Why Sweden Dominates Scandinavia's Population
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Scandinavia is a fascinating region of the world! For one, it's usually considered to be the happiest with each of its respective countries often topping the global happiness list. But also, there's not that many Scandinavians relative to its size! In fact, the entire region has less than 1/4th the population of Germany. What's even more interesting is that, within Scandinavia, Sweden has about twice the population as its three siblings: Denmark, Finland, and Norway. So how did Sweden grow so much larger if it shares pretty much the same geographic region?
In this video, we'll cover the incredible geography of Scandinavia and the surprising differences as you traverse each country, the history of how these four countries became independent and how they have been linked throughout time, and, finally, how Sweden managed to grow so much larger in population.
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Because Sweden has plenty of IKEA stores where people can work.
Not to mention gummy fish
@@FXwashere we can't forget Volvo and Saab plus I believe that Koenigsegg is Swedish,but I may be wrong about that
@@MrCHAIRMANOFTHEBORED You are not wrong about Koenigsegg. Their facilities are on a former Swedish Airforce Base and the ghost emblem they use is a homage to the squadron that used to operate from that base, it was their emblem originally.
Before anyone else gets the chance to comment on it, I have to get ahead and say that Scandinavia, while often used as a term to talk about all of the Nordic countries or Fennoscandia, technically only refers to Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Finns are especially adamant about this. Cheers from, you guessed it, Finland!
Are you not embarrassed? The first 10 seconds of your video are already incorrect and you're a "geography TH-camr".
@@Padraigofloinn He mentioned that exact point in the video, paddy.
And the «Scandinavian Peninsula» holds only Norway and Sweden
Finland - too many lakes
Norway - too mountainous
Denmark - too small
Goldilocks syndrome... You need a region that's JUST RIGHT... Hence Sweden... It's the Alberta of the Nordics... BC is too mountainous... Manitoba largely too lake-filled and Saskatchewan to hot and dry in everything but the Saskatoon-Lloydminster-Prince Albert region that extends into Alberta past Vegreville reaching Edmonton. Hence why you look at maps here and the largest clusters of settlement branch out from Edmonton eastward and southward... Tons of Mennonites, Hutterites, Germanic, Ukrainian and Scandi farmers around these parts!
All nordic countries are good
United States🔥 - Way better than all of them
Sweden has more lakes than Finland. It's the climate and lack of large agrarian plains that is the biggest hindrance for Finland. Finish topsoil was scraped clean by the glaciers, and unfertile moraine was deposited instead.
You'd think that the geography person would know the difference between Scandinavia and the Nordic countries.
That threw me off.
Because nobody caresssss.
If you google what is Scandinavia it says the exact same thing as he said; Denmark, Norway and Sweden sometimes including Finland.
@@chrisdubs121If they include Finland shouldn't by Keralia or whtvr region of Russia should be Scandinavian??
Sounds like you just want to be smart it's obvious he already knew that he's making the video because some of his viewers might not know that. I hate when people try and criticize content creators for making their videos simply because they want to act like things are obvious when they're not to other people this is valuable information for people who don't know already.
Finland is not a Scandinavian country. Finland + Scandinavia = Nordic.
@@charleslemos7972 he quite literally said that in the first minute of the video
No Finland +Iceland -Scandinavia = Nordic
The age old debate continues.. EFF IT! Merge back into the Kalmar Union and call it a day please! ;-)
Finland is not nordic. Nordic = North Germanic
@@bennyklabarpan7002 What are you on about haha, its a Nordic country.... it legit just means the North aka we called it Norden here in sweden.
Its Northern europe + North atlantic.
Sweden, Norway and Danmark are Scandinavia. S/N/D + Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Åland are all part of "norden" aka the Nordics
It´s interesting that Sweden has a a bit of what all its neighbor has. It has mountains like Norway, it has forest and lakes like Finland, and it has farm land like Denmark. It´s the only Nordic country that has a bit if everything.
Beaches and ski resorts too. And a considerable number of i***ts
Finland is nordic, not Scandinavian.
Explain this please I always thought it was the inverse
This is true!
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He does say in the video that people often don't include Finland as part of Scandinavia
@@matthewbelamont5800 Scandinavia typically refers to the countries where Nordic Germanic cultures are native, like Denmark, Sweden, Norway and sometimes Iceland is included. Finland is typically not included because the majority native culture is not Germanic, but Uralic, like Estonia, Hungary and various regions in and around the Ural mountains in Russia. It is included in the Nordic countries along with Scandinavia and the Baltic states because it is so far north.
Cries in Icelandic
And angry and confusion in Greenland which both Canadian and Scandinavian in almost equal measures both historically, geographically and politically.. It's the ultimate bridge zone, hence why America seems still so eager to step in and seize it...
@@stickynorthAre you from Greenland? If you are then that's really cool, I never meet people from there.
You're really messing up the historical side.
Swedes alowed german troops to pass through to invade Russia, in Finland, not to invade Norway.
Wrong. German troops used Sweden for troop transports into Norway. This is still a sensitive topic.
@@okklidokkli ofcourse also for the troops doing garrison duty in the norwegian coast, but the reasoning was mainly for the finnish front in Lapland for sweden to let passage, as it wasn't possible during winter to sail on the baltic.
@@okklidokkli They did not let German troops through Sweden during the invasion of Norway. They let German occupation troops ride trains to/from Norway to Germany through Sweden when they were on home leave. This happened after the fighting in Norway had ceased. It is still a sensitive subject though.
and neutral but huge weapon exporting nation lol they all love money
@@matsandersson4846 True, it was during the occupation, but still... It was a huge benefit for the Wehrmacht, transporting almost 400.000 soldiers back and forth on Swedish rails helped the occupation a lot and made it easier.
Awesome video Geoff. I'm of Swedish ancestry so was very interested in your vlog.....great job.....👍🇨🇦
Swedes migrated to Minnesota
- accentuated emphasis on sota
.does that explain Geoff's cool speech?
Did not even bother watching. The answer is: Sweden has more arable land. Next question.
Nope! It was Paraguay.
Slartibartfast was responsible for the fjords of Norway. Sweden gave us the Swedish Chef. The most popular Hondas in Finland as Helsinki Accords. Also, at the end of a race in Helsinki you will find the Finnish line. And thank you Geoff for the correct pronunciation of Copenhagen.
But yet, Norway became very rich in the last century by doing the one thing it could exploit: its natural resources. Norwegian petroleum fields are making huge amounts of money, and the country's rugged landscape also made it very amenable for hydroelectric power generation. Also, Norway has a very active fishing fleet even in 2024.
Pretty straightforward, really.
1 Gotland = 1 Denmark = 5 million people. Similar sizes and latitudes.
Rest of Sweden = Norway = Finland = 5 million people. Similar sizes and latitudes.
Geoff, I have to say that the background music is annoying. Thanks for all of your great videos. I don't miss very many.
Yes. When will he wake up and get rid of it
Love your videos, Geoff! One suggestion: please stick to either instrumental or better yet no background music. I found the strange wailing vocals at a low volume to be distracting and irritating.
Agreed, never saw his videos before but the vocals are distracting
Hundreds of years ago, Denmark had control of parts of mainland, Sweden, Corresponding to where goteland Is now located along the coast
As with many struggles, Warren suit and the Swedes from a little far north took over and converted into Swedish culture
This made Denmark quite wealthy as they control, not only trade along the only route out of the Baltic sea, but also had a lot of fertile land and which to levy taxes
Götaland, not Goteland.
A thing that rarely is being brought up when discussing Swedish geography is that sweden has the most islands of all countries in the world. I am a swed and i didn't know this before my Italian girlfriend told me that.
Shout out to my hometown this week, EDMONTON! The hottest/coldest city in Canada both in population growth and temperatures depending on the season... Today was +29c in The Meadows which technically if sustained for two more days would require issuing a heat warning which is insane in theory but when you remember that global warming isn't uniform makes perfect sense... Especially compared to the heat change maps which put Alberta near the top of the list... And of course is home to the largest cluster of Scandi's/Nordics on the Canadian prairies hence towns and cities like Camrose, Viking, Calmar, Thorsby and New Norway just to name a few... Sadly, having a few issues keeping our pine and spruce forests intact these days however... ';-)
Geographically Sweden basically combines the agricultural features of Denmark in the south, and the forest and mining of Finland in the Mid to North..
Finland isn't just ''sometimes'' excluded in this term... It's always excluded because it's not part of Scandinavia. Only Americans who are too lazy to learn the difference of Scandinavia and Nordic would call Finland part of Scandinavia. It's like saying... ''Canadians and Mexicans are AMERICAN because of their countries location in the North American continent''. Finns aren't Scandinavians, they are Finns... Norwegians, Swedes and Danes are however: Scandinavians.
You forgot Iceland 🇮🇸
@@matthewbelamont5800 it aint in scandinavia
It is, an Finland isnt.@@heh9392
@@heh9392 and that applies to Finland as well
@@henning1152 indeed, but technically some areas of Finland are.
@@heh9392 The "technical" definition of Scandinavia is that it isn't a geographical term but a cultural and historical term refering to the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Why do Swedish warships have barcodes on them? So they can Scandinavian. 🥁
This is simple , norway is only fjords and mountains, about 1/8 of norway is usable for farming. Finland is only lakes and forrest, there is so many lakes that only 1/6 of the country is usable for farming. Denmark is tiny. Sweden is all farm land. You dont have to be a rocket engineer to figure this one out. People settle where there is food. And yeah, Finland is not part of scandinavia btw.
No ifs or buts -- Finland is not part of Scandinavia. They are Nordic, though, along with Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
If one were to exclude finland, mostly because of its "attachment" and similar geography to nearby to russia, then one would need to exclude denmark, as it is attached to germany. Furthermore, geographically and geologically and climatologically, denmark and northern germany are almost identical.
It's not the land, it's the people living there. Finns are not Scandinavians.
A easy way to tell between the Nordic countries is:
Sweden - Land of the Forest
Norway - Land of the Mountains & Fjords
Denmark - Land of the fields & lowlands
Finland - Land of the Lakes
Iceland - Land of the Ice and Fire, Glaciers and Volcanos
Sweden has a larger population mostly because they have larger landmass. Denmark actually has the largest population density, unless you count Greenland which technically is apart of Denmark, but that part would complicate everything, since Greenland is technically not even in Europe.
In Sweden, The King Of The Forests is the moose. Lion may be king of the jungle, but the moose is king in the forest.
Welcome to NATO
Finland in Spanish is Finlandia. Finlandia is also a brand of vodka. And...ok, I'll see myself out.
Sweden home of the Scandinavian mountains.
Shows drone video of Northern Norway 😂
What a nonsense story. For one, Finland is NOT a Scandinavian country, for two. look how tiny DK is. It is far more populated and busy than Sweden.
Something like 80% of the population live in the bottom 1/3 of Sweden.
Finland is not part of Scandanavia.
Could you do a video about the three Spanish Speaking areas of the Caribbean? Puerto Rico, Cuba and Dominican Republic? What similarities and differences they have?
Y que lo que, primo?!!
Great video idea. I also would love ones on the Anglo-Caribbean nations and colonies too because it's the common thread that holds together a very diverse set of island nations that at times could have been its own nation, still part of the UK, independent or even merged into Canada as was the concept for Bermuda, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos and Jamaica at different points in history hence why Canadian banks still have a weirdly large market share in some of these nations...
Immigration to Sweden is the main cause of the discreoancy of population size. Since 1994 Sweden has received over 2.3 million immigrants while Denmark 1.5 , Norway 1.7 and Finland 0.7 million. Sweden has almost doubled its population since the 1960s.
More that 540000 Finns moved to Sweden after year 1945. Lot of immigration to Sweden. North Finland is not bad place to live, when you learn to be in cool -35'C winter weather and summer is warm, sometimes too warm/hot. 4 beautiful seasons, lot of colours. Winter time is brutal, but you know that nature can get rid off you, it is not problem.
My ancestors moved from Finland to Sweden in the 1700s immigration wave. Eastern Sweden where they settled is probably a little more hospitable. Family stories says they were from Savolax, don't know how that compares to Värmland.
Absolutely love this part of the world. Born and raised in NW Oregon. I've never gotten to go there but I'd love to. I'm weird because i love colder places.
It's a weird take, Finland has a population of 16 per square KM, Norway 13, Sweden 24 while Denmark is at 130something per square km
Finland is not part of Scandinavia?? Just cringe, you're taking the Holland approach to The Netherlands. Take this video down
Finland isn't Scandinavian
Sweden (with Finland) and Denmark (with Norway) fought for centuries who would be the leading country in northern Europe. There were eleven Dano-Swedish wars in 1521-1814 after the Kalmar Union broke and fourteen wars between Russia and Sweden in 1475-1809. Quite often the Kingdom of Sweden had to prepare to fight at the same time in east, west and south from the Crusaders to the Napoleonic Wars.
Denmark and Norway lost many regions to Sweden in 1645-1658: Gotland, Halland, Jämtland, Bohuslän, Blekinge and Skåne. Actually Turku (Åbo) in southwest Finland has been a part of Sweden longer (1229-1809) than Malmö in current southern Sweden (since 1658). During the modern times Nordic countries have been very good neighbours to each other and there are many common everyday habits. The only reason why Finland needs a proper army is our eastern neighbour.
In case you are talking about the Nordic countries, rather than Scandinavia, then you should not exclude Iceland
Sweden has given asylum or at least citizenship to about 2 million immigrants since the 1970's and lots of them have children or even grandchildren, if you count three generations it could be around 4 million
My folks went to Scandinavia. I believe they were in Finland, but I really don't remember. They took a hovercraft tour. While they were on the tour, the hovercraft broke down. The hovercraft went over to a small, desert island... desert because the water was salt water, so no fresh water source. Some of the passengers elected to climb the bridge pylon, but my folks weren't up to climbing stairs, especially that many...
You'd be surprised how hot Sweden is half the year.
People assume it's cold here all year round and then they come here with warm clothing only in August and it's +30C and humid.
It also depends where you are.
I mean if you're in Kiruna you're gonna be twice colder than in Skåne.
If you lay Sweden down lengthwise from Skåne it would reach Italy at about 1500km.
Large parts of present day Sweden were historically part of Denmark. If you scrape off 2 million Swedes and imagine them being Danes, the situation gets a bit more balanced. Population density for Denmark and the old Danish lands in Sweden are fairly comparable, while they are decisively lower for the historical Sweden.
fascinating and so beautiful, thanks for sharing
How much of these population is “immigrants”
@@matthewbelamont5800 100%
@@azdon480 Based
Only the Samí are native, the rest are barbaric invaders!
Sweden already dominated in terms of population before the recent migrant surge
Scandinavia = Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
Finnoscandia = Scandinavia plus Finland.
The Nordics = Finnoscandia plus Iceland.
That's how it is, there are no disputes, only people who don't know, similar to when people refer to the UK as England. Or Yanks for all Americans.
You get tired of ALL reporters who don't get ALL the facts before they even try to tell you anything about other countries.
Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are all Germanic languages in the Indo-European family of languages. The Finish language is from a completely different language group not related to other Indo-European languages. Thus there were historically very few cultural ties between Finland and the other Nordic countries. Geography includes more than just mountains and rivers.
Yeah, except for the bit where Finland was a part of Sweden for 700 years and they still have a Swedish speaking population (about 5% have Swedish as their native language). Oh and when I talk to my Finnish friends and we have the same traditions and holidays a lot of the time, same thing with food. No cultural ties at all.
Very many falsehoods in this. For example Sweden never allowed German troops to go through Sweden to invade Norway. Sweden did however allow German troops to go from Norway to Finland in the Continuation War.
Finland is not part of Scandinavia. WTF Geoff. It is Nordic, but not Scndinavian.
As a Swede leaving Iceland out feels wrong. Yes they are small and has extreme nature and position but they are one of us Scandinavians for sure. In my book Estonia is becoming so. War is terrible for your population and Sweden has been spared since 1814 which Finland, Norway and Denmark was not.
Going from Rust to Nancy, there are a few similar words in French and German because they are neighbors-yet are different language groups
Shout out to Captain Gars!
I always point out to family in Viborg 🇩🇰 that I live at a higher level from sea level than Denmark's highest berg (hill) despite living just 5 km from Plymouth Sound on the Channel's Western Approach.
I know you focus on geography but did you know York the Capital of the now English region of Yorkshire was once the capital of Danelaw a collection of provinces owned by Denmark. Even now a lot of local English language dates back to the Danish- Viking era.
Their neighbors to the west and east are further north and face harsher conditions. Denmark has far less land than the other 3. How would we expect it to be more populated on a much smaller land mass?
Ummm… Nordic would have been the right term to use. Also includes Iceland & Finland.
Finland is not nordic. They are finno-ugric. Nordic = North Germanic
Finland STILL isn't Scandinavian
Whats so hard to understand
Most people live in Denmark and southern Sweden because there's more warmth and sunlight and therefore more food. I didn't watch the video.
Desity wise, Denmark won
Yeah Denmark is 👑
Götaland (51/km2) is not much more densely populated than Svealand (47/km2).
“Erm Finland isn’t in Scandinavia” - an absolute LOSERRRRRRR
Why
This comment section teaches you that Finns are very Bajsnödiga.
They opened the door to a lot of immigrants I think? And that's fine, just facts. Finland is not Scandinavia
Finland is not part of Scandinavia.
Scandinavia is the peninsula not Finland.
Hint: 🇸🇴 🇸🇾
Thank you for adding meters
A large number of islands? 400? Sweden has over 200 000 islands
Hold up... There's an Original Zealand? Not just a New Zealand?
What did you expect? Gonna be shocking for you to find ot that New York is named after York in yorkshire, along with basically thousands of other names that were just copied with a "new" at the front. All of them originate from europe.
I hear Iceland get lumped into that group sometimes too.
Even as a Swede, I understand that the term Scandinavia and Nordic can be a bit confusing but I think Geoff did a good job explaining.
TECHNICALLY, Scandinavia is Sweden and Norway is it refers to the peninsula both countries are located on. Denmark is almost always included here due to historical reasons and Finland was part of Sweden for roughly 700 years so sometimes it is included too but isn't actually part of Scandinavia.
The Nordic countries however is not geographical in nature in the same way and consists of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, the Faroe islands as well as Greenland. Åland is also sometimes mentioned while being an autonomous region of Finland.
Hope this clears up some of the confusion :).
Great and very informative video!
All of part of the tiny denmark and Greenland and iceland as well
You are correct except regarding Finland. Nordic is a short form of "North Germanic". Finland is not considered germanic hence not nordic.
@@bennyklabarpan7002 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries
@@Colabusken en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_race#/media/File:Passing_of_the_Great_Race_-_Map_3.jpg
@@Colabusken en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Bronze_Age You also have this. Finland being nordic is only the case if you acknowledge their existance as an extension of Sweden
You are the best geography channel! 👍
Video: Talks about ''Swedish Mountains'' then proceeds to show pictures of Norway. xD
Incorrect. Scandinavia refers only to the three ethno-linguistically germanic kingdoms of Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Finland is not a scandinavian country.
Swedish fish (the candy)
Finland is not a part of Scandinavia, learn your geography
Even if we avoid the obvious nordic/scandinavian mistake this has to be your least accurate video yet. Yes, there was a famine in the 1860s, but the important stuff happens after that. Firstly Sweden joins the industrial revolution quicker than any other nordic nation. This creates economic growth, increased urbanism etc. faster and on a larger scale then in other nordic countries. Lots of finns and some other nordics movebto Sweden post ww2 due to better opperunities. Secondly Sweden also attracts workers from the south of europe to these industries in a way that the other countries does not, most of these move permenantly to Sweden. Thirdly For a long period of time Sweden had more welcoming policy towards imigration.
Sewden still has a much more diversified economy than any other nordic country and this creates a broarder rangr of job oppertunities etc.
We understand, Jeff, you pounded a six pack all by yourself at the game...
If you have to insult the dude could you at least take the time to spell his name right? I guess the old saying is true, “assholes are stupid.”
Since when is Finland Scandinavia
Dominates together with grapes
fun fact, they also look like.... something interesting
Q. Why does person A jump higher than person B?
A. Because he could.
What a pointless video with many wrong facts.
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Scandinavia has a area for 100.000.000 ppl. Russia for 1.8 bilion , Ukraine for 170.000.000 ppl
If you want to completely destroy the habitat sure.
What in the world 😂,
how did you manage to get the finnish war's date so wrong?
These countries have similar culturas. Scandanavian. Iceland included. A pity they didnt créate a comon language like the German speaking countries .
because sweden imports billions of browns
Iceland?!?
How could it not???? 😂😂
Is it because of hot Swedish dames 😊
I think cuz of social support/money for "refugies" who have 5 kids
I always thought Iceland was considered Scandinavian as well?
Scandinavia is the countries part of the Scandes Mountains. Denmark (because of cultural similarities), Norway and Sweden. Nordic countries include Scandinavia + Finland and Iceland.
@@stevebergeson5897 Iceland is near america
Its immigration end of story.
Sweden already towered above its neighbours before that
Sobre Jeff, you are lost in Europe. But you made a good efford. Thank you, Yanqui I mean Gringo.
Finland? Scandinavia? You would have flunked an undergrad geography class. Finns are closer to Hungarians. And you ignored Iceland.
Finns are culturally much more similar to Scandinavia than Hungary.
@@puderkman I meant language group.
@@csandste Sure, but I don't see why that matters when they're closer to Scandinavians in every other way. And Finland and Hungary aren't even that closely related lingustically. It would be like saying that Norwegian and Russian are related.
But it's still true that Finland isn't Scandinavian though.
Triggered by the thumbnail
Seriously... just a couple drinks?😏
Well, Sweden follows the Religion of Peace and the book have passages for having as many children as possible
More land area, too many immigrants
Karelia, Eastern Lapland(Murmansk oblast) and Ingria(Leningrad oblast) also part of Scandinavia