In this part of the state, yes. Minnesota has three unique biomes that feel and look very different. The biome that Scandia is located in, and has been compared to southern Sweden, is called the "Decidious Forest" biome, which is known for its beautiful rolling hills, river valleys, and forests consisting of oak, maple, elm, etc. The other two biomes are the Prairie (located in the western part of the state) and the Coniferous Forest (located in Northern and NE Minnesota.)
@@MinnesotaSvensk but I guess they dont have the swedish "mutated" northern pike :p as jeremy wade proved with a dna test, the swedish pike lack something to make the pike from stop growing, so if enough food and safety they can grow much larger than normal northern pikes, that is why we have the term gammal gädda here(old pike) for some monsters we hook and can never reel in....then again, someone might have brought some pikes from sweden to minnesota :o ps, no I dont know why they have this "mutation", maybe something that happen with Chernobyl as we had some fallout from what was blown here
Ancestors from my family immigrated in the 1870s to Scandia. They was from Ljuder parish. Kronoberg. Sweden...found the Peterson family at Ancestry..with a big family Photo...very interesting family stories ..and now I can se that place. Tänk You very much...
@@williamzander3137 En typisk svensk kultur är att inte hitta någon svensk kultur. Om du inte bor i ett invandrar tätt område och smyger runt i munkjacka utan är klädd som "en svensk", firar Jul, åker på semester, Skiter i religioner, gillar att fiska, spöar inte tjejer, pallar fem sexor vodka utan att blinka (förstod du det där ? Det är kultur), inte rädd för hundar, Kan alla regler i hockey, kan garva åt Robert Gustavsson, vet vad en midsommarstång är, (förmodligen Majstång också. Maja är att klä en midsommarstång), du käkar pannkakor, luktar inte lika dant i käften som i baken mm. Då känner du till svensk kultur!!
@BM531 please dont mind the other comments, shameful that swedes are so rude here. yes "welcome houses" exist here too, its just that the phrasing of that in swedish is different compared to english, as another commenter said in swedish the proper phrase would be "Välkomsthus" although that is quite the antiquated term at this point. to try and illustrate how the sign looks broken, imagine a sign saying "welcometo house"
In 2013 I visited my relatives in St. Paul. They took me all over MN. and Scandia was a favorite! Felt just like being at home in Sweden! And people were so nice. Can’t wait to go back.
”Välkommen hus” has to be the funniest translation I saw in a good while. Also the sign that said “stuga”, which would be a bit like putting a sign that says “house” on your house or “car” on your car.
@@MinnesotaSvensk Thanks for the video! Heart warming to see the houses and nature. I did not know such a place existed. It's nothing wrong with the "Stuga" sign on the stuga like house, neither are there anything wrong with any of the other signs. It could be the name of that particular house on the courtyard/property to distinguish it from the other houses. For example if it's used in a pamphlet guide for visitors or by a tour guide: "Schedule: at 2pm we'll meet up right outside the Stuga to begin the tour". If some of the other houses are called "Välkomsthus", "Restaurant" or "Matsal" (Dining area) it makes sense to call another one of the house "stuga" to make it easier for visitors to navigate on the property. At a swedish inn with multiple houses on the swedish countryside in Sweden you could also easily see signs like that: "Stuga", "Boda", "Bagarstuga", "Härbre" etc.. The "Välkommen Hus" is the only really weird one. Sounds like "Greetings/Welcome Mr.House/Mr.Hus". That sign should have been "Välkomsthus". Kyrka is pronounced like english "chosen", "my", "rka" without "osen" and "m" = chyrka.
@Swedish Patriot Vilhelm Moberg. "Sverige var från begynnelsen intet löftets lockande Kanaan, men svenskarna gjorde det omsider till sitt förlovade land, betraktat av de utländske med avundsjuk förundran."
1:19 Noticed the building said"Välkommen hus" That translates as "Greetings! house" I suspect they were going for "Välkomsthus" which would be a better fit for a house where you greet someone.
@@johan_thoren I’ll chime in here. They did in fact mean to call it a “Welcome House” or a “Greeting House.” A central place where folks can gather and are welcomed. I agree though, the translation is not the greatest.
I love this type of content! This is the type of history i want to know! I want to know more about the Scandinavians that went to America, like I'm from Sweden and i had relatives that went there a long time ago.. I think it's sad that this culture and its history gets so little attention!
@@MinnesotaSvensk I had ancestors going to Chicago and also Minnesota! It's very intresting cause it was really poor here that people left everything behind and Minnesota for example, has the same type of nature and climate so it was like home! So where is your ancestors from? Scandinavia?
I am from Minnesota and am mostly Scandinavian. (Mostly Swedish and Danish, but I'm also Norwegian, too) The culture here has not died! My family and I would always head to Little Norway Resort in the summer and eat homemade lefse and mashed potatoes. Growing up, I learned all about trolls and fairies and such, and also learned about how to spot their homes. We would go out into the woods and try to hunt for trolls when we were younger. We even still have a Scandinavian accent. It's just known as a "minnesotan accent". Many of my friends and I still feel a deep connection to our home country in the old world. We continue to study the history of Scandinavia and we keep the myths and legends and stories alive. 🇸🇪 🇺🇸 Also, we believe that Scandinavian folk came here to Minnesota in the 1300s. In a museum in this state is what we call the Kensington Rune. Some call it a fake, but minnesotans believe it is real and genuine. We think we settled down in the same area our ancestors did, when they were exploring Vinland. ♡
My wife, kids and I moved to Scandia in the winter of 2017 and I can attest that Scandia is a wonderful, inviting little town and I love every minute of living here! Great video, @Kyle Johnson, Thanks for putting it together!
Yeah, it feels like we should deface something that holds as much cultural importance for them. Then again, the only damage done was self-inflicted, talk about a tourism-board shooting themselves in the foot with putting those up. -At least they didn't take a shit on our flag.
Yes, the one thing about this video that makes me facepalm after uploading it :p I grew up speaking German as a second language (I lived in Germany for about 9 years), so my German-oriented mind wanted to say "Kyrka" or "Kirche" in the German way.
Hej på er alla! Hoppas att få besöka Scandia någon gång 🌼🇸🇪🌼 Jag är född i Stockholm men bor på Orust nu. Min släkt är från Bergslagen, Västkusten och älskade Småland ❤️
I want to send a greeting from the old homeland Sweden and wish you all in Lindsberg a really nice summer. I hope that I can someday visit the old Swedish countryside in the USA. (Trevlig sommar, till er alla) over there
Oh look at that! as a Swede moving over, this makes me happy :D I can just go there whenever I feel homesick + having the family name Roos going there might even make me feel extra home 😁
Great video! I met a guy on the internet and apparently he lived near Scandia (the town). It’s quite strange to me that someone who lives on the other side of the globe is embracing our culture :)
Interesting! I live in Sweden and have a few relatives in minnesota who are related to my grandmother. Was very interesting when they visited Sweden since they are really into research about our family tree. I hope to visit Minnesota and the great lakes region someday!
@@anon1087 Heard about that, thanks for the tip! I'm doing my first US trip this year but to Vegas and LA so sadly completely wrong part of the US. But hope to visit someday!
Very interesting.Thank you for video...In my familytree I have a family Peterson..They moved to Scandia year of 1879...They was from Ljuder. Sweden..Found a lot of information about that family at Ancestry..Even a Photo with their big family👍🇸🇪
Swedish music producers have took part in composition, producing of K POP idols' hit songs since early 2010s. I think it contributed the globalization of K POP and made Korean youths feel friendly toward Sweden. My most favorite Swedish music producers are Andreas Oberg and Cazzi Opeia. Andreas Oberg participated in composition of Red Velvet's Umpah Umpah, Monsta X's Follow and so on. Cazzi Opeia took part in composition of Red Velvet's Psycho, TWICE's Dance the night away and so on. I wish Swedish producers can collaborate with K POP artists and music producers at Seoul, Korea after COVID-19 's pandemic ends.
As you love close Please inform them that the sign on the 'Välkommen hus' should be changed to 'Välkomsthus. ' We can all improve ❤️ Greetings from Sweden
They are favorite movies of mine! I’ve read all 4 of Moberg’s novels. He visited our area in 1948 for research. We have a statue of him in Chisago City, MN.
as a swedish person, this was SOOOO interesting to watch and learn about, some of the swedish signs have questionable translations lol, ""Välkommen hus" is one of them.
The name "Minnesota" hails from the Dakota word "mní sóta", meaning sky-tinted waters. I've heard it mentioned, that relatives who were left behind in Sweden could remember the name Minnesota so well, because it included "memory." Which is all those relatives had left of their family that moved away to America..
While I do not know Korean, I was able to use a translation service to read your comment, and I must say, I’m in awe of the reach that this video has garnered. Thank you for watching & your perspective!
@@mightyc3313 Unfortunately Swedish is not usually offered as a language in school. The most common are German and Spanish. You either inherit it or teach yourself, like I have. The last generation that could speak Swedish fluently in this area were gone by the 1980-90’s. Although the language is not very much spoken now, many people still live the Swedish traditions and food, especially at Christmas and Midsommar.
The Minnesota Historical Society unfortunately riddled that sign with errors. They also misspelled "Chicago Lakes". It is supposed to be "Chisago Lakes."
looks more like Welcome to Mora or Welcome to Dalarna with sooooo many Dalahästar(Dalahorses?) the wooden horses are a common souvenirs if you Visit Mora in Dalarna County in Sweden. They are not souvenirs for Sweden it self, just that county...Maybe those first settlers were from Dalarna or something? I Live in Sweden and only see Dalahästar when I drive through Sweden, passing Dalarna :o
In America, the Dalahäst has become a common symbol to identify a Swedish community or Swedish celebration, regardless of whether the original settlers came from Dalarna. Most of the Swedes in this area actually came from Småland. Those from Dalarna settled heavily in Isanti County, and you can even still find a few people who speak with the dialects from Dalarna.
@@MinnesotaSvensk oki yea Småland is bit further down and close to skåne, btw do they have Polkagris in Scandia? a special candy they make in Småland/Jönköping which I bet have another name in English lol, but googling polkagris and you see what it look like
Hi, I volunteer at the museum and some of our tour guides do speak swedish and others are learning. Most volunteers learn a few Swedish greeting words from our more experienced staff and from our Swedish visitors as well. Typically tours are given in English though.
The Norwegians settled heavily in the prairies of Western Minnesota along the Minnesota River and Red River. They have an even larger presence in North Dakota.
No. Swedish descendants in the US do usually not speak Swedish, even in Minnesota. This is rather obvious if you look at names such as "Välkommen Hus". As far as I know, the only places outside of Sweden where Swedish occurs naturally would be in Finland (Finland swedes/finlandssvenskar and ålanders/ålänningar). There used to be native Estonian Swedes (people living in Estonia, but who are culturally and linguistically Swedish, ålandssvenskar) but they have basically died off. A lot of them fled to Sweden during the second world war. A few of them moved to Ukraine in the 1920s and founded Gammelsvenskby where very few (but more than zero) speak Swedish to this day. So hundreds of thousands in Finland, and handful of people in Ukraine and maybe another handful in Estonia. Of course I'm not counting people who were born in Sweden and moved abroad or their children.
Crazy how much the nature looks like sweden!
In this part of the state, yes. Minnesota has three unique biomes that feel and look very different. The biome that Scandia is located in, and has been compared to southern Sweden, is called the "Decidious Forest" biome, which is known for its beautiful rolling hills, river valleys, and forests consisting of oak, maple, elm, etc. The other two biomes are the Prairie (located in the western part of the state) and the Coniferous Forest (located in Northern and NE Minnesota.)
Thats why they settled down there.
@@MinnesotaSvensk but I guess they dont have the swedish "mutated" northern pike :p
as jeremy wade proved with a dna test, the swedish pike lack something to make the pike from stop growing, so if enough food and safety they can grow much larger than normal northern pikes, that is why we have the term gammal gädda here(old pike) for some monsters we hook and can never reel in....then again, someone might have brought some pikes from sweden to minnesota :o
ps, no I dont know why they have this "mutation", maybe something that happen with Chernobyl as we had some fallout from what was blown here
@Josh Yates NO, i said settled down. :}
Right??!
I can see why they settled there. The nature looks like home.
Poverty
Ancestors from my family immigrated in the 1870s to Scandia. They was from Ljuder parish. Kronoberg. Sweden...found the Peterson family at Ancestry..with a big family Photo...very interesting family stories ..and now I can se that place. Tänk You very much...
Kul att se svensk kultur utanför Sverige :)
@@KjellEson står dock Scandia
@@real-cr3qo Ja det gör det! Jag måste köpa mig ett par svindyra glasögon. :) Tack för upplysningen, jävligt skämmigt :(
Finns ju knappt svensk kultur i Sverige
@@williamzander3137 En typisk svensk kultur är att inte hitta någon svensk kultur.
Om du inte bor i ett invandrar tätt område och smyger runt i munkjacka utan är klädd
som "en svensk", firar Jul, åker på semester, Skiter i religioner, gillar att fiska, spöar inte tjejer,
pallar fem sexor vodka utan att blinka (förstod du det där ? Det är kultur), inte rädd för hundar,
Kan alla regler i hockey, kan garva åt Robert Gustavsson, vet vad en midsommarstång är,
(förmodligen Majstång också. Maja är att klä en midsommarstång), du käkar pannkakor,
luktar inte lika dant i käften som i baken mm. Då känner du till svensk kultur!!
@@KjellEson så sant
Love the "Välkommen hus" XD. At least they tried
@Red Cup well sounds like super broken swedish haha its like they are greeting the house a welcome
Should have been ”Välkomsthus” instead. Change!
Totally wrong spelling
Turistbyrå
@BM531 please dont mind the other comments, shameful that swedes are so rude here. yes "welcome houses" exist here too, its just that the phrasing of that in swedish is different compared to english, as another commenter said in swedish the proper phrase would be "Välkomsthus" although that is quite the antiquated term at this point. to try and illustrate how the sign looks broken, imagine a sign saying "welcometo house"
"välkommen hus" 😁
I was thinking the same thing 😂
That translators to Welcome House 🤣
Google translate
It's särskrivning, should be välkomsthus as someone here in the comments already mentioned.
Där är man väldigt sällan inte välkommen
In 2013 I visited my relatives in St. Paul. They took me all over MN. and Scandia was a favorite! Felt just like being at home in Sweden! And people were so nice. Can’t wait to go back.
If you do, I highly recommend a canoe trip down the Saint Croix River!
De ljög för dig, Anders.
@@BrockFredin hahahah hur menar du
Trevligt att få se lite av Scandia!
Ja, ja, minsann.
Men det kunde varit värre än Malmö, tänk om det sett ut som Köpenhamn. Det hade verkligen inte varit kul men nu ser det riktigt trivsamt ut 😀
@@MatsOrmhed Kommer från Malmö o kan fan inte hålla med.
Högerpolitikens vindar blåser starkt av en anledning.
Helt naturligt med tanke på migrationspolitiken som har förts i Sverige.
@@robins4209 Och som fortfarande förs fast vi är mitt i en pandemi.
”Välkommen hus” has to be the funniest translation I saw in a good while. Also the sign that said “stuga”, which would be a bit like putting a sign that says “house” on your house or “car” on your car.
They put those signs there to expose people to the Swedish language so they can learn.
@@MinnesotaSvensk Thanks for the video! Heart warming to see the houses and nature. I did not know such a place existed.
It's nothing wrong with the "Stuga" sign on the stuga like house, neither are there anything wrong with any of the other signs. It could be the name of that particular house on the courtyard/property to distinguish it from the other houses. For example if it's used in a pamphlet guide for visitors or by a tour guide: "Schedule: at 2pm we'll meet up right outside the Stuga to begin the tour". If some of the other houses are called "Välkomsthus", "Restaurant" or "Matsal" (Dining area) it makes sense to call another one of the house "stuga" to make it easier for visitors to navigate on the property.
At a swedish inn with multiple houses on the swedish countryside in Sweden you could also easily see signs like that: "Stuga", "Boda", "Bagarstuga", "Härbre" etc..
The "Välkommen Hus" is the only really weird one. Sounds like "Greetings/Welcome Mr.House/Mr.Hus". That sign should have been "Välkomsthus".
Kyrka is pronounced like english "chosen", "my", "rka" without "osen" and "m" = chyrka.
@@MinnesotaSvensk but " Välkommen hus" ?????? Why would anyone learn such absolutely broken thing to say? 🤣🤣🤣 it basically makes 0 sense at all
@@MinnesotaSvensk yes and that makes sense of course, ivar was just making some funny observations from a modern swede's perspective
Would love to come visit.
Love from Sandviken, Sweden.
Minnesotans love seeing Swedes visit
Must come and visit some day. Greetings from north Uppland, Sweden.
Va häftigt, dit skulle jag vilja åka😀
OG vi kan ikke besøke dere stengt grense. Svner kjøttboller og hemgårdens grillpølse og stekflesk, basturøkt sidflesk. 😬🇳🇴
Rmløsa og et besøk på systembolaget 😬🇳🇴
@@annehansen7496 det vore inte helt fel!😀🇸🇪
Problemet med en stengt grense til Sverige er de norske kjedene ikke har noen konkurranse så det resulterer i sterk prisvekt i Norge. 😬🇳🇴
Vet inte riktigt varför detta kommer upp på recommended men trevligt att se lite välfärd i jänkarnas land :)
@D Man I certainly do not. Especially not people who make asinine comments like that.
@Swedish Patriot Vilhelm Moberg. "Sverige var från begynnelsen intet löftets lockande Kanaan, men svenskarna gjorde det omsider till sitt förlovade land, betraktat av de utländske med avundsjuk förundran."
1:19 Noticed the building said"Välkommen hus"
That translates as "Greetings! house" I suspect they were going for "Välkomsthus" which would be a better fit for a house where you greet someone.
I reacted to this as well. I was assuming that they meant "Välkommen hem", which would translate to "Welcome home".
@@johan_thoren I’ll chime in here. They did in fact mean to call it a “Welcome House” or a “Greeting House.” A central place where folks can gather and are welcomed. I agree though, the translation is not the greatest.
@@MinnesotaSvensk Välkomsthus it should be then.
Great tour , I really want to go there, Tack för en bra film
I love this type of content! This is the type of history i want to know! I want to know more about the Scandinavians that went to America, like I'm from Sweden and i had relatives that went there a long time ago.. I think it's sad that this culture and its history gets so little attention!
Thank you for watching, and there will be more to come in the "Swedish Minnesota" series! Where did your ancestors go to in America?
@@MinnesotaSvensk I had ancestors going to Chicago and also Minnesota!
It's very intresting cause it was really poor here that people left everything behind and Minnesota for example, has the same type of nature and climate so it was like home!
So where is your ancestors from? Scandinavia?
I am from Minnesota and am mostly Scandinavian. (Mostly Swedish and Danish, but I'm also Norwegian, too)
The culture here has not died! My family and I would always head to Little Norway Resort in the summer and eat homemade lefse and mashed potatoes.
Growing up, I learned all about trolls and fairies and such, and also learned about how to spot their homes. We would go out into the woods and try to hunt for trolls when we were younger.
We even still have a Scandinavian accent. It's just known as a "minnesotan accent".
Many of my friends and I still feel a deep connection to our home country in the old world.
We continue to study the history of Scandinavia and we keep the myths and legends and stories alive. 🇸🇪 🇺🇸
Also, we believe that Scandinavian folk came here to Minnesota in the 1300s. In a museum in this state is what we call the Kensington Rune. Some call it a fake, but minnesotans believe it is real and genuine.
We think we settled down in the same area our ancestors did, when they were exploring Vinland. ♡
Wow, this looks a whole lot like my small rural town in Sweden.
Ser ut som hemma i Sverige 🇸🇪
Great video - thanks for sharing - hope to come by one day.
My wife, kids and I moved to Scandia in the winter of 2017 and I can attest that Scandia is a wonderful, inviting little town and I love every minute of living here! Great video, @Kyle Johnson, Thanks for putting it together!
Me as an swede, it is really fun to hear your pronunciation with swedish words:D
ok but that smiley face on the Dalahäst is a disgrace D: 0:48
I wonder what you would think of the other "non-traditional" Dala horses in Scandia, because this is not the only one!
Thats a Mickey Mouse dalahäst. Not even close to the real thing haha..
Scandia dalahäst be like 😏
The ugliest fake-dalahäst I've ever seen. Why not buy the real ones from Sweden and sell? Otherwise beautiful vid.
Yeah, it feels like we should deface something that holds as much cultural importance for them. Then again, the only damage done was self-inflicted, talk about a tourism-board shooting themselves in the foot with putting those up. -At least they didn't take a shit on our flag.
Just a friendly little swedish mention that "kyrka" is pronounced "shhyrcka" :D
Carry on as you were otherwise
Yes, the one thing about this video that makes me facepalm after uploading it :p I grew up speaking German as a second language (I lived in Germany for about 9 years), so my German-oriented mind wanted to say "Kyrka" or "Kirche" in the German way.
No , where I'm from.we say shhöööökaaa
@@Latro84 småland?
@@oriongabriel6966 luktar kaa'maa'
@@PatrikSteal luktar de kalmar?
Hej på er alla! Hoppas att få besöka Scandia någon gång 🌼🇸🇪🌼 Jag är född i Stockholm men bor på Orust nu. Min släkt är från Bergslagen, Västkusten och älskade Småland ❤️
We was there 2018 and it was a very pleasant visit, they wanted to know everything about Sweden and for sure we will get back there again!
I always enjoy stopping in for breakfast at the cafe when I come up for the Saint Croix Valley Pottery Tour. It's a wonderful little town.
I want to send a greeting from the old homeland Sweden and wish you all in Lindsberg a really nice summer. I hope that I can someday visit the old Swedish countryside in the USA. (Trevlig sommar, till er alla) over there
Just slaped this on my bucketlist after covid19 :)
I havn't been to Sweden since Uni, but this is lovely
Oh look at that! as a Swede moving over, this makes me happy :D I can just go there whenever I feel homesick + having the family name Roos going there might even make me feel extra home 😁
Great video! I met a guy on the internet and apparently he lived near Scandia (the town). It’s quite strange to me that someone who lives on the other side of the globe is embracing our culture :)
Dags för en andra utvandring snart. Härligt att se detta. Tack.
Time for a second emigration soon. Wonderful to see this. Thank you.
now begs the question, do they sing "små grodorna" at the maypole and can they speak swedish?
Would be interesting to visit an another Sweden :D
They do in Lindsborg, Kansas ('Little Sweden')!
Yes they do. Watch this 15 minute video about Midsommar in Scandia for yourself. th-cam.com/video/De20gQ4P1GE/w-d-xo.html
This is a great mini docu, never knew about this history! Great B roll & clips!
Fint att se vår fina kultur och land på andra ställen 😀😀
As a swede, it feels like a must place in a life time to visit.
One day i shall travel there.
Precis som att vara i Sverige!!
I am amazed how authentic your pronounciation of names sound🤗
Interesting! I live in Sweden and have a few relatives in minnesota who are related to my grandmother. Was very interesting when they visited Sweden since they are really into research about our family tree. I hope to visit Minnesota and the great lakes region someday!
It's a beautiful place! I recommend going to northern Minnesota and visiting our beaches. Lake superior is incredible.
@@anon1087 Heard about that, thanks for the tip! I'm doing my first US trip this year but to Vegas and LA so sadly completely wrong part of the US. But hope to visit someday!
If it is sweden where The is Ica nära then? And systembolaget?
Haha
xD
It aint Sweden without rampant alcoholism or maybe its just that i live in Jämtland that makes it so damn common.
Those didn't exist when they left Sweden
Frågan är om dom säljer riktigt snus eller bara dip
Trevligt med folkmusiken i bakgrunden också!
Very interesting.Thank you for video...In my familytree I have a family Peterson..They moved to Scandia year of 1879...They was from Ljuder. Sweden..Found a lot of information about that family at Ancestry..Even a Photo with their big family👍🇸🇪
Could be my hometown in Sweden, the nature scene is same❤️🇸🇪
Been there twice celebrating Midsummer with my choir Oldtown Gospel. Lovely little place!
Hmm..have to put a trip there on my bucketlist
Det ser otroligt trevligt ut!
Love from Sweden 🇸🇪❤️🇺🇸
Swedish music producers have took part in composition, producing of K POP idols' hit songs since early 2010s.
I think it contributed the globalization of K POP and made Korean youths feel friendly toward Sweden.
My most favorite Swedish music producers are Andreas Oberg and Cazzi Opeia.
Andreas Oberg participated in composition of Red Velvet's Umpah Umpah, Monsta X's Follow and so on.
Cazzi Opeia took part in composition of Red Velvet's Psycho, TWICE's Dance the night away and so on.
I wish Swedish producers can collaborate with K POP artists and music producers at Seoul, Korea after COVID-19 's pandemic ends.
Tack Kyle för ett väldigt fint klipp :)
Jag tror du kunde ha använt din tyska när du uttalade dom svenska orden :D
Just visited the Gammelgården museum last fall. Beautiful place, I plan to visit again this summer!
I have relatives in Minnesota and am from Sweden
Great to see, I follow the “Millennial Farmer” on TH-cam as well, from Minnesota with Swedish heritage !
I absolutely love the way you pronounces gammelkyrka
🇸🇪....älskar det här.....
Would love to visit one day :)
Cheers from the Kingdom of Sweden 🇸🇪 🍻 🇺🇸
This looks completely brilliant! I have to visit there some day
Häftigt. Nu vill jag läsa Utvandrarna igen av Vilhelm Moberg🙂
I miss Minnesota ! Yes even as an Asian I can attest that Sweden does feel like Minnesota as well.
When you live 10 minutes away and reading the comments 😂
@Alexandria Do you have swedish heritage? :) Hej från Sverige! 🇸🇪🇺🇸
As you love close Please inform them that the sign on the 'Välkommen hus' should be changed to 'Välkomsthus. ' We can all improve ❤️ Greetings from Sweden
Häftigt - Somliga går med trasiga skor - on TH-cam !
Love to visit one day. Jag har bott i Sverige ganska länge.
Vill gärna besöka Scandia
Check out the Swedish mowie "The new land" (Nybyggarna)
Ther are some clips here at TH-cam.
They are favorite movies of mine! I’ve read all 4 of Moberg’s novels. He visited our area in 1948 for research. We have a statue of him in Chisago City, MN.
as a swedish person, this was SOOOO interesting to watch and learn about, some of the swedish signs have questionable translations lol, ""Välkommen hus" is one of them.
For those wondering her name at 1:47 She is Ingrid Bergman, a famous Swedish actress.
Jag får ta att besöka scandia nästa gång jag är i usa då!
Minnesota represent 🍻
Some of my relatives have imigrated to Minnesota. Hope i can know who they are some day
Minnesota - Minne Swedish word for memory, Sota word for soot.
Welcome to Memorysoot.
I’m pretty sure Minnesota is derived from the word for river in the language of the Dakota Indians.
The name "Minnesota" hails from the Dakota word "mní sóta", meaning sky-tinted waters. I've heard it mentioned, that relatives who were left behind in Sweden could remember the name Minnesota so well, because it included "memory." Which is all those relatives had left of their family that moved away to America..
Trevlig liten video ju :)
It looks just like home.
My surnames on my mother’s side is Fernström (just like the Call Fernström in the video) and one of my cousins name is actually Carl Fernström!
내 아들이 기회가 되어서 어릴때 미네소타에 일년 살다가 왔는데, 지금은 가족모두 스웨덴에 와서 살고 있어요. 아들이 미네소타에서 지내다가 왔다고하면 여기 스웨덴 사람들이 너무 반가워하고 좋아하더라구요. 이유를 이제야 알겠네요.👍🏼🇸🇪
While I do not know Korean, I was able to use a translation service to read your comment, and I must say, I’m in awe of the reach that this video has garnered. Thank you for watching & your perspective!
In the word "Gammelkyrka" you pronounce the "K" with an "Shhh" sound. Try it like "Gammelshyrka" :)
Watch Gammelsvenskby - on TH-cam !
Stort och varmt tack från Vättlösa Götene i skaraborgs län Västergötland Sverige yours Uno
Tack för att du tittade. Two of my ancestors come from Skaraborgs län, 1887 from Gökhem and Täng.
@@MinnesotaSvensk is learning swedish mandatory in minnesota or Have you learned it yourself?
@@mightyc3313 Unfortunately Swedish is not usually offered as a language in school. The most common are German and Spanish. You either inherit it or teach yourself, like I have. The last generation that could speak Swedish fluently in this area were gone by the 1980-90’s. Although the language is not very much spoken now, many people still live the Swedish traditions and food, especially at Christmas and Midsommar.
@@MinnesotaSvensk From Gökhem? On a windy day I could probably throw a rock there from where I live. (Falköping)
Nice video btw 👍
As a Swede this is great to see 😎🇸🇪
Hej från moderlandet!
Lovley to see
Interesting for me as Swede in Sweden, in 140s 1 out of 3 emigrated, scandia-skandinavia in latin.
It’s should be nice too live there :)
Smäland and Skäne nice spelling on the big black sign at 0.58 😀
The Minnesota Historical Society unfortunately riddled that sign with errors. They also misspelled "Chicago Lakes". It is supposed to be "Chisago Lakes."
I will have my boyfriend and I go on like a weekend here at some point just so I can see one of those Dalahästar up close.
My hometown!
Where is the Ica nära?
looks more like Welcome to Mora or Welcome to Dalarna with sooooo many Dalahästar(Dalahorses?) the wooden horses are a common souvenirs if you Visit Mora in Dalarna County in Sweden. They are not souvenirs for Sweden it self, just that county...Maybe those first settlers were from Dalarna or something? I Live in Sweden and only see Dalahästar when I drive through Sweden, passing Dalarna :o
In America, the Dalahäst has become a common symbol to identify a Swedish community or Swedish celebration, regardless of whether the original settlers came from Dalarna. Most of the Swedes in this area actually came from Småland. Those from Dalarna settled heavily in Isanti County, and you can even still find a few people who speak with the dialects from Dalarna.
@@MinnesotaSvensk oki yea Småland is bit further down and close to skåne, btw do they have Polkagris in Scandia? a special candy they make in Småland/Jönköping which I bet have another name in English lol, but googling polkagris and you see what it look like
Born there!!👋
@@Belnick6666 Polkagris - Candycane
Do they speak swedish there?
Hi, I volunteer at the museum and some of our tour guides do speak swedish and others are learning. Most volunteers learn a few Swedish greeting words from our more experienced staff and from our Swedish visitors as well. Typically tours are given in English though.
Watch the movie Midsommar, i love our swedish traditions
jag vill dit jag måste åka till usa någon gång
Even looks like Sweden ☺
Aa, det ser verkligen Svenskt ut. Ser ut som Dalarna, där jag bor
han gjorde det lite väl komplicerat. "hur är det? aa det är bra." är ett ganska normalt svar
I'm from Sweden and I need to visit this place
Jag vill åka dit
What about the Norwegians ?
The Norwegians settled heavily in the prairies of Western Minnesota along the Minnesota River and Red River. They have an even larger presence in North Dakota.
@@MinnesotaSvensk Yeah I have Norwegian ancestors and I am from Owatonna MN area but that's not the prairie that is consider the forest biome
@@MinnesotaSvensk Norwegians and Swedes are pretty similar
fy fan va fint
As a swede myself some fo my relatives moved to the new world in the 1890s i belive. Some even moved to america as late as 1920.
Do they speak Swedish? Pratar de svenska?
No. Swedish descendants in the US do usually not speak Swedish, even in Minnesota. This is rather obvious if you look at names such as "Välkommen Hus". As far as I know, the only places outside of Sweden where Swedish occurs naturally would be in Finland (Finland swedes/finlandssvenskar and ålanders/ålänningar). There used to be native Estonian Swedes (people living in Estonia, but who are culturally and linguistically Swedish, ålandssvenskar) but they have basically died off. A lot of them fled to Sweden during the second world war. A few of them moved to Ukraine in the 1920s and founded Gammelsvenskby where very few (but more than zero) speak Swedish to this day. So hundreds of thousands in Finland, and handful of people in Ukraine and maybe another handful in Estonia. Of course I'm not counting people who were born in Sweden and moved abroad or their children.
Nej de larpar.
When Covid is gone, this is No 1 visit. Who needs LA and NY?
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Literally looks like Sweden.
Borde bli en del av Sverige!
Och självklart väljer dem att bo i Amerikanska Norrland lol
There are no churches in Sweden called gammelkyrkan and those churches are way older then this one
sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A4rna_gammelkyrka Ehhh??