, but if you actually survey people about their opinions, the majority of people are just as centre-left as the rest of Northern Europe. Scotland certainly is - which is why I really hope they vote for independence if they have another referendum. Sadly England will never be able to escape the ruling class which owns it.
The lady talking about colonialism needs to realise that the vast majority of people in the uk couldn't give a shit about what our ancestors did in the past. History is history.
To the lady in glasses, I’ll point out that no British person is accountable for what their ancestors did. The Vikings did many terrible things back in the day, but you would rightly think it it unfair if I held you responsible.
I go through videos seeing what people think of England and anyone who says anything negative I start to dislike the country 😂 1:17 this guy and girl made me dislike sweden
You can say that about any country. I would never go to an Irish pub. Unless it is in Ireland. I only liked country pubs. The boys joke works in most countries. The UK is known for being a great importer of goods from around the world. Unlike some EU countries that were not like that in the past. The UK was more open on imports than other European countries before joining the common market.
What the boy said was a joke told about the British can be said about any country. Actually I first heard that joke about Americans just changed it around.
only time I've been to an Irish pub was in Ireland, don't own any IKEA furniture and never ordered Indian food. Ate at restaurant a few times that's about it. So not very accurate at all.
I live here and know every place you interviewed these people at. I knew we has problems but did not know we had that many problems. The woke mind virus is a live and well here.
@@SamJonesMediaHUD Unbelieveable. Thank god you left the EU. You never belonged there. Move on with your history falsification and otherwise stay on your rotten island.
I can't stand Ikea furniture, it's way too uncomfortable. Unlike Swedish cars which have extremely comfortable seats. Should just buy an old volvo and park it outside my house and watch the TV through the window.
I'm suprised that girl said the UK is a ****hole...where did she visit? Lots of not so great places but also lots of lovely parts... The guy who said **** you for leaving the EU, he also said UK was eternal enemy of Germany. Well that's only true when Germany launched 2 world wars. Prior to that we were on good terms with Germany. Anyway, the Brits love the Swedes, but don't underestimate the difficulty in managing a larger more diverse population. Sweden is smaller and more conforming, things are easier that way.
I doubt the ones that mention British colonialism actually know much about what really happened. It's an easy, lazy slur. She should google "Swedish overseas colonies" and "The Swedish slave trade", Sweden isn't innocent.
I resent this idea that we want to be American I love Europe we are European. I have no feelings for America on the other hand really it's total indifference towards them, I don't know why they would think that. I would guess brexit had a part to play in that I suppose.
It's an absurdity that any foreigner thinks we even give a damn what our colonial ancestors did in the past. That's on them; if they want to drag up the past we can all do that.
We don't joke a lot to hide our history, we're proud of it and we don't buy IKEA furniture if we want a quality product.
The lad was speaking English recorded on a digital camera and via the Internet watched on smartphones in a world through UK shaped......
Bert not everyone in the UK is proud of the legacy of colonialism. Other things yes, including standing up to Hitler, but not that.
@@Purple_flower09 you’ll be one of those drunk on moral vanity.
@@Purple_flower09 but the main reason we managed to resist Hitler and the axis powers as a whole was because of colonialism. We had a massive empire with the resources,territory and industry to stop the Nazis rampaging across the globe and we did it not just with British soldiers but with soldiers from all across the empire. Without the British empire Germany could have won the war and as a result democracy would be non existent in Europe to this day so you should be proud of the UK'S colonial past as you are only living in a democracy today because of it
@@Purple_flower09 what do you think the Romans and Viking did to your ancestors. Just saying
I get the impression Swedes don't know very much at all about the UK.
As a British person, I dont go to an irish pub. I dont eat curry and I certainly don't buy Ikea furniture. I like my furniture to be quality
Think he was taking the piss mate
That's funny because the Swedes make cheap furniture for you guys in the UK since 99% of you can't afford something more expensive
In that case are the Swedish people nice to make up for what they did when they where vikings
Torkel high, who took the third dane-yield was actually from Sweden... And there was probably a lot of people from south Sweden that came over to England at Sweyn and Canute´s reign... People like Blackstenius, Anvegård, Rytting-Kaneryd etc.. I have hundreds of people in N England which I share MtDNA with, we have the same female ancestor, and that must have happened in the Viking-age...
We made the world. Why would we apologize. Bow down to your Viking masters.
@@matsinilsson9578 Yeah right only when they’re raiding monasteries and raiding defenceless villages than fighting real armies.
The hypocrisy displayed is outstanding.
@@E_Rex_Sean Whenever they did face the Anglo-Saxons on open field, the Vikings were humbled. 😂
A Swedish person talking about British colonialism when they did the exact same thing to the UK. The irony and lack of awareness is unbelievable.
Exact the same thing??? Are you on drugs?? The Swedes had one colony in West Africa and one in the US , both for a very short time.
The one in the US , "New Sweden" treated the locals very fair and we never sent soldiers to kill them. Oh and one one on St.Barth.
@@Coole-ee1vg I think that they are commenting on the Vikings...clearly not from Sweden! Sweden has a very, very dark history of practising eugenics until 1976...Sweden cannot and should not claim any moral high ground. The woman who made the comment about the UK humour clearly doesn't understand UK domestic history during the empire years and comes across as kind of bigoted and ignorant. The humour stems from coping with adversity (ask any reputable psychoanalyst...they will explain the concept of humour in maturational depression). The UK industrialised with the empire....and the vast, vast majority of the population lived in dire filth and squalor in the newly emerging industrial cities (and still do to an extent...as that chap said, the UK does not look after it's poor well). A huge proportion of the population (myself included) have Irish heritage as refugees of famine. It's not a one-dimensional issue. The French, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese are also known for their self-deprecating humour as a way of coping with their colonial past too...NOT (no offence meant to people from those places but you see the point I'm trying to make?).
@@davidowen2396 "Sweden has a very, very dark history of practising eugenics until 1976...Sweden cannot and should not claim any moral high ground. "
Would you please stop this whataboutism. It´s now about england and the terrible crime they committed during the colonial age (surpressing other peoples, robbing other peoples, enslaving other peoples, becoming rich and affluent by exploiting other people). Of course any Swede got the right to verbalise it and critizise England for it.
@@Coole-ee1vgso we’re just forgetting the Vikings? And before you say anything yes there were Vikings from Sweden, and a lot.
Swedes have to be kind of funny to make people forget what they did in the northern empire under Charles Xll.
*Blessed the world with our Viking genes. You are welcome!
And the Vikings when they attacked unarmed villagers and monks. So brave…so inspirational. 😂
However, the British made the modern world while the Swedes achieved naff all.
@@phoenixrose1192 You are weak and I don't even want you as a slave.
@@phoenixrose1192 But then British people don't make out that we never had an empire.
You’re absolutely right! Combined with being part of the category: "One of the few countries never invaded by the UK + declared war against the UK that backed down". Cheers mate! 🤩 /from a Swede
So what the Vikings did for 500 years wasn't colonialism?
Blame your weak ancestors.
Strictly those 'weak ancestors' actually defeated the Vikings the vast majority of the time including for the final time at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. When the Viking invaders did take the throne of England they couldn't turn it into a dynasty and it folded incredibly quickly. Try again.@@thepretorian5292
No that was education.
@@marcuseriksson5181 The British shaped the modern world, what exactly did the Vikings do except attack unarmed villagers and monks? 😂
no, because "hurdy gurdy"
Without wishing to sound overly defensive I always get frustrated when people talk about 'they' and colonialism in Britain. I consider myself English, but my paternal Grandparents were Irish and my maternal Grandparents were from the Highlands of Scotland, both places which suffered greatly at the hands of the English upper class. Up until recently many working class English people were in workhouses, and parts of the country still suffer from extreme amounts of poverty. It was in the main the English gentry, aristocracy and upper classes that benefited from 'the empire' and despite still being very wealthy and owning huge swathes of the land in Britain/England - these people are a tiny % of the population and certainly don't represent your average Brit.
exactly cotton mills and coal mines worked by children
Well said 👏
Mate, all of us in the UK have benefitted from colonialism. Where do you think the money came from to fund the industrial revolution? Colonialism is what catapulted the UK into a top world power. All of our infrastructure, social infrastructure and institutions have benefitted from colonialism.
Instead of shying away from it, we should just accept and acknowledge it. It doesn't mean you need to feel guilty about it but we should acknowledge the harm it has done and the advantages it has given us.
Doesn't matter if you are an aristocrat, from anglo-saxon stock, working class, descended from slaves or even a recent immigrant to the UK; if you live in the UK then you are benefitting from the UK's colonial past (to differing degrees).
You only have to see the decline of the UK in world standing over the past 70 years to see how we are just a minnow country (with our standing being propped up by our spread of the English language, establishing London as a financial hub during the peak of colonialism and membership in the EU).
@@artspooner We are still doing alright, the fact that we are still one of the wealthiest countries in the world with the most powerful military in Europe while being a member of the G7, just proves this fact. We are only in decline due to successive incompetent governments over decades. But I do agree with the premise of your comment, the empire is a very nuanced topic. The Swedes in this vid are just plain hypocritical given how the Vikings were…🤨
@@phoenixrose1192 yeah, you’re probably right. Does feel like we are going down the sh*tter but maybe many other countries feel like that as well!
We are British and proud, we’re used to being hated by everyone!
Don't know why you made that comment. They weren't badmouthing us.
@@bunchberry9957 there’s one particular woman who was attacking the British, she said that we tried to use our sense of humour to cover up the crimes of the empire!
@Steven Clarke I know but that was just one person. If you read the comments, everyone is pissed off with her, even Swedish people. Most British people want to move on but people like her keep dragging up the past. It's infuriating. What she's clearly forgetting is that nearly all European countries colonised, not just the UK. Hell even Sweden were colonisers aswell.
The British even hate themselves.
@@stevenclarke5606: That's more jealously then anything
"What they did in the past with colonialism"? Good grief. smh
I'm British and I've never colonised anything. Some people, those who are particularly low-resolution thinkers, seem to be unable to differentiate between the past and the present, and unable to grasp that cultural and/or ethic essentialism makes a seriously faulty connection between the individual, the group to which they belong, and how that relates (if at all) to history. That kind of groupthink is really dangerous.
Maybe we should have left those countries then to continue without any civilised order ,witch doctors, and no grasp of what they could be.
Yeah it’s like blaming Americans who are alive today for what what was done to the natives of America ~300 years or so ago. It’s dumb thinking lol
FYI the slave trade was still creating profit for slavers until 2015 reparation for loss of 'property' so man o' man the relevance is without doubt! As for the Viking comment they did not invade most of the world totally a moot point!
@@AS-bn9qv Move on, son. The past is toxic. Live in the present, with hope for the future.
@@derekspitz9225 Thanks for the reply hmm, you know very well yesterday has an effect on today, today has an effect on tomorrow - -no such thing as living in the day -- enjoy the day but always remember where you are from and where you are going! PS no idea why some words are crossed out very odd!
We Brits have the best sense of humour IN THE WORLD - something which no one would claim about the people of the Scandinavian countries. Just saying!
The person who mentioned colonialism and that we’re funny to make people forget, well no we don’t try to make people forget, Sweden is very nice, are you nice to get people to forget your history? Every country has a bloody history, we have no control over that, it felt like an unnecessary swipe.
Also we are not eternal enemies of Germany. Only during the world wars but before and after we are friends.
For the person at the star that complains about colonialism. The British Empire did more good than harm. We civilised the world. You can thank us anytime you want.
You are absolutely right and the British Empire banned slavery in 1807 and then forced the ban on the African slave trade by force of the Royal Navy, look on TH-cam for the British crusade against the African slave trade.
Just for anyone reading this, not all Brits think like this, or believe the hype that we 'civilised' the world like Great White Saviours. Some of us realise that ancient civilisations like the Eqyptians, the Mesopotamians, the Persians, the Indians, the Chinese, were building pyramids, advancing medicine and scientific theories, developing complex political systems, and founding powerful dynasties, whilst the indigenous Britons were painting themselves blue and building huts out of mud. I'm not going to enter into a discussion about the brutality, the genocide and the oppression that the British Empire brought with them while they 'civilised' the nations they conquered, or the disgusting views those Britons had about the people they ruled over, but suffice to say, 'doing more good than harm' is a bold statement that history will not treat kindly.
@@LLMoran617 Good grief. Not another self loathing woke lefty. People aren't interested in your virtue signalling.
The truth is that no other nation has done more to lift up humanity then us Brits.
I also find it fascinating that your sort always bring color and race in the conversion. It almost like you are a racist.
@@LLMoran617 all these foreign civilisations you mention were all benign and peaceful were they? Just so you know the marvellous Indian civilisation had a quaint tradition of widow burning until Britain stamped it out at the beginning of the 200 year British rule, and of these wonderful civilisations what did they invent that is in daily use around the world today? as a for instance, Britain invented Vaccine, penicillin, the train, Television, the worlds first massed produced tooth brush, Radar, the jet engine, the world’s first patented pneumatic tyre, tar macadam from which most roads are built, Portland cement which holds most of the world’s buildings together, the tin can and computer to name just a few, and then the big one, Britain was the first country to ban slavery in 1807, and then enforced it on the rest of the world, not bad for little Britain, that is why we are proud of our history!
@@pauljohnson1664 My goodness you assume a lot about me. And equally you also speak a load of shit. Where on earth did I bring up colour and race? I'm talking about civilisations, not races.
What the fuck is virtue signalling? Have a read about any of the atrocities committed by the British Empire. That's not virtue signalling, that's cold hard fact, even if you're not brave enough to face it.
Ultimately, you are not only wrong in what you say, you are also an arrogant coward who can't bear to face their country's dark past. I'm sorry for you.
The whole of Europe has a terrible colonial past not just Britain. For example the atrocities the Germans committed against the Herero people in Namibia is beyond anything the British ever did.
@zuppymac The British Empire banned slavery for the world, not only that, but the Royal Navy forced all other nations to stop the African slave trade, just check out on TH-cam the British crusade against the African slave trade, also when Britain defeated the Indian army and began the 200 year rule of India they discovered the quaint Indian tradition of Widow burning, the British told them to stop it immediately, and they replied that it was their tradition, the British said it was their tradition to hang men who did it and confiscate their property, how many lives do you think that saved, bearing in mind the huge population of India.
@zuppymac Hmmm where do we start. Spain, wreaked havoc in the South & Central America’s as well as Mexico. Portugal, again responsible for uninvited trips to the South America’s. France, well just read your history for the countries they visited. Belgium, the nightmare they inflicted in central Africa. Germany, we all know that lot. The Scandinavian countries, well you have to go back a while for those bad boys, but we suffered from them. Anymore.
And many of the people ,crossing the English Channel in dinghies for sanctuary in the UK are from former FRENCH COLONIES, which Brits had nothing to do with.
@zuppymac Great that you want more immigration into Sweden. All that green, open space ,clean water and fresh air that Greta loves so much Tell the leader of the WEF, that the people of Sweden,,who have never Invaded anywhere ( oh except the British Isles) are happy to oblige the problem of millions of displaced people, due to their governments ' policies of rivers dammed,,weapons of mass destruction now frequently tested in the world's oceans,, mass coal and gas use in China and Asia and the Middle East, now the playground of the oligarchs and USA, Russian and European, multi - billionaires,,
@zuppymac This is a GLOBAL situation and if the UK MSM ( which is Remain focused for profit) were to seek the truth as they are always saying " in the public interest", then they would find that many of the people, who crossed the English Channel in dinghies are from countries in Africa and Malaysia, which were and some still are, French colonies with Macron ( or the French Govt) issuing their currencies!!
Now you may consider I digress, but the hard and unpleasant truth is that the brutal clearing of the Calais Jungle by Macron's police agents has been intensified in preparation for the quest of Macron to host the Olympic games in Paris ,next year!!
Not good for the new world mega rich VIPs to see thousands of protesting ,displaced people on the streets of ' safe' St Germain is it nor the usary bankers!?
We had nothing to do with colonialism,that was a different generation
Simon - what is wrong with exploring the world? We Vikings started it all. Be proud!
@@matsinilsson9578agreed ,I have been all over the world following Liverpool fc and loved every minute of it
@@simonlewis720 Super. I am older generation Liverpool supporter. Groebbelar was the goalie back then. Take care!
I think a holiday in Sweden would be like being under sedation....very expensive sedation.
Not really expensive. Try Norway
Stockholm in summer is one of the most beautiful places on earth and there's music and open cafes all night long packed with people.
Yeah. I used to spend a lot of time in Sweden. Objectively it's better than than UK but it's also really boring.
@@clemdane yeah, stone drunk--
Ref. the young lady with a memory longer than her life, who can forget what the Vikings did? 😉😂
You were not in Paris.
For the Swedish citizen complaining about colonialism and the current populations supposed guilt, i would counter with your Vikings, should you be ashamed still for what they did?
I think people shouldn’t be criticising as much in general. Your viking point is a bit of a checkmate counter in fairness though
And what ??
The children of today have nothing to do with what happened in the past. They have no guilt. Is there any limit on how far you will push that so called guilt onto children?
We are proud of settling the world. By making Brits our mutts. Who is whining about colonialism? I am Swede. We are proud.
@@scottwarren4998 I think that can be said the guy about Germany 👍
The UK has many bad points, but overall more good points; but I am British. The majority of the US were from Britain, just like Australia and other countries. For us, they are like relatives and not just another country. I do admire people from Norway, Sweden and Findland. So, it was great to listen to their thoughts. I also think they are the stronger partners within the EU, but I seem to remember that they are not fully integrated into it; I may be wrong. I would also agree that they seem to have a better way of life than us British, more chilled and more options. But, you can't pick where you are born.
Some of the recordings are very quiet - I can't hear what they're saying.
Think I'm going to go and hug my Volvo now! Hello to our Swedish friends:))
Got to ‘love’ the passive aggressive woman who thinks Brits have a sense of humour because of the British Empire. I wonder how Swedes cope with having been neutral in the fight against Hitler?
Absolutely well said, they can thank the British commonwealth for saving their arses!
Swedes coping well for raping, murdering, pillaging and colonising Britain. Either block it out or ill educated.
What about the Swedish colonisation of Lappland ?
They are quick enough to ask for our help when they need it, otherwise their attitude to the UK is one of scorn...
@@davedraycott5779 we cope with being Scandinavian/Nordic. From the day you were born, you learnt to cope with banter & insults from the Nordic countries. It's in our DNA to be tolerant and not be offended by the worst things you can ever hear about yourself. Because you’ve already heard it. P.S. We love our Nordic brothers & sisters.
@@RITA-gc2dv the woman on the video wasn’t using pleasant banter. She was expressing thinly veiled hostility.. She thinks that all bad things are somewhere else and she is possessed of some sort of purity and she wasn’t talking about her fellow Scandinavians just expressing a passive aggressive dislike of the British.So I don’t see the relevance of your comment. Or maybe I do.
Great work Keep it up ❤❣️
I think the "U.K. are enemies with Germany" was the stupidest comment in this video
It's not true, we're not enemies with Germany at all
You're right. That person was thinking too much of the World Wars. I'm English, learning German, and have even chatted to Germans on Tiktok some of who have corrected and encouraged my German language skills
No it wasn't. You always wanted to destroy Germany since the emergence of the Prussians
0:48 didn't the vikings rape a pillage?
Exactly what a ludicrous statement that was lol. Pretty sure they was extremely barbaric, much worse than the British Empire!
@@usefulrandom1855 but what does the past have to do with any of us alive now?
@@bushcrafty7274 Exactly, just making a point of how short sighted his comment was.
@@usefulrandom1855 hahah
Pardon did they 🤔no more than any other people's .👍..a myth more than truth...
I hsve no guilt. Im notva lefty snd i think this country has done amazing things for the world
I use to deal with Swedish home stay students. They were amongst the most disliked students for treating their host families badly. Most Asian students didn’t like them for some reason. Personally I had Swedish friends but they always warned me against the arrogant Swede. Good and bad in all countries. On another note your nationality might effect their answers. Remember most of them watch biased pro EU media. I like the guy who said “They have been around”. 🇬🇧
Funnily enough I was talking to a danish guy and he told me some Swedes are really arrogant. Also good point about the pro EU media 👍
@@lightfootpathfinder8218 As a Swede I wouldn't define us as arrogant. Now this is obviously my daily life growing up here and being used to everyone being a bit introverted (as I am as well). Walking up to someone, asking for directions would be my last choice but I don't mind someone asking me; Although I must agree my tone and expression might be a bit sharp but that's just my introvert side xd. Also he nordic countries tend to talk shit about each other so I wouldn't trust that danish guy.
@@AnnaBanana_00 as an Englishman that is used to the Scottish,Irish and Welsh talking shit about us I took the danish view of Sweden with a pinch of salt as I guessed there would be local bias in Nordic countries just as there is in the British isles lol
@@lightfootpathfinder8218 Haha as you should! 😅 I come from the south part and people from the rest of Sweden always call us danish as an insult bc of our accent (since we belonged to Denmark far back in time). It’s bullying fr 😭
@@AnnaBanana_00 nice one. I'm from northern England (Yorkshire) and a lot of our dialect is similar to Swedish and danish.
In terms of comparing how polite the US/UK are it depends where you go, If you visit New York you wont feel welcome at all, Whereas if you were to visit somewhere up north in England or even Scotland you'd likely get a really nice reception.
The pub has its roots in England, not Ireland. We have a pub culture of our own, although not as famous as the Irish pub culture.
Not a shithole if you venture out of london Cornwall lake District etc
I think a swede will much prefer the progressive regions like London and Lake District to the other parts of England.
Parts of Essex, Kent, Surrey, Hertfordshire etc....
Where you from Mark?
@@mikekaraoke London originally but spent most of my life in Hampshire
@@markhudson1887 Ah nice, whereabouts in London?
I was last in Hampshire last Sept. I'm in Kent right between Dartford/Bexleyheath
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Oh and did you watch: Antiques Roadshow in Feb as they were in Hampshire and showed-Winchester Cathedral, Paulton's Park, National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, + The Marlands Shopping Centre 😃
@@spareemail2221 The political views of an area coincide with culture and attitude. People in progressive areas will have a culture and attitude much more similar to Sweden’s. The appeal of a traditional and conservative community won’t draw in many Swedes.
Some very interesting comments 😂
So the lady says about our Past .A viking Norsman Dane all NORSE People who attack us in the past.
Had an amazing NYE in Stockholm! The girls there are very forward!❤
They go to London and assume the whole UK is like that. Go to a quieter village or town out in the countryside and you will learn how different it can be. York is a good example of a city that just looks like a big town not even a city, visit York it is wonderful.
I like the Bridge which i saw many times in movies more than Queen 😀good job Bro!
Hahaha Which one? 😀
*A friendly reminder than most German steel during WW2 came from Sweden.* 😉
Pretty sure the Scandinavians invented colonialism during the Viking era but sure we'll skip over that...
Colonialism is bad but it’s just apart of human nature it can be traced back to Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens.
I visited Stockholm for the first time and I found the Swedish people to be lovely and understanding. Even if they thought i was a crazy gobby brit.
They must like us as they learn ENGLISH.
They can't stand us! Their English is based on a fascination with American culture.....if you can call it that! American classic vehicles all over Sweden. They're a bit of an odd duck🦆.
We basically made England together with the Celts. You forget yourself. Leif Ericsson also discovered America. Most of you carry viking DNA. Bow down.
@@matsinilsson9578 Anglo Saxons were from Denmark, Netherlands and Germany not Sweden so stfu.
@@matsinilsson9578 The Anglo-Saxons were from Netherlands, Denmark and North Germany. Sweden didn’t do sh..
Leif Ericsson was a Norwegian
Rich that woman moaning about colonialism but failed to mention Sweden's collusion with the nazis during WW2 hypocrites, also moaning about our weather when they're further north than we are 🤦🤷
Yes I think the future between the UK and Sweden should be good for friendship holidays and trade.
People from the UK wouldn't be able to hear the difference between the accents, however.
Just recently done a Dna test I'm 62% Scandinavian like quite a few British people from Viking and Norman ancestry also I have visited Gothenburg Nice city and the Swedish people are lovely
I noticed this when visiting Sweden is that they speak better English than the English.
The guy British people go to a Irish pub then go home doesn't everyone ilke to going to a pub or Irish pub not just the British people why would we go to a Irish pub when we could go to just as many British pubs bit of a strange comment lol I've been to Sweden Stockhyi thought the people were lovely and very friendly 👍🏻
I'm a Brit who definitely feels European, definitely prefers being an island off the coast of France and definitely doesn't want to be an island off the coast of New York!!! 😄 Also the German guy who said said 'f*ck you for leaving EU' - yep, feel you there. 'And for burning down Germany'. I mean, Germany burnt down a lot of Britain too so... pax??! 🤝
They bombed my chip shop
Oh yes, German citizen ,living in Sweden, the Brits found out ( too late) that those EU Treaties signed off in 2004, without tge human right ,to a prior EU Ref,,was really to pay EU bank debts and German reunification!
The EU is an outdated Eurocentric movement. If you take the time to study its inner workings you will be amazed. I use to pro EU but now I am pro European/ World. It is strange how the EU has morphed into a monster that treat countries as its counties. Study study.
@@patrickkelly7085 they bombed my granny too
What’s it got to do with them us leaving the eu, what can’t they live without us then
The young Swedes say "like" a lot!...Americans!
Yeah......like.....I never......like, knew the Swede's like disliked us.......like!😂❤
Love stuff like this xxx we are not that bad people are people xxx love to Sweden 🎉
How do they like the migrant situation now
Colonialism.... does she forget she used to invade our green and pleasant lands and steal our stuff... 😂
Colonialism ? Swedes can look at what they did in Ukraine, for starters. Swedes ,Germans ,Finns, the Dutch and Norwegians ALL speak good English, while most Brits are bone idle about learning foreign languages.
SWEDES FORGETTING WHAT THEIR VIKINGS DID
Colonialism. Plenty of other countries did it too. What about when we were colonised - 3 times. We did lead the march to abolish slavery and made ourselves poor at the time to do so. London - too busy but I like the multi-culturalism. Tha'ts why its busy.
Yes ok ,but what it’s the problem about just admit the colonialism?
In my country (Spain) nowadays at the schools they explain very clearly and raw the atrocities that Spain committed specially in the Americas.
I don’t think that’s the case in the uk.
I only seen answers like your answer,of course it was other countries but they are not proud of that unlike the Uk.
@@joseescobaralegre5421 Oh we do admit to it. Being a powerful nation we went out and conquered. And, we do talk about it in our schools. Dont worry, our education system is very left wing. What they dont say is the three times we were colonised as a nation and used as slaves. That we were also taken as slaves by the North Africans to work in their quarries. However, the colonisation helped civilise us, the same as we then went out and tried to civilise other nations. It is never good at the time but you do reap benefits further down the road. Many have only reverted to type once we left. The reason you will be seeing comments like mine is because we are told we cannot be proud of the UK or we are far-right. We should be ashamed of our country because of our past. Never other countries who did the same, just the UK. Never Germany after two world wars. But we should be proud. The UK has given the world one hell of a lot, including the world wide web, the industrial revolution, the world's common language. The abolishment of slavery that we led the march on and funded a Navy for, for many years which took some of our power because of what it cost us. I could go on. So, sorry, but on here is the only place we are allowed to be proud. So, please forgive us for loving our nation.
@@loopielou4426 no person should be ashamed of his country that’s for sure.
I understand very well what you mean.
@@joseescobaralegre5421 Thank you. I appreciate that.
@@loopielou4426 but anyway I think Denmark was the first country to abolish slavery in 1792,in fact state of Vermont ,an independent republic after the American revolution ,becomes first sovereign state to abolish slavery in 1777.
London is hardly England any more but almost entirely recent immigrants. "White flight" took place years ago so the English Londoners have almost entirely disappeared. Londoners voted overwhelmingly to 'remain' and were very cross about Brexit.
Gammon alert
I was always under the impression that Swedish people were intelligent…..Just shows.
Had a couple of Swedes from the same company come to work with us in the UK to learn new systems.We asked what they thought of the UK,they said "It was a dirty third rate nation".
Really, not when we had some Swedes come to our work for the council meetings we had last month!
@@mikekaraoke It is not was most swedes think.
Swedes are hard-core pro EU. They are arrogant people. Most European people have a dislike to swedes when you chat with them.
I had no idea. It's odd when you think how well regarded the Brits & the Norwegians think of one another. Us & the Norwegians are great mates but their nextdoor neighbour seems to utterly despise us.....hay'ho.
@@burntcrumpets5616 We dont hate the UK. People in Sweden usually like the UK.
These Swedish kids nail it eveytime. "UK is a shithole... But I like it because it's a shithole." -- lol she's not wrong. Nice.
Britian the internal enemy of german..? Obviously no ones told him the war ended decads ago.
2:37 Did she say the UK is a shithole?
Yes I think so but both these guys were crazy later she Said I love UK 😅
Well she was right.
She meant it as a kind of complement. Maybe more accurate to say “grungy?”
@@milanm403 Bits of it, maybe. Today I've been in S.Wiltshire, Dorset & Hampshire. Anything but a shithole there - stunning landscapes, villages and some lovely people.
I love British people so much
True what the guy said about the rich
Thanks to the Tory party and all the Muppets that voted for them!
Not everybody in the UK is English! You forgot Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
You're the ones screaming British = English
We are following a lot of swedes in english football...
As an ABBA fan, I will forgive Sweden any thing, regardless of what they think of us.🇬🇧
guess what vegetable i bought my sheep today
I really liked the guy to the left at 2:37
The girl was pretty kool too
He was in full Mood 😅
I’m still miffed that we left the EU, I voted to stay. My only solace was watching TH-cam clips of all the ex pat Brits that voted to leave finally realise that they were bollocksed and it was their own fault. Basically it was old people in Britain that on the main voted to leave, lots of people didn’t really ever believe we would leave which is why the voter turn out was quite low… I genuinely think if we had the same vote again now it’d be 60-70% that voted remain.
I can never understand why we Brits never got round to invading Sweden. I believe it's one of the 22 countries we've never invaded. How very odd, especially as it's so handy!!! 🇬🇧🤔🙄😂😂
The 2nd woman who was interviewed and said that British people have to be funny so we can forget about colonialism which is fair point but has she never heard of the Vikings
Thank you for leaving EU, and thank you for burning Germany. What a quote: whatever happened to Swedish neutrality? I see they’ve decided to join the NATO party; but can’t think why that may be.😂
Bloody bit rich innit, we're half viking and Norman all from Scandinavia Inc what is now Sweden.
A lot of us have Scandinavian in our DNA. I’m one person who would not like to be nearer to the USA
Funny, i have travelled to england and i found the brits too short and dark haired to pass for a scandinavian
Descendants of Vikings lecturing us about our ancestral crimes. The irony. 🤦🏻♂️😂
The guy who says Brits don't give a damn about the poor is partly right - the ruling class and the media certainly don't, and neither do the hardcore of traditional Conservative voters. However, most ordinary people do care, and spend a lot of time volunteering, raising money for charities and trying to help people who are worse off than themselves. Inequality has exploded here over the last 10-15 years, and it has been extremely painful to witness - I live in one of the most deprived cities in England and it has been awful to see more homeless people sleeping on the streets, and food banks unable to meet the high demand.
Our backward political system and terrible media make it look like we're an uncaring cold country, but if you actually survey people about their opinions, the majority of people are just as centre-left as the rest of Northern Europe. Scotland certainly is - which is why I really hope they vote for independence if they have another referendum. Sadly England will never be able to escape the ruling class which owns it.
That applies to all countries. People try to climb up the social ladder everywhere. It applies to the human RACE.
I love the Swedish people
2:36 Haha! She's not wrong!
Omg!! Could you pick a more dull set of people to interview lol
I now judge all Swedes on these folk alone also…. Put me to sleep I swear!!! 🙄🤣
London is as much a representation on England as Taipei is of Sweden. NEVER judge London as being English, it lost that title a very long time ago
🎵🎶Let me tell you about Sweden::the only country where the clouds are interesting 🎶🎵😂(great stranglers song and so right)🇬🇧👍
When you're the foreigner, you're the one with the accent.
The lady talking about colonialism needs to realise that the vast majority of people in the uk couldn't give a shit about what our ancestors did in the past. History is history.
As though we Effin' care!!!!😂😂
The man at 6.14 is right.
Who cares what they think. They have a past as well.
To the lady in glasses, I’ll point out that no British person is accountable for what their ancestors did. The Vikings did many terrible things back in the day, but you would rightly think it it unfair if I held you responsible.
I go through videos seeing what people think of England and anyone who says anything negative I start to dislike the country 😂 1:17 this guy and girl made me dislike sweden
Wow, they have to be funny to make up for what THEY did in colonialism. Wow lol.
That would be like me going to Germany, and blaming random German people for it-makes no sense!
That young guy sitting on the wall was as accurate as you could get to a British person he was bang on lol!
You can say that about any country. I would never go to an Irish pub. Unless it is in Ireland. I only liked country pubs. The boys joke works in most countries. The UK is known for being a great importer of goods from around the world. Unlike some EU countries that were not like that in the past. The UK was more open on imports than other European countries before joining the common market.
What the boy said was a joke told about the British can be said about any country. Actually I first heard that joke about Americans just changed it around.
That joke is originally about the USA
only time I've been to an Irish pub was in Ireland, don't own any IKEA furniture and never ordered Indian food. Ate at restaurant a few times that's about it. So not very accurate at all.
@@TheTwoFingeredBullFrog Iv never been to an Irish pub in England and iv never bought IKEA furniture. Weatherspoons and Argos for me lol
I live here and know every place you interviewed these people at. I knew we has problems but did not know we had that many problems. The woke mind virus is a live and well here.
We don't want to be anti-Europe, and certainly not American!
The question is wrong, should be England and English people. The Scottish, Irish and welsh people are not the same
We have to be funny to make up what we did in the past when none of us were alive? Would she say this about Germans?
Germans worked up their past, you didn't. So, s/t/f/u.
@ we brought the world into the 20th century & ended slavery.
@@SamJonesMediaHUD Unbelieveable. Thank god you left the EU. You never belonged there. Move on with your history falsification and otherwise stay on your rotten island.
Where is my comment? Only British history falsification allowed?!
Vikings complaining about colonialism. I've from London and I've got 9% Swedish DNA. Pretty sure my ancestors never lived there. 👀
When the sound is so poorly recorded please turn off the music because I can't hear what they're saying sometimes!
I've met garden furniture that has more personality than most swedish people
As a swede, yes.
I agree😂
Funny for Swedes to comment on colonialism when the Vikings taught us everything we know…
I can't stand Ikea furniture, it's way too uncomfortable. Unlike Swedish cars which have extremely comfortable seats. Should just buy an old volvo and park it outside my house and watch the TV through the window.
And difficult to assemble
Did anyone spot the German who was interviewed? If so, what gave him away?
No which one was he?
Shame about the background music, too loud.
I'm suprised that girl said the UK is a ****hole...where did she visit? Lots of not so great places but also lots of lovely parts...
The guy who said **** you for leaving the EU, he also said UK was eternal enemy of Germany. Well that's only true when Germany launched 2 world wars. Prior to that we were on good terms with Germany.
Anyway, the Brits love the Swedes, but don't underestimate the difficulty in managing a larger more diverse population. Sweden is smaller and more conforming, things are easier that way.
I doubt the ones that mention British colonialism actually know much about what really happened. It's an easy, lazy slur. She should google "Swedish overseas colonies" and "The Swedish slave trade", Sweden isn't innocent.
I resent this idea that we want to be American I love Europe we are European. I have no feelings for America on the other hand really it's total indifference towards them, I don't know why they would think that. I would guess brexit had a part to play in that I suppose.
It's an absurdity that any foreigner thinks we even give a damn what our colonial ancestors did in the past. That's on them; if they want to drag up the past we can all do that.