Scandinavian Traditions

[@sofieost4014]

I'm born and raised in sweden. What I love about swedish culture is the beautiful farm life with the cows and chickens and red houses and barns. And fika! I miss the swedish bakery now when I live in usa. It's good that ikea sell some cookies and cinnamon rolls

[@riki_da_vinci]

I just fall in love with this culture.. Love from INDIA

[@starchild1198]

Great grandparents cames from Sweden. I am learning the traditions. It's very important to me.

[@savanna77]

I’m mixed, but I’m proud of my Scandinavian roots. Proud Norwegain🇳🇴❤️

[@johndewey6358]

What a delightful video. Thank you.

[@riaroth5318]

Thank you

[@bryanbridges2987]

I'm not Scandinavian, that I know of anyways, but it sounds like a beautiful culture. Makes me wish I were Norwegian. :)

[@melissahensley9430]

I'm a third generation swedish/Norwegian American I love my families traditions. we make kuldimers and pankakas

[@basicbits6244]

What is used to make kuldimer? I’m norwegian, so might be that I don’t recognize it because it’s swedish, your spelling of pancakes is more swedish with the end «a», and not «e» (plural; pannkakor, and in Norway pannekaker)

[@BigAndTall666]

You must mean "kåldolmer" (sounds like "coal dolmer"). 🙂🇩🇰

[@sirenavg5467]

I love this ❤️ I’m Canada & decides to do a DNA test. My great grandmother was adopted & I am from my dad. I was told by biological dad is Dutch & French. My moms side that we knew was Irish, Scottish and Welsh. My DNA came back 51.9% Scandinavian, 45.3% Irish, Scottish and Welsh & 2.8% Eastern European Jewish. My husband is also 26.6% Scandinavian 💗 From my search I was also able to find out my Great Grandmothers birth parents. Her mother passed while giving birth & her father decided to adopt her to a Swedish family because he already had 2 kids. Turns out She was Swedish from her dads side & that’s why he picked the family. His name was Otto Bernard Utterstrom & her real mothers name was Hazel Withrow. My great grandmothers name was Vera & she named my grandmother Hazel with out knowing. My grandma Hazel was famous for her cinnamon sticky buns, a Swedish tradition & now I pass it on 💗 According to my DNA I get my other 50% Scandinavian from my biological fathers side. It’s good to know more traditions 🥰

[@SvensktTroll]

Can answer any questions you might have or at least to the best of my ability. There are pages with birth records and so on here in Sweden so you can find out alot over the internet. Have a blessed day !

[@bessiemann7468]

The Scandinavian people make beautiful things very colorful

[@crystalheart9]

Very interesting. I have always loved Scandinavian art/designs.

[@joshuamacleod2729]

I visited the Swedish Institute Museum with my parents a few years ago. It was really interesting. In my opinion, it's especially important to learn the language of one's ancestral country in order to understand the place and context of the culture. Language is probably even more important than art and craft and food. I wish I could speak the language of my own Scottish ancestors (I think they might have spoken Gaelic, btw.) Anyway, thanks for posting this nice program.

[@ankra12]

I am Norwegian and married to a Danish 🇳🇴🇩🇰

[@charlenebrissette3348]

I live in Canada. I am Norwegian on my dad’s side and Swedish on my mom’s side.

[@kathybishop6623]

My dad was from Roseua Minnesota I'm doing my ancestry so I don't know if any of my family lived in Canada...

[@MiracleFound]

This is my childhood!

[@matthewjohnskrzyniecki6699]

I’m proud from my Scandinavia roots :)

[@minaazad2274]

But your last name sounds so Slavic.

[@cw4karlschulte661]

Wonderful! I grew up in Norwegian home with great grand dad Olav Olausen, retired master mariner of Norge, his daughter and her husband, Alf Nelsen, former master mariner who left sea and became roofer. Plus their 2 daughters (one my mom Ruth) various visiting Norse relatives, sailors on Stavangerfford Our ancestry on grandmother side, Bergen on grand dad side). Norwegian hyms, songs and rosemal, flags, prayers. Oh, and Sons of Norway. All gone. I miss them. All should visit Little Norway in Wusc. If near. Gladige Jul, ig jeg ar so glad. Karl

[@Anitha-Rusdal]

Fjordline has two ships that sail between Bergen in Norway and Hirtshals in Denmark,and they are named: Stavangerfjord and Bergenfjord. So the name still lives on. Ha det bra fra Norge 😊😊

[@susanboyd5471]

Lovely! So enjoyable!

[@seneythomas4433]

The woman from the Swedish Institute “thinks” that it has pagan roots. 😐 This is a lovely collection of traditions. Thank you for sharing.

[@anc6353]

It most definitely is Pagan in origin! 💗

[@kimberarchuleta1689]

So interesting, loved it

[@samanthamitchellprete5646]

I only have like a few percent Norwegian that i get from my fathers side who has Norwegian, swedish and Demark in him ( he doesnt know how much tho) but we wear it with pride. ❤ I love the scandinavian countries customs and traditional ❤❤

[@vanefreja86]

Would be interesting to go there, to see for yourself how the heritage is kept alive overseas :)

[@DoloresJRush]

My 4th great grandparents (Americanized Scaife) were said to be Danish, however my DNA shows a tiny bit of Swedish/Norwegian heritage. So curious to know more. We have visited Lindsborg, KS and the Strawberry Hill Museum in Kansas City, KS. I would like to know more about the artwork - I doodle a bit and would love to know how simple folk-art figures get embellished. Can you recommend a step-by-step line drawing book or channel?

[@amandat7899]

on my mom side i am Denmark, Sweden,Norway..my dad side German,Irish

[@evygil]

Tusen takk !

[@onthesideofrightwhyarentyo4103]

So very interesting-it’s ok to celebrate and talk about being proud of heritage but when certain other cultures want to celebrate or be proud of their heritage, all of a sudden people feel threatened....guess only certain ethnicities are allowed to be proud

[@futuristicgirl14]

No one is saying you can’t be proud to be Norwegian or Swedish man

[@futuristicgirl14]

Just because commonly past colonized countries are having an increase of citizens proud of their culture doesn’t mean you can’t be proud of yours. We shouldn’t applaud any rape or genocide any of our cultures or ancestors participated in regardless of race. Many Americans and Europeans with mixed race parents or immigrant parents want to learn more about the cultural traditions they feel separated from and feel proud to learn about them and there’s nothing wrong with that. If that makes you feel attacked maybe look at what values from the past you’re looking to uphold.

[@MithMathy]

I do think having "pride" in this way implies a suppression of culture that people are resisting. Which is why we have things like queer pride to celebrate queer identities that have faced so much repression. Similar with certain cultures in the US compared to others. As a euro descendant, I don't feel that my Norwegian diasporic traditions have been repressed at all. (In fact, I'm watching this video in nostalgia remembering an older relative who recently passed. He played the fiddle, and lived in a community that had a lot of these traditions.) Thus, while I deeply *appreciate* my family's traditions (and I have really enjoyed connecting with older animist practices through the yt channel Nordic Animism), it feels silly to say I have "pride" in them. I simply haven't had to fight for the them like so many other people have to fight for their own traditions. If I'm proud of anything, I'm proud of my friends for their courage, resilience, and their sometimes hard-fought victories.

[@pibly7784]

Nice, informative video.

[@lottalarsson4121]

Finland are not part of Scandinavia. Sami is a different ethnicity from norwegians and swedish.

[@oathboundsecrets]

A lot of Sami live in Scandinavia, Finnoscandinavian peninsula.

[@lottalarsson4121]

Scandinavia are only Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Why are you writing about this to someone living here? The sami does also live in parts of north western Russia. They don't live in the south. The reindeer are cold weather animal.

[@thysonsacclaim]

Not true in English: "Scandinavia is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties. In English usage, Scandinavia can refer to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, sometimes more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula, or more broadly to include the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands, Finland, and Iceland." When we refer to "Scandinavia", we're referring to the landmass primarily, and then the similar cultures. Finland falls in because it's on the same bit of land. Culturally, we know they aren't as similar as the others.

[@lottalarsson4121]

@@thysonsacclaim Are you finnish? So should outsiders call the irish english too. With understanding of misnaming beaucause of colonization, correction of names must be done. Do you state native americans should be called indians?

[@lottalarsson4121]

@@oathboundsecrets Do you really try to explain my own own region to me?

[@driverjoelonghauler2881]

Hard to hear but good stuff. Thank you

[@charlenebrissette3348]

My absolute favourite Christmas treat is lefsa. My mom loves lutefisk but it’s definitely not my favourite.

[@matthewjohnskrzyniecki6699]

I born not far from Sweden 🇸🇪 👑because just on second cost of Baltic Sea 🌊 correctly in Poland 🇵🇱

[@benwalton7565]

I'm half Scandinavian on my mom's side, and trying to figure out where I belong

[@MithMathy]

Might not be that you're looking for, but I've been really appreciating the YT channel Nordic Animism. I've learned lots about ancient myths & practices that are relevant to many euro descendants & it emphasizes the importance of having good respectful relations between other people, beings, and the earth. Importantly, it strongly opposes fascist heritage mining! In this video I've liked hearing these reminders of my grandparents (just lost an older relative of that generation who was a fiddler), but this doesn't speak to me the same way spiritually as the old animist practices do.

[@amandat7899]

i also have a Denmark family tree book

[@BigAndTall666]

"Danish"

[@amandat7899]

@@BigAndTall666 damn go away I’m tired of people like you

[@AveTrainOnDaTrack]

Someone should show this video to SAS lmao

[@cookiegirl2cookie197]

Technically Finland is not a Scandinavian country, it's however part of Fennoscandia.

[@thysonsacclaim]

"Scandinavia is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties. In English usage, Scandinavia can refer to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, sometimes more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula, or more broadly to include the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands, Finland, and Iceland."

[@BigAndTall666]

Scandinavia/america "since 998 ad".. 😆🇩🇰✌️

[@BlazeItYo]

I took a dna test and found out im 27% Scandinavian.

[@leifsart7111]

bestefaren min var norsk og bestemoren min er dansk

[@oathboundsecrets]

I cant stand it when people refer to percentages of how swedish they are..... you are either swedish or not, dont bring blood quantums into it. We dont care what race you are or where you come from. Swedish is a culture you can be part of if you choose to.

[@ccccc7848]

Well, now I know why my mom kept a lot of the weird Knick knacks that are still here in the house now. I honestly just assumed that those things must have been a weird 70’s trend that she decorated the house with. Whoops.

[@annetteolson2428]

Do you know why Scandinavians eat Lutefisk once a year? So they can remember why they came here! (joke)

[@allandsaenz]

26:30 keep an eye out for the lil lizard •-•

[@bommy8873]

Gang raping, stealing and no-go zones are a quick growing tradition in Sweden too! =)

[@bryanbridges2987]

How nice of you to remind them...

[@kleppskater]

Bryan Bridges They need to know what can happen to them. And I'm from Norway.

[@hinken3716]

Sounds like parts of the US like for example Detroit and Cleveland.

[@BigAndTall666]

What trolling BS! 🇩🇰