Talking To 'The Swedish Cowboy' About Life In Sweden vs America

[@ChristinaJLHill]

I LOVE LOVE that you include all types of people, ethnicities, languages. I admire you sharing your platforms!

[@_stephanie]

It's so cool how his accent has naturally become so country! I find that stuff really interesting, like how your brain decides that that's what you'll emulate in your own speech because it starts to feel comforting and familiar. I still sound pretty American in accent, but I've noticed that I speak like an English person with my slang, intonnation, and general patterns of speech. Other people I know who've lived here way less time than me basically sound 100% English, and others that have been here for decades still sound really American, so I wonder what makes some people more prone to changing their speech. It can't just be mimicking, because he didn't "slip" once in the video, he consistenty sounds like he's from the Southern US.

[@lavachekikri]

Yes, I would actually preferred that he maintained that exaggerated accent!

[@elinberglund9824]

I had a conversation with an american who lived in New York. I had a friend with me fro. The southern of sweden. Myself is a northswede. He thought it was so weird hearing us talk. She with her skånska english accent and me with north sweden accent. He thought i sounded american. But with some words sounded swedish accentery

[@puudathemeow5593]

I changed my accent a few years ago from an American-Brittish blend accent into something that sounds very southern England. I just watched a few videos about how to speak with RP and Cockney accents to get some sort of basics in how I should change certain sounds and then started implementing them right away. It's acutally not something you think about much after it sticks to your muscle memory and it soon becomes second nature. Can't do an American accent anymore though, definately sound like a Brit or Aussie trying to make fun of them...

[@ansarnaib4858]

This is the guy from "Old town road "

[@tamlin434]

lol

[@StefanThyron]

Hahaha pretty much 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@lisabkirchner]

What a sweet guy! And the interview format was great!

[@jeanettemckinney9479]

I really like this format of the video, very casual authentic conversation interview. Less staged and more organic. 👍👍

[@antinarc]

We saw him perform last Friday (29/6/2024). He is amazing! I lack words...just amazing ❤❤❤

[@konradgranqvist8131]

As someone who lives in the south of Sweden, Scania, I have always seen Scania and Norrland as the ''southern'' counterpart of Sweden. Many of us love country, too.

[@Pequeno1891]

Bonde

[@hunkenpunken]

👍👍👍👍

[@AlexNightOwl76]

what shocks me is how someone who did not live nor grew up in the US can speak so fluently? I arrived in the states at the age of 22 and attended 3 different college s there, have been working there for 24 years and I am not as fluent as this guy. I only listen to music in english and watch tv in english. Simply amazing,! nice video.

[@darkiee69]

I think it helps that we don't dub tv shows, and that american culture and music is a part of Sweden. I've never been to the US, but American relatives have told me that I have a generic northern accent

[@Telindra]

We don't dub tv shows or movies here (which is true for Norway, Denmark and Finland too), then they start teaching us English in school early as well. And at least those of us that still were kids or teenagers when computers and internet began being a thing, a lot of us are so used to the English language by now that we don't even bother with subtitles anymore. I do believe that the internet has contributed to an increased ability in the English language for a lot of Swedish people as well. Gaming too honestly! Since we aren't generally separated to country specific servers. Here in Europe we speak so many different languages that English is the common language you go to whenever you communicate with people from other countries. But to become really fluent and get an native sounding accent? I do believe most of us need to feel like we want to pursue that in order to actually have a good chance at eventually achieving it.

[@hunkenpunken]

We learn swedish from day one in school... Then hes brought up in a really northern region that has a special accent that improves the US english to his accent today. Its like that in the south of swedenalso 👍 The worst accents comes normaly from Stockholm (arrogant people 😂)

[@as-guardianangel9360]

I’m an American learning Finnish in the US, and I’ve tackled the accent so good that if I walked around speaking with this accent no one would be able to tell, when coming across Finn’s they ask if im from there or have family from there. It definitely helps to watch TV and digest yourself in the language and accent

[@AmbiCahira]

Accent wise I can see how he took his norrlänning accent and easily converted it to southern because the vowels stretch on both in a decently similar way. I had to unlearn vowel stretching to get both languages to sound more "average" but I hear a lot now that I talk Minnesotan now. Minnesotans say I have no accent and friends from other places say I do. Fun to see another Swede that absorbed an accent too that also is a norrlänning. ^^ I second his opinion on the North. ^^

[@ZeroCool-vn9bd]

Spot on, I agree with your thoughts on this!

[@Signor_Elrond]

yea

[@filipkarlsson4050]

Och nu är grabben med i idol. Galet ju!

[@Wanderlust.428]

Its crazy how he sounds just like an American from the south!..for a Swedish guy 🤯🤯

[@lavachekikri]

😳Haha, I did that mistake in the beginning as an exchange student in Illinois; started to tell people about my physical and mental situation when they said “How’re ya doing” - I was still answering the “question” when the person had already left... 😅

[@StefanThyron]

Hahaha yea that’s a culture shock for sure 😂

[@sandral1396]

I never know how honest I should be when I get the question.

[@Lucyinthskyy]

He sounds way more country than me and I’m from a small town in Texas .😳

[@kristerforsman2448]

then I (do)???

[@StefanThyron]

Haha wow! Crazy

[@kristerforsman2448]

@@StefanThyron Vi begår ofta samma misstag i svenskan. Mig i stället för jag. Testa att göra meningen fullständig så märker du att det ofta ska vara jag i stället för mig. T ex "Du är yngre än mig (är) låter idiotiskt för en svensk.

[@cargobob7817]

@@kristerforsman2448 Är du full eller?

[@kristerforsman2448]

@@cargobob7817 Om jag är full eller...inte? Visst är det väl ändå intressant att jämföra språk och dess olika och liknande misstag?

[@Pilutta100]

Loved this, hugs to you both from Ingarö 🤗

[@syntaxerror8955]

Kind of fun with this guest. He doesn't behave typically Swedish either. Refreshing! I like him.

[@DennisKarlsson]

I love country music. I grew up listening to George, Merle, Johnny, Dwight and all the other good ol' guys. Too bad there are no new country stars playing the old school country music. I love the Bakersfield sound and I also love bluegrass and I'm playing the banjo and the guitar. I will of course check this Fredrik guy out. Good video.

[@joeycenteno6143]

Excellent interview. enjoyed it while i was working.

[@godiskungen27]

What a nice Guy Im Swedish from Gothenburg and Yah this Guy seem really down to earth really awsome guy Nice video and format Regards Marcus Sweden

[@henankan]

This was a nice video. As a swede that has a wife in Tennessee it was fun to hear about Fredrik.

[@TriGator]

I live in Dallas-Ft Worth and this guy sounds like a native southern speaker. My Swedish will never be mistaken for a native speaker. I am impressed.

[@hunkenpunken]

You should hear his singing.......AMAZING

[@danielmauro6576]

This is great! Thanks for this interview!

[@ismaela.6973]

When I was in stockholm I honestly thought it was a town, this is coming from someone who lives in chicago. Stockholm is truly a beautiful city

[@herrbonk3635]

It is a town (stad). We don't have cities in Sweden.

[@ismaela.6973]

@@herrbonk3635 ja ha Men jag anser fortfarande att det är en stad på grund av kulturen :)

[@LindaSjoeblom]

@@herrbonk3635 Of course we have cities in Sweden, and Stockholm is a city.

[@herrbonk3635]

@@LindaSjoeblom I'm sure you perceive "cities" as something "cool" and prestigious. Me, on the other hand, see most "cities" of the world as dystopia, especially if they got "modern" architercure, skyscrapers and/or DDR style suburbs. I love the classical european stad/town (like Stocholm, Prague, Budapest, and so on).

[@herrbonk3635]

@Marcus Well, we actually have the same distinction, although with other words in another language. Hence småstad and storstad. You could also say metropol for storstad, pretty common when I was a kid. The socialist loved to call my dear Stockholm "city" when they destroyed its charming central parts in 1952-73 (and replaced in with modernist banana republic architecture). So that's another reason. I always felt that word sounded silly.

[@markaxelson5940]

Fredrik, I'm amazed, truly

[@SwedenTheHedgehog]

-40 Celsius actually happens to be -40 Fahrenheit as well. The scales converge at that number!

[@wolfridsson7239]

I'm a Swede aswell. My english has always been very good (not bragging) but this guy has me beat. Love the accent.

[@perperald21]

Fred has a convincing accent. It is something that I also have from time to time. In England, people there seem to think I am from Eastern London, not so much these days, because I hardly ever go to England. In the US , people seemed to think that I was American, but they could not place from where in the US. Nowadays, my accents shifts during a conversation, so when I am not concentrating , I could start of my sentence in Cockney, and finish it in an American accent.

[@tommiejonsson8952]

Funny that he should mention O'hare, because when me and a friend went to the U.S in '06 the plane that brought us over the atlantic ocean landed at O'hare and we had to change to another plane to get to L.A. We rode a subway-train between the gates and it took 15-20 minutes. The train I take to work practically circles my home-town - no. 3 in Sweden - in 8 minutes.

[@Eyeswitch]

I THINK that guy was on Talang (Sweden's Got Talent) some years ago.

[@xxdeserthunterxx2819]

Love the monster product placement in the background

[@andersekengren]

I have been drunk in Fredriks sofa 4 in the morning haha drinking whiskey :) hope to meet that guy again :)

[@christieforbes8563]

Fredrick good to see you! Valerie is a great motivator. Sending love from DFW!!!

[@annablomma79]

Keep up the good work both of you 😊👍🏻

[@IsakAidee]

7:23, true! Learned that from Stargate SG-1: Continuum :)

[@trudyziegler4977]

Was hoping to hear him sing a song!

[@hansostlund4626]

Always quality stefan best regards!😀

[@Peter_1986]

The bass player Stuart Hamm has written a very cool and pretty intense bass solo that is literally called "Country Music" - it uses a lot of tapping techniques, so it is played at a very fast speed. Definitely something that is worth looking up.

[@ladonnathefirst5616]

Lovely conversation. I wish i could visit both countries:))

[@bunnyofficial9704]

Wow he sounds like he belongs in Texas! Very cool :)

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

Celsius to Fahrenheit: (C * 1.8) + 32 = F Fahrenheit to Celsius: (F - 32) / 1.8 = C

[@darkiee69]

To make it easy, if not correct C to F (Cx2)+30 F to C (F-30)x2 It'll give you a pretty good estimation, and easy to calculate in your head.

[@Telindra]

I'm a native Swede and my English accent is British, not area specific though. So I'd say their equivalent of our "riks svenska". Deliberately began changing it from the typical Swedish sounding English some two years ago. Listening and paying attention to how they pronounce words and their talk flow, then imitating, was enough for my accent to begin sounding more British. If I encounter a word I'm unsure about I just check it up on one of their university online lexicons, where you can listen to the correct pronunciation, and I repeat it until I get it right. Now a days it feels awkward and strange to speak English with a Swedish sounding accent, and that acts as a natural and instinctual motivator to continue working on my accent.

[@ZeroCool-vn9bd]

You do realise in Washington KMPS the country station was the most popular by far, over every other station for over a decade, bigger than KUBE, KISS. KBSG, The End, The Mountain.. I am a dual citizen born in Linköping, but grew up in both countries, summers in sweden, and the rest of the year in Washington. Wondering if I ever saw you at the Swedish cultural center in Seattle growing up.

[@thegamingsnake7198]

Yo Stefan id like to se more vloggs 3: Btw great video :D

[@the_mrlightsite]

Funny because -40 is actually the only time Celsius and Fahrenheit meet, so you don’t even have to specify what scale.

[@Scones777]

Super interesting interview Stefan! I think some of this is more of a small town thing! Living in one of the "bigger" cities in Northern Sweden (roughly 100 000 people) I definitely don't know everybody in town! And people here would not typically strike up conversations with strangers on the local bus! 😉

[@herrbonk3635]

Får mig att tänka på de gamla reklamerna för Norrlands Guld. Makes me think of those old commercials for Norrlands Guld (a beer).

[@eddiefryckholm1002]

jag har ju sett dig i en annan kanal och hade jättesvårt för att tro att din engelska va äkta men fyfan så grym du är !

[@joelblom1388]

In your age gap...looking at people living in Stockholm, I would say that a lot of Stockholmers are not from Stockholm. Try asking your friends were they were raised...you will be suprised ;)

[@thesnesgeek]

Det där är ju Idol-Fredrik!

[@aeh8446]

lol..."small town", 50,000??? lol, I'm from Wyoming...can very much relate to your gents conversation!!! Extreme weather, cattle and horses, small towns, friendly culture... Have spent more time in SoCal than I needed, lol. LAX, 405, etc... And... I had wondered where in Nebraska family is located... Omaha, Go Big Red (Lincoln)... 👍👍🤠

[@h06nort]

And now he is a contestent in Swedish idol 😄

[@monikute9]

Crazy incredible how people just pick up accents naturally without trying. I think Swedish people might be shocked visiting some of our cities like Orlando, New York or Las Vegas. For us, getting to work is a short hour drive 🤣

[@fett3652]

He's going to win swedish idol 2021.

[@vulc1]

I recognize a Swede in "One of my near dear best friends" - "En av mina nära, kära & bästa vännerna"

[@Artorlias]

nära*

[@Swetaskmort]

It's funny to watch this video and realise that I'm not alone 😂 I'm also from Northern sweden which noone believes.. everyone has always called me Swedish Hillbilly. Because of my pickup Truck's, country music, guns and average craziness ( in a funny way ) when I was in Stockholm everyone thought I was an American tourist.. hopefully one day I can move to Montana and buy a small ranch and live out my dream 🤠

[@samueld6511]

Piteå where he is from is ESPCIALLY known for it’s friendly people. There is actually a big diffrence between Luleå and Piteå

[@Odepark]

Jo. Piteborna är mer misstänksamma mot nya människor..

[@Veroxzes]

Ljuva Pite stank

[@parkarlsson9469]

Great stuff. The blatant Yes dishwashing liquid product placement is really jarring though ;-)

[@terrybaker8156]

Stefan, I think you’re such a lovely man, you’re so handsome too

[@jader669]

Does he still have a southern accent when he speaks Swedish lol

[@Odepark]

Nope. Pitemål då 😉

[@hugohaggstrom9964]

@@Odepark jävlat säkert

[@rexuz2482]

He has a northern Swedish accent I would guess.

[@hugohaggstrom9964]

@@rexuz2482 Yeah, he speaks in a dialect called pitemål

[@Theexprominence]

eller skånska kanske!

[@waudicas]

Lol, y’all that’s what happens when you got hooked up with Texans. I’ve been chatting with this Texan gal for some three years n she’s been like teaching me involuntary haha 😆 I’ve not been to Texas yet but I’m fixin to getting there as soon as I can. Oh n yesh I luvvv country music too.

[@StefanThyron]

Hahaha can already tel the accent is rubbing off on you 🙈👌🏼

[@goforbroke4428]

Just don’t fuck up my state.

[@Lewzyd]

Americans I play games with online ask me to speak a few sentences in Swedish all the time and won't believe I'm actually from Sweden until I do. We're exposed to a lot of American English on a daily basis through media and I guess I'm just interested in improving my abilities in speech in general. I'm originally from the region Västmanland a.k.a "gnällbältet" in Sweden, meaning "the whining/moaning belt", a nickname the county's specifically received for its accent. I don't really have that when speaking Swedish either, despite my whole family having it. It takes effort in the beginning but eventually just starts feeling natural. Nowadays I have to actually concentrate to pull off a typical Swedish accent when speaking English and it's honestly hard.

[@LittleImpaler]

A lot Europeans like American country music. Swedish guy just worked really hard on his English to sound very American.

[@sussiq8812]

"if you make eyecontact it's like what are you doing?" Best. :)

[@roguescape]

I am from Oklahoma which isn't south south but in my part of the state we consider ourselves to be southern but I can bearly tell that he is not American

[@HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

Over 23% of everyone in Sweden lives in Stockholm about 10% lives in Gothenburg and only 10% lives in northern Sweden norrland and norrland is like 60% of the Swedish land.

[@L1zzyluvs]

I am from Sweden! Yayayayaayay

[@ShadowDrakken]

I think why he sounds off is because he's mixing accents. He sounds like someone from Georgia imitating a Texas accent. Both southern, but with distinct accents. Kind of like when Americans try to imitate Brits and end up blending different accents. It's really hard not to when you're pulling from a bunch of different sources without knowing the difference. Still, pretty damn good job.

[@besten2176]

He is in Idol

[@2TOKE69]

Håller på Fredrik i Idol. 💪

[@theRealRindberg]

Thumbs up for the ZZ Top necklace :)

[@voidmap6628]

Life is same everywhere

[@0ld_Scratch]

Cool guy!

[@xinli9824]

Wow, that man is Swedish !

[@ann-marielofberg1159]

Hihi, he is competing in Swedish Idol this season. But You probably already knew that.

[@linusfotograf]

Yngwie Malmsteen?

[@ykalon]

Wow, he's on Swedish Idol now and is one of the favorites to win

[@adgod2521]

VOTE FOR HIM IN IDOL!!!!!!!!!

[@phbuss]

Vilken cool kille, norrland ftw!

[@mafl2423]

lol my accent is 100% aussie but I’m native Swedish

[@sannaloven400]

Sweden Rocks! Lycka till i idol 😊

[@baraPaskis]

Skånska is the swedish south american accent. Prove me wrong!

[@danielmauro6576]

Fredrik should watch LONGMIRE, and McCLOUD.

[@MDobri-sy1ce]

Kind of disappointed that the guest didn’t speak Swedish in that accent!

[@Artorlias]

That accent though. O:

[@twitchdailies3982]

i kan tak englis very gud to

[@tommylarsson2025]

The shooting is same all over the country. And the ones that holds the trigger are the same too.

[@andres9115]

hehe Fredrik hello :)

[@yksikaksikolmen]

he is iven talk nordish _?

[@ElMakz]

Wow

[@peronkop]

Jesus, the speed at which he is speaking.

[@josefinelagerstrom2643]

Nu är han på väg mot USA på riktigt, genom Idol!

[@karenkranz2682]

nice product placement.

[@loneranger9863]

I just missed "subscriber 100.000" with one sub. Damn...

[@Ahd-z3c]

What about his horse? Just kidding nice video I wish him good luck.

[@roostertheguy]

Crazy, as a swede I usually keep my mouth shut unless it's necessary. since I rarely get to speak english I can't stand my own accent hah. And then there is the lack of confidence from that, wich makes you sound even worse. I usually get more comfortable speaking like the last day before going home..oh well

[@mikeylejan8849]

The name Stefan sounds Swedish

[@oskarwallerfelt4937]

Why did you ignore my friend in public?! I am so disappointed in you STEFAN! Hut kunde du bror, hur?!

[@mgoshii]

Varför uttalar du odenplan som en amerikan, du vet du hur man uttalar det. / why do you pronounce Odenplan as an american when you as a swede know who to pronounce it.

[@HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

You can fit all of great Britain inside of Sweden and still have space left

[@Tjocksnorriss]

Vilken skön snubbe!