What Norwegians Think About UK & Britons

In this video we are asking strangers on the streets of Trondheim, Norway, what they think about the United Kingdom and British people.
First line is their spoken dialect, second line is the equivalent in Bokmål.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 What do you think about the UK?
03:34 What do you think about Brits?
06:56 What's a clear difference between Norway and UK?
09:40 Which stereotypes does one have about Brits?
11:54 Where’s your dialect from?
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[@SimpleNorwegian]

I would have answered "proper posh"

[@tonycooke8545]

😆 Not likely. Cheshire lad, born n bred. We're as common as muck. Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧

[@rayw3294]

What if you not from London. From Northfield, Aberdeen? Definitely not posh. I have been around the UK extensively. There are real posh people a

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

Posh? 😂😂😂. We’re as down to Earth as you can get. Being from Newcastle upon Tyne we get a lot of folk from Scandinavia over on the ferries and my surname has its origin from over there

[@Bill_Stranix]

Can I also say that is a fact. British people are the best looking in Europe

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Well. It's official UK is no longer part of the European Union 🇪🇺 So 🇧🇻 > 🇬🇧

[@Olliebobalong]

A Norwegian Prime Minister once said "The British are the same as Norwegians, just crazier". Can't disagree 🇳🇴🇬🇧

[@tomcat8662]

So this Brits are very similar to their American cousins.

[@BartyCrease98]

Some brits have Norwegian ancestry from the Viking age like me for example

[@atescobleachbottledrinkme4314]

@@tomcat8662 no not at all the culture is very different

[@gogledhol]

🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇳🇴

[@Chadhogan111]

😂😂😂

[@lovelybitofbugle219]

Love to all the people of Norway, from England ✌

[@neiluk4109]

Hear, hear - Norway is a great country! I also thought that all the people interviewed in this piece were great ambassadors for their country in their composure.

[@lovelybitofbugle219]

@Harry Clams Could be...they are very beautiful people

[@marshman5319]

Happy new year Norway👍👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@simonjones7727]

Yes, love and great respect to our Norwegian friends. The Germanic and French influences in the UK are more obvious sometimes than the Scandinavian ones but it is interesting that on many social measures the UK maps to Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. From the Norwegians I have known it seems that are sometimes exasperated by the British love of silliness and messing about (which we do, unfortunately). Norwegians have a beautiful country that is managed as well as any on earth. You would be lucky to live there, I feel.

[@Awga143]

Ty

[@richardsevern8718]

I was in Norway in 1960. We were sailing and canoeing for three weeks I was in the Army at the time. When we looked for somewhere to pitch our tents, people in the fjords were very welcoming and let us stay on their land. we chatted and I asked if they didn't mind foreigners visiting. " YOU ARE NOT FOREIGNERS. WE LOOK UPON BRITISH PEOPLE AS COUSINS".

[@vikz5786]

"...either they're super-professional or they're hooligans..." aka keeping life real 🤣🤙👍

[@TynieTyner]

Lol yep

[@sporo2000]

They either "proper" or they are chavs. Well put

[@baikal627]

Erm yes i would say spot on

[@CP1900PC]

This viewpoint is very accurate IMO. The intersting thing is I do not know why the connection with alcohol. the british people are so obssessed with alcohol, when they turn 18, they go to a restaurant/pub to celebrate that they can buy alcohol legally. When travelling via an airline, the most important thing for them is whether the airline provide free alcohol, for business class passengers, the most important thing is what brands of alcohol an airline provides. It is a british culture I can never understand.

[@Squimple]

@@CP1900PC I'm a Briton and in alcohol I think we are in-between. We have the binge culture and the everyday drinking small amounts culture of somewhere like France. This makes the relationship with alcohol more complex.

[@elliotnicklinmusic]

“Since the Viking age is that something lies there in the spine of us all”… Beautiful words.

[@tracygregory8448]

Yeah the Vikings were such peaceful simple folk

[@Euroscot9155]

​@@tracygregory8448many were peaceful settlers.

[@SamDiMento]

@@tracygregory8448 Well, everyone who has English ancestry has Viking ancestors, just as we have Anglo-Saxon and Celtic ancestors from before then, and likely some Norman (more Vikings!) blood, too.

[@Gary-fk9pu]

I am British and I love Norway and Norwegians and that will never change.

[@lifewithchuckie562]

I mean they are your people they did invade engalnd centuries ago and stayed in England I bet over half of the UK population mostly engalnd have at leats a bit of scandanavian DNA cause of the vikings.

[@joseph1845]

@@lifewithchuckie562 Yes I have 11% Norweigian and 3% Swedish.

[@Noxity860]

As a full norwegian: i love the uk!

[@gallantscotland8590]

@@Noxity860 UK is a shite hole and thats coming from a scot who certainly does not call my self British when scotland is independent and becomes very rich watch London crumble

[@welshpete12]

@@Noxity860 That is kind of you !

[@lw1529]

As a Norwegian I absolutely love Britain and Ireland. Love the language-especially the Scottish. I feel a sense of home in a weird way when I visit Britain. I also think our dark humor is pretty alike 😬.

[@fireblademapping131]

I plan to move to Norway someday

[@welshpete12]

You are most welcome . Have you been to Wales ? If not ,I do hope you can visit some day .

[@martintabony611]

Too be fair, some of your ancestors may have made it home 😀

[@wor53lg50]

Brits n the rish feel this way to with our nordic brethrens!, We are all culturaly, ancestraly, heritagely very close, this should never blinker our eyes or let others divide...👍.

[@ccjjock4002]

I WOULD LOVE TO REMIND YOU NORWEGIAN PEOPLE TO LETS NOT FORGET ABOUT THE ATROCITIES THAT BRITISH PEOPLE COMMITTED AROUND THE WORLD 🌎🌍. AND ANOTHER NAME THAT THE UNITED STATES 🇺🇲 SHOULD BE CALLED IS (BABYLON) AND I DEFINITELY PLAN TO RELOCATE OUT OF (BABYLON) IF IT IS THE LAST THING I DO I HAD PLANNED TO VISIT NORWAY 🇸🇯 BUT I HAD SOME INCONVENIENCES WITH MY FINANCES, BUT I WILL BE VISITING NORWAY 🇸🇯 EVENTUALLY. ALSO I VERY MUCH RECOMMEND THAT YOU NORWEGIAN PEOPLE ORDER AND READ THE BOOK 📖 THE UNITED STATES 🇺🇲 AND GREAT BRITAIN 🇬🇧 IN PROPHECY SINCE THE UNITED STATES 🇺🇸 AND GREAT BRITAIN 🇬🇧 HAVE A BACK (HIDDEN HAND ✋) IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 🌎🌍.

[@ThePumpkinSpiceCorner]

I saw the title and my heart dropped, I was so scared of this, but came out pleasantly surprised. I'm often afraid people think of us as how they see those dumb, drunk, loud Brits abroad which are so embaressing and shameful! I promise you we aren't all like that! The more normal, quiet Brits are often hidden somewhere immersed in the foreign culture trying to speak the language, so they get overlooked by the drunk ones! Thank you so much for your nice comments! Love from England x

[@daisuke910]

Hahaha those who visit abroad are usually well-behaved, unless the ones going to Spain. Cheaper destination attracts some unattractive characters.

[@keighlancoe5933]

We're not actually that bad or that disliked. There is this really, really, really weird thing in Britain (specifically England) at the moment where it's actively encouraged to self loathe your own country and people as if we are the worst scum on Earth. Nobody hates England more than (half of) the English. Unfortunately the other half of us who don't and aren't a bunch of self hating weirdos have to put up with them, and frankly I'm getting sick of it. Ironically I'm thinking of moving to Norway, and one of (but not the main) reasons is to escape these people, they are driving me mad and I'm just fed up of it; I want to go and live among normal people who aren't a bunch of self-flagellating nihilistic cuckolds who berate you and give you abuse because you're English. We live on an island of inverted racists.

[@ThePumpkinSpiceCorner]

@@keighlancoe5933 I don't hate my own country FYI, i'm proud to be British thanks, but i'm ashamed by the Brits who make a fool of themselves abroad, and was pointing out that we're not all like that. I also want to move to Norway or Sweden (:

[@keighlancoe5933]

@@ThePumpkinSpiceCorner I didn't mean you. I just meant there is this trend in Britain/England to be like this. There's nothing wrong with criticizing your country and noticing it has faults but they go too far, they have literal hatred for their own people

[@mrmatt1165]

Actually, I'm an American. I think Brits are awesome and really cool people, really funny too. My mom's one cousin married a British woman and she's very nice. Oh and my one uncle's close friend is a British man, he's awesome. I like Martin, he's cool, chill and funny.

[@mogznwaz]

Well Norwegians are our ancestors. We learned all our best drinking and pillaging skills from them 👍

[@bnipmnaa]

That was more the Danes, but history gets a bit messy that far back.

[@armstronggermany2995]

It was the other way round my friend.

[@armstronggermany2995]

Sorry discount my first answer.. I got mixed up.

[@Insperato62]

No - Angles and Saxons were more from what we now call Denmark. Then came the Swedes. The Norwegians ventured into Scotland and then founded Dublin. The Irish were already slave dealers, so don't know who we can claim compensation from (if we're going by the rubbish BLM). We're certainly Celtic with Scandi blood. These people were very kind but honest. We drink too much. Eat badly. And are appalling en masse - football or not. I'm in my 70s and watched our international behaviour deteriorate.

[@waynie007]

@@Insperato62 I can tell by your BLM comment that you know nothing about the movement and have formed your opinion based on no facts at all. I have no idea what citing BLM has to do with white people enslaving other whites, but if it makes you feel better then thats a shame. I'm assuming that you would bring up BLM regardless of whatever the subject.

[@muuphnyi]

Britain: " not so terrible" A Norwegian guy, 2020

[@SxVaNm345]

@Tha mun lowp ower tiv yorksher Yorkshire also has one of the highest percentages of Scandinavian ancestry in the UK

[@Chadhogan111]

Big fan

[@manjotbali8985]

Well that is much nicer than I know many brits would say it is

[@HousePeople]

Love Norway. Love Norwegians. Such a beautiful, welcoming, clean, unspoiled country. The standard of English spoken there by most people always puts me to shame. To my fellow Brits, if you haven't been.. go!

[@HousePeople]

@David Bentolila think you entirely missed the point. No self-hate here. Stop projecting maybe..

[@holliswilliams8426]

''puts you to shame'' why shame?

[@HousePeople]

@@holliswilliams8426 it's a common expression. Why do you ask?

[@iamjoestafford]

@@HousePeople Ah, take no notice - some people like to nitpick for no reason on the internet. I know what you meant - from spending time in Norway myself, I am always amazed at how well everyone speaks English compared to people back at home in Staffordshire :)

[@NairAthul]

I assume all these questions were asked at the same time, since it's mostly the same people in the same outfit so clearly Norwegians are friendly enough to answer long surveys with enough content for an entire video series.

[@estheroti7417]

Yeah I was just thinking this

[@biobauer8]

you wouldnt be able to do this in germany thats for sure, everyone would be on the move keeping their GDP up

[@hazel3390]

@Crawled Out Of Plato's Cave take your ethnocentrism away from here. bye

[@dukenukem5768]

Maybe the videogrphapher edited out the parts where he got beaten up by guys he approached, or just told to sod off. Biased selection.

[@liseanettegranheim4404]

@@dukenukem5768 Yeah that wouldn't happen here, norwegians are very conflict shy in general, at least in public. At most they would smile and say no thank you (or version of no please) and walk away (i assume he asked them). Maybe some would walk away without saying anything and give him a weird look.

[@ryankeeling2406]

Norway and Britain are actually super close friends and have an extremely good relationship with each other

[@gogledhol]

True! :) 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤🇳🇴

[@FischerFan]

Yes, for over 75 years now. I am proud of that because I am of both British and Norwegian lineage.

[@wor53lg50]

And long may it last!!, WASSAIL.....

[@kealyewart1280]

the one guy who keeps saying "what shall i say on that" is cracking me up

[@Thurgosh_OG]

He's like 'The Dude' man.

[@MisterReactions]

Being half Norwegian and English, we are very similar people ❤️ most British people are reserved friendly and down to earth. We think the same about Norway, we have a lot of respect for you guys x

[@ahkkariq7406]

Morten Harket from a-ha said something similar when he was interviewed on British TV in the 80s. That is also my impression, although I only know the British from various media, including comment sections.

[@7john7able]

I am English. Being called a hooligan by a Viking is different ! LOL

[@dukenukem5768]

Hooligan is in fact an Irish word. It was the name of a particular family, one from Hell.

[@7john7able]

@@dukenukem5768 English is a collective language. There are loads of words collected from around the world. One being duh !

[@pipmill7076]

😂a hooligan from a viking, we may take this as a compliment 👍

[@ahkkariq7406]

Well, you know. Many of the Vikings never returned to Norway, and many Norwegians never went out as Vikings.

[@deantaylor1512]

Well you lot are very welcome over here ..we actually have a lot of shared history and consider you friends 👫..

[@fisher1907]

Norway ... we love you 😘 🇬🇧-🇳🇴

[@howey935]

I’ve been to Norway lots of times and the Norwegian people have always been awesome and very friendly and most speak amazing English.

[@SICARIO0]

Yeah that our second language 😄

[@MauriceTarantulas]

Well a lot of us have Scandinavian heritage so we should get on with Norwegians!

[@joseph1845]

Yes I have some Norweigian and Swedish DNA which I assume must be from the Vikings.

[@Supreme_321]

The Viking capital in England was York. There are loads of place names in Yorkshire to this day, that derive from the Vikings.

[@MauriceTarantulas]

@@Supreme_321 Yep several hundreds years and ofc into Ireland and Scotland plus then the Norman conquest. English of course has a fair old whack of Germanic.

[@alynwillams4297]

They never got a foothold in Wales. Pushed back to the sea time and time again.

[@Supreme_321]

@@alynwillams4297 Wonder what the populations were in different parts of Britain back then...

[@geordie114]

To the people of Norway,Thank you for the annual gift to Newcastle Upon Tyne of a Christmas tree which is part of the friendship and gratitude shown by Norway to the UK. Long may it continue. Come to the North East and you will pick up even on words shared by our People`s. Have a great Christmas and let`s hope for a happier 2021. Gan Canny.

[@lw1529]

Thank you❤️. We meant it well even tho the tree was damaged under transport 😬😅.

[@avaggdu1]

@@lw1529 It means more to us (in whatever condition) than France's gift of the Statue of Liberty to the USA. It's nice to just not be universally hated for once!

[@taknoid5218]

Good land and rich monasteries what more could you want?

[@jasonsweet1868]

Classic

[@jujuoliver6959]

My English niece lived in Norway for a few years and loved it. Made a lot friends.

[@lenboy4479]

As a Scotsman I love the Scandinavian countries ! Also have to say Britain as a whole is completely unique with such diverse cities and cultures🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@stuartsinclair6269]

Love to visit Norway 🇳🇴 it looks lovely, and relaxed, my heritage is part of Norway, history and culture I must catch up on, see you soon Norway👍🏻

[@joppekim]

I love their language and their sarcastic and sometimes intelligent form of humor. If they could narrate my life i would die a happy man! Love from Norway

[@mrmatt1165]

Hej där. Hur går det? Jag kommer från USA och kan prata svenska. Jag tycker personligt att brittiska folket är roliga och vänliga människor, jag har träffat många folk från Storbritannien och Irland här i USA. Träffade också två danskar, men förstod fan inte dom. xP Den första dansk var en attraktiv blond dansk jänta, den andra var en man med namnet Stig. Åh- du måste se Monty Python's The Holy Grail och också Monty Python's Life of Brian, de är goda filmer. Min far har en skitig och sarkastisk sans för humor, det har jag också.

[@joppekim]

@@mrmatt1165 oyess! Jeg har sett noen klipp av Monty Python på KZbin. Det var morsomt, men har ikke sett noen fulle episoder. :)

[@andynixon2820]

Watching this as a British person , what's my impression of Norwegians ? . They seem incredibly gentle , soft spoken and thoughtful. Us Brits are also good people but must come off as more gregarious by comparison .

[@jaysterling26]

They're like the decent friendly neighbours that they actually are ( why am I saying this- my Swedish grandad would disown me) ..except the Whale thingy is ..er....my Grandad was right.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

Gregarious scale Scots > Norn Irish > English > Welsh Then insert Americans ahead of > Scots

[@sushigirl1069]

Hyacinth Bucket springs to mind :)

[@inhabitantwaps3qs803]

"generous" idont think so its quite the opposite

[@dannymercia9524]

I am simultaneously proud and yet embarrassed about my english culture. They are all right about the drinking alcohol. Bad teeth is a little inaccurate, it completely varies I'd say. I believe we are less healthy and less outdoorsy than Norwegians. Friendliness and openess entirely depends on the region. Some are super friendly and some keep themselves to themselves. Embarrassingly the football hooligan stereotype is completely true. And whilst Britain can have beauty spots, its got nothing on norway. In addition, Almost none of us learn another language derfor synes jeg er det veldig viktig for meg å skrive på norsk når jeg sier at etter min mening, Norge er verdens beste land. 😅 Annet fantastisk video. Tusen takk.

[@finishhim6663]

I’m entirely ashamed

[@MegaUsaname]

I think Scotland can rival Norway, especially the islands like Skye. I think the language teaching method in schools needs to change, I hated learning French and only a few years ago took an interest in languages, now I know spanish, learning German and Greek and done a little Norwegian. English becoming a worldwide language has been one of the worst things for the UK I think, too many of us don’t bother to learn a language because of it and in doing so become too ignorant of other cultures and believe the world revolves around Britain/America. I really hope things will change as we’re a joke to the rest of Europe these days

[@MegaUsaname]

@David Bentolila @David Bentolila that is true, of course its possible to learn other cultures without knowing the language. But what i mean to say is that many here just dont bother to even attempt to lean basic phrases out of respect, but rather expecting people to speak English in any country they visit. Perhaps you haven't met the type of British person im talking about but they usually glorify the empire and hate immigrants. You'll usually find them holidaying in southern spain rather than any other european country. Its becoming quite embarrassing to be English at this point. And i dont exactly know what you mean by 'snob value by self hating'. Im not claiming all english people to be embarrassing, im saying the worst spoil it for all of us, maybe i see the worst of it being in a very working class area of the north

[@lilkandy7042]

Mate you got no culture your white and British

[@Obnoxiousteadrinker]

I have nothing but pride for my culture. You take It your leave it

[@molly8700]

i live in england so i am excited to watch this

[@mrmessy7334]

"Better fish and chips in Norway than in the UK" Them's is fighting words! ⚔️

[@gareth560]

No way.

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

Healthier food that is for sure, The UK love their greasy fried stuff and lots of people are getting fat over there a bit like the Americans.

[@joemorris8576]

@@magirusdeutzjupiter2234 we aren't as obese

[@magirusdeutzjupiter2234]

@@joemorris8576 figures show you are catching up

[@joemorris8576]

@@magirusdeutzjupiter2234 in not being obese?

[@imanomad557]

Having travelled through Norway, I found them to be more laid back than any nationality I've encountered, very expensive place to live, most picturesque country I've ever visited.

[@lewisner]

I got a train to Narvik in the 80s and it was surreal when you crossed the Arctic Circle at 01.00 in daylight.

[@bjrnjensen7074]

....which is probably one of the reasons why I absolutely LOVED Australia and New Zealand, as I felt the locals were extremely friendly, laidback and helpful. Never been to the UK- not that I didn`t want to go, just priorities.

[@eckythump8263]

I’ve had the pleasure to visit Norway great people and they know how to party.

[@flashtheoriginal]

God bless 'em. Warm Christmas wishes to Norway 🇳🇴 from your friends in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@dominickroberts4653]

It was 6 months since last year's Christmas. Damm

[@avaggdu1]

@@dominickroberts4653 Every day is Christmas (or the secular equivalent) when you have friends like Norway.

[@ysteinfjr7529]

Strange that nobody said anything about the class difference. Upper-class with "stiff upper lip" and conservative attitudes and being posh on the one side and working class and "hooliganism" on the other side. That's the stereotypes. I also think Englishmen have more culture when it comes to manners and being polite, and are better at small talk than we Norwegians.

[@ysteinfjr7529]

And Englishmen have a great sense of humor 😁

[@jaysterling26]

Or working class & conservative vales versus posh, upper class hooligans ( for reference : The Bullingdon Club).

[@phily8093]

Basically they are saying some people are rich in the UK, and they like them, and some people are poor, which they dont like. Most Norwegians are ten times more reserved than the Brits. They just dont have the degrees of extreme wealth and poverty we have. They make money out of oil, and the ten people that live there share it more or less equally, but dont talk to each other unless it is absolutely essential.

[@geroutathat]

Think norweigan people are just more honest. They are lovely people but like a lot of europe the small talk and starting to get to know people is hard. Like its wasted time. French enjoy small talk but not with strangers, strangers are a waste of time, they are rude to strangers. Get to know them and they are lovely. Norweigan people are not rude like that. English people come across as more polite, and the further you get on the islands the easier small talk gets. Easier in Scotland than London. Easier in Ireland than mainland. But Irish people may be among the easiest to talk to on the planet, but its actually fairly hard to make "real" friends with. England their politeness can hide a not nice underbelly. I lived there, had a polite guy knock the door, assumed I was British, started "We need to do something about all these people from abroad, we need them out of the UK", I told them I was from abroad, and got a polite "Oh sorry for bothering you". Lets not forget they voted for brexit because they dont want freedom of movement, but straight away tried to get freedom of movement with Australia and NZ, its not that they dont want Freedom of Movement. It's that they dont want it with europeans who they see as lesser people than them. This attitude is prevalent in England but not in Scotland or Northern Ireland. Also the racist attitude can be present in one county and totally absent in another, England is a bit strange like that, you can cross a road and the attitude will totally 100% change.

[@fainitesbarley2245]

Probably because it’s mostly the middle classes who travel I Norway

[@davidtheloafward]

The guy at 1:15 really nailed it tbh. Surprised people had such a positive opinion towards us overall. Cool video!

[@mosty85]

He spoke utter nonsense.

[@fireflymusiclatam8345]

This is very helpful, even though I speak spanish it's so good to understand norsk and know the culture, thanks Greetings from México

[@2sik_UK]

Just as a comment on the topic of countries, I think Mexico has some of the best food in the world, it seems like a fun place and I'd like too go, respect from the uk!

[@lw1529]

@@2sik_UK I am Norwegian and I absolutely agree. Mexican food is the best by far😋🙌🏼.

[@MWayne-zz1cr]

It's just so cool that Europe has so many different languages and countries, plus an amazing backstory!

[@fireblademapping131]

I wish to move to Norway one day. Beautiful country and culture, love from 🇬🇧 !

[@henryhill1364]

From England Harold baldr : legend ! And I love Norwegian people period !!! ❤️🇳🇴

[@Englishsea24]

Bald and bankrupt and Harold Baldr together. They're just hilarious and a great team

[@lw1529]

And we love you❤️.

[@duranimation]

Nice to hear positive things from the people of Norway. I'm planning to visit soon.

[@paulcarroll6995]

Right im going on holiday to Norway, you guys seem allright :) The guy on the bench is hillarious, and going to a place where people use anti-perspirant is a winner!

[@emycakes8663]

The guy with the hat and glasses ‘super professional or hooligans’ is totally true LMAOOO. Surprisingly positive view actually,i thought most of Europe pretty much hates us.

[@hwplugburz]

I love british history and archeology and have a huge respect for your culture (exept the football/holigan part). Your science and technology history is unmached. Naval and exploration heroes, Charles Darvid, William Shaksepeare, Sir David Attenburough, monty Python, The beatles, David Bowie and soo much more.. (from a norwegian closet-Anglofile)

[@emycakes8663]

@@hwplugburzdidn’t know the word anglophile was a real word til just now. Honestly, don’t know that much about history but thank you????

[@toxicbee990]

I love british people...they become very efficient scientists plus they have offered soooo much into music in general...

[@joshbentley2307]

Why do you think Europe hates us? At most they make small jokes like we do to the French. But we still like them.

[@emycakes8663]

@@joshbentley2307 I could name a few but i guess in more recent years i feel that it is evident through Eurovision.

[@blackthorn5709]

Another Englishman here wanting to pass on my love for your country. I've only visited once but loved every second of it and hope to return some day. Wonderful people and the most beautiful landscapes you're ever likely to see. I have a lot of respect for your culture, traditions and way of life. According to Ancestry DNA I have a bit of Norwegian blood in me somewhere too!

[@garymacdonald7165]

Norway used to own some of Scotland (Shetland and ,Orkney)

[@jamesbovington8218]

Don't forget the Western Isles

[@bjrnjensen7074]

Supposedly, they controlled 30% of the Scottish mainland well into the 1200s. Their presence was a major contributor to the unification of Scotland (stronger together against enemies). The Norwegians were eventually kicked out of Scotland (the mainland + Isle of Man) after a battle, which took place in 1263 (google Battle of Largs), however ,they still controlled Shetland and Orkney-Shetland was eventually handed over to Scotland around 1460 (not sure about the year). The last speaker of "Norn", which was an Old Norse dialect, died out around 1700..

[@3allz]

@@bjrnjensen7074 Im from the Isle of Man and the 1000+ year old Viking history is still here to see. We're quite proud of it! We have lots of mythology that ties directly to Norse and many old burial sites and places that belonged to ancient Viking kings etc.

[@thisguy976]

@@3allz I'm from Ireland and most of us hate the nordic influence on our country. Goidelic celts true and true.

[@sonofjak1971]

I thought most of the world disliked us British so this was a real surprise. Most of the question answers i couldn't argue with. Greetings to Norway.

[@alynwillams4297]

Change British with English and you’re correct.

[@sonofjak1971]

@@alynwillams4297 Bitter Taff

[@alynwillams4297]

@@sonofjak1971 most definitely. Not a taff either as I’m from the north of Cymru 👍

[@holliswilliams8426]

@@alynwillams4297 most people think of them as pretty much the same, it's just a fact that most of the population of Britain is in England

[@alynwillams4297]

@@holliswilliams8426 most of the population in Europe is in Russia. What’s your point?

[@kylehillstead3365]

Nice to know norwegians have so much love for my country takk norge

[@pipmill7076]

Been good friends over the years, still are really. It's good to a e nice relations with countries close to home . Lots of UK folk still have ancient Viking dna.

[@kylehillstead3365]

@@pipmill7076 indeed Yorkshire is practically viking most people who live there have norsk dna

[@dixgun]

This was so interesting. 👍 I’ll subscribe. 😊

[@stranraer9]

thank you for our christmas tree that you give us each year !! xx

[@bobhead6243]

Nice to here from the Norwegians , god bless you all , from England.

[@urbanvikingalereview]

When I visited Karmøy I met some of the nicest people I've ever met. Love Norway.

[@adeycinahgv7320]

As a Brit I absolutely love all the Scandinavian countries. I've been visiting Denmark and Sweden alot, mainly for ice hockey, and Norway and Finland are on my list. I feel us Brits have a very close affinity with the Nordic countries, probably stemming from our viking links. I love how these Norwegians are still so nice and polite even when being negative about the UK. I will say though, they are all bang on with the stereotypes. Ha ha

[@avaggdu1]

Justified stereotypes (apart from the bad teeth thing, I suspect that's something Norwegians have picked up from Americans)! Say what you like about us, but we do know our faults even if we pretend to be offended, for the sake of a good ol' argument.

[@Blagger3000]

Once you make a Norweigian friend, you have a friend for life. They are lovely people and a delight to work and socialise with.

[@irenemcwatt2088]

Not all English people appreciate a friend for life, particularly if you live in London. People there change friends more often than a footballer changes socks!

[@Lita1]

I think the British people I have met are very hardworking, well spoken and quite frankly their dialect is one. Very interesting actually because in a way speaking English is sometimes easier than 4 dialects of Norwegian. It really depends on the person because some of them are horrid, swearing and laughing at the accent 🤕 but overall they're alright. I liked this video yes!!!!👍😅❤️🇳🇴

[@jaysterling26]

I hate to disappoint you, but we have several accents & a few dialects as well. If you live in Tromsø you have my sympathy if you can't physically leave, but if not, there is a daily plane to Oslo , so no excuses.

[@themanftheworld8439]

There are many many dialects and accents in UK.

[@Lita1]

@@themanftheworld8439 Yes but their all English with the same wordings.

[@colinp2238]

@@Lita1 That is the meaning of accents but not necessarily dialects. If you go to various parts there are words that have no meaning other than in that region and not just in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, but alaso parts of England. For example in Yorkshire and the north east of England the language is heavily influenced by the Norse settlers and differs from the south east (around London) which again differs from the south west (Cornwall). Cornwall has it's own idigenous language, as does Wales that pre-dates the Roman cinquest 2000 years ago.

[@Lita1]

@@colinp2238 oh interesting. I think English is spoken in the sense...for example to say I...or myself is always I or myself. In Bokmål Norwegian it is Jeg or meg, in Norwegian Norwegian it is Jeg, meg, and the g is emphasized with en echo sound. Then Sami it's Ei or Ei Deh. Then there's a different way to now write in Norway. Nynorsk so now I is Eg or Eg Seg! It's crazy. The fact that the two words I and myself are that different. In England there's multiple accents. True. But in Norway there's actual different dialects. It's like going to 4 different worlds in one land. I get what you're saying but English is still English...right? I went Scotland and they speak of course with an accent...so does England near to London but they're both speaking English. That's what I meant. Or are there different dialects?

[@truxton1000]

Bottom line is, even if it`s differences between norwegians and brits I think the similarities are greater than between many other countries. Makes sense since we after all are neighbours. Fact: apart from Sweden, Denmark etc UK is the country in the world that is closest culturally to Norway. But I have found that many brits still know very little about Norway, for example many think that Norway is dramaticly colder than UK even if the climate diferences is not that big and certainly not as big as many brits think, the differences is in the extreme, meaning extreme parts of the country, higher areas inthe mountains etc. The fact is that it`s often higher temperature in Norway than the UK, specially in the summer. When I tell brits that January temperature can be as much as plus 18-19 degrees celsius some places in the western part of Norway, and that average July temperatures in f.eks Oslo is higher than the average July temperature f.ex in the midlands they simply don`t believe it but assume I`m lying....! As most brits assume that Norway is so cold that it looks like Siberia. When I show pictures from Norway with large trees, flowers and a landscape that looks as warm as any part of UK they act surprised, not sure if they expect snow all year around, with polar bears or landscapes like scottish higlands??

[@irenemcwatt2088]

I agree with you. It's usually the middle/upper-class Briton that generally can afford to be a tourist in Norway that knows something about the country. Go further down the class ladder and they have no idea, they don't even know the country exists, in fact, many believe Norway is part of Sweden! Sadly, the Nordic countries have been saddled with huge lies set out by the American Republicans - first of all, they are poor socialist countries, and second, they've led the world in sexual sin! You couldn't make it up, and yet the evangelical Christians in America believe these lies. I tell them, to go there, and find out your self how poor and promiscuous they are! But when I try to tell them it ain't so what they believe, they don't believe ME - you can't correct an American - how dare you! But, you can educate a Briton.

[@Rannerdale]

Happy New Year to the people of Norway from Steve from Manchester.

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

I`m English. Re, the beer. Many years ago one of my uncles came up to me in The George Hotel Bar in Barton on Humber, North Lincolnshire and said to me, `you`re in here drinking beer too often.` I replied, "how do you know ?"

[@gogledhol]

I love Norway so much. I really hope I can go someday, beautiful history, culture, people, nature, cities and climate. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ❤️🇳🇴

[@rudig5698]

I would love to see: what Norwegians think about Germans.

[@SimpleNorwegian]

Es kommt alter 😎

[@torivarnor]

Germany

[@lpdude2005]

About the same - I think. We are used to large numbers of German tourists. They spend little money may be negative. Norway and Germany are large trading partners from Norway (5.4 million). We like quality and prefer German products.

[@beppoc.4067]

same, but on the other hand I unfortunately expect a lot of clichés like lederhosen (even though northern germany is so close to norway and has not much in common with bavaria), beer, people shouting while speaking, no humour, cars, always on time etc.!? would love to be proven wrong though.

[@rudig5698]

@@beppoc.4067 that’s true, I totally agree about these clichés being too harsh 😂

[@mutley23able]

I love Norway, lovely country, have been to Kragro near Oslo and Skian also visited the telemark mountain area. Had great fun swimming in the fyords and going boating.

[@drunkcatphil9911]

We love you Norway! I didn’t realise how much of close bond the two countries have had over the years. I was surprised by how positive this was, we definitely have an alcohol and diet problem though. No denying that haha

[@Rozeg666]

Wow, I would visit Norway just to see that nice looking man from Baerum again... And Norwegian language is charming and addictive. Thanks for your videos!

[@PaulHattle]

...And we're fond of Norway. Beautiful country; beautiful people. Love from England x

[@nicholasmartin297]

Thank you for the giant trees at Christmas. They are really appreciated. Stay warm! Regards from England.

[@horyan7172]

Thank you very much for the mostly complimentary & sometimes funny comments.We dont all drink lots of alcohol though & not all of us are football hooligans,that's what the mainstream media/newspapers etc like to report or focus on.I myself cannot see the attraction in football but each to their own.Ive been to Norway 3 times now over the past 5 yrs & my hubby & I absolutely love Norway.We hired a car & yes we braved driving on snowfall & snow & ice & over mountain passes & managed it very well.We toured many parts of Norway.The landscape is breathtakingly beautiful.We are in awe of its natural beauty.We found the Norwegian people very warm,polite,friendly & very helpful.We cannot wait to visit again & will do so.Would I recommend going? 100% absolute yes from my husband & I.Very good looking people as well.I like their attitude & respect for nature.They appear to like being outdoors enjoying their beautiful country.Miss you Norway & the Norwegian people.Will be back when this bloody virus is under control & when weve been vaccinated,Take care,stay safe,healthy & happy.Right,now where's my cup of tea? Ha ha xxx♡♡♡ BTW,They speak very very good English too but I always learn the basics of any language of the countries we both visit just to be polite & make an effort.I believe it's the respectful thing to do.Bye bye for now :)))

[@LittleSparrow.]

Norwegian are very wise people xx love Norway from England xxx

[@millanjson2078]

I LOVE UK❤ I am eternally grateful for British help in ww2. I am happy we deliver a Christmas tree to Trafalgar square:)

[@gogledhol]

Love to Norway from England! Your country is beautiful, and I hope I can visit some day! :) 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤🇳🇴

[@stewartw.9151]

The only Norwegians I ever knew were sailors in port in South Shields in the 1970s! Gawd, they drank like fishes and partied like there was no tomorrow!

[@currymonster6516]

Been a few years since I was in Norway. Beautiful country.. Beautiful people

[@jamesbovington8218]

Sensible too. In the Single Market.

[@RonaldRaygun53]

I love Norway it’s a beautiful country 🇳🇴 🇬🇧

[@direnova6284]

As a Brit I can see far more similarities than differences, apart from the language any one of those people seem like a typical Brit.

[@lw1529]

As a Norwegian I see that as a compliment.

[@holliswilliams8426]

The Norwegian language is actually a relatively easy language to understand if you are a native English speaker.

[@ahkkariq7406]

Scandinavian languages ​​have actually had a great influence on English. There are videos about it on KZbin. There are even some Norwegian linguists who argue that English is actually a Scandinavian language because of the sentence structure, which is the same in English as in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish. It is not without reason that Scandinavians find it easy to learn English.

[@direnova6284]

@@ahkkariq7406 A lot of the names of towns in east England prove that, the British are made up of a lot of mid/northern European peoples originally.

[@robcfc400]

What a cheek,singles out Northampton. The wife and I had a lovely time in Norway and love Norwegians. Met up with a few on holidays in other countries and always had a good laugh with them.

[@lw1529]

Same. Whenever we’re on holiday we always hang out with other Scandinavians or Brits. Lol-Norwegians always gravitate towards Brits. It’s probably the love we have for British humor and the easy and relaxed atmosphere 🙌🏼.

[@avaggdu1]

Let Northampton have its moment in the sun! They haven't had much to cheer about since they were big in shoes.

[@robcfc400]

@@avaggdu1 Still plenty of shoe makers in Northamptonshire. All very up market and sell all over the world. Just saying😃

[@paulelliott3220]

When this pandemic is over my wife and I are plotting a course to Norway Looks fantastic Greetings from an Englishman living in Ireland

[@horyan7172]

Totally recommend going.I hope you both get the opportunity to visit Norway :) x

[@AR-iy7oy]

Take the Atlantic Coast Road, its a must.

[@izaakdamon1979]

Why r u living in Ireland you traitor

[@niigu]

@James I am Norwegian living in Oslo. Yes, some parts of the city (like Grønnland, which is part of the city centre) do have a high density of african citizens. These areas represent 2% of Oslo and are mostly safe to roam.

[@c.h.fieldsports9876]

That was actually quite funny, they’re actually right on a lot of things , apart from never seeing sun or us all being rich. 😂, there is a lot of heavy drinkers and unhealthy people, generally because we tend to eat rubbish food , one thing that was missed , we like to swear ( or most of us do ) especially me 😂😂😂, I have to say , I’ve met a few Norwegians when they come over to see the rallying ( obviously, Scandinavians are the best drivers ) and every one of them was nice and friendly and polite , always tried their best to speak English to us too , so from this British man , I think the Norwegians are a great bunch of people, 👍👍👍

[@DJGM1974]

The first chance I get, when Covid-19 has been dealt with, and all the current travel restrictions are lifted, I will visit Norway. I would book a trip there now if I could!

[@avagrego3195]

I throughly enjoyed this video.

[@AcidOllie]

This was very interesting to watch as a Brit from Southern England. The lady sat down was very amusing to listen to and has an almost identical view of the world to my own. The quality of fish and chips varies greatly these days as a lot of foreign workers start a takeaway business. I do feel a lot of Europeans are very similar in all sorts of ways and our proximity to Norway makes us more alike, especially since we're both have lots of coastal areas.

[@sushigirl1069]

Somewhere down my ancestry there is a Norwegian link. My surname is the same name as the town/village Dåle , which is approximately 40 minutes West of Bergen (they make the lovely Norwegian sweaters) :) I hope to visit there someday and also Skarsvåg (I'm of Irish and English heritage )

[@ahkkariq7406]

The name of the village and the yarn brand is Dale. It is located East of Bergen, between Bergen and Voss.

[@theinsideouter6371]

I am a Scouser, I come from Liverpool, I had the good fourtune to meet some Norwegians , we are called scousers because of a food served in Liverpool Scouse I had great pleaser and a few drinks when I informed my Norwegian friends that Scouse came from Norway

[@glennremihelgerud5916]

Lapskaus as we called it here in Norway 😀

[@theinsideouter6371]

@@glennremihelgerud5916 great to hear it pal, the lads we met were good people keep safe Jeff

[@glennremihelgerud5916]

@@theinsideouter6371 Have eaten Scouse many times in Liverpool too.Been in Liverpool and on Anfield manny times 😀

[@theinsideouter6371]

Sorry love I am an old man only just found out I could reply you Vikings rock with me lov the old hippie

[@theinsideouter6371]

I do get a bit drunk and forgetful sorry the love is always with me stay safe

[@billyhughes805]

We love you too Norway, you're us, we are you - long may it continue. ❤

[@delskioffskinov]

The Polkadot lady was my favourite she seems like a fun person with a good sense of humour! we're not that different lol!

[@wohlhabendermanager]

6:32 "Ikke så veldig galt". Well, there you have it. Can't get a bigger compliment from a Norwegian.🤣

[@ysteinfjr7529]

But it's "ravgæli", not "ralgæli"

[@kmfw72]

I think we got off lightly! However, I've been to Cork 5:35 and can confirm that it isn't in 'Storbritannia', just as Trondheim isn't in Sweden.... :)

[@NoNeedNoGreed]

True, I think it's more that she got off on a tangent on her trip to Ireland and forgot what the question was pertaining to lol. Although Storbritannia is often used colloquially for the British Isles. Same how Brits often call Netherlands for Holland and USA for America. It's technically wrong, but it's become part of the language.

[@grinningpinhead3961]

Ive just started learning norwegian and this video tells me one thing.... That i have a very long and daunting way to go before i can actually speak it! Good vid though. All the best from england

[@lw1529]

FYI-the people talking in this video have very “basic” and easy dialects, so “enjoy” our language 😅. Sorry😬.

[@BlackUnoCard]

1:15 as someone who is from the UK , he absolutely nailed it

[@gogledhol]

Jeg elsker Norge og jeg er fra England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇳🇴

[@tommyfaulkner7374]

I love the British sense of humor they're so funny

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

Nice

[@waynesaunders1151]

English fella here lol. From Yorkshire in Northern England and we see Scandinavians as our brothers and sisters. Yorkshire was a huge part of the Danelaw when the vikings settled here. And we still use so many viking words to this day. So from us Yorkshire folk just want to say a huge hello to you all haha 🙏🙏

[@denzel444]

I plan to live in Norway after I finish university in the UK. This video terrified me, but was happy

[@jamesswindley9599]

So want to visit Norway! ❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@denismerigold486]

Great video, but I'm waiting for questions about friendship and communication.

[@SimpleNorwegian]

What kinds of questions?

[@denismerigold486]

@@SimpleNorwegian How to make FRIENDS in Norway? And different questions about stereotypes: 1) how cold are Norwegians? 2) Are Norwegians Rude? (I disagree with this if anything, but I heard a couple of times)

[@odrunnkolltveit2773]

@@denismerigold486 Why would he ask Norwegeans that? That is for other people in other countries ,to answer..

[@chazsach6594]

Fabulous scenery.

[@rmkstudio5272]

Yeah, love Norway & the people, a very beautiful country and really nice people.

[@grenvillebamford1205]

Love the guy said we have a special relationship with alcohol, Norway the first country in the world I visited that had the equivalent of prohibition because of their drink problems. Next was South Africa, then New Orleans, the Russia.

[@MegakillerFortnight]

Shut up about Russia 🇷🇺!

[@suevialania]

They are close friends! What Norwegians think about Iceland and Faroe Islands???

[@lw1529]

I am Norwegian and I think Icelanders are very much alike us. I can also understand most of your written language. I have only been to Reykjavik two times, but I think Iceland is a gorgeous country with beautiful landscapes. I am so sorry, but I don’t know all that much about the Faroe Islands (I know I absolutely should)🤦🏻‍♀️.

[@Whoami691]

Always loved the Norwegians. Great people, great country. Very humble.

[@littlenan3576]

Well, thank you for all the kind comments. I expect it depends upon the experience you have with us that determines what you think of us.

[@davidjames1881]

There was a DNA test done by a TV programme a few years ago ( ASK THE ANCESTORS ) and the Northwest coast ,Mersyside mainly and the majority of the results showed Norwegian DNA. So the Viking definately left their mark here.

[@darrenchristian141]

Well I saw where Merseyside was mostly Irish or Welsh descent

[@davidowen2396]

@@darrenchristian141 Lapskaus is a Norwegian food and the origin of Scouse (stew in Liverpool) and Lobsgows here in North Wales

[@ahkkariq7406]

There is a video on KZbin about Islay and their Viking ancestry. Very interesting.

[@richardanderson4318]

Nice place, nice people, who unlike the French have not forgotten who their friends are

[@cherrydrop9922]

The guy who mentions Northampton (my hometown) is not wrong. I feel the class divide is quite obvious in northampton, you've got silverstone & F1 which is internationally known but then the high street is all but shut at the same time

[@mangiagatti85]

No cobblers anymore?! Sad!