Geography Now! SWEDEN

[@GeographyNow]

Our LAST an FINAL Nordic country. The final boss of Scandinavia. You know this one. Thanks to all the Swedish geograpeeps that helped with this episode, hope it's somewhat "lagom" to you. Enjoy. #SWEDEN.

[@Ghost0fPakistan]

🇸🇪❤️🇵🇰

[@natan.mp4]

cool

[@shrekisthebestanime3644]

Make the poopoo islands

[@truebagel8368]

oh yeah

[@AJ-kx8mi]

First

[@jimothypersson8306]

FINALLYYYY, been waiting for this since the day this series started can’t believe we’re finally here

[@chrislouis7913]

Sweden is one of the countries I most wanted to see. So glad it’s finally there!

[@asemmel695]

Same

[@doso4782]

Yes me too ive been waiting like 4 years!!!

[@camillanyberg2530]

Ja vi har väntat så länge

[@layzy24]

Same

[@grymkaft]

7:07 This is actually incorrect. Allemansrätten is in effect also on private land with the exception of private gardens, the immediate vicinity of a dwelling house and land under cultivation. Restrictions also apply for nature reserves and other protected areas.

[@Danjelion]

Yes, public land sounds as if its just the state owned land, which is far from truth. The statement that the state own most of the land is not true either, its the single biggest owner, however its just about 20% (state owned companies included) the rest is privately owned or owned by corporations

[@CR-dq1ch]

Yes! Was looking for this comment! Thanks.

[@Ollidol]

Yes, Allemansrättem allows you to walk almost anywhere (with a few exeptions) as long as you do not destroy or damage anything. While in the forest for exampel you are allowed to pick berries, mushrooms and what ever else. As long as it's not cultivated.

[@spaceguy20_12]

is it only me here what is swedish

[@Nekotaku_TV]

@@Ollidol And camp.

[@linajurgensen4698]

I think you Swedes know that we Germans love your country but I can’t emphasize enough how much Sweden means to me. A country with rich history in literature, film and art of any kind, beautiful and very friendly people wherever you go and ultimately stunning nature, that draws tourists from all over the continent to your home. I miss going on holiday in Sweden with all of my heart.🇸🇪❤

[@dantesbecherel2826]

I used to live in a small town called Eksjö in Småland. Every summer there used to be A LOT of german tourists. I, working as a waiter, absolutely loved having you here and it was the best part of working, being able to just talk to your really kind and interesting people as you were much more friendly than the locals. Much love to germany!

[@dabanana1302]

I am swedish and its a bit too grey here

[@gunnarmundt956]

Ja mann jeden sommer kommt ihr mit wohnwagen und invadiert mein dorf..

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@gunnarmundt956 I‘m sorry😂

[@tobiaswedin]

As a Swede growing up one of the first things I learned about the outside world was how much Germans love to pretty much invade Sweden during summers and steal all our road signs with moose on them lol

[@matiaslappi663]

6:50 those Swedes are actually wrong about it having to be public land. You can also walk in private forests. That's the entire point of Allemansrätten. They probably meant that but didn't explain it very well. I'm a Finn but I know this very well.

[@acedervall]

To explain this further I think the law says your free to roam and camp private land as long as you are beyond eye and hear distance from a building (used) in said provade land

[@Dhjaru]

@@acedervall basically but you cant go and camp on a farm it has to be undeveloped.

[@Edengardet]

I think they thought they meant someones backyard and not privately owned forested area which is a huge difference. As others have previously said you can't be within sight-/hearing-distance but you can walk on privat property if you aren't seen/heard (except farmland under use)

[@Jimbotheone]

You can walk and camp basically anywhere as long as you don't disturb someone's residency. If you are feasibly disturbing the owner/resident and they tell you off, you should leave.

[@Dragontrumpetare]

Yep, noticed that to... But i guess it's hard to explain to foreign people that own private land could accept unknown people walking right over it, so it's just easier to say Public land. Lol then it will always be right.

[@ivankehayov]

I feel like, by the end of these series, this is going to be a 2-hour long talk show with interviews of at least half the population of each country.

[@christiansvenjimmiekarlsso1876]

ohhhh, thats the folow up after he does the last country! Talk show with barbs, he goes to a random fan from a random country and sits down have a talk, expereince the culture and then end with a traditional form of party of sorts?! PATENT PENDING

[@rachel_Cochran]

One can only hope

[@martinottesen1053]

@@christiansvenjimmiekarlsso1876 Barbs, do this. Please

[@ivankehayov]

Guys, I was COMPLAINING. Go watch the Afghanistan episode, or even Italy, for that matter, and you will see how much more different and focused it used to be. 😂

[@Anonymous-cm8jy]

I expect USA episode to be around an hour long.

[@Botsmannen]

Wien you were talking about the “Allemansrätten” or the right to roam Jonas says kinda in passing that it has to be public land, it does not have to be public land as in owned by the state it just has to not be land that when walked upon would disturb the nature and the calm for the landowner. So no walking on farmland or walking right by someone’s house

[@Adjuni]

Yeah, rule of thumb is outside sight and earshot.

[@Hairysteed]

I suspected that too. Our roaming rights here in Finland are in general the same (probably because we've inherited most of our laws from Sweden). They go like this: Everyone is allowed to… -walk, ski, cycle, or horseback ride freely (except very near homes and other private buildings or through farm fields and nursery plantations which could easily be damaged) , camp out temporarily a reasonable distance from homes. -pick wild berries, mushrooms and flowers, as long as they are not protected species fish with a simple rod and line. -use boats, swim or bathe in inland waters and the sea. -walk, ski, or drive a motor vehicle or fish on frozen lakes, rivers, and the sea. all the above can be restricted or forbidden in national parks and other nature reserves during certain seasons or year-round to protect sensitive areas and threatened species of plants or animals. Please pay close attention to any restrictions. It’s NOT allowed to… -disturb people or damage property. -disturb reindeer, game, breeding birds, their nests or young. -let pets off leash. -cut down or damage trees. -collect moss, lichen, or fallen trees from other people's property. -light open campfires without permission, except in an emergency. -disturb people's privacy by camping too near them or making too much noise. -leave litter. -drive motor vehicles off road without the landowner's permission. -hunt without the relevant permits. -fish with nets, traps, or a reel and lure without the relevant permits.

[@viktoreek5201]

@wanderer I have seen you spam this exact response on several other comments. I am fairly sure you are a troll however if i am wrong i urge you to stop this pathetic behaviour. You strike me as an extremly pathetic person. And by the way your spelling i terrible you should look up how to spell these words before posting.

[@Sirinwara]

I was in Sweden in 2012 and I knew about Allemannsrätten So me and my friends set our tents on a green patch next to the train station of Nyköping. In the morning an upset lady woke me up, asking what the hell I was doing there. I told her about the law and she told me that it doesn't apply to any unclaimed green area :D

[@Tranbarsjuice]

Thanks Jonas! While watching the video I was hoping someone would point out this error.

[@Jefff72]

I was in Sweden in 2006 and one thing I find is that Swedes are friendlier than many say. In one week, I must have talked to at least 4 or 5 people. When I asked a lady for directions, not only did she help but walked part of the way with us and talked to us in English. She asked where I was from. Later at an outdoor concert, an older man looked at me and spoke Swedish. When I answered in English, he spoke excellent English. He also asked where I was from. They all knew Minnesota which I call a Swedish colony. I had conversations with a guy on a boat and I was on the land on an island. He was very cool and friendly. Unlike Germany or the UK, I didn't have to explain where Minnesota was.

[@znail4675]

It's not just that you call it a Swedish colony, it used to be one.

[@jaxx58]

nice

[@mackan072]

Swedes in general are very friendly, but I understand where the misconception that we're not might come from. In general, and culturally, we're a bit more quiet, reserved and timid. This can easily be interpreted as us not liking, or not being comfortable around you - but it's simply not true.

[@AngryPostmanStockholm]

@@mackan072 Well put you old sandwich you 🙃

[@jimmykarlsson2567]

I think Minnesota maybe have similar weather where i live in Sweden ( nearly the capital). Maybe Minniapolis or St. Paul have the same climate. And the nature is also stunning in Minnesota " Minnesota Wild " 😉😀😀😀

[@marekfalda95]

I’m from Poland and I love our nordic brothers. I wish relations between our countries were closer.

[@ohedd]

We should build a bridge between Poland and Sweden, and then boats tryna cross are like "wtf??" and we just stand there like "nah. Go around."

[@Mercator89]

I always like to ponder what the world would look like today if the Polish-Swedish union would have succeeded.

[@marekfalda95]

@@Mercator89 dreams

[@Rikard_A]

I wish polish women can do abortion in Poland.

[@Nesque]

Me and my dad were in Kracow a few years back, visiting one of the churches. My dad, being a dad, made a joke to the tour guide that many of the churches idols were probably stolen and now resides in Sweden... That was the case and we caught some frowns :D Sweden stole a lot of stuff during stormaktstiden :D

[@jeffschlundt]

I really like these longer episodes that don't try to pack everything into a hyper-paced dash.

[@josuibarretxe6544]

With Sweden we could say that we are “In the final countdown”. Keith, I can’t believe you forgot Europe, one of the most iconic band in the 80’s.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Sweden to Zimbabwe really will be the final countdown.

[@joermnyc]

Sorry, that just reminds me of Gob’s godawful magic act on “Arrested Development”

[@25748410]

You really thought a dude who's a death metal fan wearing an Opeth shirt would talk about a glam metal band like Europe? 😂

[@josuibarretxe6544]

@@25748410 I don’t know. I like music, but I’m not to much into it, so I can’t differentiate a rock type from another. By the Way, he mentioned ABBA and Roxette, and they are not death metal band. Just saying.

[@tangbein]

And that's one more legend added to Swedish music. Had no idea they were Swedish.

[@michaelthomas8677]

"That's all for Sweden... Switzerland is coming up next!" Neutrality intensifies!

[@andyjay729]

Bank accounts activated!

[@jacobbahr9316]

Ah yes, the other cold, snowy European country whose name begins with SW, speaks a Germanic language and enforces conscription despite being neutral

[@andyjay729]

@@jacobbahr9316 Well, only part of the country in the Alps speaks a Germanic language, but as Barbie said, in the one to the north, another non-Germanic language (Sami) has protected if not official status.

[@mimimurlough]

Can't wait to hear about the chocolate and moose!

[@maxcole5553]

War of Neutrality! Yes!!!!

[@charlotteeeee08]

Learned a lot from this video. I will be moving in Sweden this May of 2023. I'm so excited! See you soonest SWEDEN!

[@daniirage1382]

i would not recommend moving here...

[@Joawil1234wqa3etagr]

Just don't forget to pack a bulletproof vest

[@Shrek82632]

@@daniirage1382bor du i södra sverige?

[@jeffgustafsson6243]

Welcome to Sweden! Beautiful country.

[@Zerouu.]

Well I look forward to seeing you here! From a Swede we love seeing tourists and different kinds of people! I always feel excited when I see new people! Hope you like it!

[@thelinuxcolonel]

15:23 This is actually true, but incomplete. As he said, Norwegians got to Sweden to buy cheap alcohol, Swedes go to Denmark to buy cheap alcohol, Danes go to Germany to buy cheap alcohol, Germans go to Czechia to buy cheap alcohol and Czechs go to Poland to buy cheap alcohol.

[@simplesimon8255]

Lemme guess: Poles go to Russia?

[@TheSlyngel]

@X Ukraine go to Russia?

[@-_Andreas_-]

Skåningar goes to Germany. Too little price difference in Denmark.

[@konanpl8936]

@@TheSlyngel Nah. Ukraine is a place where u will find a Holy Graal of cheap alkohols. And then u will back to Norway.

[@TylerSolvestri]

And Finnish go to Estonia for cheaper alcohol xD

[@husky11191993]

"Killing your national animal because there's too many, GO SWEDEN!" Australia: **cries in Emu War**

[@idkatthispoint-s9s]

Lmao

[@willowproxy4346]

Poor Australia. It's a strange situation you live in when both your national animals are considered pests.

[@jurgengjidia8657]

Australia: My national bird is the emu and its a pest... Also bloody delicious -Oversimplified

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

I like when they tried to replace cavalry horses with mooses in 18th century

[@frogson829]

Thanks for the abdominal workout xD

[@Random-ob7dc]

He really does pronounce the Swedish Ö good. I mean it still doesn't sound great but I mean, it does sound like an Ö. Very impressed, first guy I've ever watched to pronounce it that good whilst not knowing Swedish.

[@yohanbeck8172]

What this guy said! My thoughts exactly

[@GeographyNow]

Thanks! The only reason why I think is because it’s kind of similar to the Korean “으” “letter I grew up with

[@adgaga]

@@GeographyNow well yes. It's just upside-down and you erase the middle of the line. Great work on the video!

[@aaronodonoghue1791]

@@GeographyNow The "eu" sound? It does sound a bit like ö/ø, although "eu" is an unrounded "oo" sound, and ö (or ø) is a rounded "eh" sound

[@marcelwannieck]

Question, is the Swedish Ö the same as the German Ö?

[@abhishektodmal1914]

Absolutely love your channel. I lived in Norway for about a year, and the similarities between the Norwegians and the Swedes is striking! They share similar mindsets, values, and ways of looking at the world. I absolutely adored my time living there, and they are amongst the friendliest people you will encounter. Thanks for another wonderful episode!

[@2scrimble9]

Kek all scandinavians are literally the same people, might explain the similarities.

[@debate8079]

Actually Danes and Norwegians are more similar while Sweden is the politically correct big sister

[@DarwinskiYT]

Fun fact: you’d be watching the Swaziland episode rn if they didn’t change their name to Eswatini

[@jake_runs_the_world]

wow a real fun fact!

[@kaleb9564]

“Eswatini I think

[@FlamingBasketballClub]

Didn't Swaziland change their name 2-3 years ago?

[@abhinavav7770]

Wrong we would still be watching Sweden because Swaziland would have been covered one month ago

[@maltemejlsing513]

✨ E S T A W I N I ✨

[@bobby-vi5io]

As a native Indonesian speaker who used to study and live in Sweden for almost 3 years, the Swedish pitch is a nightmare. After I started to pick up the language, I was super confused when we started to thanked the ducks at the church. Turns out, depending on the pitch, the word "anden" can both means ducks or holy spirits haha! Because my language is pitchless and flat, my Swedish could only be understood perfectly by the Finns. The way we speak Swedish are exactly the same, totally flat hahaha!

[@NightBlado]

As a Finn - awww

[@scanern574]

Anden and duck is two different animals

[@mimimurlough]

"In the name of the father, the son and the holy duck"

[@elias.t]

@@scanern574 Nja. En anka är ju egentligen en tam and. Precis som en gris är ett tamt vildsvin.

[@Calimbandil87]

Also genie.

[@gurgelurk]

As in many other countries, tooth decay was common in Sweden. In the 1950s, the Swedish government used people with intellectual disabilities for non-consensual experimentation at the Vipeholm hospital in Lund. They were fed lots of toffee, causing heavy and painful caries. The result was a recommendation to eat candy just once a week. That is why we have Lördagsgodis.

[@peterlarsson3436]

Auhumm, they were feed an extra special sweet toffe.

[@MJXtube]

Man, I was so genuinely interested in learning more about Sweden that I totally did not expect to see the awesome OPETH shoutout, of course followed by Meshuggah, Yngiwe, and Per Nilsson of Scar Symmetry to boot! Well done!

[@andresvensson262]

Literally started subscribing 2 days ago As a Swede myself, this was maybe the most spot on timing I could've ever imagined

[@eat2909]

@wanderer why?

[@eat2909]

@wanderer no? I live there and there's no rapes murders it's just very peaceful

[@karankapoor2701]

I heard Sweden is a gone case , it has full of no go zones 🙄and it's getting close to getting messed up

[@karankapoor2701]

@@NotThatJojjo haha 😂most liberals say that it isn't , swedenistan

[@mewmarss]

@@karankapoor2701 Bro don't forget HinduSTAN, Stan means land, so swedistan will mean Swedish land

[@TravelingwithKristin]

The Vasa Museum is super cool. Also recommend biking around Stockholm

[@thetrickster9885]

Verified

[@iamjimgroth]

I recommend avoiding Stockholm. Then again, I left it for the forest. :P

[@milqui3698]

Please don’t bike around Stockholm. I have gotten tinnitus because of you bikers

[@thetrickster9885]

@@milqui3698 what's tinniuititututs?

[@lorens7958]

@@milqui3698 The best way to travelling in Stockholm is just walk or take the subway.

[@KaptenN]

When you said that Sweden is in Scandinavia you marked out the entire Nordic. Iceland and Finland are Nordic countries, but they aren't part of Scandinavia. Scandinavia is only Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Fennoscandia is Finland, Norway and Sweden and you got the Scandinavian peninsula right with just Sweden and Norway. Also, I'd like to point out that Jantelagen is a cultural thing, not an actual law.

[@wilhelm2.769]

@@toucanmasterx no

[@elderscrollsswimmer4833]

Yup. Kind of like Scand: Sweden/Norway (the mountains in between are called the Scands) Then you cross a tiny bit of sea to Denmark (Nav) (North Atlantic in West) or-- go to East to Fenno -- a.ka ,. -ia is latin place-ending. All this leaves out Iceland, Faroese, Greenland etc. that get included to Nordic.

[@MatildaV1980]

@@toucanmasterx No, it’s not. Scandinavia is, has always been, and will always remain Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Add Finland and Iceland and you have the Nordic. This is not an opinion, it’s a fact and I’m tired of repeatingly explaining this to non-Scandinavians (mostly Americans). It’s basic geography that we learn at lågstadiet.

[@znail4675]

@@MatildaV1980 Not quite, Finland used to be in Scandinavia due to being part of Sweden. Just as Iceland used to be a part of Denmark, making it also in Scandinavia.

[@Morsning]

@@znail4675 Finland, as an independent country is not Scandinavian. The Scandinavian countries have more in common than the rest of the nordics. They are all constitutional monarchies, they are culturally and ethnically similar, the languages is similar, they share a long history together, etc. Norway and Sweden shares a mountain range and had a union 1814-1905.

[@breadman32398]

"Real swedes not like those 5th generation minnesotans." Ouch, why you gotta do me like that barbs :,(

[@alexcaruso197]

Men talar du svenska?

[@dajjukunrama5695]

It’s ok everyone is Swedish, eller hur?

[@marmac83]

The truth hurts. I was in America once and a woman said she was Swedish. I asked her which part of Sweden she was from, she said "Portland, Oregon."

[@jarnvag1564]

You’re not Swedish until you’ve drank a 1.5 liter bottle of julmust

[@Knaiser]

kan du svenska doe?

[@cristobalaranguiz2077]

The fact that Barbs has 30 mins documentaries shows how much dedication he puts into this and how much the channel has grown. This also means that I hope there is a 2nd part of the Chile video, because it only lasts 10 mins 😅

[@jairogonsales9104]

same with Brazil. Now they cover so much cool stuff about culture that I wish they did the same on previous videos

[@jpedrosouza-w3c]

Same with Brazil hahahahaha, I hope barbs revisit it someday

[@queenapryllm8454]

Zimbabwe Video probably gonna be like 35 minutes

[@yux.tn.3641]

@@queenapryllm8454 nah, 1 hour…haha but i feel after he has finished the whole countries, he might do places like taiwan, etc? or do a new channel called history now

[@tomaklaric5790]

Yeah my guy needs to revisit everything since letter H

[@FireHax0rd]

me: "Sweden is a big country..surely its citizens can't all resemble Pewdiepie" 1:17 Jonas: "allow me to introduce myself"

[@IlonaFinland]

"knäckebröööööd" 😁

[@chees8067]

@@Rozeyo does saddam look like xi to you

[@sirBrouwer]

@@chees8067 does Saddam look like anything now a day? is there anything left of his corps?

[@saminyasir1847]

@@sirBrouwer lol😛

[@ScaryAppul-114]

@@chees8067 yes he does 😃

[@cjacja21]

So interesting, love these longer episodes. Sweden looks amazing

[@dumduck55k45]

As a second generation Swedish immigrant in the U.S. I love learning about Sweden and this is a treasure trove

[@KenshinAlex7]

The girl on this episode is so fine, swedish women are so beautiful

[@MrLeemurman]

@@aflameninja What do you think they missed? I'm kinda curious Now that I think about it, they entirely skipped the section on notable people.

[@ticksunbs4944]

Rikrol

[@Alex_Gordon]

in the sports department you should have mentioned the "Swedish tennis wonder". Sweden was a super power in tennis during the late 70's, 80's and early 90's. we constantly had people in the top 10 or even top 5 all the way to the 2000's, with the top 3 being Björn Borg, Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg, all of them reaching number 1 in the world and winning many grandslams. and as late as 2002, Thomas Johansson won the Australian open.

[@Noidonteatbabiesstopasking]

That’s cool

[@Sebajstard]

Don’t forget table tennis legends like Jan-Ove Waldner!

[@schusterlehrling]

Ingo Stenmark must be mentioned, as he was the best skier of all times.

[@EnergyShotStudios]

@@schusterlehrling yup, literally the whole country FROZE when he was skiing. Everyone; At work or in the classroom just stopped doing what they were doing to see his lap.

[@michaeltragakis3135]

Anders Jarryd too!!

[@olalundqvist9048]

Yeah, about ww2, there is a joke in Norway that goes: "Germany took Norway in 2 months, they took Denmark in 2 weeks and Sweden, they took with a phone call."

[@Amaan_Zargar]

Germany took denmark in 9 hours

[@01hyp3r7]

@@Amaan_Zargar was just about to say

[@weeman6970]

Sweden is chicken 🐓 nation I see

[@firstnamelastname4249]

@@weeman6970 Fighting Germans 🇳🇴🇩🇰 : 🤮🤮🤮 Claiming to be neutral but help fellow Germanic Homies 🇸🇪 : 😍😍😍 Siding with Germans 🇫🇮 : 🥰🥰🥰

[@kampakala1544]

Sweden played its cards extremely well at WW2. It stayed out of the war and also profited by selling iron ore to Germany.

[@Rose.Flower]

Love Sweden from Iran (Persia). The Vikings and Persians have had cordial cultural relations, the Vikings maintained trade connections with Persia and most of the silk found in the Oseberg ship have been purchased by honest means from Persia, Silk textiles from the Persian region were found in the Oseberg ship, most of the silk came by way of the river Volga. Large amounts of the Oseberg silk have patterns from the Persian Empire. Another pattern depicts a Shahrokh, a bird that has a very specific meaning in Persian mythology; it represents a royal blessing. In the Persian myth, the Shahrokh bird is the messenger that brings the blessing to a selected prince. In a dream, the bird visits the prince holding a tiara, a tall head adornment, in its beak. The prince then wakes up and knows that he is the chosen one. The image of the imperial bird was popular not only in silk weaving, but also in other art forms in Persia. The motif gained widespread popularity in Persian art. The Viking Sword was the Ulfbehrt sword. Professor Ljungqvist ( Stockholm University) states of the Volga trade route between Lake Malaren to Northern Iran where: “…it is very likely that the steel that you find in the Ulfberht swords originated from Iran…I would guess that they bought it [Persian steel] from friendly trading connections in Iran paid with furs and other Nordic commodities and took it back on the small ships that they used on the rivers” As noted by Professor Ljungqvist, the Vikings sailed from Lake Malaren in Sweden to the Volga River and from there into the Caspian Sea southwards towards the ports of northern Persia. Iran’s metallurgical and weapons building technology continued unabated after the fall of the Sassanians, a factor which benefited Viking traders sailing along the Volga trade route. However, the Vikings were already aware of Sassanian military technology, long before the advent of the Ulfbehrt sword. As noted by Peter Wilcox: “The resemblance between this [Sassanian] helmet…from the fully armored king carved into the rock at Taq-i-Bostan [Taghe Bostan] near Kermanshah ( in Iran) and those recovered from the Scandinavian graves at Vendel and Valsgarde in Sweden is remarkable ” [Wilcox, P. (1999). Parthians and Sasanid Persians. Osprey Publishing, p.47, Plate H1]. Evidently the Scandinavians and Northern Iranians have had cordial cultural relations since at least Sassanian times, but this topic has received scant academic attention. Studies have yet to be conducted on the relations between the northern Iranians and the Vikings, but it is clear that the interactions were constructive and cordial at the very least. In a sense, the geography of northern Iran would not have appeared all that different from Europe, as Iran is a highly diverse country with respect to geography, etc. 🇮🇷❤🇸🇪

[@timurdemirkan5272]

the Persians back then were part of the Ummayad and Abbasid Caliphates. There were no relations between Sassanid Persia and Scandinavia at the time.

[@Rose.Flower]

​@@timurdemirkan5272 𝐍𝐨, 𝟏. The Vikings in pre-Islamic times, like the Sassanids, had cordial cultural relations with the Persians. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 𝟐. Northern Iran was not part of the Arab empire, Iranian generals and kings, like "Farrukhan the Great" defeated the Arabs, he successfully defended his realm against the Umayyad Arabs, and the Arabs could never conquer northern Iran. Also, the Iranian people remained Persian during the Arab rule. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 𝟑. The Arabs ruled Iran for only 160 years, the Persian Samanid Empire was established in 819, and they drove the Arab rulers out of Iran. " The Samanid Empire is part of the Iranian Intermezzo, which saw the creation of a Persianate culture and identity that brought Iranian speech and traditions into the fold of the Islamic world...[9] The Samanids revived Persian language and culture. They considered themselves to be descendants of the Sasanian Empire.[11][10] In a famous edict, Samanid authorities declared that "here, in this region, the language is Persian, and the kings of this realm are Persian kings."[10] " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 𝟒. The Iranian Buyid dynasty (934-1062) conquered the Arab Empire and captured its capital. "As Daylamite Iranians, the Buyids consciously revived symbols and practices of Iran's Sasanian Empire.[7] Beginning with Imad al-Dawla, some of the Buyids rulers used the ancient Sasanian title of Shahanshah (شاهنشاه), literally "king of kings".[3] The Buyids had many inscriptions carved at the Achaemenid ruins of Persepolis...[8] The Buyid dynasty reached its zenith under Adud al-Dawla (r. 949-983), who is remembered for his open-mindedness and building projects such as the Band-e Amir near Shiraz.[9] Under him, the Buyid realm stretched from the Byzantine border in Syria in the west to the borders of Khorasan in the east.[10] "

[@Rose.Flower]

@A1ltino Thank you :)

[@timurdemirkan5272]

@@Rose.Flower first of all: posting no sources but non-sense from wikipedia secondly: y'all pretty much got your genes swiped away by turks and arabs. the only ones that didnt in iran are either Lurs, Kurds, Azeris or People living at the Caspian Sea.

[@Rose.Flower]

@@timurdemirkan5272 Cambridge : Frye, R. N. (1975). "The Sāmānids". In Frye, Richard N. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4: From the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. Also, all universities and books in the world are in Wikipedia. References in Wikipedia are academic sources. And if there are articles in Wikipedia that don't have references, or their sources are invalid sources, then they are not acceptable. "Invalid Source Attribution occurs when researchers reference either an incorrect or nonexistent source. Though this may be the result of sloppy research rather than intent to deceive, it can also be an attempt to increase the list of references and hide inadequate research." All the Wikipedia articles that I share have academic sources.

[@charlierichards5865]

It would be so cool if Geography Now remake some of the countries earlier in the alphabet to make them longer and more in depth like these later ones

[@benwhealler4278]

I don't expect him to do that.

[@lionheart1234]

Great idea!

[@ideitbawxproductions1880]

​@@benwhealler4278 neither do I, but it would be neat to see some extended versions of the older videos

[@AlexandreHorbach]

I’m expecting this for Brazil!

[@kur4325]

10:20 isn't the reason for moving Kiruna because they mined out the ground below it to the point where it's not strong enough to support the weight of a town safely?

[@victorm6430]

You're correct

[@orbitrons6731]

Yeah basically

[@joermnyc]

At least it’s not perpetually on fire for decades like that town in Pennsylvania. Seriously look up Centralia, PA. The coal mine and undiscovered coal seams under the town ignited in an accident and the whole town is uninhabitable and cut off from the roads around it to keep people away.

[@ooooljoooo]

True, but it's also because they want to continue to mine the ore. They could stop mining and save the town that way. Or no, if they stopped mining, the town would die since that is the biggest employer there, by FAR.

[@Zantrific]

Im swedish and thats true

[@thegrudien4692]

For Fan Friday: Sweden actually won the Eurovision twice in the last decade, Loreens "Euphoria" was a huge hit all over Europe. So their Pop music industry is even more huge than you could imagine from the music segment. They have probably the largest national music tv show in Europe called "Melodifestivalen", where even worldknown artists like Loreen compete alongside newcomers at the same show, which is pretty impressing.

[@Draktand01]

Also, the winner is Melodifestivalen gets sent as Sweden’s represenative in Eurovision.

[@frankie9298]

Sweden has also won 6 times, which makes it the country with the 2nd most wins in eurovision history

[@eclectic505]

I wouldn't say its the largest national music tv show. Melodifestivalen is big, but Italy's Sanremo is massive.

[@Gary_Harlow]

@@frankie9298 7 times, tied with Ireland

[@frankie9298]

@@Gary_Harlow nope, 6, look it up

[@resorband]

Speaking of old towns, they forgot to mention Nora and Vadstena. They are also well preserved medieval/rennaissance towns that are definitely worth visiting

[@cheatcharoninc172]

*"uh hey Noah's back"* *THE RETURN OF THE KING*

[@saulthechicanootaku]

No wonder he's been so absent. He had to check up on his kingdom

[@daghochi3861]

"And Iceland is basically one big volcano" - any Swedish person ever

[@daghochi3861]

@wanderer well, Greece is dope af, idk what made u think that way, coz as far as i can see, Sweden is considered one of the safest countries to live in Europe.

[@Tapio86]

@wanderer why do your keep reposting the same thing on random other responses? What is your agenda?

[@neptune.8108]

as a swede, i can very well confirm

[@Divig]

@wanderer I have never ever heard anyone use that acronym. Why do you make things up? What is your agenda? /swede

[@Annicaha]

@@Divig nope never. When I was a kid in the 80s, south Europeans were called ‘spagge ’. Don’t know why? Always though it had to do with spaghetti.

[@eclectic505]

Everytime he says Bothnia it sounds like he's saying Bosnia with a lisp

[@sohopedeco]

He's just saying Bosnia with the accent from Spain lol

[@maple494]

@Ir liz what about cerveza

[@F0UR3V3R]

@Ir liz what is a mys?

[@user-dl1bs6lm1g]

@Ir liz ¿Qué defines como s regular? El acento castellano es hipersibilante, los acentos de los países latinoamericanos son hiposibilantes. Las s no suenan igual. Para alguien que no hable español, el sonido th del inglés suena parecido a la s del castellano. Cuando un anglosajón aprende a hablar inglés con acento castellano imita ese sonido.

[@sohopedeco]

@Ir liz Chill out, dude. That's just a recurring joke.

[@GoatingVirtual]

Now I talk for a lot of Swedes when I say they forgot about “Fredagsmys”. Basically, on Fridays, we go to the store after work and buy snacks like crisps, popcorn, and chocolates with more. Then during the evenings, we sit around the living room to watch shows or movies. Gilla så den ser! 👍🏻

[@lukasgornitzka2911]

One thing that should’ve been mentioned with culturual traditions: The Gävle Goat! A goat made out of hay that gets raised in the town of Gävle during christmas. However, almost every year, it tends to get burnt to the ground, to the townspeople’s dismay.

[@Solve_Travel]

dismay is the wrong word. We want it to burn, as long as it doesn't burn the whole town up. Its just the government sayingits illegal. Most people want it to burn.

[@madcowpoke568]

It burning down is lowkey a tradition at this point lmao

[@TrocaTheNero]

@@Solve_Travel cringe

[@unclear6055]

@@jokuvaan5175 Glad to see that our wacky antics have reached you guys as well.

[@joelthorstensson2772]

@@Solve_Travel It's illegal for a reason, the people who build and pay for it doesn't want it to burn down.

[@issabelletje]

Denmark and Sweden hugging Norway before hugging each other is such a cute and accurate description of our nation's relationships with each other. XD

[@SkandiTV]

@wanderer Now try this again, but write it properly.

[@RamMohammadJosephKaur]

Isabelle i dont follow politics but what does it mean?

[@amikecoru]

@@RamMohammadJosephKaur historically speaking this description sounds very ironic: Denmark had parts of Sweden and most of Norway under its rule, then Norway was part of the "Sweden-Norway Union", probably Swedish dominated, etc. "Much drama", as Barbs describes it usually.

[@coolbeans8682]

Long time since you read some history, my girl? The Danes will forever be sworn enemies to their Lords, the Swedes.

[@Pottan23]

​@@RamMohammadJosephKaur Sweden - Denmark has "more beef" between them and both nations are more positive towards Norway. Norwegians definately like Danes more than Swedes tho.

[@Eggzid]

Finally after watching you for 4 years, you finally made a Sweden Geography Now!

[@Eggzid]

@wanderer you rlly think im gonna read all of that?😂

[@arawn1061]

@wanderer viking barbarity wtf haha

[@eat2909]

@wandererwe are not vikings lmao we are normal people.

[@eat2909]

@Moljo yes

[@TheSecondAlmightyPotato]

We are honored to be the final boss of Scandinavia 🇸🇪

[@leoastner888]

Äntligen är avsnittet publicerat. Jag har sedan första dagen väntat på en video om Sverige. Tack så mycket, Geography now.

[@bobbyggare8364]

jag med

[@hansolofsson6403]

Det är vi eniga om Lukashenko

[@kl1541]

Denna kanalen är makalös❤😍

[@danielkarbozov8026]

Det bra

[@gunnarhjalmarson8930]

Väntat överdrivit länge vi har förtjänat vårt avsnitt

[@edwardr1860]

Since I know about Vikings, Norse mythology Sweden is a dream to accomplish in life, not sure bc I come from a 3rd world country (Nicaragua) but some day I would like to visit all those majestic museums and runes stones in Svenska. Fun fact, Swedish cooperation helped to create the first school Atlas in Nicaragua back in the 90s and I got one ;) 🇸🇪 🇳🇮

[@dementati7326]

Sos muy bienvenido! Saludos desde Suecia!

[@v.santos7035]

It's hard to visit Sweden, they're too closed

[@hugojosefsson7208]

Hope you get to visit here one day! There are a lot of latin Americans living here, mostly from Chile. Bienvenidos a Suecia!

[@JonatanRonnlycke]

You're always welcome and we can show you around here in southern Sweden at least where I live (20 min with train from Copenhagen, Denmark if you're interested in another even cooler country).

[@Flaike]

All the best for you. Hope you can get there

[@albjonpineti7028]

In Albania we have something like that in April too when the weather changes drasticly day by day. We call it "Plakat e Prillit" or "The old women of april" Love from Albania

[@gameoflife9576]

Mos na e kujto vëlla.Aman se vdiqëm nga kjo kohë e çmendur.😂

[@gameoflife9576]

@Moljo not funny,most albanians have nothing to do and despise those few individuals but I guess that you wrote your comment just to get attention.

[@Tommasso_]

@Moljo lmao

[@balak1]

In Romania and Bulgaria it is the old woman of March (Baba Dochia/Baba Marta)

[@ilcommie4143]

@Moljo ok serb

[@yoonglebellz]

the scandinavian countries have a sibling relationship, we'll argue and insult and throw things at each other sometimes but there's love at the base of it all 😂💙

[@Yakozaball]

Much love to Sweden from Italy 🇮🇹♥️♥️🇸🇪 I'm very happy to see a great video like that about Sweden 🇸🇪🇮🇹🇸🇪🇮🇹🇸🇪🇮🇹

[@IronShovelProductions]

Sorry for putting banana on our pizza

[@TheTruth-be7xn]

Italy is 100 times better then Sweden.

[@crystalp7242]

One of the things about “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” that really stuck out to me was how much coffee all the characters drink throughout the novel. So it doesn’t surprise me that Sweden has a whole coffee culture.

[@luminoustarisma]

Swedes are insane, I wonder sometimes how much the coffee drinkers drink because though I may be from the minority tea drinkers, someone has to consume my extra cups, and Swedes drink coffee morning, noon, afternoon and evening, and more than one cup at that.

[@luminoustarisma]

@wanderer Wanderer, you are spamming the comments, please stop.

[@Adjuni]

@wanderer The "reip" statistics include all reported crimes, true or false, convicted or cleared, and the legal bit is extremely wide from exposure as the most "minor" to violent non-consensual acts on the opposite extreme.

[@henkebengke]

The author of that book drank a lot of coffe

[@crystalp7242]

@@henkebengke I would imagine so, he was Swedish! (His name, Stieg Larsson, is listed in the Swedish authors segment, but his last name is misspelled as “Lasson”.)

[@Alex_Gordon]

Scandinavia: Sweden, Norway, Denmark. Nordic countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Finland.

[@robinmangala3536]

Everyone forgets Faroe Islands 🇫🇴

[@maxxedit1539]

@@robinmangala3536 it’s not independent country

[@robinmangala3536]

@@maxxedit1539 I thought it was, I just googled it, I was wrong. Thanks for schooling me.

[@the.adventurers2015]

Meanwhile Estonia just keeps knocking on the door begging to get in

[@Fistfury42]

🚧🥺🚚-.🇪🇪.

[@p.andreacastillo208]

Ooh this video makes me want to come visit Sweden again. I’ve been a couple of times, for summer and winter and i definitely loved visiting Sweden, people were super kind and gentle, I have been in some places in the south ( Jönköping, Gotebourg, växjö, karlskrona as well as Stockholm ) and the moment I enter in Sweden I just felt in love with this country, it’s nature reminds me all those magical stories about faun in the forest . Thanks for the video, it was super interesting. !!!

[@edvinengleson7530]

I, from Skåne, wouldn't say that Stockholm, Göteborg and maybe Jönköping is in the south of Sweden. But that is me living in the south. If you would ask someobody from northern Sweden, they would probably say that I'm danish so...

[@zizougifu]

10:44 That chair is actually designed by the finnish Alvar Aalto, it’s called the Paimio chair, so there’s a small error

[@filipbengtsson5120]

Omg!! 😱 PANIC

[@MrSpritzmeister]

@@filipbengtsson5120 cultural appropriation, PANIC!!

[@terramater]

Back when we were filming in Sweden it was clear to see that the Scandinavian Wolf population is concentrated to the southern parts of Central Sweden, which means the counties of Västmanland, Örebro, Värmland, Dalarna and Gävleborg. There are rarely any Wolves in the Northern half of Sweden, nor in the very South. Most of Sweden’s Wolves live in densely forested areas with limited viewing conditions which makes it difficult to see them even if they would be close by. But hey, for most of the people hearing the Wolves howl is not only more likely, but perhaps more rewarding than seeing one, right? 🐺

[@emileriksson76]

Anecdote from Västmanland. I was walking my dog in the wintertime. It was pitch black outside so I was using a flashlight. We approach a treeline maybe 20 meters away and I see two HUGE eyes reflecting back. It almost looked like they were shining. Brrr. Lets just say I backed away quickly. The day after I checked the snow there and the paw-prints were enormous. That's the most scared I think I have ever been hehe. Lovely creatures when viewed from a safe distance though! They have a pack of wolfs in the Kolmården park if anyone visits Sweden and wants to see some.

[@asteroidminer1095]

@wanderer reips?

[@Pellefication]

Yes .... the wolves are few in Sweden. I would really like to see wolves "Live" in our forest. Lynx are almost three times as many as wolves in Sweden, yet almost impossible to see in the Swedish forests and it would be fantastic to see our Nordic big cat as well.

[@bjorndahlberg9182]

@@Pellefication i've seen both wolfs and Lynxs and i live in northern skåne

[@MMM18092]

@wanderer The development of Swedish crime rates are depressing indeed but the risk of you of becoming a victim of a crime is still low. Also, crime isn't the only health factor, traffic safety and access to ambulance and emergency care in case of illness or accident are more important.

[@mirurbin]

20:00 fun fact: the two pitches are only present in Sweden-Swedish. In Finland-Swedish, however, there is only one pitch. Another fun fact: Swedish was officially mentioned in the Finnish constitution as a national (official) language before Sweden.

[@jepjep8926]

There is 2 pitches in finland swedish also

[@jepjep8926]

We say banaan for banana and baanan for the track

[@mirurbin]

@@jepjep8926 in Finland-Swedish, the linguistic pitch is replaced by linguistic stress. That is that certain cyllables are emphasised more than the others. I.e., in Sweden, you express the difference between ”banan” (the track) and ”banan” (banana) with a tonal shift (banán = banana, bánan = the track), while as in Finland, you stress different cyllables (banaan = banana, baanan = the track). The pitch is also called ”accent” in Swedish. That is why Sweden-Swedish sounds more singsongy and Finland-Swedish more monotonous, the same way as the Finnish language is pronounced.

[@jepjep8926]

@@mirurbin ok then

[@mirurbin]

@@jepjep8926 glad to help :)

[@RobertClaeson]

Fotografiska (the photography museum) now also have a branch in London. "Lagom" is an old term from the viking age, a short form of "laget om" or "for the team". If there was something to eat or drink to be shared, each and everyone had their own piece and took just enough for it to be shared equally for each member of the team, at your own conscience.

[@cosmicprison9819]

So for paranoid Americans, you could translate lagom as “how to make socialism work, by avoiding the tragedy of commons” 😁…

[@SwedishDrunkard5963]

"laget om" souds a bit more like team around to me

[@tristanviellamare7977]

About 4-5 years ago KZbin insisted that I watch the episode of my second homecountry France. Since then I've waited, learned, gotten new reasons to add countries to my bucket list, gone through the other countries my ancestors came from and now finally reached my primary homecountry Sweden. The wait has been long, but so worth it. 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@Adde-hy7wx]

Ey im half swedish half french and living in sweden , tjenare :)

[@Adde-hy7wx]

@wanderer viking barbarity coded in our genes? Let me guess you are not very familiar with genetic science? 🙄

[@kapoioBCS]

@wandererYou are delusional and extremely biased, and all these numbers are false. Come to Sweden and see for yourself.

[@Hairysteed]

_"seven types of cookies"_ - Ah! Here in Finland we have a phrase "sen seitsemää sorttia" or "of seven sorts" meaning an abundance of choices (usually as being offered on the table for guests). I would imagine this comes from our western neighbors! 😃

[@ogbobo7691]

In Norway we have the «sju slag» meaning «seven sorts», so maybe it is a consept us nordic people share?

[@emileriksson76]

There is also the tradition of maidens putting seven kinds of wildflowers underneath their pillow on midsummer to dream of their future husband. Strange stuff hehe.

[@MadLark]

@@ogbobo7691 I know "Sønderjysk kaffebord" in Southern Jutland(Denmark) is suppose to have seven kinds of "soft" cakes and seven kinds of "hard" cakes (cookies) as a minimum. Seven is just an abundance I suppose?

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Seven is just a great number of things to have.

[@wininspn]

That reminds me of Armenian hospitality.

[@petroskotsomytis5016]

Don't forget: the Byzantine Emperor's personal guard were Scandinavians so it's normal to have Runes in Hagia Sofia.

[@vidstige7516]

Ruserna

[@mightyc3313]

@@vidstige7516 The Varangian Guard

[@borkwoof696]

Not really tho

[@norXmal]

@@vidstige7516 Kievanrus, which was mainly of Scandinavian inheritence, whom was pushed out by a Kievanrus named Rurik. Rurik was possibly Danish (Rorek of Dorestad) or Swedish/Norwegian, no clear evidence of which, he's a Slavic legend.

[@konsultarvode6527]

Thst's actually an incredibly accurate depiction of how swedish became the official language. That's literally how the discussion went

[@denniskronholm9179]

Swedish is however not an official language domestically. It’s only recognised as a main language. Swedish is only recognised as Sweden’s official language in the EU. Sweden has five official minority languages. These are the only official recognised languages domestically.

[@Halesnaxlors]

On Allemansrätten: You can roam on land owned by others (and ofc in national parks), with a few caveats. You're not allowed to disturb the owners, roam in view of their house, and a few other things, like exploiting natural resources and stuff. If you ever want to go out and explore, please note that people's farms are not considered part of the allemansrätt. Essentially; if it looks like random woods or fjäll, you're ok. If you can see someone's stuff, you might want to make sure you're on government property, and don't start a rave where you might be discovered. That's pretty much it.

[@missuma13]

As a Swiss, I’ve been waiting eagerly for this one because… WE'RE NEXT !

[@unclear6055]

People always confuse our countries lol. Always wanted to visit Switzerland sometime! Love from Sweden.

[@julien.s2002]

I've been waiting this for 5 years...

[@aldistoteles2919]

@@unclear6055 In Spanish: Sweden = Suecia Switzerland = Suiza

[@maaani4884]

bro same

[@schusterlehrling]

From one strictly neutral country with two cousins (Denmark & Norway) to the next strictly neutral country with two cousins (Germany and Austria).

[@mygetawayart]

a band i absolutely recommend from Sweden is Wintergatan. They haven't made new songs in a while, with the leader kinda going away to build his Marble Machine, but their album is amazing and every member is incredibly talented. I recommend the song Paradis.

[@300blackcats]

wow i did not know he made music i know of him through his machines on youtube

[@grebo8382]

Fun fact: Swedish is a really flexible language and can make up practicly any word to describe something. For example, we have this word "Nordvästersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten" wich is definetly possible to make even longer but is currently the longest unofficial word in swedish, consisting of 130 letters

[@Wulfzz]

Say the word "västkustskt" or "Irkutsktsk"

[@grebo8382]

@@Wulfzz I've never heard those words before. We have "västkust" but nothing like the second word

[@TalesOfWar]

You can see the Germanic influence of literally adding words together to form a super word haha. It's kind of interesting how this doesn't really exist in English despite it also being of Germanic origin. I guess the combination of many other languages especially the Romance languages have a big influence there.

[@grebo8382]

@@TalesOfWar yep. English is more romance than it is germanic. The only reason we still call it germanic is because it used to be completely germanic

[@cvspvr]

what does it mean?

[@shanicestella2226]

" How Much Metal Do You Need ?? " Keith : Yes and Lots of Them

[@eliashornwall8546]

I mean… metal is awesome

[@pojkesverige]

It has the seoond most metal bands per 100 000 persons in the world, so yeah its pretty big!

[@SandiskCruzer]

I was a bit bummed out that Keith didn't mention the fact that Sweden has it's very own metal subgenre: Swedish Death Metal, a.k.a. The Gothenburg Sound.

[@eliashornwall8546]

@@SandiskCruzer Yeah, I really the more melodic types of heavy music. Though they are technically Viking Metal, I really like Amon Amarth.

[@h.k.295]

@@SandiskCruzerSweden is top 2 in Metal after USA no doubt

[@johanlindgren9624]

Loved it! Thank you for letting me be a part of it 😃 couldn’t be happier 🇸🇪

[@lior6222]

I love the popularity of Mount and Blade: Warband's art, it's present in almost every video that includes information regarding Vikings and/or anything related to them. 4:40 for the time it's shown.

[@nessus5445]

Yoo a fellow mount and blade lover

[@nessus5445]

and a kaido pfp. insane W

[@fillezzo]

You don't say...

[@agustinc.368]

I love that game

[@lior6222]

@@nessus5445 Yessir!

[@ludvigafklercker7722]

Allemansrätten DOES NOT only apply to public land, it also applies to private land. However, people's private residences and backyards are excluded, as well as certain other things like military training areas, agro fields currently growing crops (This does not include grown forest intended for timber harvest, however, which are included in the allemansrätt) etc. There is plenty of privately owned land that Swedes are allowed access to via allemansrätten, which includes the right to spend the night unannounced as long as you do not make a mess and so on.

[@patricksmith3135]

This was the very best show you have put out in a long time, though, remember, all shows are great (to me). My compliments to you and your Swedish/American guests.

[@Tenahio]

19:43 Technically speaking, only the first word of that list (tomten) qualifies as a word where pitch accent changes the meaning. When you distinguish between banan (banana) and banan (the field), the stress changes syllable (just like project in English which is stressed on the last syllable when it's a verb), but in the word tomten, the stress is actually on the same syllable for both the Santa and land plot meanings, but you can still hear a difference. This makes Swedish a semi-tonal language, just like Japanese and Punjabi.

[@EnergyShotStudios]

Correct! Reacted on that too. The only accent that isn't semi tonal is the finnish swedish accent spoken on Åland etc...

[@Tenahio]

@@EnergyShotStudios Interesting, I never realised that the dialects of Finland lack pitch accent :O

[@iamjimgroth]

The best way to describe Sweden's connection to the neighbors is "brothers". We fight a bit but at the end of the day there is nobody closer. We really love our neighbors.

[@bergslands1640]

Unless they are danish

[@iamjimgroth]

@@bergslands1640 Including if they are Danish.

[@bergslands1640]

@@iamjimgroth no

[@iamjimgroth]

@@bergslands1640 i guess some of us show less brotherly love than others.

[@MrGunnar69]

@nossrep Yes, history does show that you are right.

[@ratmforthewin]

Quick disclaimer: The map at 02:15 is of the Nordic Countries, not Scandinavia (Scandinavia only consists of Norway, Sweden and Denmark). However, Barbs did use the correct terminology when he in the beginning of the video said that Sweden was the last Nordic Country to be covered on the show.

[@sharkfinn4]

You forgot our biggest export: the Skarsgård family.

[@Blue_Lugia]

Sluta...

[@oiimu6571]

The biggest export is Drain Gang

[@readmeup4402]

@@oiimu6571 Sweden's biggest export is PewDiePie

[@furbees2662]

@@oiimu6571 avloppsligan

[@gelasson]

Damn, Keith, you mentioning Pain of Salvation was such a pleasant surprise. And to top it all off with Beardfish... I'm a guy from Russia who studied Swedish in the university just because I wanted to penetrate the mystery of why are there so many great musicians. And visiting the long-awaited POS concert in Moscow in 2008 when they were my favourite band was one of the highlights of my life.

[@keitheverettshow]

Dude hopefully one day I will see Pain of Salvation in concert! They were suppose to tour with dream theater and opeth back in 2008 but canceled due to the political reasons. hopefully with the world opening up I will be able to see them this year!

[@rebeccamadsen4509]

Yaaay! Finally! Thank you so much for including me in the episode! Kinda starstruck to be honest ❤️ I'll be sticking with you guys all the way to the last country and further! Thanks again! And I hope the geograpeeps wanna visit Sweden! ❤️🇸🇪

[@karankapoor2701]

I've heard that sweden has been messed up in recent times , it is full of no go zones and Malmö is looking like a country from middle East

[@GeographyNow]

Thank you for participating in the episode! You did awesome

[@hannafiddler]

As a folk musician, I am so happy to see the nyckelharpa getting a mention!

[@divi.filius]

I’m a swede and I’ve been waiting for this so long... And of all the days it could be released, it managed to be my birthday!

[@markusthoreneyus8711]

666

[@RainDelay]

16:36 That The Room reference was so sweet...

[@moji8225]

As an Iraqi who grew up watching swedish shows, listening to swedish music and literally consuming their culture, I have to say I feel I'm more swedish than any other nationality. I even feel my personality is closer to them. However, I still wish I get the chance to visit Sweden one day. I'm trying... Thank you Sweden for trying so hard to hold the line being compassionate and yet patriotic.

[@moji8225]

@Moljo I totally feel that. There's no easy way to solve this issue.

[@albinjohnsson2511]

Just out of curiosity, how come you consumed so much Swedish culture?

[@AG-xc9yh]

Where are you from

[@798jeremy]

@Moljo Speaking about it, France does have this very same kind of struggle/dilemma too since something like 4 decades or so, at least and we still didn't see the end of this, whatever the final answer might be, eventually...because our politicians AND people just keep fighting each other all the time about it. No joking, like literally 24/7 everywhere at any occasion. EDIT : It's a shame, but this kind of problem is such a pain in the ass to solve democratically speaking it's just like a snake that keeps biting its own tail over and over...

[@VashdaCrash]

@@798jeremy It is troubling in Spain too, there's even extreme cases where like when Morroco tries to use immigrants as a threat to negotiate.

[@aidanwanta3209]

Going to Sweden this fall, super excited! Thanks Barbs!!

[@Tobbs96]

Sweden, Denmark, and Norway have that kind of relationship that siblings have, where we will constantly poke fun at each other, but get mad if anyone else pokes fun at them. Sweden: "Höhö Denmark has potato in mouth." Non-Scandinavian country: "Yeah, they're really weird." Sweden: "Don't talk about my Denmark like that" >:(

[@Tobbs96]

@wanderer That has nothing to do with what I wrote but ok.

[@CPHJose]

@wanderer Modern day Greeks have absolutely nothing to do with Ancient Greeks. Basically, you’re the same as. Turk. 😁

[@ooferdoofer7869]

@wanderer um ancient culture is not attributed to genes, ones grandkids doesnt become de faco barbarians because they werent the super advanced romans

[@mullemeck5929]

@wanderer R*pe statistics can be difficult to compare between countries. Different countries have different laws which will undoubtedly have an impact on statistics. Sweden has a very strict law against r*pe, the bar as to what considers as r*pe is quite low as the swedish law is based on consent. This means more acts are considered as r*pe. And I'm guessing Greece doesn't have the same consent based law against r*pe? Also, willingness to report r*pe to the police will affect statistics, and that willingness to report and trust in the police is very very high in Sweden. More acts counted as r*pe, plus high likelihood to report has importance when interpreting statistics. If conditions like these aren’t taken into consideration it can be really easy to misinterpret the statistical information, as I’m guessing you have. So maybe you should learn how to actually read statistics before you make assumptions. And regarding the m*rders, as long as you’re not involved in organised crime you’re good. It’s mostly just gang violence. Dumbing it down to Viking heritage and DNA is just plain stupid. By that logic your "superior" greek DNA probably isn't very superior in economics… So maybe you should develop your own country and stop bragging about ancient merits.

[@SetuwoKecik]

Kinda reminds me of English-French relationship.

[@jsjsjsjs818]

I am actually impressed by barby's "ö" pronounciation. The rest though hehe

[@coconatsu9079]

wait your name reminds me of finnish xd

[@emilstnt3495]

yeah its strange that he got the ö sound correct and then failed to pronounce everything that wasnt ö

[@Adjuni]

How he said Malmö was pitch perfect on the little snide way some Scanians deride the city. XD

[@Alex_Gordon]

yeah the way he pronounced Malmö was great

[@Hairysteed]

English: "Island" Italy: "Isola" Spanish: "Isla" French: "Ile" German: "Insel" Swedish: *picture of a cat vomiting*

[@stephenscribbles]

I was so happy when Keith mentioned Sabaton! I was waiting patiently for the crew to pop up on screen. I was starting to get disappointed as he was finishing up thinking he wouldn't mention them, but now my day is made

[@starksvensk]

As a swede, I am quite happy with your pronunciation. Everything was pronounced very well! Thank god for smart Americans.

[@schnakenburg1993]

Glad you brought back Noah, Barbs and the team. I liked how you addressed the constituent realms and unincorporated territories. Have you considered doing a supplement once this show runs its course to cover places like Åland, Puerto Rico, and the Faroes which are technically part of sovereign countries but have extensive autonomy and local identity?

[@BunnEFartz]

Spent two years playing hockey in Örnsköldsvik and loved Sweden. If I ever got kicked out of Canada I would move to Sweden.

[@Pomzy]

Tbh as a swede, Canada is my favourite country in the world, would be awesome with some more Canadians visiting

[@orresnygg]

Yeah Öviks cool, missed out about höga kusten and such.

[@Atamv]

Meh, dont settle here. Its turning into a hell hole.

[@Fistfury42]

Which team? Modo?! 🤔🤯

[@BunnEFartz]

@@Fistfury42 Yes, and I still haven't forgotten how cold it was.

[@yaboiyoshio8622]

This episode was amazing! I learned a lot about my country of origin Also that Danish potato talk gag is hilarious

[@bruh16204]

Frågade inte

[@yaboiyoshio8622]

@@bruh16204 :'(

[@andens1]

Country of origin? Bor du i Sverige eller har du bott i Sverige tidigare, hur du ordade det gjorde mig lite nyfiken bara.

[@yaboiyoshio8622]

@@andens1 Jag bor i Australien. Min svenska är inte bra men jag lär mig det med Duolingo

[@andens1]

@@yaboiyoshio8622 Nice, keep at it man. You're doing great! Much love from Sweden

[@Blueniter]

My experience as Swede Swedes are cold in the beginning but when you get through their defensive attitude they will become warm welcoming. Jante Lagen are similar to The Tallest Poppy If you're new to Swedish be careful how you pronounce the words with the pitch because we got a lot of words with the same letters.

[@Blueniter]

@@danieljackson4511 Depends also where in Sweden you meet them. Swedes outside the country usually are less political correct and more open.

[@starandswords]

My great grandma was from Gothenburg, but my ancestors lived from the far north to the south. I hope to visit my ancestral roots in the next couple years.

[@BorisEdiacarov-ui8sk]

"Switzerland is coming up next" From one neutral nation to another

[@jonaramire]

Yeaaah ! My country !!

[@kingmarre9130]

We are like only neutral on paper

[@m.dthedemon4076]

🇸🇪🇨🇭

[@testcardsandmore1231]

What? Wait, those are two different nations? When I tell people abroad that I'm Swedish: "Yeah, you make great watches. I would love to go skiing in the alps. Zurich is such a nice city".

[@gecsg4]

Well, won’t be a long episode. : “best place ever” , *whistling the song in the end*

[@sumo88]

Someone probably highlighted this already, but Scandinavia is only Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Fennoscandia includes Finland and parts of Russia. To include Iceland and the off shore islands, it's called the Nordic countries.

[@astridkjellberg]

thia is like england - great britain - united kingdom lol

[@Rakonax]

geographically it includes parts of finland, but none of denmark

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

And Nordic countries are: Finland 🇫🇮Sweden🇸🇪 Norway 🇸🇯 Denmark 🇩🇰 and Iceland 🇮🇸 They are all members of Nordic council.

[@huldanoren951]

As a swede, I say awesome video as always! But I'm really disappointed you didn't talk about the landskap (landscapes or "provinces"), as those are the main cultural divisions of Sweden and more commonly used than the boring län. It's also a bit disappointing that you didn't mention Skansen (museum about old rural Sweden and zoo with a lot of native animals), our other very weird and unique christmas traditions (Lucia, advent, julkalender), our strange history of children's entertainment, and of course our scientists! But overall, great video!

[@Saturinus]

I agree on the provinces (landskap). People associate themselves with their landskap rather than their län.

[@JoeMama-zi9be]

My trip to Sweden was the best time of my life Love from japan 🇯🇵

[@mimimurlough]

Gotta say the same thing about my trip to Japan! Lots of love from Sweden

[@Bestbeachesincalifornia]

tack love you joe mama

[@JoeMama-zi9be]

@@mimimurlough 🇸🇪 ♥️ 🇯🇵

[@JoeMama-zi9be]

@@Bestbeachesincalifornia love you too

[@dahdanieldudehqshorts7441]

What anime character are u?

[@Snoflakes_1]

I love Sweden! The healthcare system, the living standard, the EDM music, the stores... Much love from the Netherlands

[@gonnaga9302]

@Moljo Failed is overkill. It's failed compared to how it was in the 80-90's (compared to the world at the time). You know as well as me that the taxes doesn't primarily go to the healthcare system ;) :'(

[@7katter]

@Ik ben je bruidegom it isnt

[@MasterGeekMX]

As a mexican "sweeb" (swedish weeb) not only I got tons of inside jokes, I enjoyed every minute of the video. I just missed a little nod to Minecraft, which was developed by swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson. Anyway, massor av kärlek och hälsningar från Mexiko 🇸🇪 🇲🇽

[@zenox1792]

i am sorry for you

[@debrickashaw9387]

@BBC Hitler was from Austria, or rather the Austria-hungarian empire

[@debrickashaw9387]

@BBC Inane

[@swedfilms]

@BBC I'm guessing you are american?

[@MrLeemurman]

Now that you mention Notch, they skipped the entire notable people section.

[@axslashel]

3:48 I can assure you that we do prefer that you actually use "Gothenburg" for the city. I live there and always use it when speaking english.

[@FKSPARTO]

I loved Sweden when i went there in 2019 and i still cant stop thinking about it.

[@bearofthunder]

"Allemannsretten" in Norway does NOT mean only public lands. Many people own land that is not farmed, and if it is not farmland in active use you can go there, pick berries or shrooms or whatever, camp and such, without asking the owners. You can't fell trees though, or make any other permanent marks on the landscape.

[@MollyViola]

Same in Sweden dont know what sources they used to make this video smh

[@mtdnspirit]

We used to have "Allemandsretten" in Denmark too, but it was removed many many years ago. Now we have a limited version where you can walk and to some extent camp in state-owned forests, and traverse some private forests but with many restrictions

[@bearofthunder]

@@mtdnspirit Ok, good to know. Wouldn't want to get in trouble in Denmark :)

[@Dragontrumpetare]

It rules are the same they just said it a little wrong.

[@KidsAdventuresinAfrica]

Love from Johannesburg! Visited Sweden 15 years ago while I was living in Denmark, This brought back fun memories!

[@TalesOfWar]

From my time there, Swedes LOVE their sweets/candy. So many dedicated candy stores. They love putting liquorice into everything too. Also I like how Marcus was in an Ikea Markus chair. If that was an intentional joke, bravo! Otherwise, nice coincidence haha!