What Would Happen If Scandinavia United?

[@Riomojo]

Gothenburg would be a good capital city candidate as it is directly in between Oslo and Copenhagen, is a historical port city, and not the capital of Sweden.

[@stickynorth]

A neutral city that is approximately halfway between all three major capitals.. Good choice! That's why Ottawa and Washington, DC are a thing, ditto for Brasilia and Canberra!

[@olavlo]

My suggestion would be right on the maritime tripoint in Skagerrak! An offshore capital with no border disputes. Using oil rig technology and viking shipbuilding skills😂

[@MrGunnar69]

@@Riomojo You cannot have an extremely small fishing village as the capital.

[@BN.ja05]

@@MrGunnar69 Why not? Washington DC is a "small fishing village" compared to NYC or LA and is still the capital of the USA.

[@CamoJan]

There's a city in Minnesota called Scandi because of the Scandinavian founders.

[@estraume]

As a Norwegian living in Iceland, I think a union of all Nordic countries would make much more sense. The Nordic Passport Union has secured open borders and free movement between the countries for citizens of any of the Nordic countries from the 1950s. However, crime has lately resulted in more border checks.

[@tineristineris1860]

I wonder what kind of people dominate the crime statistics? 13/51

[@qandrshow-m7k]

Good thing you pointed of the difference between Scandanavia and the Noridc countries two seconds in.

[@eksiarvamus]

@@qandrshow-m7k Also, Estonia is a Nordic country in essence, but the Soviet occupation damaged its reputation and now other Nordic people live with Cold War stereotypes and don't consider Estonia a Nordic country anymore.

[@stickynorth]

WORD! Biggest hot button issue in the region it would seem! ;-)

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

​@@eksiarvamus Estonia 🇪🇪 is a Baltic country with Latvia 🇱🇻 and Lithuania 🇱🇹.

[@Kjellen1981]

@eksiarvamus Estonia was never a nordic country. Baltic yes but not nordic

[@eksiarvamus]

@@Kjellen1981 typical dumb stereotype. It has always been as Nordic as Finland and "Baltic" is a geopolitical grouping, not one of culture and identity like Nordic. Estonians clearly are not ethno-linguistically Baltic. Stop speaking out of your ass, OK?

[@jonathanlindqvist2608]

Swede here! Two points: 1. Stockholm (probably) wouldn't be a contender for capital. Gothenburg would be our contribution, because of its location. 2. Our languages are mostly mutually intelligible, but not perfectly, and arguably not enough. We'd have to merge them a bit, but the logical choice would be norwegian, not swedish. Norwegian seems to be most in the middle, it's the easiest language for both swedes and danes to understand. Especially if we consider a sort of nordic union in whole. (EDIT 2: I asked on the danish subreddit and out of maybe 15 replies, the majority said that swedish was the easiest.. hardly scientific but still. I think the determining factor is which language is the easiest to merge to. Norwegian has the international perk of being the easiest for english speakers to learn, I've heard, but that's secondary.) You can't simply use the metric "most populous" or "largest land area" or something like that. Otherwise, I'm all for a union! I meet a lot of danish and norwegian customers, and most insist on atleast trying to speak their own language as far as possible. It warms my heart. But some are just not intelligible. Norwegians often adapt to swedish, they sort of dumb it down for us. Danes from anywhere but Copenhagen are actually quite hard, and I'd say I'm more linguistically capable than the average swede. EDIT: Although Gothenburg would probably be our contribution, Copenhagen is another good option. Gothenburg is the largest port in Scandinavia. But Copenhagen sits at a strategic strait, and is closer to Sweden. Gothenburg is however connected to the scandinavian mainland, while Copenhagen is not.

[@Panzeresq]

@@jonathanlindqvist2608 as a Norwegian, I agree to all your points

[@TheDandelionViking]

As a different Norwegian, I agree fully with the first point but only largely with the second. In Norway, we have two official languages, bokmål (book speach, the "correct" language as it was written in the books imported from Denmark when we were in a union from 1380-1814) and nynorsk (new Norwegian, based on dialects from around the country deemed to have little influence from Danish). We have to learn both of them, and any and all official documentation you receive HAS to be written in your preferred language of the two. That also means you can refuse any ticket issued by the police or court until you get it the correct written form. You do have to inform of the mistake yourself, though. There's also Sami, and while we do have to learn some of it it is not an official Norwegian language. I think we would end up with a system of several different languages where you'd have to learn enough to be proficient, but primarily use one. Additionally I think the languages would continue to evolve more or less as they have, closer and further apart.

[@jonathanthomsen3111]

That will probably be Copenhagen ones again my friends 😊😊😊😊

[@jonathanlindqvist2608]

​@@jonathanthomsen3111 I'm open for it! Any particular reason why you think so? It is on continental Europe, so that's a plus. But it's also not on the mainland of Scandinavia, so that's a minus. Copenhagen is a large natural harbour, but it's smaller than Göteborg - sorry, I mean Gøteborg, so that's a plus for Gothenburg. But K​øpenhamn is connected to the Baltic, so that's a plus. But perhaps most importantly, danish is the hardest language for most scandinavians to understand. I don't know what that means practically though. (Btw, are you danish? May I then ask which of the other two languages you and perhaps most danes find easiest to understand when spoken? You have a sexy first name btw)

[@jonathanlindqvist2608]

@@TheDandelionViking "I think we would end up with a system of several different languages where you'd have to learn enough to be proficient, but primarily use one. " Do you mean we'd land on something like "scandinavian"? Because you don't think we should continue with our own separate languages, do you? Danish is unfortunately a bit too hard to undestand.

[@jimbøb-i9q]

Re-united .. They´ve been united before. Kalmar union 1397-1523

[@arthena2130]

That did include most of Finland to thou, since most of it was Swedish during that union.

[@ThomasNorthener]

@jimbøb-i9q But it was united under the Danish queen Margrethe the first , but at her death her husband Erik of Pommern became the ruler, and he sort of treated the Swedes unfairly. He made war to the south with the German states in which Swedish soldiers had to participate and there was nothing gained in it for the Swedish noblemen. Eric also put Danish people into the powerful positions in Sweden. The Swedes ended up rebelling and the king at the time Christian the second, killed them all in the "Bloodbath of Stockholm" 82 nobels and rebels war decapitated or hanged. Well that didn't have the unifying effect that the stupid king thought it would have, it just sparked a much larger rebellion, and the Kalmar Union ended. I'm from Denmark, and my country has had its share of stupid kings. Never give any one man absolute power. Not then and not now. Power corrupts. If the Union had been on democratic principles, it would probably have lasted to this day, but democracy was unknown back in those days.

[@arthena2130]

@@ThomasNorthener Sadly, it was. It would have been nice if it lasted, if not merely for all the international influence we would gain from it.

[@Togangehver14dag]

​@@ThomasNorthenerErik VII of Pomerania was not the husband of Margrete I. He was her adopted son - and grandnephew, son of Margrete's nice Maria of Mecklenburg.

[@ThomasNorthener]

​@davidbresson8716 Ups! Yes you're right, my bad. It's so long ago, that my memory has faded a bit 😆

[@Cal_Night]

nah as norwegians we aint taking that risk again haha

[@jorgenlarsen775]

As danish - why? It immediately sounds like a good idea - looks enviously at all the nice Norwegian oil money ;-). What if you got Tordenskjold, Iver Huitfeldt, Ludvig Holberg and many other great Norwegians in Danish history back?

[@Cal_Night]

@@jorgenlarsen775 Considering we were in a union with both Denmark and Sweden separately until 1905 and didn't exactly leave those unscathed.. yeah we're good 😂

[@BlazeLycan]

As a Swede, I agree. The last attempt (the Kalmar Union) was a de-facto Danish controlled Frankenstein's monster that we had to fight multiple times to get out of. And with modern Sweden... well lets keep you guys safe from our dumbass migration policy and gang-crime. Especially Denmark. I hate how history has turned to make Denmark more sensible than Sweden. :/

[@EasyonlineID]

😂

[@Hillers62]

Remember that from 1814 to 1905, Norway and Sweden became one united country, "The United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway"

[@Relikvien]

7:06 (Windmills) are in Havøysund, Norway, the village where I live😊

[@snefokk_i_heiene]

demolish the windmills

[@Simarski17]

I rode my motorcycle to Havøysund last summer. The road leading up to the village is the clossest thing to motorcycling heaven I've ever seen. Twisty roads with good quality pavement, beautiful ocean scenery, reindeer, oh and I even saw dolfins/whales! The village is also obviously pretty as can be. You are fortunate to live there! Greetings from Finland!

[@lucindamakin1262]

I love all the scenery shown in this video and I am quite jealous! It looks beautiful. I love viking music, I love the sound of Faroese language and I would love snow if I lived close to it... but I am Australian and here I am sweating in the heat with my husky 😅. I was really born on the wrong side of the world!

[@Relikvien]

@@Simarski17 I was just in Karigasniemi! Cheers to you Finnish brother🤝

[@Relikvien]

@@snefokk_i_heiene Helt enig!

[@EmpressUmeko]

Sweed here; We were united once , and in some ways we never really split apart really. We're still very close, like to me going to Norway or Denmark isn't leaving the country for me, still feels like I'm on home turf. Also the capital could be Gothenburg it's like the perfect middle point, plus traveling to Sweden on the ocean, Gothenburg would be the place you arrive to at first. To get to Stockholm you'd have to either go around the southern point or go through the river both takes a lot of time. If we wanna be technical only Norway and Sweden are the Scandinavian countries, because the scandinavian mountain chain stretches along the border between Norway and Sweden. Denmark is connected with a bridge, Finland up top but its not scandinavian. However I'd still plop in Finland cause we're all connected; Norway Sweden and Finland are fused together and Denmark clamped on with a bridge so we're all united really :) would feel odd leaving Finland out when its attached to us

[@steffenbrygg7907]

Also best protected from russia!

[@paal8193]

The name Scandinavia comes from that of a region in southern Sweden called Skåne or Scania. Scania is an anglicisation of the before danish region of Skåne 🙂 So old Denmark is the origion of this name/word/region

[@Togangehver14dag]

Sounds to me that you really just want to create a Greater Sweden than a Scandinavian union. Gothenburg is not even in the middle, that would rather be Trondheim or Bodø. And what is your point with the statement that Denmark is not really Scandinavian? You don't receive anything else than upsetting a lot of peole, but it might ofc be a point for a swede in itself. Also it's abit hypocritical to hear from a swede since it's only thanks to swedish imperialism that Denmark is no longer physically on the Scandinavian peninsula which we were for a thousand years prior to that. Also a Scandinavian union should be focused on culture and Denmark frankly has a lot more Scandinavian culture than Sweden which has lost its nordic roots thanks to mass immigration over the last 50 years or so. Why do you want finland in? Again this is from a very swedocentric pov as finland plays a big role in the swedish empire. But finland is not ethnically a Nordic country. It's a country founded by central asian nomadic tribes, just like Estonia and Hungary. If Finland should be let in, then Iceland, Greenland and Faroe Islands should also. Especially the latter two since they are still a part of the kingdom of Denmark.

[@ankiolebring8388]

Let’s invite the Finns too; we can’t leave them out in the cold for the Russians to grab ❤

[@noodengr3three825]

They would definitely put bar codes on their ships ....That way they could scan the navy in.....

[@cas7010]

As a norwegian i would not really opose this since we are really connected and like minded on alot of things. we clearly have opinions and a different culture but people are never 100% like minded in a country anyways

[@JamesStewart-lx5wb]

So if Sweden, Norway, and Denmark would unite and form Scandanavia, it would be the greatest country on Earth. I already knew how much better those countries are than the US, but seeing them becoming one country would make it better than every single country on Earth. This could potentially become a reality.

[@Konszky]

It would never happen because all of these countries are financially strong, politically stable and secure. There is no need or wish for this to happen.

[@tinnathedogteapotthehuman3967]

@@Konszky 90% of Norway hate our current government, they've mostly ruined decades of good work.. I for one would not be opposed to a propper nordic union, with our capital in Göteborg. I come from the county depicted at 2:23 :) Its called Flakstad

[@ThomasNorthener]

​@@KonszkyAnd theres the European Union now. But who knows what will happen if the EU ever falls apart. Then a new democratic Kalmar Union might be a good idea.

[@TainDK]

@@ThomasNorthener That already exists in a degree, the Nordic counsel. Also, since the 50s before the "Schengen" deal, we could travel and work freely in the Nordics, I think this is partly why Norway could opt in, without being in the EU.

[@TainDK]

Well - I would not vote against it - but I also think it's kinda cool that we can be a little different and still be united as we are now (like in Norway and Sweden, you can not "just" buy alcohol as you can in Denmark, and in Norway and Sweden, you can actually buy a car (without paying twice the price for it, 85% / 150% taxes on cars in Denmark - lowered from 180%) and in Denmark and Norway you can be sane without to much political correctness hammered down from above (unlike Sweden) It is also not uncommon to move to other Scandi countries to live and or work (a freedom for all Nordics since the 50s to freely move to, and work in other Nordic nations) - like Malmö in Sweden really have a high density of Danes (its about 40 min away from the Capital of Denmark, Copenhagen) but also to really immerse into the other Country, which is somewhat easy as we have a lot of shared culture - one that comes to mind is "Janteloven", the law of Jante, a satiric verse that happend to hit home and express somewhat of the culture we share, like, everyone else is worth just as much as you (dont think you are better than anyone else) and derives from a shared past of having to save food for the winter, share with each other to survive etc ( I love how this guy explains our past - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3bbf2xvoK2AeJI&ab_channel=Kraut )

[@reneeantwi-boasiako3974]

Viking power 😅

[@stickynorth]

Stronger together, invading and changing the world... Like Nordic Mongols!

[@craigroaring]

@@stickynorth Modern Scandinavians aren't the barbarians they used to be. In fact, i'm surprised that such a peaceful, mild-mannered and well behaved people exhibit such pride in their criminal, barbaric past.

[@mrdaf1054]

As a citizen of one of the countries this would give us great strength in the world. We would have a voice to be heard. The energy of Norway, the medical science from Denmark and the tech whizz of Sweden. We would probably leave EU and have our own Scandinavian Krona. The Scandinavian krona is actually the biggest thing and I don’t understand why we’re not talking about it. It would give us so much benefits. As for Capital it would probably be Copenhagen because of how its proximity to the rest of Europe. Also the area is a lot more populated then Stockholm area when you include Malmö. I’m not danish.

[@frida507]

Probably because we are 3 different countries with 2 in EU and 2 Norway outside. But if united (which I don't think will happen) a common Krona would be a reasonable choice.

[@dutchsl222]

Why is the Kalmar Union not mentioned or did I miss it? This would also make sense for the flag. (yellow field, red cross)

[@stickynorth]

Bingo!

[@wornyt]

I dont think it would be very comparable, as it was so long ago and the countries are so different now.

[@PlaceandFact]

Can you explain more about this alliance?

[@miaaaseth]

I'm not sure. Might brong back bad memories to Norway.

[@TheDandelionViking]

​@@miaaasethand Sweden

[@TheSelinski]

As a Dane, i have long wondered why we didn't confederate. We have similarities in government, policies and world views. It would make sense.

[@insansiregar6158]

U.K.S (United Kingdom of Scandinavia)

[@jorgenlarsen775]

If applicable, should be in the majority - kingdoms since both Denmark, Sweden and Norway have their own monarchy.

[@laurisneimanis5483]

Great video! Next one you could make a similar video for the Baltics.

[@PersonManManManMan]

@@laurisneimanis5483 would be interesting

[@jorgenlarsen775]

We of course want Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Finland in a Nordic union and not just a Scandinavian union. Whether Greenland wants to be part of this union is up to them.

[@Silkyfur]

Definitely a Nordic union would make more sense than a Scandinavian union. All of these countries are related, and it would not make sense to leave Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands out of it.

[@jonathanthomsen3111]

Greenland 🇬🇱 and The Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 is actually already a part of The Kingdom of Denmark 🇩🇰 and The Commonwealth of Denmark 🇩🇰 as well my friend 😊😊😊😊😉😊😊😎😎🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻🤘🏻🍺🍺🍺🍺🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@jonathanthomsen3111]

@@Silkyfur And don’t forget The Åland Islands 🇦🇽 as well my friend 😉😊😎😎😎😎🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻🤘🏻🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@IsabelJones69]

If the languages of Danish, Swedish and Norwegian merged, it could be called Scandi, like Hindi. About the flag, do what you did but make the blue more like Sweden's.

[@takbanan619]

You are talking about the cultural Scandinavia, not the physical peninsula of Scandinavia

[@andypaulsibakoff9816]

Isn't the peninsula called Fennoscandia?

[@kristianemilpaludan1653]

@@andypaulsibakoff9816 No, the Scandinavian peninsula is subdivision of Fennoscandia, which covers Northern Finland, Norway and Sweden. This peninsula is though named after the cultural region and not the opposite way. The concept of Scandinavia as a region of the Scandinavian language speaking countries is much older.

[@Svinherde]

As a Swede I would not wish this upon my nordic neighbours. If we get taken over by Norway or Danmark, then, Ok.

[@HansenSWE]

Any cognitive excerise about a united north that does not involve Finland is monument of ignorance about what the north is.

[@karstenhoff9158]

He was specifically talking about Scandinavia, not the Nordic countries. As a Norwegian, I must say that Iceland feels much closer than Finland. If the scandinavian countries are siblings, Iceland is like a step-sibling, and Finland is a cousin you don't meet very often. That said, I am extremely happy about Finland joining us in NATO, and feel like all the nordics are much closer than any other country.

[@HansenSWE]

@@karstenhoff9158 All good points. And very accurate. But Sweden and Finland was united for half a millenia. Add to that the non-alignment cooperation over many many decades. If anything, it WILL be a united Nordics. The very premise of this video is not possible. That's my point, is all.

[@haga2519]

@@HansenSWE Indeed. Sweden is not going anywhere without Finland. This whole idea about uniting only three of us is just preposterous.

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

Nordic countries are united. Ever heard of the Nordic cooperation? Also all of them have a defense contract. Scandinavian countries are also Nordic countries.

[@ottekager]

Been there, done that, didnt work. We are Friends but not lovers😊

[@haga2519]

So true, 😀

[@Thecreatorshaq]

What if central america united? And what if namibia,botswana and south africa united?

[@JamesStewart-lx5wb]

If they did, they would be the least corrupt country in Africa, have the best human rights record, be the most welcoming of LGBT in Africa which they already are, rank first in basically every good category, and won't be getting involved in wars, as they already don't.

[@iam5085]

I wouldn't mind if Norway or Sweden took over Finland, we have less resources than those two countries (oil etc), but we still have those Russian trolls as a neighbour- not fair.

[@planetarystargazer]

What If you removed the 5 largest countries in the World 🗺️

[@almost_harmless]

@@eksiarvamus Maybe not all of us, but there are quite a lot of people who consider Estonians (and Lithuanians and Latvians) as brothers/sisters. There is a lot of cooperation between them already, and will likely be more in the future. I have not been to either country, but it is high on my list.

[@heinedenmark]

There is already a Scandinavian language already - which is a mix of the 3. I learned some in primary school.

[@Bammsen123]

at 4:44 it is kinda wrong bc Norways Goverment Pension Fund should be included but google dont include that and thus making Only Norways GDP at 1.72 trillion USD.

[@AugustKjelmannNielsen]

This is a terrible idea, no dane or norseman wold accept to having a swedish capital, or speaking swedish. it would probably lead to political instability, and would give no real benefits.

[@haga2519]

Indeed. There's a reason we're not already a single country. 😀 You don't marry your siblings.

[@flandooker]

Swedish, Norwigian, and Danish are very similar languages and are easily undersood by the other ones, therefore no new language is needed

[@magnusk4352]

Yes, this proclaimed country would most definitely be one of the most powerful world players. Read the vikings…

[@dennisenright9347]

Why is it assumed that a nations largest city would be its capita? I can only think of 2 countries in Europe that don't do so, but the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand don't. And here in North America, half of Canada's provinces and two-thirds of US states put their capital somewhere other than the largest city.

[@kimkristensen2816]

Funny that Denmark Sweden and Findland scores higher on english profficency than the UK😂

[@ThomasLiljeruhm]

It's a bit weird that Denmark is part of Scandinavia since there's literally no mountains there...

[@DanH-u3f]

They are in NATO now, so they will cooperate militarily for the first time.

[@Lupinemancer87]

I've always thought that Scandinavia should just unite into one country, the three are so similar, have similar history and are basically the same country split into three. So might as well.

[@haga2519]

We are more different than outsiders think. Three completely different countries. That's probably why we have become three different countries. ;-)

[@ThePlaysBro]

3:07 Copenhagen and malmø combined?

[@craigroaring]

Finland would want to join

[@timothytruter]

The flag could have the yellow in place of the white bits too.

[@jessob1]

Not really sure Denmark belongs to Scandinavia since that actually is the name of the Peninsula. However if it can make you many the Danes will find a reason to be included 😊

[@Mr.J689]

We are- actually the leader of the pack since old days- but these are long gone. (Dane here)

[@BastianNorW]

Scandinavia is geographically really only Norway and Sweden - as it is the Scandinavian peninsula. Denmark is considered as part of continental Europe. Also if you add Greenland to "Scandinavia", you should also include the Faroe islands, Svalbard, Peter I island, Bouvet island, Bear island, and Queen Maud land.

[@cas7010]

@@BastianNorW we wont leave a brother behind 🫡

[@kristianemilpaludan1653]

@@BastianNorW The peninsula is named after the region not the other way. It’s a political geography concept, not a physical one. And most Denmark is islands. The biggest and most populous being located closer to Scania than any other mainland ✌️from our point of view Sweden is the continent just as much as Germany simply meaning “not on an island anymore” It’s a very Swedish and Norwegian thing to not see yourselves as “continental” just because you are on a peninsula 😅 Nowadays when we have bridges you don’t feel it very much but largely being an island nation is deeply rooted in Danish society.

[@BastianNorW]

@@kristianemilpaludan1653 I’m sorry. I will not discuss anything with someone who has a username like yours.

[@kristianemilpaludan1653]

@@BastianNorW Please don't say your sorry if you clearly don't mean it. And for reference its just my actual name you ignorant. I'm guessing you are referring to my last name which is a fairly common last name in Denmark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludan Do you also think Olympic handballer Marit Breivik is a terrorist? or that all of the ~60.000 people named Madsen chop up journalists in their uboats? I most definitely don't want to discuss with you, seeing how fast you jump to to conclusions. Not sorry.

[@kristianemilpaludan1653]

@@BastianNorW wow… just wow… First of all: you do realise that it’s just my actually name and not a statement, right? It’s a fairly common last name in Denmark en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paludan Basically it’s just a latinisation of “kjær” so I’m not even sure we’re all related at all. Do you also think everyone in Norway named Breivik are Terrorists? Or that everyone in Korea named Kim supports North Korea? Given how fast you draw conclusions about people from nowhere I don’t see how this would have been an enlightening conversation anyway for anyone involved. Not sorry

a.k.a kalmarunionen. Didn't work out, danes are pain in the

[@jorgenlarsen775]

As a Dane, I must admit you are right. After all, the Danes probably came from Scania. So they are a kind of half-Swedish. The Byzantine historian Jordanes believed that the Dani are the same people as the Swedes. Yes, I know - a disgusting thought ;-)

[@arthena2130]

It was more established because outside threat thou and was not as close not as we are today. No there is more of a brother sister relation between the nations, but before it was a history of a lot of war. If a union happened today, it could work. Not that there is much reason to do so.

[@flottenheimer]

To be the best country in the world we would need way longer summers 😃☀️

[@oleandersen2228]

Why change and complicate something that is working now.

[@Swedishpolymath]

Scandinavian football would become great again. It will in the following 5 years.

[@thenorseguy2495]

As a Norwegian I love our swedish and danish neigbors. But we have already been in a union with both Denmark and Sweden. Never again!

[@steffenbrygg7907]

Norway could just buy sweden (we have enough to buy there whole stock exchange)

[@haga2519]

Why would you waste money on that? 😀 Although Petter Stordalen suggested merging the two because Norway has the money and Sweden has the know-how.

[@lucindamakin1262]

What would happen to their monarchies though?

They can take turn. It's pretty much the same family anyhow...

[@jediknight5600]

You left out their military. What would that be like ?

[@arnegerhardsen3755]

The Nordic countries have made an agreement of with a joint military defence cooperation both in among others a joint airforce and to increase their joint support for Ukraine.

[@craigroaring]

I think if you speak different languages you should remain separate countries.

[@tinnathedogteapotthehuman3967]

I come from the county where 2:23 is filmed :D Flakstad kommune in Lofoten. Also i'd be down for a NORDIC union that includes finland and rest of the nordics, not just scandi. Capital in Göteborg, and the Norwegian Crown Prince becomes king of our union. Fuck it.. lets keep the kings and queens, but we make the crown prince our EMPEROR!

[@Halli50]

I'm surprised by this obsession of some people to weld the Scandinavian countries (some are obsessed with the Nordic countries, which would include Finland and Iceland) to become a single, unified country. The Nordics already ARE working together to the extent that they can be considered as one country by outsiders. Trying to force them to become a single country would be like trying to force grown-up siblings, that have been living independently for a long time, to revert back to living under the same roof! Not conductive to a peaceful existence - is this Putin's idea, a way to sow discord among siblings?

[@EM0tZ3]

Kalmar union PTSD incoming

[@christinae30]

"Shudder"

[@kallebirgersson710]

Gothenburg should be the capital city. The coast from the Oslo fjord down to Copenhagen-Malmö would be the center of the county of Scandinavia with the rather large city of Gothenburg right in the midle. Stockholm would be even more on the back side than it is now.

[@JimmiAlli]

They should make English the Lingua Franca

[@haga2519]

Why on earth would we do that?

[@JimmiAlli]

@@haga2519 because most Scandinavians speak English my dear.

[@haga2519]

@@JimmiAlli So? We prefer our own languages anyhow. The thought of adopting another country's language is bizarre.

[@JimmiAlli]

@@haga2519 so in the context of this video, if the 3 countries became one would you have 3 official languages or would your official language be Swedish? I am not saying stop speaking your own language and speak only English, I am suggesting English as a lingua franca so everyone understands everyone else.

[@haga2519]

@@JimmiAlli They're basically the same language, mutually understandable, more like dialects. English is a foreign language, not at all understandable if you don't know it.

[@thequalm9968]

Scandinavia is named after the region Scania, capital of Scania is Malmö so there is the logical Capital for you! But not to worry, it would never happen that this merge would happen.

[@haga2519]

No it's named after Skanderna (the Scandis), the mountain range that runs through north western Finland, Norway and Sweden.

[@kristianpoulherkild3401]

Ahh yes, let's call the project Stockholm 1520.

[@arcticblue248]

Biggest problem is... would we become a Republic? Or continue being a Kingdom.... who's king or Queen are we killing off here? I am a royalist and love my kingdom of Norway and cant really see me following the danish or swedish king... and for capital it does not need to be the biggest one... see to Australia where they built a new one and its not the biggest city.

They can take turn and rule for a month or so. It's pretty much the same family anyway...

[@frida507]

I believe this will not happen anytime soon. Denmark and Norway I believe would fear being eaten up by Sweden which is larger and has more people. Also the Norwegians probably don't want to share the oil money. Swedes would be most positive I believe, but the Danes and Norwegians got some hate for us. They would never accept Stockholm as the capital. :D And Gothenburg.... No they would have to buold many new ugly government buildings and infrastructure while Stockholm already is a bit oversized in some ways.

[@JimmiAlli]

Would they call the new country Scandinavia?

[@oddjarlehunnes3418]

United again…. Not by war bit economics😂

[@haga2519]

Sweden would not form a union without Finland. And that's that! The whole idea is preposterous though, we're members of the EU, it's a much better solution. Besides whose King are we going to chose? That would be the first contention. 😀

[@zpitzer]

The NORDIC countrys would be a better union. What is this obsession about Scandinavia, we seldom use that term ourselfs.

[@elsemargrethetnder883]

We use the term Scandinavia when speaking of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

[@haga2519]

I only use the term when speaking to Americans, they have no clue otherwise.

[@haga2519]

@@elsemargrethetnder883 But how often do you exclude Finland and Iceland when talking about us Nordics? I never do.

[@kenneth61]

Right there! We are so mixed up in family and brother in arms.

[@ollep9142]

That nation was called the Kalmar Union and was broken up 500 years ago. The flag was yellow with a red cross. The nation of course also included Finland (as that was a part of Sweden), Iceland, Greenland and the Faeroe Islands.

[@EasyonlineID]

You mean re-united

[@anette7283]

But Scandinavia is uniþed. Bound together by history, culture and lingustic

[@stickynorth]

Cough, cough, Kalmar Union, cough, cough... And yes, Greenland really should be considered North American/Canadian and really the second eastern half of Nunavut since both sides share common ancestry, geography, language, etc. And the current Greenlandic peoples were originally from Nunavut to boot, eh? ;-)

[@harryballsak1123]

The US tried to buy Greenland several times the past. The last serious attempt was in 1947 when we offered $100 mil in gold which would be worth $6.2 billion today

[@Bulldog2833]

@@harryballsak1123 Donaldomir Trumpovich tried to by Greenland - what an absurdity..!!

[@harryballsak1123]

@@Bulldog2833 that wasn't a real attempt

[@Bulldog2833]

@@harryballsak1123 an absurdity by an absolute absurde person..

[@MikeWal2]

The airline SAS was jointly owned by Denmark, Norway and Finland. It didn't end well. The present SAS owned mainly by Danish interests has already - early in its existence - led to complaints in Sweden about the lack of direct flights with even more than before [I used to live in Gothenburg and often work in Paris and fly home on Friday evening - via Copenhagen] planned to use Copenhagen as a stop on the way. In other words, it wouldn't work. Too many problems between Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen

[@Mr.J689]

Owned by Finland? you mean Sweden and the two other I guess.. remember Jan Carlson..

[@jlaftmanify]

Why exclude Finland? Danish, Norwegian and Swedish languages are very similar, so talking about the choice of language just proves your ignorance.

[@fredrikrundgren2981]

What do you mean? The finish language is completely different from the Scandinavian ones, comparing Swedish and Finnish is like comparing Norwegian and Russian

[@cinderellaandstepsisters]

​@@fredrikrundgren2981Swedish is the second official language of Finland. By the way the Finnish language is not even related to Russian language, but Scandinavian languages are. The Scandinavian languages are in the same indoeuropian family like the Russian language is.

[@frida507]

Yes, it makes no sense anyways to try to unify under one language. Everybody wants to keep their mother tongue and making English official language as the video suggests is unthinkable. I wouldn't want to make it ONE country and we're allready (except for Norway) in EU. But if we were to create a union up here Finland would be a natural member, and Iceland, if they want to of course.

[@olavlo]

We share similar cultures and work closely together in many areas. But as a Norwegian, I don’t think we’d want to become one country. Our past unions with both Sweden and Denmark weren’t great experiences for us. We like being independent.

[@aabhasingh2022]

You know too much geography 👍

[@anette7283]

Btw im a dane

[@Chris-zu4es]

lol Göteborg 😂 fortsätt drömma

[@martenfintling1096]

AS a Swede.. All emotions put aside a Scandinavian union won´t make sense without the rest of the Nordics(Finland, Iceland etc..) With those additions we would have a union of about 30 million people, The only feasible capital should be Copenhagen. It´s geographical location in combination with communication makes it most suitable. Sorry, but Stockholm has to play the second role here. Gothenburg is out of the question. It hasn´t the facilities needed for a capital regarding diplomatic quarters, Embassies etc and it would crazy to built that in Gothenburg when we have cities with those facilities already in place. Main language is of course Norwegian. It´s the only Nordic language all countries can cope with, even Swedish speaking Finns, so it´s the easiest to adapt for coming generations. The flag should be the Kalmar union flag with a blue cross in the middle of the red one. It connects to our historical inheritage as well as every country is represented colourwise. We should have the Nordic "krona" as currency and put all our military forces in a joint army. This would create a federation that would be extremly strong financial, have a strong military defensce, a devoleped welfare system and be a major political power to be considered globally. But since this is a great idea and logical step for us preserving the fortunes and welfare of our countries, it will unfortunally never happen. This due to petty nationalism and stupid people who instead of cooperation chooses conflict instead. But it´s a nice dream..

[@øyvindrevheim]

No thanks from Norway!

[@JimmiAlli]

Are the Baltics Nordic?

[@off-roadoutlawscontent3395]

First

[@Rubbe87]

Already been done.

[@arvidgreat]

So, just so you know, Denmark is NOT part of Scandinavia. Scandinavia is a peninsula, and only Sweden and Norway are on it.

[@immodsr9348]

Scandinavia is Norway, Sweden and Denmark -the Scandinavian people talking the Scandinavian languages. The Scandinavian PENINSULA is Norway and Sweden....

[@immodsr9348]

just so you know..

[@Fyttiana]

there is no confusion here as the peninsula isn't known as Scandinavia, but Fenoscandia. Scandinavia is thus only a cultural descriptor

[@haga2519]

@@Fyttiana Fenoscandia is the plate beneath this whole part of Europe, including the Baltic and the Kola peninsula, Karelen and other bits. But you're right about the cultural significance, although both Iceland and Finland should be included in that too, given our long mutual history. It was Norwegians that colonized Iceland and Finland was the eastern part of Sweden for more than 700 years.

[@Fyttiana]

@@haga2519 Not a separate tectonic plate, though it is sometimes referred to as the Fennoscandian shield, it is still a part of the Eurasian plate. though reading up on it rather than going off memory, the Fennoscandian peninsula consists of many smaller regions in which there is typically split into Karelia, Finland, Kola peninsula and the Scandinavian peninsula So I was wrong in my original comment as there can be confusion as Denmark is clearly not a part of the Scandinavian peninsula, but it is still culturally defined as Scandinavian Personally i use Scandinavian and Nordic interchangeably so on your last point I agree (though i feel it was tangential to the topic)

[@linav7705]

Kind of done with this union thing 🫠🇳🇴

[@off-roadoutlawscontent3395]

First