What Norwegians Think About Sweden & Swedes

[@SimpleNorwegian]

So on Maundy Thursday (Skjærtorsdag, right before Easter), a lot of Norwegians undergo a mass migration over to Sweden to perform what is known as "harryhandel" (harry being a derogatory word meaning something like "tacky" or "tasteless"), to essentially buy cheap consumables. For Norwegians this day is a holiday, but not for Swedes. We even have a reality TV show in Norway revolving around harryhandel.

[@Nocure92]

So they come to us to buy booze basically? :P

[@Dante84-t6w]

Lol honestly this video surprised me. I was expecting more like those joke books both swedes and norgigense have about each other. Nice to see we can be honest about this. Yes I know my spelling sucks. Many words I don't normally type 😂

[@Lyosha.]

I thought those kinds of 'holidays' were just practiced in south America, is fun to see how similar people are regardless of where they are from, everyone loves to get prods at cheaper prices )))

[@АкадемикХачикян]

Это тот самый Грязный Гарри с грязными руками когда он помыл руки он заметил что еда стала вкуснее

[@АкадемикХачикян]

​@@Lyosha.особенно норвежцы никто так не соскучился по низким ценам как норвежцы

[@HappySwedishPancake]

Imagine that there are people out there who think Sweden is cheap and Swedes more open and social than themselves? Only in Norway ;)

[@smoker696969]

It is very cheap compared to some other countries. As for being open and social, no way. I always get weird looks when I say good morning to everyone or sit next to someone on a nearly empty bus and try to strike up a conversation. In my culture you talk to everyone and it not uncommon to randomly meet someone on a bus and go to the pub for a drink. Even gone to the movies with a random guy I met after we started talking about the marvel movies on the ferry lol

[@Jonsson474]

smoker696969 It depends on where you live in Sweden (and Norway for that matter). While it might be true for the larger cities like Stockholm, it doesn’t always apply for smaller places. In smaller towns it’s common to say hello even to strangers. I believe this is true almost everywhere in the developed world. The larger the place, the more anonymous you are and the less likely you are to interact with a total stranger.

[@budisoemantri2303]

Laugh in Singaporean

[@inspectorseb5286]

@@budisoemantri2303 I was surprised how cheap Singapore was when I went there, I heard a lot about it being expensive but prices were similar to sweden for accommodation, food and drinks. I know housing and cars are expensive but didn't buy any real estate or vehicles during my visit. ☺️

[@budisoemantri2303]

@@inspectorseb5286 yeah that's what i want to say, house and car is only dream for regular Singaporeans

[@JGMusic]

Sweden and Norway are like siblings, we can make fun of eachother but still love and respect eachother! I have never met any rude or unfriendly norwegians! Much love from Sweden.

[@hwplugburz]

much love from norway right back at you 😊👍

[@tuvaschilleriksen8734]

So good said i love Sweeden and im from Norway>3

[@ZetaReticuli87]

That is exactly how i see norweigans and danes. Worked in both denmark and norway and i prefer norway, the nature is fantastic and i am a bit jealous the way they celebrate 17 May.

[@tuvaschilleriksen8734]

@@ZetaReticuli87 haha yes but i love russ cards😂😂😂

[@I_Cunt_Spell]

Eww, you both reek.

[@aularound]

Det mest Skandinaviska med den här videon var att alla verkade vara lite besvärade över att bli intervjuade 🙂 Jag gillar Norge och hejar på er i alla sporter förutom när ni möter Sverige då förstås 😊

[@Flokarl1]

100% enig där !!! När jag jobbat ute i Europa är det många länders folk som är avundsjuka på att Sverige och Norge är så lika och har så lätt att förstå varandra...inte bara spåkmässigt.

[@Flokarl1]

@@Halvor1970 Ja, så är det:-)

[@saftobulle]

O i längdskider överlag. Där får I ta o skärpe er så annre länner kan ha nån chans!

[@VexRavenhardt]

Ja, de fleste av dem tenker "Jvorfor snakker du til meg? For mange spørsmål. Kan jeg gå?" 🤣

[@bafattvahetere]

@@Flokarl1 En sak jag har svårt att förstå med turistande norskar är deras vurm för norska flaggan. Tar med sig flaggor och placerar här och där!

[@krisitak]

Lol, I spit my coffee when the girl said everything is cheaper in Sweden :D. Cool to see the perspective of wealthy nations :D

[@erik....]

Prices in Stockholm where tourists usually go are much higher than in the rest of the country I'd say... so the border towns where norwegians shop are much cheaper than in Norway but maybe not Stockholm as much... but still cheaper.

[@Axu_02]

It is normal, Norwegians come to Lappland for buying food and alco etc.

[@paulallen579]

Erik Actually, the supermarkets in Stockholm and the other major cities are even cheaper than most small towns, especially in the North. I grew up in Gothenburg, lived in several villages in the North for ten years after high school, lived in Stockholm now for the past two years. I’ve never spent this little on groceries and essentials as I do right now, and Gothenburg was cheaper too. Not as a percentage of my salary, but just in the amount of SEK. Logistics is expensive. Housing is expensive in Stockholm, everything else is equally cheap or even cheaper of your day-to-day living compared to the rest of the country.

[@Therran91]

@@erik.... I live outside of Uppsala, and Ica here is one of the most expensive in the whole country.. It's cheaper to take the car 4 mil and buy food at another Ica 😅 And it's a place where it lives like around 4.000 people.. It's crazy.

[@paulallen579]

@@Therran91 I'm not surprised, I'm baffled how people in the major cities have some weird idea that everything must be cheaper everywhere else. I had to pay more for swimming, clothes, hygenic products, newspaper delivery, gasoline (yes, per liter), car maintanence, broadband, basically everything you don't normally buy online when I was living in the North. The only thing that is significantly more expensive here in Stockholm is housing and eating out at some places. It's like they don't realize how logistics work. Distributing stuff to one million people on 1 000 square kilometers is much easier than one million people living on 300 000 square kilometers.

[@aidenwinter1117]

Video idea: Travel to Sweden and Denmark and ask them about what they think about Norwegians, using your original languages, which will be pretty fun I think

[@hawthornroot]

lol norwegians arent allowed to travel outside norway...i think theyre in some lockdown of some sort. they can travel internationally but then theyd be quaratined when they get back or something like that. ;)

[@neo_a-z]

@@fantasticfox175 no, it would be fine:) swedes and norwegians understand each-other (if the dialects get in the way, then they can just speak standard norwegian/swedish and it would be okay). Danes understand norwegians, but no one understand danes tho lol. That’s why it's good that all three countries can speak English fluently

[@musicfan28]

As a Canadian person I can say that I love Sweden and Norway. Both are two wonderful countries and Swedes are very nice fellas. Lot of Love from Canada 🇨🇦

[@mrmatt1165]

musicfan28- Friendly greetings from the USA! What's up? I've been to Canada once. Nice place. I bought a couple Cuban Cigars and smuggled them back in to the USA. Haha. Oh, they were $15 each but my father and I each smoked one, anymore tho, I don't smoke even Weed unless offered, because smoking is terrible for you.

[@lorenzo3461]

Tack sa mycket (Thank you so much, being one myself)

[@Cloud-dq1mr]

Right back at you! We generally have a pretty great view of Canada (maybe too great?) and mostly love everything about you except ice hockey. I might have made Canada my sworn enemy after some particularly devastating losses.. ahem. It faded in a day or so :)

[@recalled4525]

@@Cloud-dq1mr Haha ready to be destroyed again? ;)

[@danybananyReal]

Norway and Sweden are like brothers, deep inside we love each other... We just don’t want to say it.

[@ozkang654]

:)

[@woodzbro]

ye

[@BRA.Roblox]

facts :)

[@Nocure92]

I was surprised to hear that they thought Sweden was beautiful. A lot of our cities have a very industrial look I feel. When I look at Trondheim for example I think it looks so much more beautiful than anything in Sweden. It looks like something I'd spend hundreds of hours building meticulously in a city builder game.

[@PiecesOfNature]

@@Nocure92 some places in Sweden is very beautiful but Norway has a lot of scenic places.

[@marcos_rezende]

2:05 This girl certainly has a sweetest smile I've ever seen

[@katarina_9846]

"Everything is cheaper in Sweden",not for the rest of Europe it ain't 😂

[@johnnorthtribe]

Whole north Europe is more expensive the rest of Europe I believe :D

[@Therran91]

Wonder how expensive things are in other places, I can nearly eat everyday 😅

[@giuliom3564]

@@johnnorthtribeit's so expensive cause wages are so high, specially Norway is absurdly wealthy 😅

[@johnnorthtribe]

@@giuliom3564 yeah, we live good up here in the north :)

[@JustWickedSwede]

It isn't cheap in Sweden. It is expemsive in Norway.

[@johannalindkvist4327]

It is interesting that only 30 years ago Swedes would go to Norway to shop because food was so cheap there. My family would always stock up on sugar and cheese.

[@flameofazazel598]

Was that because of the high taxes?

[@johannalindkvist4327]

@@flameofazazel598 No, the Swedish crown was worth more than the Norwegian crown back then, the opposite is true now. How strong the economy is in general also play a part.

[@flameofazazel598]

@@johannalindkvist4327 True words

[@readeh]

@@flameofazazel598 It all comes down to oil. Denmark gave some of the North Sea to Norway back in 1965 and made a terrible mistake doing it. A lot of those places given had a bunch of oil and in the 70'ies oil rigs/platforms got a lot more efficient and it became profitable drilling for oil in the sea. Norway used to be the poorest of the Scandinavian countries, but after the oil business of which 50% percent was owned by the Norwegian government, the country slowly got better economy.

[@Togglevolt]

This isn't really true anymore tho, the swedish and norwegian currencies are pretty much equal at the moment. 1 nok = 0.98 sek

[@NthreeE]

As a Swede it was shocking to hear you don't get free lunch at School. :|

[@nettitus]

Really? Maybe the government give you tickets for its. In Italy only until Middle school is free after that you pay your lunch. High school and University have low prices for students.

[@NthreeE]

@@nettitus Not sure how Norway is in general but I've heard they have to bring lunch. In sweden you get it until University, then you have to bring food/buy.

[@nettitus]

@@NthreeE Maybe in Norway the government pay your lunch until you will study in high school. In any case I know that Swedish and Norwegian government give to any student a minimal salary like help to pay the bills and others things. But students need to make all exams and be regular in the studies. Is so really ? In Italy give you only a scholarship if you have lower income of a threshold and you have made all exams required in time.

[@Halibrand]

@@NthreeE By law the schools only need to provide lunch for their students during their time in the mandatory part of the school system so from the age of 6 to 16. By the time you choose to go to a College eller University its entirely up to the school if they want to pay for your lunch or not with tax money, and as more and more municipalitys are failing with their economy, free lunches are disappearing from schools everyday in order to save money.

[@nettitus]

@@HalibrandIs this in Sweden or Norway ?

[@brocklod3673]

“I don’t think they’re as dumb as the jokes make them out to be”

[@MikaelMurstam]

haha we make them (Norwegians) sound stupid in our jokes as well :P

[@The40Oliver]

Are you sure about that?

[@jimmywayne983]

Just nice to know norwegians has jokes about swedes in the same line as danes do about swedes. before the bridge between denmark and sweden a long running joke in copenhagen was "keep copenhagen clean, follow a swede to the ferry" :D

[@ambessashield9360]

Wait what.. THEY are the “stupid” ones in these jokes... who sent them the fake wish copies 😅

[@istvanbartha7985]

Actually It's the same jokes...You only replace swede with norwegians in the joke or the other way around. I have cousins in Norway and we used to tell jokes all night long...

[@Jonsson474]

As predicted, people who have been to Sweden the most are also the most positive, while those who have never been there have the most preconceptions. It’s the same everywhere in the world really.

[@joppekim]

So true!

[@FromFame]

You should see the Norwegians to Danes video, you're right

[@MaskinJunior]

Sweden and Norway is like brothers, we cant really express our love for each other because that would be embarrassing, so we do care. I do still consider Sweden the older brother weigh down with following rules and paying more attention to how we are seen. To me Norwegians seems more free and happy than we are.

[@lucaswallo8127]

lol

[@prageruwu69]

fair enough

[@jagodadyga9040]

Tusen takk for denne videoen! Så hyggelig at du lager dem til oss! :)

[@NikilRaja]

Everyone interviewed seems so mature, level headed and accepting in their opinions... a very evolved people and country. Respect!

[@NikilRaja]

@@Halvor1970 born and raised in Toronto Canada… family originally from India about 50 years ago! Have been all throughout Europe but not Sweden yet… hopefully soon!

[@arg6538]

Ni Norrmänn är helt okej ni också, syskonkärlek! Många svenskar inklusive mig hade nog krigat med er om det blev krig i Norge :D

[@jimmywayne983]

Since theres a Scandinavian Defense pact between Norway, Sweden and Denmark, you are pretty right in the fact that scandinavians will fight together :)

[@PierreSimonsson]

@@jimmywayne983 never heard about it I know for sure Sweden wold help Norway if needed but they have Nato in there Back. so i am not Sure we need to But We Do have a Cooperation with The Finns.

[@jimmywayne983]

@@PierreSimonsson Too complicated a system for me to explain in full in this comment section, but you can take a look here for some general info, its a complicated system since some are Nato members and some are EU members, its a union with no limits on extend of cooperation And its in place instead of the planned but failed defense union that was in the process after ww2. Denmark and iceland actually voted and wanted a Nordic military union over Nato :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Defence_Cooperation and the failed en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_defence_union

[@jimmywayne983]

@Scallawag I fully agree, a scandinavian or nordic union would be a economic powerhouse. I as a Dane have so much more in common with my scandinavian and nordic brothers ans sisters than with greece and bulgaria. We have a more equal welfare and quality of life and our national economy is for all nordic countries in the +, whereas in EU only 7 or 8 of the 27 countries have a + on their national balance. Culture, history and language also binds us together. and for the scandinavian 3, we also have our monarchy tied together through generations.

[@Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen]

🙄

[@annanilsen5684]

As a swede i can say norway people are the most kind and beautiful country, best friends forever ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@I_Cunt_Spell]

Nilsen is a norvegian/dane last name. Nice try.

[@kl1541]

Vi är typ syskon kärlek i alla fall😅😂🇸🇪🇳🇴 tack så jättemycket ni är underbara folk❤

[@jovisgonorway1001]

KL15. Tusen takk ! :) Ja. Svensker og Nordmenn er søsken :) Og vi har søskenkjælighet til hverandre ! :) :) :) Dere svensker er også fantastiske mennesker !!!!!!! :)

[@wilhelmsarasalo3546]

Last I was in Oslo, they were selling t-shirts with nine flags on them, one Swedish and the rest Norwegian. Caption was: "Hvilken en er feil?" or some such. It is a friendly rivalry.

[@hwplugburz]

I have such a T-shirt with 5 sweedish and 1 norwegian flag. And the text is : Finn 5 feil ( finde 5 errors), I love that T-shirt, it was bought in sweeden beleve it or not, and i also Love Sweeden and sweeds.. (they are so sweet), and my ecconomie Hurts now, from not being able to go there and shop consumibles.

[@Neerco]

Jag känner att jag som svensk måste tacka för de fina kommentarerna i denna video, varit flera gånger i Norge och har bara bra saker att säga om detta fina land och dess invånare! Tack Norge! (Danmark och Finland, älskar er också)

[@carlz7646]

As a swede working at the border where most norweigans go shopping i can say that there are idiots from all countries sweden,norway,denmark and finland but there is a loot more good hearted people! Usually the older people from norway are the nicest people i meet in an average day! We all say we hate eachother but under the hate we secretly love eachother instead! (AND i will say that norway has a much prettier landscape then sweden!)

[@matslarsson2819]

Our mountain area is much moore genuin than yours. You hade almost destroy yours with roads and Summer houses.

[@carlz7646]

@@matslarsson2819 what?

[@matslarsson2819]

@@carlz7646 You say that Norway has more Beautiful Nature then I say this...

[@carlz7646]

@@matslarsson2819 are you swedish or norwiegan?

[@FreyrNordisk]

You Swedes always trying to put Finns in the same club with us, as if Finland means the same for Norwegians and Danes, the only Scandinavians with a connection with Finns are Swedes, they are foreign to Danes and Norwegians.

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

As a Norwegian, Swedes are my brothers.

[@driver288]

Aww! Nu vill jag ju åka till Norge! Ni är ju så gulliga 🇳🇴. Vi gillar er med! Har varit rätt mycket i Norge men nu var det länge sen. Vi ses när Corona lugnat sig!

[@Stetch42]

Swede here. Love Norway and their people. You are great ^_^

[@Sauromannen]

As a Swede that has been around quite a lot I must admit that Norway has the most beautiful landscapes I have seen.

[@saudmubarak8324]

@Amalie Olsdatter you guys are littilry brothers

[@meadish]

@Amalie Olsdatter Klem fra Sverige.

[@Mrvanderspank]

Much love to our Norwegian brothers and sisters!

[@MrCitius]

I live about 100 km from the Norwegian border. I look on Sweden and Norway like siblings. We love to pick a little on each other like a brother and sister. And i think the constant ”competition” between the countries is a very good thing. One thing is for sure, if Norway ever will need help. We will be there. I saw how a lot of Swedish people acted when Breivik did what he did. That really affected Sweden to. We sent help to Gjerdrum a couple a months ago. And i know Norway have helped us in similar situations. Like siblings do. So this heart from Sweden is for you Norway!❤️

[@jurgen4466]

We Swedes love Norway as much! ❤️🌹💥

[@Henoik]

As a Norwegian, I think the relationship between Sweden and Norway is a brotherly one. We don't agree on everything, and we can get into pretty hefty fights and arguments about things, but when it comes to it, we have each other's backs and support each other.

[@densmorde4520]

Inte i kriget då såklart.

[@Earth098]

All throughout the video, I was thinking......How BEAUTIFUL Trondheim looks in the background. Scandinavian cities are so heavenly!!

[@mbotsaris]

Vad snälla ni är, vi älskar er också!

[@Middagsmys]

Vi kommer alltid älska vår lillebror! 😍

[@jovisgonorway1001]

BP. Lillebror eller storebror ! Det er vel litt hvordan man ser det, eller regner det når det gjelder Norge og Sverige :) Vi har mer penger enn dere ! Men dere har et større land enn oss igjen :)

[@ChrisFalk2]

Norwegian is such a cute language, they always sound so happy!

[@ChrisFalk2]

@ Don't know about the nordlendings, but Norwegians in general at least.

[@thea9153]

People from Oslo sounds even more more happier when they speak, its annoying to listen to them speak.

[@MyouKyuubi]

From a Norwegian perspective, Norwegian sounds... Sticky, if that makes any sense. And the Oslo dialect sounds effeminate and pompous on top of that. :P There's a reason why Norwegians consume most things, books, entertainment, cooking instructions, etc, in English, and replace a lot of words with English, it's because Norwegian is kind of a cringy language, even Norwegians hate hearing it. xD But hey, at least we don't sound cringy to non-Norwegians across the globe. :P

[@Luca-hb5xs]

@@MyouKyuubi I like the language 🥲. Greetings from germany

[@carlcarlotti9642]

@@MyouKyuubi Well, from Argentina here, I'm learning bokmål and haven't ever been up in Norway nor really planning to go to that beautiful place. To me the language, with its high and low pitches sounds cool.

[@JohnGaming97]

I like Norwegians, I lived in Sweden my whole life, only visited Oslo one time and it was great, very kind people! much love to Norway from Sweden

[@SirManfly]

as a man of Norwegian ancestry i thank you for this!

[@mrmatt1165]

Är du svensk, John?

[@anderssvensson1291]

Norge för mig har alltid varit underbart❤️ Tänk om tiden kunde gå tillbaka till när jag träffade Heidi från Oslo och brevväxlade med hon..Norge är fantastiskt 🇸🇪

[@Cartathra]

Tack så mycket för alla fina kommentarer våra bröder och systrar. Vi tycker om er också!

[@azariacba]

I definitely agree with the guy at 5:15. That’s the reason why I subscribe to this channel. Norsk er et fint språk!

[@herrbonk3635]

De är så gulliga och vänliga! Känns som svenskar på 1940/50-talet. Det säger jag med både kärlek och saknad.

[@Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen]

😁😁😁😁

[@SweWince]

Jaa! Fint att se :)

[@Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen]

@@SweWince aaa

[@fordhouse8b]

Som På ’40 talet, när vi tillät tyskarna att transportera soldater till norge genom sverige? Väldigt gulligt och vänligt.

[@herrbonk3635]

@@fordhouse8b Så fan "vi" gjorde. Det var den sosseledda regeringen. (Mina föräldrars föräldrar röstade heller aldrig för att socialisterna skulle ta över landet.)

[@Divedown_25]

I tell you that most people if not all Swedes are very happy to have Norway as their neighbors. And it is a good rivalry when it comes to sport.

[@irondasgr]

Can we (greeks) exchange Turks with Norwegians? You take the Turks.

[@1158supersiri]

🤣

[@johngeronimo8172]

There is an analogy. Swedes are the Scandinavian equivalent of Germans, Norwegians are the Americans, and the Danes are Southern Europeans... One thing that I really like about us Scandinavians (it also extends to the other Nordic countries) is that we can be fierce rivals in sports, but if your own country is out of the game, you always enjoy the success of your neighbors. We're like siblings...

[@Shayyy1618]

A love Sweden and swedish people I think they're nice and fun Sweden is nice and beautiful country.

[@velmad3091]

Thank you 😘

[@Shayyy1618]

@@velmad3091 your welcome, but that's the truth I'm even learning swedish and it's such beautiful language ❤️⁩.

[@Kitty-ju1yt]

Thank you Norwegian friend. Norway is a great neighbor, greetings from Sweden. 🇸🇪🇧🇻

[@ivancvitkovic6679]

You mean swedistan make sweden swedish again

[@Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen]

Bästa Norge 💞💞💞

[@Svartsomkato]

Älskar Norge och norrmännen! Norway is probably the most beautiful country I've ever been to. There is a special bond between us, that is why there are so many bad jokes about the other side. Love from Stockholm.

[@terjefevag2455]

Alle nordmenn har en oldemor fra Stockholm.

[@Docinaplane]

I've been to all the Scandinavian countries except Norway. I liked Sweden very much. I was friends with Grete Waitz while she was living in the US. She was a very special Norwegian athlete and wonderful person.

[@Docinaplane]

@mcparty OK, all the Nordic countries except Iceland, but my neighbor was from Iceland :-) Great people!

[@ArthurShelby-PB]

8:11 This woman is soooo pretty and her voice is cute af

[@idk-mi1kl]

She looks like she is crazy af tbh

[@shawn6669]

@MadeintheImageofGod ummm...from someone who's been around the block...just no.

[@viktorjensen6906]

I was litterally thinking the same thing

[@denzel444]

she aint got a top lip

[@perarheim1255]

​@@idk-mi1kl Wrong interpretation. That smile and chuckle is a common way in Scandinavia for a girl to relieve some peer tension and signal that you're not more full of yourself and your story than warranted by the random on-cam situation. She's reading the reactions of the interviewer and responding to that. Seems like a pleasant and lovely girl next door to me.

[@ThePrazzel]

Älskar verkligen norge och språket är så fint =)

[@alwaysuseless]

This is well edited! I assume you approached someone and then asked them all your questions, then on to the next person. But then you edited it, so that we hear everyone's answer to the first question, and then everyone's answer to the next question. Both in terms of hearing the range of opinions on each question and in terms of learning Norwegian, this rearrangement is brilliant. Thanks for the video. As a native English-speaker, I am trying to decide whether I want to learn Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish. It's not really practical to try to learn all 3. Swedish has the most native-speakers, but I've heard that Norwegian (Bokmål) is easier to understand than Danish, if you're Swedish and easier to understand than Swedish, if you're Danish. Takk igjen.

[@irondasgr]

Why don't you pick German which is more practical? Or even Dutch whicH I've heared is the closest to the English language?\

[@alwaysuseless]

@@irondasgr I gave your comment an up vote. That’s sound advice. What you couldn’t know is that I already speak German at the B2 level. My goal is to speak German, Spanish, and French at C1. (A1 = beginner. C2 = almost bilingual.) I would like eventually to have more than a superficial understanding of Swedish or Norwegian. Norway with its mountains and fjords is a country I definitely want to explore. As an outsider, I wish Sweden, Norway, and Denmark would adopt a common Standard Scandinavian language. I think that would have many advantages for all 3 countries. But apparently, Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes are content to switch to English, when they can’t understand each other.

[@irondasgr]

@@alwaysuseless I understand. Since you speak German the Dutch choice would be supreme. But of course you know what you need. It's just that (as a language teacher myself) it always feels really a pity to listen to someone to want to put so much effort just for a trip and then nada. Unfortunately Norwegian speak only the Norwegians and only in Norway. I'd like to learn some Swedish myself but I always come around when I think "what on earth are you going to do with this ability?" Just watch Sa ska det lotta? Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to worth the price...

[@alwaysuseless]

@@irondasgr For a first trip to Norway, I will probably know only a few basic expressions like Hello, Yes, please, No thank you, Where is the restroom? In other words, I'll have to rely on Norwegians understanding English. For my first trip to Germany, I had had 2 years of German at university, but had forgotten, for example, how to use the familiar address. The much younger nephew of a friend I made found it very funny to be addressed, in effect, as Sir. You go with what you've got. For the next couple of years, I'll be mainly focused on the big 3: German, Spanish, and French.

[@irondasgr]

@@alwaysuseless Of course, it's a great feeling this of belonging and inclusion when you find yourself in a foreign country of which the language you speak. I have studied Italian and this last Christmas I spent it in Rome. I was there for 15 days and at some point I realized that I was in the bus and had people asking me for direction. Italians. In a couple of cases, indeed, I knew how to answer effectively and it was as weird as much as magnificent. In just a fortnight I was already turned into a "vero Romano". I wish that you enjoy the greatness of this sentiment too in Norway sometime.

[@JorgeGonzalez-vb2mv]

Thankss!!! Keep it up! Super useful! Greetings from Spain

[@legan8140]

Underbart att vara både Svensk och Norsk. Mamma svensk, pappa norsk. 🇸🇪🇳🇴

[@Brokk7777]

Vi älskar er också! :)

[@nettitus]

Very nice and kind people ! In particular the girl from Harstad is so cute and lovely girl ! Norwegians and Swedish are really good people.

[@eusela_99]

I love this type of content. Would be interesting to know what Norwegians think about Finns and Finland. Takk.

[@Yfreyr]

well,Suomi is cool man

[@tomrogerlilleby2890]

Norway and Norwegians have very little contact with Finnland and Finns. They are just like aliens to us. Much of it is because we are not ethnically related and we cannot understand each other languages. That said, we have nothing against each other as peoples. We simply just doesn't belong - and never have. But we have a lot to learn from Finns about how they are organizing their country. A truly modern democratic country based on logic and reason.

[@eusela_99]

@@tomrogerlilleby2890 Wow, okay. I was not expecting that, but thanks a lot for your answer :)

[@EnderCrypt]

i remember visiting some friends in norway and one thing i loved there the most was the nature, dang, if only sweden had sucha beautiful mountains

[@eyeofthetiger6002]

Forget the mountains, give me the pretty Swedish girls any day! 😂

[@Maugrim76]

🇸🇪💜👋🇳🇴 Kul video. Hoppas se fler "Hva synes nordmenn om..." videos längre fram. Jag tycker den här kanalen var fantastiskt intressant.

[@selkarogers7662]

As a Canadian I went to Sweden for a week a few years ago and I found it unsettling. Bars closed really early, everyone was trashed by 11:30 and people weren't friendlier once they were drunk. The food scene was also super disappointing. I have a distinct memory of a woman falling on the cobblestone street with her bags of groceries right next to me and I stopped to help her pick them up and asked if she was okay, she was not impressed I stopped to help her. She seemed shocked I assisted to help and shooed me away angrily. As a Canadian I was taken aback by that. Sweden felt unnatural and dystopian and the people seemed pretentious, fearful and standoffish. Watching this video I was wondering if Norwegians picked up on this or if their culture was the same. I had been to Iceland many times and Denmark once and I found the people to be more jovial and unrestricted in the way they expressed themselves and more similar to how people are all over the world. I left Sweden without hearing one child laugh, cry, shout or even a dog bark. It was all very suspicious. I'm sure there are lovely people there but the overall vibe was off-putting. I would like to see Norway but I don't want a do-over of the experience I had in Sweden.

[@SimpleNorwegian]

I think scandinavians are alike in many ways. Remember that a few experiences isn’t necessary representative of the entire population, although you definitely described elements of it

[@Solidsplash9746]

Swedes and Norweigan are like twins fighting about who is 5 minuter older than the other. I love Norweigans

[@meriksson1981]

Haha, som svensk blir man glad när man hör våra kära grannar prata så snällt om oss. Ni är ganska ok också Norge, man förstår er tillochmed när ni pratar till skillnad från dom där danskarna. 😁

[@Kitty-ju1yt]

Greetings from Stockholm - Sweden. Norwegians are welcome to Sweden... 🇸🇪🇧🇻

[@melessonce3927]

this is the best way to learn language for me, very cool, thank u so much:))

[@rosamannen]

Klart vi älskar våra Norska systrar och bröder

[@Neo0509able]

Väldigt fina och hyggliga kommentarer 🤗

[@SuperTrisset]

Heja Norge! Hälsningar från Sverige

[@jovisgonorway1001]

SuperTrisset. Heia Sverige! Hilsninger fra Norge :)

[@Astronic]

Lovely to see all the positive norwegians towards swedes! I love norwegians too (fellow swede)

[@Софка-Ш]

What Norwegians think about Russians living in Svalbard?

[@-Rune-]

Honestly, I would guess most norwegians are not aware of it.

[@Nico97fr]

есть ли много русских в Свалбарде? Почему? Если я вспомню хорошо, это место где иностранцы по всему миру могут жить и работать без визы, и после, вокруг 5 лет (мне кажется), им дарят право остаться в стране навсегда, и они затем могут перемещаются на юг, в континентальную Норвегию где климат мягче? Are there a lot of russians in Svalbard? Why? If I remember well, it's a place where foreigners around the world can live and work without visa, and after, like 5 years (I think), they are given the right to stay in the country forever, and can then move south, in continental norway where the climate is milder. (norwegian, with the help of google translate, so be careful not to take it as an example:) Er de mye russ på Svalbard? Hvorfor? Hvis jeg husker riktig, det er et sted hvor utlendinger over hele verden kan bo og jobbe uten visa, og etter, rundt 5 år (jeg tror), de gis rett til å bli i landet for evig, og de flytter sør, til kontinental Norge, hvor klimaet er mildere.

[@bluelotus9245]

Nico97, If this is right Norwegians are way smarter than they are in our jokes... A perfect plan to make people voluntarily move to Svalbard😂

[@mainstreampopsucks4245]

Nothing. Most likely the vast majority of norwegians has never visited Svalbard, any less met any russians living on Svalbard. The norwegians that travels to Svalbard usually travel to Longyearbyen, not barentsburg. Norwegians in the north tend to have a positive view about Russia and russians because of the local historical connections between the inhabitants of Finnmark. Norwegians in the south tend to have a negative or neutral view on Russia and russians. THe reason many have negative views towards Russia is because of Putin and russian politics.

[@ViffeNify]

@@mainstreampopsucks4245 Or as in Sweden, run a submarine aground on our east coast. Will never trust them again.

[@johnnorthtribe]

Jag har bara varit i Norge en gång i mitt liv som barn. Ju mer jag ser på dessa youtube clips så känner jag att jag vill resa till Norge igen. :)

[@morganjonasson2947]

I come from sweden, but have worked in norway for 4 years and in times driving thru northern finland to get to norway. now there is ONE thing that makes sweden completely unique in it's nature compared to all nordic countries. I argue there is no country with as much clear-cutting areas as Sweden. I got reminded every time I drove home to sweden from work in norway, why I thought sweden was such an ugly country. All trees look the same, all the trees look like as if placed on a grid, and then comes the clear-cutting areas where you just see several hectars of stubs pointing up everywhere.

[@Greksallad]

It's because they more or less ARE placed on a grid. Those are trees planted for felling, and it's almost always the same type of trees for miles and miles. More than 80% of Swedish trees are spruce and pine. Sweden is still around 60% forest though, and the plant rate is higher than the cutting rate; for every tree cut down, three new ones are planted.

[@alexj.denton7453]

Do a video asking what music do they listen.

[@johanponken]

A perfection would have been to add a short screenshot of a map with the places people had accents from!!!

[@SimpleNorwegian]

There’s a map on the right side when they tell about their dialect

[@linajurgensen4698]

7:35 why does the women think it’s „embarrassing“ to go border shopping? Literally *every* country does that.

[@Nico97fr]

not sure why they feel embarrased, but the fact that the prices (and especially taxes) are so high that people need to cross the border to buy food is scandalous.

[@MountainMonkeyZ]

This is Norwegians in Sweden on 'Skjærtorsdag'. You be the judge: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6G3nnahnaate5Y

[@linajurgensen4698]

Mountain Monkey wtf😂 okay now I understand.

[@2Zemog]

Shopping in Sweden is colloquially called "harryhandel" which basically translates to "tacky shopping". One reason for this may be the fact that the items people usually purchase on such excursions are tobacco products, meat, alcohol and candy - each of which have high taxes in Norway, and may be considered "embarrassing" to purchase. Additionally, driving a car and not purchasing local food or paying local VAT may carry their own mild taboos.

[@johnnorthtribe]

@@MountainMonkeyZ Haha it's like watching Skandinavian version of american hillbillies :P

[@chriswong8400]

Vi Nordländer behöver ha en Union, en försvars union! Tänk er: Norge, Sverige, Danmark och Finland enade blodsbröder (och systrar). Vilken Styrka!

[@matslarsson2819]

Och Island.

[@neuroleptika]

I am swedish and I am absolutely in love with norway and norweigans, the jokes we have and the competition mindset is just for fun! We get along worse with denmark and finland....

[@jovisgonorway1001]

Neuroleptika. Do you swedes come out worse with Danes and Finns ? No shame to be from Finland for us Norwegians at least ! Then the Finns also have a lot to be proud of ! :) Both Norway, Sweden and Finland have achieved a lot !!! Then it's worse with the Danes ! What do they have to be proud of ??? Red sausages ??? Danish people are probably just as jealous of you Swedes as us Norwegians !!!

[@amyst3887]

I've never learnt any Norwegian but I'm loving these videos all the same! You can see lots of similarities with German and even Scots dialect words 😊

[@k.williamjones3978]

The Norwegian (and Swedish) word for "child" is "barn". I have heard that it is "bairn" in Scotland. A connection? Norwegian fisher people have reportedly been a conduit of mutual influence in language between Norway and Scotland (and not just the Vikings).

[@amyst3887]

@@k.williamjones3978 Yes exactly, and we also have a similar word to bra "braw"

[@k.williamjones3978]

@@amyst3887 Wow! I call myself a "word nerd" because I find these connections and etymologies to be fascinating!

[@bafattvahetere]

Norway and Scotland have both similar beutiful landscape. Norwegian whisky is not so good, ha, ha. In Norway (Oslo) they get "dritings", in Scotland they get "drunk". Happens frequently.

[@stuartdryer1352]

I lived in Sweden as a kid. I can mostly understand these people.

[@amiwho6792]

haha

[@mapepe3788]

Älskar er med Norge! 😄🎉❤️

[@antonberg438]

i like norway! very beutiful place and nice people! and their language always makes me happy! :)

[@erik....]

Älskar norge.. tittar på mycket norsk tv.

[@kristofferhellstrom]

Love our Norwegian neighbour!

[@Cikenbane]

The guy at 1:31 just insulted Sweden by saying we are like the danish, THE DANISH!

[@filipnassen9076]

I haven't spend any real time in Norway or with any norwegians but I hope to someday. We have to stick together and help eachothers as brothers and sisters. I'm glad to see that these people have the same feelings towards swedes as I and many swedes has towards them.

[@PureVikingPowers]

Swedes love Norway they are our brothers ❤🤍💙

[@patwhw]

@Pat Micucci Wat

[@patwhw]

@Pat Micucci Wat

[@PureVikingPowers]

@Pat Micucci Don't you know that Swedes created Russia, you need to go back to school.

[@badgerrrlattin35]

As someone who is roughly half Norwegian and half Swede; born & living in America I know when folks come over from "the old country" and I tell them my background, they usually raise their eyebrows and say something like "that's a hell of a mix!"

[@JeyPeyy]

1:14 Ah yes, our food is so good. Can I offer you a banana curry pizza?

[@darthsarmoth]

its really cool seeing scandanavian brothers and sister who have nice things to say. On the internet and in videogames, scandanavians are often much harder on each other than they are irl.

[@SimpleNorwegian]

People (kids) are generally toxic in videogames so that doesn’t surprise me

[@darthsarmoth]

Simple Norwegian true, haha.

[@brittcarlsson8609]

Vi tycker om er också 😉 trots att ni går på tur och äter smörgås till lunch.

[@SuperChipen]

this puts a smile on my face

[@MCarlzon]

Love back to Norway from Sweden! \o/ See you like the great sibling you like to mess with sometimes (with all the Norwegian jokes) but only love deep down :) And love to the Danes as well \o/

[@amiwho6792]

Haha the old guy is the best :D

[@chloestevens5095]

As a Swedish girl I never noticed how similar the languages were

[@Wings_of_foam]

Jeg forstår næsten ikke Svensk :)

[@meadish]

@@Wings_of_foam Det handlar mest om vana och hur mycket du utsätts för språket. Kör Duolingo i en månad och titta lite på svenska tv-serier så kommer det snart att vara nästan lika lätt för dig som andra norska dialekter.

[@corrigenda70]

I was once invited to the home of a Norwegian Student friend when I was in Drammen. I had been warned to say 'Takk for Maten' after the meal and duly did so and I then volunteered to dry the dishes after the meal (This was the 1960s) only to be screamed at by the hostess (my friend's mother!) when I put down the tea towel (which was yellow) on a blue-backed chair!!!! I (of course) didn't understand but it was soon explained to me!!

[@goran2268]

Having lived in Norway I've honestly never felt that Norwegians are somehow different from me in any way. It's just like home, but across the border.

[@farrukh8827]

Are you Swedish and Norvegians not the same nation? I can't see any difference between them.

[@Kay-jg6tf]

@@farrukh8827 Norwegian jokes are slightly better :)

[@Mrwhereismytaco]

Will we get to hear people from different cities too? I'd love to be able to compare the dialects!

[@fredriks5090]

I guess he lives/studies in Trondheim. There's usually people from all over the country around the Universities, especially NTNU - perhaps he could visit a student area first.

[@andreyoga3958]

I love how norwegians casually say that the price of drink and food is much cheaper in Sweden.

[@WahidahCherazade]

I always forget that they don't have proper lunch to eat! Not even in school! For me as a swede, that's crazy. For example today I had burgers for lunch (home made, not from McDonalds or something like that). And yes, I had a good breakfast and I nice dinner as well. To eat just a sandwich or so, that would be something for me between my meals if I was hungry for some reason.

[@Alekzbizkit]

Älska Norge ❤️

[@Nina-sq7fy]

Visiting Sweden is like going to a magical fairy tale country where everyone talks like they're in a children's movie and all the candy is super cheap. I love it. And of course old school Swedish death metal is really good.

[@mauritzallberg7302]

En hälsning från sverige..vi tycker om norge, kära bröder o syster tack

[@affelito4609]

Mauritz Allberg 🤡🤡

[@AlexKall]

@@affelito4609 gillar du clowner?

[@affelito4609]

Alexander Källberg nej

[@peeper5491]

I need help with a Norwegian message I got sent and its pretty important but I only speak English any willing to help a bit? 😬

[@stanleysheng3224]

jag har bott i sverige 3 år sen o jag har blev flytande på svenska senaste, det är jätteöverraskande som jag kan nästan förstå norska. vad kul!

[@CamsterClips]

Inte flytande än men kämpa på!

[@erikeriksson3615]

Vi elsker også dette landet som nå stiger frem og hele det Norske folket! Med stor kjærlighet fra Sverige. Vi älskar också detta landet som nu stiger fram och hela norska folket. Med stor kärlek från Sverige 🇸🇪🇳🇴❤️💃🕺👑😍

[@christeroqvist1680]

Har saknat Norskarna på Byske havsbad i sommar.