It's really too bad they didn't mention the 3-point seat belt. Not only was it a Swede that invented it, but the company he worked for (Volvo), allowed the patent to be open, so anyone could install it in their cars without paying hefty fees. Because of that, it became standard in every car and as a result, it has saved millions of lives all over the world from road accidents.
My personal favorite is the Gauge Blocks, Ford credits that invention with making mass production possible. Their mass use in Sweden also enabled machine exports and many future inventions. Precision engineering is very valuable.
Nils Bohlin worked at Volvo - but invented the belt private and didn't let Volvo get the patent. Bohlin ville att alla fritt skulle kunna installera det.
The heck did he say about the Swedish meatballs being soaked in a sauce with "Worcestershire Sauce"? o.O As a swede I don't think I've ever used that on my meatballs
Well, then you are maybe not a very old Swede? I for one have always had my meatballs with macaroni and HP sauce (appr. the same as Worcestershire Sauce). This from a 75yo Swede. Never the new IKEA version with brown creamy gravy and... mashed potatoes? WTF?
@@bfelten1 thank you for calling me youbg. If you're 75y.o. then there's a possibility that I, being approximately half your age, am just young and uncultured :)
I think you accidentally misheard when he spoke about where in Sweden most people live - the majority of people who live in Sweden live in the south, not the north. I think he said "most Swedes live in the southern part of the country" and I think you said you heard "no Swedes live in the southern part of the country" 😅
@@spacemaker8760 north part is anyhow the better part since no big cities, the biggest city in the north is umeå and are still considered tiny since it only has 100k people, we thrive with our big forests and what not
Actually.. To be very picky.. Denmark no longer holds land in Scandinavia. It used to. But lost all the land they had to Sweden in the 1600’s. Scandinavia is a geographic term. Not a culturalinguistic term. People always get that mixed up. Scandinavia is the name of the peninsula where Norway and Sweden are. Denmark is geographically part of mainland Europe with some islands in the north sea and baltic. None of which are located in Scandinavia.
@@swedishmetalbear If talking about the landmass, people say "Scandinavian Peninsula". Scania and Scandinavia are dated to around when Jesus had thoughts, and I don't think the landmasses sat together even then.
@@swedishmetalbear Scandinavia is where the Scandes mountainrange use to lay. It is all geological and though it is hard to imagine Denmark also is located on top of the former Scandes and is part of Scandinavia. Ridiculous when you see their highest "mountain": sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelbjerget
A part of Sweden has been Danish, in various forms, but always Skåne. Also Blekinge, Halland and a piece of Småland. Hence was Denmark a part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It's probably correct to say only Sweden and Norway are Scandinavia, but Denmark is usually still seen as a part of Scandinavia. The northern part of Finland stretches up on the Scandinavian Mountain Range... An ongoing, probably never ending question.
@@annabackman3028 Even today's Denmark was part of the Scandic mountainrange once upon a time. It is a geological and geographical definition - not cultural or historical. Tro mig.
Allemansrätten - The right to roam. Traditionally mentioned in the medieval county laws (so the notion is most likely older than that), it means no one owns nature, and everyone is free to enjoy it. You are free to collect materials and berries, and even camp anywhere (exceptions are made for private properties close to buildings) for a couple of days.
Another rule is that you are not allowed to destroy the nature, don't litter around and clean up after yourself so that others can also enjoy the nature aswell.
Materials, that's nott entierlly true. You can pick berries, mushrooms and flowers that aren't red listed (fridlysta), but you may not collect stones, pebbels or cut branches from living trees and you are not allowed to dig up roots. In conclusion: You may not do anything that leaves a longlasting damage to the nature. You may camp on anyones land for a night or two, but not in farmed fields and not within the privazy zone (where you can be seen from a resident building).
As with the majority of inventions. Nuclear fission wasn't developed as a weapon at first, it was a pretty clean and extremely efficient energy source, and it still is, but most of the public now associates it with nuclear bombs.
@@dwaynesview It should also be noted the Nobel also owned many arms companies, so it wasn't just others who miss used his things. Bofors is a pretty well known arms manufacturer. Alfred Nobel was an explosives expert and it had some obvious military uses.
"När det står klart vilken kraft det finns i sprängämnen och krut och vilken skada de kan åstadkomma kommer man avstå från att använda dem". "When it is clear what power there is in explosives and gunpowder and what damage they can cause, people will refrain from using them". Alfred Nobel he invented dynamite to prevent wars of intimidation. not much to be afraid of when you're not the one getting the stuff shot at. so about as stupid as building nuclear weapons to prevent nuclear war
Greta Garbo was not of Swedish descent, she was Swedish born and raised and then moved to Hollywood. She is burried in Stockholm Mickey Mouse is boring, Donald Duck is relatable. Also, in 1959 when they started showing Disney on Christmas eve it was the only time of the year when you could watch a cartoon at all. That's why people gathered for it in the start, now it is just tradition. Greetings from Sweden.
The Swedish music export is really big as well. Cheiron studios in Stockholm with Denniz Pop ( May he rest in peace) and Max Martin stands behind many big pop songs and groups, beginning in the '90s: The Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Westlife, Boyzone, Robyn , NSYNC. After that Max Martin have collaborated with a lot of famous singers and bands. And the Swede still has a major influence of the international pop industry. Since 1998, Martin has written or co-written 25 Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit songs.
@@kirsjawaki To be honest, we have a huge metal scene. And several sub genres came from swedish bands. Doom, Melodic death (or the Gothenburg sound if you will), neoclassical and so on and so forth.
Vikings from all of Scandinavia came to Britain, the Majority were Norwegians but there are sources of Danish and Swedish vikings in England and France as well. Vikings from all of Scandinavia did also sail East, epecially down to Miklagård and Serkland but the majority were Swedish. Swedish vikings were often reffered to as "The Rus" by the finnish and baltic states. The word "Rus" can be translated to "Men who row" and even taken from a place in eastern Sweden called Roslagen or the Finnish name for Sweden "Routsi". The name "Russia" actually means "The land of the Rus", and the Rus of the time were Swedish vikings. It is speculated if Russia and Belarus got their modern names from the old territory "Kievan Rus" that reached big parts of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, and even further. Swedish vikings did rule Kievan Rus for a long time so historians are discussing if the word "Rus" originally orginated from Scandinavia
Actually, Norwegian Vikings mostly went to the north of Britain, and were not settlers. Danish Vikings were a lot more present, and they also established huge settlements all over Britain, as they were settlers. //Norwegian.
that is very true. apparently there is remnants from vikings in America. and some carved runes in one of the Indian palaces or if it was a temple? don't remember what building it was. but translated it more ore less ment "Bjorn was here" or something like that. studied this so many years back now so its a bit foggy. but i just found it so funny. Tagging was a thing all back then.
@@Luggruff Most of all runestones in existance are in sweden, Over half them speak of journeys to the west. The runestones are our only historical leftovers from the viking age. I dont understand why it keeps getting pushed as if swedish vikings only went to the east.
Swedish meatballs are NOT typically seasoned with allspice and nutmeg. Both spices are fairly rare in Swedish foods, especially compared to Britain. Everyone has their own favorite recipe of course, but salt, pepper and onions is the basic seasoning.
Don't forget Sabaton! One of the world's biggest metal band right now. Check them out. Sweden also has the world's oldest military unit that's still active, Livgardet (the Royal Guard). While checking out Sabaton, listen to their song "Livgardet".
WOW! I just googled him and he has co-wrote and produced for some of the biggest artists on the planet. He's definitely one of your biggest exports. Maybe it's because he's behind the scenes and not really famous.
Mixing in Greta Garbo as an American with swedish heritage together with Emma Stone and Wahlberg...Greta Garbo was born in Sweden, the others were not! Really bad research in that video you watched 😄
I need to find a better video, I don't think the information was reliable lol! I'm going to react to Geography Now's video on Sweden. I've hear he's normally pretty accurate.
As a Swede whose moved to Denmark, I've crossed the Öresund bridge several times. Mainly by train, but also by car. The views are stunning, but when it's just the start of your biannual 7 hour trip to Stockholm, you kinda forget to look it at. But I used to always look for this specific boat that had gone aground close to the bridge and laid there for a couple of years. 😅 I remember thinking it was strange no one moved it, and the suddenly it was gone. Personally I prefer the views from driving through Sweden, seeing the mountains and nature of the different regions. The Swedish nature is one of the things I miss the most, beside my family. A funny thing about the Öresund bridge though, there was a time when I remember a boat was stuck next to it and it laid there for a couple of years. I used
Another fun fact that we swedes love is that on the new years we watch the movie Ivanhoe. And the acter Sam Neill takes to twitter for his confusion at the annual tradition.
I live in Malmö, in the very south of Sweden and from where I live I can see both the bridge to Copenhagen, Denmark and Turning Torso, the skyscraper that shows in the beginning of the video. It’s a lovely place. It has a 5 km long beach where thousands of people go every day in the summer. Big city but with a friendly and casual feel. Very continental due to the closeness to the rest of Europe and its many immigrants. I love it!
Not the best "about Sweden video"! Missing a lot that should have been included some examples: Music: Max Martin, Avicii, Roxett ... Inventions: Three-point seatbelt, Celsius Temperature Scale, Ultrasound, Gamma Knife ...Companies: H&M, Volvo, Ericson, IKEA, Electrolux.Tetra Pak
The Öresundbridge in the beginning that you saw that connects Sweden with Denmark you'll not only drive over the ocean but will also be driving under the ocean aswell, check it out
@@dwaynesviewYep, bridge from the Swedish side to an artificial island (made for this project) where it dives into the tunnel part to the Danish mainland (well, the rather big Island of Sjælland). The artificial island also caught the interest of scientists that studied how life, flora and fauna, came to the island.
Would definitely recommend visiting Sweden, I go there (Stockholm) several times a year and cheap to travel to from London. I have been across the Öresund bridge and is amazing. You can also take the train on under the Öresund as well
I want to go, it baffles me why it's not promoted as a tourist destination or not popular with Brits. We are so close, but I rarely hear of anyone going. I would love to.
@@davidbentley4032 I can fly to Stockholm for less than £100, cheaper than getting a train to visit my brother up north. Also you can get it cheaper if you look for advanced deals. I flew to Stockholm 3 times last Autumn and Winter for 70 quid.
One correction. The 80something% lives in cities. Is a sometimes deliberate misunderstanding. While that figure comes from our government statistics. It concerns 'tätort' vs 'glesbygd' - there are no real translations into English for those concepts. So I take it for this video it's just misstranslation. Tätort - includes cities... But also any rural village with a population over 199 (this is not a typo). And everything between. So your rural farming village miles and miles from anywhere. Is part of that 80+% lives in 'cities' As is all the sleepy small towns. Because it all counts as tätort. Pretty much unless you have miles and miles, not to the nearest town, but the nearest neighbour. You are part of those 80+% who lives 'in cities'. When someone who don't know the definitions behind the statistics. Or want to make out that rural areas are less deserving or desirable. So you bandy that figure about to make it seem like you are not excluding more than half of the population and only care about Stockholm Göteborg and Malmö.
Urban vs rural, maybe? There are strict definitions for these things as well. Any inhabited area that is further than 45 minutes by car from a population center with more than 3000 inhabitants is glesbygd. It's rather an unwieldy definition, admittedly, as people don't need to be that far away from a population center to be what, in most countries, would count as rural.
I have to say that it is entertaining seeing you react to things about our country. There are some things that is not exactly as it is at times. But overall it's at least close enough :D
About Donald Duck - at this time we didn’t have cartoon films. Therefore it was like party when you could look at this and therefore one sent it in the very particular day of Christmas.
Yes, it's true. The whole country grinds to a halt at 3 p.m. on Chrismas eve, when everyone settles down to watch Disney on TV. It's not only Donald Duck. It's shorts cartoons with other Disney characters as well. Not only that, but it's THE SAME cartoons every year! I guess that we Swedes are crazy sticklers for traditions. Speaking of food. One very traditional dish (especially in the nordic parts) is "surströmming". It's actually fermented herring and, yes, it smells like it sounds. I've never eaten it, but those who like it says it's delicious. I've never gotten past opening the can. There is a saying: If you want to be sure to clear a room, open a can of "surstömming".
As someone said below, it was mostly the Danish Vikings that conquered Britain. You have something called "Danelagen", that is where most of the Danish vikings ended up living. Swedish vikings went east, and what some doesn't know is that Swedish vikings were actually for about 200 years the personal guard of the east roman (Byzantian) emperor in Constantinople (the old Nordic name was "Miklagard" for Constantinople), called "Väringagardet". The word has its roots in old Norse language spoken at the time so it is hard to translate. One possibility is that the base word "Vär" comes from a word that ment "trohet" (in English, faithful), possibly because the swore an oath of elegance to the emperor. Just some fun extra facts. :)
The thing with donald duck is not only that it was a tradition to air it on christmas. It was also the only time ever you could watch a cartoon on swedish tv for a long period of time when there were only 1-2 channels available, so it was a BIG deal for children
Slightly old, but mostly true (compared to many other similar)! Concerning Donald Duck. I personally almost never look at TV since 1978 (except during the period with children), except "the duck" at Christmas Eve! I have seen the program almost every Christmas since the early 60s.
I live in Malmo/Sweden and closest to different countries. And 2 times a month we drive over the bridge to Denmark / Copenhagen. Driving there only takes about 15-20 minutes, it's not a long way. we shop there, go to restaurants, dance etc We are close to quite a few countries to drive to😊
U forgot about EUROPE, THE only Swedish band that has over 1 billion wiews on youtube "not even ABBA has it " on The Final Countdown video , I was there on the 22nd of September last year at GRÖNA-LUND when they resieved the award .
Okay it’s update time people. Stefan Lövén was indeed our Prime Minister up until the fall of 2021, ahead of the mandate ending, and Magdalena Andersson became the first ever female Prime Minister (or Statsminister as we call it) in Sweden until the next Vote last September when Ulf Kristersson of the Moderate Party took over.
The research on that video...sheesh. "Ericsson does more than sell phones". Ericsson stopped selling phones arpund 2001 for favor of a joint venture with Sony. Sony Ericsson was completely separate from Ericsson for 20 years. Sony Ericsson stopped producing phones a long time ago.
The Nordic countries are five; Finland 🇫🇮 + 🇦🇽 Åland Sweden 🇸🇪 Norway 🇧🇻 Iceland 🇮🇸 Denmark 🇩🇰 + 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (NOT 🇬🇱 Greenland) Of the Danish provinces the Faroe Islands are considered Nordic, but not Greenland. (Curiousity: Denmark shares land border with Canada. A tiny Island in Kennedy Channel called Hans Island (Dan. Hans ø , Inuit Tartupaluk). It has been a friendly dispute on where the border actually was, which wasn't settled until in June 2022. Both countries have, of course, stated it theirs, and put their flag on the island. At one time, when the Canadians exchanged the Danish flag to the Canadian, they also put a bottle of whisky by the pole. Next time the Danish put a bottle of Danish liquor instead. That became the start for media to call the dispute "the Whisky War". Now they have one half each, and both red and white flags can be seen. 🇨🇦🇩🇰/🇬🇱 ) The story about how come all Nordic countries AND the two autonomous groups of islands Åland and the Faroe Islands have a cross on their flags, that's for another day. Or just google, if you're curious!
@@herrbonk3635 That also makes the rest of those Scandinavian countries Nordic by way of Denmark having owned them. Sweden have also owned some more territory, but not for as long.
@@znail4675 Well, Sweden "owned" Finland for as long as there are written sources. But Denmark never "owned" Sweden. The Kalmar union of the 1400s was a treaty not a conquest, if that's what you are thinking of. Of course all of them are nordic, what else could they be? They are not exactly located in the south :D
Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. In English usage, it can sometimes also refer more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes part of Finland), or more broadly to all of the Nordic countries, also including Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands
If you don’t want to venture out in the Swedish northern wilderness there is Stockholm Ice bar close to the central station in Stockholm where the bar and glasses are made of ice from the same river as the ice hotel. An annex of sorts to the hotel
Sometimes the Nordic and the Scandinavian countries are seen wrongly by foreigners interchangeably, but in fact, Scandinavia is only Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, while the Nordic countries also include Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands, and sometimes also Greenland is included since it belongs to Denmark.
I have taken the train across the bridge many times. :) You can go to Copenhagen from Malmö in about 30 minutes. There is a ship wreck beside the bridge. The may have moved in now.
Nobel invented the dynamite for easier mine work/ tunnel work since Sweden is a mining country. But ofcourse some people figured out that you could use it in warfare aswell.
2:34. Öresundsbron. Öresundsbron in Swedish and Øresundsbroen in Danish is part bridge and part tunnel. Half of Öresundsbron is a bridge and the outher half is a tunnel. The bridge half is on the Swedish water side and the tunnel side is on the Danish water side. The approximately 4 km (about 2.49 miles) closest to Denmark consists of a tunnel, as the span of a high bridge would be a danger to aircrafts at Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen. So the island of Pepparholmen was created to connect the bridge with the tunnel.
You can move mountins and make Subways with dynamite... And The sauce for the meatball is : veal stock, heavycream, ansjovis, blackcurrant gel, salt,blackpepper and bayleafs. Thickend with flour. I ad a little butter att the end to make it shine
Yes, Danes and Norwegians travelled west to the British isles and further. I’m apparently from Norwegian Vikings who went to live in Scotland for 700 years and then moved to Finland and then Sweden. A mix.
The Donald Duck thing, half of us love it, the other half (me included) loads it. The Ice hotel, yes it’s cold but we have the right clothes and we are used to sleep outside in the cold, fresh air from when we where babies. Most of us scandinavians leave our toddlers outside in the strollers fore their naps. I have learned from outhers that this is not common in most countries, but we do not leave them without supervision, I left my kids outside the kitchen window while I had a cup of coffee. The cold strengthens the imunsystem. The Jukkasjärvi river is not called Thorned, it is called Torne älv😊
We also look at an old black and white english program called ”Dinner for one” on New years eve. And on New years day we watch the film Ivanhoe (from 1982).
Dynamite good uses are mining, building, clearing land and making tunnels for safer traveling. Making Railroads is one of the biggest good uses of dynamite.
Oh really? I need to learn about your Royal Family. I feel we don’t know enough about other Royal Families In different countries. We only know of our own.
They missed that the borough Bronx in New York City is named after a Swede called Johan Bronk who they believe came from the province of Småland. About Donald Duck on Christmas back in 1959 there was only 1 tv-channel in Sweden and when something American like Disney was broadcasted is was something very special! When i grew up in the '80s in Sweden we only had 2 tv-channels and whenever Disney was on you can bet we wanted to watch! The speaker is correct saying it's very much a ritual thing something you just do cause you always have! Around Christmas there's always one network who broadcasts the Home Alone movies here as well!
I was born 80, and for my family it's been ingrained in our DNA at every xmas evening its Donald Duck time and no one can miss it,. we all cuddle down in something warm with something good to eat hamsandwish or something and some glög. And then watch it even tho we seen it 50 times before ^^
About Donald Duck or as we call him Kalle Anka :) its just tradition to sit down before Christmas dinner and watch Kalle Ankas Jul ( donald ducks X-mas ) with the whole family! after the show ends we usually open presents for an hour or so then sit down to have dinner around 6 pm.
The bridge... I do it 15 times a month(airport/malmö)... and still it makes me amazed.... every time. I have done it for the last year. And I am sorry to say... I know do not have any thing to do with it but it is Carl Linné. U should se Jonna Jinton... she is amazing.
About the bridge to Denmark.......before the opend it for traffic, people could buy tickets so they could walk on it. Me ans a friend of mine did that and it was awsome! At the pylons there was a couple that got married at the same time. After that I've been gooing there by train a few times and also in car. The view is great! You can see the whole bridge when you're flying to Copenhagen. I did that a couple of times and its awsome to see it from the sky!
Our city busses also uses food trash to run their motors. It’s called “biofuel” 🤪 // Sweden…. And yeah, as mention I every other comment, this video missed out A LOT!
We have invented or popularized lots of more things not in the video. Ball bearings, 3 point seatbelts, rolling seatbelts, regular cars with turbos, Saab 99 Turbo was the first regular petrol car using a turbo, TCAS traffic avoidance system mandatory in all commercial aircraft is a Swedish invention as is Skype, now the conferencing backbone of Microsoft teams, Spotify, Minecraft, Volvo cars, Koenigsegg, Scania and Volvo buses and trucks are well renowned Swedish brands. We are also one of the world's largest weapons exporters and music exporters as mentioned before.
The vikings that went to England and Scotland, and for a while ruled England, was Danish vikings. The Norweigan vikings went to Iceland, Greenland and Canada.
Home made meatballs in my house in half pig and half cow. Fine chopped onions and ströbröd ( our main housewife must in the kitchen.) Ströbröd is fine breadcrumbs that we use as a healthy alternative for panko. But in meatballs its delish and some egg.
Ok so the Christmas tradition is because that was one of the few times back in the day kids got to see cartoons ok tv. My mom remembers it being the best part of the day. So we grow up watchin it each year and it on the tradition goes... It is always the same episodes every year plus two new cartoons coming out soon.
Have been standing on the Öresundsbron with one leg on each side Sweden/Denmark 😆 Edit: actors, Peter Stormare, Noomi Rapace, the Skarsgårds men Stellan-Bill-Alexander-Valter-Gustaf, Anita Ekberg, Britt Ekland, Alicia Vikander, Maud Adams, Malin Åkerman, Models: Victoria Silverstedt, Vendela, Emma Sjöberg, Elsa Hosk Wrench=shiftkey and pipe wrench was invented by Johan Petter "JP" Johansson (in denmark its called a swede key)
The iconic Coca Cola bottle was invented by a Swede, Indian motorcycle was invented by a Swede, the Bronx district was developed by a Swede, the modern refrigerator was invented by a Swede,
The Vikings are described as terrible pirates which is partly true but the biggest part of the vikings were farmers and fishermen! Which is seldom mentioned.
The Donald Duck program on Christmas actually have the English title "From all of us to all of you" and was part of a Disneyland TV-series originally. Perhaps more interesting to you is the fact that in Sweden, we view a sketch by the English comedian Freddy Frinton at New Year every year... the same one!
I was shocked when I found out that Mickey Mouse are the most famous in the world of the Disney characters. I always thought Donald Duck was the main star.
The bridge been driving there so much i lost counting. I live in Malmö sweden but copenhagen is our night life. Malmö,Sweden central station to Copenhagen(capital) central station, Denmark takes just less than 30 min.
The thing with Donald Duck is that there were almost no cartoons of that type in 1959 and until the nineties in the, at first, only channel and then just two state owned channels. When commercial tv was allowed that stopped with loads of cartoons but the tradition of Donald Duck survived to this day.
The high taxes is why IKEA haven't been Swedish for a long time (the owner group have been based in the Netherlands since i believe the 70s) and Spotify decided to place their HQ in New York and so could be considered no longer Swedish either. these are just two of many examples of how high taxes are a big negative on the economy.
Spotify lists their HQ to be Stockholm. There was something about a subsidiary collecting all the payment from customers to avoid Swedish taxes. If my memory serves me correct it was Spotify Ltd i London.
About christmas traditions up in the north of scandinavia, if you want you can choose what you want to watch on traditional television. Another interesting fact about sweden Minecraft.
Minecraft was made in sweden by Swedish game developer Markus "Notch" Persson and released to the public in 2009. A videogame does not really belong to a country but of course the country of origin is Sweden!
Vikings were Norsemen who went on raids. Norsemen who didn't go on raids were just "Norsemen". Viking roughly translates to something along the lines of "Pirate". The Vikings that invaded England were a mixture of mostly Danish (I think), Norwegian and Swedish Norsemen, who united and were led by Danish kings. While Danish and Norwegian vikings usually travelled west and throughout Central Europe, Swedish Vikings travelled east. Among other things, Swedish vikings became royal guards (Varangians) for various royal houses but most famously the Byzantine Empire. They also founded a kingdom in modern day Ukraine and Russia called Kievan Rus, which eventually along the centuries became modern day Russia.
"Swedish meatballs" actually came from Turkey back in the 16 or 1700s where our king was held captured. Sweden was in a conflict with the ottoman empire at the time Turkey was a part of that The king was served meatballs in prison and it became his favorit and when was finally released he asked the chef for the recipe of meatballs and also a dish called kåldolmar however the Swedish meatballs are not as spicy as the original Turkish ones because here in Sweden we only had access to salt and black pepper since spices had to be imported from far far away and was very expensive A typical Swedish thing is to take a dish from another country change it a bit and mix it with something from another country and making it Swedish Potatoes came to Sweden all the way from south America but meatballs and potatoes with lingonberry jam are atypical Swedish dish meatballs with makarons or spagetti and pizza with pineapple and bananas are also examples of this we also like to cruise around in old American cars from the 1950s and 60s drink Swedish beer and play load rockabilly music and try to pick up girls for a ride on weekends its called Raggar culture a typical Swedish thing adopted from the US back in the 1950s and still popular in the country side even today
Viking that attack England was more Dannish (danes) but Sweden and Norway was in for it too 😊 so Víkingur (viking) was a mix . And bluetooth was inveted by a swede from a viking name in history Blåtand !😊
When it comes to the viking era, there where no countries like Denmark, Norway or sweden, it was small regions in all countris that had the same belive "ASA", and when they when did travel over sea they actually ask people to come to travel so they had many people that came with them, offcourse they asked the nears people first. but when like when they took over England there where peolpe from the whole Scandinava as they needed a lot of warriors to do that.
the view really is amazing ! yet if you are scared of being able to see the water... hmm i see why its a bit scary... i've been driving on this bridge several times throughout my life as i am from denmark myself and have family in sweden ... even our trains travel across this bridge... if you wanna go to Malmö or Göteborg by train.. you'll have to cross this bridge.
Also, swedish people right a ton of the top songs on the billboards and for a lot of the highest grossing movies aswell, Ludwig Göransson I think has composed songs for several of them. My best friend over here actually has a sister who's wrote songs for Britney Spears, Alan Walker, Beyonce and more. It's insane how talented "WE" are lmao.
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It's really too bad they didn't mention the 3-point seat belt. Not only was it a Swede that invented it, but the company he worked for (Volvo), allowed the patent to be open, so anyone could install it in their cars without paying hefty fees. Because of that, it became standard in every car and as a result, it has saved millions of lives all over the world from road accidents.
My personal favorite is the Gauge Blocks, Ford credits that invention with making mass production possible. Their mass use in Sweden also enabled machine exports and many future inventions. Precision engineering is very valuable.
Volvo also invented Dual hydraulic system for car brakes- in case of a leak in one system there is still some braking available
Nils Bohlin worked at Volvo - but invented the belt private and didn't let Volvo get the patent.
Bohlin ville att alla fritt skulle kunna installera det.
@@piyahdemir4446 Ah, thank you for correcting me.
@@znail4675Yes, invented by CE Johansson.
Sweden had Avicii also. Never forgotten.
Yes!! Globen is founded by Eriksson but is named after Tim, Avicii nowadays ❤️
The heck did he say about the Swedish meatballs being soaked in a sauce with "Worcestershire Sauce"? o.O As a swede I don't think I've ever used that on my meatballs
Well, then you are maybe not a very old Swede? I for one have always had my meatballs with macaroni and HP sauce (appr. the same as Worcestershire Sauce). This from a 75yo Swede. Never the new IKEA version with brown creamy gravy and... mashed potatoes? WTF?
@@bfelten1 thank you for calling me youbg. If you're 75y.o. then there's a possibility that I, being approximately half your age, am just young and uncultured :)
I think you accidentally misheard when he spoke about where in Sweden most people live - the majority of people who live in Sweden live in the south, not the north. I think he said "most Swedes live in the southern part of the country" and I think you said you heard "no Swedes live in the southern part of the country" 😅
Yeah Dwayne need to clean his ears
@@spacemaker8760 north part is anyhow the better part since no big cities, the biggest city in the north is umeå and are still considered tiny since it only has 100k people, we thrive with our big forests and what not
Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Nordic countries also include: Finland, Iceland.
Actually.. To be very picky.. Denmark no longer holds land in Scandinavia. It used to. But lost all the land they had to Sweden in the 1600’s. Scandinavia is a geographic term. Not a culturalinguistic term. People always get that mixed up. Scandinavia is the name of the peninsula where Norway and Sweden are. Denmark is geographically part of mainland Europe with some islands in the north sea and baltic. None of which are located in Scandinavia.
@@swedishmetalbear If talking about the landmass, people say "Scandinavian Peninsula". Scania and Scandinavia are dated to around when Jesus had thoughts, and I don't think the landmasses sat together even then.
@@swedishmetalbear Scandinavia is where the Scandes mountainrange use to lay. It is all geological and though it is hard to imagine Denmark also is located on top of the former Scandes and is part of Scandinavia. Ridiculous when you see their highest "mountain":
sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelbjerget
A part of Sweden has been Danish, in various forms, but always Skåne. Also Blekinge, Halland and a piece of Småland.
Hence was Denmark a part of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
It's probably correct to say only Sweden and Norway are Scandinavia, but Denmark is usually still seen as a part of Scandinavia.
The northern part of Finland stretches up on the Scandinavian Mountain Range...
An ongoing, probably never ending question.
@@annabackman3028 Even today's Denmark was part of the Scandic mountainrange once upon a time. It is a geological and geographical definition - not cultural or historical. Tro mig.
Allemansrätten - The right to roam.
Traditionally mentioned in the medieval county laws (so the notion is most likely older than that), it means no one owns nature, and everyone is free to enjoy it. You are free to collect materials and berries, and even camp anywhere (exceptions are made for private properties close to buildings) for a couple of days.
Another rule is that you are not allowed to destroy the nature, don't litter around and clean up after yourself so that others can also enjoy the nature aswell.
Materials, that's nott entierlly true. You can pick berries, mushrooms and flowers that aren't red listed (fridlysta), but you may not collect stones, pebbels or cut branches from living trees and you are not allowed to dig up roots. In conclusion: You may not do anything that leaves a longlasting damage to the nature.
You may camp on anyones land for a night or two, but not in farmed fields and not within the privazy zone (where you can be seen from a resident building).
Dynamite was invented to help people with building and mining. But some people unfortunately saw other areas of use.
Ahh ok so there was an actual positive use for it.
As with the majority of inventions. Nuclear fission wasn't developed as a weapon at first, it was a pretty clean and extremely efficient energy source, and it still is, but most of the public now associates it with nuclear bombs.
The first thing that popped into my head upon seeing your comment was Boom Boom Boom by Vengaboys.
@@dwaynesview It should also be noted the Nobel also owned many arms companies, so it wasn't just others who miss used his things. Bofors is a pretty well known arms manufacturer. Alfred Nobel was an explosives expert and it had some obvious military uses.
"När det står klart vilken kraft det finns i sprängämnen och krut och vilken skada de kan åstadkomma kommer man avstå från att använda dem". "When it is clear what power there is in explosives and gunpowder and what damage they can cause, people will refrain from using them". Alfred Nobel he invented dynamite to prevent wars of intimidation. not much to be afraid of when you're not the one getting the stuff shot at. so about as stupid as building nuclear weapons to prevent nuclear war
Greta Garbo was not of Swedish descent, she was Swedish born and raised and then moved to Hollywood. She is burried in Stockholm
Mickey Mouse is boring, Donald Duck is relatable. Also, in 1959 when they started showing Disney on Christmas eve it was the only time of the year when you could watch a cartoon at all. That's why people gathered for it in the start, now it is just tradition.
Greetings from Sweden.
She comes from Stockholm, she is buried here now
Yea, her name wasnt even really Garbo, it was Gustafsson.
And the Disney show on Christmas is not only Donald Duck its also Mickey Mouse, Cinderella, Snowwhite, The Lady and the Tramp etc etc
At the same time Donald Duck is a full blown psycho. But relatable. :)
She was pure Swedish. Both her parents were sweds since generations.
It surprises me that H&M is rarely mentioned in these videos. Together with IKEA it must be one of Sweden’s most well-known exported brands.
The Swedish music export is really big as well. Cheiron studios in Stockholm with Denniz Pop ( May he rest in peace) and Max Martin stands behind many big pop songs and groups, beginning in the '90s: The Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Westlife, Boyzone, Robyn , NSYNC. After that Max Martin have collaborated with a lot of famous singers and bands. And the Swede still has a major influence of the international pop industry. Since 1998, Martin has written or co-written 25 Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit songs.
all true, Robyn is Swedish to unlike the others mentioned. and like Finland we have a big Metal and rock culture to.
@@kirsjawaki To be honest, we have a huge metal scene. And several sub genres came from swedish bands. Doom, Melodic death (or the Gothenburg sound if you will), neoclassical and so on and so forth.
Vikings from all of Scandinavia came to Britain, the Majority were Norwegians but there are sources of Danish and Swedish vikings in England and France as well. Vikings from all of Scandinavia did also sail East, epecially down to Miklagård and Serkland but the majority were Swedish. Swedish vikings were often reffered to as "The Rus" by the finnish and baltic states. The word "Rus" can be translated to "Men who row" and even taken from a place in eastern Sweden called Roslagen or the Finnish name for Sweden "Routsi". The name "Russia" actually means "The land of the Rus", and the Rus of the time were Swedish vikings. It is speculated if Russia and Belarus got their modern names from the old territory "Kievan Rus" that reached big parts of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, and even further. Swedish vikings did rule Kievan Rus for a long time so historians are discussing if the word "Rus" originally orginated from Scandinavia
Actually, Norwegian Vikings mostly went to the north of Britain, and were not settlers. Danish Vikings were a lot more present, and they also established huge settlements all over Britain, as they were settlers. //Norwegian.
that is very true. apparently there is remnants from vikings in America. and some carved runes in one of the Indian palaces or if it was a temple? don't remember what building it was. but translated it more ore less ment "Bjorn was here" or something like that. studied this so many years back now so its a bit foggy. but i just found it so funny. Tagging was a thing all back then.
@@Luggruff Most of all runestones in existance are in sweden, Over half them speak of journeys to the west. The runestones are our only historical leftovers from the viking age. I dont understand why it keeps getting pushed as if swedish vikings only went to the east.
The Danelaw - ever heard of that?? A little learning...
Swedish meatballs are NOT typically seasoned with allspice and nutmeg. Both spices are fairly rare in Swedish foods, especially compared to Britain. Everyone has their own favorite recipe of course, but salt, pepper and onions is the basic seasoning.
Koenigsegg is also Swedish which is groundbreaking car developer.
developing cats since the 19C4T's
@@tezla1530 change it to cars. 😂
Fastest car in the world
Don't forget Sabaton! One of the world's biggest metal band right now. Check them out.
Sweden also has the world's oldest military unit that's still active, Livgardet (the Royal Guard). While checking out Sabaton, listen to their song "Livgardet".
22:16 The Ericsson Globe, or Globen as we commonly call it, was renamed The Avicii Arena in honour of the late Swedish DJ Avicii. RIP
Disappointed he didn't mention the Kanelbulle (cinamon rolls/buns) for famous foods, which even has it's own day every year!
You have Carl Erick Wickman born in Våmhus, Sweden. He emigrated to Hibbing, Minnesota and founded Greyhound bus i 1913.
Half way through and they have covered music and famous people, and still not one word of our most famous person - producer Max Martin. Confused.
WOW! I just googled him and he has co-wrote and produced for some of the biggest artists on the planet. He's definitely one of your biggest exports. Maybe it's because he's behind the scenes and not really famous.
You shouldn't talk about Max Martin without mentioning Denniz Pop , who sadly died too young. Dynamic Duo.
Greta Garbo was Swedish, not just by heritage. ;)
Mixing in Greta Garbo as an American with swedish heritage together with Emma Stone and Wahlberg...Greta Garbo was born in Sweden, the others were not! Really bad research in that video you watched 😄
I need to find a better video, I don't think the information was reliable lol! I'm going to react to Geography Now's video on Sweden. I've hear he's normally pretty accurate.
Yeah, I was really surprised by the inclusion of Greta Gustafsson (original name of Garbo). Definately not american.
As a Swede whose moved to Denmark, I've crossed the Öresund bridge several times. Mainly by train, but also by car. The views are stunning, but when it's just the start of your biannual 7 hour trip to Stockholm, you kinda forget to look it at. But I used to always look for this specific boat that had gone aground close to the bridge and laid there for a couple of years. 😅 I remember thinking it was strange no one moved it, and the suddenly it was gone. Personally I prefer the views from driving through Sweden, seeing the mountains and nature of the different regions. The Swedish nature is one of the things I miss the most, beside my family. A funny thing about the Öresund bridge though, there was a time when I remember a boat was stuck next to it and it laid there for a couple of years. I used
Hi there from Sweden! most of us live in the south, you just didn't listen properly. You should come and visit!
Ooops lol! That’s what I meant, but it came out wrong. Lol! I want to visit though for definite.
One of the most popular computer games was developed in Sweden, Minecraft, but also program like Skype and the old game pinball dreams.
Don't forget Spotify
@@catd11ng74 he already mentioned Spotify in the video
Another fun fact that we swedes love is that on the new years we watch the movie Ivanhoe. And the acter Sam Neill takes to twitter for his confusion at the annual tradition.
I live in Malmö, in the very south of Sweden and from where I live I can see both the bridge to Copenhagen, Denmark and Turning Torso, the skyscraper that shows in the beginning of the video. It’s a lovely place. It has a 5 km long beach where thousands of people go every day in the summer. Big city but with a friendly and casual feel. Very continental due to the closeness to the rest of Europe and its many immigrants. I love it!
Not the best "about Sweden video"! Missing a lot that should have been included some examples: Music: Max Martin, Avicii, Roxett ... Inventions: Three-point seatbelt, Celsius Temperature Scale, Ultrasound, Gamma Knife ...Companies: H&M, Volvo, Ericson, IKEA, Electrolux.Tetra Pak
..also the pacemaker, skiftnyckel (adjustable spanner) and the dynamite
A few more...Bluetooth, GPS, the zipper, flat screen monitors, ultra sound, safety match...
@@stellakr75 of which two of them were mentioned.
Walkers for seniors, Dalén light for lighthouses, spherical ball bearing, autoclaved aerated concrete, boat propeller, polystyrene, bolt cutter, household refrigerator, telephone handset, rechargable batteries, the modern tape measure
The Öresundbridge in the beginning that you saw that connects Sweden with Denmark you'll not only drive over the ocean but will also be driving under the ocean aswell, check it out
Oh wow that’s amazing so it goes underneath ocean like the Eurostar? The view over the top looks really pretty in the video.
@@dwaynesviewYep, bridge from the Swedish side to an artificial island (made for this project) where it dives into the tunnel part to the Danish mainland (well, the rather big Island of Sjælland).
The artificial island also caught the interest of scientists that studied how life, flora and fauna, came to the island.
Would definitely recommend visiting Sweden, I go there (Stockholm) several times a year and cheap to travel to from London. I have been across the Öresund bridge and is amazing. You can also take the train on under the Öresund as well
I want to go, it baffles me why it's not promoted as a tourist destination or not popular with Brits. We are so close, but I rarely hear of anyone going. I would love to.
@@dwaynesview not reliably hot and sunny, plus expensive booze. Is probably a pretty big reason why. 😂
Cheap air travel? You're a few years behind the times there lad.
@@davidbentley4032 I can fly to Stockholm for less than £100, cheaper than getting a train to visit my brother up north. Also you can get it cheaper if you look for advanced deals. I flew to Stockholm 3 times last Autumn and Winter for 70 quid.
One correction.
The 80something% lives in cities. Is a sometimes deliberate misunderstanding.
While that figure comes from our government statistics.
It concerns 'tätort' vs 'glesbygd' - there are no real translations into English for those concepts. So I take it for this video it's just misstranslation.
Tätort - includes cities...
But also any rural village with a population over 199 (this is not a typo). And everything between.
So your rural farming village miles and miles from anywhere. Is part of that 80+% lives in 'cities'
As is all the sleepy small towns.
Because it all counts as tätort.
Pretty much unless you have miles and miles, not to the nearest town, but the nearest neighbour.
You are part of those 80+% who lives 'in cities'. When someone who don't know the definitions behind the statistics. Or want to make out that rural areas are less deserving or desirable. So you bandy that figure about to make it seem like you are not excluding more than half of the population and only care about Stockholm Göteborg and Malmö.
Urban vs rural, maybe?
There are strict definitions for these things as well. Any inhabited area that is further than 45 minutes by car from a population center with more than 3000 inhabitants is glesbygd. It's rather an unwieldy definition, admittedly, as people don't need to be that far away from a population center to be what, in most countries, would count as rural.
@@xxhellspawnedxx Or just "Cities including suburbs"
They often miss to tell that Skype was swedish born and raised, too. Since then it's been sold.
An other great invention from sweden is... bluetooth :) named after a historical viking i think.. named Harald Blåtand --->blåtand means bluetooth :)
I have to say that it is entertaining seeing you react to things about our country. There are some things that is not exactly as it is at times. But overall it's at least close enough :D
He said Most swedes lives in the southern part.
Yeah I misheard that part 😅
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That’s also where most jobs are...
The immigrants does
It's a very random video. Jonna Jinton is impressive, but I do think we can present someone a little bit more famous than that...
About Donald Duck - at this time we didn’t have cartoon films. Therefore it was like party when you could look at this and therefore one sent it in the very particular day of Christmas.
Yes, it's true. The whole country grinds to a halt at 3 p.m. on Chrismas eve, when everyone settles down to watch Disney on TV. It's not only Donald Duck. It's shorts cartoons with other Disney characters as well. Not only that, but it's THE SAME cartoons every year! I guess that we Swedes are crazy sticklers for traditions.
Speaking of food. One very traditional dish (especially in the nordic parts) is "surströmming". It's actually fermented herring and, yes, it smells like it sounds. I've never eaten it, but those who like it says it's delicious. I've never gotten past opening the can. There is a saying: If you want to be sure to clear a room, open a can of "surstömming".
As someone said below, it was mostly the Danish Vikings that conquered Britain. You have something called "Danelagen", that is where most of the Danish vikings ended up living. Swedish vikings went east, and what some doesn't know is that Swedish vikings were actually for about 200 years the personal guard of the east roman (Byzantian) emperor in Constantinople (the old Nordic name was "Miklagard" for Constantinople), called "Väringagardet". The word has its roots in old Norse language spoken at the time so it is hard to translate. One possibility is that the base word "Vär" comes from a word that ment "trohet" (in English, faithful), possibly because the swore an oath of elegance to the emperor.
Just some fun extra facts. :)
Sweden is a small country but number 3 in the world of inventions and patents 🥳💪🇸🇪
The thing with donald duck is not only that it was a tradition to air it on christmas. It was also the only time ever you could watch a cartoon on swedish tv for a long period of time when there were only 1-2 channels available, so it was a BIG deal for children
Slightly old, but mostly true (compared to many other similar)! Concerning Donald Duck. I personally almost never look at TV since 1978 (except during the period with children), except "the duck" at Christmas Eve! I have seen the program almost every Christmas since the early 60s.
I live in Malmo/Sweden and closest to different countries. And 2 times a month we drive over the bridge to Denmark / Copenhagen. Driving there only takes about 15-20 minutes, it's not a long way. we shop there, go to restaurants, dance etc
We are close to quite a few countries to drive to😊
Malmo is NOT closest to other counries.
U forgot about EUROPE, THE only Swedish band that has over 1 billion wiews on youtube "not even ABBA has it " on The Final Countdown video , I was there on the 22nd of September last year at GRÖNA-LUND when they resieved the award .
Okay it’s update time people. Stefan Lövén was indeed our Prime Minister up until the fall of 2021, ahead of the mandate ending, and Magdalena Andersson became the first ever female Prime Minister (or Statsminister as we call it) in Sweden until the next Vote last September when Ulf Kristersson of the Moderate Party took over.
The research on that video...sheesh. "Ericsson does more than sell phones". Ericsson stopped selling phones arpund 2001 for favor of a joint venture with Sony. Sony Ericsson was completely separate from Ericsson for 20 years. Sony Ericsson stopped producing phones a long time ago.
Finland is not part of Scandinavia, it is however part of the Nordics which also includes Iceland. Scandinavia is Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
The Nordic countries are five;
Finland 🇫🇮 + 🇦🇽 Åland
Sweden 🇸🇪
Norway 🇧🇻
Iceland 🇮🇸
Denmark 🇩🇰 + 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (NOT 🇬🇱 Greenland)
Of the Danish provinces the Faroe Islands are considered Nordic, but not Greenland.
(Curiousity: Denmark shares land border with Canada. A tiny Island in Kennedy Channel called Hans Island (Dan. Hans ø , Inuit Tartupaluk). It has been a friendly dispute on where the border actually was, which wasn't settled until in June 2022. Both countries have, of course, stated it theirs, and put their flag on the island.
At one time, when the Canadians exchanged the Danish flag to the Canadian, they also put a bottle of whisky by the pole. Next time the Danish put a bottle of Danish liquor instead. That became the start for media to call the dispute "the Whisky War".
Now they have one half each, and both red and white flags can be seen.
🇨🇦🇩🇰/🇬🇱 )
The story about how come all Nordic countries AND the two autonomous groups of islands Åland and the Faroe Islands have a cross on their flags, that's for another day. Or just google, if you're curious!
Finland *was* the east part of Sweden until lost to Russia in 1809. Was only half of Sweden "Scandinavian" before 1809?
@@herrbonk3635 That also makes the rest of those Scandinavian countries Nordic by way of Denmark having owned them. Sweden have also owned some more territory, but not for as long.
@@znail4675 Well, Sweden "owned" Finland for as long as there are written sources. But Denmark never "owned" Sweden. The Kalmar union of the 1400s was a treaty not a conquest, if that's what you are thinking of.
Of course all of them are nordic, what else could they be? They are not exactly located in the south :D
Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. In English usage, it can sometimes also refer more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes part of Finland), or more broadly to all of the Nordic countries, also including Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands
If you don’t want to venture out in the Swedish northern wilderness there is Stockholm Ice bar close to the central station in Stockholm where the bar and glasses are made of ice from the same river as the ice hotel. An annex of sorts to the hotel
Sometimes the Nordic and the Scandinavian countries are seen wrongly by foreigners interchangeably, but in fact, Scandinavia is only Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, while the Nordic countries also include Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands, and sometimes also Greenland is included since it belongs to Denmark.
I have taken the train across the bridge many times. :) You can go to Copenhagen from Malmö in about 30 minutes. There is a ship wreck beside the bridge. The may have moved in now.
Start to love this videos, as a Swed its cool to see what other people think of us.
Grayhound bus company in the US was founded by a swede.
Nobel invented the dynamite for easier mine work/ tunnel work since Sweden is a mining country. But ofcourse some people figured out that you could use it in warfare aswell.
2:34. Öresundsbron.
Öresundsbron in Swedish and
Øresundsbroen in Danish
is part bridge and part tunnel.
Half of Öresundsbron is a bridge and the outher half is a tunnel. The bridge half is on the Swedish water side and the tunnel side is on the Danish water side.
The approximately 4 km (about
2.49 miles) closest to Denmark consists of a tunnel, as the span of a high bridge would be a danger to aircrafts at Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen. So the island of Pepparholmen was created to connect the bridge with the tunnel.
You can move mountins and make Subways with dynamite...
And The sauce for the meatball is : veal stock, heavycream, ansjovis, blackcurrant gel, salt,blackpepper and bayleafs. Thickend with flour. I ad a little butter att the end to make it shine
Yes, Danes and Norwegians travelled west to the British isles and further. I’m apparently from Norwegian Vikings who went to live in Scotland for 700 years and then moved to Finland and then Sweden. A mix.
Good uses for dynamite? Demolishing condemned buildings, mining or building tunnels are just a few.
The Donald Duck thing, half of us love it, the other half (me included) loads it. The Ice hotel, yes it’s cold but we have the right clothes and we are used to sleep outside in the cold, fresh air from when we where babies. Most of us scandinavians leave our toddlers outside in the strollers fore their naps. I have learned from outhers that this is not common in most countries, but we do not leave them without supervision, I left my kids outside the kitchen window while I had a cup of coffee. The cold strengthens the imunsystem. The Jukkasjärvi river is not called Thorned, it is called Torne älv😊
Now when you have learned so mutch about Sweden, you need to come here😊
We also look at an old black and white english program called ”Dinner for one” on New years eve. And on New years day we watch the film Ivanhoe (from 1982).
The Snowman
Dynamite good uses are mining, building, clearing land and making tunnels for safer traveling. Making Railroads is one of the biggest good uses of dynamite.
Yeah our king and his daughter Victoria were present at your king's coronation 😎 I know they're related but not exactly sure how.
Oh really? I need to learn about your Royal Family. I feel we don’t know enough about other Royal Families In different countries. We only know of our own.
They missed that the borough Bronx in New York City is named after a Swede called Johan Bronk who they believe came from the province of Småland. About Donald Duck on Christmas back in 1959 there was only 1 tv-channel in Sweden and when something American like Disney was broadcasted is was something very special! When i grew up in the '80s in Sweden we only had 2 tv-channels and whenever Disney was on you can bet we wanted to watch! The speaker is correct saying it's very much a ritual thing something you just do cause you always have! Around Christmas there's always one network who broadcasts the Home Alone movies here as well!
I was born 80, and for my family it's been ingrained in our DNA at every xmas evening its Donald Duck time and no one can miss it,. we all cuddle down in something warm with something good to eat hamsandwish or something and some glög. And then watch it even tho we seen it 50 times before ^^
I bet all the Swedish kids got told to wait with presents until after Donald Duck. Should also be noted that Sweden celebrates X-mas eve, not the day.
About Donald Duck or as we call him Kalle Anka :) its just tradition to sit down before Christmas dinner and watch Kalle Ankas Jul ( donald ducks X-mas ) with the whole family! after the show ends we usually open presents for an hour or so then sit down to have dinner around 6 pm.
The bridge... I do it 15 times a month(airport/malmö)... and still it makes me amazed.... every time. I have done it for the last year. And I am sorry to say... I know do not have any thing to do with it but it is Carl Linné. U should se Jonna Jinton... she is amazing.
Dynamite is used for blast rock. You use it for blasting areas so you can build house there.
The bridge and the view is beautiful. I from Sweden and love going over to Denmark🤩
About the bridge to Denmark.......before the opend it for traffic, people could buy tickets so they could walk on it. Me ans a friend of mine did that and it was awsome! At the pylons there was a couple that got married at the same time. After that I've been gooing there by train a few times and also in car. The view is great! You can see the whole bridge when you're flying to Copenhagen. I did that a couple of times and its awsome to see it from the sky!
They even opened it open for a race across the bridge before they opened it up officially.
My dad and his brothers-in-law (my uncles) ran it together
Great reaction!
Our city busses also uses food trash to run their motors. It’s called “biofuel” 🤪 // Sweden….
And yeah, as mention I every other comment, this video missed out A LOT!
We have invented or popularized lots of more things not in the video. Ball bearings, 3 point seatbelts, rolling seatbelts, regular cars with turbos, Saab 99 Turbo was the first regular petrol car using a turbo, TCAS traffic avoidance system mandatory in all commercial aircraft is a Swedish invention as is Skype, now the conferencing backbone of Microsoft teams, Spotify, Minecraft, Volvo cars, Koenigsegg, Scania and Volvo buses and trucks are well renowned Swedish brands. We are also one of the world's largest weapons exporters and music exporters as mentioned before.
The vikings that went to England and Scotland, and for a while ruled England, was Danish vikings. The Norweigan vikings went to Iceland, Greenland and Canada.
Home made meatballs in my house in half pig and half cow. Fine chopped onions and ströbröd ( our main housewife must in the kitchen.) Ströbröd is fine breadcrumbs that we use as a healthy alternative for panko.
But in meatballs its delish and some egg.
Ok so the Christmas tradition is because that was one of the few times back in the day kids got to see cartoons ok tv. My mom remembers it being the best part of the day. So we grow up watchin it each year and it on the tradition goes... It is always the same episodes every year plus two new cartoons coming out soon.
Have been standing on the Öresundsbron with one leg on each side Sweden/Denmark 😆
Edit: actors, Peter Stormare, Noomi Rapace, the Skarsgårds men Stellan-Bill-Alexander-Valter-Gustaf,
Anita Ekberg, Britt Ekland, Alicia Vikander, Maud Adams, Malin Åkerman,
Models: Victoria Silverstedt, Vendela, Emma Sjöberg, Elsa Hosk
Wrench=shiftkey and pipe wrench was invented by Johan Petter "JP" Johansson
(in denmark its called a swede key)
The iconic Coca Cola bottle was invented by a Swede, Indian motorcycle was invented by a Swede, the Bronx district was developed by a Swede, the modern refrigerator was invented by a Swede,
The Vikings are described as terrible pirates which is partly true but the biggest part of the vikings were farmers and fishermen! Which is seldom mentioned.
The Donald Duck program on Christmas actually have the English title "From all of us to all of you" and was part of a Disneyland TV-series originally.
Perhaps more interesting to you is the fact that in Sweden, we view a sketch by the English comedian Freddy Frinton at New Year every year... the same one!
We got our kitchen table from IKEA - when they had 1 (or possibly 2?) store(s) worldwide!
Concerning the log cabins. During the period talked about, Finland was a part of Sweden. Just saying ;)
I was shocked when I found out that Mickey Mouse are the most famous in the world of the Disney characters. I always thought Donald Duck was the main star.
Fantastic reaction! :)
The bridge been driving there so much i lost counting. I live in Malmö sweden but copenhagen is our night life. Malmö,Sweden central station to Copenhagen(capital) central station, Denmark takes just less than 30 min.
The thing with Donald Duck is that there were almost no cartoons of that type in 1959 and until the nineties in the, at first, only channel and then just two state owned channels. When commercial tv was allowed that stopped with loads of cartoons but the tradition of Donald Duck survived to this day.
I live in Malmö where the bridge start from, take about 20 min to Copenhagen, or we can take the train over the bridge
The high taxes is why IKEA haven't been Swedish for a long time (the owner group have been based in the Netherlands since i believe the 70s) and Spotify decided to place their HQ in New York and so could be considered no longer Swedish either. these are just two of many examples of how high taxes are a big negative on the economy.
Spotify lists their HQ to be Stockholm. There was something about a subsidiary collecting all the payment from customers to avoid Swedish taxes. If my memory serves me correct it was Spotify Ltd i London.
The negative thing is not the size of the tax, it's the greed of those who use _geographical planning_ to avoid it.
About christmas traditions up in the north of scandinavia, if you want you can choose what you want to watch on traditional television.
Another interesting fact about sweden Minecraft.
Yeah. You should come and visit.. Airfares between Britain and Sweden.. Are only like 20-30 quid..
Oh wow! Really? I have no clue why more British people don’t come and visit Sweden. We always go to France, Spain or the Netherlands.
@@dwaynesview Quite a lot of Brits actually do visit. And a lot of Swedes go to Britain.. It’s only a 2 hour flight.
Dynamite is used in many construction sites to remove big rocks for example....
Minecraft was made in sweden by Swedish game developer Markus "Notch" Persson and released to the public in 2009. A videogame does not really belong to a country but of course the country of origin is Sweden!
Vikings were Norsemen who went on raids. Norsemen who didn't go on raids were just "Norsemen". Viking roughly translates to something along the lines of "Pirate". The Vikings that invaded England were a mixture of mostly Danish (I think), Norwegian and Swedish Norsemen, who united and were led by Danish kings.
While Danish and Norwegian vikings usually travelled west and throughout Central Europe, Swedish Vikings travelled east. Among other things, Swedish vikings became royal guards (Varangians) for various royal houses but most famously the Byzantine Empire. They also founded a kingdom in modern day Ukraine and Russia called Kievan Rus, which eventually along the centuries became modern day Russia.
The Gun Tower on the Merrimack. Lighthouse, Wrench, Computer Mouse, GPS
"Swedish meatballs" actually came from Turkey back in the 16 or 1700s where our king was held captured. Sweden was in a conflict with the ottoman empire at the time Turkey was a part of that
The king was served meatballs in prison and it became his favorit and when was finally released he asked the chef for the recipe of meatballs and also a dish called kåldolmar however the Swedish meatballs are not as spicy as the original Turkish ones because here in Sweden we only had access to salt and black pepper since spices had to be imported from far far away and was very expensive
A typical Swedish thing is to take a dish from another country change it a bit and mix it with something from another country and making it Swedish
Potatoes came to Sweden all the way from south America but meatballs and potatoes with lingonberry jam are atypical Swedish dish
meatballs with makarons or spagetti and pizza with pineapple and bananas are also examples of this
we also like to cruise around in old American cars from the 1950s and 60s drink Swedish beer and play load rockabilly music and try to pick up girls for a ride on weekends its called Raggar culture a typical Swedish thing adopted from the US back in the 1950s and still popular in the country side even today
Viking that attack England was more Dannish (danes) but Sweden and Norway was in for it too 😊 so Víkingur (viking) was a mix . And bluetooth was inveted by a swede from a viking name in history Blåtand !😊
When it comes to the viking era, there where no countries like Denmark, Norway or sweden, it was small regions in all countris that had the same belive "ASA", and when they when did travel over sea they actually ask people to come to travel so they had many people that came with them, offcourse they asked the nears people first. but when like when they took over England there where peolpe from the whole Scandinava as they needed a lot of warriors to do that.
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Candy Cross is also Swedish among other things.
Donat duck is so cool in sweden his name is kalle anka
the view really is amazing ! yet if you are scared of being able to see the water... hmm i see why its a bit scary... i've been driving on this bridge several times throughout my life as i am from denmark myself and have family in sweden ... even our trains travel across this bridge... if you wanna go to Malmö or Göteborg by train.. you'll have to cross this bridge.
Also, swedish people right a ton of the top songs on the billboards and for a lot of the highest grossing movies aswell, Ludwig Göransson I think has composed songs for several of them. My best friend over here actually has a sister who's wrote songs for Britney Spears, Alan Walker, Beyonce and more. It's insane how talented "WE" are lmao.
Wasn't it Göransson who created the music for the Black Panther movies?
Dynamite was meant to be used for mining
It's crazy how something so productive and useful has been used for evil.