Hi harfna I follow all your videos and loved all of them, I love and obsessed with your country and already been there twice. I would like to know what I have to do to become a permanent resident there I am single and a US citizen thanks
Hrafna! 😃 I am watching “Down to earth with Zac Efron” on Netflix and in the first episode they are making rye bread in Iceland 🇮🇸 in the sand! Is this done where you live too!?
I'm almost positive that the cutsie elf-loving stereotype comes from Björk. For a very long time in the United States, Björk was the only point of reference for Iceland for us lol We'd really benefit from seeing more of the world lol
I was just about to say the same exact thing. I think that stereotype is 100% Bjork, whose name I just recently realized I've been pronouncing incorrectly.
Yep, reckon so - and the Viking woman stereotype comes from the 3 Icelandic women who have dominated women's Crossfit championships for the past decade or so. Annie Thorisdottir has a deserved reputation for having an iron will, that started when she was a little girl & her grandfather dared her to go lie in the waves on the beach when it was *freezing*. She did, and didn't give up or get out till her granddad got her out.
@@keptins Probably true, but that's kind of the context that comes up when you hear about her in the USA. Bjork! Goofy outfits! Iceland! Land of elves and really gentle, friendly, quirky people!
My favorite Icelandic stereotype is a people that jailed corrupt bankers who collapsed the nations financial sector. Oh wait, that's not a stereotype, that 's just brilliance.
In sense8, the bast majority of the actors that play the main characters are actually from the country they are playing in... I never understood why they chose a British actress instead of picking a truly icelandic actress to play 'Riley'
@@ylfawh3336 yeah, I also never got the whole 'Riley name' thing, I mean... That name is so Anglo, the only icelandic about her was her last name Guðmundsdóttir I think.
@@ylfawh3336 The point of the name was that her father (classical musician) really loved the song "Baba O'riley" by The Who and decided to name his daughter Riley because of it. He sang this song to her since she was very little and it kinda comes back as a theme in their relationship.
I think compared to other countries, Iceland can be really lucky about their stereotypes (the stereotypes are not as offending)... coming from a German.😅
Let's see, German stereotypes... hard work, punctuality, intelligence, engineering - that all sounds pretty good. The bad ones are "cold, unemotional, with a harsh language" Overall Deutschland doesn't have a bad mix either.
High Ground Productions but these are not the ones that most Americans think of. Most Americans still think Germany is a dictatorship etc. And the „cold“ and „unemotional“ part is actually true😂 I think it’s not a bad character trade tho.
@@linajurgensen4698 I've never heard even the most ignorant Americans I know they say that Germany is still in a dictatorship. I live in a pretty ignorant part of the country, and I have never heard that stereotype. I think there is still an association between Germany and Nazism, but Americans don't think that Germany is still under Nazi dictatorship, it's more of a word association thing. In fact Americans are more likely to make the socialist association because of the NSDAP, but we're not super smart about socialism in general so, there's that lol
Linda Jürgensen well, as an American in the Midwest, we don’t see your country as a dictatorship currently. Rather the first thing we think of when we think of Germany is the Nazi ideology, which I admit is not too much better. 😅 Personally, I know Germans have tried their damnest to shed their Nazi past and hate when foreigners ask questions/tease about Nazis because it’s such redundant question or teasing.
Sigur Rós was one of my favorite bands in high school! Glad to see them in your famous Icelandic people. (I also like Bjork and Of Monsters and Men). Next time you make a "How to Pronounce" video, can you do Sigur Rós?
It's only been in the last couple years I've really gotten to know much about Iceland and its culture. You seem like a unique and wonderful people and at the top of my bucket list is my wish to visit your country someday
It kinda seems like "[insert nationality] girl fetish" exists for every realatively small country that is "remote" and "exotic" from the anglosphere's perspective. Or why not "x guy fetish" as well in some cases
The country doesn't need to be small, it can even be a bunch of countries placed together, for example, there exists a fetish for latino people and we are "remote" and "exotic" from the anglosphere's perspective but we are a lot of people and Latinoamerica is huge.
@@QuantumPandita the fetishes happen even inside Latin America. I've seen lots of Brazilian women receiving ridiculous messages on social medias from Latin guys.
Well, she did drop the mansplaining trope, so you already have an idea where she's coming from and where her biases lie Best to ignore people like that
Well, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is happily married since 2018 so the lasses will have to cool it if they have the hots for the Mountain, but I daresay there are a few other big guys there.
I think he replied in icelandic on the Walter Mitty one because he was panicking about the situation and not thinking it through properly, this was just before the eruption if I remember correctly and they were evacuating the area.
everyone: "omg you cant just make stereotypes and expect them to be true" me when i see a stereotype of my country:" i have never seen such a hurtful truth"
If I am coach right, perhaps I can do much better. I believe I understand a little better from the first two videos. If I am direct correctly I can accomplish and get a he job done and everyone will be happy
Can’t wait to see this❣️Our first trip to Iceland had to be postponed from this fall to next year. So YOU are our vicarious trip to Iceland in the meanwhile 🙂 Thanks, Hrafna!
I can't help but agree. As an American millennial my first introduction to an Icelandic female, or even an icelander for that matter was björk in early middle school. However, she did inspire me to write a middle school geography paper about iceland and spawned a fascination with the beautiful "wild" nation.
She's the first thing I think about when I hear the world "Iceland" tbh. And when I hear her speak I don't know if I should find it cute or just downright funny. She's a legend tho.
This is super interesting! It definitely is in keeping with a lot of the stereotypes of women where we can only be one of two ways, either very demure and quiet or loud and brash. It's very interesting to see how this applies to the case of Icelandic women in particular and I see some similarities with how I feel I can be stereotyped as a Latina, so I feel so much empathy for the feeling of being forced into a box, so to speak. While our communities may have very different histories and contexts, there are some experiences of womanhood that are so common. Thanks for your perspective, Hrafna!
Lol I know how the lopapeysa thing can get a little annoying. In my country those sweaters aren't even a thing amongst the locals nor have they ever been but these sweaters with colorful Andean designs around the collar and chest are sold as "traditional" and almost every foreigner in the city walks around wearing one of those sweaters.
Hrafna, "Walter Mitty" is such a cute film. Hope you've seen the whole thing. I'm a sucker for films where nice, ordinary people wind up together. And as usual you did a good job on your episode.
As a Taiwanese, we do not have much stereotypes of Iceland but incredibly beautiful landscapes and people. Probably that's why I enjoyed all plots about Iceland in movies.
I think it would be a lovely idea if you started some kind of series where you do some sort of activity (visiting some part of the country maybe?). I think it would help the channel to diversify and grow
I am American from the state of Texas, and to my ear, your accent is not harsh at all. I find it very soothing to listen to, especially when you speak Icelandic even though I don't understand what you are saying.
Oh, I would love to see a Video on Icelandic sayings. I am learning Icelandic, and sometimes those are really funny. For example: Rúsínan í Pylsuendanum - it took me really long, to translate and understand it :-D
Haha, I think that's the same saying as in Danish: Rosinen i pølseenden/ Raisin in the sausage-end. Basically meaning: "the very last one" (and sometimes also best/important) of something or someone 🙂
Hrafna, I recommend you watch Sense8, particularly the first season as Riley and Iceland gets a lot of coverage. There are scenes set and filmed in Iceland. It would be interesting to hear your reaction when you've seen more.
I'd love to see you take a deeper dive into "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," which is one of my favorite films. I was delighted to learn from this video that the innkeeper was saying "Don't you watch the news?" Prior to this I've only figured out "nuna" for now, and "drifa sig" for "hurry up." I got a laugh at how they moved the volcano and Stykksholmur way up into the Westfjords. It might be fun to do an online mutual viewing and comment on the film!
I love Iceland so much, I travel there once a year (fingers crossed its possible this year ...) - but I hate it, when people a stereotyped. On all travel-websites or the facebook groups I am in, its always the same: Icelanders are soo nice, never angry, always happy, more chilled than mid-Europeans. To me this is mostly bullshit. Icelanders are normal people, of course they are nice to their guests, like every other nation is. But there I also met quit impatient Icelanders. Its like saying, all Germans are super accurate, or all Dutch are stoned... To me, it doesnt make a difference, from which nation you are from. Just be nice and treat others with respect ...
I watched Sense8 for a bit. It had a great concept that had the potential to ask deep and meaningful psychological questions. Instead it became obsessed with sex, homosexuality and transgendered prejudices. I don't mind that those topics are covered, I do mind when it overrides the plot of the story. The relentless not-so-well-hidden agenda killed it for me. That and the cheesy/cringey dialogue.
Wow! I've never heard of IGF before! Thanks for sharing and going through these clips. I love how you don't take offense and still explain everything. 💚
I have a lopapeysa I bought from Iceland. I found a charming little store Thorvaldsens Bazar. The sweetest old ladies helped me pick out the right one just for me. Besides paying the ladies who do the knitting and buy the wool, they donate the profits to help woman and children in Iceland.
You got me with “this necklace represent the largest glacier here” I want it 😭 it’s so cute 🥰 I MEAN WHO DOES THAT ???? “This is my favorite chunk of ice so I made it into jewelry”
Hrafna! 😃 I am watching “Down to earth with Zac Efron” on Netflix and in the first episode they are making rye bread in Iceland 🇮🇸 in the sand! Is this done where you live too!?
Did'nt know igf was a thing😡never thought of you that way, hope to hear you speaking my favorite language again soon. Love this vid as alway's be waiting for next one.🖤🖤🇮🇸🇮🇸
I watch you and you show the real Iceland. Not the stereotypes. I like you show the secret places where tourists don't go, and you always look lovely doing it.
Walter Mitty is one of my fave movies! If you do another one of these videos can you please talk about the scene where he trades stretch Armstrong for a skateboard? 😂
Hi! i actually found your channel after watching the Eurovision movie and started youtubing Iceland! Im from New Zealand so in a way we are in a similar country (island nation, beautiful scenery etc) but I'm in the Southern Hemisphere and youre in the Northern Hemisphere!
Hey Hrafna, I was an exchange student in Iceland and lived in Bifröst for half a year. I had an amazing time and learned a bit of the language too. I met a lot of people and heard a lot of different music from Iceland. Maybe you can dive in some Icelandic artist and bands for your next video;) Xx Maartje
A thing I have noticed about Icelandic people speaking English is that they keep pronouncing V as a W and sometimes W as a V, for example Wiking, like you also say at 6:02. Interestingly, Germans do the same thing.
I don't know where the "super bubbly" stereotype for Icelandic (and to a lesser extent, Scandinavians in general) came from for a fact, but I have a hypothesis. In America, the state of Minnesota (and the northern Midwest in general) has a high concentration of descendants of Scandinavian immigrants. We have an associated stereotype of "Minnesota Nice," where we're perceived as genial, kind, friendly (perhaps overly so), and potentially just a bit thick (being unaware, for example, that being so uncommonly nice is creeping out people not used to it). Now, this does have some basis in fact: we are pretty friendly and polite as a rule, but we can be just as rude as anyone else in the right or wrong circumstances, and there's a tinge of passive-aggressiveness to it, especially if we're rankled. So as this relates to stereotypes of Scandinavians, I think that, perhaps, if American writers are unfamiliar with Scandinavian people enough to stereotype them, they presume that they'd be like northern Midwesterners only more so, and so exaggerate "Minnesota Nice" into upbeat, bubbly insanity. Anyway, that's my best guess. I could easily be wrong.
One of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club best player's was from Iceland his name was Sigurður Jónsson played for us way back in 1984 till 1989 great footballer, not many could beat Sigurður Jónsson.
I just came from a week in Iceland and Icelanders told me that the people are quite racist (especially about Poles) and also that they love their country A LOT. So what do you think about it? Btw..the Icelanders I got to know where one of the nicest people I've ever met and we described their personality as 'pure' being good to everyone. And Iceland is an astonishing country! Definitely have to come back. Love from the Czech Rep.❤
Good Lord I just watched a update on the vulcanology report for the global climate and seismic activity in the past 12 days Hrafna, I know the people of Iceland have good history of management when it comes to volcanic unrest and eruption protocols that are very well the best world wide. I just want to send this to say I have had a great time over the past few years watching and learning about your culture , heritage and yourself as a person. Time is uncertain and I do not know if I will have the ability to say thank you for all youve brought to the world from so far away. You can know from the point of a person whos felt blessed to have the opportunity of your person and your great spirit thats been self assured and confident. Know matter what comes to past I thought I should say this in a note. It has truly been a honour to have been awarded the glimpse of a world through the eyes of a awesome woman as you are obviously in yourself. I will be praying that this whole world situation subsides and send hope and strength to you for all the days ahead we all as people will be able to witness no matter if its a new family member or unexpected world changes that are not within the scope of we as a part of all the people of this loved world may face. As a fact the day is all we really get for the future and as it is the future is within our hands as a person is capable to change for the best in any situation even for the moment if we rise to meet the challenge the victor in adversity. Godspeed and all the prayers to you and your family and all the people of Iceland of the world in these days of trials in tribulations ahead. Rise every day to meet the dawning of hope. As this I? hope to be able to drop a note every now and again at the very least to say hello and check in on a true worldly young star of Iceland. Farewell and be diligent as fundamental in the wisdom of our history for our benefit it is. sincerely DLS
I think, coming from an American and a little late, the sterotype of the bubbly and bouncy language accent is because in the US we kind of lump your stereotypes together. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland are kind of one big mass in the American mind and all of your stereotypes blend together into one. And because Tolkien equated your language to the Elvish one, we just took the Norwegian stereotypical accent and melded it with the Icelandic language. It's a broad assumption and as such in a lot of US media we just ended up clumping it into one singular accent, tonally. You see it a lot in things like the TV show Vikings as well where they just slap various Nordic languages together and call it a day, because only a native speaker would think to notice it while in America the standard viewer would never see a difference or a problem.
While most people will reference a movie star or musician. I know of Iceland from Strongmen competitors. Such as Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Magnús Ver Magnússon and the most recent champion from Iceland is Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson. Also the viking lore from the Völsunga saga. Eric the Red and Leif Erikson.
Icelandic people are so few and rare that they are the unicorns of the world. Most peolple have nerver met a real person from Iceland wich of course makes them a fairytale people surrounded by myths and wierd expectations
What’s the best program to learn Icelandic online? I was born on the old navy base in Keflavik back in 94, and I’d like to actually learn the language !
Elves are usually related to german and nordic mythology, but many of the records in ballads of "actual elves" at the time come from some parts of England and Scandinavia, so its likely that vikings conquering England led to the idea that elves were part of the vikings or that elves were native to Scandinavia. Then the British empire probably expanded that idea to the entire globe. But that is a cool stereotype, I am from Colombia, people think we all sell cocaine. I dont even follow the "normal" stereotypes like that we drink a lot of coffee or that we all play football.
I remember Kristen Wiig doing impressions of Björk more than 10 years ago that really exaggerated her idiosyncrasies (based on Björk in the early-mid 90s). The bubbly Icelandic woman stereotype may have originated there. Thanks for your informative videos. I started watching them in Boston and now I’m at the University of Iceland studying Icelandic :)
I love Icelandic lopapeysa and have several of them. Best thing for a dog walk on a cold day. I admit that if I go up to London, I wouldn't wear one; but in the countryside, they're brilliant.
in Poland there’s very high chance of someone answering to you in Polish even if you ask them in English. Actually, some Polish people would talk to you in Polish hoping that you will understand them if they speak slowly.
First time watching you. You remind me of Logartha from Vikings. You seem to be very kind & you are beautiful. You have the potential to have a great legacy. I hope you do very well in life.
hey Hrafna, have you made a video for people who plan to travel and live in Iceland and what kind of living they can expect and what kind of jobs they can find and so on? I don't remember if you made such a video already
Hrafna I have no idea what personality types and character types make a stereotype Icelanders I live here in the United States and I have very little contact with people from Iceland so you’re going to present to me in this video what you have noticed as Icelandic stereotypes in popular entertainment just an education for me
I could be wrong, but hasn't Bjork kind of disseminated the ditzy elvish Icelandic girl stereotype? even though she is very strong, smart and talented, sometimes I think she plays the character of elvish girl....
I didn't see your comment until just now (otherwise I wouldn't have made my comment LOL), but I totally agree with this. Björk is definitely the reason for the stereotype IMO
I agree that it comes from Björk. I don't recall seeing enough of her specifically to know if that's how she comes across (other than the infamous swan dress) or if it's just one small thing that got amped up for comedic reasons when people impersonated her. But either way, I think that's the source.
@@electricia I think she was known for having a very high-pitched/affected voice when she spoke on English, and I think there was an interview of her talking about like the elves or something in Iceland, which probably was misconstrued or extrapolated to an extreme degree. She definitely had a Persona here in America, it would be interesting to see if she also had that Persona in Iceland.
I clicked so fast when I saw Of Monsters and Men in the thumbnail, but it was just a photo for a milisecond of the video and their name wasn't even mentioned :(
I love your videos Hrafna. You are awesome. Me and the wife hope to visit your Beautiful country in the near future. Keep up the good work. Heja Island
Let me know if you have more movies/tv shows/skits you want me to react to! Stay safe, be kind ❤
Hi harfna I follow all your videos and loved all of them, I love and obsessed with your country and already been there twice. I would like to know what I have to do to become a permanent resident there I am single and a US citizen thanks
What is your favourite norse story?
Can you review Neil Gaiman's Norse mythology stories for any misinformation?
Hrafna! 😃 I am watching “Down to earth with Zac Efron” on Netflix and in the first episode they are making rye bread in Iceland 🇮🇸 in the sand! Is this done where you live too!?
Hrafna! You never told us in Iceland you don’t have to shovel snow because the roads and sidewalks are heated!?!?!? Wowowow!!!
I’d love for you to react to lazy town 😂
I'm almost positive that the cutsie elf-loving stereotype comes from Björk. For a very long time in the United States, Björk was the only point of reference for Iceland for us lol We'd really benefit from seeing more of the world lol
I was just about to say the same exact thing. I think that stereotype is 100% Bjork, whose name I just recently realized I've been pronouncing incorrectly.
Yep, reckon so - and the Viking woman stereotype comes from the 3 Icelandic women who have dominated women's Crossfit championships for the past decade or so. Annie Thorisdottir has a deserved reputation for having an iron will, that started when she was a little girl & her grandfather dared her to go lie in the waves on the beach when it was *freezing*. She did, and didn't give up or get out till her granddad got her out.
100% comes from Björk. A very whimsical sounding and soft version of the accent that you don't really hear with other Icelandic speakers.
Björk is hardly a cute elf.loving woman though.
@@keptins Probably true, but that's kind of the context that comes up when you hear about her in the USA. Bjork! Goofy outfits! Iceland! Land of elves and really gentle, friendly, quirky people!
My favorite Icelandic stereotype is a people that jailed corrupt bankers who collapsed the nations financial sector. Oh wait, that's not a stereotype, that 's just brilliance.
In sense8, the bast majority of the actors that play the main characters are actually from the country they are playing in... I never understood why they chose a British actress instead of picking a truly icelandic actress to play 'Riley'
Erick Candell I havent watched the show but I also dont get why she was named Riley, like thats not an Icelandic name at all. Idk I find it weird
@@ylfawh3336 yeah, I also never got the whole 'Riley name' thing, I mean... That name is so Anglo, the only icelandic about her was her last name Guðmundsdóttir I think.
Erick Candell Yeah it would be much more realistic if she had an Icelandic name
Oh okay, didn't know that! Would have been super cool to see an Icelandic actress play Riley!
@@ylfawh3336 The point of the name was that her father (classical musician) really loved the song "Baba O'riley" by The Who and decided to name his daughter Riley because of it. He sang this song to her since she was very little and it kinda comes back as a theme in their relationship.
As an Italian, who also speaks English and German, Icelandic doesn't sound that harsh... it actually sounds very melodic :)
Being German I agree... German is harsh...
I think compared to other countries, Iceland can be really lucky about their stereotypes (the stereotypes are not as offending)... coming from a German.😅
Let's see, German stereotypes... hard work, punctuality, intelligence, engineering - that all sounds pretty good.
The bad ones are "cold, unemotional, with a harsh language"
Overall Deutschland doesn't have a bad mix either.
High Ground Productions but these are not the ones that most Americans think of. Most Americans still think Germany is a dictatorship etc.
And the „cold“ and „unemotional“ part is actually true😂 I think it’s not a bad character trade tho.
@@linajurgensen4698 I've never heard even the most ignorant Americans I know they say that Germany is still in a dictatorship. I live in a pretty ignorant part of the country, and I have never heard that stereotype. I think there is still an association between Germany and Nazism, but Americans don't think that Germany is still under Nazi dictatorship, it's more of a word association thing. In fact Americans are more likely to make the socialist association because of the NSDAP, but we're not super smart about socialism in general so, there's that lol
Linda Jürgensen well, as an American in the Midwest, we don’t see your country as a dictatorship currently. Rather the first thing we think of when we think of Germany is the Nazi ideology, which I admit is not too much better. 😅 Personally, I know Germans have tried their damnest to shed their Nazi past and hate when foreigners ask questions/tease about Nazis because it’s such redundant question or teasing.
At least you have stereotypes about yourselves. When I say I'm from Austria I either hear "Kangaroos?" or "I've never heard of that".
Sigur Rós was one of my favorite bands in high school! Glad to see them in your famous Icelandic people. (I also like Bjork and Of Monsters and Men). Next time you make a "How to Pronounce" video, can you do Sigur Rós?
It's only been in the last couple years I've really gotten to know much about Iceland and its culture. You seem like a unique and wonderful people and at the top of my bucket list is my wish to visit your country someday
It kinda seems like "[insert nationality] girl fetish" exists for every realatively small country that is "remote" and "exotic" from the anglosphere's perspective. Or why not "x guy fetish" as well in some cases
The country doesn't need to be small, it can even be a bunch of countries placed together, for example, there exists a fetish for latino people and we are "remote" and "exotic" from the anglosphere's perspective but we are a lot of people and Latinoamerica is huge.
@@QuantumPandita the fetishes happen even inside Latin America. I've seen lots of Brazilian women receiving ridiculous messages on social medias from Latin guys.
Well, she did drop the mansplaining trope, so you already have an idea where she's coming from and where her biases lie
Best to ignore people like that
@@z0phi3l wat
Well, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is happily married since 2018 so the lasses will have to cool it if they have the hots for the Mountain, but I daresay there are a few other big guys there.
I think he replied in icelandic on the Walter Mitty one because he was panicking about the situation and not thinking it through properly, this was just before the eruption if I remember correctly and they were evacuating the area.
Yes I agree! Just like with the second clip 🙏🏻
everyone: "omg you cant just make stereotypes and expect them to be true"
me when i see a stereotype of my country:" i have never seen such a hurtful truth"
I‘m so happy that you showed the Icelandic Handball team❤️😊
There are many awesome handball players & trainers from Iceland.
If I am coach right, perhaps I can do much better. I believe I understand a little better from the first two videos. If I am direct correctly I can accomplish and get a he job done and everyone will be happy
I love how you do disclaimers i crack everytime you play that shield, you so considerate very thoughtful!
Your hair looks so pretty with the curls! Great video :)
Can’t wait to see this❣️Our first trip to Iceland had to be postponed from this fall to next year. So YOU are our vicarious trip to Iceland in the meanwhile 🙂 Thanks, Hrafna!
First Time i saw you talk or show something about Of Monsters and Man ♥
From an American's perspective I think the naive, innocent, Elvish stereotype came from Björk.
I can't help but agree. As an American millennial my first introduction to an Icelandic female, or even an icelander for that matter was björk in early middle school. However, she did inspire me to write a middle school geography paper about iceland and spawned a fascination with the beautiful "wild" nation.
Yup. Was just going to comment on this.
She's the first thing I think about when I hear the world "Iceland" tbh. And when I hear her speak I don't know if I should find it cute or just downright funny. She's a legend tho.
Fabrício Soares Just don’t attempt to talk to her in an airport, lol.
@@jonp3890 Why, what happens when you talk to her in an airport?
I really appreciate your educational videos. Thank you.
This is super interesting! It definitely is in keeping with a lot of the stereotypes of women where we can only be one of two ways, either very demure and quiet or loud and brash. It's very interesting to see how this applies to the case of Icelandic women in particular and I see some similarities with how I feel I can be stereotyped as a Latina, so I feel so much empathy for the feeling of being forced into a box, so to speak. While our communities may have very different histories and contexts, there are some experiences of womanhood that are so common. Thanks for your perspective, Hrafna!
Mighty Ducks 2 - Team Iceland are the big “bad” guys lol
Oh I have to check that out! 👀
Hrafna, I REALLY wanna know what you think of D2
"Greenland a covered in ice, and Iceland is very nice".
YES!! This would be an awesome reaction video... I mean Iceland being both evil and being the best in the world at ice hockey? 🤪 Come on!
Thank you for your wonderful videos Hrafna! I can't wait to come back to Iceland 😍🇮🇸
Lol I know how the lopapeysa thing can get a little annoying. In my country those sweaters aren't even a thing amongst the locals nor have they ever been but these sweaters with colorful Andean designs around the collar and chest are sold as "traditional" and almost every foreigner in the city walks around wearing one of those sweaters.
I love your channel. Thanks for posting
Yess you did it!!! I really love your Channel Hrafna :P
Love the video and the education you also gave! Thank you for the video!!
Hrafna, what do you think about LazyTown?
I def want to see a vid on that.
Hrafna, "Walter Mitty" is such a cute film. Hope you've seen the whole thing. I'm a sucker for films where nice, ordinary people wind up together. And as usual you did a good job on your episode.
I've seen it a couple of times and I absolutely love it! Such a beautiful film❤
As a Taiwanese, we do not have much stereotypes of Iceland but incredibly beautiful landscapes and people. Probably that's why I enjoyed all plots about Iceland in movies.
I think it would be a lovely idea if you started some kind of series where you do some sort of activity (visiting some part of the country maybe?). I think it would help the channel to diversify and grow
Great video Hrafna!!! I would love to travel to Iceland one day!!!
I am American from the state of Texas, and to my ear, your accent is not harsh at all. I find it very soothing to listen to, especially when you speak Icelandic even though I don't understand what you are saying.
Oh, I would love to see a Video on Icelandic sayings. I am learning Icelandic, and sometimes those are really funny. For example: Rúsínan í Pylsuendanum - it took me really long, to translate and understand it :-D
Haha, I think that's the same saying as in Danish: Rosinen i pølseenden/ Raisin in the sausage-end. Basically meaning: "the very last one" (and sometimes also best/important) of something or someone 🙂
Hrafna, I recommend you watch Sense8, particularly the first season as Riley and Iceland gets a lot of coverage. There are scenes set and filmed in Iceland. It would be interesting to hear your reaction when you've seen more.
I was on set for some of the takes here in iceland and it was a lot of fun :)
I'd love to see you take a deeper dive into "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," which is one of my favorite films. I was delighted to learn from this video that the innkeeper was saying "Don't you watch the news?" Prior to this I've only figured out "nuna" for now, and "drifa sig" for "hurry up." I got a laugh at how they moved the volcano and Stykksholmur way up into the Westfjords. It might be fun to do an online mutual viewing and comment on the film!
I love Iceland so much, I travel there once a year (fingers crossed its possible this year ...) - but I hate it, when people a stereotyped. On all travel-websites or the facebook groups I am in, its always the same: Icelanders are soo nice, never angry, always happy, more chilled than mid-Europeans. To me this is mostly bullshit. Icelanders are normal people, of course they are nice to their guests, like every other nation is. But there I also met quit impatient Icelanders. Its like saying, all Germans are super accurate, or all Dutch are stoned... To me, it doesnt make a difference, from which nation you are from. Just be nice and treat others with respect ...
Sense8 is a great show and deserves to be watched.
I watched Sense8 for a bit. It had a great concept that had the potential to ask deep and meaningful psychological questions. Instead it became obsessed with sex, homosexuality and transgendered prejudices. I don't mind that those topics are covered, I do mind when it overrides the plot of the story. The relentless not-so-well-hidden agenda killed it for me. That and the cheesy/cringey dialogue.
@@SeemsLogical There was no hidden agenda, it's a show about diversity and being on somebody else's shoes.
@@SeemsLogical Sexual diversity needs more representation.
It’s a terrible show
Also cool designs on the sweaters and warm.😊
Sense8 was weird but I loved it. I would definitely say Riley fit that stereotype. Harry styles sounded German to me 😂
Wow! I've never heard of IGF before! Thanks for sharing and going through these clips. I love how you don't take offense and still explain everything. 💚
Greeting from Sweden Hrafna! Keep up the good work :)
Came across your channel recently and am really enjoying your videos. I had a chance to visit Iceland in 2018 and loved your beautiful country. 😍 🇮🇸
Those wool sweaters have a similar stereotype in Ireland and Scotland lol that people wear them all the time.
Do the local people where them in Ireland and Scotland? I visited those two countries in the summer so I have no way of knowing lol
I have a lopapeysa I bought from Iceland. I found a charming little store Thorvaldsens Bazar. The sweetest old ladies helped me pick out the right one just for me. Besides paying the ladies who do the knitting and buy the wool, they donate the profits to help woman and children in Iceland.
You got me with “this necklace represent the largest glacier here” I want it 😭 it’s so cute 🥰
I MEAN WHO DOES THAT ???? “This is my favorite chunk of ice so I made it into jewelry”
Hrafna! 😃 I am watching “Down to earth with Zac Efron” on Netflix and in the first episode they are making rye bread in Iceland 🇮🇸 in the sand! Is this done where you live too!?
could you do a video sharing your favorite icelandic music to listen to? i would love to start listening to songs in icelandic!
Gorgeous !! im definitely gonna visit iceland one day
Did'nt know igf was a thing😡never thought of you that way, hope to hear you speaking my favorite language again soon. Love this vid as alway's be waiting for next one.🖤🖤🇮🇸🇮🇸
I think people who speak about IGF have DYG and UTV.
I watch you and you show the real Iceland. Not the stereotypes. I like you show the secret places where tourists don't go, and you always look lovely doing it.
Walter Mitty is one of my fave movies! If you do another one of these videos can you please talk about the scene where he trades stretch Armstrong for a skateboard? 😂
Hi from Canada! 🇨🇦 Just found the channel and I have to say I find it both informative and fun. I like how casual you are.
i appreciate that you mentioned you find it funny and not being critical
Hi! i actually found your channel after watching the Eurovision movie and started youtubing Iceland! Im from New Zealand so in a way we are in a similar country (island nation, beautiful scenery etc) but I'm in the Southern Hemisphere and youre in the Northern Hemisphere!
im icelandic and people call me cute elf girl but i was told since iceland wasnt very known it wouldnt be a fetish smh
Hey Hrafna, I was an exchange student in Iceland and lived in Bifröst for half a year. I had an amazing time and learned a bit of the language too. I met a lot of people and heard a lot of different music from Iceland. Maybe you can dive in some Icelandic artist and bands for your next video;) Xx Maartje
A thing I have noticed about Icelandic people speaking English is that they keep pronouncing V as a W and sometimes W as a V, for example Wiking, like you also say at 6:02. Interestingly, Germans do the same thing.
But Icelandic and German have the V sound, why does she pronounce Viking as Wiking?
Yeah, Foreigners are weird... everywhere
ᛚᛁᚨᛗ ᛏᛟᚱᛋᛟᚾ makes sense.
Do a video about the Icelandic cases please!
I love how Iceland is like a big family. You’re proud of each other and support each other. I wish the US was more like that.
Well we're all pretty much relatives or distant relatives so you could say we're like a family lol
how can stereotypes exist when so many people hardly know Iceland exists
I subscribed, I love listening to your accent 😍
Just after 37 second of upload I watch it
I don't know where the "super bubbly" stereotype for Icelandic (and to a lesser extent, Scandinavians in general) came from for a fact, but I have a hypothesis.
In America, the state of Minnesota (and the northern Midwest in general) has a high concentration of descendants of Scandinavian immigrants. We have an associated stereotype of "Minnesota Nice," where we're perceived as genial, kind, friendly (perhaps overly so), and potentially just a bit thick (being unaware, for example, that being so uncommonly nice is creeping out people not used to it). Now, this does have some basis in fact: we are pretty friendly and polite as a rule, but we can be just as rude as anyone else in the right or wrong circumstances, and there's a tinge of passive-aggressiveness to it, especially if we're rankled. So as this relates to stereotypes of Scandinavians, I think that, perhaps, if American writers are unfamiliar with Scandinavian people enough to stereotype them, they presume that they'd be like northern Midwesterners only more so, and so exaggerate "Minnesota Nice" into upbeat, bubbly insanity.
Anyway, that's my best guess. I could easily be wrong.
Nice video! The last season of Blindspot has an Icelandic gangster, it would be cool if you coud react to that.
One of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club best player's was from Iceland his name was Sigurður Jónsson played for us way back in 1984 till 1989 great footballer, not many could beat Sigurður Jónsson.
I just came from a week in Iceland and Icelanders told me that the people are quite racist (especially about Poles) and also that they love their country A LOT. So what do you think about it? Btw..the Icelanders I got to know where one of the nicest people I've ever met and we described their personality as 'pure' being good to everyone. And Iceland is an astonishing country! Definitely have to come back. Love from the Czech Rep.❤
Good Lord I just watched a update on the vulcanology report for the global climate and seismic activity in the past 12 days Hrafna, I know the people of Iceland have good history of management when it comes to volcanic unrest and eruption protocols that are very well the best world wide. I just want to send this to say I have had a great time over the past few years watching and learning about your culture , heritage and yourself as a person. Time is uncertain and I do not know if I will have the ability to say thank you for all youve brought to the world from so far away. You can know from the point of a person whos felt blessed to have the opportunity of your person and your great spirit thats been self assured and confident. Know matter what comes to past I thought I should say this in a note. It has truly been a honour to have been awarded the glimpse of a world through the eyes of a awesome woman as you are obviously in yourself. I will be praying that this whole world situation subsides and send hope and strength to you for all the days ahead we all as people will be able to witness no matter if its a new family member or unexpected world changes that are not within the scope of we as a part of all the people of this loved world may face. As a fact the day is all we really get for the future and as it is the future is within our hands as a person is capable to change for the best in any situation even for the moment if we rise to meet the challenge the victor in adversity. Godspeed and all the prayers to you and your family and all the people of Iceland of the world in these days of trials in tribulations ahead. Rise every day to meet the dawning of hope. As this I? hope to be able to drop a note every now and again at the very least to say hello and check in on a true worldly young star of Iceland. Farewell and be diligent as fundamental in the wisdom of our history for our benefit it is. sincerely DLS
If she says, in the interview, that she watched a lot of things on TH-cam to prepare for the roll, I have to believe one of those was Hrafna's videos.
That was my first thought haha! However the show came out in 2015, before I started doing my Icelandic lessons!
I think, coming from an American and a little late, the sterotype of the bubbly and bouncy language accent is because in the US we kind of lump your stereotypes together. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland are kind of one big mass in the American mind and all of your stereotypes blend together into one. And because Tolkien equated your language to the Elvish one, we just took the Norwegian stereotypical accent and melded it with the Icelandic language. It's a broad assumption and as such in a lot of US media we just ended up clumping it into one singular accent, tonally. You see it a lot in things like the TV show Vikings as well where they just slap various Nordic languages together and call it a day, because only a native speaker would think to notice it while in America the standard viewer would never see a difference or a problem.
How to annoy an Icelander: create a new country and call it "CREAMLAND".
Bruh
While most people will reference a movie star or musician. I know of Iceland from Strongmen competitors.
Such as Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Magnús Ver Magnússon and the most recent champion from Iceland is Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.
Also the viking lore from the Völsunga saga. Eric the Red and Leif Erikson.
Icelandic people are so few and rare that they are the unicorns of the world. Most peolple have nerver met a real person from Iceland wich of course makes them a fairytale people surrounded by myths and wierd expectations
There's a scene in which Riley says eyjafjallajökull. SHould have included thattt
Ngl the Eurovision movie was pretty funny and nice vid honestly didn't know the stereotypes before
What’s the best program to learn Icelandic online? I was born on the old navy base in Keflavik back in 94, and I’d like to actually learn the language !
LOL funny Hrafna funny video I liked this video yes!!!! 👍😅
you know that means theres a very real possibility the sense 8 girl studied your accent
Exactly 👌 but people criticizing the name so you can't win. There's always something to critique
my first touch your channel , I believe that, I will learn lot of thing from your channel and perspective ( icelandic ) .
Elves are usually related to german and nordic mythology, but many of the records in ballads of "actual elves" at the time come from some parts of England and Scandinavia, so its likely that vikings conquering England led to the idea that elves were part of the vikings or that elves were native to Scandinavia. Then the British empire probably expanded that idea to the entire globe. But that is a cool stereotype, I am from Colombia, people think we all sell cocaine. I dont even follow the "normal" stereotypes like that we drink a lot of coffee or that we all play football.
You should watch Sense8. It’s an excellent series.
Ha, ha, when you say that you learn English in the school not in Instagram! :)
I remember Kristen Wiig doing impressions of Björk more than 10 years ago that really exaggerated her idiosyncrasies (based on Björk in the early-mid 90s). The bubbly Icelandic woman stereotype may have originated there. Thanks for your informative videos. I started watching them in Boston and now I’m at the University of Iceland studying Icelandic :)
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Please list those shows on instagram .
I love Icelandic lopapeysa and have several of them. Best thing for a dog walk on a cold day. I admit that if I go up to London, I wouldn't wear one; but in the countryside, they're brilliant.
in Poland there’s very high chance of someone answering to you in Polish even if you ask them in English. Actually, some Polish people would talk to you in Polish hoping that you will understand them if they speak slowly.
First time watching you. You remind me of Logartha from Vikings. You seem to be very kind & you are beautiful. You have the potential to have a great legacy. I hope you do very well in life.
Þú ert svo falleg, vloggs þínir eru geðveikir ❤️🙏 mikið af ást frá Indlandi
You're Indian who can speak Icelandic?! Wtf!!!!
Are there any Icelandic wedding tradition?
hey Hrafna, have you made a video for people who plan to travel and live in Iceland and what kind of living they can expect and what kind of jobs they can find and so on? I don't remember if you made such a video already
Hi Hrafna, very nice video, thanks :)
Hrafna
I have no idea what personality types and character types make a stereotype Icelanders I live here in the United States and I have very little contact with people from Iceland so you’re going to present to me in this video what you have noticed as Icelandic stereotypes in popular entertainment just an education for me
Hrafna! You never told us in Iceland you don’t have to shovel snow because the roads and sidewalks are heated!?!?!? Wowowow!!!
Not everywhere. Only in certain places where there is a lot of people. You have to shovel snow in plenty of places.
Oh! Thanks for the info
6:37 Gotta love Gunnar Helgason, he’s my idol so are you Hrafna ❤️
Also with the sweaters I was wearing one while watching this video
I could be wrong, but hasn't Bjork kind of disseminated the ditzy elvish Icelandic girl stereotype? even though she is very strong, smart and talented, sometimes I think she plays the character of elvish girl....
I didn't see your comment until just now (otherwise I wouldn't have made my comment LOL), but I totally agree with this. Björk is definitely the reason for the stereotype IMO
I agree that it comes from Björk. I don't recall seeing enough of her specifically to know if that's how she comes across (other than the infamous swan dress) or if it's just one small thing that got amped up for comedic reasons when people impersonated her. But either way, I think that's the source.
@@electricia I think she was known for having a very high-pitched/affected voice when she spoke on English, and I think there was an interview of her talking about like the elves or something in Iceland, which probably was misconstrued or extrapolated to an extreme degree. She definitely had a Persona here in America, it would be interesting to see if she also had that Persona in Iceland.
I clicked so fast when I saw Of Monsters and Men in the thumbnail, but it was just a photo for a milisecond of the video and their name wasn't even mentioned :(
so... no 'Jaja Ding Ding' song?? lol! 😁
I only heard that Iceland is a very happy country. That's it here in Romania.
Did not know there was Icelandic stereotypes, and had never heard of IGF until I watched this video.
I love your videos Hrafna. You are awesome. Me and the wife hope to visit your Beautiful country in the near future. Keep up the good work. Heja Island
I think you can thank Bjork for the origin of the weird pixie girl stereotype