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[@potshot2]

Fika has nothing to do with meatballs... No one has meatballs to their fika. Trust me.

[@fiaaa4143]

potshot2 not entirely true. Meatballsandwich (Kötbullsmacka) is very popular to eat during a Fika ☺️

[@insertnamehere1792]

Sofia A thats not fika tho

[@fiaaa4143]

Says who? I can fika on whatever I want to fika on because I live in the free country of Sverige

[@potshot2]

@@fiaaa4143 no you can't, you can't have a pizza at the dinner table 18:00 and call it fika.

[@fiaaa4143]

Don’t challenge me. Now I need to eat Pizza at 18.00 everyday and call it fika

[@jennymedy]

I'm a Swede and I'm happy to pay taxes 😊 Thanks to that I was able to go to university (my parents would never been able to pay for it if we lived in America for example) and get an education. Now that I have a well paid job I'm happy to pay back.

[@mudgatebronn4438]

Yeah ain't it great to throw your money at refugees that don't want to work but still want a fat income...

[@jennymedy]

@@mudgatebronn4438 I would actually say that the worst thing about living in Sweden right now is having to deal with all the racists. I would much rather see that my taxes help refugees than a fucking racist.

[@leonardowickman57]

@@jennymedy So, stating whats going on here in this country is racist?

[@supsoda]

@@mudgatebronn4438 Its not only that taxes do it helps sweden alot i agree with u a little I think instead of giving them money they should help them get a job

[@jacoberiksson5903]

I am a fucking Swede and I hate the taxes, they are to big and promotes people to skip work. Only 1/3 of the taxes goes hospitals and education, only a communist would say that the taxes are good. And a lot of the money goes to things that doesn’t help it’s people!!

[@lousunny5682]

Fika is about coffee, sweets and friends. It’s a break and bonding time.

[@Janusmannen]

No law that coffee has to be the beverage, though.....

[@lousunny5682]

Jan Andersson yes there is “no law” but traditionally it is coffee. And yes it can include other drinks.

[@dahlf854]

@@Janusmannen Om du inte dricker kaffe under fikapausen så har du förlorat din rätt att kalla dig svensk

[@Janusmannen]

schlöött Du känner inte mig....och har alltså ingen aning om orsaken till att jag ej dricker kaffe.

[@fangofsilver5537]

@@Janusmannen Jag tror personen skämtade;)

[@EnFabian]

I love how "swedish meatballs" is a bigger deal in every other country except Sweden.

[@theresenorrby5616]

Vi kanske borde uppskatta det mera tydligen

[@quit2445]

Therese Norrby kanske, men köttbullar är goda

[@kurtsoderberg]

I listen to Kate Bush.....Mush more interesting! Metalica yes some times.

[@robinhalldin7106]

Trampa inte på köttbullar, det är jätteviktigt.

[@MrMayja]

Because we eat it 3-4 days a week.

[@ahsokatanoslashfulcrum6964]

sorry but number 12 is a lie............ fika is like eating a cake and drinking somthing,,, not food

[@TheRealDr.Mabuse]

Not really what was said. In short, the context was the traditions of break for fika AND meatballs for lunch. It does not mean you eat meatball for fika, that's your misinterpretation.

[@soulextracter]

I often have food for fika. Usually a toast with turkey. Fika is more of an idea, and not so much a set in stone menu.

[@KanpaiGaming]

@@TheRealDr.Mabuse Actually, based on the grammar... that's exactly what the video said.

[@TheRealDr.Mabuse]

@@KanpaiGaming Well, let's agree to disagree.

[@Hogwarts_dropoutt]

The horrible story of a man that was forced to connect his youtube account to google+ that sounds more like a “mellanmål” to me though! 😛

[@AM-gv9db]

My father has a rare blood disease that prevents him from creating enough red blood cells. Because of that he has to get an iron shot every week as well as blood transfusions every 3 months. He also has to visit the hospital 3 times a year to make sure his condition doesn't worsen or he develops cancer (which is unfortunately a very common progression for his disease). All of his treatment and hospital expenses costs a total of about 150 USD a year, which is about the same amount he would have to pay for 1 iron shot if he lived in the USA. That alone makes the taxes worth it. Knowing my father can get the care he needs. I earn 30.000 SEK a month which is about 3.200 USD. It's a pretty standard salary for my job (I'm a nurse). Out of that I pay about 6.300 SEK/680 USD in taxes. It might sound like a lot, but after 16 years in school (3 years in uni), and no debt I'm happy to pay taxes.

[@Adelwapen04]

Det känner jag väl igen hos min mormor. Hon hade det och detta gjorde att hon tillslut ej hade något immunförsvar och dog av en enkel feber. Så kämpa på och gör allt kul ni vet:)

[@timlarsson]

Vad heter sjukdomen? Jag känner igen symptomen på en familjemedlem :o

[@LilyWhisperwind]

Tell him to be checked for spherocytosis. This is a heredity condition in our family. His spleen could be enlarging slowly if he has this. My grandpa passed it on to us. We had ours removed. Sometimes it can cause issues with the gallbladder also. I had gallstones and had both my spleen, and gallbladder removed at the same time. The only way we found out about it, was because my mother got really sick, and had it removed. She found out from her mother that her dad had it, and nobody mentioned it. Now days, if you know your family has it, they try and remove the spleen when you are very young, after getting immunization shots. This way, you don't end up with needing emergency surgery later. My daughter had hers removed at age 7. Have him be checked. You should all be checked, it's a possibility you have it. You can live without one.

[@LilyWhisperwind]

Also, my grandpa's last name was Walker. I believe he was Swedish also. If you do ancestry, you may see a relation. :)

[@AmbiCahira]

@@timlarsson blödarsjuka gissar jag på.

[@aronhoglund4694]

It's called "skatt" or in english "treasure" because the king and nobility colected the peoples skatt.

[@MrGagge67]

I got both my knees replaced last year and that cost me about 24 dollars, so I pay my taxes with a big smile. I wonder what that cost would have been in US. :)

[@ReactToTheWorld]

It would cost you and arm and a leg in the US.

[@Vixxing21]

@@ReactToTheWorld Haha thats funny :)

[@jonathanmaunder1637]

@@ReactToTheWorld Wouldn't mind footing that bill!!😂😂

[@ImDembe]

It cost 8$ per night if you have to stay in hospital, food is included.

[@Jensftm]

Jag tänker på sånt rätt ofta, föddes med hjärtfel och hade jag fötts i usa hade min mamma forfarande betala stora skulder, för något ingen skulle kunna rå för och då är jag 28år idag..

[@roselotus1031]

I’m Swedish and I didn’t even know some of these things. Like, who are the people fighting over where Santa lives? 😂

[@unfinest]

Peeps solely from Jokkmokk 😂

[@Jauhelihakeitto]

han bor i finland PERIOD. /finne

[@insertnamehere1792]

지수!SQUARE UP aa det gör han... vi bryr oss inte hahaha

[@RYYRROBLOX]

@@Jauhelihakeitto He doesn't live anywhere, it's a myth. And he comes from "myra" in Turkey

[@Jauhelihakeitto]

@@insertnamehere1792 ok boomer

[@Adelwapen04]

I love my kingdom of Sweden, var är mina svenska polare i kommentarerna?🇸🇪💪🏻

[@aronhoglund4694]

Hejsan, svejsan!

[@jessicatrost9725]

hej här är en svensk till😊

[@emelierav]

här

[@Adelwapen04]

Oscar V ja du kanske det, men vi ska ju få andra i världen att se akt det bra vi har i vårt land och allt vackert att se. Det är därför jag vill få bort de 16 grejerna med det ända kloka partiet SD. För de andra gör allt värre och är som barn på dagis i debatter, nej uccch. #SD2022 För svearike i tiden!🇸🇪💪🏻

[@Adelwapen04]

Winddragon Lundholm du kan nog inte engelska va grabben?😞

[@fridajjohanna]

I'm Swedish and I actually quite often think about how happy I am about our taxes and all the opportunities it gives us.

[@ESPirits87]

Haha good one.

[@danieloskarsson215]

@@ESPirits87 meaning?

[@sheep89]

everything is getting worse and taxes just getting higher, you're in a minority.

[@oscarv2622]

sheep89 sant

[@TheChrikle]

what do we really get for our enormous tax rates? I really wanna know..

[@Simon-tj9io]

Im swedish but under 18 so I obviously dont pay taxes, but my parents do. I have asked them many times about how they vote politacly in sweden, since the "red" side wants to higher the taxes and the "blue" side wants to lower it. And I know for a fact that both my parents vote red and they are happily paying every dime of the taxes, they dont see it as someone taking their money, its more of an investment in their kids (me and siblings) since its our and their future that builds up with paying the taxes, It goes to health care, roads, education etc so at the end id say its worth it if you want to build up a civilized society! Nice video btw :)

[@atraversiamo5361]

One of THE few who got it right and you under 18 ;)

[@litheakottusch2290]

As a true Swede I've never heard about santa living in Sweden or Finland.

[@emiliaholmberg3320]

Pågående argument om han lever i norra Finland eller norra Sverige, har hört det ett par gånger

[@Jaaski1337]

What have you never? How is that possible

[@anonnoneavailable2366]

As a Swede I'm pretty sure the Finns won as well.

[@Nurembergwarcriminal]

Santa lives in Finland

[@marcusfridh8489]

@@emiliaholmberg3320 och Danskarna säger att han bor på grönland. men sanningen är att han är en blandning mellan sankt nikolai av myrra, gårdstomten, skogsvätten, renägande shamaner/nåjder, från Sapmi, grönland eller sibirien, och tro det eller ej, Oden, samt med vissa element från kung bore. i sverige så är det framför allt jenny nyströms tomteillustrationer och viktor rydbergs dikt Tomten som har satt den svenska bilden av tomten.

[@viggepigge00]

We actually get paid $130 per month to go to school, to the end off high school. And $350 to study at university

[@andreas543]

Viktor Elowsson has uttered some truths.

[@fredrikjonsson8126]

yeah we get paid to study...but have to pay for living space, books, food etc...if you have no part time job it will set you back like 1000 US dollars a month.

[@fredrikjonsson8126]

btw the pay up trough high school...is not for you...it's for your parents to cover your costs...just that young people today are to stupid to know that.

[@petrecz]

@@fredrikjonsson8126 Delvis sant. Föräldrar får barnbidrag tills barnet fyller 16, vill barnet gå på gymnasiet får denne studiebidrag av CSN.

[@thatdude034]

@@fredrikjonsson8126 Although for living expenses we have the option to take study loans at only 0.16% interest. Factoring in the 2% targeted inflation it's basically -1.84% interest so we more or less get paid for borrowing. Not sure what the interest rates are for students in other countries but 0.16% is a damn good deal..

[@slpr666]

It's actually false that the Swedish Meatballs aren't Swedish. Sweden's official twitter account tweeted that out before, but they later apologized for spreading miss information. They had read something wrong. And a couple of like food historians and such came out claiming it was false. There has been documented use of the words "frikadeller" and "köttbullar" (swedish words for meatballs) in various cook books and in the Swedish Academy long before the king Karl XII visited Turkey.

[@svenskatabbar1519]

My mom got a brain tumor last year and my dad got a stroke this fall. So I walk around every day and are happy to pay tax. Also I got a 3 year university degree in computer sience for free(still had to put in the hard work)

[@RawsterTheBaws]

Hope they feel better now

[@svenskatabbar1519]

@@RawsterTheBaws both are recovering. Dads movement is almost completly back. :)

[@RawsterTheBaws]

@@svenskatabbar1519 glad to hear that! Happy new year friend!

[@Adelwapen04]

Krya på dig och kämpa på, För jag vet att du har Jesus med dig även om du kanske ej är troende. Gör det bästa ni vet när ni är tillsammans och skapa skratt o lycka i alla gammla minnen en dag😔🙏🏼

[@sarasandstrom2853]

Just adding that we also get paid to go to school actually. High school and collage is not only paid for already via taxes but we also get a small support from the state every month. So really we’re getting paid to get education.

[@erikatrygg5330]

Swede here, i do love paying my taxes. I really do not mind it, not only is my current education free, i accually get paid to study, not alot but about 3500 kronor per month (about 350$). I have had several operations that didn´t cost me more than 50$, free dentalcare uptil the age of 18 (now it costs about 40$). Some museums are free to visit so that every family can take part of the experience. TAXES

[@tildakorolyart]

Watching videos like this makes me realize how nice I actually have it in Sweden!

[@Dina_tankar_mina_ord]

ja med köttbullar till kaffet? hahaha

[@er2206]

Yes I love Sweden 🇸🇪

[@ericanoren5212]

Well yes, I do. I was happy to pay 31% taxes because I know that when I have kids they will go to a free school, with free food, if I get sick I don’t have to pay to see the doctor and when I get old I don’t have to sell all of my stuff to afford a “old folks home”. So I rather pay that tax, than having a very insecure life and have to worry about money all the time ❤️❤️

[@NightCreeper]

What, Fika has NOTHING to do with meatballs

[@peterpersson4302]

I'm a swede and I honest to God, always say "I looove paying tax". It makes you feel really good because you know that by doing it you're helping a lot of people who aren't as fortunate as you and you also know if I run into some bad luck. the state always has my back and protects me :)

[@Anonymous-uw4sr]

Are you sure about that..?

[@sebastian114]

As much as a Swede I want to agree with this, I already work in the medical field, be it psyhicatric. The state do not and will not always have your back nor mine. But its in general good system.

[@KerstinMamma]

I do actually walk around and say " I'm happy to pay taxes" because it works.

[@KEKronberg]

Saaaaame!

[@jeanettelettegard6598]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@plabaa1889]

I say as Mona Sahlin..... "it's cool to pay taxes" 😂😂😂😂

[@silversurfer8818]

@@plabaa1889 its cool to pay for migration? Because thats where the majority of all taxes are distributed towards. so much so, that people die waiting for healthcare - or why the elderly cant afford paying the dental bills, why their apartment heat is turned off/heavily reduced, or lack of food. Why the mentally disabled are denied assistance, causing them to commit suicide. Or why hospitals are shut down, forcing the sick to be translocated to hospitals in neighboring countries. Taxes are great, if it actually benefits the people, in Sweden it doesn't!

[@Rinsari]

I would not agree that sweden works as well for the higest taxes my taxes totaly is 32% + 19% + 25% + 21% = 91 swedish crowns per erned 100 swedish crowns, then i have event count the social pay cost as well. But if man count away some of them and just take my personal taxes is 32% + 19% + 25% = 71 swedish crowns per earned 100 swedish crowns so if am earn 100 swedish crown i get to keep 29 crowns. 33% local taxes + 19% consumption tax + 25% income tax if man earn a bit lowe that would has become 20% rater 25%

[@discogareth]

I’ve never heard of anybody having meatballs for fika! Ever!

[@TheLeafcuter]

köttbullsmacka has entered the chat

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Don't forget, we get at least one month payed vacation per year

[@The-Vega-Islands]

"Sweden and Finland is fighting over where Santa is from" Norway enters the chat.

[@Rockstunned]

Kurt Tranaas but you win everything in allmost every winter sport every day every year. Keep off the Santa settlement!

[@The-Vega-Islands]

@@Rockstunned I was fine with it. but there are something i do have an issue with. Rovanemi starting franchise in China ( god damn theme park) Not like christmas was overly commercialized from before. well maybe then Sweden should have him, even though The Finns stole him first.

[@Luggruff]

No //Norwegian

[@LuiWallentinGttler]

Denmark enters chat on behalf of Greenland ... Where Santa is actually from.

[@az-el1qc]

The North Pole enters the chat.

[@Jergard]

The swedish in the meatballs is that we use ”kryddpeppar” in the mince, and serve it with ”brown sauce/brunsås” and lingonberry jam. Do that in Turkey ...

[@_Wolfsbane_]

The word you're looking for is "allspice".

[@MikaelMurstam]

@@_Wolfsbane_ eh, no we do not use allspice

[@_Wolfsbane_]

@@MikaelMurstam then you don't use kryddpeppar. It's the same thing.

[@MikaelMurstam]

@@_Wolfsbane_ Julköttbullar (Christmas meatballs) have it.

[@Ulrica1983]

Kryddpeppar heter "allspice" på engelska 😉 Och ja, väldigt gott i köttbullarna till jul 😊

[@myrathulin6247]

LMAO, no. Meatballs are actually from Sweden. During some time of the 1600 in Sweden, the Swedish king was best friend with the Turkish king or leader. And the Swedish king gave him the receipt for meatballs, and in return we got Turkish spices.

[@cheese4life69yearsago8]

Bruh i don’t understand people who think it is bad to pay much tax in Sweden. I had to get an important surgery and because I live in Sweden it almost didn’t cost anything. But if I would’ve been in the us with or without insurance it would’ve cost me a fortune. I’m thankful for my country and don’t u dare complain!

[@ingabergman119]

Erm... paying taxes is something I don't really think about, it's something automatically pulled from my income before the money even reach my account (yes, wages are wired directly into your account at the end of every month a few days before bills usually expire which is the last day of the month), then you get this envelope that gives you information for how much money you have paid in tax during the year which will tell you if you've paid too much or too little. I worked one summer as a cashier and my dad was rather worried that I have wound up paying too little in taxes but as it turned out, I had actually paid too much and got a couple of thousands back. ALSO! Another thing about healthcare that they didn't bring up is that the price of prescription medication is moderated. You literally cannot spend more than around... I think 200 US dollars (according to my dad who has asthma) a year on the stuff as the computers adjust the prices every time you go to buy them. The first time I bought my ADD medication I paid a good 40 US dollars for a bottle, but my latest was at around 15! Healthcare might be free, but mental do cost around 20 us dollars a meeting but if you spend too much in too short a time you will receive a card that allows you free meetings for a set amount of time. Dental care is NOT free. If you're older than the year you turn 25. In Sweden, You don't pay for schools, schools pay YOU. Literally. The government pays any student until High school a fee every month for school stuff, after that you can apply for student benefits that don't count as a loan but you could be required to pay back if the people in charge of it decides that they've given you too much. And even if you don't work and find yourself out of money, you can apply to something that can give you the amount of money you need, but you have to apply once every month and is really just something to help you until you get a stable income, not something to rely on in the long run, I've only applied once. My income is a benefit specifically designed for people that couldn't finish their schooling normally due to mental health problems (because the student benefit only pay for a certain number of weeks, but there are different ones depending on if the studies are on base-level education or university level education), they will pay me until I qualify for a high-school diploma. And my anxiety is telling me I am writing too much, so I'm going to stop here.

[@Mortac]

A few other Swedish inventions would be the pilot ejection seat, medical ultra-sound, the pacemaker, bluetooth, modern phones, safety matches, dynamite, zippers, the adjustable wrench, ball bearings, styrofoam, the propeller, the absorption refrigerator. Also Tetra-Pak (yes, all those packages storing liquids in the supermarket) and the Automatic Identification System (which is why we have GPS). The Celsius temperature scale also comes from a Swedish man named Anders Celsius. The first central bank in the world was Swedish. There are a lot of other random things as well such as the ability to show color in monitors, the original computer mouse, the feroelectric liquid crystals used in flat screen monitors. Throughout history I'd say Swedish science has contributed a lot within the fields of physics, chemistry and medicine.

[@RedHotBreadstix]

And let’s not forget the Coca-Cola bottle

[@MelinaJamiee]

Minecraft is Swedish aswell.

[@tomeng9520]

Blow tourch - Carl Richard Nyberg Tetra pak - Ruben Rausing Kerosene stoves (Primus) - Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist Steam Turbine - Gustaf De Laval (also a machine to make milk) Inkjet and Ultrasound _ Helmuth Hertz Artificial Kidney - Nils Alwall Dry Milk - Ninni Kronberg The Celsius temperature scale also comes from a Swedish man named Anders Celsius. The first central bank in the world was Swedish Propeller Adjustable wrench Refrigerator Vacuum cleaner Ball bearing AGA-lighthouse Bluetooth Mobile phones Color graphics on computers Safety matches GPS Classification of all plants & animals Padlocks Spotify Skype

[@TomaszDK]

Bluetooth was invented by Jacobus Cornelis Haartsen, a Dutch engineer.

[@Midnight_Mia]

Martin Larsen Wasnt he just 1 out of like 4 ppl who worked on it togheter?

[@jamesvandemark2086]

No way- Santa lives on Svalbard! (part of Norway!)

[@wasen_aeon]

I don't mind paying tax. Why? Because unlike US, we're not paid minimum wage. I work as a custodian and I still make 1700 euro monthly after tax is paid.

[@svenrichard4862]

du vet väll att US har ett starkt fack på gång o deras minimum lön börjar bli bra mycket nu, o bor du i stockholm så är ju inte dina 17 mycket

[@PontusNieminen]

@@svenrichard4862 Jag vet inte om jag tycker att 68 kronor/timme (11.832/månad) är att räkna som "bra mycket" för ett heltidsjobb. Det hade gett mig, som inte är medlem i svenska kyrkan, 9.890 kronor i plånboken. När jag började som elektrikerlärling hade jag 79 kronor i timmen, och det var inte en lön man blev fet på när närmare halva lönen gick åt till att betala hyran.

[@KerstinMamma]

The population is over 10 M now.

[@aronhoglund4694]

Yes, that happened about three years ago.

3:33 Hi! Regular Swede here, I am actually pretty happy about paying taxes. :)

[@insertnamehere1792]

Stmsyndro hahah vafan så du tror på riktigt att all skatt går tilm invandringen??

[@insertnamehere1792]

Stmsyndro haha nae d sa du inte men typ alla som skriver så brukar syfta på invandringnr

[@mudgatebronn4438]

@@insertnamehere1792 alldeles för stor andel går till invandring. Jag vill inte ge ett öre till invandring. Vore det inte bättre om man själv fick välja vart sina egna pengar ska gå?

[@insertnamehere1792]

MudgateBronn själv så skulle jag kunna ge lite till invandring eftersom att det hjälper människor som flyr från krig🤷‍♂️ Och på sätt och vis så får man ju välja. Eller rättare sagt så får folket välja genom att rösta.

[@Farlig1]

Gilla detta om du älskar Sverige 🇸🇪

[@kentnilsson465]

The meatball might be partly from Turkey, but the gravy we use has nothing about Turkey about it Its cinnamon bun to coffee The biggest thing about Sweden is the love of nature and Allemansrätten, which gives the right to every person in Sweden to go anywhere they want in the country and pick berries or mushrooms, hike etc as long as you do not hunt or enter someones garden or a military area

[@honeycombcloud344]

We don’t eat meatballs for Fika 😂😂😂😂 we eat cookies and cakes

[@MikaelMurstam]

If you like Sweden you should vote for Bernie Sanders. He will transform your country into a more Swedish system.

[@hanxsstoneberg835]

nah

[@sailingavocet]

Beautiful! WE live on our sailboat, sailing around the world. WE are excited to make it to Sweden!

[@Cookie_moonlove]

Not a wooden reindeer its a straw goat (christmas/yule goat = julbock in swedish). They talked about it on BBC's QI once pretty funny you should watch it :D p.s. it's kind of disappointing if it makes it through the winter now, sure its illegal but it's expected and funny.

[@Cookie_moonlove]

Here's the clip from QI about the Gävle goat (Gävle is the towns name) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJjbnn-chcdqjtU

[@christianbergenwall]

The goat have survived so far this year and are going for a new record. It have never survived 3 years in a raw

[@tovae793]

I understand that the rest of the world wants it to burn, but they don’t know that it stands in the middle of town in Gävle and I’d rather not the apartment complexes and the library close by would burn down.

[@KanpaiGaming]

Let's get one thing straight here. Nr. 12: Fika doesn't mean that you take a break to drink coffee and eat meatballs. Fika, is a pause that you take during your day to indeed, enjoy coffee and some form of bakery. It has nothing to do with meatballs. You're welcome :)

[@JK-bu7zb]

The greateast thing we have i "Allemansrätten" look it up, specially if you like me, love to hike out in the nature.

[@sagaernerfeldtheden9419]

Rest in peace Sara Danius 2019 🙏

[@rasmusgrankvist4131]

in this day and age tax'es arent a way of punishment and control, it's a way of working together.

[@7Rendar]

Taxes have always been about working together, it's just that it takes a lot of time and effort to build that level of trust and cooperation on a large scale. That is what we have managed so well in Sweden (all the Nordic countries really) over the last hundred years. Everything else good about Sweden (social stability, innovation, prosperity and happiness) stems naturally from that one achievement.

[@lazer-exe9178]

It honestly makes me really sad seeing people complain about it like,,, taxes are really just all of us pooling our money together to help each other and the country. That's something to be proud of. I can't imagine being so heartless that you'd actually be upset to help fund education and healthcare.

[@midas7332]

I live in sweden and have two Norwegian poodles and and one of them is named after Mamma Mia the ABBA song We play that song quite alot My other dog is called Lerke... we just thought the name was a cute name

[@emppuv6083]

10:33 I'm half swedish half finnish and this is a real thing. But we all know he lives in Rovaniemi

[@PUTDEVICE]

There is a difference between the spice mixture in Swedish and Tukisk meatballs (Köfte). the difference is that in Turkish it is parsley leaves, tomato puree, paprika powder, cumin and sumac. the rest is same.

[@khs17]

Actually it is a very large straw goat that they try to burn down every year.

[@MrMayja]

Im swedish and actually can pay more taxes if it helps people.

[@tomeng9520]

Hi React To The World ! John X Lulu. Swedish inventions : Blow tourch - Carl Richard Nyberg Tetra pak - Ruben Rausing Kerosene stoves (Primus) - Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist Steam Turbine - Gustaf De Laval (also a machine to make milk) Inkjet and Ultrasound _ Helmuth Hertz Artificial Kidney - Nils Alwall Dry Milk - Ninni Kronberg The Celsius temperature scale also comes from a Swedish man named Anders Celsius. The first central bank in the world was Swedish Propeller Adjustable wrench Refrigerator Vacuum cleaner Ball bearing AGA-lighthouse Bluetooth Mobile phones Color graphics on computers Safety matches GPS Classification of all plants & animals Padlocks Spotify Skype Sincerely Tom.

[@frilansar]

Computer mouse Pacemaker List goes on...

[@binkao2938]

@Elias I think he’s talking about this?! www.expressen.se/debatt/sa-blaste-usa-sveriges-storste-uppfinnare/

[@Nurembergwarcriminal]

Sauna IS proudly a Finnish invention

[@tomeng9520]

@@binkao2938 Se på fan, nån som har huvudet på skaft (eller Lans :D )

[@jesperhedenqvist922]

Plus a bunch of discoveries of basic elements. Like, more than 15 i think.

[@Pilutta100]

Enjoyable reaction, super hugs from Sweden :)

[@isabellelundblad263]

I am from Sweden! (Ni gör ett bra jobb på eran kanal) = (You guys are doing a realy great work at your channel)

[@elle7757]

Just to clarify here tho: Fika has absolutely nothing to do with meatballs.. fika is essentially coffee (or tea) break while eating pastries, cookies and things of that sort, you often invite friends over to fika, or meet up with someone out in town for fika an evening snack could also be seen as fika depending on what it is.

[@TwoStrokeViking]

When are you going to react to Sabaton, while you have alot of sweden wibes? 😁

[@aluubaluu]

Damn, I knew about 5-6 facts about sweden 🇸🇪 and I’m proud of their higher taxes, because that allows us to get a higher education with no cost ( in fact, the government pays us to get an education) and a free healthcare and dental care up to 23. God bless Sweden with its high taxes ❤️ I can’t imagine living in the US and not have health insurance or being able to study in university.

[@mason-tito4283]

I’m a the only one that has never heard someone saying that Santa lives in Sweden??

[@johnnorthtribe]

I have seen "meatballs" in other coutries as well. But they taste different. I am sure Turkey didn´t invent meatballs. I mean it is quite a basic product. What is swedish meatballs is how Sweden does it and serve it. What spices we use, what sauce we use and with what we serve it (potatoes and lingonberry jam). I am sure the turks don´t eat it like us.

[@-gal-ya-pal-3967]

Weit a min ... Were over 10 milion .,. That vid must be old cuz we went over 10 like two years ago .-.

[@BosisofSweden]

Not only is education free all the way up through university - you also get a very small but still salary for studying and you can combine it with work or a loan part if you want to.

[@poetsonthedancefloor7801]

Does this mean we can expect a video on 15 things you didn't know about IKEA? :P

[@ReactToTheWorld]

Is there one? Because that actually sounds like a fun vid to watch 😂

[@poetsonthedancefloor7801]

@@ReactToTheWorld Alux have one :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqixgKppl5J9mtE

[@nellielofgren437]

I am from Sweden and I really likes your videos about Sweden haha

[@angiequintanilla3586]

I pay around 31% tax and am happy to do so for the things i we get for free

[@PawtrikOG]

Another nice fact about tax in Sweden as a civilian you won't have to calculate all your tax by yourself most of the time. Usually it is done for you by "Skattemydigheten" (kind of the Swedish version of IRS). So only if you have some specific taxable extra income that you might have to calculate and add manually. This is done once a year in the spring, and tax returns are payed out a couple to a few months later.

[@natzkispionen]

It makes me happy and proud to pay taxes. I actually say it out loud like you did, because I am so thankful and happy about the opportunities that I got when I moved here. It is really an amazing country, especially for children.

[@discogareth]

The new ABBA music was delayed from December 2018, to sometime during 2019. It was delayed again. So maybe, hopefully we’ll get to hear it during 2020.

[@LXD091]

☝🏻 one false thing! We have ”more than 10 mil ppl” ;)

[@adamring5325]

Fika is the same as coffe break. but we eat cold diches. it can be coffe and a sallad. coffe and shrimp sandwitch or meat ballsandwich. not hot diches like pizza. For short every dish that goes great with coffe break.

[@alva000]

i think we often take our rights in Sweden for granted and forget how good we have here.

[@jonasfermefors]

Fun fact about education costs in Sweden: The Universities are free but many students take loans to finance living while studying. The average amount for those loans is about 140000 kr or around 17000 dollars and many Swedes complain loudly about this - partly because the government controlled lender is bureaucratic but also because they think it's too costly to study.

[@IzabelleDahlmann]

The fact about santa is false.... sweden thinks that santa lives in north pole. (Sorry my english is very bad)

[@kentnilsson465]

Meatballs are made in many countries, not only Turkey, Italian meatballs are famous for instance. However the Swedish meatballs are the only ones, I think, that are served with gravy sauce. The number one fact about Sweden not mentioned is Allemansrätten, or All mans right, to wander the mountains, forrests etc at their leisure and pick berries mushrooms etc on anyones land. There are limitations but they are easy to follow.

[@agnves5373]

Tjeeeena alla svenska kompisarrrrr:)

[@albinjohansson2383]

Hejsan

[@Phlippan87]

I actually like that we pay the taxes we do, since we get so much from them... The fact that we have a social security, "free" healthcare and that everyone has the chance to go to university no matter what socioeconomic background they come from makes it all worth it

[@linnblom3640]

I am sooo proud to be Swedish! :)

[@emiliaholmberg3320]

if you earn just over 19000 you have to pay around 30% in income tax and it is between 30 and 50 percent tops depending on your yearly income. In sweden a new dad gets 10 days paid leave from work the first days after the kid is born to help take care of the child until the mother can take care of it when she has recovered from the labor. You have to be 18 to drink alcohol at a bar or restaurant, but have to be 20 years old to shop at Systembolaget

[@ExbotHero]

In reality, we pay around 22 % in tax. LESS THAN YOU! (Not really but according to your numbers.) That´s do to tax break for all the workers in the country. Don´t for a second believe the 51 %, please. It´s just a number, not a reality. This old Fact Video you have chosen have a lot of the fact absurdly wrong. It´s like watching a compilation that a kindergarten class made from Google. We (the "kindergarten" class) can read, but we don´t understand or care about the real fact). It always like this when people who haven't spend one second in the country decide to make money on youtube by describing a country. But okay. Some of the fact are correct. And just to put some of the fact in perspektive. The meatballs came to Sweden around the same year America became a country. Just imagine for a second what US had as their food back then. We have had meatballs in Sweden for more than 200 year. That alone makes it our food, and a part of our culture.

[@jeriks276]

This is not right, you forget the social security tax the company has to pay that is like a hidden tax that seems to work becouse people like you dont think of it xD

[@ExbotHero]

@@jeriks276 Didn't forget it, just didn't specify it as a salary tax. (It´s more of an insurance-fee than a tax according to me.) The employer pay this on top of the salary as a benefit They have to - And yes, It´s a part of our social security system.(A tax if you will, Just not a part of the salary.)

[@corresandberg]

Not 100% correct. Okey the "private" income tax is a progressive one, meaning if you earn little you pay little. But there is some called social security tax, that the company pays, around 31% of what you get before tax. So if mean-tax is 20% for real and you add that with the tax your company pays for you it becomes 51%. Not to mention 25,12,6 per cent VAT on top of most goods.

[@ExbotHero]

@@corresandberg Fair enough. My point what basically the same from another perspective The tax on the SALARY is fairly low (today) if you don´t have an extremely high income. As a former employer myself I do have to empetzie that the tax a company pay is on the final profit. Something you can control and avoid legally in many ways. (There's a lot of loophole to avoid the tax, you know.) Transaction between subsidiaries and parent companies and so on. (My company never paid more than a fraction of the oficial number you mention.) The same goes for VAT. That´s a Zero sum game for the companies.

[@Jerry.Karlsson]

timbro.se/skattekoll/din-skatt/ Just look at this link ..... We as people pay around 22-28% taxes, but then the state pay taxes, we pay taxes on food, gas, and so on.....

[@FlashySenap]

Funny fact. When you do your taxes in sweden, You only recieve a paper with all information handled and then you press an approve button and Boom you're finished with your taxes and you get your tax return very soon.

[@katla3393]

They have some lovely grenade attacks as well.

[@JimmyOlsson]

Nothing is perfect. Getting a society to work is always a constant struggle.

[@katla3393]

@@JimmyOlsson well if only the swedish government was trying to improve the country the grenade attacks, rapes and car fires wouldn't be as bad but it seems right now that sweden, like many other countries are simply commiting suicide.

[@fredriklarsson9415]

Take a look around the world and then look at Sweden. We have it really great in Sweden, not perfect, but really great.

[@oo.llpee.7457]

"Nothing is perfect". You didn't have those "few" years ago, just like we didn't have them in Finland. Everyone knows what causes this, but you can't even talk about it anymore, because your freedom of speech is limited. We had such a paradise on earth, but now it's almost gone.

[@pyrebird7567]

You say the first image looks very saturated, and while it’s definitely edited, I know exactly where that is (a school I’ve gone to is in the photo) the colors and saturation isn’t that far off from real life (like one the *real* nice days). There’s a lot of well cared for greenery (like the closest bridge has multiple kinds of plant pots on it) and the houses just have really nice colors.

[@Icedxylophone]

I'd love to know where they found the information about nr.9 I've never heard about that and their info about fika is off.

[@Allexstrasza]

2:11 wait.. that's the castle from Örebro, the city I live in..

[@Mixpiqz]

Information on Max Martin would have been a good fact about Sweden.

[@paulingvar]

Yes, "skatt" means both tax and treasure. But it is not true that the resaon is that taxes are so appeciated nowadays. The word is old and exists also in our neighbor countries. It has also meant coin etc. It is not strange that is has come to have a double mening. A taxation is to bring in money etc and gives the king or state a treasure.

[@Awillaeditz]

jag älskar era videos translate is i love your videos:)

[@rovhalt6650]

13:30 Oh yeah. We're all relatively open. I'm so relatively positive to immigrants I can't relatively get enough of them.

[@antoniosaezart]

Yes sweden is pretty :3 like in 1800 century Swedish ppl like come too America

[@michaelmay5453]

The story of H&M is interesting. It was started as Hennes (meaning hers) and later added & Mauritz to invite mens clothing into the line. For a while they went REALLY big on mail order and then they expanded outside of Sweden. Now it's worldwide. It's still not one of the top ten biggest Swedish exports. Our number one is military exports, second is Scania, third is Volvo (specifically Volvo lastvagnar) and IKEA is somewhere in the top 100 I'm sure.

[@SwedishManBoiGuy]

as a swedish man i need to say: MEATBALL = BEST MEATBALL = KÖTTBULLE MEATBALL IS LIFE

[@TimpanMiller]

The Castle 2:10 minutes in is in my Home Town "Örebro" I live like 3 minutes from it :)

[@albinjohnsson2511]

Some corrections and trivia: 1. No, that's not why taxes are called "skatt", lol. Swedes in general are fine with relatively high taxes, but as you say, it's not like people are celebrating it. 3. The second picture depicts Uppsala, just north of Stockholm. Uppsala was named the greenest city in Europe, and is in fact more environmentally friendly than Stockholm. 4. Sweden has more than 10 million people. Currently around 10,3. Also, Minecraft! 8. Drinking alcohol is NOT highly regulated by the Swedish state. Is actually much more liberal in those regards than the US. You can drink when you're 18 (and you won't be punished if you do it earlier) and no need to walk around with paper bags as in the US. We also never had a prohibition. The only thing regulated is the retail. Of course there's still bars and night clubs etc (for people 18 years and up). 9. No, I've never ever heard a Swede claim that Santa lives in Sweden. 11. Not a craze at all, unfortunately. 12. Meatballs have absolutely nothing to do with fika. And the "Swedish meatballs comes from Turkey"-thing has been debunked by historians. It's a myth that took off when a private citizen spread it through the twitter @Sweden (different citizens get to handle the account). Meatballs have been invented separately many times in many cultures (I mean, it's not hard to come up with the idea of shaping meat into balls!), including both Sweden and Turkey. The king brought another dish from Turkey, koldolmar (dolma).

[@TheFolcred]

''Hammarby sjuuuu staaaad'' i died

[@Whyisthaskyblu]

ME TOO! OH MY GOD....

[@smalm86]

As someone that got suddenly and severely sick this summer, resulting in brain surgery and radiation therapy... yeah I'm happy to pay taxes. I've been on sick leave for 6 months and have been able to pay my bills and eat food because I still get a monthly income. I also didn't pay for the medical treatment. My kids go to school, where they get food (2 snacks and lunch) every day. My sister could change careers at 30, she quit her job and started university without having to worry about being financially fucked. Things like that makes paying taxes feel pretty good.

[@Boten02]

The big castle in the beginning that’s my town where I live😻 btw just started watching your videos so that’s why am so late commenting😅

[@ustit-vuohta6695]

Thank you for these wonderful videos about Sweden. You really show the fine sides of Sweden. And I love your reaction to the taxes and other things. Sweden is split in half about the taxes. One half is content and the other half want to lower them. Hugs to you!

[@ahsokatanoslashfulcrum6964]

O YES. I AM FROM SWEDEN, YOU ARE SO VERY WELCOME

[@laurennn777yeah]

Älskar detta ( love this )

[@milesdust3465]

And hold on to your horses: everything is “paid” by taxes. My wife had a paternal leave for 18 months, with 80% of her salary. I stayed at home for 6 months, with the same payment. Kindergarten, Medicare, all social services are payed by TAXES.

[@karljuliuz]

14:54 omg the hand, it fits a little too well on your shoulder there, and look where it's touching, haha hilarious

[@TheModestAgnostic]

Actually, we are pleased to pay taxes! Even conservatives in Sweden tend not to boast too loudly about cutting taxes. It's not a vote winner because the US has provided such an illustrative example of what happens when you hollow out the tax base. A progressive, high taxation regime makes for a stable and humane country. It also turbo charges innovation and social mobility, because starting your own company, or going to university doesn't mean you end up on the street if it all goes wrong. The State has its citizens back.