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- Reaction To Geography Now! SWEDEN | Swedish Geography React
This is my reaction to Geography Now! SWEDEN | Swedish Geography React
In this video I react to Geography Now Sweden and learn about Swedish geography, culture, history and many other interesting areas
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Original Video - • Geography Now! SWEDEN
Scandinavian countries generally love eachother but with a healthy dose of "sibling rivalry" going on. Norway is our enemy when it comes to cross country skiing and biathlon but at the end of the day we are rooting for eachother in most cases. Finland is our "enemy" when it comes to ice hockey, but if Sweden is knocked out of the world cup, Swedes will be cheering for Finland. ❤
Heck yes! As a swede i do feel we are a family, but as any family we do have our problems. Its is what it is. 😁
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So true. It’s mostly love
Swedes actually love their Scandinavian and Nordic neighbors. Yes we joke about them and make fun of them but it is all just a joke. Same as they do about us. When it come down to it we all love each other and we would fight and die side by side. We are brothers and we would die fighting for each other.
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There was a few small errors, for example when he said Allemansrätten (right to roam) only gives you access to public land. The whole point of it is that all land is open to everyone to roam on, as long as you leave it as you found it. Exceptions would be areas used by the military that can be closed of for anyone, or sometimes just for non Swedes.
Otherwise mostly good video, and great reaction.
I agree. Also the obvious exception is of course gardens and areas directly connected to houses where people live. "Tomt" in swedish, its the part of your property that is used daily and is part of homes personal area. Other areas on your property is open for allemansrätten.
Going up North in Sweden is beautiful. Yes very cold in winter but there is the ice hotel in northern Sweden. Most of the population of course live in the southern parts but the north of Sweden is a magical place. In winter it is breathtaking and of course also in summer. The midnight sun in summer, no sun at all in winter. To visit northern Sweden in winter you need to be aware of what you are doing.
Reindeere souvas is most popular up here in lappland. That i reindeere meat smoked with birch tree. By the way climate here 120 km above the arctic circle is harsh. Rigth now it is minus 38 celcius.
Yes, "the bridge" is about a case that happened on Öresundsbron (the long bridge connecting Sweden and Denmark). I love that series as well.
I can't pick a favorite, but if you want some tip I would recommend:
•Maria Wern
•Beck
•Wallander
•Johan Falk
•Morden i Sandhamn
•Rebecka Martinsson (or at least I think that's the name of the show)
we who live in the northern part of Sweden are often out in nature, fishing, picking mushrooms and berries. We also have our cabins in the forest, the mountains or by the sea, which we go to when we are free.
Sabaton is my favorite right now, They are hands down the best in the world in my opinion.
Favourite Island?
Outside my window, I can see Sweden's highest island, about 13km across the water. It's beautiful.
It's basically a mountian that sticks out of the sea.
I live in the north, in the "High Coast" world heritage area, which is a place that has the fastest ground uplift in the world, causing a high frerquency of hills and valleys. Nothing here is flat.
We Swedes generally love Norway but we like to tease each other in a jokey way.
My favourite fika cake would probably be a mazarin or a piece of kärleksmums (I guess it could be translated to love yummy 😂). Cinnamon or cardamon buns are tasty too and kladdkaka (sticky chocolate cake). We don’t usually have loads of cakes every day though, but often just a mug of coffee or tea but sometimes a cake, bun or bisquit or even a sandwich. Not all like or want to eat sweets so sandwiches are common too.
I don’t know how tacos became popular, only that the hype started slowly in the 80’s and grew in popularity, probably simply because it is tasty.
I have absolutely gone camping in Sweden and taken advantage of the legal right to roam. I have fished, picked berries and mushrooms. I love camping so that is something I have done many times. Being out in nature, camping over a weekend, cooking over an open flame, not so much lately because of fire hazards but with a portable stove that is heaven to me.
How I like my reindeer:
I don't have it very often, I think it's more common up north (I'm from Stockholm) but I like renskav. I don't really know how to describe it, but check up a recipe if you're curious enough 😜
Finnish culture especially is in Sweden. We have plenty of saunas and the Finnish language actually is a protected language within Sweden seeing as they are one of the largest groups of not native people in Sweden what we see later in this very video. Norway have basically the exact same culture as Sweden so there is not really need for it because it is basically the same.
I have not heard of anyone in Sweden being against the monarchy system.
A Swedish company that rarely gets mentioned on these types of videos is Alfa Laval. They invented the separator which separated milk from cream with centrifugal force and revolutionised the dairy industry in the whole world in the 19th century. Today they do many things, but one important invention is their machines that separate oil from water, which is important after oil spills in the ocean
The Scandinavian languages are more or less mutually understandably with the most common exception that Danes don't understand Swedish and the second most common that Swedes don't understand Danish.
Jonna Jinton - she has a wonderful video on dealing with the light conditions in the north.
Yes, "The Bridge" is indeed the bridge (technically the last third is a tunnel under the sea) between Malmö and København.
3:00 Map wrongly includes Finland in green.
Haha, Norway and Sweden are so similar so it's hard to tell if anything comes from one or the other. Similar with Denmark and Finland too. Finland used to be Swedish.
Really interesting how you pronounced vikings, it sounded more like we say it in Swedish.
There for sure is snow every year even in the south.
Raindeer meat is very yum.
I think tacos got popular because it's like a smörgåsbord and something you can customize. We're really good at adopting stuff like that. It became a treat and we love to treat ourselves.
22:00 *jantelagen
23:00 Sweden's previous government wanted to avoid talking about such things... and yeah, crime has sadly risen because of immigration. So sad what has happened to my country.
Yeah Danes speak like they have porridge in their mouth.
About living in or visiting the most northern parts of Sweden. No, I don't live there (I'm from Stockholm) and I don't think I would like to ether tbh. Mostly because I like being close to bigger city's and would find it hard to adapt to the long periods of more or less total darkness. Btw, I don't remember, but have you seen the video about how the light shifts up north? It's so beautiful and well made!
I did visit during summertime tho. We went on a hike in the mountains (that also kind of answers your question about wether we use allemansrätten or not) and it was magnificent. Okay, the weather was way colder than back home, but that's partly because we were in the mountains and not in the small towns on more normal height above the sea.
And to continue on if we use allemansrätten - I would say we do a lot. But tbh I don't really think of wether I do or not since I don't really know what land I wouldn't be allowed to go to if we didn't had allemansrätten. What I do know is that I used to take advantage of it on a daily basis when I had my horse and almost never had to care about were we went. I could ride in almost every forest, roads, costs (even beaches) etc. The only thing I had to ask the landowner to was if I was allowed to ride in the outer edges of their fields, but that's because it's really seen as private property, almost as if it's their garden.
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Aaahhrg I want to tell you all about it! omg there is so much!!!
Awsome vid anyways! only love!
Rein deer, favourite way to prepare it is sauteed and fried in a garlic and cream sauce, eaten with rice.
Rein deer is my #1 favourite food.
And yes, rein deer meat balls are about equally fantastic. With mashed potatoes, then.
The greatest Swedish "invention", or "achievement", in my opinion, is the taxonomic system the world has been using since the 1700s.
Carl von Linné (sometimes called Carolus Linnaeus) was one of the top 10 greatest scientists of all time, I'd say.
And Sweden remains a powerhouse of science, especially in biology/genetics.
We use allemansrätten all the time, camping by lakes, Hike and every year We pick berries and mushrooms in the forest for jam etc
I can tell you that approx 75% of the population lives in the southern 35%. The north is great but you have to be born to really like it and yet most of the young go south for opportunities.
4:45 I actually lived up there in that region for 4 years due to me going to university in Luleå, it was very cold and very dark but it honestly is a wonderful place well worth a visit, especially if you wanna expericen real winter and -20 degree weather.
Yo I am from a town in the northern part of Sweden: Luleå.
Approximately 1h drive south of the polar circle.
Summer is fine!
Winter can get really cold.. Today we have -34C 🥶
Also, the best way to eat reindeer is as souvas.
Which is a smoked kebab-like dish.
Most proud in a way to the threepoint seat belt, much because they left the patent for any manufacturer to use, saving countless lives.
When I have the opportunity I like just roaming around the Old Town in Stockholm. I haven't been there in years, but I used to live in Stockholm in my student days.
I like you and your channel! I’m a swedish nesofile (island maniac), so I love the fact that we are the number one island country (although there are lots of them in Scotland too, as well as in Indonesia, or was it in Malaysia you lived?). I myself live on one of the biggest islands in Sweden and the largest on the west coast; Orust.
In the northern Sweden we have a big mix with culture from all 3 northern country´s and the Sapmi people. Speakin of culture.. there is a rumour that Beowulf came from the southern part of Sweden called the Bjärehalvön, (The Bjaere peninsula) in Scania.. south of Sweden
Walking from the Sun (Globen) to Mars (Mörby) in the Swedish Solar System is an interesting 4-5 hour hike. Wouldn’t try for Jupiter (Arlanda) on foot…
Since you´re asking: My favourite swedish island is Furusund (In the north-eastern part of Stockholms archipelago)
I might be a bit biased though, since I was born and raised there haha! A beautiful island!
About my favourite swedish invention I would say the Celsius way of measuring/grade temperatures of water!! So simple and so logic! Water freezes at 0C and water boils at 100C! Everything in between or over becomes so simple to measure!
The most "World changing" swedish invention though is dynamite! Useful as an industrial tool for sure, but is still also (Sadly) used for other applications!
On a happier note when it comes to swedish inventions: The three-point safetybelt saves lives every day! That invention was so good that VOLVO (The company that the inventor worked for) didn´t file for a patent for it, so now (And then) all the car manufactories in the world still use that design!!
About the Scandinavian languages -When spoken- Norwegian is usually pretty easy to understand (i just think it sound kinda silly) while Danish is harder, generally we Swedes say that the Danes talk with their mouth full of porridge..
Best Swedish musical artist/band...
I would say "Venus Outback", a rather small indie/alt rock band that only made a single album. They were truly great, though.
Fika or fikapaus is usually just a coffebreak when at work.
And has been for decades.
Btw, you make really interesting and enjoyable videos! (Subscribed!) Do you plan on moving to sweden or is this just for "shits and giggles" ?
Fika comes from the word kafi wich means means coffe, so originally it’s a noun that has become also a verb and now a days it’s includes all kind of bakeries as well
The bridge or as we call it - bron . Is my all time favorite crime show ever been made anywhere! 👏
Our relationships with the other Nordic countries was spot on.
Can't pick just one invention, to many good ones. But they forgot one sport we are awesome at, curling, we have a few medals from world champions, the olympic and more. Sabaton is my favorite band because I get to learn history while listening to metal.
In the High Coast, where I live, we have the highest land elevation in the world.
As below. We swedes love our Scandinavian/Nordic sisters/brothers in general. We are much simular but there is deversities too, that we likes to hole and laugh about together.
For hundreds of years we had war between each other, but now we are like a loving family, and if someone mess with my brothers or sisters, I will fight them that are picking at my family (read that Putin). I hope whole Europe and more countries will have such warm relationship with their neighbours. Make Love - Not War! ❤
Nordic countries, the people make fun of the other countries, but we love each other. We're like siblings.
As for cultures, yes, we meld together at the seams a lot. Lots of people work across the borders, and so on.
I could never pick a "favorite island" in Sweden. Just Stockholms inner city consists of 14 islands, big-Sthlm probably hundreds, and then the Sthlm archipelago is more then 35,000 islands, so... Everywhere I ever lived or basicly been in Sweden is an island :D :D haha
As a swede when I read something written in danish I can understand it 100%. But when a dane talks to me in danish I will not understand a single word because it sounds like they have porridge stuck in their throat.
Its also true about the dialects. Some dialects will be very hard to understand for a person living in another region and there is even remote places where they talk exactly like they did over 1000 years ago so it would even be considered to be a seperate language. Älvdalska is one of them
I love your videos. How come you found such an interest about Sweden?
You ask about the northern part of Sweden, there are two things that would be fun to see you rect to
1. Kiruna, they move an entire city
2. Sami people
3:54 Yes that is the same bridge as in the series the bridge
In the south of Sweden people go abroad a lot but seldom visit the northern three fourths of the country, even when going skiing, simply because it is nearer,
Sweden and Denmark have a world record on wars between us. But we love each other. ❤
I will just go with my personal view of other nordic countries... Norway... Love them :) fun people that I can always party with.... Same with Finish people... Danish... not so much, harder to understand honestly.... And then we have the Icelandic... always the middle of the pac that I can´t understand, but they are alot of fun partying with...
Bacon-cheese hot dog (sans bread and everything). Of course it should preferably be fried in tallow made from Fjäll cattle (I cannot believe it's called Fjäll in English, I would have called it Mountain cattle).
My absolute favourite way to eat reindeer is either: Smoked reindeer heart or cured reindeer meat. Both of them practically melts in your mouth and it's amazingly delicious!
Allemansrätten includes all private land also, except gardens surrounding houses, or military areas.
I think the "Fika" tradition can vary from person to person or where you live because this thing of having a "Fika" every day seems to be something that only people in southern Sweden do. I live in Härnösand and I don't know anyone who takes a "Fika" often. and no! If you only drink coffee that does not count as Fika. But if you still wonder, I take a Fika once every 2 weeks,
Meh, I consider just drinking coffee can count as fika :p I mean, I work for the county (Härnösand actually, the world is small) and we have "fika-paus" like 2-3 times a day :)
3:35 its easier to point out our differences then similarities, scandinavians are basicly one people with just extreme dialects and regional distinc historys ofcourse, but we are very similar. Norweigans and Swedes are usually not distinguishable from eatchother on dna tests. So, the diferences is what stands out, the rest is the same basicly, with Finland to.
About Scandinavian languages - first of all, yeah we do understand each other pretty well, but as a Swede I understand Norwegian way better then Danish. I would never ever switch to English if I spoke to a Norwegian, nor would I ask them to do so. If I spoke to a Dane, I would start in our respective languages but maybe switch to English if we found it hard to communicate without too much strain. But on the other hand, if I watch a series or movie where some of them speaks danish (like "the bridge") I get used to it pretty fast and can follow pretty easy without reading every word in the subtitles.
Stereotypes about the different languages?
Well, we use to say that Norwegians can't sound angry. The melody of the language is too happy and innocent to take and argument in Norwegian serious 😂
Danes instead sounds like they have a potato in their mouth. Sometimes we joke about people from Skåne the southeast part of Sweden to sound more like Danes than Swede, usually used to kind of (jokingly) insult them for being hard to understand 🙊😂
Oh, I forgot! I'm not sure if the "if you learn one of them you'd probably understand the other one as well" is totally accurate. Ofc I can't know that since I don't have Swedish as my second language, but for some reason I'm not sure that's really transferable if you're not a native speaker of a Scandinavian language, or at least totally fluent. There's still differences between the languages and even if you might be able to hear they're related I still think you have to know the language by heart to make the connection between them. Mostly because the similarities often comes from the old roots of the languages and a word that was used in one language 100 years ago might not be used in that country anymore, but might have survived in the neighboring country. And if you learn a language today, you'll probably not learn those historical words or really old or unusual synonyms that might still being used but only on a very local level.
I would say that the question about immigration and interrogation is one of the most sensitive questions you can ask a Swede about now days. Unless you ask a racist who confidently and happily shares all their thoughts about how bad it is.
I'm not sure I want to share all my thoughts about it. Yes, a lot of problems has been rising in the last decade, and yes, that's during the time the immigration's been growing. Today, crimes are part of our everyday lives in a way I can't remember from when I was younger. The segregation has also increased heavily. I don't think we really uses the term "no go zones" anymore, but a slightly less offensive term. But there is definitely areas with way more violence and crimes than other areas. But those areas are also the most segregated, both ethnically and economically. Personally, I think that fact plays a huge role in how we ended up here. The exclusion, poverty and increased racism isn't the best starting point to establish a new life in a new country. Foreigners have a way harder time finding jobs, not just because of lack of education, but for employers not call them to interviews due to their names. That way, they don't have colleges to interact with. Nether do they have native Swedes in their close neighborhoods. And what happens when not included in the society? Yes, they build their belong in their own community. And there we go, with even sharper lines between "them" and "us", and what's a common reaction to that diversity? Exactly, conflicts.
So, has the problems increased? Yes. Is immigration part of it? Yes. Is immigrants them self the problem? No, we're part of creating the problem as well, while blaming it on them.
Okay, turned out I wrote a more honest opinion about it than intended, but here you go.
The monarchy in Sweden is, for the most part, the country's beloved national mascots. A bit silly, but anyone that would suggest getting rid of them would be looked at like they aren't quite right in the head. They are generally looked at fondly.
You ask so many questions and I want to anserw but dont remember them al😂!
But Skandinavia have mutch in common. And we swedish jokes about norwegian and danish and they do same. Sometimes same joke but the other way round. Swedish often look at norwegian as somewhat funny beacuse of their different language melody. They sound like always funny even if they speak seriusly. Danish sound like they have hot potatoes in mouth sametime they speak. Reading I understand almost al scandinavian language. But spoken we dont understand same amount.
About the meatballs it is tru they originated from Turkey and the time our king and his guard was hide ther from the russian, danish and polish after the lost in the battle of Poltava in current Ukrain during the great nordic war. But even thou the recipy originate from Turkey it is not done or served in same way the turks do ir. So i think it is right for us to call it an swedish dish. Form same time an other now traditional food originat, kåldolmar. And same there we do dolma but in different way and with other spice than the turks.
About nature and travel. Yes almost al have studied in or traveled to the different regions. And many use the right we gain from the allemansrätt (the rights of al men) to be in nature and collect berries, fruits and mushrums and so on.
And we have a lot of differencies between the different regions and citys. I am from the west and realy even by dna just from that aera! We think the est is more boring and stiff and somewhat more cold. I have lived some years close to Stockholm and what I learnd about how they think of the west is kind of that we here are more "hillbilly"- and more workingclass. Bouth east, west and north think Skåne is kind of danish still after so many years since taken in war with Denmark. The north think almost al the other is kind of weak "sörlänning" (southerner) is used when some from south is tired, frezing or have problem with something. When study at the university in Uneå in the north I hear this alot. When I fall on ice when standing still waiting for bus for example. 😂😂😂
Sweden have influenced Finland a lot. Finland was part of Sweden for 500 years. Longer than the south of Sweden being Swedish.
I actually haven't heard of Riksområden (properly translated to Realm areas, not National areas) before.
I love to see Gullängets Mekaniska Verkstad in Örnsköldsvik because they do big steal door (150 ton) to the hydro power in Sweden!
It can be +1 one i Stockholm and -35 the same day in Boden or Kiruna. It's a long country.
If You visit Sweden You must go to Öland and visit Kalmar. Kalmar Castle is my favor, live not far from Kalmar.
I love my nordic brothers and sisters
Love our Scandinavian neighbors. We love to hate each other in the Winter olympics.
I am a Swede. I think generally the population in Sweden is to naive regarding immigration. Many people think that we can help the whole worlds population by letting them live in Sweden. The government put large amount of immigrants in the same place, that makes it hard for them to integrate with the society and creates ghettos and criminal gangs. I personally think we have let to many immigrants to live i Sweden in a short time period. We are not helping them by putting them all in the same place with no requirements to learn swedish or be a part of the society, just give them money from the taxpayers and hope for the best... I think the biggest problem with the immigration right now is that the people who get here is from other religions and don't want to become a swedish citizen. In 90s we open our arms to the people who where fleeing from the war in Yugoslavia, they integrated much better than the people who are now immigrating from muslim countrys.
They have wrong about “Allemansrätten”, ”The freedom to roam in Sweden means that you have the right to walk, cycle, ride, ski and camp on any land with the exception of private gardens, near a dwelling house or land under cultivation. So it’s not only public land!
The other wountries are the best, full of nice people too :)
About the taxes; the actual tax rate *is* indeed high, but when people gets upset about that from other nations I recon they link it to the way their own nation is handling social welfare and governmental budgets. In Sweden we get a lot of stuff for our money. (some to the right on the political scale will never agree about this..) I cant remember the link right now, but I've seen some figures that stated that citizens from most other industrial nations still payed way more for their health care than swedes, when you counted actual costs and included the taxes.
Dried raindeer heart is soooo good
No idea why tacos because such a big thing. I remember it started around the 1990s, at least where I live.
We love our king, he is a funny Guy 😅
Something you often hear about Sweden is all the humanitarian work we do in the world, but what we very rarely see mentioned is how we also export alot of weapons at the same time.
Funny Swedish double standards.
What sweds would describe their neighbors language sound as :
Norweigans: sounds like they have "marshmallows" in their mouths while speaking.
Danish: They have a "potato" or "hot potato" in their mouths.
Finnish: morse code with vowels.
favorit swedish food:
Mexican tacos, like swedish call it "taco friday".
Favorit swedish artist: Anders friden
Im from sweden, a little bit outside of helsingborg. And since it takes only 20minutes from Helsngborg, Sweden - Helsingør, Denmark, I have been there many times. And in denmark you can buy beer at the age of 16 in every store. While in sweden its 20 years and we only have one store, "systembolaget". Since the government has alcohol monopoly. In bar and pubs its 18. Therefore many teenagers take the short boatride to helsingör and "lever rövare"😅 And i think people in helsingör can be annoied at young swedes coming over at get really drunk and behave like assholes and that i can agree with.
But in general i think most scandinavians like eachother but can have like you said a little sibling rivalry.
The culture is similar between Sweden and Denmark but there is absolutely a differnet. Personally i see Denmark as a little bit more relaxed in a good way. I have never been to norway. And finland only once since i live in the southern part :)
And the most southern parts of Sweden were Danish for a long time
Edit: now when im farther into the video 20:31 they expalined the drinking thing that inwrote above 😅😅
Actually....they are WRONG about the "Allemansrätten" (Right of Public Access). You HAVE access to be on private land! THAT'S THE POINT!
This is how it works; "'the public has access to private land where no damage is likely to result and prohibition would be unreasonable"'. You can camp anywhere you want....in Sweden for one or two nights. (Not caravans dough....that's not real camping anyway) ;-) You can pick berries in the woods, climbing or hiking, fishing is free with rods along the coast and in the five largest lakes, you have to buy a "fishing-card" in many smaller lakes but that doesn't cost much. The nature is available for everybody.
With a few EXCEPTIONS like peoples GARDENS, MILITARY AREAS and SUCHLIKE, and with these "right to roam" come responsibilities; that is, an OBLIGATION neither to harm, disturb, litter, nor to damage wildlife or crops.
"The Swedish know-it-all" ;-)
You ask about music. For me is Sabaton the best of the best. Highly recomended is to listen to their songs and than se their history channel for that song.
I don't know how tacos came to Sweden, but I'm pretty sure they stayed because they are delicious. Just like pizza and doner kebab.
The nordic countries do have a kind of family mentality. We can move and travel inbetween without passports but still need identification. Its more moving freedom than eu because we dont have to have a job to live there. Many work in one country and live in another, atleast if your close to the border.
And yes its the same bridge as in the tv show bron (bridge).
I love how they do say the cities in swedish in the video, or try atleast…
The mining in the north is a large political issue. The over mining is pretty much destroying land and making it hard for the raindeer and the sami culture is at risk. What is not often mentioned outside sweden is also that its foreign contries like USA that is paying to mine there.
Regarding taxes.. there has been a shift in a lot of people going towards a more private market but since sweden is built on a social ground people are not willing to reduce their standard of social welfare so its problematic. Sweden used to be high ranked with both research, universities and schools but also in sweden the schools has had a reduced funding and therefore there are a lot more children per teacher then say 20 years ago and school results are dropping because of it. But because daycare is pretty cheap compared to other countries both parents can go back to work early, most when the child is about 1,5 years of age. Both parents beeing able to work makes a 2 person working household paying taxes gives back to the system.
I like wild boar as cooked in gotland and liverstew.
Nobody has seven cakes anymore. But a fun fact… the one called dammsugare is hoover in english 😂
The royalist are more in number or so it seems so the monarchy stands but without an actual vote in modern days. But since it does not have any power like the monarchy in uk, its mostly presenting sweden which they do a good job at to be honest. And they are very liked abroad.
I would assume that April Fools' comes from April weather.
gotland is the bigest favorite of island
Danish sounds to us Swedes like they are spewing the words out and I don't understand much anyway.
Norwegian sounds terribly cute/funny and you just want to laugh when they speak, but we understand most of it. Finnish sounds harsh and choppy like a mix between Russian and German in my opinion and we don't understand anything.
But we love them all and I think we should join together and form a single country from all of Scandinavia and Finland, Iceland.
Reindeer meat is best salt-dried as the Sami do or filet grilled in summer.
It has long been a sensitive issue about immigrants where politicians have not dared to make demands or even address the problems with integration because they are classified as racists and this also applies to the media which has not reported on immigrant problems, crimes and there is still little of that left but after everything with gang crimes, clans and wars between different ethnic groups, the swedish people have had enough and voted SD into the rikdag despite their dark past, which caused the other parties to open up about the problems.
And honestly, they can't have thought at all when they took on so many in one go and mostly only men and boys, which resulted in gang wars and rapes.
Norrland, where I live, is of course colder than in southern Sweden with lots of snow in the winter, but I much prefer snow to eternal rain. we in the north of Sweden are much calmer than those in the south and have a dialect that is made fun of a lot but seems to be liked by those in the south.
We in the north of Sweden joke about the big city dwellers who can't handle it when there is a little snow and we like to present ourselves as tough guys, while those in the south of Sweden think we are stupid countrymen.
But the truth is that we up here don't understand the chaos when a lot of snow comes in a densely populated city and a lot of traffic plus they don't have mountains so it's much more windy there.
However, I think that the southerners generally do not understand how northern Sweden is and think that it is like the North Pole and miles between houses but most peope here live in smaller cities.
I have been asked many times if we have polar bears here😂
About immigration.. I mean, I have 3 bedrooms in my house, At least I want to keep one of them for myself and my family
How Swede are described is pretty much accurate, but I don't completely agree with us not helping out without being asked. At least not in the example they're giving. If someone drops something I would definitely pick it up for them if it's easier for me then for them. But maybe it's a question of how much effort it takes. If I meet a neighbor and (god forbid) talked to them and they talked about how hard it is to find someone to babysit or take care of their dog when they go on vacation, I wouldn't offer my help (but I might if they'd have enough courage to ask 😉). But that's probably more about that I don't know them well enough to enter their private life and maybe not feel like it's my responsibility to sacrifice so much time for someone I hardly know.
I own some woodland and people can walk there and pick flowers, berries and mushrooms. But you cannot make fires If it is dry and I am always afraid people will start fires.
Remember Sweden was a very poor country up to the 20th century from about 1946 it changed and economy flourished.
Many Swedes hunts and especially moose, which is the most delicious meat.
I use Allemansrätten all the time. But he is incorrect that it has to be public land: it's a given that you can use public land. Allemansrätten is actually the right to use private land as long as you are not causing damage (picking it clean of berries for example would count as causing damage). You cannot camp on or traverse someones backyard, but as long as it's not someones yard, you are free to use it.
By the way, I think Allemansrätten has been codified, but until recently it was just a legal lacuna.
Skype is also founded by a Swede.
lagom means for the team
All Scandinavian / Nordic countries love each other but we also love to bully eachother from times to times. But if shit hits the fan, we will do everything in our power to defend and help eachother.
Allemansrätten....we use it all the time ❤
We do have a census but it does not specify peoples' origin
Can’t plan also be like plane?
Norway..finland and Denmark.. we are like sibblings.. we trash talk and dont like.. .. spec when we come to sport.. but.. if things get tuff or serius.. we are there for them... fu*k you Norway.. love you
Trophy hunters, keep out!
I would like to go the Uppsala Cathedral and look at the famous Judensau (or judesugga as we say in Swedish; cannot believe there isn't an English name for it, do they not exist in English speaking countries)