The Nordic Countries (Animated Scandinavian History)

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Go to nordvpn.com/epimetheus and use code: epimetheus to get the 3 year plan plus 70% off and get one month for free on top. Furthermore, as Nord are celebrating 8th birthday this month, you will get a chance to receive an additional 1 month, 1 year, 2 year or even 3 year on top that will be randomly gifted to customers purchasing the 3 year plan What is your favorite period of Nordic history? At some point in the future I may return to do more detailed video on this region if there is enough interest in a particular place/time.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

Vikings obviously

[@huitzilcorp]

2:05 "Cultural". Great video, as always!

[@dajjukunrama5695]

Sword Of Justice watch History Time’s video on Scandinavia migration

[@Fukoda]

Sorry but Finland and Iceland is not Scandinavia

[@LM-pd6wj]

Make a video about the alan people!!!!!!!

[@maxvanvijfeijken2699]

I swear marching on Moscow has to be the most cursed military strategy

[@tropicblue3457]

And this time we can't blame the weather too, because Scandinavians were already cold weather people! hahah

[@nawfsider85]

Unless....your the Mongols!

[@sonofperun8135]

Jose Garcia see, the trick is to march from the east.

[@skyeshi3570]

Ya... but then the Russians went reversi kn the mongols

[@doleofdolonia8859]

Unless you are the Polish. Only they successfully attacked and conquered Moscow for a time.

[@CollinBuckman]

12:49 The way you worded it makes it sound like the prosperity of Scandinavia is entirely due to the invention of the Lego

[@retrocity5217]

Yes.

[@blitzkrieg1702]

It was. Lego is great for mental development which leads to productive citizens.

[@lehtokurppa7824]

@Darth Revan For the love of god stop using socialism when talking about social-democracies. Nordic nations like much of Europe these days are social-democracies, and in short that means a capitalist backbone with a functioning social welfare system which provides the basic needs of life to the country's citizens. Calling Nordics socialist is like calling Nazi-Germany socialist because national socialism right?

[@snowsoldier7779]

@Darth Revan Social democracy is just capitalism, but with free healthcare, education, etc. Socialism is when the government completely takes control over all means of production.

[@shangrilainxanadu]

@Darth Revan Government control of the means of production is literally the only definition of socialism. Good or bad use of that control is always a matter of dispute and can't possibly be part of any definition. Social democracy has nothing to do with socialism, and all the nordic countries have less government control of the means of production and thus less socialism than the U.S., which still has significant vestiges of FDR's socialism as well as the quasi-socialistic military industrial complex.

[@466chalk]

Vikings: The medieval sea people.

[@danielrose9977]

Nobody ever expects them

[@pexxajohannes1506]

Execpt the villages who saw trouble of fortifying. Talk about huge pain and effort taken to build walls.

[@Nicolas-hh5cp]

Sea People 2: Medieval Boogaloo

[@Solron78]

Er "people from the sea" but yeah...

[@beeyurself]

i was expecting the dramatic cut scene!

[@willek1335]

To add to this video, one thing is worth mentioning: The Thing, the Scandinavian law assembly. How it influenced Norman Law, later Magna Carta, and it's later influence on half the worlds governments.

[@erlinggaratun6726]

Yes. It is an old indo-european tradition. The greeks aslo have it. They called it 'democracy'..

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Gotta love "The Thing"

[@MinesAGuinness]

Hold on - you are conflating things together. Yes, the Thing and its antecedents was a significant influence upon later ideas of government. Prior to 1066 it had its cognate in English local governance in the moots and had influenced those regions of the Danelaw where there were the similar waepontakes. But The Norman-Angevin nobility that then conquered the English rode roughshod over this tradition, wresting political, military and legal power away to place it more firmly into the hands of feudal lords. Norman law wasn't an assertion of the traditions of the Thing: it was a regression. As for Magna Carta, it asserted the rights of those feudal lords to be co-equal with their King, and the rights it affirmed for others were a pale shadow of what had once been much more commonplace. That these feudal arrangements and the Magna Carta document would later come to hold greater significance and authority and form some of the foundations of later democratic developments should not confer upon them especial honour when considered for what they were at the time, why they occurred, and what the system that instituted them had previously dismantled for its own benefit..

[@willek1335]

@@MinesAGuinness - The Thing and the conditional elements that preceded it influenced later idea of government. - Partially through Danelaw, there was an assembly in northern Anglo-Saxon society which partially carried the Scandinavian traditions, i.e. wapontake. The Norman influence was a step back. I.e. you mean that representation was limited to a only few lords, Barons, where the king was the first among his peers. This was a step back because power was no longer shared among many, but limited to a few. That Magna Carta later on influenced the future implementation of democratic ideas (such as Bill of Rights), however. It's not a affirmation of Norman ideals at the time, why they came to be, and the fact that the Normans took a step back from the democratic developments that had preceded it. Is that a fair summery of your words?

[@MinesAGuinness]

@@willek1335 Yes, Willie, I think that sums up my counter position. I will suggest a few caveats to my own earlier argument, as it is possible to argue that I have overstated the disruption caused by the Norman invasion. There is much that the Norman-Angevins did to disrupt that tradition of local democracy. However, it was achieved less by wholesale institutional change than by exerting their own control over those existing institutions such as shire courts and hundred courts (or waepontakes in the former Danelaw). Local Saxon shire-reeve and lord were replaced with people William and his vassals could trust when faced with widespread resentment and even rebellion - and those people tended to be fellow Normans. The English law was retained and enforced, but with some important alterations, such as 'murdrum': holding the entire hundred responsible for the protection of the life of any Norman - with consequences for all if a Norman should die. The Forest laws and the establishment of the position of castellan to enforce them led to profound changes in the customary rights and local self-government of communities within those boundaries (a conflict later popularised in the Robin Hood tales). In the Danelaw, from the traditions of the Thing, the wapentakes each chose 12 local men to speak on matters of law, who also acted as investigators for cases brought to their attention. This had been adopted into the rest of Anglo-Saxon England after Aethelred's Wantage code, combining this with use of the earlier Anglo-Saxon system of calling upon 12 men to swear an oath of affirmation of an accused person's oath to uphold the law. In this system, compensation was due to the victim or their relatives as payment off wergild. The Normans introduced to this system the legal practices of the Franks, and the word jure (jury). Norman juries were less an investigative body than a body that was sometimes called upon to give verdict in important cases. Nor did they now operate as before as an instrument of the community upholding their collective oath to uphold the law and render fair verdict; but as an instrument of the King's ultimate authority. Wergild to the relatives now became fines paid to the court (and thus to the crown). On the other hand, they too might claim some heritage from the same traditions as the Thing. Some Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes who knew the customary law were called to take part in juries appointed by the King or his justiciars. Trial by combat became a new mechanism by which those with experience of and the means to possess weaponry could circumvent the legal rights of those who challenged them under the law, removing the stigma of potential outlawry and exile, and the financial cost of recompense via wergild from their act of violence. Curiously, Norman law explicitly gave the right to refuse trial by combat and the right to trial by jury to a person with a disability, youths and women - a right that wouldn't have been needed before, but one that at least enshrined a legal right for some against an abuse of power. It seems that the King himself was well aware that his own alterations to the English law - while effective for him to assert authority and to protect his men against reprisal - also gave licence for his more brutal knights to predate upon the populace, and felt compelled to make a law to rein in these specific, and likely all-too-real, abuses.

[@shovellord1117]

That nordvpn advert was so smooth it caught me off guard lol.

[@θατοκρατήσωμανιάτικο]

Fuck it. I may subscribe just out of respect. That was smooth.

[@blitzkrieg1702]

haha...I didn't realize I was watching an add for a minute

[@Fakeslimshady]

@@θατοκρατήσωμανιάτικο i actually got it! Came with free one month LOL

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Definitely caught me off guard. But hey if the Vikings recommend it, it must be good. 🤣🤣🤣

[@grantno308]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e52aeoGldrVrr5aV plan to save the west

[@incursus1401]

love how the entire history was conquest, greatness and glory, then we enter modernity and its legos and ikea

[@erlinggaratun6726]

Because design and practicality is a lot more representative of Scandinavia than restless young men eager to kill people, even back in medieval times and before that.

[@incursus1401]

@@erlinggaratun6726 restless young men eager to kill ppl sounds cool

[@erlinggaratun6726]

@Hoàng Nguyên I like Vietnam history. Imagine staying so close to China and remaining independent, then kicking US's ass. Vietnam rules, dude :)

[@incursus1401]

@Hoàng Nguyên You confused "meme" with appreciation that your country resisted for so long basically all nations around. I mean obv "xd trees speaking Vietnamese" is a joke but in it is still a statement of dunking on the americans

[@blitzkrieg1702]

Vietnam defeated the Chinese, Mongols and US. And they have good soup.

[@marinavassiliou3459]

last time i was this early the Kalmar union was still together

[@EpimetheusHistory]

:D

[@knockhello2604]

They could've easily conquered the world had they stayed together lol

[@marinavassiliou3459]

@@knockhello2604 if only they stayed togeather the "ikea lego noone likes norway" empire would rule the world

[@suokkos]

@@marinavassiliou3459 , As far as I understand it is more like "no one likes Sweden" in Nordics. But you shouldn't take that claim too seriously as it is usually more like sibling rivalry than hate.

[@INSANESUICIDE]

@@suokkos pretty spot on, we claim to hate or dislike each other and have hundreds of jokes about each other, but it is just good natured ribbing really.

[@Kyle-qd2sy]

In 1949 LEGOs were invented in Denmark and the Nordic countries proceeded to achieve some of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world. That sweet sweet LEGO money

[@olblue3478]

Denmark - lego Sweden - nokia ikea ericsson Norway - WE HAVE OIL

[@james_baker]

Lego: causing crippling foot injuries since 1949.

[@christianenglert1620]

@@olblue3478 *proceeds to be invaded by the US

[@olblue3478]

@survival pete my bad

[@matthewludivico1714]

Vikings: need pre-plastics ingots for building block toys and enslaved English monks to illuminate the building sets. English monks: Monks Lives Matter

[@liamreilly951]

Interesting how almost every major early modern colonial empire has its origins within the vikings' original sphere of influence, almost implying that the seeds of that culture were set nearly a millennia ago

[@InfernosReaper]

Major colonial empire of the past half millennia, sure. Of course, it easier could've got a different way with a lot of them. Hell, if the big empires of the near and middle east hadn't gotten too greedy with the trade routes, there would've been little reason to try to find ocean routes around there to the east and far east. Ironically, the vikings themselves failed to make "new world" colonies happen.

[@evaklum8974]

@@InfernosReaper CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@wolfstrand1959]

now you realy reaching. Dont make it Scandinavia's fault that colonialism happened

[@MLGSHINGOJI_3000]

Unless you count Greenland as a new world colony

[@benjaminklass5118]

Thank you Scandinavia: what would my childhood be like without Legos, Minecraft and Pewdiepie?

[@sonofperun8135]

Benjamin Klass and Sabaton, don't forget Sabaton

[@MrLeemurman]

So true...

[@renard6012]

What about Angry Birds and Nokia phones?

[@sirkkusalomaa4644]

@@renard6012 nokias are from finland

[@oscarsvensson4017]

Ren Angry birds are also from Finland, which isn’t a part of Scandinavia. He literally tells us this a couple of seconds int the video.

[@marcelo1458]

_Nobody:_ *_Vikings:_* It's free silver, slaves, and spirits. *_Valhalla_* Very good job, we need more gifts. Keep em' coming! *_Raiding intensifies_*

[@pexxajohannes1506]

I'd like to point out that slavery, during viking age was as hellish and meant imprisoning innocent people whose chains are still visible in museums. Slavery today is as bad as it was in ancient times..and hugely profitable to slaver.

[@SeSmokki]

Please do the "nobody" meme again, it's so funny!

[@fredriks5090]

@erick meyer And today Slavs are a big force throughout Europe within the work-for-hire market.

[@freddyb.b8120]

@@fredriks5090 😂

[@Doctor_Manhattan777]

this video is seriously a great response to that recent SAS Scandinavian airline Ad, 'What is truly Scandinavian? Nothing' -- idk if that was in your mind when making this but thank you -- because you did a great job either way

[@Ake-TL]

Doctor Manhattan how you ended up like that

[@TheSeanoops]

I was thinking the same.

[@erlinggaratun6726]

Now I'm Norwegian - and a history nerd. Although the SAS ad was superficial and had a couple of debatable claims, it was still fairly accurate and made a very good point. Right wing extremists and nationalists in Scandinavia make a big point of seeing everything nice here as 'original'.and they are so wrong. The only original thing about our culture is the remnants of hunter-gatherer culture: i.e. the fish in our diets, and the deer, moose and reindeer we like to hunt and eat. Everything else is imported or came with immigrants ever since 4000 BCE. Even our languages. LOL

[@erlinggaratun6726]

@Constitutionalist Monarchist No need for name-calling, dude. They just don't know very much. I wrote an informative reply . Let's educate - and not accuse, the ignorant. This is a history channel after all ;)

[@erlinggaratun6726]

@@TheSeanoops See my reply below. Dr. Manhattan has a lot of studying to do..

[@texdillinger6173]

Reason for Kalmar union was to push Hanseatic league from dominatic baltic sea trade. Thought I'd mention this since you didnt mention it on the video.

[@Kalleosini]

so sad that nordvpn paid to be the pinned comment when yours actually earned it.

[@texdillinger6173]

@@Kalleosini it's a good video, I just felt like the Kalmar union part I was eager to hear about was left really short. There could've been mentions about the stockholm bloodbath or when danish king sold norwegian land to scotland or how danish people made swedes pay sound toll when shipping through danish straits or denmark stealing gotland from sweden for trade revenue.. Or just a overall better explanation on why kalmar union ceased to exist.

[@erlinggaratun6726]

And how about the King who quit his throne to become a pirate? Erik of Pomerania. Fascinating story..

[@zackamor8043]

lmao, i was just going to comment about it too haha. You did it already a month ago though XD

[@ZenZaBill]

"We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow Hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new land To fight the hordes, and sing and cry... Valhalla, I am coming."

[@ZenZaBill]

@Mø Nälayé Led Zeppelin, "The Immigrant Song" from their 3rd album.

[@vanefreja86]

one word...cats! ;) :P

[@terry7907]

@@vanefreja86 two more words Thor:Ragnorak

[@askedkedeldeif]

Holy crap my mind is blown, I never had any idea that’s what the hell the lyrics to immigrant song was, wow 😯

[@MacNif]

Amen 🙏

[@pekko2946]

A very well made video. Very clear, understandable, not too long but enough for the main events. very nice 👌 cheers from Finland 🇫🇮

[@m.a.9571]

Skyrim belongs to the nords

[@johnvonshepard9373]

No! it belong to the Empire! Human togerther strong! Elf bad.

[@bucksfuttly1325]

My ancestors are smiling at me Imperial. Can you say the same?

[@johnvonshepard9373]

Yes i can! he fought during the war against the long ears, i too shall fight for The Empire and Skyrim.

[@Ake-TL]

John von Shepard to be fair Mede dynasty sucks

[@The-Plaguefellow]

@@Ake-TL Considering the Medes were a dynasty of non-Dragonborns, I think they actually did as well as they could have without Akatosh's blood in them, and considering the situation(s) they had to face.

[@VicarMullicule]

You say repeatedly that the Scandinavians sailed "down" rivers whereas they actually sailed "up" rivers to raid towns and cities away from the coastline.

[@J-IFWBR]

or they sailed down the wolga to reach miklagard, but your point is true. The wording was inconsequent.

[@evaklum8974]

@@J-IFWBR CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@mrtrollnator123]

​@@evaklum8974what

[@andrewtully3622]

Another splendid piece with those dank original graphics! :)

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thanks Andrew! Glad you liked it

[@gcrecords1731]

@@EpimetheusHistory is not good ...its amazing history of europe celto germans all europe is celto germans scito cimmeryans cousen of scito saka siberyans and sarmatians turkhis iranics all from scitia empires

[@gcrecords1731]

@@EpimetheusHistory its amazing history of europe and eastern europe and russia and caucas central asia

[@gcrecords1731]

@@EpimetheusHistory all nordics peoples skandinavians is celto germans protto germanics cimmerians scitians

[@gcrecords1731]

@@EpimetheusHistory yaa good

[@benemuel3916]

>Good music >See's Joakim >Just came from sabaton History My day is off to a good start.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Awesome!

[@Ome99]

I love how even a super condensed history video about Scandinavia, finds time to mention the Danish invention of Lego in 1949.

[@lumethecrow2632]

It is a landmark in nordic history, you must understand

[@evaklum8974]

@@lumethecrow2632 CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@joevining2603]

Long story, short - All the Danes really needed to quench their thirst for blood, women, and treasure was some well-fitting building blocks.

[@micahistory]

For their size, Scandinavians sure pull well above their weight

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

They are huge countries.

[@Sodacacik]

@@user-ky6vw5up9m but really low pop

[@parker1981xxx]

During the Early Bronze Age, the area owned by Denmark was one of the most populous regions in Europe (based on an article at indo-european info website). Therefore, Scandinavians were pulling normal for their weight at least during those times:)

[@eh8164]

@@parker1981xxx I think the Germanic language group originated in Scandinavia (or maybe just Denmark, not sure). Many of the later Germanic tribes claimed they were originally from the area.

[@jibran4794]

They did. The Germanic culture originated there, giving rise to English and Germans. In the world wars, these were the major players on both sides. No matter what happens in history from here, with the Asian countries becoming superpowers and everything, they (Germanic people) will always be remembered for accomplishing more than their weight.

[@vcxlll]

"18s ago" HELL YEAAA early to something for once.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

:D

[@peacejen8732]

@@EpimetheusHistory I have no sound in Erp

[@EpleGoesInsane]

I normally dont pay attention during the sponsorship part of videos, but this one was hilarious

[@richardchoongmingslater6100]

Amazing. You absolutely blew my mind. History is so rich! And we are all a collective of great nations each in their own right. Thank you very very much. This was as enlightening as it was entertaining!

[@evaklum8974]

CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@fountainofyouth000]

if anyone was wondering, bluetooth in swedish is ”blåtand”

[@pietfoku1921]

it's the same in Danish

[@jabronjunklove760]

if anyone else was wondering, greentooth in english is "austinpowers"

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

@@jabronjunklove760 Yeah,baby,yeah.....

[@ladythalia227]

It's basically the same in every Scandinavian language

[@fountainofyouth000]

@@ladythalia227 stfu nigga

[@ZolidSnakeSS4]

How to kill an empire: attack moscow. France & then Germany: guess we should have listened.

[@casus4781]

Things tend to go downhill from the point when the decission to attack Moscow is made. :)

[@MrBjornibjorn]

@@casus4781 it went downhill when the norsemen attacked each other instead of the rest of the world... No problem taking Moscow or england. it was just that we fought each other. Greed got the best of the norsemen

[@rayhansaputra__]

Unless you're the Mongols

[@evaklum8974]

@@rayhansaputra__ CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@Andjac2010]

You provide a lot of detail until 1066, and then you suddenly rush through about 1000 years of history in a matter of minuttes.

[@evaklum8974]

CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@loveglas3580]

@@evaklum8974literally not at all what are you on about you bot. Argentina is insanely corrupt sane with Chile

[@Arkticus]

12:27 - Just pointing this out, Finland is missing the Petsamo area. Not that it really affects anything, but just a nitpick :P

[@Arkticus]

@kimi True, but I interjected at that timestamp as the presentation kind of skips the whole 20's and makes no addiotional or special mention about the peace of Tartu, and it's not added to the WW2 map either. And I did say that this was a nitpick.

[@rachel_sj]

As a Minnesotan (with Norwegian and Finnish ancestry), my heart raced seeing the thumbnail pop up and am always excited to learn more about my Viking ancestors. SKOL!!

[@EpimetheusHistory]

:)

[@clriis]

Skål

[@Vestegnenforlife]

Skål*

[@evaklum8974]

@@clriis CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@evaklum8974]

@@Vestegnenforlife CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@swedichboy1000]

Really glad that you made a video about my homeland, many thanks.

[@joeblizzy]

Great video man, really loved to see the migrations of the people. I'd be really interested if you did a video on the Polynesian history and their migration across the seas? Human migration is actually just wild.

[@ТимурСарсембин-ж9м]

I knew the invention of Lego is somehow connected to a high standard of living! Great video!

[@Ditka-89]

I like that incorporation of historical narrative with your advertising. Nice

[@tobago3679]

That ad placement was done so harmoniously in tandem with the video 👌👍👍 + I love the Vikings Ragnarokkkk Babyyy

[@lukezuzga6460]

EP, you know I love your videos but the way you presented your ad might be the best way I've ever seen! Good work bro!

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thanks Luke! :)

[@Drvelasco45]

"Delicius food." I pictured a pickled herring

[@SpicyCreamy]

Pickled herring is delicious

[@EpimetheusHistory]

pickled herring is what I was thinking too :)

[@blitzkrieg1702]

All hail the great pickled herring!

[@phillytheflyerable]

that is delicious, alot of pickled things are

[@firstconsul7286]

You damn Swedes and your pickled herring

[@Aemilius_.]

Ah yes the Viking age, the only time Denmark was a major power...... Sad danish noises :( Great video BTW!

[@pexxajohannes1506]

What, Denmark is worlds 1 in beer and rod polse power.

[@rofl0rblades]

At least you have pølser with danish sauces (they are the best!)

[@jakobkiilerich3588]

Emoil Huuusted You serious? What about the Kalmar union?

[@ქართველიშვილი-წ6ჯ]

When Danes ruled major parts of England

[@willek1335]

? Denmark was dominant from the viking age, through the high middle ages, late middle ages and into the 16th century. 11:00. There were ups and downs through that period, like when Harald Hardrada came back or in 1295, but it took the combined might of every other neighbor + a weak Danish crown for that to happen. Denmark had 3 times the arable land as Norway, and the "3 Swedish crowns" were busy beating each other up the whole time.

[@nebbalf]

the ending with legos, ikea, oil and nightwish had my laughing out loud like an idiot xD

[@whamelchannel2443]

I am Ripper, Tearer, Slasher, Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength And Lust And Power! I AM BEOWULF!

[@whamelchannel2443]

RIP Geatland, they were the real ones.

[@camrendavis6650]

Aw yes, the great *KEVIN* Rus

[@akrulla]

I might be three months late (and maybe more) but what in the heck was that!? Loving the new style, beautiful visual depictions there. Just what I love to see alongside a wonderful overview. Thank you! 😁

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thank you Chaz! GLad you like it. I am always trying to improve my drawings, etc

[@____________________________.]

Epic video, great work. I would love a summary of Germany/Central Europe.

[@renemccracken6319]

dude I was searchign for a video like this 2 weeks ago and found nothing. This is exactly what I wanted. Thanks! crazy how that happens

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Awesome! Glad you found it Rene :)

[@GenerisHumani]

Pre-history, history, vikings, ad, history, Lego/IKEA, power metal \m/

[@sealrk191]

Dude I always skip ads. I’ll even turn the volume off and look away or doing something else until the ads are finished. I watched your ad about VPNs. Great job

[@AlltNorrOmAleArNorrland]

8:55 Swedens first king: Erik (Segersnäll) the Victorious... Now try tell that in the Swedish school. Everything they know about is Gustav Vasa. No one else 😞

[@KevinUchihaOG]

yeah. Didn't actually get learnt so much swedish history in school. Almost everything i know about my country's history is self-researched. Which is kinda sad. And i'm guessing this has something to do with why the notion of "sweden/scandinavia has no culture" is so prevalent here. We never get taught it.

[@FrogWalrus]

Sweden has embraced post-modernism and is fully self-loathing.

[@gaiustheant1618]

I got told in school that Gustav Vasa unified Sweden(Götaland and Svealand) with norrland and thus creating Sweden

[@christianriddler5063]

@Constitutionalist Monarchist Be quiet cultural marxist. Why don't you slither away and put your forked tounge where the sun never shines.

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

@Constitutionalist Monarchist omg! He was existing.

[@surfNturf904]

Legos?! THATS Denmark's notable achievement?! Now that I've had time to think about it, It is badass.

[@zenebean]

Vikings, imperial guards, conquerors, and inventors of legos... The Scandinavians

[@1derfulpete]

Correction: 'Danegeld' is not 'Dane gold' as proposed (6:55). "Danish tax", literally "Dane yield" or tribute) was a tax raised to pay tribute or protection money to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged.

[@evaklum8974]

CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@hardlineamerican8495]

You should do the history of Mesoamerica.

[@orodsozenchi4051]

What' about Terroristamerica?

[@astraviil3043]

In my opinion it’s time to let Estonia be a nice small Nordic country. Estonia very deserves to be a Nordic country, because Estonia has done a lot of work, we have many smart people, we are good at digital things, we have northern lights and we are very similar to Finland and other Nordic countries like: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Greenland. We are not similar to Latvia and Lithuania and the other Eastern Europe countries. It’s time to stop calling Estonia Eastern Europe country and Baltic country and forget all this terrible, rude and mean Soviet times. Let’s just stop this Eastern Europe and Soviet stigma thing and let Estonia turn the new page and let them be a normal small Nordic country next to Sweden and Finland!!! Estonians call themselves the Nordic country and many other people and tourists had also said that Estonia should be a Nordic country, because Estonian people are Finnic people not Balts and we are more similar to Scandinavia. Yes many people had agreed with that Estonia must belong to the Nordic group and seperate from Latvia and Lithuania. They don’t even need these countries, because Estonians communicate more with Finns and other Scandinavian countries. Estonia will be a very good partner for the other Nordic countries. We will do a very great work and we will be very strong!!! 🥰🙏🇪🇪

[@veronicajensen7690]

being a Nordic country is really just geography that has been decided a long time ago-it's not like an exclusive club you are supposed to join if you work really hard I have heard of Estonians wanting to be Nordic, and surely the Nordic countries share a lot of history and culture with Estonia ,however there is nothing less about being a Baltic country, it's just Geography , as a Scandinavian I don't get the conflicts between what was once called East European countries ,why is it important to not be eastern, or not be Slavic or not be Baltic ect,????? everybody is perfect as they are

[@larslindfors8625]

Gotta change that flag first then we'll talk

[@ecurewitz]

Damn! Doesn't anyone know that marching on Moscow is always a bad idea

[@tonisuihkonen8890]

well someone had to be the first one

[@erlinggaratun6726]

Charles XII was quite the weirdo. He was a duodecalist - he believed the number twelve was superior to other numbers, and wanted it to be the base for counting and mathematics (mostly since he himself was the twelfth Charles). I think marching on Moscow was a logical consequence of his faulty thinking in general ;)

[@christianriddler5063]

@@erlinggaratun6726 Now that is a big load of BULLSHIT. Charles XII was a brilliant commander but after leading a great many victories against his enemies he became overconfident and believed that he could crush the Russians as he had crushed the Danes and the Polish. He failed and you should be sent to gulag for spreading misinformation.

[@dhruvit2408]

😂😂👍

[@erlinggaratun6726]

@@christianriddler5063 Wanna bet? I quote: *Among the most zealous advocates of the duodecimal scale was Charles XII. of Sweden, who , at the time of his death, was contemplating the change for his dominions from the decimal to the duodecimal* - this quote is from 'The history of elemental mathematics', by Florian Cajori. Another interesting fact is that the Swedes hated their king. When he was shot in a war with Norway, everybody assumed he was shot by a Norwegian. but it turns out he was shot in the back, so it has been speculated that one of his own soldiers saw an opportunity to get rid of him. I'm Norwegian, by the way ;) *You* should be in the gulag, since you are such a snowflake. Siberia would be able to preserve you..

[@patangman2117]

As a Swede I approve of this video. The invasion of metal hairbands and Ikea furniture, will eventually conquer and unite the whole world. It is inevitable.

[@evaklum8974]

CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@amanofculture9429]

793 Lindisfarne monastery plundered 1523 Sweden officially split up with Kingdom of Denmark-Norway 1949 Legos invented in Denmark 1976 The "Les Enfates Terrible" project is abandoned. 1991 Soviet Union dissolves 2005 Shadow Moses Incident 2017 Epimetheus starts his channel

[@PerfectBrEAThER]

12:26 🇫🇮 maiden's other hand is missing. [ the province of Petsamo ]

[@samratmondal9097]

Vinland Saga in a nutshell

[@MrBeanVsTrump]

was looking for this

[@sneedsfeed5752]

I think of Ragnar Lothbrok from Vikings :)

[@evaklum8974]

@@sneedsfeed5752 CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@allen0937]

I'm so glad that you included LEGO!

[@Hrafnhednar]

Iceland is not a Scandinavian country! no matter how hard you wish it to be, its a Nordic country yes together with Greenland and Faroe Islands and Finland and Denmark,Norway and Sweden

[@alexanderh.5104]

This is DEFINATELY the best integration of NordVPN advertisment into a video I've ever seen! I didn't even fast forward.

[@TheOsterhase0]

Love history. Your vídeos are Great!

[@charlesroberts9675]

Nice how you wove the ad into the video content, made it much less annoying, good job.

[@rotciv1492]

"Hear my voice, this is Odin calling you. Times have changed, I'm a gentlegod. No more war, just dessign of furniture. Master of IKEA!! Just like Jesus, I'm a carpenter, forging shelves with the hammer of Thor! Gloria patri furnituribus, In nomine IKEA!! For the BEDDING and the KÏVIK, sing with me VALHALLELUJAH!! For the wooden TV bench with storage space and paper foooil!! For the pencils and the horse meatballs, we sing VALHALLELUJAH!! The ergonomics and the quality of your chaaaaairs, are second to noooooone!!"

[@lye1035]

Epimetheius, you spoil me

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Glad I can :)

[@natejohnson856]

And that's why I'm here in Minnesota

[@amandat7899]

me too

[@amandat7899]

we could be family lol since my mom side was Johnson and lives in minnesota since the 1800

[@thecesso3]

Vikings and Legos, what a great video!

[@PureVikingPowers]

You forgot about the Goths from the Swedish island of Gotland they became the Visigoths & Ostrogoths. You forgot that the Geats conquered the Swedes and that later the Swedes and Geats unified peacefully under one king. The Danes and Jutes were different just like the Swedes and Geats but you have both as Danes, and you have the Swedes territory to big on your map

[@josephwilson2952]

Great video, thanks !

[@seethrough_treeshrew]

Poor Finland was almost entirely left out :(

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

High iq people always feel lonely.

[@blackcoffeebeans6100]

It is nordic anyway. Not really scandinavia.

[@Indra471]

I think there was not a lot going on in Finland 1000 years ago. Just some scattered tribes far apart from each other. Nothing to raid or loot for our dear pillaging neighbours. Swedes loved our coastline though, and still live there - and for that we all are studying their language, 'cause they are our guests and one should be polite towards visitors.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

TOTO 82 There has been massive number of swords found in Finland from early medival period. Many of them are highly decorated. Finnic tribes were already fighting each others. The gains from a raid propably wasn't much and what there was to be taken was guarded by well equipped tribal warriors.

[@Sillyboi05]

We were left out of soviet territory, we have that.

[@randelldarky3920]

Also there was the 6 hour war in 1872. Between Finland and Norway. The Fins threw sticks of Dynamite at the Norwegians. The Norwegians lit the fuses, then threw them back at the Fins.

[@erlinggaratun6726]

I'm Norwegian and never heard of it. You sure it's not just a joke?

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

Never heard.

[@PeliSotilas]

Finland wasn't even a country in 1872

[@natashanel1665]

😂😂😂

[@1293ST]

Damn, I almost missed this. Saved my exam ridden week.

[@vicentn7631]

10/10 to how the nordvpn sponsorship is included on the video

[@ristusnotta1653]

History of the Finno-Ugric tribes would be interesting, not much info in youtube about them yet

[@wardeni9603]

Interesting, yes. Also very, very depressing. Most of them were eradicated by the slavs in the middle ages, the rest forced to join the Russian empire and abandon their roots. Finns and Estonians were spared only because Scandinavians conquered them first. So for example Finland became a grand duchy and remained separate from Russia because of the deep hatred between Sweden and Russia at the time. The Tsar basically just went "Well I don't wanna govern over Swedish people" and gave Finland autonomy. xD

[@ristusnotta1653]

@@wardeni9603 something like that yes, the time under swedish crown wasnt so nice even tho little better than under russian rule, our language almost went extinct and 50% of our population basically disappeared at one point and we were always viewed as subhumans by the sweds, basically our lands were a meatshield between sweden and russia

[@ristusnotta1653]

@Fidus Achates they have and yes our location was also a huge issue because between 2 fighting countries

[@ristusnotta1653]

@Fidus Achates it is a known thing in Finland, Swedes always considered themselves more valuable than Finns, there is stuff about it in Finnish history books, dont know if there is any from the Finnish point of view in Sweden. It is not even weird considering that we werent as developed as Swedes at those times and were just bunch of poor farmers with different culture and habits

[@zackamor8043]

@@ristusnotta1653 Makes me wonder about all the tribes that existed and got eradicated in the past :/ unfortunately it is still happening today very very depressing.

[@siechamontillado]

I wonder how many mixed signals Epimetheus has given a date when he tells them "I love your hair" or some sweet nothing in that passive, but slightly angry/annoyed/disappointed, rumble growl.

[@Aeyekay0]

Thought Fins are Nordic not Scandinavian, right? lol either way interesting stuff. Keep up the good work.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Finland is considered a Nordic country. Fins are not Scandinavians. They don't speak a Scandinavian language. Finland is partially on the Scandinavian peninsula. Sometimes Finland is considered part of Scandinavia (usually not, and depends who you ask)

[@Pikkabuu]

@@EpimetheusHistory The people who say that Finland is part of the Scandinavia are using Scandinavia incorrectly as a synonym for Nordic countries.

[@pexxajohannes1506]

Finland position is FENNO-SCANDIA (aka nordic) while scandinavia is sometimes seen as Sweden, Norway and Denmark. And Finland has two official languages, finnish (around 92 %)and swedish (5% of population). Basically autonomic Finland starts after 1809 war and full independence 1917.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

pexxa johannes Swedish is spoken by 5 percent of the population but only about 1 percent speaks only Swedish.

[@tessjuel]

@@Pikkabuu Technically you are right but even us Scandinavians hardly ever distinguish between "Scandinavian" and "Nordic".

[@hlorii6598]

A few important mistakes in the beginning. It is correct (and admirably so, since many get this wrong) that Scandinavia refers to Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The Scandinavian Peninsula as you outlined at 0:23 is also referred to as Fennoscandia. Iceland is not just "typically" referred to as a Nordic country, it *is* one in absolute terems. It is one of the 5 sovereign countries in the Nordic Council, with e.g. a passport union that dates back decades before Schengen. Iceland is *not* considered part of Scandinavia. See above.

[@XGD5layer]

Icelandic is a West Scandinavic language, at least. But one correction: Fennoscandia refers to the entire peninsula, including the entirety of Murmansk, most of the Karelian Republic and some parts of Leningrad Oblast.

[@micahistory]

It's amazing that such a tiny group of people had such a massive impact on Europe

[@Lee-xb7lb]

Outstanding video 👍 Thank you for sharing.

[@BeezerWashingbeard]

You owe me Dane Gild for the revenue of this video.

[@MikeH-sg2ue]

Great abbreviated explanation! Keep them up!

[@Hjernespreng]

Please don't put ads in the middle lile that again. I can never in good faith recommend videos like this to others because of it.

[@jjrob7220]

You have provided us with the greatest conclusion to an educational documentary of all time!!! Thank you.

[@evaklum8974]

CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@jacobeget7176]

Also another term to call scandanavia with Finland is called fennoscandia

[@subrosa7708]

Yeah, And we Finns are proud to be in our special group. Finns are original Europeans, which have lived in the continent way before indoeuropeans came. I hope you appreciate that?

[@scevol29]

@@subrosa7708 All the best,Suomi.

[@herrbonk3635]

This idea of Finland not being Scandinavia is recentism. Up until 1809, Finland was just a region of Sweden for some 700 years, then controlled by Russia for a century. It was never a country by itself until the 1900s. The mountain range Skanderna also reaches into Finland (but not into Denmark!). So Finland was a very natural part of Scandinavia (up until Finnish nationalist decided to try rewrite history).

[@herrbonk3635]

@S. F. P. Well it *was* included, before Finnish nationalist decided to rewrite history. That was my point. Finland has had tight connections with Sweden and its culture for many hundreds of years, actually even before the Viking age. Its institutions are basically Swedish, its written language is based on Swedish (designed by Mikael Olofsson Agricola) and so on.

[@herrbonk3635]

@S. F. P. (You could also compare it to the sami. Say that they hypothetically manage to declare Norrland independent of Sweden. Would their land then suddenly not be Scandinavian?)

[@andystewart3421]

Best product placement I've ever seen

[@mmcg7757]

Theres loads of towers in Ireland, where priests hid from vikings. Their boats were super quiet. Also the word slave is from slav since they were enslaved a lot. Those are some nuggets of info I learned from Dublinia museum in Ireland.

[@xHASSUNAx]

Epimetheus is a metalhead confirmed \m/

[@miketacos9034]

Is THAT why they call it Nord VPN?

[@AyubuKK]

“Great Heathen Army” is an unintentionally cool-sounding name.

[@thergonomic]

No, Finland and Iceland are not Scandinavian countries, only Denmark, Norway and Sweden are Scandinavian countries. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are Nordic country. And Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are Fenno-Scandian countries.

[@schnelltv1956]

Finally someone who gets it

[@blackcoffeebeans6100]

Boring!

[@carolynbane-bolinger9639]

Thanks. Great historical background.

[@joshuahall3622]

In conclusion: Legos

[@WoutBr]

At first I thought "that's a great plug". But then you overdid it

[@causingarc6625]

In German “geld” means money. So Dane Geld didn’t mean dane gold, it was more like dane money or the dane “tax” or “tribute.”

[@christianriddler5063]

Yep, but Germans probably got the word Geld from Guld which is the name of Gold in Scandinavia. Back in those days words like Silver, Gold and Jewels were just synonyms for currency/money.

[@sualtam9509]

@@christianriddler5063 old highgerman word for gold is Gold and for money is Gelt which has meanings of rating, validity, worth etc. Gold and silver were currencies in the Early Midddle Ages, but we might over-estimate their usage, since we find metals but not more common types like grain or lifestock.

[@duwang8499]

@@christianriddler5063 German Geld comes from Proto-Germanic *geldą meaning that which is paid out; reward, gift, money. Cognates are English yield and Danish gæld.

[@victorrock1997]

Great and very informative/educational video! Rollo was most likely Norwegian! All the best!

[@brasingt]

Yes, recognizing 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 and 🇱🇹

[@evaklum8974]

CHILE ARGENTINA THE SCANDINAVIA OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

[@sidneyjohnson892]

...nice way to do things...the ending...with the bit about the lego's is FAS...this cartoon was very informative!!!

[@itsfreerealestate6747]

SAS Airlines should probably watch this kind of stuff before making advertisements

[@rorycampbell7490]

can't wait for detailed video on the differneces between Norse kingdoms

[@KirstenBayes]

Lo, there do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning!

[@keentrasborg2566]

Lo, they do call to me. They bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever.