Sweden's most amazing wild animals

Most people wouldn't associate Sweden with having a thriving wildlife scene, but there's definitely more lurking in Sweden's forests and mountains than meets the eye. For the latest news and useful/interesting information about all the European countries The Local covers, visit our websites below:
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[@NiceWeatherT0day]

Should have added some of our owl species, which are some of the biggest both the "Great grey owl/lappuggla" or the "Eurasian Eagle owl/berguv" are pretty cool!.

[@A_Randomguy_]

I agree

[@A_Randomguy_]

Should have added some of our other birds like tjäder

[@RaccoonsLeek]

I live in sweden and I have seen a wolverine and a lynx... or should i say "järv och lodjur" I just had to brag... I guess

[@HeminMMH]

I also live in Sweden but have not seen a järv or lodjur

[@darkwolf4434]

I live in the North, we can see wolverines from time to time, but we didn't think there were Lynx here until a man saw one near his reindeers

[@himfromscandinavian5354]

@@darkwolf4434 Tyvärr så kommer nog inte finnas järv så länge till.

[@darkwolf4434]

@@himfromscandinavian5354 Nej, renskötarna har sin "skyddsjakt".

[@JoeSmith-we3jw]

I've seen a lynx once, it was standing on the road and I drove towards it on a motorbike. It didn't move until I was meters away.

[@micpie9480]

I didn’t expect this number of lynxes to live in my country. I’m so happy!

[@mohe81]

This video was so much better than I expected. Great value in only 5min.

[@gregcrowe8885]

Thank You for sharing

[@jager4508]

i like how we only have a few hundred of wolves,bears ect but 350 000 moose lmao

[@OB1canblowme]

The predators need a lot of prey to survive. Say that a specimen of wolf or lynx need to hunt and kill a specimen of their natural prey every other day to not starve, that means for every predator born the population of whatever their natural prey is, the population of said prey need to increase by more than 180. That's why today's endangered predators can't rapidly recover their population number from being hunted commercially and by poachers.

[@A_Randomguy_]

@@OB1canblowme did you like your own comment?

[@Aethuviel]

And yet a lot of hunters think if we allow more wolves, the elk will "go extinct". Look at America, we could easily have 1000+ wolves in Sweden, both with size of the land, and the population density of people. BUUUT we don't, because of 1) Loose dog hunting, the Scandinavian way of hunting big game with the dog running miles away from its owner, and 2) Reindeer. Every single reindeer in Sweden is owned livestock, but they roam free like wild animals. So a private individual can't shoot a reindeer, but we are all forced to pay taxes to pay for the reindeer, a recurring fee to reindeer owners for having wolves on their land, and STILL we pay taxes for shooting any wolf that turns up on said land, even without hurting a reindeer! It's madness. Reindeer herding is only a few hundred years old in Scandinavia. It is not an ancient, native practice, and even if it were, wolves lived here for thousands of years before, they were only gone between 1878-1978. If our ancestors could live with wolves for thousands of years, so can we.

[@Ikajo]

@@OB1canblowme No, the real reason is illegal hunting of our big predators, combined with licensed hunting that still manage to break the rules. The fact that lynx manages to reach a population of over 1k is pretty significant. Wolves need similar numbers, and new blood, to avoid inbreeding. Unfortunately, few new wolves makes it through the reindeer keeping Sami.

[@pejeickx9562]

Such interesting videos. I hope one day you’ll do one of Norway’s Wildlife.

[@kikkifuhr5775]

I live in stockholm, I have seen all of the abow, (not the "fjällräv" or brun/grizzly björn) 2 of my spiritanimals are the Wolf (varg), and Lynx (lodjur), I have met both in the "wild", very special moments, I am grateful that I have been lucky enough to come across these magnificent animals. "Gråsäl, utter and bäver" I saw up close during a scubadive.. "Vildsvin and älg I have come across daily, they often come all the way up on the wooden deck/front porch, the wildhog love to go thru the garbage for food, you have to chain the garbage can to a tree, otherwise they knocked it over and there was garbage scattered all over the garden.. I love the house where I live, me and my dog, located in the middle of the forrest, yet only 35 min to stockholm city.. ( I prefer to avoid going to the city, there are too many people.. sooo much people ,.. 🤯😬😠🙈🙉🙊 everywhere,.. puuuuh... everywhere

[@eg348]

I didn't know Sweden had all these animals in the wild! Thanks for sharing! :-D

[@PepsiGuidesRS]

i feel like we have more than 2000 otters, i see them all the time, not as common as beavers but almost

[@apathynoir]

I hate that soundtrack! Why do you have to put soft EDM on top of that? The video is fine, I love animals. I just hate the constant music. Leave a space perhaps?

[@shamcra]

I couldn't agree more. Now a days every video, no matter what the subject are, apparently needs a soundtrack. A nature film already have the most beautiful soundtrack by itself, and its totally free. I recommend Swedwoods and Bertram - Craft and Wilderness, and similar channels. They let the pictures and nature speak for itself. Saying that... this is a nice film though.

[@apopope72]

❤️

[@melkernilsson716]

Me n my dad lived on an island during covid in the swedish archipelago and a fookin lynx showed up out of nowhere. It was so fuucking cool and it stayed for a couple of weeks so it was a couple days of scouting and luring and it was one of the coolest wildlife expirences ive had :3

[@himfromscandinavian5354]

Stanna ett par veckor? Det tvivlar jag på. Lodjur är rätt så skygga av sig och rör ständigt på sig.

[@kikkifuhr5775]

Jag mötte ett lodjur där jag har min brevlåda.. mitt på vägen, vi stod stilla och tittade på varandra i flera minuter, det var en mäktig upplevelse.. få förunnat.. ❤❤❤

[@budsif]

We have moose that like to walk into our backyard a few times a year

[@Pellefication]

I am amazed at how little of the Swedish fauna there is left. That's a fucking disaster!

[@jackventuras5050]

Disaster? What do you mean? Swedish wildlife is carefully controlled and hunted when needed.

[@woodstocknun]

You missed the 'Bjärv', its a cross between a bear and wolverine.

[@dewoune]

I live here , i really wish to see a bear sometime, at some distance ofc

[@Ikajo]

Skansen. De ser ut som gigantiska teddybjörnar. Livsfarliga teddybjörnar. Jag har också lyckats se varg och lodjur där.

[@dewoune]

@@Ikajo vill ju se dom ute i det vilda inte i en tråkig djurpark

[@jia_zee2018]

Is wild animals in sweden? Is sweden safe for living

[@_thepotatoqueen_7863]

I once saw a lynx kill a deer right outside of my house when i was 7, and there used to be a family of deers that lived near my house. And once there was a moose right outside my window

[@Aethuviel]

0:19 Shows American black bears. :p

[@klocka88]

Just wait until you see Bjärven

[@MrGunnar69]

I heard that the Bjärv was extinct.

[@Sunset_bunnys]

Im swedish

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Somebody has to be ! Bad luck !

[@himfromscandinavian5354]

@@2msvalkyrie529 Heh, there are worse places.

[@Aethuviel]

Don't forget the eagles! Golden eagle (Kungsörn) and White-tailed eagle (Havsörn)!

[@A_Randomguy_]

To get to my favorite swimming spot in sweden I have to go trough a forest filled with creatures especially elk and wild boars

[@hahahahahahahahahhaha9288]

Marrying Swedish guy or girl?

[@A_Randomguy_]

Yeah wolverine we ride those things like horses as kids grow up to ride boars and elk

[@huwleonard2775]

There would be an awful lot more of these beautiful animals if the Swedish government didn’t keep screwing with them Hunting is legal for nearly all of them, but habitat destruction by the government owned and regulated forestry industries is having a huge effect on the numbers. Don’t be fooled by the Swedish lie about huge forests. They’re actually tree plantations and not viable long term bio habitats. Only 3 to 5% of actual “old, uncut forest “survive here in Sweden. The most has been clear cut, replanted and clear cut again....on and on. That’s why it’s called “forestry agriculture “ . Enjoy these films from the magical animals of Sweden, because they will become more and more rare to see.

[@dubistverrueckt]

Gave a dislike for not having HARES 🐰😢😡👎

[@RobertsonsOnTheRoad]

to long

[@mahdinazari749]

Yafla Sweden..

[@mikaeljaneman1407]

The name i Moose and not Elk. Elk is a vapitidear from Usa and canada

[@Aethuviel]

It's elk. Elk, Alces alces, elg, älg, is the largest deer, the one with the big nose and bowl-shaped antlers. For some reason, English settlers in North America saw the Wapiti/Canada deer, Cervis canadensis, and decided "let's call it elk, even though the exact same animal is already here". "So what do we call the actual elk, here in America?" "Let's call them the native name, moose!" Makes absolutely no sense.

[@mikaeljaneman1407]

@@Aethuviel moose and elk is not the same animal.

[@Aethuviel]

@@mikaeljaneman1407 ...I just explained that. Read my comment again. ELK is the largest deer, found in Eurasia and America. WAPITI or Canada deer, is the North American animal.

[@Fiction_debating]

Swedens animals are not that interesting

[@DaanKoudenburg]

You are not interesting