Reaction To Living with the Dark Winters in Sweden

[@LoneWolf731000]

FinnSwede here, It's just a simpel lesson of life and there's lot more to learn.

[@matseklundh8241]

Remember that Sweden is roughly 2100km from north to south so we have many climate zones. The winter darkness is tough in Stockholm but furthest north it’s extreme. In the summer when the sun doesn’t set you can go skiing in the midnight sun. To put things in perspective, If you flip Sweden upside down you end up in south of Italy. Then you can imagine the scale of Sweden. Where I live now in Bali, close to the equator, there is no seasonal change other than rainy/non rainy season and I miss the seasonal changes we have in Sweden.

[@aniieesteiner]

Jonna lives, as far as i know, in a municipality in Sweden called Örnsökdsvik(s kommun/municipality). It is on the 63rd parallel, which is about south of Iceland or north of the Faraoes. The municipality as a whole is home to roughly 55 000 people. The main town, Örnsköldsvik, is home to roughly 33 000 people. Today, 17th October, the sun rose at 7:40 and will set at 17:55 where she is. I don't know where in Scotland you're from, but I lived in Glasgow for two months about a million years ago, and there the sun rose at 7:51 today and will set at 18:12. To get one more point of comparison, my father's mother was from further north. A little village called Nikkaloukta. It's a tiny place west of the town Kiruna, with less than 100 people living there (Kiruna town has about 17 000 inhabitants). There, the sun rose today at 7:52 and will set at 17:04. Now everyone will thing "But Aniiee, that's not a big difference at all! What's the fuss?" The fuss is December. On the 17th of December, the sun in Glasgow: 8:42-15:43, Örnsköldsvik: 9:22-13:59, Nikkaloukta: NONE! Polar Night. Fun to see you among all the people learning about Sweden! Looking forward to more.

[@actionalex3611]

Laughed a little when he said. "How is it up there, is there any jobs, is there any sort of commerce". - North of Sweden is in the big picture scarcely populated, yet highly developed and quite settled. lol

[@soderlund3610]

Same town as Peter Forsberg

[@zpitzer]

I live in Luleå far more north than her, It's a city with light pollution, so it's not like the further north you go the smaller the towns get.

[@roxyhart5692]

I actually am from and still live in the very far north of Sweden and the video you're watching just feels so homey to me ❤ Edit: As I got further into your video I saw the part about ice baths! And yes, they're absolutely invigorating. It's a sincere outer body shock but you feel... Renewed afterwards. A strange, intense but amazing feeling.

[@juliarust4909]

I come from a town that many would say is the southernmost part of the North of Sweden and spent most of my summers and midwinters further north as a child, I moved further south to study a few years ago. I miss the summer nights where you could be out all night when the darkest it could be was like the beginning of a sunset before the sun would rise again. I never experienced the true midnight sun but very close. I miss being able to see the stars on a clear winter afternoon/night and seeing the northern lights. It is so breathtakingly beautiful. In a way, I miss the darkness too, even though I know I couldn't handle weeks without seeing the sun, but it becomes so special with the darkness. It feels different in a way I find hard to put into words. I know I'll someday probably move up north again since I miss it a lot!

[@macjonte]

Was at a festival in kiruna some years back in the middle of June. The sun was like a magic spotlight straight onto the stage where The Sounds played an epic concert. Great memories.

[@SuperBenkoo]

I could think of moving there if I was younger, but I´m 78 now so I´ll stay here the rest of my time...I live in Stockholm now.

[@P0intL3ader75]

I actually moved with my wife from Stockholm, which by the way is already about 6 plus hours of drive from south of Sweden. Now I love yet some more 4 plus hours north of Stockholm which is just above the middle of Sweden as its whole. This location is yet some 2-3 plus hours north of me by car and to drive from the very southern tip to the most north part takes roughly close to 24 plus hours to drive give or take and that's without brakes included. Even where I live I have cows looking out my window and farm lands all over the place and no "highway" nearby for at least an hours of drive away and I wouldn't trade it for anything either, I love it!

[@agirlnamedsaskia]

I have followed Jonna for quite a while now. She is such a genuine, talented and just extraordinary person! Every time she posts a video it feels like a gift. I would move to an area like this in Sweden any day. It may sound funny coming from a Canadian as we have similar landscapes here, but there’s something about Swedish culture and lifestyle that just makes more sense to me 💙💛

[@MrZeuz666]

It seems like a vast majority of Canadians gravitate south, and I don't just mean the fact that they all live in the south of the country. But like, the Canadian majority culture looks towards the US (as most of the world does) and forgets about their massive expanse of land to the north with the Inuits etc. In the nordics there is more acceptance of where we really live, and somewhat of an appreciation for our very clear four seasons. While most humans know about "four seasons" or the concept of seasons changing across the year. Quite few places have the CLEAR spring-summer-autumn-winter divide that we do. You might've meant other political or cultural factors but I just wanted to focus on nature, as in the video.

[@agirlnamedsaskia]

@@MrZeuz666 I think you are right about Canadians for the most part. There’s a substantial intermingling of American culture here. Appreciation of nature varies greatly depending on which region of the country you live in. I’m from a coastal province that has a rugged beauty to it, and it influences culture and lifestyle in a way that you might not find in other provinces. I personally embrace all four seasons, the outdoors and nature in general. I guess my draw to a country like Sweden is (and correct me if I’m wrong) a culture of more likeminded people living in the kind of landscape that I live in here in Canada. Sweden seems to have a much calmer vibe overall. (It’s difficult not to make sweeping generalizations here of course).

[@MrZeuz666]

@@agirlnamedsaskia Hmm. As much as I think I prefer living here. It's not the best of "vibes" atm. Though I am not one of those exaggerating trolls. We have been going down in economic equality, general good-country stuff and up in violent gang crime, a shitty government, inflation and a more polarized population (like most countries lately). We've also had a stress, depression and lonliness epidemic for even longer than that. I should know. :P But in the usual surveys and rankings we are still very high (ofc) but just letting you know the latest trends. Regional and personal differences in stress-levels obviously. Most swedes would like a break akin to the way this video portrays stuff. Though I can't speak to if we're still "calmer" than Canada. Luckily we still have very good laws around that for working people, but yah. We are well and truly integrated in the western cultural sphere with similar problems. You sure are welcome to come here and visit! It's a safe place to about 98% with these fkn gangs going crazy at each other, mostly. Finally, I think it's rather difficult to immigrate currently, unless you have some desired qualifications and can get a nice job before applying for citizenship, ofc. Big rant over. Haha. Take care!

[@agirlnamedsaskia]

@@MrZeuz666 Thanks for the reality check! I was really only speaking about the nature-y side of things. I could actually write a similar rant about Canada. It would feel really good to get it all off my chest 😅! Agreed, the pandemic has left behind a myriad of problems.. economically, socially, etc. etc. etc. Now I’m off to google gang violence in Sweden 🥺. Cheers!

[@MrZeuz666]

@@agirlnamedsaskia Oof. I wouldn’t do that personally. Both because it’s very sad, but also because online there’s a lot of exaggerating! I heard a journalist from a big news org say “is Sweden becoming the crime capital of the world?”. One of the dumbest sentences I’ve heard from a journalist this year for sure! Every crime has gone down except for fraud and gang violence. But it’s a fragile era we’re living in for sure. The nature side of things I suppose you could in fact describe Sweden as very calm. Norway is the sensational geography, and Denmark is sorta dull. Sweden has a bit of everything but in moderation. Like in this video, there is a tasteful beauty to many areas. Google the Swedish word “lagom”. 😉 GL HF!

[@Upe-f9c]

Love her videos. She is giving us something of an ideal life style that can be hard to follow, but there is so much you can do wherever you live. Just start to grow some herbs in your window sill and then develop from there.

[@carinalind8726]

This video is beutiful!! Sitting here on my balcony and it's almost ten in the evening and it's as light as in the middle of the day!!!! Well that's swedish summer for you!!😊❤❤

[@actionalex3611]

Really like the way you articulate and appreciate your reaction to her video. I´ve seen it a couple of times through reactors and it´s been a pleasure every time. The quality and her poetic presentation is amazing imo. Live outside Stockholm but have a lot of relatives in the north like Arvidsjaur and also further north in Kiruna with a population of around 24.000 and 28 days of polar night. Kiruna is where the Ice hotel is rebuilt every year, you probably heard of that. I concur with Jonna regarding northern lights, hard to put into words. Been some time since my last visit during that time of year. This makes me wanna return there soon lol Edit; Btw subscribed

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Was waiting for this one. One of the best videos ever. Always get me chocked up a bit. Swedes LOVE the sun and sunlight. Me, not so much. But I do get a special feeling when the darkness is over. To feel it on my face again. I don't live in the north, but I stay up and wake up late. I like the heat of the summer. And light does affect your mood, not sure how true it is with me. But it's not always so easily fixed with black out curtains, because before you go to bed the light still seeps through and what's even worse are the bloody birds singing and chirping. During winter it's easier for me to sleep. And since I started using VR I've changed my mind about preferring summer. I would not wanna move up to the north, and there aren't many people living up there compared to the packed south part. She has a few more that I love and I hope you react to, like the Wolf song and national anthem.

[@opethium647]

Northern Norway sucks, and so probably northern Sweden too. At least Sweden got flat lands and like 10 times more roads. And yeah probably a reason for not many people living up north yk, like isolation and no other incentives.

[@malinostman9187]

The northern parts of Sweden see a lot of mining and forestry, and is also home to the Sami people who herd reindeer. It has traditionally been a poor and sparsely populated area, but recently, due to some discoveries in the mining industry, there has been an uptick in available work and there's something of a building boom going on up there right now, as there aren't enough housing to accomodate everyone.

[@CatClaw666]

Love your reaction and comments. So insightful and knowledgeable. I live much further south in Gothenburg, would never be able to handle this long winter, but agree that Jonna is living as we all should - in harmony with nature. The Earth, all humans, flora and fauna would benefit from it. 😍 Sadly a utopia...

[@Passioakka]

I live on lat 64, about 250 km/155 English mile north of Jonna. There is still 395 km/245 English mile to reach the Artic Circle but if I get up on a mountain around midsummer I can see the midnight sun. She lives in a small village and the photos are from there and from the place where she has her vacation cabin, closer to the Scandic mountains in the county of Jämtland. The Scandic mountain range goes from the very north of Norway, Finland and Sweden to the south of Norway and Sweden. It is a young mountain range standing where once the Kaledonian mountain range (from the north of Irland over the north of Scotland, to Norway/Sweden and Svalbard) once was standing. When working the darkness of winter is a little hard to cope with, dark when you leave home and dark when you get home. Nowadays I do not work due to illness and that feels great because my illnes get worse in wintertime with degrees below cero, so I do not go out very often. But when I was young winter was as fun as summer; skiing, skating, icefishing, drive snowmobile... The darkness can be a little hard but it becomes what you make of it. In summertime (I feel quite well in summer) I sleep less and spend all my time outside; gardening growing my vegetables, foraging for herbs, berries and mushroom. Fishing in our river or go to the mountains hiking and making food outside on the grill or over campfire. Autumn is hard work taking care of the harvest and preserve it, smoke som fishes and pick the last mushrooms. Then X-mas comes, fixing the house, getting a X-mas tree and later on celebrating New Years eve. No time to get depressed! In January we start to see the sun and days with severe cold (Jan-Feb) I dedicate to hobbies like handicrafts; sewing, knitting, crocheting or read books and look at movies and make a lot of nice food and bake cookies (always gain weight in winter 😁). If you plan your days and follow your routine and do things that fun, a little a day, the winter is not so bad.

[@morgansjodin4859]

Drow a car from Kiruna to Umeå airport.. When I where in the middle of nowhere I had to stop the car and layed on the hood for almost one hour and just gazed at the stars and the silence..I grew up in Umeå the eastern side where we don´t see this lights due to the light polution. Been living in Gothenburg sience 20 years, so now i only see my TV sadly enough.

[@Kelsea-2002]

I've been following Jonna since I was a teenager. She showed me the possibilities for an creative mind in such an environment. So I decided to go to the far north for a winter season to work on my first album. Spring came, summer came, autumn came, and winter is just around the corner again... and I'm still in the northwest of Finland. I haven't written a note for my album yet, but I've made a home for myself... work can wait, a home can't.

[@ssirfbrorsan]

Did you know (know) you? That the Northern Lights have sounds? Out in the quiet wilderness you can hear how the Northern Lights "rustle"? Kind of like static electricity. To lie on your back and look up at the northern lights and the stars AND hear the sound! It sends shivers down your spine.

[@gellawella]

It’s a feeling of pure joy when the sun comes above the horizon again. Finally the wait is over and as Jonna says, the colours are breathtaking, and makes up for the blue light you got an inkling of, the months before. To be in Kiruna when the sun reappears are magical. The intense pastel colours: pink, yellow, orange, purple, lilac and green beside all the blue … ouff, it’s serene. 🙌🏼

[@carro-xb9oz]

living 50 km from jonna and this part of sweden is just the best:) it can be a challenge in the winter but its the best place ever!

[@melinaljung8105]

She lives in a municipality on the sea coast I grew up about an hour from that municipality in another city (just as high up not on the coast though) so we have the same light conditions and this is just the middle of Sweden, still northern Sweden though, so it’s way worse even higher up. I do love the light conditions as well. I absolutely love the dark winters and then in the spring when we’re starting to get long days. I now live in the very south of Sweden because of my grandparents, but I hate the weather here. It is never really cold or any sort of winter here, only rain and windy. So I’m moving back up when I have the possibility.

[@bodilfrausing7966]

Nice reaction. 😊👍 Jonna Jinton actually once won YT's price for best cinematografic.🌄

[@TheSmongo]

When me and my wife take day hikes in the woods of, for example, Dalsland, we say to our selves quite often, "I really do understand why all the fables existed, with trolls, fairies and other thing, back in the days." The woods are enchanting. If there is to be one reason to visit Sweden, it would be the nature. You can camp WHEREVER you want, whenever you want, probably heard of allemansrätt.. And in places like Dalsland, many of the lakes are drinkable, so you dont have to worry about water in many cases. Just awesome.

[@wwklnd]

I live just south of where Jonna Jinton lives, and yeah during the summer the sun just barely dips below the horizon and it never really gets dark, but in winter we get like 2-4 hours of sunlight depending on weather (and bc I live on the wrong side of a mountain, I hardly get any at home lol). The northern lights are gorgeous though. Absolutely lovely. But the winter darkness means I spend most of winter tired and depressed lmao.

[@zetsuki4207]

I live a couple of hours drive away from where Jonna lives, closer to the coast and a bit further up north. But yeah, It really is like this in the countryside. (grew up in a tiny village outside of the city) When it comes to jobs, a lot of people still work in the cities even though the drive might be 100km or more one way. My dad had a colleague who travelled about 230 km twice a day to work... Because he didn't want to live in the city.

[@dromedda6810]

i love living in the north of sweden, its makes you extremely connected and dependent with nature, all my routines and how i generelly live change with the seasons. in the summer i sleep less and just try to enjoy it, while in the winter i work in the forests with preparing for the next winter by cutting down birch and pine for firewood for the next winter. things like shopping isnt trivial, it takes me about 2 hours to get to the nearest grocery store. and in the winter i have to take the fourwheeler to be able to get to the nearest real road. and if i need to have my car i need to shovel snow with the atv for like a whole day just to be able to get the car out because of the snow. its not for everyone and was really rough getting used to when i moved here a few years ago. but i really enjoy it, and its a great contrast to what i do for work ( im a remote programmer for a company in stockholm ) its a very individual way of living. im pretty much entirely self dependant ( except for groceries and all the tech things i need )

[@madeswe3165]

If you go further up, it’s different. She lives a bit over the middle of Sweden. You have a lot of miles to go to the top of Sweden. It’s a tall country ☀️💫🥶🇸🇪

[@Sakuyamon]

Lol yes its tall but its also quite small. There is a lot of shifting for such a small country.

[@annicaesplund6613]

​@@SakuyamonUkraine ranks second largest country in Europe, with 603,500 km², followed by France with 551,695 km², Spain with 505,992 km², and Sweden with 450,295 km².

[@MathsOP]

@@Sakuyamonits not small

[@blissfull_ignorance8454]

These same phenomena happen also in the northern parts of Finland and Norway, as well. In fact, the contrast in light conditions are even stronger in Finland and Norway, because both extend more north than the northernmost point of Sweden.

[@MrZeuz666]

The difference between Swe and Fin is negligible.

[@MariaNorell]

I live in the northern part of Sweden and I love the conteas in the light.. when it's dark you don't have to do a lot of things just enjoy life the mark, the northern lights, the stars and when it's bright around the clock I'm up very longing and enjoying the bright summer evenings/nights

[@janskogsberg8668]

About icebaths in Sweden. This is something that you get to do in schools (you don’t have to if you don’t want to) so you know how to get out of the water if you fall thru the ice during winter.

[@jeffstanford8799]

The first time I experienced the midnight sun was on a backpacking trip to Hammerfest, Norway, in the middle of the summer. We slept in a tent of light-colored materials, and I even had my flashlight with me. OMG, why? The daylight was the same all 24 hours. Now I have lived in Stockholm, Sweden the past 40 years and love the change of season from winter to spring, because the sun rises earlier each day.

[@stephaniechbakingtraveler4262]

Yes i can really live like this kind of life.

[@CocaLeeveStepper]

I live in nothern Sweden and I live in these conditions. It's not only remote villages that lives like this in Sweden, we have cities all the way to most nothern parts of Sweden. Bare in mind that when you born here this is as natural as I imagine tropical heat is to someone who is born into that kind of climate. Right now we have about 4 hours of semi-light per day. if we are lucky. Right about at christmas time it will switch and slowly get lighter and lighter to the end of june. If you find this interesting, I would recommend you to cover our fifth season - vårvinter ("spring winter"). Best and most beautiful time of the year. A time when its hot enough to sunbathe a T-shirt but still lots and lots of snow.

[@eue073]

@4:00 I think Umeå and Luleå are the biggest towns in the north... and then there is Boden, Piteå and Kiruna to but they are smaller than Umeå and Luleå (correct me if im wrong, I Iive in Skåne (Terra Scaniae) so its the other end of Sweden). Btw Icebath is soooo good.

[@ispbrotherwolf]

I´m winter born, winter is my element, wolves is my nature, through darkness I live.

[@filiptervald9233]

3:34 Yes! It is just like that. Such a strange but awesome feeling when you get the reminder that the sun still exists..

[@BerishStarr]

Around 85% of the Swedish population lives in the south third of the country. Further north most people live along the eastern coastline. The western parts of Sweden is part of the Scandinavian mountain chain. Big chunks of Sweden is sparsely populated, in some parts you can drive a car for hours without seeing a house. But if you drive North along the Eastern coast, you gonna find it very developed. Luleå is located in the far north, at the Northern part of the gulf of Bothnia. The town have almost 50k people, almost 80k in the municipality. But! Even if the country is sparsely populated in some parts, you can still live in a cottage out in nowhere an have fiber internet. About 98% of the Swedish population have internet in their home.

[@Steff2929again]

The northern part of Sweden is relatively sparsely populated. Urbanisation has been quite intense for the last 50 years. Nowadays, most people, well over 80 %, live in urban areas along the Bothnian coast. The two northern counties, Västerbotten (98,245 km2) and Norrbotten (55,186 km2) has a population 268,000 and 248,883 respectively. For comparison, Scotland has an area of 77,910 km2 with a population of 5.4 million, England 130,279 km2, pop. 56 million)

[@robustjonas]

Some of the biggest cities in these northern parts of sweden have up to around 50~60 thousand inhabitants and living in these conditions for your entire life it isnt difficult or anything as it is simply natural, seeing the sun for the first time in weeks is just another day here, nothing particular.

[@menosproblemos6993]

She mentioned the Wim Hoff method. Check him up! I don't get why we feel cold and sometimes freeze to death when we can actually stand the cold.

[@hakanw8612]

Im working in a homecare health system (hemthänst), and the biggest problem with the darkest part of the year is to convice my patients that it is daytime. Especially patients with demethia.

[@KimOfDrac]

We see the Northern Lights on the west coast in middle Sweden too nowadays :)

[@linusperez2158]

I live between south and middle of Sweden and in the mid of summer we have like i hour or so of dark at night, kind of cool

[@jayamilapersson4030]

Where I live the sun sets about 23 at mid summer and it usually dont get completely dark and in winter you have almost darkness all day but I live a bit more south then Jonna but still is regarded as being part of the north part of Sweden. So we dont get completely dark but have a few hours of daylight at least. But in all of Sweden when spring comes you will see Swedes turn like flowers to soak up the first rays of sunlight this new year. Its natrual to kind of greet the sun back into our life again.

[@antiHUMANDesigns]

The largest city above the pole circle in Sweden is Kiruna, population about 23'000. So, it is indeed quite remote and relatively devoid of people. But the pole circle really only covers the "tip" of Sweden, anyway.

[@antiHUMANDesigns]

I live slightly to the south of this, where the sun does come up in the winter, but it barely makes it over the horizon, and if there's a hill or moutain in that direction you never get any sun. It's not too bad, really. I've never had it any other way, so it's just natural to me. And like Jonna says in the video, sometimes it's cloudy for perhaps weeks in a row, covering those few hours that the sun woudl otherwise have been visible. When the sun comes up at a low angle, the clouds completely negate the sunlight. It's true that you get that "is that the sun?" feeling when it comes back. It can be quite a surprise, like you forgot how bright it could get. And then you see all the Swedes standing with their eyes closed, facing the sun, like meerkats. :D

[@Stiligtdamen]

I saw the northenlights in the middle south of Sweden. Värmland.

[@NennaC]

You asked about jobs in northern Sweden and if there are towns which are a bit more populated. Yes, there are towns also up north, the most populated ones are situated along the east coast but some also further in towards the mountain range. Although there are more job opportunities in our biggest cities down south, it’s also possible to find jobs up north. As always it depends on your experience and education if it will be easy to find one, or take a bit longer. The distances up north are quite long and you can have to drive for quite a while between towns through seemingly neverending forests. To live up north suits people who aren”t so easily affected by the light shifts and who like the tranquility and laid back, slower lifestyle up there. Some people get easily and severely depressed due to the changes in body chemistry which the dark winters can cause. Others don’t seem to be very affected by this and can make up for it with vitamins, exercise and artificial light.

[@Zubiila]

Every winter I get the urge to move to Northern Sweden. I grew in the outskirts of the Stockholm region, and we'd go up North to ski every year. I've always loved going further up north in Sweden, the landscape is beautiful and I love the snow. But as I became an adult, I moved south instead - to Denmark. Despite living in Northern Denmark, winters here are quite depressing. We get about a week of snow, the rest of the the time it rains. I find these winters harder than the winters I grew up with, despite the fact that we have more sunlight. I think it's because of the lack of snow. I relish it whenever it comes here. But winters are definitely the times I miss Sweden the most. Going up north to ski is a tradtion we've kept doing and, besides Christmas, it is the highlight of my winter. But while waiting for the trip, I get through the winter by making things cozy, drinking lots of tea and watching TV shows from northern climates.

[@dvogonen]

Most people growing up in the north adapt and can handle the darkness. But many people who move there do suffer depressions during the winter time.

[@Tim_Nilsson]

I live in southern Sweden about 100 km south of Gothenburg and I personally wouldn't consider moving to "Norrland". I struggle a bit with the 7-8 h or so of daylight we have in the winter down here and I'm not a fan of snow. =P I just like living on the west coast close to the sea even though it can be quite grey, wet and windy. About 90 % of the population lives in the bottom half of the country. Mining and logging are and have traditionally been large sectors of employment in the north. But today there's more diversity and there's currently a bit of an investment boom going on in the north so the employers are screaming for workers.

[@petter5721]

Love Sweden 😍

[@soderlund3610]

Land of the gods

[@wahaha6961]

I was born and raised in Norrköping (~1,5h South of Stockholm), but all my relatives are from up North (half of them moved to Stockholm). During the summer in Norrköping the sun would set at around 21:00-22:00. When we would visit my grandparents outside Luleå in the summer, it'd be bright at 22:00-23:00, and I'd be confused about being to to go sleep when the sun's still up. To make matters worse, I get sleepy when it's dark, and ONLY when it's dark, so falling asleep was a considerable challange in spite of blackout curtains..! ... The best (and the worst) part is that I'd get woken up every other "night" bcuz the rays of the sun found a gap between the curtains (where the string runs through), and the blackout curtain and just poke me right in the corner of my eye, and then I'd be up for three hours contemplating life cuz everybody else would get up at around 06:00, and the wooden floors creaked so loudly that granny and mother would wake right up if I got up! 🤣🤣🤣

[@rogerforsman5064]

Along the (east) coast you have the industrial side of the region. But in this age of interconnection you can work from anywhere. (But you need local help with physical stuff..)

[@anneliejohansson4425]

Many big cities there. Kiruna, Gällivare, Kalix, Luleå. Im born in Kiruna.

[@adambohlin5112]

Yea ofc Ice-bath is the way to go many many Swedes do this and in Norway and Finland too the Viking style hehe and when our military were mandatory all (guys) "back when" had to do the ice-bath, me being from Greece originally I came to Sweden when I was young during the civil war in Greece I have never adapted to the dark winters in Sweden, and even if the summers are amazing and so so beautiful it can not make up for winter Nov-Mar, But ofc my skin tone needs more light and I can absorb as much as fair skinned people during the summer so I had to move since I got so depressed for 6 months each year. But Scandinavia is breathtakingly wonderful and a clear wintersday when the sun is shining on snow clothed trees and to witness the Aurora borealis never gets old , but visiting my friends for a week each year is enough to satisfy my Northern lights "deficiency" then I want to go where it is warm and sunny.

[@Sakuyamon]

I live in the southern parts of the middle of Sweden, Im a bit too low for the midnight sun and the polar night but I almost get them... like I can still see that ribbon of light across the horison at midnights in the summer, and in the winter I get about 6 hours of light. Rarely but sometimes, we get the aurora however I have never seen it because it usually happens on days when its cloudy >< Even if we get some light during the winters, sometimes it can feel very dark due to cloudy weather...usually throughout november its almost always cloudy... sometimes it feels like there is a cloud cover from november to february...and yea, it can feel so strange to see the sun again when you have gone a long time without it, but its such a relief when you do see it...There is nothing like realizing you just passed through the darkest parts of the year and finally see that the days get longer. I swear, every year we keep freaking out that its light at 18.00 in the spring! Sweden has quite a few of well populated cities, like Stockholm and Goteborg, but most towns have pretty low populations. But even the cities, in compare to other european cities like Paris, are pretty calm even when there are a lot of people about. And yea, depending on where you are, it can feel very lonesome and scary in the nights, because there can be quite a large distance to the larger communities. Specially in the nights when there are animal sounds and you cant see any other lights...You will never feel as alone as when you cannot see any other light around you. And yes indeed! Sweden is incredibly beautiful. It isnt hard to imagine how the image of fairies and elves came to be in those forests! I wouldnt say that its peaceful to see the stars when you are out so far that there is less light pollution... its mighty and beautifull...but its also frighting. It make you realize how small and insignificant one is... There is a reason why old Swedish folk tales and folk songs are very melancholic. Im not sure if I could move up to the north of sweden, its rough as it is here where I live, but I have traveled up higher a few times. I think Dalarna or Gavle is as high up as I could consider to move. Gorgeous place, I highly recommend... Not much people but a lot of forests and beautiful views of rolling mountains! Never had an icebath, I only had cold baths in the summer while its really hot XD Closest I got to an icebath was when I visited a bathhouse where you could swim outside when you were in the pool. The water was warm but the outside was freezing as it was still february or something like that. Bizarre and cool at the same time. Living exactly the same life as Jonna wouldnt be possible for me. I dont like being out in the forest (I got arachnophobia), and I would need a job that would allow for that sort of lifestyle which is not always possible and might not suit me... but in some regards I could say my life is somewhat similar to Jonnas, trying to make use of the light I get in the winters, and try to roll with that it gets darker, try to eat well. Cant always get enough sleep in the winters due to jobs and stuff that force me to wake up before the sun rises...sigh, a lot of jobs dont account for the increased darkness and tiredness, they want you to perform same across the year...

[@menosproblemos6993]

Haha! Why are Swedish people so well versed? Because beyond just talking about the weather, we can also talk about the brightness. ;) - Sure is bright today. - Yeah, it's only 7 o'clock and you can see your shadow. X D

[@ShadowScoutSwede]

Well, i live in the northern parts of Sweden and i don´t mind long darker days in winter time i really enjoy it and i´m happier when it is dark and cold. I have more of a problem with the sunlight and the heat i feel constantly sick in summertime and in my opinion, you can have too much sunlight and that is not good for you either. This summer i had too much sunlight i will manage for the next 3 millennia's i don´t need that much sun at all. All temperatures over 12 degrees Celsius is too hot for me. And in the summer i also get depressed because of the sun and the heat and it is annoying and it makes me cranky. In the summer i´m so tired because of the heat and the sun i want to sleep all day long it is hard to do anything that is why i prefer the winter.

[@kingwacky184]

I have seen the northern lights but not in the north. I saw it in Stockholm last year.

[@Congaman41]

The fastest echonomical grotwth happens in the northern parts of Sweden. I live as far south possible in Sweden but could surely consider moving to the far north to get real winters, not only rain as we get her in the south.

[@Nisse49]

I live in the same latitude in Sweden, but closer to the coast🙌

[@mairhydling631]

The mining industry is huge in northern Sweden! They're hiring people all the time 👍

[@najroe]

most populated city within 200km from her is roughly 100 000 ppl. and that is largest in the region by far, you will have to go over 500km for anything larger. up here we have population density around 1 person per square kilometer, and if you remove two largest towns/cities even more (I live north of her so even less population density).

[@ssirfbrorsan]

I live where darkness is a fact for about four months. Then I rejoice over my wood-burning stove Rejoice over ice fishing (angling). Rejoice in the light the snow brings. Rejoice in the dry air and how many animals visit me for help with food. Then spring comes! And everything comes to life.

[@_Wolfsbane_]

I live much further south (outside the town of Gävle) but yes, I could live where she lives. It's not *that* far north after all =).

[@broderperdurabo]

Yes she lives near a couple of "big" cities.

[@pmophy17421]

Jonna is actually geographically speaking living in the middle of Sweden.

[@laggmonstret]

Umeå is the largest city in the north of sweden, but I would say Luleå is a good, vibrant and lively city in the real north with all you could think of that you expect from a city :)

[@ulvsbane]

The largest city in the northern part of Sweden (Norrland) is Umeå with a population of about 90.000. Norrland covers about 2/3 of the total size of the country. The largest city above the Arctic Circle is Kiruna with about 17.000 people.

[@MrZeuz666]

Largest city above the arctic circle, in Sweden. Russia and Norway has a few with a bigger population. For Russia it's mainly military and shipping ofc. Norway has a lot more fishing, tourism and research going on up there.

[@ulvsbane]

@@MrZeuz666 And here I was hoping that writing "northern part of Sweden" just once would be enough, since, you know, he's reacting to a video about Sweden, but apparatly not :p

[@MrZeuz666]

@@ulvsbane Guess I reread that sentence in isolation. The sentence itself truly does seem to be “universal”. But I can see the context now.

[@miggymiggyorg]

That place is very remote and not many live there. We go there to live a few weeks in nature

[@bph9047]

I live in the same region as Jonna 😊

[@aMp-]

I am a 33-year-old man, born, raised, and still living in Stockholm, Sweden. AMA in a reply here and I will do my best to answer! This is your chance to ask - one shot or one opportunity. Would you capture it or just let it slip?

[@Kortcubain]

From Borås, moms spagetti

[@devinruhl9706]

Try Alaska there’s some places that experience 2 months of darkness

[@SuperDalton72]

like your scottish accent...thats old reel uk.. if you go to london today there words is whashed out by time,,

[@ofranzen]

I'm from the south of Sweden (Stockholm) and did my non-weapon military service up in Lapland and the northern lights are amazing if you're lucky to catch a big one.

[@lucindasweden5778]

For me it would be self torture , yes I have been up north ,Kiruna and Kebnekaise

[@bertil3887]

the largest city in that region depends on what you mean, i live in the largest city of northern sweden and we have a population of about 135 000 but on the darkest time of the year we have 4 hours of sunlight per day if the weather is good if i would travel about 550 km north i would not experience any sunlight whatsooever from 14th of december to 31st and then iff you travel to the northernmost part of sweden they dont have any sunlight from 2nd of december to 11th of january so it varys a lot considering where you live

[@daw7563]

I'd say Kiruna is the place to go if you want to experience the light conditions while still have a somewhat large town around. Kiruna can be pretty boring though. 🙂

[@Flum666]

Kiruna, Finland, more than 100.000 people

[@therucha]

oh yah i've seen the northern lights ... i live up there in the north

[@Jooonas484]

Skål från 🇸🇪Norr 👍🤗

[@FuzzyFoot58]

Where I live, in the southern north, the sun sets at 3 pm. It rises around 10am. The entire swedish population is smaller than the population in New York city and the southern half of Sweden has well over 60% of us or more. Where I live the first snow usually comes at Halloween and its like a switch being flipped; autumn one day and winter the next. The snow isnt gone until the last week in May, when the heat comes back with a vengeance; time to go to the nude beach again. The spring takes its time but in June summer comes just as fast as winter does. But I must say that the way that the woman in the video portrays her life is definately not how we all live; if anything, she is an oddity. Most people live in cities just as advanced as any Brittish or American city and, even though we have thousands of little hamlets in the vast countrysides and our deep forests, they often dont have a high population count compared to the cities. One thing that is great about Sweden is the allemans rätt, (every mans right) whuch makes it lwgal for everyone to walk in nature or camp fir a night or two even on land that is owned by someone else. As long as you dont overstay your welcome, or if you litter and make an awful racket, anyone is welcome in every forest, canyon, meadow and beach. You can even pick fruits, mushrooms or berries as long as it is within a reasonable amount.

[@ninagandersson9573]

Love your accent 😊

[@ispbrotherwolf]

Sauna - Beer - ice bath = life

[@lassepienimaki3019]

Am moved from Stockholm to "Norrland" nere Kalix 1000km travel one mille its 1,68 km but we have somfing kold Aled "mil" in Sveden mens 10km

[@susanneericsson3871]

If you want this you shall move north in sweden to a red and white little cottage.😊

[@carro-xb9oz]

adapt and enjoy ure life

[@Thaerii]

There aren't any truly big cities above the Polar Circle, but Kiruna does have quite a few opportunities. And it usually has clear skies during winter, so things aren't _that_ dreary even during the polar night. I also wonder where she lives where she didn't see the sun for a month... Not saying it didn't happen, but it was an extraordinary thing as far as I know. Once you get far enough north to be protected by the Scandinavian Mountains, winters are snowy and mostly sunny, and that includes where this person lives. Not to play the bad weather game, but in West Sweden the same year... Eh, keep to the north where there is snow and at lest some sun! Around here, you might get no snow, 2 °C and an extremely heavy cloud cover for three months. Also, only rain, no snow. Oh and at about 6 minutes into your video? It's not a forest, it's a bog. She knows a safe path, which is why she can skip right into it, but for those of us who don't know that one, we have to be very, _very_ careful. It's not a death trap or anything, and lots of Swedes go out on bogs to pick cloudberries, but you just don't run into them that way, if that makes sense?

[@mrjallo9912]

I’m from (south)western Sweden, between Gothenburg and Alingsås, and I’ve never experienced a winter without any snow during my 40 years. Rain and 2 degrees is quite normal and winters have become warmer over time, but now there is much snow and it was -12°C or lower the other night (in Gothenburg, which is warmer than other places nearby). But I agree, northern winters are better.

[@Thaerii]

@@mrjallo9912 I'm about your age and while I'm from a bit further north in West Sweden, next to Lake Vänern, also lived in Gothenburg for a few years back in the late 00's, and I've experienced winters like the ones I described in both places. OK technically it did snow a few times then, but it didn't stay on the ground for more than 24 hours or so. In fact, one of the winters I lived in Gothenburg there _was_ no winter meteorologically speaking; fall turned directly into spring in February on the date SMHI has decided it can't be fall anymore. I don't think it's ever been like that here in my home town, but two or three were close. And yes, this winter has definitely been on the colder and sunnier side for the past 20 years so far :)

[@mrjallo9912]

@@Thaerii I live on a hill in the outskirts of Gothenburg where it usually is a bit colder compared with the city. A few degrees may be the difference between rain and snow, or snowy rain, this time of the year. The snow usually stays on the ground here, at least in the forest. Besides, I haven’t been in Gothenburg the whole time, perhaps no snow came here but only when I was “at home” further inland or in our summer cottage in northern Bohuslän. Or maybe I’ve repressed some completely snowless winter, maybe the snow came before or after the actual winter months. Anyway, the winter 22 years ago was colder this, I remember that it was about -20 degrees in Alingsås one evening I went there with an exchange student from South America and we couldn’t get into any pub since he was 17.

[@Thaerii]

@@mrjallo9912 I know all about this since, I lived in Högsbo, which true to its name is situated rather high, and we could get snow while the lower-laying parts of the city 10 minutes away by tram had rain... In my home town we sometimes get so-called "snow cannons" where you get very localized heavy snowfall of 50-80 cm in a day, while the rest of the area gets maybe 5-10 cm, but that's due to low winds picking up water from the lake and dumping it as snow when it hits any shore at all, so the amount of snow depends a lot more on the direction of said winds than elevation. The winter of 2010/2011 was both colder and snowier than this one, at least here in my home town. I think it's the last one that I remember where the snow stayed on the ground through the entire season, and there were definitely nights where it was below -20 and days at around -15. Not sure about 22 years ago, but winters used to be colder when I was in my teens than they are now, so I don't doubt it. In any case, I think we all agree that West Sweden does get snow, but that it usually doesn't stay on the ground for more than a few weeks at a time, and there are definitely winters when you're lucky if it stays for more than an afternoon?

[@mrjallo9912]

@@Thaerii Yes, let’s agree on that. I live on the other side of town, where the valleys are short. Interesting, I never heard of “snow cannons” before. I grew up close (approx. 500 m) to two lakes, but they were narrow and I guess it has to be a quite big lake for the phenomenon to occur. In fact we got some more snow than other places nearby, but the main cause was probably the higher altitude/lower temperature.

[@lucindasweden5778]

Beautiful , but U can get Lappsjuka

[@lasse3412]

Im a Swede and borned in the North and can say its not Easy to live here. Many get depression because the cold and bad weather. Will try to move South and get a better life .

[@jimmylehto9346]

obviously it is visualizing beautiful to most people (through a camera licence) , but most people being there would want to leave. these are hard conditions (that us northerners love) that would turn most people away.

[@jimmylehto9346]

and as I have commented before, the lack of vitamin d..

[@jimmylehto9346]

Ask this guy how he would like to live there, mind you he isn't half way to the north.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jniWiJl5jLpsepIsi=SumOO23ZsHwK1-63

[@MrBierbanger]

At the end of the day, everyone just wants Jonna to sit on their faces

[@randomdodads]

There is a reason why October is called suicide month in Sweden, darkness comes, and ppl´s mood drops through the floor.

[@menjaevlaYT]

Well, it's beautiful to watch videos of. But these parts of Sweden is not so densely populated for a reason. It's dark, it's cold and it's long distances and isolated. Sure, this girl likes it, but most people don't. Even in South Sweden, the winter is long and dark, and people get depressed because of lack of vitamin D. Most swedes wouldn't move there. And if they would move up north, they would move to some town along the coast line. It's much more common that people from the north move south. Because shorter winters and longer summers is much more worth. It's very beautiful to see the northern lights and get the arctic experience, for a couple of days. Living there is another story.

[@laggmonstret]

I live in Gävle but still consider moving to Luleå due to the lack of a real winter with crisp snow that stays. Last years has been very mild for being winter and I believe it will only become warmer. I do enjoy snow but not the wet grey slush and rain that you experience in the southern parts of Sweden :D

[@mrjallo9912]

I would gladly move there or to some similar rural place in central or northern Sweden (from Gothenburg) if I could. If I had family or friends there. I prefer harsh conditions to a comfortable urban lifestyle. The lack of “real” nature, clear skies and silence is more depressing to me than the temporary lack of light.

[@einarvalentinoronn9870]

Leva med importerat bus är det verkliga problemet i Sverige

[@84com83]

15.49 Don´t try to read with no proper light!

[@tomaspersson1830]

i like you.