American Reacts The Carolean's Prayer - Soldiers of the Swedish Kings - Sabaton History

[@hex1c]

Damn, your Sabaton reactions are really great. You just earned yourself a new sub! Greetings from Sweden!

[@miafranlund6982]

Thanks for the enthusiasm you are showing for Swedish history and Sabaton. I really enjoy watching you try talking Swedish. Forgive us our trespasses= Forgive us our wrongdoings. Basically...when I screw things up, forgive me.😀 Btw.. Sabaton release another song from the upcoming album this week. The unkillable soldier.

[@andreasfogelkvist411]

Forgive us for our sins? Är en bättre översättning tror jag om jag stava rätt :)

[@andreasfogelkvist411]

Tydligen ett år försent

[@Enigma_V]

What brought about the bayonet was that the muskets became more wieldy towards the end of the 17th century. Before that they were shorter and bulkier, more suited to be used as clubs than as polearms. Before the bayonet, musketeers would be paired with men wielding polearms. After the bayonet was invented, especially with the invention of the socket bayonet, armies slowly transitioned to only musket and bayonet.

[@Ethilien]

The "Forgive us our trespasses" part is a line from The Lord's Prayer, which is the part sung in Swedish, that is repeated over and over.

[@Doorsofprcptn]

Yes, a poorly translated part of a Christian prayer.

[@Oxley016]

@@Doorsofprcptn The English part? That is the actual translation of The Lords Prayer found in the Bible, not poor at all.

[@sirseigan]

"Gå på" is still a official strategy within the Swedish military. If I am informed correct it means that the individual soldier are allowed to use whatever firepower they have and see fit in order to be able to constantly pressing on to achive the objective.

[@peo4989]

12:50 you are not wrong however that the tactic they use during 30 years war priort to the carolean era,. Btw i can name a few swedish tactics from the 30 years war like mobile artillery and ridershooters on the cavalry units riding double like mobile infantry.

[@mattiasjohansson8664]

Thanks for appreciating the Swedish colors. Let me also wish our brother in flag colors Ukraine freedom, peace, and prosperity.(edit grammar)

[@Shigawire]

The first bayonet was a "plug bayonet" that literally plugged the musket hole like a cork. The evolution of that was the externally attached bayonet. Yes, everything seems obvious in hindsight. :-D Also, that added metal would increase the manufacturing cost.

[@jarls5890]

4:26 That painting - is a scene from the death of Charles XII being carried away from Fredriksten Fortress (Halden, Norway). I am looking right at it through my window now! 🤨

[@Thor_the_chad]

You the dude who shot him?

[@rizzcs6018]

Joakim we found him, get over here.

[@CamelCasee]

The daily bread part is the lords prayer.

[@MaskinJunior]

It is almost the entire Swedish 18:th century version of the lords prayer.

[@SteamboatW]

@@MaskinJunior Hmm... 1917 I think. Or to be precise, a mix of 1917 and 1981. Fader Vår, som är i himmelen Helgat varde ditt namn. Tillkomme ditt rike. Ske din vilja, såsom i himmelen så ock på jorden. Vårt dagliga bröd giv oss idag, och förlåt oss våra skulder, såsom ock vi förlåta dem oss skyldiga äro, och inled oss icke i frestelse utan fräls oss ifrån ondo. [Ty riket är ditt och makten och härligheten i evighet. Amen.]

[@kronop8884]

Sweden at this time was the most militarised state in the world, perhaps even in history especially taking into account the ironfisted control the State and Church had on peoples lives and minds, North Korea is probably the best comparison in the present day, critisizing the king was heresy and heresy was punishable by death.

[@kristoffer-2614]

14:07 The name Joakim is a Scandinavian, northern European, version of the original biblical, hebrew, name Jehoiachim ( יהויקים ) so it’s not really a ”Swedish” name so to speak

[@SteamboatW]

Biblical names are quite common all over the christian world.

[@TheSlyngel]

Well it goes back to medival times and has a uniqe pronounciation in swedish so I think we can claim it as a swedish name by now lol. Or the only Swedish names will be like Ingvar and Tryggve.

[@lahire4943]

It's not really the invention of the bayonet that put the pikes aside, it's rather the invention of socket bayonets. The first bayonets were knives placed at the end of the barrel but you couldn't fire with the bayonet in place. When Vauban invented the socket bayonet (which is much more difficult to make) in the 1690s, it replaced the pikes.

[@1991beachboy]

Many people i discuss with think i'm from some small village with a bit of a weird accent. But as soon as they hear I'm from Sweden, they're often like "What? No way. Your english is flawless. I know lots of other native english speaking people that speaks way worse. That's really cool!" Then I'm like "Thanks? I mean I've been using english since i was like 7 years old." We also happen to be one of the best english speakers in the world that have it as a secondary language, think only the netherlands is a bit better. If you like more of Swedens history as I've seen from your past videos. You gotta see the Northern War series by Kings & Generals. Also definitly listen to the swedish version of this song! It's a lot better in my opinion.

[@melkor3496]

It’s disappointing that he just does the English version of the Swedish songs I wish he could do both English and Swedish.

[@1991beachboy]

@@melkor3496 Agreed. He's done so many Swedish videos that you'd think he has listened to at least one swedish song from Sabaton but no. At least there's content available

[@peo4989]

The tactic of the Caroleans were so good the british redcoats used their offensive tactic in their standard army disipline. Fun fact too that the fatalistic christian belief of the Carolean army was basically same idea about faith the Vikings used to have. Norsemen believed that the "witches" at the foot of Yggdrasil wove every mans lifethreads in bloody tapestries and if the witches decided to cut the thread you would die. The common scare among norsemen was "Do not tempt faith" The norns will cut your lifethread :). So every death was pretty much predetermined unless you tempted faith. Therefore all the vikings needed to do was die with a weapon in hand to reach Valhalla otherwise you would reach Freyas Folkvang. Cheers from Sweden.

[@TheSlyngel]

Bajonets are not useful until the firearm is light enough. The first guns were seriously heavy.

[@skogstjuven]

Vår Gud är oss en väldig borg = Our God is a huge castle for us . number 1 song of Carolean's

[@maryamniord2214]

Have you did reaktion of the Swedish version too?

[@MaskinJunior]

And I thought American's would be religious enough to recognize the Lords Prayer.

[@ricknesar1627]

Thanks for a badass reaction bro! Check out the Swedish verrion (Karlolinens Bön" with subs. That one is as always Sabaton songs, way better in Swedish!

[@o.w.i.m]

Until He the whites of their eyes beholdeth, the Carolean marches forwards/on/unto the foe.

[@Kimpan96]

(On the name Joakim) Joakim is kinda a common name in Sweden (more in rural areas I think), it is believed to come from Estonia or Russia who have similar names that probably have their origin in the Mongolian Jocchim (which was the name of Genghis first son if I'm not misinformed)

[@SteamboatW]

It's from the bible.

[@andreasfogelkvist411]

From a Swedish royal guard ceep this up :)

[@miavarghund]

If you like sabaton and metal music then you should visit Sweden "Falun" first weekend in August. Sabaton has a metal festival there

[@vaudevillian7]

I’ve done 17th - 19th century reenactment (as well as later stuff) but a bayonet on a 19th or 20th century gun - fine - musket on a 17th century gun, not really workable, they’re far too heavy and cumbersome

[@TheJonasbz]

He loves the blue and yellow 😊 Connor, youre almoust a swede now

[@HladniSjeverniVjetar]

i have feeling they made Ultramarines looking at the picture of Caroleans....Strong faith, no doubt, discipline, same colours (blue and yellow).

[@arrrne2002]

Tills han vitögat ser, karolinen marscherar fram. Thought you might like that written, since you tried saying it. ;)

[@bjornrosenlund135]

gå på marsch is still used in HM Army

[@Pprokop87]

You should try Inmate 4859 by Sabaton. the music video and Sabaton History. that is a mindblower

[@gangerolf5089]

Joakim is a Jewish name. Swedish names are from the vikings. Like Lars, Erik, Rolf, Stig and so on. Their meanings are more in line with nature rather than faith and religion like Christian/Jewish names are

[@AlexanderDeusvult]

Sabaton 👏🏻🇸🇪

[@SteamboatW]

Interestingly, Sweden is the fatherland (fäderneslandet) but she is always a "she" and it's "her" enemies... ;-)

[@sirseigan]

I guess it is because of the "national personification" of "Mother Svea" (created in 1692) where the suffix -a in the name "Svea" gives it a feminin inclination. However "Svea" is the indefintive plural accusative and genetive form in Old Norse of the root word "Sve", which is the old tribe name of the Swedes (know as far back as 98AD as "Suiones" to the romans where "sui" is the name and "-iones" means people). You can still see it in stuff like "Svea rike", wich means "realm belonging to Swedes" or "Swede's realm" (not the indefintive plural genetive form). So the suffix -a has not really anyhing to do with feminine form of the name. But as the old Norse forms was dropped in the Swedish language the original meaning of "Svea" was kind of lost. Even though "fatherland" (fäderneslandet - "the land of our fathers") surely can be and is used, to me, the word "fosterlandet" seems much more common. The word "foster-" can both mean "featus" and "being raised"/"cultivate". However it has a third not so common meaning too. The old Norse word for a sworn blood brother would be a "fosterbroder", a brother by oath and not by the same blood, by choice and not by birth. There are several other terms that has "foster" in it as well and it has to do with family ties by oaths and not by blood. One could therefore choose to interpret "fosterlandet" as the land you swear allegiance to, no matter where you or your forefathers were born.

[@rawenragnars4631]

...YESS..KIRCHOLM..RYGA....ITP..ITD..POLISCH CAVALRY HUSSARS

[@jarls5890]

Trespasses = sins

[@am1156]

The Swedish kings Karl XI and his son Karl XII (the bald one; he refused to wear wigs) were fascinating figures. Karl XII never married, spent pretty much his whole life as king outside of Sweden (today's borders) either fighting wars or planning them. He spent 5 years in the Ottoman Empire. When he came back to Sweden he brought with him, from Turkey, a coffee maker (an actual man to make his coffee), and the two most typical ''Swedish'' dishes: meatballs and kåldolmar. Yup, Swedish meatballs are Turkish. Interesting that one of the most secular countries today, was once more motivated by faith and Christianity than other countries' armies.

[@2121gul]

Den svenska versionen är bättre 🇸🇪🍻