American Reacts to Norway and Sweden Compared

[@JohnSmith-cy9tt]

Shit show tis one.... Big mama try to make some money the easy way

[@oh515]

That means she is smart as well. You should considering to be smart too 🌸🌼

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

52 year old Norwegian...Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland. We make fun of eatchother, but we are sort of...we are united...sort of. :)

[@zpitzer]

yes, we are like siblings, argue and make fun of echother. But if someone threatens us we are united.

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Love it🥰🥰

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

That’s what I’m talking about 🥰🥰

[@katta0706]

Soo true If something would happen to our neighbour countries we would help them at once. We are one in a strange way! Love from a 52 year old Swede!

[@theresamyers5327]

Thanks for sharing Island Girlz bless up

[@H4wk0n]

As a Norwegian I had a good laugh when he showed the Swedish fjords 😂 but he is correct when it comes to music. Sweden also produce a lot of amazing technology, which Norway could learn a lot from 🇳🇴🇸🇪

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

🥰🥰

[@katta0706]

You have som things that are better then here to!

[@H4wk0n]

@@katta0706 I guess both Norway and Sweden are pretty sweet countries to be honest. Denmark is probably pretty sweet too, but I always forget them 😂 probably around 20 years since I set foot on their land. Sweden is a wall to wall neighbor and 2 hours away from where I live so it's a lot easier to go there :p Edit for typo

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Of course he couldn't mention everything, but as a Swede I have to point out two things: Sweden have arguably the best stealth submarines in the world, in a War game some years ago one of them managed to sneak past all the ships and send torpedos and sink a US aircraft carrier. Over all, Swedish military tech is at top level and one of our main exports. Swedish songwriter/producer Max Martin has 27 number one billboard hits, second only to Paul McCartney. Music is often called our biggest export after military equipment, and Sweden is together with the UK and USA a country that exports more music than we import.

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

Hallo nabo!! ;) Og den greia med ubåter?? Jeg tror vi har en et sted her vest også. Håper noen som bare snakker engelsk bruker Gogle translate på denna. ;)

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@TomKirkemo-l5c One of the things that makes the Swedish Subs good is that they use Sterling Engines which are very quiet, another is that they can move quite close to the bottom, and they can stay submerged for weeks without having to resurface

[@arcticblue248]

Actually ... norwegian Kobben-class subs sank american aircraft carriers in the 80's so it was not a new thing 🙂but yeah swedish sub Gotland is very very quiet and more modern than norwegian subs now. But in the 80's they had to take out the subs to continue with the military exorsise because the norwegian subs wrecked havoc among the "attackers" 🙂

[@larslarsen7457]

My mentor was Sixten Gustafsson Lewenhaupt, the father of Gotland class submarine. The Stirling engine.

[@beorlingo]

Både svenskar och norskar kan gå och skita på sig.

[@zimon85]

14:05 And again the facts are wrong as always when it comes to this topic. You are allowed to camp or swim or pick wild berries or mushrooms on private property as long as you don’t disturb the ”house peace”. Meaning you must be out of sight and out of earshot from the residential home. You must leave the campsite undisturbed meaning clean up after yourself and don’t damage the nature.

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

That’s just awesome 🥰🥰

[@espenvippen]

The oldest parts of my church Nøtterøy church is the main church in Nøtterøy parish. The church's west nave and tower base form the original church buildings, and date from approx. year 1100, built in gray stone

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Oh wow thanks for sharing that with me🥰🥰

[@martinringstrom1241]

Do not forget the "jantelagen" or -"Law of common sense" is a big influencial thing in scandinavia.

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

🥰🥰

[@eivindkaisen6838]

That law is truly Scandiavian, witten by a Danish-born author, Aksel Sandemose, living and writing in Norway.

[@svena.halstensen5699]

so many fails in the original video, best to forget anything you heard! 1:17 Scandinavia is made up of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, but only Norway and Sweden is on the peninsula, Denmark is on the continent.

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Thanks for the correction I appreciate it. Have a good one🥰🥰

[@jeschinstad]

You're from Alaska? Then you might be interested to know that Oslo is pretty much exactly as far north as Anchorage and most of Norway is far north of that. As a Norwegian, it is a dream of mine to go to Alaska and the Canadian wilderness one day. It seems like a macroscopic version of Norway. He makes a big mistake when he says we can camp wherever we want as long as it's not private property. The big thing is that we _can_ camp on private property without asking permission. That's not even imaginable for an American, I guess. :)

[@Nardia-ob9rn]

Island Girl ❤

[@arcticblue248]

We did not join NATO, we are a founding nation of NATO...

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Thanks for the clarification 🥰🥰

[@RogueSecret]

Back then it was an Defence Allianse, Now it's a war satelite for USA that even wants to expand around China...

[@eivindkaisen6838]

@@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS And by now both Finland and Sweden have joined NATO.

[@nor-wayking6757]

I live on the border. Best of both worlds🤘

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

I can only imagine 🥰🥰

[@ayejay5603]

Gonna comment for the algorithm.

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Awe thanks Jay🥰🥰

[@nisselarson3227]

The 10 trillion 700 billion 700 million Norwegian Crown Oil Fund he spoke of... that's more than *one trillion dollars*. It's probably much more by now, but it's insane. Sweden has a national DEBT just like the United States. Norway has a RESERVE. And they're only 5 million people... That's 20 thousand dollars per person counting quickly...

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Oh wow!! 🥰

[@janfrodeengh5904]

​@@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS As of May/June 2024, the Sovereign Wealth Fund has an estimated value of USD 1.681 trillion, or USD 1681 billion. About USD 300,000 per capita.

[@beorlingo]

Men hej Norge, ni kan få halva Volvo!

[@simonhultgren7778]

that money cant be touch buddy ^^ it would colapse instantly.

[@torfinnfuglestad2003]

@@beorlingo Im assuming you know this already, but for everyone else who might not - Norway actually offered Sweden to join us in the oil adventure when it was first discovered. Norway wanted half of Volvo for half of the oil wealth. Sweden went "tnx but no tnx". Now, some 50 odd years later, Volvo has gone bankrupt and got sold off to China...

[@kianpa1]

They trust that you will put in your share.

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

🥰🥰

[@Xirque666]

No state church in Norway, Christianity is only biggest on paper in both countries, the real biggest religion is Humanism/Atheism. There's a growing minority of Norse Pagans, like myself.

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Norse Pagans I’m sorry I’m clueless. Do you mine if I ask what is that?🥰

[@nor-wayking6757]

@@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse_religion

[@beorlingo]

​@@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBSthose pagans are just clueless zoomers whom never understood the law of Jante

[@erkenga]

Humanisme/atheism is not a religion

[@jeschinstad]

@@erkenga Atheism is nothing. It's a-theism. What we call Human-Ethicism could be called a religion in the sense that it teaches moral values, which is the original definition of religion.

[@mikaelmilo]

Hi, from norway here. The price to live here is not low 😂

[@jte5783]

You -can- camp on private property, you just have to make sure you leave the place as you found it and it’s good manners to introduce yourself.

[@carinazetterstrom5328]

Hello from Sweden 🤩

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

🥰🥰🥰 hi welcome

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

You can camp on privat property.As long as it isn't used for farming or something. I believe for three days??

[@rusle]

Not sure of the rules in Sweden (probably very similar) but that would be part of the rules in Norway. Just remember to leave the place as you found it with no garbage left behind.

[@erdy15]

belive it is two days... (may be wrong..) And yes you could not camp 150 meters from occupied house or cabin or farmed land.

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Oh wow that’s something 🥰🥰

[@jeschinstad]

@@erdy15 I confirm that it is two days. 48 hours. It is however only applicable when you travel by foot. You can't park a camper van on private land without permission, for instance. But you can walk there and put up tent.

[@chriscody8822]

Hiya ... You Are An Amazing Human Being Whom I Enjoy Seeing Every Now And Then. You Make My Day . God Bless You Always. Hope You Are Well. Kind Regards Chris 😊❤

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Aww hi Chris I’m doing well. You are such a sweetheart hope all is well with you. Big hugs 🥰🥰🥰

[@katta0706]

And the Norse religion is coming back more and more in these countries to.

[@beorlingo]

Trams

[@eivindkaisen6838]

If you look at the various statstics, no. Nominally (and I will stress that) both are stil mojority Lutheran countries. When you ask what people actually belive, and how it affets their lives, both countries are quite irreligious. Looking at their behaviour and traditions you could easily mistake them for sun worshippers.

[@ingegerdandersson6963]

Childcare isn’t free but it is low rate and it is lower if you have a low income.

[@arcticblue248]

Free in Finnmark ... as of this year.

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Oh wow🥰

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

That’s still awesome 🥰🥰

[@rusle]

One of the strength of the Nordic countries is low corruption. Just remember that those rankings are not very accurate and can in some cases be misleading. (how do you define and rank happiness?)

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

Good question. 🥰🥰

[@RogueSecret]

The corruption is very high, but becuse of the wealth you don't see it. Start to look for it, and you will find it easy every week.

[@torfinnfuglestad2003]

Polling, I would assume. Most of us who live here know we have a great life, compared to being born anywhere else. Most of us had a good laugh a few years back when Trump was president, and was visited by our prime minister. Trump told her he wanted immigrants from nice countries like Norway, and not "shithole countries". For us grown up in a strong socialist democracy like Norway, US is more of a shithole country than anywhere in Europe lol. One does not give up free education, healthcare, little to none corruption, no big company lobbies affecting elections, strong rights as as an employee, livable minimum wage, almost a year of paid maternity leave... I could go on, but think my point has been made.

[@kreaturen]

Yeah, happiness is bit of a misnomer... The ranking has more to do with general ease of mind, prosperity, opportunity, stability and such... It's not that people here don't have problems, but compared to the rest of the world, it's often embarrassing what little things people find reason to complain about up here 😅

[@jeschinstad]

@@torfinnfuglestad2003 Yes, he called Norway a nice country and then he declared Norway to be the greatest threat to American security so he could tax "us", which means taxing US. He truly believes we're paying American import taxes on Norwegian aluminium.

[@kreaturen]

Us Norwegians joke a lot with Swedes, but to be honest, they are hell of a lot more impressive. We just got lucky, whereas they make their own fighter jets, trains, cars, electronics, cell phones, appliances, nuclear energy and on and on... Everything any major power does... They're only 11 million, and the only thing they haven't done yet, seems to be sending a Swede to the Moon. Therefore, it only stands to reason that Norway should do that - Send a person to the Moon (Just to piss them off 🤣)

[@jeschinstad]

I disagree. Norway invented artificial fertilizer, which has allowed Humanity to at least double in size. If that's not impressive, I don't know what could be. Norway has also done a lot of other important things like Internet, WWW, mobile telephony, etc. Windows, Mac, Linux, Ios and Android are all written in a programming language that originates in Norway. That's kind of a big deal.

[@JohnSmith-cy9tt]

A lady7 not even been to Sweden coment BOUT SHIT HSE DONT KNOW NADA ABOUT----- AMAZING

[@beorlingo]

Exploiting the Scandinavian inclination to scrutinize thier belly buttons, aren't we!?

[@jeschinstad]

Looking at someone else examining your belly button is rather the opposite of that. :) I like to watch foreign reactions to Norway because that tells me something about my country from another perspective. I don't think that's navel gazing.

[@Ann-KristinDjuve]

Make more videos on theese 2 countrys

[@oddesen]

Norwegians and Swedes are brothers.......but no one will admit it ;)

[@eivindkaisen6838]

We are -- but we have issues and family feuds 🙂

[@jeschinstad]

It's part of Norway's anthem; «Now Three Brothers stand together and shall stand as such». (Nu vi står tre brødre sammen Og skal sådan stå)

[@aranerem5569]

Hello love

[@IslandGirlzHaveFlow05XBS]

🥰🥰

[@mikaelmilo]

Uhm...weed law is way wrong. Illegal in bouth contry.

[@jeschinstad]

Cannabis is legal in Norway but you need a prescription.

[@mikaelmilo]

@@jeschinstad well yeah..hard to get a doctor thats ok whit that.

[@jeschinstad]

@@mikaelmilo No, it isn't, if the reasoning is sound. I am traumatized, so I need it. I told my doctor that I used to smoke weed but that it wasn't the trip I liked, but the calm afterwards. He immediately recognized it as the effect of CBD and he prescribed it to me. It changed my life because I no longer needed alcohol. Now I get to be a hippie with a clear mind and I love it. I do still like getting stoned, but now it's just when I want it and not because I need the calm. However, I believe that there's a use for THC as well because it can help you to zoom out and go pale blue dot. That is another issue however.

[@porkypile]

More lies about the world.

[@jeschinstad]

Where are the lies?