Building another Sauna | Helping a Friend in Need

Episode one-hundred and thirteen, in which Mathias is helping Kalle to build a Sauna
Kalles video about the saunabuild: • Building Off Grid Saun...
Christines video about her trip: • It’s Hard To Loose Wha...
Our Sauna build video: • Building the Most Impo...
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[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you so much for coming here and helping out ❤ I have been in the sauna almost every other day since we finished it! I have NO idea how I've survived without it before 😅

[@MountainMariner]

And now onto that dull knife. Sharpening the knife would make a great video, and bring some peace to Mathias!

[@KalleFlodin]

@@MountainMariner I promise it will be sharp the next time he's here 🙈

[@miamolin]

Kalle you'r and Christine's life has definitely changed to so much better now with the sauna and The löyly. So nice friend like Mathias you got that helped you. Have a nice löyly. ❤🙏

[@Kikifriedmann]

Matthias you are truly a beautiful soul with a very big heart! 💙💜💚

[@Janine6564]

You are very kind to share your knowledge with those who are learning, as you once were. Great job Matthias. Always here to support you in your quest to keep bio diversity in place. ❤

[@mahalia5594]

Matthias, thanks for sharing the sauna story from your perspective, I enjoyed showing Kalle’s video. You, Tova, Kalle, and Christine seem to be building some strong friendship relationships that will last long beyond youtube

[@Jan.harvey]

Stay strong and we will win against the destruction of our air, soil, and water. We were born for these times.

[@barbarajanerobinson1428]

Such a great example of caring for your child to experience. Good job.

[@relaxedeuphori_a4053]

Friendship is everything!! Great job guys! Kalle and Christine will enjoy it A LOT!

[@ChristineKjaer]

And we are so truly happy for, that we can call you guys our friends as well ❤️

[@miamolin]

Love you all ❤️

[@RagnarokArrives]

What is it about violin music that pulls at our heart strings? You are fortunate to have such friends. May your friendship grow strong.

[@marilynlautner2454]

Thank you so much for taking us along. To be able to help a friend is the best!

[@druss8052]

What Christine said in her video and what you say about the industrial monocultures brought my memory back to an area around here, which story always makes me sad. In West Cork in Ireland, there is, or better was the Gearagh, one of the last diluvial european rainforests. It was probably close to 6000 years old, when it was cut down almost in its entirety to make space for a flooding basin for a dam to produce eletricity for Cork city. There were legends about this as old as humans probably, one was, when the Lee flows backward, the hill beside it will run with tears. When the woods were cut down and the first water was flowing backwards up the Lee, loads of people, who knew the woods, were crying for a day. Just thinking about it makes me cry. And now there's only stumps in a big shallow lake, while a fraction of the Gearagh remains. The irony of it: Now the deforested area is a nature reserve. Trees are part of us and we of them. By destroying these areas, we kill the future not only of us but of future generations.

[@jodie6881]

The only consolation is that when we are gone because of the destruction to the Earth we cause, nature will revive.

[@druss8052]

@@jodie6881 We don't need to be gone. We are guardians, stewards of nature, but we have lost our path. And at every junction of our lives we have the chance to reconnect with nature and create a little piece of paradise. If more and more people do it, imagine the outcome.

[@beverleybarclay7990]

@@druss8052 Well said

[@Cate7451]

So sad

[@patbeaudoin4237]

You are a good friend Mathias this is how you build a strong community with like minded people. 🙂🇨🇦❤👍

[@anitanagahisa3049]

I can tell you really enjoy meeting people who have the same lifestyle as you in Sweden. It helps to know you have friends.👍❤️❤️

[@miamolin]

So nice from you Mathias that you helped Kalle to have his own sauna and now he can take some löyly with Christine. We Finns love the sauna. I could not live without the sauna here in the countryside in the middle of the woods. Wonderful week to you and you'r family. ❤️🤍🏠🤍❤️

[@patfrench8046]

Mathias is awsome. How he helps other you tubers is so kind. He is a superb human.

[@trudyschaffer8016]

I love the community spirit you are apart of. ❤

[@henriettanovember4733]

A friend in need, is a friend indeed!

[@ashleewlasiuk9815]

You did a great service to the KZbin community as well because FINALLY we can stop hearing about how much Kalle wants a sauna 😉

[@Talasbuan]

Haha! Now you'll just hear how much he enjoys the sauna 😅

[@AnnaKa1302]

Thank you, Mathias, for your help to Kalle👍💪❤ It's interesting to see the same projekt from another perspektive. I'm so glad, you became frends, it's so nice👍❤❤❤🇩🇪🙋‍♀️

[@joycehennequin8469]

It's so wonderful to see you looking so happy Mathios,kind regards from England UK 💞

[@Lapimmira]

Thank you! I've watched both videos and It's so nice that you both did videos about this sauna building. I like your video style so much! Don't change anything 🤎

[@sandybear61]

Lovely little surprise ending with Tova and Ivar. Wonderful! Thank you :)

[@margaretcooke7016]

Hi, that was very kind if you helping your friends. That is how should be. Blessings

[@lindajones16]

I'm so glad you got time to help Kalle and Christine nice you are building community with your friends

[@elizabethsad8023]

A lovely video Mattias & so good to see you helping Kalli & Christine fulfill their dream to have their sauna 🎉 this is how life used to be when I was young & still in some ways here in UK people caring for one another. The world of nature I believe will fight back in a natural way those who would carelessly destroy it with greed & selfishness. 💙💚🤎 We can play our part by respecting our beautiful planet 🌲🌳🪵🌏 & teaching children that a throw away society is not good. I love how you demonstrate natural living& a great example to many. Thankyou Tova, Ivar, & friends ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@kennethspeering2922]

I follow Kalle as well. Your son is and will learn so much more than others because of parents like you. All the hands on he will be getting and appreciating the simple things in life with respect to creation will pay off in an awesome way. Stay strong and focused.

[@marjorysmall-gf2gq]

I have been watching these videos for a year. In your hard work, diligence and creativity of caring for each other and the land, you three are showing us what it means to me human. It is lovely to see you completing the sauna together with Kalle! I completely understand about unsharp knives! I would like to thank Tova for the wreath tutorial. I have made 3 this winter and enjoyed how quickly they came together. And thank you, Mathias, for mentioning Ronia Rovardotter. It was delightful to read. Finally, I would like to wish Ivar Happy 3rd Birthday. May he always be surrounded with goodness and love.

[@NasaBalli]

What a wonderful friend you are! ❤

[@sivanandaeilat3574]

It's so good to see you building community and helping each other out. I loved your description of Loyly in Kalle's video.

[@kourtnilackes7086]

I love your family Mattias🥰 I also love Kalle and Christine. You all feel like family.

[@viriato8566]

Saunas are such a wonderful social and architectural concept. Like a rural Irish pub. I've wanted one for years and recently bought a country home with a very nice one. Unfortunately, I can no longer enjoy the experience due to medical reasons.🤬 But films of people building & using rural saunas warm my heart almost like the real thing. Another gorgeous & thoughtful ethnographic vid by Mathias. Thanks!

[@jeffw.6821]

It’s good that some people are happy.

[@maryannknox7158]

Such a Kind generous Heart 💜 to go help Kalle I’ve watched both videos ❤

[@magma9138]

Thank you for another video.

[@namuuntengis1791]

Really impressive and pleasant to watch you are both together ❤. Your iselating life is getting more worldwide. 💕 You both.

[@BarradaleFarm]

We have had sustainable logging done on our place, which is native forest. But it is not old growth forest. Our area has been clear fell logged numerous times over the decades. It is very interesting to see how they go about selective and sustainable logging and learn about the guidelines in place. A certain number of large trees must be left within an area, they don’t take the gnarled old ones as there isn’t a market for them, (wild life love the old gnarled trees) trees and rivers need to be avoided and there are amounts they can take of certain species. There are also protected trees they can’t touch. When we look upon the hillsides they logged,you cannot see what they took, though they had to cut a few roads they do minimal numbers of them. Very interesting.

[@maryanich3828]

Awesome again!! Those early shots of Ivar early in the video , with his little knitted hat on . . . heart melting!☺

[@mariettehamel12358]

Nice to see the "other side" of Kale's sauna finalisation! Yes, indeed, there was the video with Ivar, taking care of him all day long while Tova was out... the 2 boys alone... and Tova arrived at the end of the video from her trip. So it is the second video without Tova!!! Nice to see your relation with Kalle and Christina growing... ✨✨💖👌✨✨

[@paulinebrus7580]

yes also following Kalle and Christine :) also Jonna and Johan :) All so inspirational :D you all touch my heart

[@ouncynassif321]

With a big heart to your family and company 💖

[@lesleycarswell5207]

Lovely video, hard work, helping friends but enjoying the time spent together 👍 hope to see more ofTova and the little lad in the next video 😍

[@vero5745]

A friend in need is a friend indeed !

[@ricardocarmona5210]

Beautiful intro/video.

[@khumarsafarli]

Such a nice and cozy video! ❤

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. Glad to see that the sauna was usable while you were there, and that it got a 👍 in evaluating the performance.

[@CherieNorquay]

Great video! Thanks for sharing your time and talents with Kalle. Ihana!

[@julietcanino6905]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️...I always watching your vlog...from 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@seedsanddreamshomestead5357]

I love to see you all and how you homestead in your country, it is great to see the similarities and the differences , and to learn new things

[@OHNETTEONNIE]

Love this video...enjoyed watching you and kalle having fun while making that sauna.

[@debbiehamiton9305]

Love the videos! Thanks for sharing your life with us!❤️

[@heidimazo3333]

Great video...looking forward to more

[@tammyhaase7574]

Thank you for this beautiful piece of work.

[@jewel2022now]

That is awesome helping your friends

[@almutphilipp4057]

Oh, yes, , dear Mathias, Tova was in the video, you are talking about. But I remember that she went off for a week in the end of the video. IT' s very interesting to see and hear something about building a sauna and about the traditions in Sweden and Finnland. I would like to know, why those traditions, belonging to similar cultural roots, developed in such different ways. Greetings from Germany!

[@donnawebb6057]

It's such a pleasure watching your channel and your life you share with people.

[@arielphf]

Oh dear... we would never allow ruts like that on our timber sales. 😢 You are correct, there are ways to manage forests that are sustainable and responsible- and they can even include harvesting - but it doesn't just happen. You need to have a strong ecological ethic, have clearly written contracts that require loggers use best management practices on your forest, and you need to hold them to their contract, with stiff penalties for non-compliance. It's up to landowners who care - like you guys - to keep forests healthy.

[@sielunvalo4366]

Seuraan myös Kallen videoita ja olen nähnyt saunavideon. Me suomalaiset suhtaudumme alastomuuteen luonnollisesti saunassa. Kun pääsee savusaunaan, onni on täydellinen. Hyviä löylyjä Kallelle ja teille!

[@futurekron]

Good for you on your campaign to preserve your natural diversity. I have to say, I own a tiny house cottage with all solar energy, and I currently lease my land. However, I have been searching for land to buy, but big developers here in the USA have bought up giant swaths of land, and work with the townships which require a very large minimum square footage for new builds! So, I couldn't move my cottage to most places right now...would not meet the minimun city requirements. Big money for builders who like to build and finance McMansions! It's horrible for the environment!

[@rsoubiea]

my swedish sister-in-laws family had an apartment in Stockholm, and a lake house in Hammerdahl. (her parents were retired) the house had a sauna, which they all used "naked" as well.

[@vectrexer]

The sound of the steam! Ah! Satisfying! Evocative! I was fortunate enough to have enjoyed so much wonderful sauna time at the friend's house in Tulsa Oklahoma. Little did I know back then how well his father's sauna was constructed. The sauna being located next to the pool made for some great transitions in the summer, and in the cooler parts of the year. Those childhood sauna memories with friends and family remain some of the best. They also set my personal standard for how a sauna experience must be. For those occasions when I spent time in other saunas. Most of those times in the United States, those sauna experiences were not as wonderful. But some sauna is always better than no sauna.

[@littlegriffoffgridalberta6837]

Awesome ! great to see friends helping friends :) and yes here to the trees are going to big Industry its money supply and demand because a small few of us are ok with living in a smaller cabin with just what we need and no more, and I think they could do a better job of cleaning up the waste parts they leave behind,

[@thegroundedstarseeds]

Gratitude dear friends for this videos with a lovely intro. It is so nice of you, although you are always so busy, to take the time to support a friend. The result is magnificent. Big loving vibes to you three and happy birthday to Ivar tomorrow! 🙏💙

[@immersivesoundschannel3612]

Splendid video. Loved it. Happy new work week to you, my friend.

[@sigridkoning9126]

As a small child 4 jears old (iam now 53) I watched “Emile”. This was a Swedish series. I enjoy hearing you speak Swedish with Kale. It takes me back to my childhood. Greatings from the Netherlands

[@Mario.hernandez]

Good comments on the ecological urgency in Sweden about woods being monocultive instead of regenerative , love you all

[@anitaclegg720]

Matthias, you are a good person❤

[@theresanoble1695]

No Tova was on a course , it was just you boys in that video. Videos always are good!

[@blackmonday738]

Yeah I'm 4th in thee house!😄 Thank u for Always making my day. 💙

[@leroisolitaire]

Very nice video wity a very sweet ending !

[@Denisejohn65NailEd]

I just love watching all of your videos . Nice sauna !

[@debramorris7646]

Great video Mathias!

[@Rens27]

Haha I just watched Annie and Julian's video where Christine was visiting, now watching yours, I guess I'll be watching Kalle and Christine's videos after this 😂

[@real-4]

Pls may I have Annie's n Julian's channel link 🙏

[@Rens27]

@@real-4 youtube.com/@AnnieJulian

[@marafarnham595]

Great video Mathias 😊❤️

[@OllyJelleyWildlife]

Super cool! I watched Kalle's video, so it's nice to see the other side too. I've just moved up here to Jämtland with my wife (maybe some videos coming soon, if it feels right!), but we're all the way out in Ånn in the west. Still, if you ever happen to be that way, it would be really cool to meet you!

[@gillbennett9784]

In relation to the destruction of forests, have you read Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard? In it she describes her fight to prove to the Canadian Forestry industry that the health of all the trees in a forest are interdependent on each other and on the biodiversity and health of the fungi and microorganisms in the soil. I learnt so much from this book although the attitude of the entrenched interests within forestry drove me to anger and tears on occasion. It isn’t an easy read, especially if English is not your first language and you aren’t familiar with all the botanical and scientific vocabulary, but I think you would be fascinated by it if you do not already know it.

[@Talasbuan]

Thank you for the recommendation! It is in the shopping basket now, it seems very interesting and very similar to what we're observing what happens on grass lands and the relationships between grass, micro life, ruminant and predatory animals. Most literature we're consuming is in english.

[@margoroutsis9541]

MORE VIDEOS PLEASE , AND MORE FROM THE LITTLE ANGEL IVAR .. ❤

[@Melicoy]

Super Awesome

[@Sigridovski]

Oh! I have watched both of you and now you are together. I think I told one of you about the other's blog previously.

[@TheLookherenow]

Emergency Sauna Video!! Oh boy!!!

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

Mathias's Cellars and Saunas. You found your niche in the business world. :P

[@Talasbuan]

Haha, I'm not sure I will build another cellar :) But saunas I could build plenty of!

[@abdedzhdadyogi]

HELLO FROM CROATIA❤

[@peperetuque7744]

you are so nice thank you for the video

[@davidwpinkston4226]

good to see ivar on a bicycle. my primary vehicle is a bicycle.

[@bettybboo5575]

Thank you for sharing! ❤️

[@HolyPineCone]

I live somewhat similar to Kalle, with my wife on a mountain top in northern Värmland. It's a tiny, old forest finn Cottage rebuilt to "modern" 1900s standards. Only a woodstove for heat and cooking. I hope to get sheep one day too. But we only have 3 hectares of forest and open field. But maybe that is enough? The high altitude make our climates very similar.

[@Talasbuan]

The limited factor is always the winter feed. How much hay does one need and how much can one produce. With regenerative practices one can maximize the amount one can produce on a given area, but before the vitality has been restored it can be a bit tricky. If one are able to purchase hay to a reason able price, then that could be a solution in the beginning. We only got about 3 hectares to play with here, but many many more hectares of forest.

[@barbaradance3130]

Nice vlog as always great job

[@robinmoore5181]

Very nice video. Thank you for sharing.

[@marafarnham595]

Thanks!

[@georgeustalov8452]

Read about Russian sauna, it’s names Banya. You will find some interesting things about balance temperature and humidity. Also, you will find brooms techniques and hot stone inside a case of stove. It’s like first steam… and so on. Russia has really deep history and knowledge about saunas. Good luck for U!

[@kimekberg6842]

Ovant att höra Kalle prata svenska 😄

[@magic_hotel]

The squirrel was a charming little character. So quick to react to the slightest sound. Do they have any need to be that nervous? What predator is it that they fear the most in the Swedish forests?

[@Talasbuan]

housecats, foxes, owls and hawks I would guess.

[@ronopdeweegh5096]

You did a good job! 👍

[@haou132]

Super vidéo ! Blessings +++!!!

[@Vildahundar]

SÅ bra video! Måste nämna att era videon och livstil också inspirerade mig att slakta mitt första får i höstas när jag väl fick chansen att göra det hos en kompis. H. Ex-vegan :’-)

[@veronicabalfourpaul2288]

Lovely video

[@grantperrins5468]

Wendy Perrins You are such special people and we love watching your videos. Ivar is such a gorgeous little boy and you are very good parents. Keeping fighting for your forests I only wish we were closer to help you in your fight, your little piece of heaven does now need to be ruined by big business but it is happening all over the world today. My husband and I have been very lucky to have lived in a world that was not so greedy and to now have to see what money is doing to the beauty of our countries is very sad for us to see. Let’s hope that these rich greedy people will produce children that can see what their parents are doing to destroy the world and turn back time before it is too late. This greedy people who think they have the right to tell everyone how they will live just sickens me and my husband. We remember how food should smell and taste and it isn’t what we are seeing on our store shelves today. I feel very sad when I see people spending their hard earned money on tasteless rubbish because they don’t know any differently. Thank you for your beautiful videos and please look after yourselves. ❤️ It’s not something we will see but we can hope that people will once again start thinking of others people and respecting how they want to live on their land.

[@dannyreed2887]

So it was the Finns that embraced the löyly, which Google Translation says means "Steam or Heat." We have Finns, Swedes, German, Norwegian, Italian and others here in Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan and in school we learned about these cultures, but it takes Mathias to reveal the truth that Finns championed the Sauna despite the Christians objection to the practice of nudity. Where would we be without the Finns? Mathias, as a Drone Pilot you are the best. I flinch every time you fly through the tree branches and I think, 'How is he able to do that?' He is a Finlander!

[@matanjaburger2872]

Yes the distruction of forest in sweden is hartbreaking. Ofcorse distruction of nature everwayre ore useles distruction of any live 💔😭 and yes we are born for this time i think so to.Thank you for being the open genoures people you are shayring your live whit us Love the Sauna to bud unfornaitly i have to pay for it to get exses 😅🔥👍

[@patfrench8046]

Tovas, mathadis, ivar, sending you love

[@jonaseriksson6091]

As long money rule the world, buissnes will forever slaugther our beutiful world in the name of power.😥