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[@mikaelkarlsson635]

Great to hear different experiences from so many part of the world. They are all, good and bad, very interesting to hear and see. Thank you.

[@JaneG]

Thank you for watching! There will be more, for sure :)

[@michaelmay5453]

I just got an Ukrainian neighbour and these are some of the nicest people I've ever met. I would say there isn't a really big difference except that they are kinder and more expressive. They invited me for their daughters birthday this Sunday and asked my daughter to find out what she likes so I can bring a proper present for her.

[@JaneG]

That is so sweet! I don't really know if more kinder, but definitely more expressive than Swedes :). I'm actually going to Ukraine for a week, to visit my mum and my grandparents. Haven't been to Ukraine for over 3 years, it feels almost weird but exciting at the same time! So, there'll be a video about it, for sure!

[@michaelmay5453]

@@JaneG You tell them that we said "Slava Ukraini" and I'll be watching that video. :)

[@akeke1]

Cool to watch! I think the "reserved" manner of many Swedes is because we value privacy and also respect others privacy. It can explain the difference in waiters behavior in restaurant in US and Sweden 36 % of household in Sweden are single-living people (doesnt mean they don't could have a partner). In Europe 27%. I think that young swedes leave home earliar than other countries. And elderly people live by themselves at home in a higher degree an other countries. Elderly people seldom lives with their children / grandchildren. In Asia, Africa and Latin America its less then 15% that live by themselves Useful phrases for you that are new in Sweden: Sambo = Living together (Actually in swedish law equals married) Särbo = Partners but not living together Mambo = Still living with Mum and Dad Delsbo = Living together now and then

[@JaneG]

Thanks for watching! There will be more of this kind of videos!

[@-Nicolas-]

Hola Jane, ¿cómo estás? Encontré tu canal después de conocerte gracias a Caro y ya estoy suscripto. Espero ver todos tus videos lo más rápido posible, porque me parecen muy interesantes!!! Te deseo lo mejor en tu aventura y te dejo un abrazo desde Argentina. Saludos!!!

[@JaneG]

Hola Nicolas!! Estoy bien, gracias! Espero que tú también! Gracias por suscribirte! Ya subo más videos pronto!! Saludos desde Estocolmo (Suecia)!

[@-Nicolas-]

@@JaneG Muchas gracias por tu respuesta. Saludos!!!

[@ResonatingSweden]

Hej. I moved to Sweden 5 months ago. If you need people for part 3 of this kind of video, I might be able to help you! Greetings from the North 🌲🦌

[@JaneG]

Hi! How cool that you moved to the North! Where did you move? I have recently been to the North of Sweden: Lule, Kiruna, Gällivare, Abisko. I just followed you on Instagram and I would want you to be on my upcoming videos, for sure! :)

[@ResonatingSweden]

@@JaneG Hej, this is my youtube channel also. I moved in the High Coast of Sweden near Sollefteå. Let me know if you are coming in this area at some point and we can make some collabs. I can show you around. 🌲🦌🔥

[@JaneG]

@@ResonatingSweden Aww how cool! I've been to the HIgh Coas and Hemsön island. Have never been to Sollefteå but I know which city is that. I absolutely love it up there in Sweden!

[@akeke1]

If you can find the movie The Swedish Theory of Love (2015) it explains a lot

[@JaneG]

Thanks for recommending this movie! I think it is not the first time someone recommends it!

[@perandersson548]

😁👍

[@markuserikssen]

11:20 Swedes say what they think? Maybe if it's positive, yeah. But if it's criticism or something negative, they rather don't say it. They talk around it, or avoid it. I had this discussion with quite a few Swedes and they all agree. As someone from The Netherlands, I always felt like Swedes didn't say what they really think. Dutchies are much more straight forward without sugarcoating things.

[@JaneG]

I believe I agree here with you. When it is something positive, then yes, people are honest and open. But when something negative needs to be shared, they would avoid it. I feel like I am generalizing. I am sure there are 100% honest people no matter what, but I believe Swedes don't like conflicts or try to avoid anything that is negative or, at least, to tell you that to your face.

[@odyibuzo8210]

Hello Am Chris from Nigeria I will need your advice please Me and my wife are currently working on relocating to Europe this year and Finland or Sweden has been on our mind ( list) Which of these two countries will you advise someone to move to I will be waiting for your response please Thanks and remain safe

[@chronic2023]

The Swedish language is probably easier for an English speaker, even if English is your second language, but you need to have a skill if you want to immigrate.

[@Peo_Sahlin]

Please, don't come. We don't need more immigrants from Africa or Middle East.

[@ingvartorma9789]

This video was very interesting to hear how others think of Sweden when they moved here. I reacted especially to a woman who was from the USA and had moved to Sweden, she found it difficult to talk to people and make friends. I am Swedish and was born and raised at the top of Sweden in a city called Kiruna. Those of you who have thought about moving to Sweden and want to be able to make friends and be able to talk to Swedes. So I have strong advice for you: DO NOT MOVE TO STOCKHOLM. Stockholmers are the worst people in Sweden, they are self-absorbed, they don't want to talk to people, nor get to know new people. I understand those who moved from another country to Sweden and chose Stockholm to live in, you mention exactly this with talking and getting to know people. Even I, as a Swede and have been to Stockholm several times, have also not gotten to know people apart from my relatives in Stockholm. It hasn't even helped that you have visited discotheques and tried to propose to a woman but it doesn't work, they dance with their friends. We Swedes from Norrbotten and Lapland, when you have decided to move south, none of us choose Stockholm, but if we want to live in a bigger city, we choose Gothenburg. Although most of us choose smaller cities and then after the west coast and Skåne. This is because it is easier to make friends here, nicer people and more talkative. ATTENTION! If you want to be alone, have no friends, no one to talk to, you simply want to be invisible and alone, then you should choose Stockholm. BUT do you want to have friends, talk to people and feel good. Do NOT select Stockholm. Even the employment agency in other parts of Sweden told everyone who wanted to move to another city, so all the employment agencies said: DO NOT move to Stockholm if you want to make friends and feel good.

[@JaneG]

What an insightful comment! What a sharp oppinion of yours! I have recently been to Lapland and Norrbotten in general, and I absolutely love it (it is not the first time I visit the very North of Sweden). It is not the first time I hear such an oppinion about Stockholm and Stockholmers which does not surprise me really. People seem to be pretty self-centered and career driven, and it is definitely hard to make friends. The thing is, people can get to know you and be nice to you, but that's all. That connection does not go any further. And there's lack of spontaneity. Would be nice to live somewhere else in Sweden, for a couple of month and see how that goes :).

[@ingvartorma9789]

@@JaneG Jane. I know you've been up here in the mountains of Lapland. When I told you that I live in Kiruna and the mountains, my workplace was as a soldier in the then Lapland Ranger Regiment. Which is now called the Lapland Ranger Group. All military training takes place both summer and winter up in the mountains and you climb Kebnekaise 2 times, once in the summer and once in the winter. I have been following you since you uploaded your first video and I said I will follow and support you. The way Stockholamre is is nothing new, it was already in the 70s and is still like that today.. I have family and had grandfather and grandmother there, as my mother is from the south in Stockholm. She moved from there early and in 1958 she moved to Kiruna, she has said several times that she has enjoyed herself the best in Kiruna and never liked Stockholm. have some friends who tried to move to Stockholm in the 80s but they couldn't stand the people and the loneliness there. As I wrote, nobody from up here moves to Stockholm. In our local news, we interviewed people who moved to different cities/in Norrbotten from other countries, such as Germany, Australia, South Africa and now most recently 2 large families who moved from India to Boden in 2022. All of them have in common that they are enjoying themselves, easy to make friends, love nature, that they can fish and drink there clean water directly from the river. All of them have applied for a job before they moved up here and got a job. Thousands of workers are needed here up to Norrbotten but also Väösterbotten. I promise you that if you and your husband try to move up here, you won't want to move back to Stockholm. As you have seen when you were up here how breezy it was. You seem to enjoy being out in nature and the mountain world, then you should move up in Sweden. Imagine you fish for the fish yourself and there is no fresher fish, then in the fall you can pick lingonberries, blueberries and the gold of the forest up here in the cloudberry. (The hornbeam is called the gold of the forest, is because it is the most expensive b'are to buy in a store or if you pick and sell to fine restaurants in Stockholm, you get paid very well. What you should consider about the difference between Stockholm and smaller municipalities in Norrland, is what you have to pay for a 1a in Stockholm inner city, then you get a whole house with land. I have read several times about how Stockholmers sold apartments and bought a whole house up in Norrland for that money. ​Mer information Skicka feedback

[@JaneG]

@@ingvartorma9789 I thought of you now when I was in Kiruna last week (thought would be nice to visit you some time!) Kiruna is under construction, and its surroundings. It surprised me a lot! I saw some destroyed forests and trees around which was not really nice to see! And yes, I love Lapland so much, I have a huge interests in the Sami culture, its people, etc, it is so extremelly fascinating to me. There is some very special and unique energy up there in Norrbotten, hard to explain. I have no doubt people enjoy the Northern part of Sweden!

[@JaneG]

@@ingvartorma9789 Also, I learn so so so much about Sweden, from some of your insightful comments! Thanks for dedicating some time to comment and teach us foreigners!

[@ingvartorma9789]

@@JaneG Jane, if I can help teach others about Sweden, I will. The mistake that many who want to move to Sweden make, they choose Stockholm and it doesn't work out at all and they are disappointed. This is how they spread the wrong image on KZbin about what we Swedes are like, and it's a completely wrong image, but it's only in Stockholm that it's like that.

[@guacanememoya2045]

3:49 Angelina, If you were my new next door neighbor I would be enchanted to take your for a city tour and do all the talking you want with a hot tea for those cold winters 😍 Those Swedes can be stylish and pretty but it seems there's much to be desired on the inside.....introvert, bland and boring

[@ankiyoutube660]

Love you.can you love me

[@annicaesplund6613]

Expats? Immigrants.

[@guacanememoya2045]

Like those doctors , professors and engineers from Somalia, Argelia, Syria and so on right? 🤡