American Couple Reacts: Norway & Sweden COMPARED! Is One Better Than The Other? FIRST TIME REACTION!

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Hello Norway & Sweden! We wanted to check this video out and learn more about both countries. This goes pretty in-depth about Norway & Sweden and taught us quite a bit that we did not know. Both countries are absolutely gorgeous and have so much to offer! Is is possible to pick one over the other? The answer for us, NO WAY! Thankfully that is not the question this video poses. History, geography, and loads more covered here! If you want to learn about both of these stunning countries, look no further. Oh and did we mention how BEAUTIFUL both countries are? We may have, but it bears repeating. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!

[@Dubjaxfilms]

Why are you so obsessed with the Uk and Europe ? Have considered emigrating ?

[@debbiebatten6088]

Why not? Europe is an interesting and lovely part of the world. They are interested because of their ancestry!! As they have said many times.

[@JJ-of1ir]

If you think about it - with the history of invasion from 'the Vikings' in Britain - it is perfectly possible that one side of your ancestral family 'met' the other side of your family connections here in England. Many people 'from the North' came to the British Isles, many settled in England, married local people, farmed the land and so on. Just a thought. My family, for instance, has Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English in its DNA yet the 'core' of our ancestors, so far found, have never moved out of England. I know, its weird !!!

[@neilgayleard3842]

Plus the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066.

[@RonnyWilhelmsen1001]

@@neilgayleard3842 we started counting with Lindisfarne in 793. ;-)

[@mariannepedersenhagen6760]

I am Norwegian ❤️ But I see Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland as my brothers and sisters ❤️

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

But we prefer Norway😁

[@daniel4647]

Yeah, but that's not going to stop me from trying find a Swede to pick on in these comments though, it's tradition after all

[@Navy-Seal-Ninja90]

dane here, and we rate the same countries the same way, including norway. we are all one big northern family

[@helvete983]

@@daniel4647 Swedish Pizza is better :p

[@fressno1807]

Like big and little siblings. We bicker alot amongs eachother, but we are family.

[@khman4554]

Hello from Helsingborg in Sweden! Just want to say that the laws regarding prostitution is because a lot of people who sell their bodies are victims to some degree (humam trafficking for example, but also poverty etc.). The point is to not criminalize being a victim. This also means they can get the help of the police and also get help to quit without the risk of punishment.

[@RandomerFellow]

The law does more harm than good. If you criminalize the purchase of sex, you reduce the customers to those who are willing to take risks, which are often criminal and violent men. It is a moral law that does not in any way make it safer for those who sell, which they will do regardless.

[@hughwilson-gm9bw]

And that drives it undrground causing even more problems. ​@@RandomerFellow

[@oh515]

@@RandomerFellow If you then believe both would be legal, you get this the wrong way. Then both would be illegal.

[@jubmelahtes]

​@@RandomerFellow calling it sex as if it was voluntary when most who "sell" are abused through human trafficking is a stretch.

[@Patrik6920]

..it also helps to prevent and to combat ppl beign forced... because thay can get help without being incriminated...

[@globi7776]

The idea of the nordic model of prostitution is to have prostitution effectively illegal but without punishing prostitutes because they may be themselves victims of trafficking. It also reduces the chance of questionable police behaviours. The model is likely better than the one banning the sale of sex, but some still view it negatively, since it pushes prostitution to the shadows where it is less safe.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

That kind of makes sense, Thanks globi7776.

[@GoreChick]

Yeah, and prostitues are almost always there against their will. The only people I know that sell s*x voluntarily do it because they have s*xual abuse trauma and are trying to take back control over their bodies by being in control of when they sell and to who. It's really a tragic spiral. Also poor women who have no choice to feed their children. All of them are victims.

[@EEmB]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow The the Sex Purchase Act is quite new, In 1999, Sweden became the first country in the world to ban the purchase of sexual services without criminalizing the people who sell sex. Many here, not only those in organisations who works with helping current and former prostitutes, but also those in the general population, specially the younger generations as Millennials and Gen Z, sees all prostitution as a form of rape. Prostitution is not a profession. The biggest problem with the law is that is way too weak, and have not enough financial foundation to work against sex crimes like buying sex, or human trafficking, and not enough programs to help the victims getting out of prostitution.

[@laves820]

nordic model is not good, they should instead listen to the org who is working instead.

[@laves820]

@@EEmB its altso a bad law / act. It doesnt work. Its just for political points. Doesnt help the ones selling at all, it rather treat them like crap.

[@Navy-Seal-Ninja90]

Dane here❤🤍.. I love both Norway and Sweden. i love all the northern countries. i consider them all like one big northern family. its important we stick together. we never know if we might need it in the future☺

[@SonnyKnutson]

Same! I've kinda flirted with the idea of another Kalmar Union in modern times would have been a really cool thing ^^ Only entertaining the idea though :P

[@mariannepedersenhagen6760]

So true ❤️

[@Ridiculina]

@@SonnyKnutson Good fences makes good neighbors. Norwegians have 700 years of experience on the consequences of lacking fences. So even though I love our nordic neigbors and regard you as family, just talking about a new Kalmar Union kind of feel offensive and makes my skin crawl, tbh. What Norway lost during the Kalmar union is almost never talked about, but if you really look into it, it's still is inprinted in our culture. So let's live in our seperate houses, but invite each other to parties, events and holidays :)

[@SonnyKnutson]

@@Ridiculina I respect that. I never meant it in a litteral way anyway. I think of it more like a mini European Union. There is many good things to be had in a Union too. Besides, our countries are much more similar than those of EU. So it would be much easier to make policies that actually work for our countries. Not like the EU where some countries are very different and have very different economies than others. But like I said, this is just a fun thought experiment.

[@hannie1301]

True! You never know when we might need to stick together, due to developments in the world today. We share more with fellow scandinavians (and probably finish people) than we do with most of the world. Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland share languages basically sprung from the same language way back. And we have many things in common with the finns, even though the language is different.

[@captaincobolt9350]

Your Danish/Swedish ancestry may stem all the way back to the vikings invading part of England. Quite a few vikings settled in England and were basically assimilated when the English took back England. The English city named York have much viking/Norse heritage. The Danish vikings were mostly the ones invading and settling in England. Since you say your ancestry dates back to before Scandinavians immigrated to the US, then it could be ancestry via assimilated vikings in England.

[@truxton1000]

True, I’m Norwegian and have 90% western Norway dna plus 5% Swedish and 5% Irish. I think the Irish part is from far back, probably 1000 years or so…

[@darkiee69]

@@truxton1000 Maybe a kidnapped redheaded Irish girl..

[@jaynenoor]

Don't forget, too, that a lot of Scottish (particularly from the islands), Irish and Welsh folks have a strong Norse heritage. I am from the English Midlands but my assay includes Scandinavian genes. Where I live is often referred to as the Danelaw because of the number of Scandinavians that settled here in the so-called Dark Ages.

[@magnusnilsson9792]

Even cooler would be to find ancestry from the vikings that settled in Canada.

[@Mobraks]

Regarding Norway joining NATO. Norway was one of the founding nations of NATO NATO's founding member countries were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.

[@goranandersson2772]

The European mass emigration to America began in the 1820s, but in Sweden it was only in the mid-1850s that the collective emigration took off. The years of distress in the late 1860s led to a greater wave of emigration and the emigration culminated in the 1880s.

[@eddale5557]

When you talk about emigration lol it live more norwegians in Minesota and Iowa in the USA than in Norway hahahaa!

[@lipgloss202]

As a swede I regard Norway and Finland like part of the family. We might have some differences but when it comes to economy, environment and security we very much support each other. Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland because of russias insane aggression in Ukraine. (Turkey is still alone blocking Swedish membership.) Much love to you all!

[@AW-xc1xc]

Danes however... lots to work on in the whole "being Danish" department

[@vicolin6126]

They touched on this in the video, but didn't elaborate: Norwegian and Swedish are what you would call "mutually intelligible". You ofc understand what this means, but might be difficult to explain to English speakers what it sounds like, as they have no equivalent, unfortunately. Basically, we can immediately tell our languages apart, especially in pronunciation, but we can understand about 90% of a spoken sentence without much trouble. From my Swedish perspective, Norwegian uses a lot of what we would classify as "old" words, we understand those words, but they are generally not used in modern Swedish. As a sort-of comparison, for an American English-speaker it might be a bit like talking to somebody from the UK from about 100 years ago, or further back. As a very simple example, take the word "what", it is spelled as "vad" in Swedish, while as "hvad" in Norwegian. Swedish spelled the word the same more than 100 years ago, then switched to the current version. I can imagine, for Norwegians, that Swedes use a lot of strange-sounding words that they might not have a clear reference to, mainly loan-words from French and German (although Norwegian also uses a lot of German words). We also have a few words that are 100% the same in spelling etc, but mean very different things. Like the word "Rolig" - it means "funny" (as in fun) in Swedish, while in Norwegian it means "to be calm". The Norwegian use of the word actually makes more sense, as "Ro" can mean "calm" in Swedish. Because of how everything above actually works, if an immigrant learns Swedish and then go to Norway, they will probably have a hard time understanding Norwegian, many words will be completely foreign to them. We Swedes understand those (for us) older words because they belong to our common Nordic culture and we are exposed to them naturally through literature and history.

[@ahkkariq7406]

Just a sidenote - as a Norwegian I can say most Norwegians understand Swedish more than 90%. I would say 98% is more correct, at least for my generation, who grew up watching TV shows based on Astrid Lindgrens books. Today these shows unfortunately are dubbed in Norwegian due to the medias responsibility to serve TV for children in Norwegian language. I know it is a debate whether it would serve a greater purpose to give our Children the gift of knowing both languages - which I strongly support. It can also be mentioned that the word "hva" in Norwegian is spelled without the "d" at the end - it is Danish.

[@Mchiqa]

Nope, we do not spell the word what "hvad" - it's spelled "hva" - our written language are strongly influenced by Danish, but not the same. I've experienced Swedes struggling to understand Norwegian. In my opinion Norwegians don't have any trouble understanding Swedish because we grow up watching Swedish family movies (Astrid Lindgren - the movies are not dubbed, therefor we learn "strange" sounding Swedish words that are in no way similar to Norwegian). Some of our similar words but with different meaning make me wonder how the heck that happened... Ha ha. Like the word "pule". 😅

[@mettehansen9754]

I also grew up watching Astrid Lindgren movies in swedish, but now its also dubbed here in Denmark. This is such a bad idea imo, because like you also said; I think I understand most Swedish and Norwegian now mostly because I grew up hearing these languages on tv as a kid@@ahkkariq7406

[@vicolin6126]

@@Mchiqa How interesting, I even tried to made sure before commenting by using google translate and it seems to think that you spell "Hva" the same as the Danes (hvad). Sorry for the mix-up. I was also quite sure of this, but maybe it comes from your Bokmål vs Nynorsk then? In Swedish, the spoken version of "vad" is usually pronounced as just "va", as you may know. Anyway, as a Swede, I can be a bit "startled" if someone comes up to me and suddenly speaks Norwegian. Like, I'm not in the "mode" of knowing that I'm supposed to listen to a different language, so at first my brain goes "weird accent..." then "wait, what is this person saying?". By then the Norwegian might switch to English before my brain's language center resets and adjusts. I can imagine a lot of Swedes experience this with both Norwegian and Danish :D I n general we are not very used to hearing your languages (unfortunately) so it is hard to immediately follow along in what you are saying.

[@Mchiqa]

@@vicolin6126 You can never fully trust google translate I'm afraid. The Nynorsk written style is "kva" - not influenced by danish at all, and that was the whole point of the new written language (that we never use, in fact only 11% of Norwegians use it 😆) I see a fellow Norwegian has commented that the Astrid Lindgren movies get dubbed in Norway now, and I think that is just sad. I don't know when they started doing that... But probably in the mid 2000 is my guess. I know my generation is used to the original versions, and some early gen Zs are used to it. I loved the Pippi movies, but my favorite is Ronja Røverdatter (Rövardotter)... A Swedish friend of mine moved to Oslo years ago to earn and save extra money (when our economy was good, and the Norwegian krone stronger than Swedish), we lived together for two years - when she moved back to Sweden some of her friends and family made a comment about her suddenly using some old Swedish words (guess she picked up some Norwegian 😅).

[@Aliquis.frigus]

A couple of inaccuracies: Right to roam absolutely includes private property, but has limits as to what kind of private property can legally be roamed in, and how far it is from buildings. Norway doesn't have a state church either (although the king is also the head of the church of Norway)

[@ahkkariq7406]

Anyone who makes videos in which the Right to roam is mentioned, and who is not from the Nordic countries themselves, makes the mistake of excluding private land. It seems that the idea that one has the right to use private property is so unheard to them that they are unable to grasp it. It says something about how unthinkable our right to roam on another man's property is to them - is it because they are Americans, where such a thought is absurd? I imagine that Europeans generally have a greater right to move about in nature than Americans do.

[@Jozz421]

@@ahkkariq7406 The risk of getting shot for trespassing is also extremely low both here in Sweden and in Norway! :)

[@Henoik]

The King is not the head of the Norwegian Church. However; He is required by our constitution to be Christian (which is a bit weird but okay)

[@Patrik6920]

@@ahkkariq7406 ..Immensly more rights and freedom to do so...

[@Patrik6920]

@@Henoik ..darn... wierd Norwegians... ;D

[@sooh6299]

Norwegian here. Regarding your question about when your family came from Sweden to the US, I think it may be more likely that the blending of your Swedish and English ancestry happened in the UK somewhere, and then your family went from the UK to the US, and your Swedish roots are visible only by DNA. Just my theory :)

[@99mnilsson]

By a DNA test how can she now how old the DNA are? Perhaps her english ancestors blended with swedish in the beginning of the 1800 hundred?

[@nissenusset4134]

In Norway we also watch Donald Duck/Disney EVERY Christmas Eve. The same Disney show as Sweden. In Norwegian it's called Disney Julekavalkaden. Both Norway and Sweden broadcast this show every Christmas Eve. "From all of us to all of you" has been shown on Christmas Eve, in Norway since 1979.

[@SteamboatW]

... and in Sweden since 1960.

[@marcusfridh8489]

Denmark shows it too

[@SaraKvammen-tx7qc]

We have very much in common.I love Sweden,the language and the peopke are so beautiful ! What I love most about my Norway is the nature,and the silence.

[@SonnyKnutson]

@SaraKvammen-tx7qc Same, got nothing but love for my Norwegian brothers and sisters. Beautiful country and I love that our two countries natures are so different. Amazing experiences in both nations. I grew up close to the Norwegian border in Bohuslän, Sweden. So I know your language quite well and I like it. I currently live in Malmö and I sadly can't same the same about Danish xD

[@eddale5557]

@@SonnyKnutson The Danes are nice i like them anyway from Norway but the Swede and Danes have some dificulties is known but they are good poples as from my piont of wiew! And we from Norway love you both hehe!

[@andersjohansson4734]

Mr Beat mixes up late iron age (Norse, Vikings), the middle ages (black death, Christianity) and early modern age (the Vasa ship was shown with a Viking age subtitle, it sank 1628 and was salvaged in 1961). It's not quite as easy as no idea when Sweden became a country. Something like Sweden emerged from clan fights in the 12th century, but it wasn't with its modern borders yet. By the time the black death hit Scandinavia around 1350, the area had been Christianized for centuries. [Edit] The right to roam applies to the entire country, it does not exclude private land. It is usually said that you can put up a tent, pick berries etc as long as it's not too close to where people live, in Norway no less than 150 m. while in Sweden not as regulated but often said out of sight, obviously not in somebody's garden behind some bushes. You are also _not_ allowed to roam in a wheat field, potato field or something similar. Non commercial angling is free from the coasts and the five largest lakes in Sweden, and along the coast and in the fjords in Norway. And the most important thing, you leave nature the way you met it.

[@darkiee69]

Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints.

[@sooh6299]

Regarding the prostitution model: They are going after the people who purchase such services, but not the individuals who are sometimes forced into such a position. That means selling your body isn't a crime, and the people who do so aren't prosecuted, but purchasing such services, and thereby taking advantage of somebody who may be in a position where they are forced to sell their bodies, are prosecuted.

[@KimSve]

Exactly. You are protecting the one that is in a vulnerable position. This way, if you as a prostitute, get severely beaten up by a ''customer'', you can go to the police and report that person. Had it been illegal to sell your body, you can't go to the police because you have done something illegal yourself and they will lock you up instead of the abuser.

[@laves820]

its funny tho people dont seem to understand, that the ones selling is treated worst then the buyers, so maybe get your facts straight ^^

[@Xirque666]

​@@laves820so true, the laws as they are now also makes it way more unsafe to work as sex workers for those that actually want to do it as a job, andvit makes it harder to fight trafficking. The politicians seems to be bought by the SWERFs in the Radfem organisations sadly

[@kennethaxi]

Thanks for great content! The big migration from Sweden to US took part between 1850 and 1930. Almost a third of the population of Sweden had by 1930 migrated elswhere. This was due to many reasons but the two main reasons where starvation and to aquire freedom of religion.

[@rogermagnusson115]

Yes and som Sweden went to Australia,canada, brasil..s Lots of great famous nort american swedes

[@FehuDagazWunjo]

Yes, but the Delaware colony New Sweden was in 1638 to 1655 so some swedes migrated in that time too.

[@kennethaxi]

@@FehuDagazWunjo Ah... You're right. I had forgotten that. I only remembered the big migration that made 1/3 of the population to emigrate to another country. Of course, there has always been migration between countries before and after.

[@Nina-sn8hf]

Greetings from a very cold sweden There is a tv show in both Sweden and Norway where Americans seek their Swedish/Norwegian heritage. The show is called "Allt för Sverige" (Everything for sweden) in Sweden and "Allt för Norge" (Everything for Norway) in Norway. Perhaps you should apply 😉

[@Onnarashi]

"Alt for Norge" in Norwegian. Another Swede claimed we called the show "Culture shock" for some reason.

[@FehuDagazWunjo]

At 16:28 is Klarälven river, in Karlstad, Sweden. It's actually just 1,5 hours drive from the Norwegian border. I actually was there yesterday.

[@FehuDagazWunjo]

Re: prostitution. We chose to make it legal to sell but illegal to buy sex to not punish anyone who might be caught up in trafficking. In the 1990's, when the law was made, the discussion was very centred around the trafficking problem we had from Eastern European countries. It was even a movie made about it, Lilja 4-ever. And all on the line with feminism; buying someone is wrong but voluntary selling your body is empowering.

[@mzaliwa]

a lot of british settlers in America would have brought genes classed as scandinavian by Ancestry as a result of their viking heritage

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thanks, mzaliwa.

[@gaynor1721]

Except Danish Vikings mostly invaded England. Norwegian Vikings invaded the northern most parts of Scotland like the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Anglo-Saxons originated from Schleswig-Holstein in Saxony, Germany which used to belong to Denmark. The Normans were 2nd and 3rd generation descendants of Danish Vikings. This includes William the Conqueror, a descendant of the Danish Viking Rollo. Swedish Vikings are not known to have invaded the British Isles, tending to travel east into Russia (the Finns used to call Swedish Vikings "Russ" which is where Russia gets it's name) and south into Italy and along the Mediterranean (which might explain Debbie's Scandinavian DNA), even as far as China. Swedish Vikings brought the rose🌹 to Europe which originated in China. So most English/British people will have Danish DNA, northern most Scots have large amounts of Norwegian DNA, but geneticists have found very few people in the British Isles with Swedish DNA.

[@daniel4647]

@@gaynor1721 Yeah. But it could have just come from anywhere, it's perfectly possible that some of her much closer American relatives have Swedish ancestry without even knowing it. 1800 was 6 generations ago now after all, so still like 4 generations removed from around the time I assume she was born. That's 28 people that could have had Swedish roots if we don't count her parents. I don't know if she said what percentage it was, but if it was a significant amount then it can't be from much further back than that anyway.

[@haga2519]

​@@gaynor1721 Except these countries didn't exist then. It's impossible to say that Britain lacks Swedish DNA. Lots of Vikings from today's Sweden sailed west as well. Namely those from the south and west coast of Sweden. It was only for a brief time after the Viking age that these parts belonged to Norway and Denmark. The Scandis are the same stock. The Jutes that invaded England didn't know they were Danish and they might as well have come from across the sound. :-)

[@PUTDEVICE]

the ice sheet was completely gone 10,000 years ago. at its thickest it was about 2 miles thick. 3000m. becomes a little heavy. approx. 30-40% of Sweden's land surface was under water. it is thanks to all the fjords that Norway has such a long coastline

[@ahkkariq7406]

The fjords, but also the Islands are the reason for Norway's long coastline.

[@taakelur]

We Norwegians call Sweden 'sweet brother', which I think is nice.

[@SonnyKnutson]

Same about you guys for us Swede's :D

[@Bjowolf2]

Isn't it a bit sarcastic though? 😀

[@notyouraverageteacher2679]

And us swedes call you guys "dumb norweigans". Sibling rivalry.

[@mcplutt]

Not so sweet anymore.

[@mrbrand4720]

Well it's cross-country skiing season . Still brothers but . . . . It is like ice hockey with Finland we are brothers with them always except in hockey we are rivals to the same goal . . . . . . then after the hockey tournament we back as brothers again .

[@pergustavsson2424]

In the mid-17th century, Sweden had a pretty large colony along the lower part of the Delaware River. It was later sold to the Dutch. Fun fact: one Swedish colonist settled on the central part of the island later known as Manhattan. His name was Jonas Bronck and he ran Bronck’s Farm. Recognize the name, Bronck’s / Bronx?

[@bigjtq9176]

The small yellow bus looks like one of the small driverless local bus in same parts of Stockholm area

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

What! We are going to have to look at the more. Thanks for watching bigtq9176.

[@ahkkariq7406]

Yeah, that's right. As far as I know they are used in Oslo, as well.

[@groruni]

We have one in Drammen too😀

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

The Norwegian government recently put a 70% tax on all the oil sold to overseas interests. Their political opponents said the oil companies would all leave the country and the country would go broke. Didn't happen. The companies just pay and get on with business.

[@benttranberg2690]

The total tax remains at 78%, so it makes no difference.

[@hwplugburz]

5:33 That is a "selfdriving minibus", (without driver),it operated for some time, on a rout in downtown Drammen Norway. Its not there anymore, but I dont know why..

[@mikaelhultberg9543]

Happy new year, and hello from Gothenburg, Sweden! I love watching you react to videos about Scandinavia because I too learn a bunch of stuff along with you. Your Scandinavian ancestors probably came during the big immigration of the 19th century, and most probably married your English ancestors already living in the U.S.. There was't much immigration from here before then.

[@Machtaaan]

Hi from Sweden-Stockholm. I find your channel not long ago, and am very happy I did. Love you guys, you’re both so cool and chill and down to earth 🫶 and it’s nice to see that you are facinated by the Scandinavian countries! Hope to see you here someday ❤️🙏 much love

[@leifwilhelmsson9113]

The stone bridge you thought was beautiful by the Klarälven River is in Karlstad Sweden. The bridge was built in the late 1700-s and the designer hung himself under the bridge because he was convinced that the bridge would collapse with all the horses going over it and could not live with the shame. The bridge is still standing and trafficed by cars and buses on a daily basis.

[@ima6187]

It is a myth that the designer committed suicide before the bridge was opened! He died at home in 1804. And the past 25 years only busses are allowed on the bridge, no private cars.

[@michaelacarlsson9865]

Sweden established colonies in the Americas in the mid-17th century, including the colony of New Sweden (1638-1655) on the Delaware River in what is now Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, as well as two possessions in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th centuries.

[@randehansen3999]

A 6 part miniseries, The Seed, was just released in Norway. It’s a fiction thriller based on the Global Seed Vault. Perhaps it will be soon released in the US. Since our son lives in Longyearbyen, we were eager to watch the series as soon as it came out. We love Svalbard.

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

In geography now, they talked about the Scandinavian culture of humility I find fascinating. It's considered tacky to brag about yourself.

[@eriktnnesen6437]

Absolutely. I am much more humble than you.

[@petra9923]

You paused at about 16:30. That is Klarälven and the bridge is located in Karlstad (Sweden). That is very close from where I grew up. I livedmin Karlstad for 3 years to study at the University

[@Tonyblack261]

The Norse people actually occupied much of Northern Britain and Ireland. There were even Norse kings in Great Britain. So, if you have British ancestry, you are very likely to have Scandinavian ancestry.

[@alicemilne1444]

The Norwegians or Western Norse were the ones who settled in the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland and in parts of Ireland. Most of Scotland was not occupied by them. In England it was the Danes or Eastern Norse who settled there in a large swathe of land known as the Danelaw.

[@gaynor1721]

​@@alicemilne1444Thank you. It's nice to meet someone who is as educated as me about Viking DNA.

[@alicemilne1444]

@@gaynor1721 😊 Viking, or rather Norse history is extremely interesting. It is not what most people think it is.

[@sturlamolden]

Norway is not democratic. Since 1920 it operates at a form of oligarchy. MPs are not allowed to vote or speak freely and are appointed by their repective parties. Viters can only vote for parties, not for representatives. Party owners hold all the power and operate as oligarchs or a syndicate. As they share power, elections are just a sham because the same men stay in power regardless, and they are not democratically elected. Also, the government is not elected, but merely appointed by said party owners (in lack of a better word to describe it). Norway has not free speech and expressing illegal opinions is a felony. That is, the constitution says there ought to be freedom of speech, but it is not implemented and illegal speech will still land you in jail. If Norway is really the most democratic country in the world, I feel sorry for the rest of you.

[@87636f]

5:25 The yellow vehicle is an autonomous bus test project. The picture is taken in Drammen, but the first city to test these out was "the city of technology" Kongsberg. They're moving very slow at this point in testing so we would rather just walk.

[@mettehansen9754]

2:00 Hey now hang on WE in Denmark are also part of Scandinavia ;)

[@michelletrudgill4573]

Beautiful countries, alot to take in so will watch again. Well done girlies very enjoyable video ❤

[@jubmelahtes]

Yellow thing is a smsll self driving bus, theyre usually free or very cheap

[@Venoms60]

A very happy New year to you ladies from Sweden. There is so much fun follow you. Thank you for exist as a small part of my life

[@darkiee69]

I can recommend a video about the difference between Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Vikings. "Differences between Norwegian, Swedish and Danish Vikings" It's both fun and educational. And Natasha, your Swedish/ Danish ancestors probably came over mid 1800 to around 1920. That's when 1,5 million Swedes emigrated to the US.

[@katydaniels508]

Great video ❤ Simon Whistler has a great video about the Svalbard seed vault. I’ll send over the link 😁

[@ryttyr14]

Actually, he's wrong at the start of the video. Scandinavia is a geopolitical term referring specifically to Norway, Denmark and Sweden (excluding their overseas territories). When he shows you a map of what he claim to be Scandinavia it is only the countries marked in red that are actually part of Scandinavia. Iceland and Finland are part of the Nordic countries but not part of Scandinavia (even though a small part of Finland lies on the Scandinavian peninsula and none of Denmark lies on said peninsula, hence why Scandinavia is considered a geopolitical term and not a geographical one). The Nordic countries meanwhile consists of Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, as well as Greenland and the Faroe Islands which are part of Denmark, and Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island which are part of Norway.

[@thomas2236]

The bridge at 16:28 is located in Karlstad: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlstad

[@goranandersson2772]

The bridge you wondered where it was is from the province Värmland in Sweden.

[@hellrideization]

The bridge over Klarälven river, is the Old Stonebridge in the town of Karlstad in Sweden. My hometown.

[@vickeeh]

The picture at 16:45 is from Karlstad, Sweden:)

[@mandypotts9090]

So much to take in here ,l will need to watch this one again . What beauty both countries have and interesting lifestyles. I would definitely visit both countries if l had the chance . Really enjoy your world wide Wednesdays.) and hitting that like button because l know it helps the channel)👍❤️

[@richardhood8589]

Judging by what you have said, your DNA might have been sent to the UK with the Vikings, staying there until well after Henry VIII, you mentioned the Mayflower. Might they have come across IN the Mayflower expeditions.

[@Sue474]

I thought exactly the same.

[@cazziefores2183]

Happy new year ladies.. 🎉 Love and light from across the pond xxx 🙏😘🇬🇧🥂

[@AshleeR]

Loved this video! I was learning along with you both! A video on the seed vault would be interesting!

[@bodilfrausing7966]

You are no. 2 🇺🇸 💪 - but you are like 300 mill. and Norway is like 5 mill...😅 Great reaction btv. 👍 Greetings fron Denmark. 🇩🇰

[@SirPage13]

Because you guys seem so enamored with the Nordic landscape, I'd highly recommend you watch any of Jonna Jinton's videos here on KZbin. Specifically "Vargsången" (the song of the wolf) or "Du gamla du fria" (her rendition of the Swedish national anthem). She films herself and the landscape around where she lives, and has some *beautiful* scenery that even has me (a swede) in absolute awe.

[@vanessacare2615]

Loved this video. I love learning new things with you both.

[@svendemadsen8275]

As a Dane, i find it weird that we're not included in this video, since we are all so intertwined throughout history/time in Scandinavia.

[@mortenBP]

Get a non scandinavian to sum up the history of Scandinavia using Wikipedia and this is what you get. No wonder people watching this get "educated" in the wrong direction.

[@antheabrouwer3258]

I love the beautiful landscapes in both these countries!! I'm also a die-hard Abba fan since the early 1970's. Agnetha is from Sweden, and Anni-Frid is from Norway!! Unfortunately, a lot of the news in Australia recently has been about the social unrest in Sweden and it's immigration policies. Hopefully, that will be resolved soon!.

[@janfrodeengh5904]

Anni-Frid was the result of a Norwegian girl and a German soldier(Sgt,Wehrmacht). Both these girls/women, and their kids, were treated badly in Norway and elsewhere. Some mothers moved to an outbombed Germany, some like Anni-Frid and her mother moved to Sweden. Those who remained had a tough life. And the kids were very often regarded as mentally challenged, since their father was German. The German soldiers were "obligated" to be friendly to Norwegian girls, by order from Himmler. Norwegian girls were racially pure. Many of the girls were tricked into a relationship with a German soldier. How those girls and kids were treated is not one of Norway's proudest moments.

[@mellertid]

There are some problems in Sweden, but also an agenda to anplify the immigration issues. And I think it's working. Next election might well bring the populist right to power.

[@madsimusnuo]

Flyfishing for salmon is super popular, the king enjoys it each summer in Finnmark

[@Thalsha92]

Have you heard of the tv show "Allt För Sverige"? it supposedly does some family history research for the contestants and you have the chance to not only win the results, but potentially meet other parts of the family. Maybe they can help Natasha get a date on that migration

[@AngeDownie]

tis Ange this was so kewl i learnt a whole lot The topics he touched n were brief but interesting

[@OnkelPeters]

Looking at the Klarälven right now - in Norway where it's called Trysilelva.

[@kingwacky184]

That yellow bus looking thing at 5:34 looks like a transport for people in like wheelchairs or with other mobility disabilities. I know we have similar here in Sweden transport businesses that are for the people with trouble getting around.

[@stuartmcivor2276]

My son did Biathlon when he was in the British Army - training in Norway - he won a medal in the British Biathlon Championships!

[@nor-wayking6757]

You should be proud, it's the hardest sport of all.

[@veronicajensen7690]

Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway and Sweden -Denmark is not on the Scandinavian peninsula" we don't use the term Scandinavian peninsula in Scandinavia it's an American term and the reason for confusion as Finland is on the peninsula but not a Scandinavian country and Denmark is not on the peninsula but is a Scandinavian country ---Scandinavia is a language group, part of the Germanic language and the 3 is quite similar where as the Finnish language is a uralic language close o Hungarian ect. Nordic countries are the 3 Scandinavian plus Iceland, Finland, Faroe Islands, Åland and Greenland

[@bflyw74]

This, exactly! Tbh I had never heard of the Scandinavian peninsula before I startet googling why Americans tend to include Finland in Scandinavia. But apparently I live on the Scandinavian peninsula - I'm Norwegian.

[@gaynor1721]

We call it the Scandinavian peninsula here in the UK, so it's not an American thing. Finland used to be a Swedish Duchy, until Russia overtook it in a war against Sweden. Some Finns speak Swedish, have Swedish surnames and some parts of Finland have Scandinavian place names. The rest are more akin to Russian than Swedish.

[@elincarlsson6388]

There is an extensive documentary series on the history of Sweden, if you want to check that out I don't know if you can. But what I wanted to mention was that it was like I said very extensive if not the most in dept history dive in any country ever, starting from the very first people to ever settle here. I love learning and history especially is very fachinating to me.

[@MarkmanOTW]

If Natasha wants to run through the grass singing "The hills are alive with the sound of music..." - time maybe to checkout a video on Austria. SoM was set in Salzburg close to the Tirol Region. Austria is stunning, the greenest grass too. 💚

[@LaserSeQ]

my favourite fish to catch are small bass (like small, under 10 cm,/4ish inches), that one removes innards and head, put on the bbq, and just eat it like that out of the skin with your choice of bbq sauce inside, most bones (except the spine) are small enough to just crunch and eat. they are delishious :)

[@andyt8216]

I’m surprised he didn’t briefly mention Sweden joined the EU 🇪🇺in 1995 (but not the Euro) and Norway has voted twice against joining the EU.

[@mortenBP]

Well, this video has alot of inaccuracies. Its cringeworthy to watch.

[@trinehaugsmark2069]

Wow! That is my city, Drammen, and the little yellow self-driving buss

[@jmillar71110]

Cecilia Blomdahl videos on Svalbard are great! Definitely a fab recommendation 😊x

[@SuperBenkoo]

the "Klarälven" river is found in the landscape of VÄrmland in Sweden. It comes in from Norway, runs through Värmland in west Sweden and runs out in the lake of Vänern which also by the way is Swedens biggest lake

[@MariaStoltz32]

I live in Sweden and i have relatives in USA, Florida. I love your videos.

[@WolfHeathen]

We used to have multiple so-called "Nordic model laws" where you pretty much ban half the crime. It's not illegal to provide the service and/or product but it's illegal to purchase. There used to be such a law regarding moonshine as well where you could legally produce and sell it but you weren't allowed to purchase.

[@NygaardBushcraft]

The question you ask at 16:32 where the Klarälven is : Sweden. Insanely beautiful area that I have visited many times. The river is 460 kilometers (286 miles) long.

[@margaretnicol3423]

Have you seen any of Robson Green's fishing shows? Extreme Fishing Challenge is one of them. Robson is an actor with a love of fishing.

[@EESG-us5oh]

There's a gameswhow in Sweden where Americans with swedish ancestry get to come to sweden to compete for a chance to meet their swedish realtives. During the show they travel all across sweden and learn about swedish culture and get to know the records that can be found about their ancestors and why they left. It's called "Allt för sverige".

[@ima6187]

The bridge in the picture Klarälven River is from Karlstad, just in between Stockholm and Oslo. It is the longest stone bridge in Sweden , and was built without any concrete.

[@markduggan3451]

They both look stunning. Happy New Year to you both.

[@Battouga]

1:54 if the map is confusing (was to me): Scandinavia is only the countries in red (the Kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway) and the Nordic countries include the red and the orange countries (the Republics of Finland and Iceland). Scandinavia's namesake comes from what is now the Swedish province Scania where the North Germanic language and people originated from. It is purely a cultural and historical region, while the Nordic countries are an actual thing with political cooperation. The Scandinavian Peninsula (Sweden+Norway) and Fennoscandia (Sweden+Norway+Finland) are geographical only.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thank you!

[@Whippy99]

I was so excited when a family member traced back our ancestry and discovered we were descended from Vikings! We knew we were Celts, but Viking, also? That’s just awesome.

[@peacefulminimalist2028]

The Norwegian church books can be searched back to late 1600's. That's the oldest official sources we have, not even Norwegians can know if their ancestors were vikings or not. btw, a viking was a profession/work not an ethnicity so I would definitely take that info with more than a grain of salt :) Sorry to dissapoint you.

[@SebHaarfagre]

6:36 _[This may be awkward because there's many languages involved and the "end" language is modern English]:_ The Scandinavian peninsula was barely mapped (but the south/southwest coastal lines were) by the Romans. And it's a mistake they collectively described us all as "Norse": People of Norway were "Northmanni"; in modern Sweden there was "Gaets" and "Suebi"; in Denmark there were "Danes", "Jutes" and "Saxons". I unfortunately can not (re)find these maps but if you delve long enough into historical literature, you'll find it... The meaning of "Norse" changed over time. It may not mean much practically, but that is the start of the etymology.

[@ShiftySqvirrel]

A minor correction regarding drinking age; there is none in either country. There are age restriction on purchasing alcohol however.

[@TheUffeess]

We can fight like siblings do, but when we meet abroad, we love each other.

[@JohnnyRoscoe01]

Already in the 17th century, Norwegians emigrated to the USA. Many sailors on Dutch ships were Norwegian, and many of these joined the Dutch colonization of New Amsterdam in Manhattan in New York. (Wikipedia) 😃🇳🇴

[@janhansen6195]

Hi l am from Norway and l am a Norwegian citizen but I was born in Sweden to a half-Norwegian mother (Swedish father and Norwegian mother) My father is Norwegian, so I am a half-Norwegian/Swedish man. I speak both languages fluently as well. Today I live in Norway after living in the Philippines before covid, but have lived all over the world in many other countries before, I also speak 6 languages fluently and am now working on learning Tagalo and Bisaya, as my wife is from the Philippines and we have a little daughter aged 3 who is also now learning 4 languages at the same time. The Norwegian church made of wood is called "STAFF CHURCH" STAVKIRKE in Norwegian

[@whereverilaymyhat6673]

The photo of Klarälven (Clearriver) are from the city of Karlstads East Bridge, the longest and still remaining stone bridge in sweden and my hometown.

[@Heather.C-kiwi-ninja]

Sweden and Norway are beautiful and seem to have a lot to offer. This was great to watch ❤❤

[@martins12345]

The yellow vehicle you asked about is a small self driving bus :)

[@leifgunnartoth8070]

That yellow "thing" is an autonomous bus xD To explain the Nordic and Scandinavia; Nordic is Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, while Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Norway, Sweden and Denmark share the same basic language. They are very different for us, but we can understand eachother. If I go to Sweden or Denmark, and I speak Norwegian without a dialect, they can easily understand me. 16:30 That bridge is from Sweden. An easy way to see differences in names and languages is that Norway har ÆØÅ, and sweden uses ¨ on top of some letters xD 16:48 We have houndre thousands of islands in fact. Sweden is at the top with 267.000, and Norway just behind with 239.000 islands.

[@ryttyr14]

Considering that Sweden is the third largest country in the world when it comes to the export of music there might be something to his claim of Sweden having better music. But Norwegian music is pretty good too imo.

[@kolbjrnalstad9069]

Yup, A-ha, Angelina Jordan, AURORA, Kygo, Røyksopp, Sigrid, Secret Garden, Alexander Rybak. Girl in Red, Maria Mena, Susanne Sundfør, Matoma, Alan Walker, Ylvis, Dimmu Borgir, Turbonegro, Marius and Martinus, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Wardruna, Radka Toneff, Madrugada, Dagny, Ina Wroldsen, Ane Brun, Jarle Bernhoft, Madcon, Espen Lind, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Sondre Lerche, Savooy, Katzenjammer, Sivert Høyem, Morten Harket and many more...

[@Redhead6806]

Hi. Swede here. Great video. When it comes to fishing , a common fish here are pike, bass and salmon. Best fishing would be in the north of Sweden

[@trygvehadland9560]

Hi girls. I live in Norway and love to go fishing, both in the sea and in fresh water, in the mountains it is mostly trout and char... in eastern Norway there are also Perch and Pike... In the sea there are all kinds of fish, but prefer to fish things like Sea Trout, Flounder and Cod... In many rivers there are Salmon and Trout. I love to go on a mountain hike with my fishing rod and hunt for trout and char and roast them on an open fire... along with fried ingredients such as potatoes, onions and sour cream... It is the very best there is in the world.

[@joeldanielsson2355]

Post Glacial Rebound: The Ice during the ice age was 1 kilometer thick and the weight of it pushed the land down and it is still rising to this day varying but lets say 1 cm a year. The ice grinded down the Scandinavian mountains leading to lots of sand that was flushed out into the ocean forming the refuse pile known as Denmark.

[@SebHaarfagre]

16:20 Letters like "ä" (ä, ö) is Swedish while in Norway (and Denmark) it will be "æ" (æ, ø). So since it's "ä" in "Klarälven" it's in Sweden (and could be Finland of course).

[@Jessica-d8q]

In Sweden it is a show that amerikan comes and look for relatives. It’s called Allt för Sverige. I love that show.

[@jorgensoderlund6772]

I live right beside Klarälven in town called Ekshärad, it's about 1000m to the river, the river starts in norway and ends up in the sea outside gothenburg, it's been contested due to the fact klarälven is passing through lake vänern. But sure these are my hometurf! If i where to guess i'd say this is from somewhere around karlstad about 90km south of me (16:29). Another fun fact is that we even has a totempole outside the public library and a statue of a hunter aiming at the local church roof rooster, the story goes he misstakenly took it for a real rooster. And the totempole was erected as a symbol of a preist that traveled to US to teach indians how to sow potatoes. And we also have stavechurch(Nygårds). Klarälven was also the last river to be used in timber industry to float the the timber to sawmills, coaling sites (to produce coal for the steel industry which goes back more than 350 years i worked there as a toolmaker, the company is named UDDEHOLM AB and there are some youtube clips about them, the company is located 25km South East of me in Hagfors. I used to bike that distance to work before i settled in Hagfors. It's closer to norways airport Gardemoen than the swedish Arlanda airport the former is about 100km and the latter is about 400km. And if you want to know more you can find me on discord Tanak1970#1431. Have a nice day ladies!

[@LasseEklof]

The reason why in Sweden/Norway it is allowed to sell but illegal to buy sex is that many of those who become prostitutes are forced to do so by criminal networks. The prostitutes should not be punished as they are victims of these criminal networks. Instead, those who exploit these vulnerable prostitutes are punished.

[@helvete983]

Happy New Year from Sverige girls!

[@macjonte]

17:56 freedom to roam That includes private property as long as you’re respectful. Yes, you may put up your tent for to nights on someone else’s property, but be respectful and of course not outside their window. :)

[@alexandracollins7961]

Hello from Sweden! ❤ From about 1850 to 1910 over one million swedes emigrated from Sweden to America. I would guess you can find your ancesters in that crowd. :) Thanks for a nice video

[@sveinpedersen7346]

Hello, and happy new year 🎉 from, Norway. You asked about fishing... I like to fish trout, macrell, cod and eel.

[@stiras1]

Natasha, most people who migrated from Norway and Sweden to the US did so between the early 1820s and early 1920s. Between 1820 and 1920, around 800.000 Norwegians migrated to the US. For Sweden, this number is around 1.2 million. I hope this helps. All of the Scandinavian countries became protestant by the 1530s, so it would make sense that your ancestors were protestant too.