Are the NORDIC countries just too SUPERIOR!

[@paperskylines]

If you liked this video, check out this one of mine. NORWAY: perfect or overrated? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoSygJqGebGlo7ssi=wrsyFPTpg9UyMTR5

[@agffans5725]

Denmark here. I'm a home owner, of a 95 m2 = 1,022.5 sq. ft. house in the outskirts of the 2nd largest city in Denmark (exactly a 15 minute drive from the center). The house was partly renovated in late 2021 (new 3-layer/triple pane windows, new doors, new red tile roof). The house mortgage is just around UK £340 a month + a £160 private homeowners cooperative community association fee (which include property taxes, a homeowners' insurance, outdoor/external maintenance and renovations, including, windows, roof, private community roads and sidewalks, snow plowing and salt spreading service, trash & garbage disposal service). My electricity bill is around £40 a month, £20 for cold water, while the hot water/heating bill is around £50 a month in fixed monthly installments, but my suppliers neither use oil or gas, only renewables. So around £500 a month all included + £110 a month for water, electricity and heating 5G speed fiber Internet, 2 phone (also 5G) + an extra large TV package = £140 a month Food and all the other stuff you would need = £250 a month (which include a 25% VAT sales tax on everything). So all included I spend around £1,000 a month to pay for all the basic necessities. I earn around £206 to £296 a day, depending on the hours and day of the week, and my present part-time job as a night watch with no degree required (though I do have one) is nothing fancy. My income taxes are around 25% when you consider all the deductibles and that I do not work full-time, so now you go do the math of how much I need to work, and remember it all include free healthcare. and you do not have to pay, but get paid up to around £745 a month to study at university college or at any equal higher level.

[@vardekpetrovic9716]

Sweden does not have an independence day since it was never conquered by anyone else. Also the 1523 date is when Gustavus Wasa was crowned and the personal union with denmark and norway ended. The first king of the union was a swede who was given the kingdom of norway and married the queen of denmark. When he died the queen just inherited the crown of all three countries, but they were never united into a single state and had different parliaments. One could argue that The only time the scandinavian countries was united was under Ivar Vidfamne in the 600's. But due to lack of contemporary sources, we do not know if Ivar was a Geet, a Gute, a Swede, a Dane, a Scanian, a Norwegian or anything else, what we do know is that he drowned in the finnish sea when jumping off a ship AD697.

[@agffans5725]

@@vardekpetrovic9716 .. It was Queen Margrethe the first who came up with the idea of a union, so though it was agreed upon in Kalmar in Sweden, it was ruled from Denmark with Copenhagen as the capital from 1397 to 1523.

[@agffans5725]

@@vardekpetrovic9716 .. Denmark have only had two woman regents, Queen Margrethe I from 1387 to1412 and Queen Margrethe II from 1972 to January 2024, so no Queen regent of Denmark has been married to a Swedish king. Gustav Vasa was elected as king of Sweden on 6. June 1523 (the National Day of Sweden, so Sweden do have kind of an independence day) and his entry into Stockholm marked the end of Sweden being part of the Kalmar Union.

[@vardekpetrovic9716]

@@agffans5725 Haakon VI was a swede that ruled norway and sweden. His father was the swedish king Magnus Eriksson. So i think you have no idea what you are talking about.

[@timnielsen3670]

remember folks, its not that scandinavian countries are better at everything. Everyone else just sucks so much that we beccome "the best of the worst"

[@paperskylines]

Said like a true Superior being!

[@martinwinther6013]

@@paperskylines Hes right tho. Not really a competition when you include contries that doesnt even have a dpt of education or a basic necessity like free healthcare. Even the most primitive tribes have a medicineman and some elders who knows their shit, and will share it when needed.

[@ErnaBjørn]

Yea 😂😂😂😂

[@Kulumuli]

Here in Norway it's good if you live in a small community. But the elites don't want us to form a too norwegian patriotism. So they distribute asylumseeker, woke and DEI to us. Despite Norway's huge fortune they want to 'save money' by closing down schools in rural areas. That doesn't sound right, does it? Unless when you figure out that closed schools are perfect for asylum centres. We protested, but there is no chance to overturn this, since EVERY part of the government is against us. Before the asylum seekers arrived I was driving at night close to what was to become the asylum centre. I was pulled over by the police. More than anything else, they were trying to stop anyone from setting fire to the asylym centre.

[@velenteriushendeneros3251]

I must say I agree with your view. We must not rest on our laurels. Us being better compared to others doesn't matter. It is not them who we should compare ourselves too. We should compare ourselves to our ideals.

[@huggelion]

calling norway swedens bigger brother is crazy on so many levels

[@carstenhansen5757]

Yeah, he is a bit of a moron. Down voted him.

[@michaelbaysorensen]

Denmark, Norway and then Sweden? Sweden is Denmark and Norways silly 😊sister

[@ArnarF]

the reason we aren't uniting under one banner is to give the rest of the world a chance

[@jm-holm]

No need to feel inferior. Well... obviously you are, but it doesn't help to go around thinking about it.

[@noobonmobile419]

Fun fact: This video was uploaded on finnish independence day!

[@WhitePythor]

GD -pelaaja randomin videon kommenteissa? :Dd

[@noobonmobile419]

@@WhitePythorPro mobiili pelaaja mun kommentissa :O

[@TroelsNybo1st]

The Norwegians with their dramatic landscapes are having a huge lot of fun from the fact that a 147 m hill in flat earth Denmark is named "Himmelbjerget", literally "Heaven Mountain" after the highest mountain in Asgaard, home of the gods.

[@misterdayne2792]

Even more of a fun fact, although it's definitely not a mountain, and looks like a hill, it's actually a false hill. That's because ice from the ice age took away sediments when melting, making the lake next to it; Julsø.

[@christiankaiser3885]

I went to Himmelbjerget once. No Asgardians, just some friendly "Jyder".

[@TroelsNybo1st]

@@christiankaiser3885 Some of them may have had old Norse names.

[@ericmyrs]

Actually, the reason Scandis are hugging the Canadian border, is because the rest of the US is too hot.

[@TonViper]

Well, Denmark does quite literally share a land border with Canada since a few years ago.

[@Zakarias89]

Bro, at least most of the Swedish migrants settled down in the mid west

[@DIY-og3fc]

Denmark is the least corrupt country, the the data is wrong. In 2021 Denmark was no. 1, not no. 4. Denmarks corruption ranking since 2009 (15 years): Least corrupt country 12 out of the last 15 years (and 3 2nd places).... 2009: 2 2010: 1 2011: 2 2012: 1 2013: 1 2014: 1 2015: 1 2016: 1 2017: 2 2018: 1 2019: 1 2020: 1 2021: 1 (and not 4 as the video says) 2022: 1 2023: 1

[@peterpearson1675]

That's telling him!

[@carstenhansen5757]

As usual it's a half asses work, by these minor channels. Just down vote him and let his channel be forgotten.

[@swedishgamerkid]

As a nordic, we are built different:D

[@lucone2937]

Nordic people are not afraid of white snow, sub-zero temperatures, long dark nights in winter and long bright days in summer.

[@Marsteel2012]

the nordics 🔥 no wait I need a "❄"

[@ErnaBjørn]

we were born practically in the middle of the frozen fjords and with a group of Vikings around🤭🤣​@@lucone2937

[@George-W-Jenson]

Its call stamina

[@redrat123321]

@@George-W-Jenson Its called jävlar och anamma.

[@axlr.]

Lmao the guys reaction in the ad is so scandinavian; "Hopsa! Ai ai ai!"

[@alexanderfritz4051]

in english it would be oops!, ouch ouch ouch!

[@kevin-sw8fe]

We tried to make a union before and it did not end well

[@paperskylines]

Did it end in a sauna?

[@Spikjevoff]

​@@paperskylines nah, wars tho norway and denmark stayed together for very long:D

[@saintofspades567]

Literal bloodbath if i recall correctly 😅🤔

[@martinwinther6013]

​@@saintofspades567 Europe, including denmark, was in a period of revolutions around 1812/13/14 ish. A swedish/russian army invaded copenhagen and demanded the alliance would be dissolved. denamrk had just experienced a bankruptcy and the swedish king and the russian tzar was allegedly afraid the revolutions would spread even further, and by cuttin norway from denmark, they beleived the revolutions would be contained. It worked. Russia remained a kingdom(Tzar-dom to be excact) for another century. There was never any bad blood between Norway and denmark in relation to the alliance. There has been many wars between the scandinavian countries, - its been a win some loose some situation. But there was no blood spilled between norway and denmark when they became independent

[@Panka_yeet]

@@martinwinther6013 i think they are talking about the stockholm blodbath (yes i know thats also only swedish blood but they never said that all lost folks)

[@AphelionYt]

As a Scandinavian, you can thank me later (I personally haven´t contributed at all)

[@patricknielsen6329]

Me too. Im in fact dragging our score down

[@ErnaBjørn]

As a Norwegian I say the same thing but not about myself but about young drunks and drug addicts in Oslo

[@paperskylines]

Just your mere stoic presence and flattering good looks is enough of a contribution. I salute you sir 🫡🫡🫡

[@IAmGodHimself777]

I contributed(I didn’t go to school to let them spend the resources on others)🥱

[@Jouniii]

Finland mentioned

[@Just_LK_]

You know what to do: Torilla tavataan!

[@glacieractivity]

A late congratulations with your independence day, brother 👍

[@adamolsen838]

Go Denmark go

[@DocProctor]

In the relief: See the mountains going through Norway and Sweden from south to north? Those (and the Scottish highlands) used to be connected to what is now the Appalacian mountain range. Aren't plate tectonics neat? Also, the wolf and bear attack data is highly debated. There has been 0 deaths to bear or wolf attacks since 1906 :)

[@paperskylines]

Correct. But still sad so many shepherd boys and girls lost their lives.

[@erik5820]

​​​@@paperskylinesI think maybe you are inspired a bit to much by Australia here... (where pretty much everything want's to kill you). There is only one documented event of a person being killed by wolves in the entire history of Norway. (In 1800; and no shepherd...) The stereotype map, on the other hand, was scarily accurate...

[@brrebrresen1367]

@@erik5820 it's more registered attacks on humans by pike's (Gjedde) than from wolfs, bears, wolverines and badgers combined... let that sink in and then think if you want to take a bath in a fresh water lake here in Norway...

[@rovhalt6650]

Just a reminder, those gun deaths are usually not related to native scandinavians

[@DIY-og3fc]

True, but they certainly were invited in by native scandinavians...

[@The_Horny_Ghost]

@@DIY-og3fc And that is where the problem for future is born. A people that didn't need to lock doors for generations welcomes people, where cutting hands off thieves was needed to not steal. what could go wrong.....

[@TheReal_GigaChad]

if scandinavians didn't let ANYONE but scandinavians live in their countries, they would be so unfairly superior to the rest of the world it wouldn't be balanced. God had to nerf them somehow.

[@Gyaradoserad]

Then he uses Louisiana as an example of high gun violence, gosh I wonder what Swedish gun deaths and Louisianas have in common

[@budgiefriend]

@@DIY-og3fc At first yes, they were called guest workers back then. Then word spread around, that we were the lands of milk and honey. Naturally every downtrodden person with wanderlust, decided to come get some. Most immigrant wives are on public pay since day one, their simple men won't let them work, or have a life outside the apartment.

[@Sandyholmm]

Norway was formed in 872, not 1905

[@user-gr5tx6rd4h]

Yes, by Harald Hårfagre. But kind of reestablished in 1905, getting rid of the Swedes. And again in 1945, with the nazis.

[@Sandyholmm]

Yeah but it was a state/nation/kingdom from 872 to 1520 then under danish crown until 1814, then we were independent for around a year. In 1815 the swedes came and we surrendered to their crown becoming a minor state under their personal union with us. After this in 1905 we became independent after the swedish people said no to a war that would retake Norway. So saying "Norway wasnt a county before 1905" is wrong. Its like saying Russia is only 20 years old because it became a democratic nation in 1991.

[@fredriks5090]

​@@user-gr5tx6rd4hActually, Harald Hårfagre did NOT found Norway in 872,- he sacked it. He prepared to sack Nordvegr by FIRST rounding up all the OTHER petty kingdoms and chiefdoms of the southern region. The Battle of Hafrsfjord was in southern Rogaland, but the name "Nordvegr" was a colloquial name for northern Rogaland, where the kings seat of Avaldsnes was located. The previous king surrendered to Harald when he won at Hafrsfjord, and one of his sons who did not agree with his parents surrender ran away to Iceland. Geirmund Heljarskinn was his name, and Hjør his fathers name. So the name Nordvegr was in use to describe Avaldsnes/Kormt(Karmøy) prior to being adopted by Harald as a name for the UNITED Norway. It's a bit like how the name for Skåne came to mean all of Skandinavia. The name Nordvegr was just expanded by Harald Fairhair.

[@jubmelahtes]

​@fredriks5090 only gone downwards for the north since occupation started around 1030.

[@axlr.]

Oops, I may have made the thumbnail. Sorry CPM!

[@Togangehver14dag]

Denmark wasn't created in 1397 - it was when the Kalmar Union was established under danish rule. But Denmark as a country was established long before either in the late 800's or the early 900's. Yes Norway is technically older, but as Norway in opposition to Denmark has been annected for most of its history, Denmark is officially the oldest nordic country that has never been annected by others (the only slight exception being during WW2, but still then Denmark was technically independent and was more a german client state than a fully occupied part of nazi germany.)

[@jonnor6883]

Not annected since Norway didn't leave the Kalmar union, like Sweden. Also why the danish kings after the union was kings over Denmark and Norway.

[@someoneelse3876]

You forgot to activate your Windows, I got scared for a second that it was my computer, but then I realised, I have a Mac. 🤨

[@paperskylines]

I haven't forgotten. 😅😊

[@George-W-Jenson]

😂😂😂

[@sirbucket9746]

A kinda mean joke i hear alot in denmark is "we sendt all the stupid people over to america, and they havent been able to recover since"

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

Dane here,- never heard it before reading it here, so......

[@alolol1000]

4:47 fun fact Sweden had a form of democracy where we elected our kings before USA existed

[@andersvinnefors5891]

This is true only before 1523 when Gustav Eriksson was elected to a king. Further, even before that the king was chosen from families related to each other. Examples are Albrekt who was elected 1364 and Erik in the first half of next century. The latter had queen Margareta of Denmark as grandmother, and had been married to king hakon of Norway, who in turn was a son to Magnus Eriksson a king of Sweden who inhereted the kingdomship of Norway. Much of the "democracy" in Sweden also depended on the fact that most farmers owned there own land in contrast Europe in general.

[@Marsteel2012]

yes, but Gustav Vasa made Sweden a hereditary kingdom. But you are very correct

[@Vlad-sj5yw]

Wasn't a form of democracy and isn't uncommon in Europe in general. A fairly normal way of doing things in feudal Europe.

[@andersvinnefors5891]

@@Vlad-sj5yw I agree. I never suggested in my answer that it was a democracy. My point was that the kings were elected but within established dynasties. However, the farmers did have more freedom and power than in most parts of Europe as a significant majority of them owned their and land

[@Vlad-sj5yw]

@@andersvinnefors5891 It wasn't a reply to you but to OP who said "Sweden had a form of democracy" and for some reason even compared it to the U.S. I agree with what you said and your reply to me. Just wanted to point out that monarchs being elected wasn't a democracy and wasn't that uncommon. You are right about farmers had comparatively more freedom than many places but they had absolutely no influence in who was elected king. I think we both agree that certain noblemen electing a king has nothing to do with democracy.

[@MRLEGO_NRG_TBM]

Have a great day

[@oskarip3322]

Yesterday was the Finnish independence day. When this video was uploaded🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🗣🗣🗣

[@ichhabe330]

I am satisfied over the fact that I was born in Norway. I may not be rich but I am happy about it.

[@Bubajumba]

That was fun, but as a Norwegian living far out in the fjords I would never vote to unite with sweden and danmak. Oslo feels far away already imagine if copenhagen or stockholm was the center we would be completly forgotten, Pipe dream for city people

[@hajkie]

I wonder who would end up being the capital in that case, would it be köpenhamn because its closer to europe for a centralized trade? Or would it be stockholm because of its population?

[@Maitch3000]

​@@hajkieI think Copenhagen for a DK-NO-SE union and Stockholm if Finland is a part of it too.

[@bjoardar]

@@Maitch3000 Sounds reasonable. Even though it will never happen, it's fun to speculate some times ^^ Should my nation (Sweden) ever seize to exist, I would 100% prefer it to be because all the Nordics became one, like the big family we are.

[@jonnor6883]

My guess is that we would end up making a new capital city. And spend 100 years to decide where we would build it.

[@mikitz]

@@jonnor6883 Let's just say Brussels.

[@akeeriksson84]

Sweden became one country in the 1100ds when the three Kingdoms Swedes Goths and Juts ( three Germanic tribes) chose the Swedish King to be King over the two other Kingdoms. The Folkkingdom ”Three Crowns” was established.

[@benktlofgren4710]

Wrong, West Goths, East Goths, and Svear don't mistake the Svear for Swedes many make that mistake.

[@toinenosoite3173]

A fun video to be sure! Are you, btw, a bit focused on Norway for some reason or another?

[@eivindmn]

6:09 Not exactly the inland Agder/Telemark dialect, though. We hear a dialect from northern Norway instead. ;)

[@paperskylines]

Caught red-handed 😂

[@Hotdograil]

Nordics are great - Me, A swede

[@Marsteel2012]

Sweden is the best - me, I am also a Swede

[@SmoodGraphics59]

Yeah Sweden is great except our currencies its worth shit I would rather take the dollar then the Swedish crown 😅

[@Marsteel2012]

@@SmoodGraphics59 honestly, me too

[@theexplosive1062]

5:53 Icelander here, It has been getting warmer but in the summer it’s usually 15-25 degrees, while in the winter it’s -10 - +10

[@kongernen9373]

Kalmar Union. Thats all i have to say

[@oskarip3322]

Very accurate indeed

[@askalds]

As a Norwegian i can confirm that the map at 5:58 is spot on. 🤣🤣

[@no.6660]

This is way to cantered around Norway

[@bertildahl515]

I like how he just ignores denmak for the whole video

[@paperskylines]

Denmark: the land of nothing 😁

[@Mr-catseyes]

cool video man

[@theexplosive1062]

The thumbnail is pretty funny to me as an Icelander. We are the youngest Nordic but we speak the oldest language, I just imagine a three year old speakig shakespearean English

[@SaphoxxFTW]

The why unification won't happen is that surrounding countries don't want to share Sweden's enrichment.

[@pizzaoff4592]

Kalmar Union 2.0

[@Sir_Hammelot]

as a dane, i approve of this message

[@kianentertainment3968]

you did NOT just suggest that we merge into one country

[@xYarbx]

Yeah if we let Sweden join who would we make fun of.

[@kianentertainment3968]

@@xYarbx im thinking more like an instant civil war

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@xYarbx lets all make fun of oslo, its the worst city. sincerely, a norwegian

[@bjoardar]

@@kianentertainment3968 Nah, I'll blame the governments. Why would I wanna fight family? Besides, we all know the Finns can break us just by looking at us with those sour faces 😂

[@onnihalme2047]

Fun fact. That map only shows the public saunas in Finland. Add to it the fact that 95% of all homes have their own saunas and almost every apartment building has either a common sauna or every apartment has their own.

[@tristanreejakobsen6157]

6:14 my country as land of nothing. im f*cking dying

[@copycatv2d366]

Damn you just showed me my own house at the crop circle

[@SMB3039E.]

I missed the mapping videos you used to do it gave me motivation to map as well :)

[@paperskylines]

There's one next weekend

[@SMB3039E.]

@paperskylines yay :)

[@johnlarsson5576]

sweden and norway looks like a snake about to eat denmark, lol

[@ErnaBjørn]

😂😂the real snake is Sweden🙄

[@biaberg3448]

We would have if they hadn’t sounded so strange

[@mielipuolisiili7240]

Sweden and finland look like a different type of snake

[@HPMICHAEL]

You also need the Bornholm Flag. You also need to take Greenland in, When you speak upon Danmark! Cause all our nabours took some land from us: Iceland, Norway, Germany, Sweden etc.!

[@pmstuff8420]

idk when we took land from you, but thanks for the waters! :) ~Norway

[@HelleKurstein]

Faroe Islands!

[@jonnor6883]

Truth is that Island, Faroe Island and Greenland belonged to Norway. Not to mention that the danish King Christian 1 sold the Orkney islands and Shetland to Scotland. Both belonged to the Norway. So Denmark took more from Norway that Norway ever took away from Denmark.

[@GravityTrash.]

@@jonnor6883 norway is just denmark)))

[@Floris8281]

i used to live in western norway when i was a kid so im super used to rain and none of my friends get it 😭

[@macjonte]

Next step - the Nordic krona instead of five different currencies!

[@peterpearson1675]

Just one problem: the weakness of the Swedish and Norwegian crowns against our Danish crown.

[@macjonte]

@ Danish is locked to the euro at the moment? I’m sure those economists can solve it somehow. In the long run it doesn’t really matter, who care what a Dmark was when Finland changed? :)

[@mortentefre7760]

Oh Lord, that commercial ... 🤣🤣🤣

[@giraffeboy120yt]

Bro forgot -Greenland -Faroe Islands -Åland Islands -Svalbard and Jan Mayen

[@paperskylines]

Not real!

[@WhiteVanGuy]

@@paperskylines Based response

[@HbilTM]

@@paperskylinesthey are real but not fully independent

[@pmstuff8420]

Literally none of these are countries. Svalbard is the most interesting one of them though

[@bjoardar]

@@paperskylines Actually forgot Iceland though, being true to the meme that Iceland is always overlooked 😂

[@joakimnikolaikirkerud]

Just a small fact check! Wolfs are highly exaggerated as a threat by farmers in Norway. They have not hurt a human for decades, but they in fact hurt livestock. This happens very rarely though. If you encounter wolfs in Norway, then they are really just a threat to small kids and pets, so just keep them close if you plan on going into the wild up north.

[@Rockman4277]

As a Danish person I would not say rent free we still have Big taxes yes we have free medic help and we Get paid for going in School but that all is the way to give us our taxes back🇩🇰🇩🇰

[@darthsidius9631]

Finland's opinion about Skandinavian countries is like Reddit post lol

[@muchograndeyolatengo]

Finnish people are one of the only people I'm completely fine roasting me for some reason. I've always rated them. I think it's the deadpan humor mixed with the directness that speaks to me as a Dane.

[@justanicemelon9963]

5:33 bro I was forced to watch this on my swedish lesson once 😭

[@seinassa]

Bring Kalmari union back!

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

Calamari Union.... wasn´t that Greek?.....

[@bjoardar]

@@ulfdanielsen6009 Tasty sounding name though 😂

[@seinassa]

@@ulfdanielsen6009no It was a union formed by skandinavian countries that formed sweden, norway and denmark into one country.

[@krumbsader]

ahahaha! as a norwegian im sooo superior! MUAHHAHAHA

[@paperskylines]

Can't hear you over all that oil

[@Bammsen123]

@@paperskylines lol

[@Oomph6006]

Only on oil. Before the oil Norge was almost a third world country..

[@Dbass91]

@@Oomph6006 Yes, keep thinking that, let us be afraid of stopping the oil tap. (Do a little advanced research, we were'nt that bad)

[@krumbsader]

@@Oomph6006 nope. their economy was great before the oil.

[@hypapowah]

6:09 KEKW, from legendary Norwegian movie kill buljo

[@kidnebhagalandson7487]

Kalmar Union 2.0 - Let’e do it RIGHT this time around. What a powerhouse.

[@jegvilhakebab]

Norway actually has a bit less islands than sweden, they have over 200k

[@klem4217]

Just wait how much inferior I feel living in Atlanta.

[@klem4217]

Also I love MARTA

[@paperskylines]

Thoughts and prayers 🙏

[@bjoardar]

@@paperskylines I never knew that expression could be used as an absolute roast 😂🤣

[@taspatspro]

Bro glazing Scandinavian countries too much 😂

[@GompBeanie]

jeg lever i vestlandet T~T Norway also made Mayhem :) they putted one of their dead friends on a cover album 👍

[@dinohansen5074]

Nah, we're really just kinda okay.

[@CRBarchager]

4:08 T stands for timer (Hours in english)

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

Janteloven. And the last time in history anyone called us "superior" it was not a good time. Anything else doesn't matter much to me.

[@marioborgen]

Can confirm. Vestland is rain all the way

[@Scandishark]

4:33 Brilliant!! Floor Jansen carrying the finnish Flag! 🦄🌠🔥🎶🥇 Hannes Van Dahl carrying the swedish one!😎🥁🏆

[@RandomerFellow]

If instead of flying from the southern tip of Sweden to the northernmost point of the country, you fly the same distance south, you will end up in Africa.

[@CornBallEditz55.GoofyAhh]

everybody who is on the swedish team 👇every body knows that the sweeds are the real sigmas

[@MemeMonkes]

Suomi mainittu, torille!! Fire vid btw, you're criminally underrated 🔥💯

[@paperskylines]

Yes. I'm very underrated, just like the Finnish folk

[@maoatreyu]

And the Finnish are eating Jussipussi pretty much on a daily basis! 😅

[@williamrio1620]

Iceland having a day at 30°C is wild, and some folks still think climate change doesn't exist... Regarding the TV ad at the end, how was such an ad allowed to go on TV lol ?

[@paperskylines]

Iceland is Hotland 🥵. The nordics are wild in what they can do on TV

[@axlr.]

I went to Rovaniemi, Finland, which is in the Arctic Circle, and they has this big thing that showed the temperature. It said that it was 37 degrees!

[@Helperbot-2000]

those guys ignore climate change because they dont think its real i ignore climate change because i hate winter, we are not the same!

[@eriktegnander6329]

IM SO FUCKING TIRED OF PEOPLE FORGETTING NORWAY IS THE OLDEST OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED KINGDOM IN THE NORDICS. NORWAY WAS CREATEDAT FROSTA TINGET IN THE YEAR 872 FFS. WE ARE 1151 years old, not 100 and some change >:(>:(>:(

[@ordningsmannen]

NORWAY has for the most part been the backyard of either Denmark or Sweden. Or Germany.

[@bjoardar]

I think it's because Norway has been occupied by its neighbors for such a large portion of it's history, that people just assume it came into existence when it finally regained its independence.

[@ARJAY_NO]

Yo historically speaking it is also important to note we have always wanted to have these unions and allegiances. To emphasize that a union is indeed a partnership, we were never owned directly in that sense by either sweden or denmark, because neither ever wished there to be higher tensions in the region and political instability between nations. We, in Norway were also hit extremely hard by the black death and was lucky that our neighbors wanted to help build us back up and not just completely take over. Much of that comes from the fact that the royal families that own the lands are so well tied together, and practically very close relatives to each other. So in some sense, this is why we as Scandinavians also call each others people as brothers and sisters, because we already view ourselves in a way of being the same people. We of course joke and tease eachother, and I think I speak for a lot of people when I say it always comes from a place of deep love. This is fundamental to how we have developed, and it is something our people have grown to be known for across europe, and is something a lot of Scandinavians take great pride in. But back to your post here, I totally agree, but the thing is the thing people point to as Norways birth today is when Norway became democratic. This is a monumental part of the history of the Norwegian people. I really could write an essay on this, but will leave it at that 😂

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@ARJAY_NO ah yes, we were so hapy to stay in union that at the first chance of independence we took it and created a constitution, we were forced into another union anyways, and got out of it almost through a war that didnt happpen just because the swedish population didnt want a war with us

[@jonnor6883]

Well, the danish kings, after the fall of Kalmar union, were kings over the kingdoms Denmark and Norway. Even if most Danes seems to forget this. The union between Norway and Sweden was a personal union. Same king, but different parliaments and economies

[@Helperbot-2000]

3:25 lol i know that one single tunnel north west of Otta. have never thought about it but yeah thats the only tunnel i can think of in that entire area, kinda strange there arent others now that i think of it

[@Averybritishbear]

Why does the title say 1523 like it’s that supposed to be when we became a country

[@hajkie]

I mean it was when gustav got sweden its independence. Honestly swedish history is difficult, because before year 1100 its hard to find documents on it all. Its possible swedish history stretches even further, since there has been people in sweden since atleast 12000 years back.

[@bjoardar]

@@hajkie I mean ... the northern most tribe was called "Svear" which we took the name of our kingdom from. The land of the Svea people. If we had named the Kingdom Gotland after the West and East Goth tribes, the capitol would've been Visby 🤣

[@Bagnel]

Norway was the first of these countries to become a country (kingdom) in ca 872 AD to the danes: Where yo mountains at? mfs the odd one out

[@Zakarias89]

Nords aren't suppose to brag about themselves and this video title makes us uncomfortable

[@Lavaer]

why is the intro literally among us

[@lolo_o4309]

At 3:57 ... No Australia isn't closer to Norway's northernmost point than Norway's most southern point. Just look at the map it's not even close.

[@kongcarrot1728]

I haven't watched the video yet, but i can already tell you, yes. Yes we are

[@bjoardar]

Receive this bonk by the Law of Jante.

[@kongcarrot1728]

@@bjoardar I believe the Law of Jante applies to a single individual against the masses, not one mass against another

[@OwlWhisperWCUE]

Hm, what? *Holds my oil money* oh i see, no America, you will not get the oil

[@budgiefriend]

Envy is a bad feeling.

[@segment932]

Fika rules! (Damn, now i want fika)

[@avonthefoxboi1391]

2:00 wazzuuuuuup

[@StyxAnnihilator]

We are (Jante law is in decline). XD

[@Ჽweden]

Sweden approves

[@larshansen3329]

Yes we are superior, skill up scrubs! 🙂

[@Pengart]

yeah basically it is called PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY! a thing the rest of the Western world doesnt seem to grasp the concept of!

[@creativefox6066]

I hate them, they are always just above the Netherlands 😂😂😂

[@g.aathoz1211]

Now take deep breath and compare all Germanic countries to the world, not just the Nordics, then beware of funny mustache man...

[@einarbolstad8150]

872 vs. 1905. Well, he almost got it right.

[@hglbrg]

One "easy" answer: We used the wealth for the people, not to make some few even more wealthy at the expense of the people. But that is changing and we are starting to vote more and more like USA, increasing the wealth gap, privatizing everything and making it all about growth and profit for a select few - who often don't even live nor pay taxes here. So dw we will be just as greedy and screwed soon and at the mid of the rankings.

[@entonberg3945]

If i have to listen to him try to pronounce a swedish word one more time, i might just add to Swedens gun violence statistic (for legal reasons thats a joke)

[@fastertove]

That is not something to joke about... Being Swedish is something you might get from birth. It is no laughing matter.

[@bjoardar]

@@fastertove You had me in the first half ngl 😂

[@joelm33]

I'm Icelandic

[@BaardFigur]

Vestlaaandett

[@loffleg4734]

i saw my town in this viedeo

[@tastyw0rm]

This is an excellent video :)

[@paperskylines]

Thanks 😊 glad you enjoyed it

[@A-RonGG]

Always hear from my family that Iceland sucks now

[@bjoardar]

You don't hear much of Iceland these days it seems. Last thing I heard was about the day of Women's protest. I laughed so hard at that, hearing that the only thing it really amounted to was increased productivity in the areas not shut down, and that no HR complaints were filed anywhere in the country that day 😂 It's as if Icelandic women think there's been no progress since the last time it happened 🤣

[@jonhroarulstad5775]

«It’s the small population stupid» - you can’t replicate that system in my country, we are to many! Easy fix, divide all countries in to 5-10 million people, instant happiness 😂

[@crazydinosaur8945]

more people is also more people to give money to the system. i rly dont know why i cant work.