HERE are 40 Things I Learned about Sweden | Turning 40 | Life in Sweden

[@LivingSwedish]

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[@niklasmolen4753]

Getting housing and renting as you mentioned, only applies in the 3 or 5 biggest cities. If you live in a medium-sized city 50-150 thousand, you can get housing immediately, maybe even in the center. There are empty apartments in almost every house.

[@christopherx7428]

About the winters: I had a Romanian guy starting at work and in September he was like: "Why are Swedes so obsessed with the sun? I don't get it." In April he was: "OK, now I have lived through a winter here. NOW I totally get it!" 🙂 The midnight sun is only a thing in the far north but even as far south as Stockholm, it never gets fully dark around the summer solstice. The phenomenon is know as the "white nights" in Sweden. Congratulations on your big day today!

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@mikaelkarlsson635]

Grattis på din stora dag imorgon! 🍰🎁🎉

[@LivingSwedish]

Tack så mycket! 😊

[@goranwikstrom9544]

Stort GRATTIS på din 40-årsdag (en dag i förväg 😁). Hurra! Hurra! ……🍾🥂💐🇸🇪

[@LivingSwedish]

Tack så mycket!! 🥰 ☺️

[@dileepkumar-kn9tj]

happy birthday 🎉🎉

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank uuuuuu! 🥰

[@Gelis8]

A big congratulations on your birthday, Ett stort grattis på din födelsedag

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@JamesAmi-k2p]

Happy Birthday! Love your videos, I have learned so much about Sweden from you. I like it!

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@MarcusJackson-i6d]

Happy Belated Birthday! thank you for the video.

[@tomeng9041]

Grattis på din stora dag Uli. Nu ser vi till att det blir minst 40 år till 😄 skål Tom 🍺🍾🎂🍹

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you so much! Can't wait to explore the next 40 years 🥳

[@rasmuswi]

Grattis!

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks a lot! 🥰

[@HolimBeat]

Alles Gute und vielen Dank für deinen hilfreichen Input 👍

[@LivingSwedish]

Dankeschön! 😊

[@Nemo-se]

You nailed it 👏Also, the picture of you with the newborn, made me tear up, so beautiful

[@Nemo-se]

And belated happy bday, welcome to the middle ages 😁

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you! 🥰

[@JohnPaul-158]

Thanks so much for your insight over there! A also ♫♫ HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY...♫♫ I hope you are having a great day!

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@JohnPaul-158]

@@LivingSwedish 😍😍

[@katherineremes4053]

Great video!! It’s always fun to hear about the Swedes and their culture. It’s so different, in a good way, than in the US. Also. I wish you a very happy birthday!!🎉🎂

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@jojje3000-1]

Happy Birthday 🥂 and congrat to your pronounciation of ”Hej då” it is perfect Stockholmish

[@LivingSwedish]

Yessss 💪 Thank you! 😊

[@jadedlotuz5095]

Its funny you notised the pandemic meme. But for more referance. The waiting for a buss like a swede is an old classic and true, but during the pandemic (or late pandemic) the meme was changed into something like "Oh, we need to stand 2 meters appart from each other, cant wait for the pandemic too go over, so we can go back to stand at least 3 meters apart from each other!" ;) Anyhow, Happy Birthday. Cheers.

[@LivingSwedish]

Hahaha that's even funnier 🤣 Thank you!

[@Cloudberry84]

I dont get why everyone says we love qeueing😅 Who the hell loves that? It is just a more efficient/respectful way of waiting for your turn. Its not like we want to 😅

[@E-jit]

Happy birthday! 🥳

[@LivingSwedish]

Thanks a lot! 🥰

[@Graaskaegg]

Happy birthday! 🎉🎂🍾

[@LivingSwedish]

Aww, thank you! 🥰

[@gunnarlundstroem4722]

Happy Birthday 🎉

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank uuuu! 😊

[@texnoti]

HBD!

[@LivingSwedish]

Ta 😊

[@jadu79]

Grattis på 40års dagen valborg / sista April firas mer än 13 december och att vi gillar att köa är fel men vi är vana med att det är köer överallt

[@LivingSwedish]

Tack så mycket! 😊

[@_Wolfsbane_]

Oh look at that, a little baby - 20 years younger than me ... Gratz!

[@LivingSwedish]

😅 🥳 🥰

[@zpitzer]

Grats, 40, I'm 63

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you! I'm sure 60s is also a super interesting decade 😊

[@andersgranstrom7128]

Kom ihåg att 40, is the new 30! 😉Stort GRATTIS i förskott!! 🥂🍾🍰🎷🎁

[@LivingSwedish]

Jag har inte gråtit när jag fyller 40 som när jag har gråtit när jag fyller 30 hahaha Det är en bra början!

[@andersgranstrom7128]

@@LivingSwedish Det är det sannerligen! 🙂40 är respect, livserfarenhet och glädje! Njut!!! 😉

[@Wintermist-SWE]

Now that I'm 50 I'm like "40! You lucky bastard!"

[@LivingSwedish]

😬🥳

[@ChristofferOrrmalmUtsi]

Uhm trusting might be generally for country but there are still exceptions to this rule. Be extra cautious in Malmö, Göteborg or close to a wideopen boarder.

[@LivingSwedish]

Yes, I would be still careful 😅 But if everyone would be trusting like the Swedes it would be all good 🙏

[@ingvartorma9789]

You say that there is no harakiri in the workplace. I can proudly tell you that in 1983 when I started my first job at the hospital, I was at the bottom of the hierarchy. One day I wanted to ask the doctor something and I went straight up to the doctor and addressed him, then the nurse wanted to reprimand me on how to act. I answered her: I completely screw up the ranking, but I talk directly to whoever I want to talk to. I don't know if I was the first in Sweden to break the harakiri, but I was then the first at my workplace in my city Kiruna. My action quickly spread like wildfire among the employees, after that day harakiri disappeared at my workplace and I was nicknamed "The Golden Dumpling" because I broke down this harakiri barrier. Since this about Swedes not Swedes like small talk, I'm damn sorry for this lie. Because it basically only applies in Stockholm and it's precisely because they think they're better than everyone else, Stockholmers behave like they're at the top of harakiri and don't like being disturbed. Because the higher up in Sweden, the more people like small talk. Often when I stand in line to wait for the bus, the train or another line. so you always start making small talk with someone who is also in the queue, even if you don't know the person. Even when I go by bus from my city Kiruna and go down to Gällivare hospital for treatment, you start chatting with others and see and hear others chatting. So if you're going to mention if this small talk isn't liked, then say that Stockholmers don't like small talk. Because we up in Norrland get offended when we hear from various KZbinrs who talk about Sweden and don't like small talk, because as I said it applies in southern Sweden and in particular Stockholm. There is one TV series on SVT called drömmen om Norrland, where a couple first moved to Skåne when they moved to Sweden. Then they were asked why then you moved up to Norrland? Where on the couple answered: Northerners are nicer and easier to talk to.

[@christopherx7428]

I see that autocorrect is alive and kicking! 🙂

[@zejo65]

There are lots and lots of videos about foreign people living in or visiting Sweden telling you about what surprises or even "shock" them about life here. Most of them contain hilarious misunderstandings and generalizations. Your's however seems very spot on for the most part. The thing a found a little strange is when you talked about taxes. For the vast majority of people, the taxing system is super easy and hardly require any effort at all from the tax payer.

[@carlawiberg6282]

But Swedish school kids don't normally wear uniforms! ESPECIALLY not with silly details like neckties. Where did you find that footage?

[@christopherx7428]

Plenty of stock footage, to avoid it just being her talking in a video I presume. The early reference to vacation time shows a background that is not in Sweden.

[@rolandgustafsson5655]

Hi🙂I'm Swedish😇 I was laughing😂 at the picture showing people at the bus stop standing in a long line😅I have never seen that myself thogh traveling with busses now and then🤔However it's true that swedes don't want to sit on each other's shoulders 😐at the bus stop🤨

[@tyjay6885]

cougar now!

[@stiglarsson8405]

Thank you for explaining.. all things you say is normal for me! Its kinda this.. Sweden is set up to work for people that is born and raised in Sweden!

[@LivingSwedish]

🙏

[@susannenymanback]

I remember after C19 we joked about that we now could go back to normal. Meaning further distance from others 😂😂😂

[@LivingSwedish]

Hahaha I love that! 😂

[@Kevin-zz9nc]

Gratis in other languages means free...

[@LivingSwedish]

Yes! 😅

[@martennyman6624]

40 ❤🎈❤🎈🎈🎈

[@LivingSwedish]

🥰

[@BerishStarr]

Julmust almost have the same ingredients as a beer. Compare the two sometime 😅 Happy 40th 🥳

[@LivingSwedish]

I'll have a look 😊 Thank you!

[@martinlomsater9660]

Congrats if I would have had a guess I would have said like 32 💐💐

[@Kevin-zz9nc]

You're FINE at 40!!!!

[@LivingSwedish]

🙏

[@eje59]

Jag tänker om jämföra olika länders +/- är fel. Vilka personer byter land? Och flyttar från släck,och familj😢? Måste vara något väldigt trasigt i barndomen 😢.

[@LivingSwedish]

That’s an interesting perspective! For me, it’s all about curiosity-I love exploring the world, experiencing different cultures, and meeting new people. Thankfully, with today’s technology and travel, family is just a few hours away ✈️

[@owindustry]

you look 20 not 40.

[@LivingSwedish]

That's the best birthday present ever, thank you!! 🥰

[@alekxandar]

Happy Birthday 😊🥳

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you! 😊

[@viggenras1]

happy birthday!

[@LivingSwedish]

Thank you! 😊