What Do The Nordic Countries Think of Each Other? Fact of Nordics (Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark)

What does the NORDICs think of each other?
Do they like each other?
Or are they a rival?
🇳🇴 @saragrewes
🇸🇪 @sofia_ljungstrom
🇩🇰 @azemiiin
🇫🇮 @finunni

[@henri_ol]

The answer of why finnish is so different = not a Scandinavian language , a Uralic language , like estonian in fact

[@lucone2937]

Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian are usually called as Finno-Ugric languanges.

[@widmawod]

@@lucone2937 Finno-Ugric languages are part of the Uralic language family. It's like saying that Germanic languages are part of the Indo-European language family. It's an oversemplification and these things are still debated, but yeah, Finno-Ugric languages are part of a broader family called Uralic. So you're both right :)

[@johncaccamo]

Its like saying “hungarian and croatian are so different but they share a border” Well, yeah, english and spanish are different even in Texas.

[@sebastiangade]

Yeah exactly, and so many people think Finland is Scandinavian just cause of its geographical location

[@audhumbla6927]

everyone knows finnish isnt a SCANDINAVIAN language, duuh, the point is, its not an INDO-EUROPEAN language.............................

[@jan-ovepedersen5764]

I live in the northern part of Norway, some 90 kilometers from Finland. Many people around here speak Kveni and Sami, both languages are in the Finnish Ugric language group. Because of this most people around here understand enough Finnish to be able to survive in Finland. We love to go shopping in Finland, much cheaper than in Norway 🙂 Great series, keep it coming. Greetings from Finnmark, Norway.

[@abc_0_10_11]

Such great nature in Finnmark. Have been going there to fish salmon and Arctic char with my father ever since I was a little kid. Rough, but beautiful landscape. Great memories.

[@firetruckdriver]

aha. i live up here too in a small village located in the center of hammerfest, alta, lakselv, honningsvåg, havøysund and skaidi

[@sn2a1]

Kveni is finnish dialect but for politic reasons in Norway they made it own language. Also northern and middle Finland used to be Kvenland from old Sagas.

[@sampohonkala4195]

I remember when I was young and living in Finland and Sweden felt like a foreign country where I had never even been. Then at High School I went to the USA to spend a year as a foreign exchange student. There was also a Swedish guy in the same area and when we met, it was like "Have you heard any news from home?" as if we had always been next door neighbors. I realized that despite the differences, at a global scale the Nordics are the same people, and I don't even care if people mix up Finland, Sweden and Norway, which happens.

[@Mintshake_bunny]

Honestly, my experiences abroad are quite similar! I was once on a language course in Singapore and my stomach began to act up, the best thing ever was a Swedish girl next door offering to make me plain old porridge (which I hated with passion back home). The mix up is also quite endearing, at least they have some grasp of geography to do so~

[@hurmur9528]

Yes abroad is like a true litmus test of how one feel of ones neighbour really. We nordic countries can go overboard with banter that it even gets real sometimes. In reality we are so very similair.

[@viggaannesen7388]

what about Denmark

[@linnear9872]

As a Swede I love all my sibling countries and I would gladly live in any of them,. Finland has such nice people with great humor and also their school system is one of the best. Norway has one of the most beutiful sites and nature in the world and the norweigan folkdräkt is stunning, and they are ANNOYINGLY good at skis! Denmark is very fashionable, very innovative and modern, and alot of pretty beaches.

[@thefinlandkidgamer3777]

who swede

[@mullisaukko423]

Whats foldräkt

[@taylana3331]

@@mullisaukko423 It is like a traditional clothing

[@Hrng270]

😉🤙👍🥂🍻🧉

[@SebHaarfagre]

I'm from Norway, my first arranged ski course (tiny hill and flags and also cross country stuff) I did at 2.5 years but my parents say I started derping around on skis even before that (obviously I don't remember myself but I do remember the arrangement at 2.5 - cause it was a bit scary and new (so many people) but also really really fun)

[@Ethilien]

I agree with the Swedish lady (am also Swedish) about Finland and the Finnish; the have the image of being even more cold and standoffish than other Nordics, but they're actually a pretty warm and friendly people, and I've never had a bad encounter with a Finnish person.

[@Hrng270]

The Finnish are very estimates in the world as friends and person, they shows to the world to be happy with small and simple things of life.

[@laudatosiadastra1218]

I really like the finnish people. I was there last year and I went to pub by myself. I ended up being welcomed to join a group of people and we spent whole night together having drinks and sharing stories. This happened two nights in a row actually with two totally different groups of people. Finnish can be trusted and they have great humour. They are also hard working people with great integrity.

[@styrofoamsoldier]

@@laudatosiadastra1218 A small anecdote to add to your experience: last summer I was spending a night in Helsinki with my gf and her work mates. One of them introduced us to a Slovakian guy who was just visiting for a couple of days. We spent the rest of the evening talking English so he could participate in the conversation and at one point when he left to go take a leak, I switched to speaking Finnish with the others for a bit. Once he got out from the toilet and was approaching the table, I switched mid-sentence to English and the guy went through the roof trying to explain to me that in all his travels (which apparently amounted to quite a lot) he had never been with people who take such care in including him in conversation after just meeting him. I was a bit baffled since I didn't even realize what I was doing. I'm not trying to self congratulate here, we have lot to work on as a people (me included) and there's still a lot of problems with inclusion here mainly stemming from the language issue. Had he been in company that was less comfortable with English his experience might've been very different. But I am comfortable in saying that if you crack the surface of a Finn, enjoy a beer with us and go to sauna, you have made a friend for life.

[@laudatosiadastra1218]

@@styrofoamsoldier Well I definitely think you should be proud of yourself and country. It certainly gave me a good impression.

[@archonio]

"They" say about us Norwegians, that we are cold and reserved, and that Finns are even more so. While that may be true in public spaces like a shopping centre or public transport, once you crack the ice with a Norwegian, most of us are warm, genuinely helpful people that make great friends. I met two groups of Finns while on vacation in Turkey several years ago, and they came off as great people. Even tho we only had known them for an hour and a couple of beers, we connected like the best of friends, and it became natural for us(me and my two Norwegian friends) and the four Finns to hang out every evening for the rest of our time in Turkey. We talked about Norway and Finland's roles in WW2, how it was like living as a young adult in both countries, the Norwegian and Finnish metal scene, drugs, girls, you name it. With that said, I also made great friends with two young Turks and an American woman while there, so I guess my point is that good people can be found everywhere :) Ofcourse there are cultural and religious differences between people and ethnic groups, but if you look beneath that, people are people, and as long as people have the right mind-set, you can find common ground.

[@kitcat2449]

Penkkarit is a fun finnish graduation thing. Seniors dress up in costumes (I was spiderman), drive around the town and throw candy to the ground so kids (and teens and adults) can pick them up. We drove around with a tractor and a trailer.

[@Sipu97]

Best day of high school!

[@Mintshake_bunny]

I do wish there was an Icelandic person included. It's funny watching this because I feel they behave quite similarly. I have also personally felt how the cultures are connected. Whenever I'm away from Northern Europe surrounded by people from other countries and meet my fellow Nordics, we just seem to instantly connect and have so much in common. Also, I was totally racking my brain to figure out which dance cover group Lotta has belonged to before. There must be a reason her face is so familiar~

[@122jonte]

´huh I disagree. I'm from Stockholm and always feel very disconnected from the rest of scandinavia. Very different culturally.

[@Mintshake_bunny]

@@122jonte Interesting! Maybe it is because my experience is from situations with many nationalities and cultures at the same time. So for example a Swedish person seems to behave in a way that is easier for me to understand as a Finn than, say, someone from France or Taiwan. I do feel disconnected from the rest of the Nordic countries to a degree as well, while being home. Mostly geographically and due to the language.

[@122jonte]

@@Mintshake_bunny i think it's because stockholm is such an international city. I feel like a lot of swedish people outside of big cities are very adverse to change and very big on tradition in a way that is less common here. I feel I have more in common with someone living in Singapore than someone living in a small town in skåne

[@Mintshake_bunny]

@@122jonte Ooh, I see! Coming from a small countryside town I can totally understand your point! I do feel disconnected to my fellow townspeople in mindset, their brain just seems to be stuck on one single track. It honestly feels so much easier to breathe when at an airport than here :DD

[@Sipu97]

@@122jonte But have you actually lived in Singapore or any other foreign country? I think you would start to see your fellow Swedes and other Nordics in a different light.

[@Rea3443]

As someone who lived in Finland as an International student and went to these other countries, this was a fun video. And like the Swedish lady said never had a bad encounter with a Finnish person there^^

[@stephenrowell9373]

Really interesting to hear these four ladies discussing their differences in a polite pleasant way ,thank you World Friends.

[@ivanmacgar6447]

Funny how when the Swedish girl talks about the Sweden-Finland rivalry it sounds pretty much like the Spain-Portugal rivalry at least from our (Spanish) pov: "We want to beat Portugal whenever we play against them, but if they play against anybody else, we root for them"... to which I would even add "and even if we lose to Portugal, meh it's not a big problem, let our smaller (but older, which may surprise some people but yeah, Portugal predates Spain by around 400 years) sibling have their glory time. We'd rather lose to Portugal than lose to France or England"

[@Akuvision2011]

Sound similar, if Finland wins Sweden often is like "good for you". If Sweden wind its often a national tragedy in Fin.

[@01blaval]

@@Akuvision2011It’s about self esteem

[@stangerdeath9555]

@@Akuvision2011 As a Finn i find this 100% accurate and completely relatable. Often the best working medicine in case of defeat against sweden is to buy more alcohol (Especially if it's the finals)

[@ttiwaz4398]

@@stangerdeath9555No actually we don't love eachothers but we work together as a family.

[@peabody1976]

Supposedly: Norwegians go to Sweden for cheaper alcohol; Swedes go to Denmark for cheaper alcohol; but... Finns go to Estonia for cheaper alcohol. Danes go to Germany for cheaper alcohol. From my outsider standpoint (and actually knowing a few Danes and Swedes): - Danes are very forward and more liberal thinking, even if they can be very serious; - Swedes are stiffer and orderly, but are much sillier and humourous than they like to portray' - Norwegians are quieter and emotional, and smarter than people think; - Finns are quieter and staid, but like Swedes are very hardcore once you get to know them.

[@nsjtred6209]

As a Finnish person and I think this applies to Sweden too, cus our culture has developed together: that's true. We find it rude for example to be loud in public, but once you know us we are normal. There was a study that found the reason Finnish and Swedish people don't talk to strangers is the fact that we trust every citizen 100%. The study said that for example in USA you have a subconscious need to talk to them to make sure they're safe.

[@loris-bismar]

Okey, you wrote down all of the stereotypes about us. And?

[@michabach274]

Finns from the northern part of the country go to Sweden, not for cheap alcohol, but for snus. It's small bags of soggy nicotine powder that you put under your upper lip. It gives you mouth cancer. 🤑

[@AronShun]

@@loris-bismar And its amusing. Always love outsider's perspectives.

[@loris-bismar]

@@AronShun i do like that too, yet when its just common stereotypes its not much of a perspective.

[@michabach274]

Whenever I've met Swedish people abroad as a Finn, I've always gotten along well with them because of our similar cultural background. The same goes for all the Flemish people I've met and many German speaking people too. However, I don't really know anyone from Denmark or Norway, so I don't really have an opinion on people from those countries.

[@smAkistin]

Do you say that as a Finn you always get along well with Flemish and German people? That is interesting 🤔

[@leopartanen8752]

@@smAkistin Germany has a huge influence on modern Finnish culture, so maybe that has something to do with it. 🤷‍♂️

[@Mintshake_bunny]

Literally same! It's funny how German (and in my experience Austrian) people seem to behave quite similarly and especially with Swedes we are suddenly best friends when a bit further away from Northern Europe.

[@dimasnugroho9996]

You all guys are amazing!! I love nordic country, beatiful nature, architecture and people

[@JumpyWanderer]

In this series of videos, I'm getting more familiar with Nordic people, as I've never seen them talk each other like this before. It's interesting!

[@osheridan]

Nordic and Scandinavian countries in general are such a nice vibe 💙 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 I'm originally Bangla-Indian and if South Asians got along like this life would be so much easier

[@lottaluo]

🩵 love from finland

[@becauseimbatman1391]

To be fair, Sweden and Denmark hold the record of the most wars between them in recorded history

[@tactikamarte]

Kudos! you got find a group that is matches on one each other. Keep going!

[@jimikuningas5006]

If you live in northern Finland you actually go to Sweden to buy alcohol. Estonia is very cheap, but even Sweden is cheap compared to our prices. Haparanda is where we usually go for the cheap beer and snus! ✌🏻

[@ahhkaraj]

näinpä

[@kitcat2449]

Also the closest Ikea is there

[@victordk2874]

Jeah same in Denmark if you are in the south side you go too Germany because it is much cheaper

[@MusaFinderi]

Was thinking the same. Never been to Estonia, Haparanda is my twin home town.

[@anttirytkonen11]

This reminds me of Icelandic comedian 🇮🇸 Ari Eldjárn’s stand up about the Nordics 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇸🇪, especially about us Finns 🇫🇮. 😅

[@bososmark]

I really like your videos, but I think the background music is to dominant. It can some times be hard to hear the people. 😊

[@ckasity4492]

Danish here :) - EDIT: WOW that became a whole essay, I just thought the Danish girl didn't say much, and wanted to add my two cents from a Copenhagen perspective. Azemin, are you from Jutland? Because I related to very little of the things you said. Btw the cinnamon thing is definetly not a tradition in Copenhagen, I have heard, it is mostly Jutland, but i could be wrong

[@mattemathias3242]

Cinnamon thing happens everywhere in Denmark. I've always wanted to move to Norway, but recently I've kinda not really wanted to, cause I'm pretty much very knowledgable on how to interract with Danish people and how the government works. I mean honestly Denmark has such a cool government system

[@azeminkyungmin5154]

Hello, it's Azemin here💛🇩🇰 Thank you for your message! You are absolutely correct! I am from Jylland, specifically Nordjylland. I do not live in Denmark at the moment and I've actually lived in South Korea for quite a long time now. I feel like I'm loosing my danish-self (haha😂). But anyways, most things you've commented on I fully agree on:) There are some things I haven't ever known 100% but I said what I thought and what my idea was of those many questions and comparions between the countries🥹💛 I actually haven't spoken danish that much since I've lived (and still do) in another country for a long time, and I sadly don't really know any danish people here in Korea, hence why I'm actually not using my own language but mainly english & korean..😓 I definitely think there could've been some danish person that could've said some more things about Denmark and someone that might be even more into many of those things that we were asked about💛 Not that I don't care (I really do care!), I've just been away for too long🥹 Haha jk but it does feel like my danish spirit is erasing itself slowly😂 Anyways! Thank you so much for your informative message, I was very happy to read it!💛✨☺️ - Azemin🇩🇰

[@iShriek]

It's only Denmark that has 'owned' Norway. Sweden never did. Norway was however forced into a union with Sweden, but the two countries had separate governments and ministers. The union favoured Sweden more, so in 1905 Norway had had enough and therefore declared independence.

[@Styggejoe]

we don't have a legal drinking age in Denmark, only an age where you can buy alcohol.

[@tasbykekerey1203]

Like Finland from Kazakhstan! 🇫🇮❤️🇰🇿 Finnish folk music/metal is amazing! 🤩

[@lexluthor6497]

🤘rock'n roll from 🇫🇮

[@dictiustecare]

Children of Bodom, Nightwish , Amorphis & Sentenced 🤘

[@emotionalIntelligence2078]

1:31 That's the protective elder brother Sweden for finland, as lotta mentioned😂😂😂

[@SebHaarfagre]

As a Norwegian, there are some traits I feel we have more in common with with Finland than even our closest brothers. For instance, that stereotypical "reserved, quiet, but polite, and loyal until death". And weathered. But in a different way. Finns are straightforward but also have the most wonderful (often dark or self deprecating or careless) humour. Extremely hospitable and hard working, mechanically savvy and very modern. In fact, I'm almost surprised how Finland isn't as known to other Scandinavians for being progressive and technologically advanced. Maybe it doesn't always show so well but there's plenty of details. And of course, that goes for all the Nordic countries but still I don't feel like the Finns are different at all, except for the language. Obviously there's certain quirks but they made it sound like something I didn't agree with.

[@FluffyVM]

"reserved, quiet, but polite, and loyal until death" (maybe not always polite lol) sounds alot like people from Northern Jylland Denmark.

[@hamedhosseini2155]

Please reduce the volume of the music background sometimes I have trouble hearing what they are talking about!

[@MegaRaven100]

Good video!

[@medeology4660]

Im swedish. I was thinking, watching this, that I'm so comfortable and familliar with our nordic neighbors that I wouldnt mind a Nordic union, like some kind of federation, pooling our different competencies and resources. It would be a very nice and stylish super power.

[@MusaFinderi]

That would've been reasonable, but it's all lost now I'm afraid.

[@jerkkub]

I'm Finnish and wouldn't be up for that because of the migrant situation you are having there.

[@wowhallo]

I don't think political centralization would help out in that regard at all. The opposite, being able to try out different politics in the Nordic countries helps in seeing what works well and what doesn't work as well.

[@arcticblue248]

From Finnmark northen Norway here, we usually travel sometimes to Nourgam (northen Finland at the border of Norway/Finland) a small town that have specialized on norwegian shoppers more or less, and tourism ofcourse. But even that some things still are cheaper in Finland than Norway its more about buying stuff we don't have here, like tobacco now are probably just as expensive in Finland as in Norway ... Alcohol are still cheaper but meat are probably more or less equal to Norwegian prices. But its nice just for the trip to go there anyway 🙂

[@lexluthor6497]

20 +years of fishing and hiking in Norway I can say northern finnmark is the best of a really great beautiful country for me.yes the fjords and the mountains are bigger in the south but up north it is just more raw and more wild.And yes I'm going back until the day I die.ja vi elsker dette land fra 🇫🇮

[@SebHaarfagre]

I'm from Norway, been to Roskilde (festival) 3 times :) Among the Scandinavians/Nordics, I think this must be the biggest thing "about Denmark" for us others. Whether you enjoy music in general or not. Actually, Roskilde is the Danish equivalent of Norwegian Russetid (graduation party) in some weird way :p Just with more sun and less driving around (but a bit poorer hygiene lol)

[@MayFint]

Love it

[@cat_citizen]

We have Peppermø (f) / Peppersvenn (m) in Norway too, but I think it has "roots" from Bergen that again had trade with Denmark and Germany. The name "peppersvenn" is borrowed from Sweden if I'm not mistaken. The meaning behind it is just a unmarried man or woman over the age of 30 which will often receive a gift of a pepper mill over here. I'm not surprised the Norwegian girl is unaware of the tradition as it's fairly old, and not as public as in Denmark. Also many get married before that age, so there's a lower chance of being exposed to it.

[@acrojen03]

Oh, that's fun, the architecture part. Because I recently took a weekend trip to Copenhagen (first time doing a weekend trip), and I didn't really feel like I had even left Norway. It just felt like I suddenly had walked into proper spring (cuz it was still snowing in Norway at the time). The biggest difference was literally just how expensive all the food was, along with how big the portions were. Like, it felt like american portions. XD

[@aliriks8974]

I think it's also more relevant for far in-land areas with wooden farmhouses in Sweden she compares with. I've been to Oslo, Copenhagen, though not Stockholm but seen a lot of pictures, those cities aren't that different really.

[@LMoneL]

I personally think Copenhagen is way more beautiful than Oslo regarding architecture. The Fjord in Oslo is beautiful however

[@acrojen03]

@@LMoneL That's valid! I guess it does depend on where in the cities you are though, as I have seen both pretty and ugly places in both. XD

[@Lawh]

I was in a really small random elevator in Asia, there were two people there with me. I recognized them to be from "home", but they were actually Finnish, like me. That was probably the most random encounter I have had in my life in a way.

[@Hrng270]

In essence deep essence the lovely are asiatics asians, when finns go live out Finland, they looking for asians countries, talking seriously. Asians love them more than expected.

[@Lawh]

@@Hrng270 Finns get along with everyone. Except rude people.

[@Hrng270]

@@Lawh Yes in this case finns, asians latines are very equal, they not like rude and masked people. Strong detail inside of these cultures mates.🤝🤝🤝🤝🥂🥂🥂🥂

[@FluffyVM]

As a Dane (from Jylland) we very much see the contries as siblings. But Sweden is def the "hated" one lol but if someone ouside of scandinavia starts shit with Sweden we have their back 100%

[@azeminkyungmin5154]

☺️🙌🏼🙌🏼!!🇩🇰

[@dri_him]

Sarah if you ever read this, you are so charming, I just love the way you behave and present yourself! Greetings from Sweden.

[@bucketslash11]

you can do a video with the different typer of graduation ceremonies in each of the nordic countries (Russ is best)

[@teza2922]

So Samsara is nostalgia for me and : "Samsara 2015" is a 2014 song by the Norwegian and Swedish dance music producer duo Tungevaag & Raaban. It became a hit in Scandinavian charts

[@Ice_V]

6:53 I was in Stockholm and Copenhagen and felt that difference. Architecture is really beautiful and attractive ❤🇩🇰

[@mattemathias3242]

Copenhagen kinda looks like Amsterdam to me In general The Netherlands feels very much like Denmark imo

[@neskire]

@@mattemathias3242 Historically, Dutch builders were hired in Copenhagen because they were experts in building tall, slender buildings to use what little land they had in both the Netherlands and Copenhagen.

[@latekgaming]

Stereotypes about finland are all true XD But! If you make a friend with a finnish person you might aswell have a friend for life. That's what I think

[@Hrng270]

Finnish are lovely, confident, trustful and solidarity, but before this they note, obeserve and test you too.🥂🥂🥂💛⭐

[@latekgaming]

@@Hrng270 helpful too. When my car got stuck in snow a random couple came over to push me out

[@Hrng270]

@@latekgaming Yeah mate thats the motive people looking for finns more than your own clan, fact, i know. 🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂

[@apefu]

I (Swede) love my neighbors, I just wish I understood the Danish better. I don't understand the Finns all that well either, but the Finns are kind of special - they have a mood similar to us where you don't always have to speak and that is a special kind of connection. Norway is beautiful and the people outside the bigger cities are very nice. The people in the cities are similar to the people in our bigger cities and they are OK, but not as nice (huge generalization, of course). Everyone has great food too! One aspect about Norwegian that is strange to me is that is so easy to understand. Until you have had two beers and it turns into gobledygook 😃 It doesn't matter if I, both, or the Norwegians have the beer - the effect is the same 🤣

[@orchidbloom7987]

Super interesting, learned a lot. Have you realized how your flags looks like gift wraps?

[@nevermind3520]

The fake wedding invitation thing was hilarious 😂

[@Bawamba]

Swedes kinda do the same after visiting Denmark or Germany xD Company party / wedding / insert any excuse for lots of alcohol 😂

[@jgagmgi]

Well, we've been the best in ice hockey lately NGL. Go Finland!

[@ForceFieldGuy]

Suomi #1!!!!

[@Mikusagi]

As a Swede, whenever there's a skiing competition, I only check for the flags and care about if we are leading over Norway. I have no interest in how France, USA, Germany and all those are doing. Also, how Denmark looks more "European" in architecture is so on point! I was in Norway and could hardly believe I was abroad. I was in Finland and could see lots of buildings that had the "east"-feeling (like Russia, Estonia etc). So Sweden and Norway are like twins, and Finland has had some influences from the East and Denmark from the south.

[@kuoppari76]

As a Finn, I have noticed that our attitude towards Sweden has changed a lot over the years. Before, we were envious and couldn't rejoice at our neighbor's success. Nowadays, when we have come alongside Sweden in the economy and in many other matters, we have grown spiritually and our attitude is much more mature, we know how to encourage our neighbors as well.

[@user-pn5hc2lk7z]

I love those countries

[@beanboy1]

as a swede from the outskirts of Gothenburg , i think the manners and behaviour is different even within sweden itself, this is from my own experiences but i think people from the northern parts of sweden can seem a little bit "cold" and drawnback even though they really aren't , while where i grew up in the Gothenburg area , the stereotypical gothenburg-person (Göteborgare) is a lot of times depicted as the opposite of that, and its actually quite true . Fun topic ! My grandmother and grandfather both had Finnish mothers and Swedish fathers so ive actually heard a lot of Finnish growing up since we had finnish relatives, but unfortunately i never learned it although i sometimes could understand the topics they were talking it was just to hard to learn. i have never had any problems understanding or communicating with Norwegians , i feel like we are the same people and we could just as well had ended up as the same country if history would have progressed differently, pretty much the same language , only a different dialect, lovely people! .

[@linnear9872]

I'm from the northen part of Sweden and I agree that stereotypically people think we are cold and anti-social but we are quite the opposite. When the ice is broken we are very warm, funny and ,loyal people. I also agree on the gotherburg stereotype, I've always seen people from gothenbrug as very outgoing, bubbly, and friendly. I really like the vibe in gothenburg Vs the vibe in stockholm were people seem more stressed.

[@goufackkentsaleandrinlebel8826]

@@linnear9872 and how is the vibe in Malmö? I love Sweden!

[@Fredo760]

@@linnear9872 Bristen på sol gör att människor i norr verkar kallare och introverta. I huvudstaden ser jag två typer av samma människor, tillbakadragna på vintern och mer öppna på sommaren.

[@MuhammadAbdullah-qt8sx]

LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL !

[@Mawnt]

Fun video! When someone asks me what is swedish I like to say köttbullar but then I remember that it's actually from Turkey.

[@adamwnt]

All these countries are the best in the world in so many metrics and it would be hard to choice one, probably Norway if I had to as you’d get more money living there, but as a Pole I’d probably chose Finland as the closest country culturally speaking. Anyhow, cheers to them all.

[@niklassaarelainen2369]

As a Finnish person: Nordics are siblings where Sweden is the oldest and we all try to compete them and we team up for example with Norway to make jokes about Sweden, but then, as I said we're siblings. No one else can talk bad about my siblings, expect us siblings :D I also find it really fun when for example in TikTok there will be these comment sections where Nordic people are talking with eachother, and it just somehow feels like home! Everyone is talking their own language, but we all understand eachother and our cultures are so close together it's amazing (Finnish people would speak Swedish in these comments, cus we're bilingual country)

[@jubmelahtes]

To me as a northern Norwegian Sámi i view all Nordic people the same as i view people from the South, we just have different dialects and regional cultures but they all feel like home, like an extended family in a way. When it comes to the parts of sápmi in different countries it always feels like just another part of my homeland and my people and not at all like being abroad.

[@GOAT-rl2uq]

The Nordics rip on eachother constantly, but they love eachother. That's how siblings are.

[@Lampchuanungang]

Viking love, oh noooo✈✈✈🤭✈🤭🤗🤗🤗🤗✈✈✈✈🤍🤍🤍🤍🥂🥂🥂🤣🤣🤣

[@finnicpatriot6399]

@@Lampchuanungang Holy cringe

[@Lampchuanungang]

@@finnicpatriot6399 Put Holy cringe on this crazy passion, lets get out maaatee 🤙🤙🤙🍷🍷🍷🥂🥂🥂✈✈✈✈✈✈🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@Ge0rGi.]

@@Lampchuanungang Viking is not an ethicity ,it was a job or culture. There was also fisherman's and carpenters ,not only Vikings😂

[@Lampchuanungang]

@@Ge0rGi. Hey chap 😃 😃 you're crazy My Funny Little Fool, iiihhhh I never said Viking was an ethnicity, who's saying that now you're my silly little clown😜😜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Do not put a word in my mouth and assume your gaffe and madness there 😜😜😜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@randychampion184]

Now we have to have Estonia/Lithuania/Latvia comparisons.

[@Hrng270]

And finsh, hungatian, vepsian, ingrian , sami, komi etc...

[@nellan1799]

It was three norweigans behind me today in yogiboost when i att a waffle lol i just heard them talking

[@landsgevaer]

Fun to watch this as a dutchman the day after I saw our team beat Sweden 31-27 at handball (and today again 39-32, but this match I didn't attend). Neither Sweden nor Danmark takes that prize at the moment, by the way; Norway has a monster team! (Btw, huge fan of all of them! I never know who to root for when they play eachother.)

[@Hrng270]

🤭🤭🤭🤭don't choose, accept all them dutches are germanics like them too.🥂🥂🥂

[@mattemathias3242]

Pick Denemarken. We zijn niet zo ver weg van jullie Nederlanders :)

[@henri_ol]

The interation between the Norway and Sweden ladies was the best , trying so hard to avoid the stereotype and how they like each other countries 😊

[@sara8614]

They are so close, and probably have the most cultural exchange of all of these countries, so the rivalry is just for fun. Like siblings teasing each other.

[@Justin1337Sane]

@@sara8614 correct ;) Im danish :D and even Jylland where im from have this rivaly agaist sjælland where copenhagen is :D im from aarhus .. (copenhagen is capital we all know this) but we love insulting eachother.. we have this fight in our history in scandinavian countries.. .. danmark was alot bigger in the old nordic viking era times, we are just as dumb as the chimpanzees we see in the wild :D

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

​@@sara8614 Is the relationship of the Nordics like a reversed relationship of the Mediterranean countries? Sweden and Norway are like Italy and Spain. Both are way too similar, and overall the rivalry is more lighthearted and friendly, in fact, they truly like each other. Meanwhile, Sweden and Denmark is like Italy and France. Both have a more intense rivalry. Italy and France in arts, cuisine, fashion, luxury, sports, tourism, etc, while Sweden and Denmark in history, empires, sports, etc. Denmark and France are also the odd ones out. Nordics are supposed to be Northern Europeans, while Mediterranean are supposed to be Southern Europeans, but France and Denmark are located a bit more central, France being too Northern for being fully Mediterranean and Denmark being too Southern and connected to the rest of continental Europe to be fully Nordic. And I guess Finland is Greece. Both speak a completely unintelligible language and are situated more east, despite sharing very similar temperament and mentality. Italy and Sweden are kinda like the middle man, who have some connection with everybody, whether geographically or historically. And wealth in the Mediterranean flows backwards to the Scandinavians. If Spain is Norway, then Norway is the richest, but Spain is the poorest. If France is Denmark, then France is the richest and Denmark is the poorest. Italy and Sweden are just in the middle.

[@sara8614]

@@lissandrafreljord7913 It's similar, but I would say the Scandinavian countries are much closer culturally than the Mediterranean countries are. They were all literally the same country centuries ago (Kalmar Unionen), and during the Viking era before that. Whereas the Mediterranean countries had their own distinct kingdoms and unions. And the languages the Scandinavian countries speak would be considered dialectal variations of the same language in other parts of the world. Finnish excluded, as it is an Uralsk language, but culturally Finland is similar as well.

[@davidkasquare]

@@lissandrafreljord7913 I always thought it exactly like that. And you can still add Portugal, which would be like Iceland. The language the closest to Norwegian, but still SO different. And there is also this special connection between Iceland and Denmark, just like between Portugal and France. France is the most continental, as is also Denmark. And Greece is an ancient country - like Finland - that had a difficult time with its neighbour in the east. The similarities are just astonishing.

[@belalabusultan5911]

this feels like a family gathering, for a big family, like everyone is distant cousin of eachother lol

[@pahis1248]

TY was fun

[@astrospeedcuber]

I guess this is a bit like Australia and New Zealand - we would rather win against the other, but in the case where we are not competing against each other, we want the other to win or succeed.

[@Torsdagskvallsmys]

Yes, just like sibling rivalery.

[@mattemathias3242]

Probably the most so for Scandinavia

[@carlosdcardona5676]

Cool video and all four ladies are quite pretty! As someone that is not from any of these four countries, it seems the Danish are much more alike to the Dutch!!! Than the Scandinavian countries!!! Just an observation👍

[@oh2mp]

I live in Finland. Sweden is our most loved enemy in the sports. There's a joke about that: "The victory isn't important. The only important thing is that Sweden loses" 😀 In Finland we tell a lot of jokes about Swedes, but that's funny how those jokes are international. I have heard a Russian guy telling exactly same jokes about Armenians. I have a feeling that many Finns think that Norwegians are like our brothers. We both are next to the big sister, Sweden. Denmark is the least familiar to us, but I think all Finns like Denmark.

[@Hrng270]

🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭🤭 yall are clowners and jokers,trollers and lovers of Sweden and opposition of her🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@siren369xstar8]

Finnish is finnougric Uralic 🤣 Swedish , Norwegian , Russian , german , french are indo european languages !!

[@Scandinavian92]

Whats the point?

[@jannepeltonen2036]

There's a whole family of jokes in Finland that all begin with 'A Finn, a Swede and a Norwegian'. Usually, the theme is, we're all great but Finns are the best (even if sometimes not the brightest). Like for instance - "A Finn, a Swede and a Norwegian all claimed they could swim over the Atlantic. The Swede got to 500 meters of the shoreline, said 'I can't get any further', and drowned. The Norwegian got to 50 meters of the shoreline, said 'I can't get any further', and drowned. The Finn got to 5 meters of the shoreline, said 'I can't get any further' - and swam back." A slightly different and more evil variation: "A Finn, a Swede, a Norwegian, a Frenchman and an Englishman were on a plane that started losing altitude. The pilot announced that there are no parachutes, so someone had to jump. The Englishman went to the door, called out 'God Save The Queen!', and jumped. For a while things went well, but then the plane started losing altitude again. The Frenchman went to the door, called out 'Viva la France!' and jumped. After a while, the plane started losing altitude again. The Finn and the Norwegian looked at each other, grabbed the Swede, called out 'Long live Nordic cooperation!' and threw the Swede out." Also, back in the 1990s, the Finnish national broadcaster made a story about there being a lot of Finn jokes in Norway. This was news to most Finns, but not to be beaten by the Norwegians, a group in Finland announced a competition for the best Norwegian joke, and also compiled a book of the entries. Most of the jokes had to do with cod. For instance - "A man was walking in Oslo, with a cod stuck on his head. Somebody asked, how did that happen. 'It started with hemorrhoids last year', replied the cod."

[@rasmusskardenni786]

They should invite some person from the Faroe Islands (part of the Danish Kingdom). We are required by law to learn Danish, and I think most people from here could get by in Norway and Sweden without knowing the languages very well.

[@villeveikko1]

How finnish girl didnt know how we party high school graduate. We also have very similar way of partying its called Penkkarit. People are on top of the trucks and listens to music, singing ,shouting people and throwing people candy or something like that. Its little bit different day than a actually graduation party but very close to that. Her mean that graduation day is when schools announce students who passed and of course then people go home and the relatives and family is there and akwardlly gratulates for passing high school.

[@michabach274]

Yes, it is true that we have Penkkarit in Finland, but it lasts for only one day. In Sweden they celebrate several days straight and in Norway they celebrate for a whole month.

[@peterarmoton2685]

As a Finn, id like live in Denmark, liked to meet Frank the farmer

[@iam_sherlocked8421]

I'm a Finn!😎 I do feel that Nordic countries are like siblings.

[@mwtrolle]

0:20 I'm from Denmark, and I didn't even notice! :P

[@asaaaska2434]

As a Finn... and I live close to Russia (about 1hr away from Vyborg) before the ukraine war, we go to Russia to buy things bc its more cheaper than bying from estonia (exept. Alcohol) example gas is around 0.50€/L when i have visited there, but of ibc of the war the relationship is more worse...

[@evkikizzz]

Sara from Norway looks stunning!💖

[@lh.0508]

Sweden and norway are like violins and violas or clarinets and oboes. Friendly patriot rivalry

[@bencebuda4599]

I started studying svenska a while ago and speak English fluently, so when Sara accidentally introduced herself in Norwegian I didn't even notice at first 😅 The wonders of mutual intelligibility, I guess.

[@sunny_muffins]

All these countries are wonderful but Sweden has won my heart. 🇸🇪💛💙💛 Long time ago I tried to learn all of their languages and Swedish was the one that I liked the most.

[@donquixote1502]

Of course 😂😂🤣🤣🤭🤭 ❤ from Sweden.

[@NasaBalli]

Thank you. I am half Swedish and half Norwegain. And I must say that I am more proud of my Swedish heritage.

[@666sdkfz]

In Sweden you get along fine with arabic !😁

[@royalsteven]

Now if we like compare women generally beauty speaking it's impossible to choose, because Scandinavian women all have a special looks.

[@markrich7693]

My brother in law grew up in Norway but now is living in Lufkin Texas

[@GabbaGandalf420]

What in the hell are we suposed to do with that information ?

[@loris-bismar]

​@@GabbaGandalf420 such a typical yank thing to do. They always have to make it all about them. Just like women 😂

[@Tar.o]

What's his street address?

[@squidcaps4308]

Quite accurate. Specially when abroad you meet a Swede they are by default friends and you can count on them to act the same way.

[@lenaevess]

A Finn here: Swedes are all sexy but kinda snobbish, Norwegiqns are kind and generous (cause they hqve the money for it) and Danes are drinking beer and happy. 😄❤

[@mikkomfi8643]

1 I am surprised, how so many Swedish people nowadays do not seem to know anything about the common history of Sweden and Finland. Finland belonged to Sweden for many, many centuries until Russia occupied us 1809. But even after that, we have basicly had the same old Swedish law system until this day (it never changed under the Russian empire). We also have 5 % of our population speaking Swedish as their first language (although they mostly can speak Finnish, too), and that why we have 2 official languages, Finnish and Swedish, so Finland is a bilangual country, and Finnish speaking majority has to learn to speak also Swedish in the school. Sweden was an important empire some centuries ago, and so Swedish people have accustomed to be rulers with strong self confidence whereas Finnish people have had self inferiority complexis slightly even to this day. 2 In Antwerpen olympics 1920, in athletics, 27 gold medals were delivered. 9 were won by Americans...and 9 by Finnish athletes! Then France got 1, England got 1...and also Sweden got 1. It was a strange time in sports history, poor and quite a small country by population was as dominating as USA. Sweden was a rich country and proud of their athletes. This all led to start Finland-Sweden athletics competions (they are called "Finnkampen", Finn match, in Sweden) among these 2 countries starting from 1925 every 2 years. In 1931 they got so heated, that there were fist fights among athletes, and the politicians in national level interrupted them, so bitter was the rivalry. They continued in 1939, but then came the war. After the war timed they continued annually and until maybe 1980's they were intense, bloody, bitter fights. I think it is because that bitter rivalry I experienced as a child and teen, that it sometimes difficult for me to support Sweden even if they would not comprte against Finland, although times have changed and I find Swedish people nice people as an adult now and as a nation they have great characteristics, that truly earn respect. 3 As a Finn, I can speak and understand Swedish, as we have to study it in the school. And that is why I understand written Norwegien and Danish quite a bit. I also understand spoken Norwegian, but spoken Danish is impossibility! We have a saying in Finland: "Danish is like speaking Swedish with hot potato in the mouth." 4 Danish people feel to me like most civilized in the world. I was once in Norwegian mountains, and in the mountains there I forgot all my sorrows and worries and felt like singing. So I consider Norwegians like humble high class mountain people, who are singing their language when speaking it even more than Swedish people do.

[@mikkomfi8643]

Adding: Finland-Sweden athletics competion was annual, but up unyil maybe 1990's there used to be athletics competions also against other countries every now and then. It was common in the world in general in those days. But all these "Diamond League", where people are purely running after money, competons killed them - except Finland-Sweden competion! It happens every year and it is great tradition. Very few athletes reach to world or European championship competions, so for many athletes it is the most important event of the year, and there is not really any "bloody rivalry" any more, it is more like a celebratory event of the brotherhood of nations.

[@Noah_ol11]

Actually all these 4 countries are known for "Being rich" , however the most rich in Europe as i know until now are Luxembourg , Liechtenstein , Monaco and Switzerland

[@aryanshukla7305]

Ireland?

[@Justin1337Sane]

you dont know how rich we are :D remember who actruly did discover america .. wasnt columbus .. look at our royal history.. my danish queen's family tree can be traced all the way back to the very old guys of sea masters :D

[@luiz3459]

​@@Justin1337Sane You started saying wrong things in the text, Vikings did not discover the American continent and neither did Columbus, there were peoples and civilizations in the American continent long before that (Mayans and Aztecs in North and Central America and Incas in South America) , no one from Europe "discoved" America in fact 😂

[@herrbonk3635]

Sweden *was* rich, from the 1920s to the early 1970s. But not after that really.

[@corny2603]

@@luiz3459 they were the first documented europeans in north america. Yea not discovered.

[@playbuttoB]

Respect for every nordic 🫡

[@cathrinemorslarsen9547]

As a Dane i can help specify the cinnamon thing. It's a tradition that often is handled by your friends or family. If you turn 25 and aren't married, then you get cinnamon thrown on you. If you turn 30 and aren't married, then you get pepper thrown on you. All of this takes place after you are tied to something (wearing a mask and googles are often used as safety measures), then they pour water or oil all over you, so that the ground cinnamon or ground pepper sticks to you better😊

[@theluckyproject8044]

This is fascinating and I want to know more. What kind of preamble precedes it? What happens after the procedure? What's it a metaphor for?

[@inceptori]

@@theluckyproject8044 There can go a lot of planning into it, so the friends can have a lot to prepare. Like hoarding huge amounts of cinnamon, filling fire extinguishers and such. The friend might try to run, but they will be caught. They might try to stay in bed, but they will be dragged out. They are left enough time to put on underwear though. Afterwards, usually presents, and they invite to stay for a cup of coffee or beer. If it's a workday, they typically arrive an hour or so late for work. Of course it all varies by when you think you can catch the person, and considerations for what they think is acceptable. They are friends after all If i am not entirely wrong, the pepper thing is a lot older. In the old days you might get an actual gigantic peppermill, maybe about waist or chest height. (I tried to make a cannon out of one as a kid) Today it is almost exclusively a symbolic peppermill, in the form of some hideous, hard to move, assembly of oil barrels in your driveway. example kanelogpeber.dk/pebersvend-30-aar/peberkvaern-30-aars-foedselsdag-bilvrag/ The road might also be spray painted "honk 30 years".

[@SirCorrino]

Yeah, the graduation party in Norway is insane. I know lots of people who *each* spent like $100k on their bus, so maybe $3M in total to buy, design, build and decorate a bus, including speakers that would not be out of place in a stadium like SoFi or MetLife. It is crazy. But so much fun. Only real downside is that it is *before* your final exams, and not after.

[@eldliljaheimisdottir7265]

Inn the next video have an The Nordic countres in the video and that will change everything

[@NasaBalli]

I am half Swedish and half Norwegain. And I must say that I am more proud of my Swedish heritage.

[@imortaliz]

lets just settle this, as a Norwegian we can just buy everyone else XD They need to get better on skis if they wanna have a say haha. Just kidding Nordic countries have alot of rivalry but its like a funny sibling kind of rivalry :)

[@mattemathias3242]

You oily little sellers

[@Fulminoxk]

Island: I have been forgoten.... Maröe Islands: First time?

[@allhailrise]

As far as I know, as someone not from nordic countries, Finland is a nordic country, but not a scandinavian country. Only norway, sweden, n denmark are scandinavians. So I kinda get it now why Finland isn't a scandinavian country after they said Finnish language sounded different compared to the rest of them.

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

The language is not everything. Finland was directly a part of Sweden almost 700 years and swedish is still the second official language in Finland. Scandinavia means Nordic in many languages.

[@Lampchuanungang]

Neither nordic neither scandinavian, only finnic uralic the case of Finland.

[@finnicpatriot6399]

@@diamondsarenotforever8542 Stop spamming the same lying copypaste comment in every thread ever.

[@aquaqueen9986]

@@Lampchuanungang Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Finnish are all Nordic languages (Nordic language = language from the Nordic area. Nordic isn't a language family) Finnish is Finno Uralic language (just like Hungarian and Estonian) and Nordic language (unlike Hungarian nor Estonian) Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Danish are Germanic languages (just like Dutch, German and English) and Nordic languages (unlike Dutch, German nor English)

[@ralepej]

Its not only about language. Its about geography. Finland is not part of Scandinavian peninsula or Scandinavian mountains(expect small part of on the north west).

[@user3141592635]

Swedes and Danes were historically the most fierce enemies, but now we are the best friends, like Norwegians, Swedes, Icelanders and Faroes people. The problem was only like wolfes strides about lands. The Norwegians never got our enemies, because we are partly separated by mountains, and that we did have a friendly thing over the keel, with wifes and that whe are so alike, and other things :) Finns are our friends also, because their hatred of Rus, subjecting them worse than Sweden, wich incorporated them into the Kingdom, lesser man or great man. No difference in a Finnish farmer compared to a Swedish farmer, same taxation.

[@alejandrodanielmoreno6247]

All Nordic countries are GREAT!!!❤ Kisses from🇪🇸🥰😘( Iceland,Faroe Islands,and Greenland too).❤

[@neelia1982]

In Finland we never root for sweden in any competition and it’s much worse to lose to them than to anyone else like in Eurovision or ice hockey. We don’t have to be the best just better than sweden so yeah that hurt

[@-.sol.-]

everyone: yes all the nordics sweden,norway,finland and denmark. iceland: ...

[@Belnick6666]

15 for light stuff, up to 3.5% after that it is 18

[@daseteam]

Why this music? It is soo annoying. They are interesting!

[@maxgronros6728]

Finish people are warm....... yeah they are definatly being nice to eachother. would have loved if they diddnt nice it down so much and i think it wouöd have been a lot better if they where more brutal in a way. I would describe finish people as almost robotic, im scared of their army and thankful we are allies, bastu and lakes are big finish things, great school system. I also imagine that every finn have the ability since birth to survive in close to zero degree water, drop a finn in a lake thats 4 degrees and they will think its summer. and vodka

[@vixikie5228]

You can imagine how it felt as a Swede when Sweden actually managed to win over Finland in Eurovision haha, especially since Sweden actually gave Finland 12 points but they did not in return. I am still happy that it stood between Sweden and Finland! For us, Norway and Denmark are like siblings meanwhile Finland is more of a cousin which is fun to think about haha. People say Finland and Sweden people are cold, but I think it just because we really value personal space and we are more introverted and don't like small talk, especially with strangers. We show other people respect by keeping a distance and being quiet, so for us that is more our way of being polite but others my think we are cold because of that. I have always wanted to visit Norway, their nature looks so beautiful! The last time I went to Denmark a couple years ago, I noticed that they kind of had a lot of good looking guys which is so random haha.

[@CinCee-]

These videos w/ the Nordic girls have been very interesting. You rarely see all 4 countries in a room w/ eachother

[@Onnarashi]

Poor Iceland feeling left out.

[@riverside6836]

Many different old finnic languages still barely alive in the russian area. Some of them might only have a few older people still knowing them. Very sad to lose them :(

[@jagan2]

Indeed Norway is expensive, also for an italian :) When I went on holiday on the Lofoten Islands, I packed my bag full of canned food before leaving my country. Restaurants were pricey

[@bigwi7613]

Yeah true Estonia is ridiculously expensive lately

[@dennisandersen7973]

Maybe you should have made this video With People Who actually know Their countries history and sport 😅

[@Nipponing]

0:02 *than 2:29 *enjoying life Norwegian lady called Finland Scandinavian.

[@Nipponing]

@@soddeti Yeah...

[@linnea53292]

Just me wondering why isen’t Iceland there?

[@cynic7049]

Probably to hard to get one, there aren't that many of them.