Vikings vs Neo-Nazis: Battling the Far Right in Sweden

In Sweden, neo-Nazis have made Viking imagery the cornerstone of their white supremacist agenda. A Viking enthusiast confronts a neo-Nazi leader for misappropriating Viking symbols for white supremacist propaganda.
Subscribe to Journeyman here: kzbin.info_c...
As the Swedish far-right movement embraces Viking culture, many Viking enthusiasts are now shy about their activity: 'It's not only scary but it's embarrassing that what I do is now connected to that [racism]. I'm ashamed', says one Viking enthusiast. A LARPer and teacher in a multicultural school, Robin Lundin has been leading a movement called 'Vikings Against Racism'. 'I dress up as a Viking and teach the kids about history and culture. For me, it’s important that they know that the Viking world is something inclusive, even if your background is from another part of the world', he claims. Lundin has also tried reaching out to the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement, in an attempt to have a dialogue about their country's culture. The fight against neo-Nazis in Sweden has been a complicated one. Professor Christer Mattsson recalls winning a debate against a far-right student in the 1990s, which saw the student tried for hate speech. 'He became an active Nazi because of this situation. For me, this was a huge lesson on what not to do. I debated and won but I lost the student', he claims.
For more information, visit www.journeyman.tv/film/7936
Like us on Facebook: / journeymanpictures
Follow us on Twitter:
/ journeymannews
/ journeymanvod
Follow us on Instagram: / journeymanpictures
Visit our subreddit: / journeymanpictures
Al Jazeera English - Ref. 7936

[@kevinlau9018]

Let’s be honest most of us clicked cause we saw “Vikings vs Nazis”

[@aaronm8143]

Damn straight

[@talkingtrash2502]

Hell yeah

[@martiendejong9085]

Can't we crowdfund to make it a movie? Would be awesome. Storyline: Hitler has an accident with a time machine in his Antarctic base where he accidentally summons hordes of vikings and they have to fight tille the death.

[@barbarianblood2316]

@@martiendejong9085 Whoa! I’d watch that.✌️

[@clarencespangle571]

We are one in the same.

[@afunnyusername5599]

where is Techno Viking when we need him? Only he can save us know

[@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810]

With the way he controlled that march I'd say he could have controlled the Capitol Hill riots.

[@timurk9631]

He's in Germany

[@peobjorkman403]

He's in germany, fighting nazis.

[@hansvader4864]

@Jerry Reese Belive it or not, but not only commies have problems with the far right.

[@hansvader4864]

@Jerry Reese No, communism is about the equal distrubution of wealth. Nazism is about the segregation, enslaving and killing of ethnic groups and relligions. I dont like commies bc their ecenomics dont work, and i dont like nazis bc i like diffrent cultures.

[@thaltrail9142]

Very interesting. I just don't understand why people find it so difficult to be proud of their culture and heritage without using this as an excuse to hate people different from them.

[@thomasjefferson4195]

You sound confused

[@thomasjefferson4195]

@FueledByHate exactly, Anyone who opposes race-based paganism isn't a pagan. Paganism is indigenous and ancestral (racial) by nature. Anyone claiming to beanti-racial and pagan is a fake.

[@MegaDh2000]

I imagine most people who are angered about race, are angry at the double standard that exists and is perpetuated in the current liberal world. It’s “cultural appropriation”, “whitewashing” and wrong for Europeans to embrace or partake in any other cultures. This is not seen in the reverse. It is ok and even praised to have other ethnicities assimilate into, partake in, and even mock European cultures. I guess when some Nordic peoples look to their history and embrace that culture, they don’t think it fair that others should as well.

[@isawilraen9816]

@PKD Orion The fact that there's no clear line doesn't entail there being no clear cases on each side of that line. Asatro is obviously Scandinavian, while Zoroastrianism obviously isn't. There's no problem here.

[@2Sage-7Poets]

your words can't get past from islamic belief..

[@lolbit1232]

Swedish Viking party: “they can’t declare war on us if we pillage their nukes”

[@invictidomini6846]

That exists?

[@lolbit1232]

No it’s a joke

[@haraldlindohf4032]

Guy goes alone to a Nazi rally by himself to debate their leader. That is actual Viking bravery

[@je-freenorman7787]

No its not. Vikings and Nazis were the same. All Aryans

[@haraldlindohf4032]

@@je-freenorman7787 Ah yes, if two people are the same race, they automatically have the same ideology!

[@BreakingTheGleipnir]

@@je-freenorman7787 🤦‍♂️

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@haraldlindohf4032 Certainly never automatic but Quite often yes. Especially where Religious beliefs are considered

[@je-freenorman7787]

@@haraldlindohf4032 Its called Cult Ure lol

[@regulusmuphrid4891]

The new Wolfenstein looks a bit weird.

[@twonstary6128]

Lol

[@noaht3087]

Lol! A bit like Wolfenstein meets Assassin's Creed!

[@oscarsiguenza736]

This man is the true definition of the word father. How he Stood out there by Himself with his argument. Call this man teacher . Bravo-bravo 👏🏼

[@KlausBahnhof]

@Eternal Champion What a sad, strange world you live in.

[@NATURE.OF.THINGS.A.T.G.]

@@KlausBahnhof The real one indeed horible.

[@KlausBahnhof]

@@NATURE.OF.THINGS.A.T.G. Sadly we live in world where people still idolize the Nazis. Their führer was a terrible military strategist and a hopeless drug addict who chose to end his own life instead of facing up to the consequences of his misguided and fanatical ideology. Why anyone would admire someone like that is a mystery to me.

[@jimmycricket7385]

Qatar is the home of Al Jazeera who made this video. How many immigrants has Qatar taken in during the past ten years? They take temporary labourers from Bangladesh and Pakistan and pay them a pittance, hold their passports and house them in substandard accommodation and have them work in unsafe environments. And these are Muslims like themselves. I believe it is quite obvious that there is a widespread and organised attempt to change the demographics of Europe with never ending mass migration. And I think the evidence for this is overwhelming. The motives for it, and who exactly is behind it, can be debated, but the fact that it is happening cannot be denied.

[@imperatorscotorum6334]

How long until these comments get turned off

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

Once people start naming the man behind the curtain.

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mai8dn6dZsyBeMU

[@Disciple4life]

lolololol

[@jackowen6929]

Sounds like a challenge to me brother? Before the end of October if we work at it

[@arfarfarf256]

A video like thisis going to be a magnet for alt right trolls.

[@haoli2382]

how ironic that a nordic resistence meeting held in front of a chinese restaurant

[@saarbrooklynrider2277]

Why, communist China is an ethno-state. It fits.

[@Vulcaani]

I think it fits. They are against globalism so it could be thought of thematically being against it.

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

Chicken fried rice must be corrupting white children. God only knows what a fajita wrap would do.

[@haoli2382]

@@saarbrooklynrider2277 China has actually 56 ethnic groups...only that they had so interbreed with the Chinese they look alike now...so this is something Sweden can copy if you brand yourself "multicultural"...

[@heehokuzunoha7757]

@@saarbrooklynrider2277 China is a pretend ethnostate. Since it's many ethnic groups all share East Asian features, albeit with a lot of variation, the Chinese government has managed to convince a majority of it's people that they are all Han.

[@jolyne8674]

Why did they put an up arrow on the Nigerian flag

[@michellemooney8294]

@Hknll DD germany moment

[@bromine_35]

Arrow means out

[@VideoGameLogicFTW]

@Hknll DD tbf there uniforms were designed by Hugo freaking Boss so obviously they were looking dapper out there

[@chadiusalbanius241]

@Hknll DD there flag is based on the romanian legionarie flag of ww2

[@VideoGameLogicFTW]

@Hknll DD true I didn’t know that, ig ya learn something new everyday

[@gryn1s]

Yes, so apparently, being a viking was allll about authentic fur hats.

[@niceguy1891]

Of course

[@GMSirLawrence]

Laughing so hard.

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

I’m only joining larping, if I can pillage a mock up village. I can sound the horn, before jumping off a longboat.

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

Do you think that could include "willing" Irish and English women?

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

@@tamasmarcuis4455 I never said rape and pillage, just pillage. 😒

[@swaelee4686]

@@tamasmarcuis4455 he will make them willing

[@thelaundryman9287]

Mood. Steady Course to the Haaaaaaven few many foe Men!

[@leahflower9924]

@@tamasmarcuis4455 dude you know that's what all men did the spanish were famous in the new world for it....i heard vikings had a lot of consensual relations

[@meddisant1533]

Vikings are part of the culture heritage of the scandinavian people, they have the right to use it. Modernity and medias tend to try to make us forget about our history and roots. The human being need his heritage to be grounded in a sound present.

[@clarencespangle571]

*“Ethnic nationalism is always bad, unless it is Israel.”―Ben Shapiro*

[@asatruuasatruuasatruu7085]

''The human being need his heritage to be grounded in a sound present.'' [citation needed]

[@YoureRightIThink]

Who said they don't have the right? The problem is using it in a fascist intent. Also heritage being the thing that grounds you in the present sounds really stupid tbh, if you're that obsessed over heritage mind you and your personal insecurities

[@pavelstaravoitau7106]

It's alright to love your heritage, but isn't wrong to use it to hate others.

[@AslanW]

Being obsessed with heritage is anti-individualist and essentialist. It's the most rëtarďed thing to care about.

[@willquigg8265]

This professor had a young child arrested for hate speech just because of a debate. That Professor should be ashamed of himself.

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

Vikings were infact very interested and curious of other cultures and people.

[@hawkmithra9879]

True

[@Kvacantirovic]

Yeah very interested to conquer lands and ethnically cleanse it from other ppl.

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

@@Kvacantirovic ''Conquer lands'' the way other nations have conquered to rule was not what the Vikings did, maybe some I can't speak for them all, but the general idea of their raids was to find wealth and riches, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY was to find land where they could farm and harvest to survive. The reason why Vikings raided in the first place was because they wanted to survive, major parts of Scandinavia is mountain terrain and infertile land, and due to the cold weather the Vikings had a hard time growing crops. The general idea was for them to find new lands where they could farm and live a good life, the raiding part was only a ''bonus'' which was the culture back in those days, it was a more ruthless time to live in. Vikings never conducted ''ethnically cleansing'', stop pulling ideas out of your ass. Vikings sailed to the middle east and all over the world because they were curious and wanted to see what was out there, and learn of other cultures. Read up on history before you try to make lies comes off as facts. I am confident enough to argue that if there was anyone who suffered ''cleansing'' from the Vikings, it was themselves. Vikings wasn't a unified people for hundreds of years, and during those days I am willing to argue there was as much, if not more bloodshed due to norse on norse combat than done in their times raiding, if you really want to get technical on the ''ethnic'' part, I am willing to argue that more vikings have died by viking hands than any other culture. Scandinavia, before, during and after the ''golden age'' of the vikings was always plagued by war and skirmishes, since the people of Scandinavia was for hundreds of years ruled by small kings, controlling small territories and always trying to one up each other. My point is, Vikings/Norsemen never hated someone because they looked physically different, ''ethnicity'' wasn't even a word or an idea that existed for the norsemen, and most of their victims from the English islands pretty much looked very similar to the vikings in many ways. But if you want to believe otherwise, be my guest, but you are wrong.

[@ianking8315]

very warlike as well so i believe.

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

@@ianking8315 Of course, it was a culture and society of warriors. But norsemen were much more than just warriors, they were skilled craftsmen, tradesmen and both understood and respected nature.

[@paronzoda]

Give both the Nazi and the Viking each a sword and let them fight.

[@cooper5324]

Maybe give the vikings guns as they’re explorers that incorporated cultures from around the world into their culture. I’m sure they would have chinese guns if they could get them.

[@theaveragescienceguy8652]

No no…, give axe to Viking

[@SpiderStratagemVI]

sir, your teaching of the viking culture will show these young children Sweden's true spirit! keep doing your good work. Don't let the cultural symbols of vikings be appropiated by this hate group.

[@AnulaibazIV]

1:20 A lot of the Vikings were tall, especially compared to other folk. Many of the Vikings were blond, but they did not have horns on their helmets.

[@jonw952]

I thought most had red hair?

[@svenskhast5632]

@@jonw952 Haha! Mostly????????? Def not.

[@jonw952]

@@svenskhast5632 hmm. I just seen it somewhere on yt... they said most had red hair and brown eyes... As if Vikings were more irish like..

[@svenskhast5632]

@@jonw952 Nah man. Not correct.

[@jonw952]

@@camarinn172 blue eyes are a mutation tho.. some had to have had brown eyes, maybe even green?

[@atomixfang]

taking larping to whole new level.

[@Deanzphx]

And teaches others

[@thomasjefferson4195]

Anyone who opposes race-based paganism isn't a pagan. Paganism is indigenous and ancestral (racial) by nature. Anyone claiming to beanti-racial and pagan is a larper

[@tubeguy4066]

Notice the complete lack of "foreigners" in his viking larp club? It's as if only Scandinavians care about their own traditions

[@Noewulfs]

Underrated comment

[@MrLampes]

yeah I can bet tho they wouldnt let others in or would probably beat them up or kill them, thats what nazi's do.

[@Noewulfs]

@@MrLampes errrr, i think you confuse the two

[@SerHoratio]

im black i Larp usually as vikings i live in sweden?

[@marcomartins3563]

tbf Sweden isn't nearly as full of non-white immigrants as people talk sometimes. Not really that weird

[@thelaundryman9287]

Damn this guy is honourable, you can tell he really loves his culture. And actually dentated the nazi group leader, my hat goes off to him.

[@Thekoryosmenstribe]

They will talk about the "Right". But they won't talk about what immigration has done to our homelands, and what the tyrannical govts have done. Instead these people are virtue signaling trying to make sure they stand up to racism, instead of standing up for their country, and their own people. This is cowardice. Your people are being erased, and you don't even care. Yet you call the ones who are standing up and trying to protect it.......Racist??? 🤔 stop it. ✋ China can have an ethno state.....no one calls them racist. Korea has an ethnic state.......no one calls them racist. Iran has an ethnic state.......no one calls them racist. But as soon as white Europeans want an ethnic state.........We are labeled racists. It's quite disgusting. We have the same right to an ethno state just like anyone else. This guy is an idiot. He has Stockholm syndrome

[@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098]

He’s a larper

[@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098]

Viking is a Nordic European white culture only

[@burgundian_system]

​@@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098better than larping as a nazi general

[@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098]

@@burgundian_system no

[@adrianhugentobler3318]

People thinking that the owner deletes comments and is against free speech...

[@kurvitaschthedictator]

well it is deleting free speech even without context

[@lmao.3661]

in a way

[@SnepLeo]

I thought vikings where gonna throw a longboat at the nazis and massacre them...

[@g.o.paciong3015]

Seems like a reasonable action

[@sebastianh1441]

@@g.o.paciong3015 i agree

[@YouTubedoesntneedhandles]

That only works in TABS

[@SnepLeo]

@@KZbindoesntneedhandles It wont work in real life with that attitude!

[@NotDirtMcgurt]

if only

[@beturmoneyonme8523]

In the country im leaving they call me the Greek. In my country of origin they're calling me the foregner

[@blixten2928]

This guy is really, really inspiring. Going out and fighting against the racist cooptation of whole historical folk-groups. Vikings were very tolerant, many Byznantine symbols and cultural elements are found in Viking graves and settlements. Don't let them lie to us!

[@jacehendrix3194]

Vikings killed and raped all people, not just people different than them. They were tolerant.

[@blixten2928]

@@jacehendrix3194 And traded with them. And fought with them as mercenaries (Byzantine). And enslaved them. And needed no excuses about "not our religion" or "inferior race".

[@colddarkness1798]

Varg is both Viking nazi

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

@@colddarkness1798 he is not nazi. And neither is he a viking. Norwegian yes, he is.

[@beckymcintyre9394]

should be titled larper vs larper

[@hansr.9037]

a man of taste I see

[@beckymcintyre9394]

@@hansr.9037 maybe buy doubtful. actions louder than words ya know?

[@beckymcintyre9394]

@@hansr.9037 *but

[@roskcity]

@@beckymcintyre9394 Vikings are not larpers.

[@beckymcintyre9394]

@@roskcity that is correct

[@Fuzzira]

I bet this guy clapped when SAS released their anti scandinavian ad.

[@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep]

I bet you're without a job, have ED and are projecting it on everything that you're not familiar with

[@Fuzzira]

@@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep If I am then so are you.

[@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep]

@@Fuzzira I'm going to tell your mom you said that

[@S3aCa1mRa1n]

Exactly. You really can’t maintain a culture when you have foreigners who don’t want to assimilate.

[@danielbylund8937]

If his wife's boyfriend let him watch the tv then probably yes

[@Ozgipsy]

This is nonsense. Of course they were violent. The Vikings became the Normans, the Ferangian Guard of Byzantium, the rulers of Sicily and England.

[@jasper677]

Yes, but just like he said, it was a violent age. The most wars in the medieval was fought by french and italians, hungarians and turks were raiding riders. all of those arent remembered as violent

[@matthewsteele5229]

Vikings were notoriously egalitarian. Russian, Arabic, English, Indian, Italian, and Spanish trade goods have been found in Viking excavations. They adopted other gods and religions way more often than they spread their own. Vikings loved to interact with other cultures, more often peacefully than not. In Newfoundland and Vinland, they set up peaceful colonies that coexisted with native Americans for the time they survived there. Vikings weren’t bloodthirsty warmongers or savage raiders. They preferred not to fight. They were just damn scary and good at it when they did, and that’s where the reputation comes from.

[@c.lettow1495]

@@matthewsteele5229 The saga of Vinland was actually full of skirmishes and battles with native Americans That was one of the main factors of their departure from Vinland

[@levirobinson6828]

People obviously know nothing , they were amazing warriors and learned there tactics from the romans. Honnestly people here need to check their history this os pathetic.

[@originalulix]

Every large ethnic and cultural group waged wars in medieval times... so what's your point? He explicitly said: They weren't more violent than other peoples. Which is correct.

[@taussabes7677]

Seeing this video randomly pop up and it's filmed in my hometown of Kungälv, that's hits good. Love it

[@aniro5204]

Europa for Europeans Scandinavia for nords

[@frogtownroad9104]

Then can you stop coming to the states? Please? If you’re so adamant about having your ethnically homogenous railways or whatever, just stay there and stop coming to NYC just to stop in the middle of the sidewalk like an idiot to check google maps.

[@aniro5204]

@@frogtownroad9104 I’m from the state tard ass, born and raised white American

[@almightybunny3320]

@@aniro5204 Then what you doing in america? Ain't america belong native americans with your logic.

[@aniro5204]

@@almightybunny3320 there’s a difference between winning land through blood and talking land like a rat by going there and replacing it’s people, they they want Europe they should take it through war not like the rats they are

[@almightybunny3320]

@@aniro5204 Well maybe they will do that someday if violance is justified method to take land from others. Maybe we should not even try to build better societies or try to live in peace eachohers.

[@stevenamoah9849]

You know how people can piss you off and you start to think we are a doomed species then you see people like this guy and makes you think maybe we got a chance

[@danielbylund8937]

If a soy boy larper gives you hope, then we might truly be doomed

[@lamontkhoza2856]

@@danielbylund8937 Fascists will always lose. Even the commies beat them

[@danielbylund8937]

@@lamontkhoza2856 if you are referring to the Third Reich, then in all fairness you have to admit to the fact that it took the combined effort of three empires to defeat them. And even so the ideology persists so I dont share your certainty in the matter.

[@lamontkhoza2856]

@@danielbylund8937 you say that as if the nazis were alone. They the had the backing of Italy and Japan. Not to mention having taken over other countries like France already

[@danielbylund8937]

@@lamontkhoza2856 Japan did not fight in the European theatre and had a non aggression pact with the Soviets. The Italians mainly fought in north Africa, basically leaving Germany alone to fight 3 enemies on 2 fronts, a testiment of strength, not weakness.

[@gzuzru3064]

Not to hate on the Vikings in particular, but saying they were very tolerant towards other people, is kinda funny when you look at what they did back in the medival ages to other people.. For example in europe.

[@arvidskold8367]

They did not attack other people because of hate and intolerance, they just plundered people for money. In a way, they discriminated very little, and robbed everyone

[@_MSHP_]

As religious empires pushed north they met resistance, some of the resisting peoples were well developed culturally and economically and took offence toward to their land and culture being closed in upon by these empires. The raids from Scandinavia were part retaliation, and also common intelligence, based on the matters that these great empires held great wealth, in particular in the churches. If I was being threatened to my core, and my functioning societies main structure was in threat of being torn apart, then I too would be raiding with the most vicious intent. It would be comparable to stepping on a hornets nest, the Scandinavian peoples were well developed craftsmen, with a structure of gods and symbolism that was the core element of daily life. Just as today, whom ever has more artillery and metal wins, the vikings had heart and ability, and a societal structure that nourished the raiding mindset.

[@gzuzru3064]

@@arvidskold8367 Killing people for their money is not really better then killing them because you hate them, but i get where you coming from brotha

[@gzuzru3064]

@@_MSHP_ im overwhelmed

[@lmao.3661]

@@arvidskold8367 they weren't "tolerant"

[@alpis6897]

You got me with the "vikings vs nazis" tittle but I lost all interest when I saw the al jazeera logo

[@InkanSpider]

Why?

[@scumnextdoor]

Don’t box yourself in , watch the content of the video and judge it by that!

[@Thulgore]

I have various symbols tattooed upon me. I had to explain to my nephews that I am not a nazi/skinhead. That broke my heart.

[@flores4074]

Aw, I'm sorry dude. One day people will understand them for what they actually are.

[@tubeguy4066]

Get that pagan crap off you

[@ghristophermyers666]

@@tubeguy4066 He doesn't have to.

[@thomasjefferson4195]

Lol larper

[@thomasjefferson4195]

Anyone who opposes race-based paganism isn't a pagan. Paganism is indigenous and ancestral (racial) by nature. Anyone claiming to beanti-racial and pagan is a fake.

[@LondonPestControl]

He said that racism and hatred is founded in fear...it’s not without merit.People aren’t racist for racisms sake.There are tangible and legitimate concerns about mass immigration About 58% of men convicted in Sweden of rape and attempted rape over the past five years were born abroad, according to data from Swedish national TV.

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

The first duty of any government is to protect its people the political class have deliberately ignored the people's plight. Bring on Area Courts run by the people for the people to pass punishment on political criminals.

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mai8dn6dZsyBeMU

[@BongoTheClown]

The issue with fear is that it's often irrational. Fear is something you can create in others through propaganda. Allowing fear based on lies to dictate policy is an awesome way to run society straight into totalitarianism, which we see happen in places like Hungary and Poland, for instance. It's easier to drum up fear and assign blame (in this case to immigrants) than it is to deal with the underlying systematic issues that would actually make society better. If you want to live in fear, and in a society ruled by it, that's your choice. I for sure don't.

[@NotKimiRaikkonen]

@@BongoTheClown ah, but Hungary and Poland have had no problems with extremism, unlike places like Sweden and France where it's never ending, so it's arguable that what they're doing works.

[@BongoTheClown]

@@NotKimiRaikkonen what do you mean it's "never ending" in terms of extremism in Sweden? Could you give us some examples of what you mean by "never ending"? Because quite frankly, yes, there has been a few situations, but aside from one guy failing to blow himself up (only killed himself) and the truck attack in downtown Stockholm a few years back I have a hard time to think of any cases of extremism tied to immigrants here. Now violence from right wing extremists, like the ones in this video, there is no shortage of though. Would you rather live in a free society which has the risk of being attacked, or live in a totalitarian one where you live in distrust and constant surveillance and have your rights stripped one after another (like they have in both Hungary and Poland, more recently with restrictions on abortion rights)?

[@bagzmore6055]

"Vikings against racism" . hahahahaha I've heard it all now.

[@LSPD1909]

@BERZERKER13 13 probably just as hard as it is for *your* "little warped mind" to see the irony in someone posing as a culture that habitually raided, raped and murdered other cultures to "fight racism"

[@TKUA11]

Weren’t Vikings sexist since they kidnapped and raped women?

[@Veritassify]

i lol'd too

[@bagzmore6055]

@BERZERKER13 13 "Racism" only exists in the minds of the pea-brained left.

[@3DSgeek]

In the UK we have "folklore against fascism". They live in the delusion that the people replacing us care about our history, culture and traditions.

[@J4ckCr0w]

Once in a while he dresses up. That sums it up, he dresses while not being.

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

A cartoon Viking!!!

[@J4ckCr0w]

@@huckleberrymoshimoto3185 Not even that, just a weak dumbed up socialist moron that tolerates anything done to him. Doormat

[@J4ckCr0w]

@Krawczon Imperial flag has nothing to do with the former, get your history in check.

[@J4ckCr0w]

@jacob f Exactly, these kind of despicable specimens die from threa stress not even physical.

[@Willy_Tepes]

Larpers vs real men.

[@sonofcatachan2886]

They didn't adhere to nationalism because they were in control of their homeland at that time

[@UwU-xk5cx]

Meanwhile Varg Vikkernes: why not both?

[@Romper_Stomper_]

It's the logical point to reach.

[@frogtownroad9104]

When he’s not stabbing people in the head.

[@thatworksmedia]

Very good documentary and well researched. The use of the term 'viking' itself for the whole population of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is already misleading. A 'viking' was a person who left their home to raid. Not every man was a viking and raiding churches in the 8th century. Sadly a lot of people are falling for 19th century propaganda, modern movies and series rather than reading up on the subject.

[@rizaiqifa1238]

Womble: why aizen speak elvish

[@kaisershomstock8067]

There's an all Viking town not very far away from where I live , it lies between Seattle and The Tulalip Native American Reservation .

[@juriaan13]

Vikings had a Walmart?

[@samuelskogqvist5565]

Nothing more cringeworthy than americans larping as "vikings"

[@leahflower9924]

@@samuelskogqvist5565 well it might be a viking settlement

[@gaggita9922]

I will not lie. I learned a lot that I never knew about vikings watching this. Really glad to know real Vikings are not racist in any way.

[@user-hl3xq5er3x]

Yes, larpers love seeing their women get beheaded.

[@RunoRansom]

Of course, real Vikings were racists, which does not mean that they hated other cultures. But mixing with other races was always a taboo.

[@dragondynastywarrior506]

@@RunoRansom The concept of race and racism was most likely different in those days and perhaps almost non existent, simply because most Vikings probably never met non white peoples. They can't be "racist" if they have virtually no contact or even concept of people of other '"races". Most of the foreign peoples they encountered were just other white European peoples, neighboring states / kingdoms that differed in language, culture, religion, etc. There may have been bigotry along those lines, but that doesn't count as racism.

[@andrewwu1527]

I don't understand the like to dislike ratio, I hope it's just alt-right trolls and that people aren't actually against what this guy is doing because personally I think it's pretty cool

[@NomadH02]

Its not just trolling, sorry mate.

[@ToastSamo]

I dont see larping as a Viking without substance is "prety cool". He is basicly playing carneval while promoting massive multiculturalism which is detramental for a nation. Furthermoore he is displaying the vikings as tolerant multikulturalist which is quite redicoulus. They invided and enslaved people of other ethnicities and kultures. They of course also had peacefull engagements. But its like prasing the tolerance of the British empire for colonising and exploiting other places. Or even better Hitler was such nice and multikultural guy he used foreign arab,indian etc. people as soliders to invide the soviet union!What a saint!He was so interested in the culture he had no choise but to invaide,after all it was the time of imperialism everybody was doing it. Brainwashing on a new level.

[@andrewwu1527]

@@ToastSamo "used foreign arab,indian etc. people as soliders to invide the soviet union!" source?

[@andrewwu1527]

@@ToastSamo also could you explain why he is larping "without substance"

[@andrewwu1527]

"Furthermoore he is displaying the vikings as tolerant multikulturalist which is quite redicoulus." by modern standards they were not multiculturalists, but you could make the argument that they were quite tolerant for their time, depending on how you look at it. They weren't that interested in forcing their religion upon people they conquered, unlike other Christian kingdoms such as the Frankish Kingdom under Charlemagne, or the Byzantines. In fact, you see the Vikings slowly adopting Christianity over time. So in that regard, compared to their historical counterparts, you could argue that they were rather tolerant.

[@Owsianka1000]

The Vikings mixed yes, but not to the point of extinction, or ethnic change. You can be friendly and welcome foreign cultures without changing your demographics irreversibly. Is there a terribly compelling reason you're attempting to kill your own culture? The Scandinavian nations have low population as is. Why would you introduce mass amounts of people from foreign cultures for no particular reason? Is there another motive? A motive that should be addressed? A grievance that perhaps native Swedes have real grounds to complain? Are they NAZI's for wanting to exist in their homeland? This short documentarian clip is propaganda at it's best.

[@trapphonelaurry2398]

Yessss!!!! They are.

[@holdfast6942]

Cosplay getting serious these days

[@holdfast6942]

@Greg Glass stairs and sarcasm 😂

[@catholiccrusader5328]

The Vikings like the ancient Romans weren't racist; they kicked everybody's asses.

[@jordanrayner8980]

I myself am an Icelandic Maori My last name is Raginhari and I know for a fact that vikings would hate Nazis because of their ways

[@thomasjefferson4195]

Anyone who opposes race-based paganism isn't a pagan. Paganism is indigenous and ancestral (racial) by nature. Anyone claiming to beanti-racial and pagan is a fake.

[@alexandermathews9710]

@@thomasjefferson4195 could you go a lil further into that. race based paganism? what do yu mean?

[@B_B463]

@@alexandermathews9710 Simply put paganism is the connection between native inhabitants, the soil and their Gods. There is no desert in the North, and there are no Fjords in the south. Same way with the people.

[@torosalvajebcn]

I went to Stockholm in 2000, I loved the city. I am from Barcelona, look very "Mediterranean", but had a good time, people were very friendly. It's looks the situation is a bit fucked up nowadays.

[@MNGN101]

13:41 Very important lesson here.

[@masterblaster479]

Yeah. This was a very straight-forward explanation of a problem I’ve thought about for a long time. Outsmarting and denouncing racists, in the long run, is often not enough. Food for thought.

[@blueballsexotics8596]

I wish the best for these young men that have not forgotten about thier culture and ancestry. It's a shame a upcoming political party is taking the viking culture (that was not at all racist) hostage. Its a shame

[@thomasjefferson4195]

Lmfso

[@davel9514]

@Zero Down Pretty sure you would do the same if your home was being invaded, no?

[@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098]

Vikings were racist

[@jax5683]

The amount of nazis here malding because they're finally getting exposed is kinda funny tbh

[@foodistzen]

>berg

[@zackp5294]

@@foodistzen lmfao!

[@linasurbonavicius2190]

I made a sandwich. It was good, not the best sandwich ive ever had but a decently good one.

[@deathhamster_2213]

Damn, me too! what was in it? Mine has steak and coleslaw

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

Dang it. Now you got me hungry for a sandwich.

[@deathhamster_2213]

@arse stain Santa Claus? What have you done to Rudolph?!

[@laspalmas4844]

I am so happy to see the growth of the Far Right. It's about time. Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴

[@hdexotic1914]

i was born and raised In Germany, Punks like you get beat up

[@viliminkoaarni5563]

Based 🖐🏻

[@WhiteLakotaMan777]

@@hdexotic1914 shut up

[@ryanpaul1403]

Hope you goyz are ready for Oppenheimer 2.0 :). We won't leave any remnants of cities this time.

[@ryanpaul1403]

"2 years ago" how goes that far right growth? you have nukes aimed at you, snow monkey.

[@Time2RockUrLive]

What a brave father. Sweden should be proud!

[@direct2397]

Vikings vs neo-nazis.... yea because we all know vikings were very multicultural and didn't have slaves at all or none of that crazy stuff lol bad choice for a name there.

[@newguy8288]

Eh, back then everyone had slaves and did horrible things to each other. Middle Ages and high Middle Ages aren’t exactly known for being very nice to thy neighbor(¿ But the Vikings along with their brutalist survivalist costumes where strangely accepting and merging with other cultures, slaves and what not included of course, but still something that was widely practiced at that time. Many Viking societies merged with cultures of foreign lands in their conquest, like the Rus or the Irish; even some cases where they merged with Saxons and English. They’re a really weird footnote in history, quite significant too

[@jksocool5945]

I come from the old Viking city of Waterford Ireland , I’m still here in fact

[@memetopia5130]

Irish people are being replaced

[@aynhae378]

@@memetopia5130 by who

[@memetopia5130]

@@aynhae378 by mass immigration from various regions mainly Africa and Poland

[@niallkelly2990]

@@memetopia5130 christ on a bike your quar tick

[@memetopia5130]

@@niallkelly2990 Irish people don't say stuff like that. And how so? We're due to be a minority by 2050 at the latest and immigrants are running riot another Irish child killed by an immigrant a couple days ago may he rip

[@allstarstraw801]

Its fun to see these scruffy internet nerds try to "well actually" people who are actually there and specialize in teaching Viking history,

[@xWukong]

Well aktsutyally ☝️🤓

[@erockstoenescu6171]

Vikings would never allow their country to be conquered the way it is

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

It's rapidly becoming the shit hole of Europe past and present members of the political class will have to respond with the correct answers soon the days of bull shit are over.

[@darthneph4900]

Truth!

[@erockstoenescu6171]

Most rapes and bombings per capita out of all Europe!

[@LondonPestControl]

Too true

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

You might like this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWWYiKeehbmiaJY

[@blackbarnz]

NAZIs: We will conquer the world!!! Vikings: But then who we'll plunder?

[@blackbarnz]

@@enrique4459 Grammar Nazis right.

[@enrique4459]

@@blackbarnz oh I'm sorry. I just correct people so they no longer be ignorant . Be wrong if you like being wrong in your grammar .

[@blackbarnz]

@@enrique4459 My endless gratitude to you. The invention twas my intention as all my comments were inspired by humor. Initially my intention was to phonetically write out a German accent too, but apparently I luckily reconsidered. I was. fully conscious of the grammatical mistake when I intentionally wrote it, thank you kindly for making sure.

[@enrique4459]

@@blackbarnz love you dude thanks for being cool about it .

[@vembeq]

@@blackbarnz so you actually think that the nazis wanted to conquer the world?

[@cumannach6739]

uhhhhh that was pretty scary when he said he'd "solve it"

[@JAGE1003]

A group of people who historically raped, pillaged, and murdered through multiple homelands Vs. a group of people who want their homeland to remain not raped, pillaged, and/or slaughtered. At least it's historically accurate.

[@koezkoez1939]

I thought the horns on the helmet thing came from the theatre .

[@valentinheim7428]

thats true. i think you could say they were artistic imaginations in Wagners operas

[@jordanrodrigues8265]

Wagner in particular, as part of a Nazi art movement.

[@sns8420]

Vikings "Intermixed" with beautiful Irish women

[@AnonyMous-ql9nj]

BxxDxx Hoodoo majority literally got paid to leave but okay haha

[@dominuspastor7097]

@BxxDxx Hoodoo Arent milesians just a nightime story for kids in the medieval times lol.

[@memetopia5130]

@@AnonyMous-ql9nj from an Irishman no. They literally got chased back like at the battle of clontarf for example

[@melissagibson3415]

Ridiculous....Nordic people have ancestors who are vikings so therefore if they are visionary people and want to save their race let them. That doesn't have to be baise don hate but on visionary preservation. If it seems like hate so be it. Sorry I disagree with the old way of thinking. I believe in peaceful race preservation. Vikings traveled becauase that is what they did waging war and trade but they always returned to their Nordic country and had nordic culture and ways. This is part of being Viking.

[@stevereed2472]

There's no such thing as peaceful race preservation. Its always leads to genocide eventually. Preserve culture and history and bring people into it, but race is a made up idea.

[@ToastSamo]

@@stevereed2472 Not posible to preserve your culture whith owerwhelming foreign elements. There always is a culture war in the end and the winner takes it all.

[@hawkmithra9879]

@@ToastSamo explain America then.

[@ToastSamo]

@@hawkmithra9879 BLM riots ghettos.Endless victimhood of minorities. America is one of the worst examples.

[@getoutandfish2005]

These are the same people that you would see at Scarborough fair in the USA

[@quantum_cricket8555]

Swedes can take action on concerns of 'Too many immigrants' w/out falling into the Neo-nazi/Neo-fascist camps. God Bless & God speed to those Swedes that fight against the Neo-Nazi fascist scum in their country😘Love from the USA

[@o.h2202]

Skyrim belongs to nords

[@VGYugo]

Look at the difference of the classroom during Prof. Christer Mattsson’s debate vs the student, and today’s classroom.

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mai8dn6dZsyBeMU

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

He is your living walking 5th column people like him tend to disappear quickly with his violin once the trouble they want starts.

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

@@waggawaggaful He has all the traits of a narcissist mental disorder no cure and I have no intention of humoring the old boy.

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

And what a well paid job and pension he has to defend and justify.

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

@Krawczon Handing your country over to the world's down trodden for the sake of education is a very bad deal and part of an agenda that those that support this madness need to be sectioned.

[@nikolaipetrenko2108]

I want a united scandinavia not just for norse but for one strong people bring them together

[@alexus2412]

@Vladimir Putin Sorry Putin but we in Scandinavia hate you, go back to Socialism, you were even more peaceful back then

[@drageben145]

Tried that already in the late middle ages did not turn out so well

[@lucasgrey9794]

@@alexus2412 Peaceful? LMAO. The USSR was one of the most murderous and imperialist empires in human history. Your tune would be different had Hitler not stopped them at Stalingrad. Putin is the MOST peaceful leader around today.

[@alexus2412]

@@lucasgrey9794 ussr weren't even close to become imperialist, they were far left political, and I was talking about the late fate of the ussr, the last leader were an good example

[@lucasgrey9794]

@@alexus2412 "USSR weren't even close to become imperialist...". Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia and Poland might disagree with you. XD

[@skitidet4302]

Throwing someone in to jail for disagreeing with you is a sign of winning a debate and a free society? Sure...

[@hectormolina7908]

Learn some basic principles for democracy and free society. Democracies and Free societies rest on certain principles and rights; hate speech is anti democratic.

[@skitidet4302]

@@hectormolina7908 You say that as a gotcha but it's actually a plus since "democracy" and "freedom" inevitably leads to enslavement under a small oligarchical owning elite that will propagate liberal ideologies because it legitimizes their scam. The scam of democracy work by pacifying the masses by fooling them in to thinking they are in control and are responsible for everything getting worse while in reality they are just puppets being manipulated by this insidious system of sham democracy. This is an unavoidable flaw of democracy unless it is radically changed so that there is clear responsibility so that the people could chose to execute elected officials that betrays them and act on the behalf of the rootless international elite. Even then, people are still probably better off going back to absolute monarchy or going forward to some kind of Fascist dictatorship because those are good systems that ensures that the rulers interests mostly align with the interests of the people and thus the conditions are conducive to a healthy state and a happy people. The irony is that there can be no real freedom under liberalism as it only protects freedoms to be a bad and antisocial person. It actively undermine real freedom, that is the freedom of a people to live in their own state that is in control over it's own destiny and is not enslaved by international finance or the made up arbitrary rights of said globalists.

[@skitidet4302]

@@hectormolina7908 Oh and in case you couldn't tell. I'm not arguing for a "free society", I'm trying to dispel the illusion that we live in one. Sorry for the confusion.

[@MercuryFlying]

“Why don’t we just debate the nazis” bro stfu

[@skitidet4302]

@@MercuryFlying Well I am fine with you just conceding the truth and moral high ground to us. Thanks!

[@huckleberrymoshimoto3185]

Who was in the Think Tank that came up with the idea of destroying Sweden.

[@3DSgeek]

It's always the same group.

[@Disciple4life]

I love these comments.

[@logoseven3365]

Everyone waiting to yell, few people talking, fewer listening.

[@Alex-oz9eh]

Imagine being proud of being a part of the nations first hate speech conviction. How long until these people realize the horrors of what they've done to their country...

[@Willy_Tepes]

How long until you see through the lies?

[@blixten2928]

THanks Alex!

[@wolfserker3179]

So what are The Vikings fighting for trans rights and more non Swedish immigrants to overflow into their country is that the Viking way?

[@chrism822]

The vikings where amazing people, Great warriors, Great explorers, Great settlers, and Great traders.

[@gustafsvensson5840]

I’m not sure about that. They were barbaric..

[@chrism822]

@@gustafsvensson5840 they settled Iceland, Greenland, Discovered the Americas first, traded all over Europe and the middle east, they fought for them selves and others. Such as the Byzantines. They settled Normandie which would give birth to Richard Lionheart who would conquer england. They Settled in lands that is now Russia. Which gives alot of Slavic people swedish/Finnish/Norwegian heritage and customs. They influenced English the most widely spoken language in the world. Barbarian is not the proper term for these people's. Also you can't point at the vikings and say they are barbaric, when people all over Europe, Africa, Middle East etc did things just as bad as them. During wars and raids OR worst.. Good example the Aztec, for worst... With human sacrifice.

[@gustafsvensson5840]

@@chrism822 Thanks for all information. I’m a Swede myself and I didn’t know this much information lol. Cheers mate 😃

[@newguy8288]

@@gustafsvensson5840 eh, everyone was pretty barbaric in those days. Middle Ages aren’t known for being really peaceful, or most of human history for that matter

[@chrism822]

@@gustafsvensson5840 o-o im sorry xD i hope i did not come off rude o-o

[@mindmesh7566]

Def many symbols have been culturally appropriated and given newer mis-interpretations…Like the great symbol of the sun my forefathers used thousands of years before Germans began using it.

[@xmyn7143]

Slava!

[@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810]

@White Ness thankyou for actually knowing what you're talking about👍 I'm going to delete my previous comment now so not to spread terrible information. Now the right information is here. Cheers👍

[@fredsmith-kingofthelunatic7810]

@White Ness 🍻 cheers.

[@glitterjapon]

that symbol was literally created in the 20th century in a mosaic in one of Hermann Görings mansions and then later copied by nazis, but go on💀

[@sper.1]

@@glitterjapon We do a little trolling? 🖕🙄🖕

[@Tbone1492]

Yes Vikings didn't wear horns and they got along with everyone. They jumped out the long boats with rainbow symbols!🌈 lol😏

[@vmann8168]

People can't even just enjoy their culture anymore without these things happening and ruining everyone's fun

[@Enimus_]

for example, we slavs have "kolovrat swastika", you can guess what normal people who have not done research about there heritage can think when they see that symbol

[@user-ci7vu7eo9w]

Slavs and Budhism never touched eachother.so no is not from budhism

[@blablableh724]

The Vikings were not some hippies, they were pragmatic warriors who killed without hesitation.

[@WOLFanddBEAR]

I heard vikings took skim soy in their lattes.

[@sns8420]

A little delusional - "The Vikings embraced other cultures" - I am sure they had tea parties

[@manuscarlisle463]

But they did. They founded cities and joined other societies, they brought their own culture and integrated into societies across Europe. The image of viking 'raiders' is true but it is only one small part of viking culture and heritage.

[@RPM1776]

They did lol, they let in many different groups and traded with others

[@manuscarlisle463]

@Oswald Mosley you know the third world didn't exist when the vikings were around right?

[@mayamaeru]

@@manuscarlisle463 The people of Europe that they conquered/ruled and bred with were genetically very similar to the Vikings themselves, as they both stemmed from Indo-European migrations (along with their own original Proto-European tribal dna). and the definition of the Third world = any country that is not Soviet and not of European origin/goverenance. The third world has always existed.

[@simoneidson21]

They actually traded and spread Scandinavian culture peacefully, for the most part.

[@IdkWhatUsernameG]

0:46 That guy looks exactly like the KZbinr Dev Ed!

[@Vulcaani]

Others LARP as vikings, other are the descendants of the viking spirit. Being a viking meant to go on a viking, to go to raid. People back at home farming werent vikings, they were normal northmen. I find it funny that the larper whines about historical inaccuracies and at the same time paints a picture of inclusive and peace loving vikings. It just is not correct. Northmen - like many other tribes - had strict rules of conduct and enjoyed the possibilities of warfare.

[@gelatinocyte6270]

Yeah? And what's your source on that?

[@B_B463]

@@gelatinocyte6270 You could ask the same thing to the LARPer dude in the video. Just because he dresses up and roleplays in front of a fire in a snowy village does not automatically mean he knows what he's talking about.

[@saladvolcano3103]

My comment got deleted. I guess it wasn't PC enough for Journeyman Pictures.

[@clarencespangle571]

“Ethnic nationalism is always bad, unless it is Israel.” ―Ben Shapiro

[@sampalmer6757]

Cope

[@lmao.3661]

@@sampalmer6757 this dude said cope unironically

[@niceguy1891]

Don't think Al Jazeera knows what nationalism is...

[@niceguy1891]

@@RedRabbitEntertainment I phrased that wrong, i'll change it: They refered to "national socialism" as "nationalism", I think that they could be more specific than to fuck every nationalist over by just calling them "Nazis". It really feels like the left is trying to turn nationalism into something horrific by changing the meaning of the name.

[@niceguy1891]

@@RedRabbitEntertainment And no, not "usually". It has only happened a couple of times. Where I live, in Sweden, our country was built on nationalism and the remembrance of our great historical figures such as the Norse and Kings like Charles XII.

[@niceguy1891]

@@RedRabbitEntertainment Clearly our two countries uses nationalism in very different ways and nationalism clearly doesn't have the same meaning in our two countries. Which country are you from and which cities are you refering to where children get beat up?

[@niceguy1891]

@@RedRabbitEntertainment I guess d it was the US. This is just crazy if it is true, and k do believe you because I've heard of these kinds of things. This is just ridiculous. It's not even practicing discipline like in a number of Swedish schools, or Swedish schools overall from the 1910s-1980s. I don't get it at all why they do this, it just sounds absolutely absurd and a utter nonsensical way of dealing with school kids, I can't seem to think of any benefit at all of this. America is a crazy place behind the curtains. I am glad I grew up in a family where I got to know the truth about the US. My family on my dad's side has been straight up communists for over 120 years, with one of my ancestors even founding one of the first communist parties in Sweden, and my mother's side have been quite chill so I feel like I've gotten to know the truth about many of these things. My father isn't a communist though, I would call him more of a social democratic-conservative, though he did indeed partake in communist demonstrations when he was younger. I have this friend who has a grandmother who is American, and the propaganda had even reached him. He hates everything that isn't hardcore capitalistic. Every time I mention something negative about capitalism he actually gets angry and goes on a full on rampage screaming and shit, until I debunk all of his arguments. It's crazy. Sorry if I wrote something weird, it's very late and English isn't my first language 🤣

[@RedRabbitEntertainment]

@@niceguy1891 The United States of America is the best country on earth. I admit I took the joke too far, but I love my country. Forgive me for my lies and don't be dissuaded from visiting some of the many great tourist destinations, such as Miami, New York City, Las Angeles, and many others!

[@takingbackthehammer6527]

Hmmm larpers use foam weapons, those look like blunt steel

[@newperspective5918]

In Sweden we use lajv (LARP) a bit different. What might be considered re enacting or even improvised theater can in Sweden be called 'lajv'.

[@andreasb1085]

Vikings were interested in their own welfare first. They had a pretty poor start economically, and once they had accumulated enough wealth, they dominated trade in Europe and Russia. They did not integrate for any cultural reasons-they created culturally isolationist trading posts. Hell, they even served Constantinople for money, not for a love of Islam...and they did not integrate with Constantinople. Ps....they were never invaded

[@Happiness1876]

Soo what happen to their culture, they ust vanish

[@trevorwright2]

"I feel ashamed to wear the hammer of Thor" hahaha 😂😅 classic

[@jesscast5122]

Specially when it's all MYTHOLOGY. Only as real as Pegasus and Zeus.....LOL 😂

[@aizenalighieri9178]

@@jesscast5122 Not like there is any "real" religion who isn't mythology ...

[@jesscast5122]

​@@aizenalighieri9178 JESUS CHRIST was REAL But I worship the LORD, bc as the FIRST and ULTIMATE Civil and HUMAN Rights Activist; HE EARNED the Glory and be a GOD. That's HOW Religions get Started and THIS ONE is from a REAL MAN! No "Thor" bullshit........

[@jesscast5122]

@Zero Flecks Yeah, you were there as Eyewitness..........

[@This_new_handle_system_sucks]

@@jesscast5122 The Æsir and Vanir probably originated from real people too since ancestor veneration is a big part within the pre-christian religion of the Germanic tribes, but that's not really that important. The deities are representations of the forces within people, nature and the universe, denying those forces exist is quite lunatic. Jesus probably existed indeed but he was of course not literally the son of an almighty deity that is taking notes up there of your good and bad behavior, that's also not the message he and the first Christians wanted to spread. The bible is the result of a bunch of translations and interpretations of texts that were already written down in a very cryptic way to prevent prosecution by the roman empire. The original texts and customs do contain a lot of wisdom, a lot of it is lost though since the rolls are written in a dead language for people who actually knew what the meaning of the cryptic texts where. And sorry to break it to you but I have the feeling that the flavor of Christianity you're following is just a bunch of nonsense else you would have respect for other religions. If you really want to dive deep in 1 religion, you have to also learn about other religions and see the connections to actually uncover some wisdom that is buried inside the myths of old.

[@coldhands2802]

If you're afraid of someone calling you a racist your priorities are in the wrong place. It's ok to be wyte.

[@hb2495]

but its not ok to be racist lmao

[@coldhands2802]

@@hb2495 Yes it is.

[@mnbvcxyyxcvbnm7946]

Wasnt thare a story of a migrant minister of culture turning viking artifacts into scrap metal

[@eggonater]

Yup basically, we have politicians that said that sweden doesnt even have any culture. The narrative that we have a problem with violent nazis in sweden is being driven really hard when in reality they are a really small group and the extreme left is a way bigger problem. But I guess the mainstream media will never admit that the left can do anything wrong man.

[@pavelstaravoitau7106]

@@eggonater ah yes, the "extreme left", the ones that want equality for everyone. *Those* are supposed to be dangerous!

[@pavelstaravoitau7106]

@lukas l I'm a far leftist. I've just now being informed by you that we're supposed to want that. Stop making up straw men.

[@eggonater]

@@pavelstaravoitau7106 ah yes the "extreme left" that want equality for everyone that has the "right" opinion, if you dont though then they see your opinion as "violence" so they tell themselves that they have the right to "defend" themselves a.k.a. assault people... Ideologically posessed people would rather murder millions of people than admit that their ideology could be wrong. Look at the history of the left that is supposed to be so "good", they murdered their own people in masses if they didnt conform.

[@murderousintents6474]

"viking"

[@Druskinolikejewski]

@བློུ་བོལྒ་ཀྱུ། Bloubolg Kyaw Racist.

[@coldhands2802]

@Ryading Panaakalantayan Lol Europeans literaly conquered your country to sell spices. I understand why you're jealous tho.

[@thebeltingbalaclava4798]

Nordic people have the right to remain a majority in their homelands.

[@Steyr32]

Have kids then and stop coping and seething.

[@ronswanson6490]

You are literally changing history and teaching it

[@HeadhuntexGamer]

He's not even using Viking clothing, he's using cossack clothing. Also he said "viking heritage" never existed, how is he teaching something if he said it doesn't exist.

[@ronswanson6490]

@@HeadhuntexGamer apparently, that's progress man.

[@ronswanson6490]

@@HeadhuntexGamer But you see the title, whatever we say now means that we support the nazis, that's their strategy we all know that

[@qualquernome9652]

@@ronswanson6490 kinda true yes

[@obedientconsumer5056]

Because you were there and know the history..? Think about what.

[@andrewkennedy7007]

Why are there no Swedish kids in the class?

[@deadcaliph6414]

What the hell does "sending immigrants to a country with a similar culture to them" even mean if many of these immigrants either moved out due to being at complete odds with the culture they were born in, or have been there generations that they are much more culturally Swedish than they are not? I'm in atheist from a Muslim-majority country. If I immigrate, it's because I am at complete odds with the far-right, socially and economically repressive, Islamic culture. I do not owe my parent's culture my commitment. I have more in common with non-Muslims, of all ethnicities abroad in hobbies, music tastes and perhaps even politics, than with my neighbors or family. There are more ways to connect with people and forge an identity than just ancestry and peer pressure from the dead. These Nerd Resistance Front don't have any expertise of what "my culture" is, they know absolutely nothing about immigrants, nor about their own countrymen as it seems, for they are even willfully ignorant of how r*p* stats are counted in Swedish law. (In U.S a person who has abused someone for a week is charged with one count. In Sweden they're charged with seven counts)

[@B_B463]

'' have more in common with non-Muslims, of all ethnicities abroad in hobbies, music tastes and perhaps even politics, than with my neighbors or family.'' > proceeds to name himself Caliph

[@VindensSaga]

You have nothing in common with me, I am swede and non-muslim.

[@austriangroyper9308]

They are deleting comments

[@dolengea1523]

which kind of comments?

[@jamisongarrison1972]

@@dolengea1523 comments that say anything in support of far right groups

[@texajp1946]

waahh we cant post nazi propaganda, gfy, smash the fash

[@austriangroyper9308]

@@texajp1946 smash the fash to appease your corporate overlords, you fool.

[@WasFakestCenturyAesthetics]

@@texajp1946 let me guess, you voted for the guy who helped Bush launch the Iraq war? And you think you're "against fascism". How stupid and hypocritical could you possibly be!

[@manuelredgrave8348]

0/10,not a compilation of Vikings fighting Nazis Jk

[@Red_Wright1357]

So, what happens next?

[@alanbstard4]

I got news for you. The nazis were a lot easier to deal with than enraged vikings