Skansens folkdanslag -- Västgötapolska

One of the last shows in 2010. The camera guy in the background is from Swedish television.
NOTE: This clip has been licensed for use by Reporters Without Borders and by Tim Dixon. Any other copies you see are unauthorized.

[@AmandaRiosi]

That's so cute, they look like they came out of a fairy tale book. I love the outfits!

[@threelittlepixiiies2491]

It's a dance that does stem from old norse religion, before christianity came and tried to sucessfully do it's fuckuppery... thus as they dance the tributes of Thor, in the name of God & Jesus Christ... well... Y'all here him thunder in the background (Joke aside) but this is Originated in Norse Religion, dancing around maypoles and bonfires in the rain and thunders worshipping the old abandonned gods of Asgard.

[@aceyonn]

@@threelittlepixiiies2491 p¹1111¹100x0o00x11xx99p p¹xx

[@lul4098]

Sweden wouldn't even exist were it not for chistianity. You know it often brought a centralised state, right? @@threelittlepixiiies2491

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

After watching midsommar I couldn’t help but look for similar music and dances and this had put my mind in a more positive place. Thank you

[@Bobo-yf5kd]

I recommend Triakel!

[@ScandinavianStarz]

​@@Bobo-yf5kd YO I LOVE TRIAKEL

[@Bobo-yf5kd]

@@ScandinavianStarz heck yesss 👌my Jamta heart beats with joy

[@eriksic]

När jag gick i skolan typ lågstadiet i mitten på 90-talet fick vi alltid dansa folkdans. Var lite random men nu när man ser tillbaka var det ett trevligt inslag ändå. Det handlade om att värna om kultur, inte på ett knäppt "vi är bäst, ni är sämst" sätt utan ett trevligt och välkomnande sätt. Det fanns ju barn från alla olika bakgrunder/länder som också uppskattade det!

[@user3141592635]

Jag tränade folkdans på den tiden med min nygifta hustru. Vi dansade nästan bara med varandra. Kanske något tråkigt.

[@Alexander_Isen]

Varför skulle folkdans ens få dig att tänka på "Vi är bäst ni är sämst"?

[@emzzyyx]

i live in sweden im proud of the swedish culture 👌👌🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@FyFanNollan]

And I'm proud that Iran used a Mario Kart sound effect for their EAS alarm

[@personalnotesmusic]

This makes me want to move to Sweden! My two grandma's moved from Sweden and came to America in the early 1900's.

[@Snobiker13]

Several of my mother's uncles also moved to the USA in those days. Not quite sure where my relatives are now.

[@user3141592635]

Do not.

[@legflavour9007]

@@Snobiker13 Samma här, alla min mormorsfars syskon flyttade till USA och nu har vi ingen som helst kontakt med dem.

[@TaiganTundra]

Sweden is not what you think it's like.

[@personalnotesmusic]

@@TaiganTundra What is it like for you?

[@mysqm3026]

1:45 I love how the music is played lower as they move in torward the middle, nice touch

[@WGreen-Author]

This is one way to time travel.

[@Snobiker13]

+W. Green Yes, they've been doing that in more or less the same way since the 1890s, and some of the dances are more than 200 years old.

[@user3141592635]

The only way.

[@matsandersson1031]

Den bästa uppvisning jag sett av den dansen. Jag har dansat folkdans i 27 år och kan bara beundra er skicklighet.

[@Jackiex3e]

idk why but i've watched this so many times x) I simply love this so much, the joy on their faces as well as the concentration. The personality in it all, the sync. The noise, I just love it :D

[@CapilanoTLC]

My favourite choreographed ringdans! I learned this in my early teens in Brooklyn NY at Barnklubben Lucia nr. 2.

[@izzy-ve1cd]

My heart is melting ❤️ such a beautiful and cozy culture

[@jagosevatarion8822]

unfortunately its dying in Sweden. all the kids and adolescents want today is gangster rap.

[@unamed_ghoul]

My great grandpa was from Sweden and moved to America when he was 6. I hope one day I can have a traditional dance like this at my wedding! 🫶

[@davidbowiejr1218]

I'd give anything to walk again so I can do this dance but I can't it brakes my heart watching other teenagers walking and having fun on there feet while I'm stuck in my wheelchair with a blanket over my legs so they don't stear at them I hate it I wish I could dance but I have my grandpaps to help me walk but he said its not Time to be watching the dancing videos yet because u can't walk

[@_loss_]

Hope all is well with you, buddy.

[@ollejohansson6572]

K

[@Helvett222]

Since childhood I am interested in Sweden like the culture of this country, the people, habits, of course, new music and how this in this video that is also the language of his folk sound and everything I know a few words phrases, although it does not teach. For me, Swedish is the most comprehensive, best of all languages except the Scandinavian countries, for example, the Swedish royal family how different and normal compared to those freaks are saturated with money and power or British monarchy. I love the Swedish sense of humor and its different versions ... Not to mention the Swedish democracy, economy, standard of living..

[@user3141592635]

Swedish have a long history of hardship and wars. Also tradition of play/dance. Very much like Norwegian and Danish.

[@Blue138UEF]

Swedish democracy is shit, trust me because I am actually Swedish

[@edible0pig]

You call the Swedish royal family normal? What terrible place do you come from, that those strange doll-faced monstrosities seem normal?

[@johanfagerstromjarlenfors]

Sweden is the worst of scandinavian (and all nordic) countries with most things. Worst schools, worst econommy, worst democracy, worst everything. Swedes have no humor, or at least... they maybe have but someone always getting offended by a tiny joke and probably report it to the police... I’m born in south eastern sweden (blekinge) in one of the regions that like 400 years ago were danish but got lost frommwar between denmark and sweden. I have always felt more danish than swedish. Always prefered denmark over sweden. Copenhagen is closer than stockholm geograficly so that’s the more common place to visit for us. And i mean... in denmark i can speak exactly as i do in eastern blekinge and all danes understands me perfectly, and one time a dane actually asked me from where in denmark i came from since i had ”rare accent”.... in stockholm (and eskilstuna) i have been forced to speak english since they for some reason don’t understand me... u can imagine how welcoming that feels.... especially compared to what happend in denmark. The dialects of the regions that once were danish can be refered to as eastern danish dialects. But they already were inbetween danish standard language and swedish standard language 400 years ago when sweden took the regions. The dialects didn’t really changed that much but still a little. They however got lot of its dialectal words from danish and spme of them were specificly eastern danish words that still can be found on bornholm in their ”more danish” form. And since swedish and danish linguisticly is the same language and the dialects of blekinge, bornholm skåne and halland lies in between they should be understood by everyone😂 but for some reason danes understands it better than other swedes. Even though dialects aren’t that heavily and widely spoken nowadays even young people use lots of regional words in daily life and we speak with quite heavy accents that comes from our old dialects. I have read a lot about my dialect and the sounds used etc.. it’s a very complex thing with unwritten rules of pronounciation that all speakers for some reason know etc.. some sounds that doesn’t exist in swedish but that we use every day here etc... I wish that denmark take us back🇩🇰

[@robo-lamb]

in Sweden all the people are happy and kind😀

[@tashilhamo9807]

Wonderful i like this dance very much! Thank you very much for sharing !🌹👏👏👏

[@haryobagushandoko7509]

don't be sad, be happy, dance and sing volksong.

[@judithvandijkhuizen8331]

Lovely music and dancing. Interesting. Thanks.

[@stevemillican4539]

This is one of the "new" tunes I've been plying.

[@user3141592635]

To dance traditional dances with the sweet fiancee, is very nice and highly bonding, for when one gets separated in the dance, it is so lovlely to meet again.

[@tabithaheglund9996]

This is so beautiful! my dance team is not nearly as perfect. Such a inspiration!!!

[@user3141592635]

They are quite well trained, but beatiful anyway.

[@SAH7272]

There's something very satisfying about the coordination of this dance.

[@jesuisanluis2078]

Due to culture influence, conquest etc, in Mexico we have similar dances, but with very different music

[@rosea9737]

The laughing man made me think of Mexican music and how similar the joy!

[@andersliljevall2946]

People were better dressed before

[@nopenope868]

Pretty much. Doesn't take much to improve on jeans and a T-Shirt. Or "monochromatic" all black everything.

True

[@kyanya7294]

The amish are still wearing something close to this. also as a side note, show the east asians these traditional clothes and a week later they'd have made a flashier more stylized and modern version of it. They really like modernizing traditional clothes in east asia.

[@gnomepilled8842]

no lol they look silly

[@toddharig8142]

@@gnomepilled8842 ^Agreed

[@DanteSanden]

Välkommen till Sverige

[@user3141592635]

The black skirts with various colours added are awesome and very beatiful :)

[@mattiaswidegren2242]

Det där var helt fantastiskt.

[@Vegan007]

So nice to see all that energy! Unfortunately almost everyone in the Swedish club in my hometown were so ancient they had a hard time keeping up this kind of tempo 🤭 wish I could remember all the dances...

[@Snobiker13]

Som du kanske vet är Skansen ett museum. Man visar bland annat upp traditionella danser och dräkter. Folkdanslaget tränar på vintern och har uppvisningar varje dag utom måndagar hela sommaren. Tänk dig uppvisningarna som en hyllning till de generationer som kämpade mot missväxt och farsoter men ändå visste hur man roade sig med den tidens enkla medel. Inget pinsamt med det.

[@user3141592635]

Tack, jag förstår de dåliga tiderna med ont om mat.

[@13243546abcdef]

So fun! Loved watching every moment of it! THanks for uploading :)

[@annemadison7258]

Brilliant video. I'm currently at the moment trying to find videos of the traditional dances of Scandivinia to learn about the culture of my ancestors on my father's side.

[@Snobiker13]

Then have a look at the channel Skansens Folkdanslag.

[@knutegn]

You ought to check out Halling, Daisy, from the Halling valley in eastern Norway. It's a very acrobatic, parkour-esque style with a lot of masculine/feminine style elements. Flattering if one could compare it to flamenco, for instance. Though with a lot less people practicing it over the years, of course.

[@annemadison7258]

@@knutegn I will take a look at the Halling dance.

[@user3141592635]

It was a delight to dance old dances with my young wife though. She loved it as well.

[@zehra.9841]

It's really beautiful. That scream is also in Horon dance (Turkish folk dance). Hahahaha I love this.😊

[@happyblueskye]

I like the Nodic folk dance very much, i want to learn it.

[@user-rn2xi6bq6t]

nice good job !!! hello ? I'm from KOREA where are you from ?

[@bambooandmeofficial]

Sweden my good Sir!

[@michaelcrusader9612]

Very nice see and hear dear nords in sincere in very light magik legendary-nord-construction and in light in nord-friendship distance -folklorn-swerige-dance!!! Sincere bravo!! Danke-Schon!!!

[@Cool-yb4js]

That’s great ! ❤️❤️❤️

[@SuperDocctor]

Неужели great ?

[@timsollen7748]

Skulle vara jätteskoj att medverka, tyärr så har jag bägge fötterna i munnen när det gäller dans.

[@deleteme8774]

I want to see Felix Kjellberg dancing this.

[@user3141592635]

In the old times, for some simple people to meet a woman, and she, to meet a man, was in the dance at midsommar, from the very old times.

[@Snobiker13]

Är det något fel på att vara bonde? Vad skulle du äta om det inte fanns bönder som fixade fram råvarorna? Och lite känsla för historia är aldrig fel. Det gör det lättare att förstå nutiden. För övrigt är folkdanslagets uppvisningar mycket uppskattade av turisterna som kommer till Skansen.

[@NoahForce]

ingen sa att det var något fel

[@kimwenngren5616]

@@NoahForce hahhhahaha jadu

[@Snobiker13]

@@NoahForce Trollet som jag diskuterade med där blev utsparkat från KZbin för ganska länge sedan.

[@felix121984]

Beautiful and an anti depressor.

[@kitsorcerer]

Just a swedish american getting in touch with his ancestral culture.

[@Dalpilarna]

i love seeing swedish americans connecting with their ancestors roots. almost a fifth of swedens population emmigrated to america in 1860-1930. Do you know where in Sweden your ancestors came from?

[@SiegfriedFries]

We have the right to exist in the way we demand.

[@zhannka2011]

This reminds me of other European folk dances. This dance uses basic female and male polarities, dancing in vortex circles, and the 2 male 2 female dancing in circle creates the swasitka symbol, infinite symbol of free energy, zero point. The human vessels aligned masculine/feminine are transmitting orgone energy, chi energy, prana, atmospheric energy, ether energy, god, spirit, this energy is one in the same and it's called differently by science and religious communities and different cultures. In my culture, we use not only the swastika (2 males 2 females) spinning dancers but also the kolovrat (8 leg free energy symbol) that's 8 females and 8 males spinning in circle.

[@Snobiker13]

Sounds to me like you're seeing things that aren't there.

[@DaFortepianino]

@@Snobiker13 the dance she mentions has the same root and symbolism as this one. People see things on different levels, doesn’t mean they aren’t there.

[@zekri94]

respect from tangier

[@Yxi-zc5ne]

Gillar att hon har rött band längst ner på kjolen. Blir bra mot de vita strumporna. Inget skitt o fult! 👍

[@UlfCarlsson1951]

Alltid lika roligt att se er dansa. Har i många år beundrat att ni är så "lätta på foten". Har sett mycket av er på KZbin, men hoppas få ser i verkligheten också. Ulf Carlsson Logdansarna, Skåne

[@juanitosve3393]

I.m from sweden I live in buenos aires

[@user3141592635]

In the old times, we startded to dance, not going into Vikingur with Axe and Sword. We started to dance beatifully instead.

[@user3141592635]

The colors of the cloth, bleak red, yellow and black, it was the cloth colour of the time. Stark colours being dire.

[@user3141592635]

It is fun to do dances like this. One feel very uplifted and glad afterwards and one loses perhaps 100 gram of belly fat in the doing :)

[@_anqel_]

piękne, pozdrowienia z Argentyny !! ^^

[@johanfagerstromjarlenfors]

Dlaczego piszesz po polsku?

[@user3141592635]

Ibland, som idag, cyklar jag förbi en plats som heter "Fröberget" man kan undra vad människor gjorde på den platsen förr.

[@wolffe93]

mycket bra! hälsnigar från Österrike

[@Samalmhed3]

Alla som har gått på Samskolan vet hur det är.

[@TheLuisao1991]

Me gustaría estar hay

[@oldtimeway1]

Meget fin!

[@filiphlupic1582]

Similar to some croatian folk dances. Very nice 👍

[@Snobiker13]

Croatia is nice. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4asmGegfKqXhac

[@RichardOlsonar15]

Detta är bra! Svensk folkdans

[@ollejohansson6572]

Har prov på detta :(

[@orion8183]

samma här. vilka fucking instrument spelas? hjälp spelar dem ackord? melodi? jag dör hellre än att ha provet

[@ollejohansson6572]

@@orion8183 smuggla in airpod, det funkade för mig

[@orion8183]

@@ollejohansson6572 vad i helvete ska jag göra med mina airpods

[@Emily-nt3zh]

Säkert nåt jävla dragspel

[@orion8183]

​@@Emily-nt3zh den där nyckelharpan skiten kanske

[@user-cj6en1qh6p]

Замечательно!

[@yoggiyoda9860]

nämen kolla är det inte hela norra Sveriges population

[@aada1804]

Thorn lol

[@nataneley]

Jajamän

[@Sara-ow6hz]

Jajemänsan, där har vi min faster Anna-Lotta, som är gift med sin kusin Per, och se där är ju min pappas syssling också.

[@johanfagerstromjarlenfors]

Norra sverige = norr om jönköping

[@elliott7630]

@@Sara-ow6hzHahahaha!

[@karmelli5436]

Very good

[@Lineoutt]

Vad kul! Jag vill prova den!

[@curriphacreator]

Wow, these people are good! :)

[@Snobiker13]

Tack, jag ska framföra det till dem. Själv filmar jag bara.

[@timdixon6664]

@Gunnar Hovmark Hi. I'm looking for some Nordic folk dance footage to use in a community project here in the UK and this looks perfect. Could you let me know if we can use it please?

[@Snobiker13]

Thank you for asking. Yes, that's quite alright.

[@timdixon6664]

@@Snobiker13 Thanks so much. Do you by chance have the original video still?

[@Snobiker13]

@@timdixon6664 I think I do, yes. What is your project about?

[@timdixon6664]

@@Snobiker13 It's ok, I was able to pull the YT directly into my editor. I'm doing a video for my brass band as part of an online contest. I'll send you the link when it's published.

[@Snobiker13]

@@timdixon6664 Great! Thanks!

[@Snobiker13]

Absolut! Kom på en träning! Skansens folkdanslag har en egen hemsida som är lätt att hitta, eller besök dem på Facebook.

[@user3141592635]

You can dance in Minneapolis or Chicago as well.

[@thesolitude]

❤

[@Nightceasar]

Är det här verkligen svenskt? Det ser ut som nåt importerat från England eller Skottland.

[@Snobiker13]

Schottis kommer från Skottland. Polska kommer från Polen. Ganska lätt att gissa.

[@carrelarce]

what is the title of the music??? please help

[@Snobiker13]

+Carlos Rafael C. Arce Same as the dance: Västgötapolska.

[@carrelarce]

Okay. We are looking also for the instrumental of that dance..can you help me to find one?

[@Snobiker13]

+Carlos Rafael C. Arce Maybe. Another possibility: Are you on Facebook? Then try asking in the group Skansens Folkdanslag there.

[@carrelarce]

Okay. Thanks. 😊

[@ozwzrd]

Carlos Rafael C. Arce This melody has over time come to be the "standard" tune for this choreographed folk dance. You may be able to find an antecedent in the Västgöta volume of Svenskalåtar. Otherwise the common method of learning is by ear.

[@sonurOins]

Fint

[@valdirameira7400]

Que pena que nos vídeos do youtube,não tem mais nos comentários a opção de tradução.

[@estrelladelatorre5577]

Algun otro latino (a) viendo esto ??? Amo polonia 😍

[@Snobiker13]

Danza de Polonia, bailarina de Suecia.

[@Dr.Oppenheimer-Style]

Midsummer, just gonna leave it there.

[@westminster860]

Very much like the north German folk dances.

[@YahtaElbaggaei]

😊

[@user3141592635]

Varje gång jag lyssnar på denna fina dans / visa, så fastnar den i huvudet, så jag lyssnar bara ibland.

[@Snobiker13]

Det finns en version på Spotify, men den är inte så lik den som är med i det här klippet.

[@selmakara3664]

bunu da hemen öğrenmem lazım

[@user3141592635]

I excaggerated, this dance is from the 1700's or 1800's not Wiking dance really.

[@roygbiv7025]

Would be nice if next time you turn the camera to show the musician for a few moments!

[@larajanice7583]

waaw c'est super

[@Snobiker13]

Den där kommentaren får du nog utveckla lite. Vad är det som är pinsamt?

[@user-sh6iu2cf1i]

ALEXANDRE SKARSGAARD.THE CHIEF OF INTELLIGENCE FOR SCANDINAVIA ALL.THE ROYAL NAVY OF SWEDEN

[@StrawberryCream78]

CVart kan man lära sig detta är fyrväpplingen det ända stället eller finns det andra i sthlm

[@Snobiker13]

folkdansringen.se/riks/

[@richardhultgren6395]

Var kan jag få den här låten?

[@user3141592635]

Dancing with your wife is highly bonding and makes you a tighter better pair.

[@user-ur5pv2cl8i]

개굴맨!

[@Ghost_Gaming9949]

Pisse fed sang!

[@astrid.erikssontropp]

(Jag är ingen expert men...) jag ser ingen dräkt från Västergötland, däremot en från Bohuslän. En är från Rättvik vet jag också :)

[@karlgunnar29]

Svensk danskultur som överlevt genom folkdanslagen även i nutid.

[@ssvideo1678]

Cute

[@andersliljevall2946]

and this damned music can go on for hours.ha.ha

[@user3141592635]

The sad thing, is that only older Swedes dances.

[@winstonchurchill2317]

*My moment when the IKEA store its opened near at my house* :

[@aclaparat777]

Sometimes the dance reminds me of Sardana :)

[@kavirabwenge780]

Jätte roligt

[@rebeccalankford2652]

Looks like square dancing.