Geography Now! SWEDEN

Our LAST an FINAL Nordic country. The final boss of Scandinavia. You know this one. Thanks to all the Swedish geograpeeps that helped with this episode, hope it's somewhat "lagom" to you. Enjoy. #SWEDEN.

FINALLYYYY, been waiting for this since the day this series started can’t believe we’re finally here

I think you Swedes know that we Germans love your country but I can’t emphasize enough how much Sweden means to me. A country with rich history in literature, film and art of any kind, beautiful and very friendly people wherever you go and ultimately stunning nature, that draws tourists from all over the continent to your home. I miss going on holiday in Sweden with all of my heart.🇸🇪❤

6:50 those Swedes are actually wrong about it having to be public land. You can also walk in private forests. That's the entire point of Allemansrätten. They probably meant that but didn't explain it very well. I'm a Finn but I know this very well.

I was in Sweden in 2006 and one thing I find is that Swedes are friendlier than many say. In one week, I must have talked to at least 4 or 5 people. When I asked a lady for directions, not only did she help but walked part of the way with us and talked to us in English. She asked where I was from. Later at an outdoor concert, an older man looked at me and spoke Swedish. When I answered in English, he spoke excellent English. He also asked where I was from. They all knew Minnesota which I call a Swedish colony. I had conversations with a guy on a boat and I was on the land on an island. He was very cool and friendly. Unlike Germany or the UK, I didn't have to explain where Minnesota was.

"That's all for Sweden... Switzerland is coming up next!" Neutrality intensifies!

I feel like, by the end of these series, this is going to be a 2-hour long talk show with interviews of at least half the population of each country.

I’m from Poland and I love our nordic brothers. I wish relations between our countries were closer.

When you said that Sweden is in Scandinavia you marked out the entire Nordic. Iceland and Finland are Nordic countries, but they aren't part of Scandinavia. Scandinavia is only Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Fennoscandia is Finland, Norway and Sweden and you got the Scandinavian peninsula right with just Sweden and Norway. Also, I'd like to point out that Jantelagen is a cultural thing, not an actual law.

"Real swedes not like those 5th generation minnesotans." Ouch, why you gotta do me like that barbs :,(

Fun fact: you’d be watching the Swaziland episode rn if they didn’t change their name to Eswatini

Learned a lot from this video. I will be moving in Sweden this May of 2023. I'm so excited! See you soonest SWEDEN!

Love Sweden from Iran (Persia). The Vikings and Persians have had cordial cultural relations, the Vikings maintained trade connections with Persia and most of the silk found in the Oseberg ship have been purchased by honest means from Persia, Silk textiles from the Persian region were found in the Oseberg ship, most of the silk came by way of the river Volga. Large amounts of the Oseberg silk have patterns from the Persian Empire. Another pattern depicts a Shahrokh, a bird that has a very specific meaning in Persian mythology; it represents a royal blessing. In the Persian myth, the Shahrokh bird is the messenger that brings the blessing to a selected prince. In a dream, the bird visits the prince holding a tiara, a tall head adornment, in its beak. The prince then wakes up and knows that he is the chosen one. The image of the imperial bird was popular not only in silk weaving, but also in other art forms in Persia. The motif gained widespread popularity in Persian art. The Viking Sword was the Ulfbehrt sword. Professor Ljungqvist ( Stockholm University) states of the Volga trade route between Lake Malaren to Northern Iran where: “…it is very likely that the steel that you find in the Ulfberht swords originated from Iran…I would guess that they bought it [Persian steel] from friendly trading connections in Iran paid with furs and other Nordic commodities and took it back on the small ships that they used on the rivers” As noted by Professor Ljungqvist, the Vikings sailed from Lake Malaren in Sweden to the Volga River and from there into the Caspian Sea southwards towards the ports of northern Persia. Iran’s metallurgical and weapons building technology continued unabated after the fall of the Sassanians, a factor which benefited Viking traders sailing along the Volga trade route. However, the Vikings were already aware of Sassanian military technology, long before the advent of the Ulfbehrt sword. As noted by Peter Wilcox: “The resemblance between this [Sassanian] helmet…from the fully armored king carved into the rock at Taq-i-Bostan [Taghe Bostan] near Kermanshah ( in Iran) and those recovered from the Scandinavian graves at Vendel and Valsgarde in Sweden is remarkable ” [Wilcox, P. (1999). Parthians and Sasanid Persians. Osprey Publishing, p.47, Plate H1]. Evidently the Scandinavians and Northern Iranians have had cordial cultural relations since at least Sassanian times, but this topic has received scant academic attention. Studies have yet to be conducted on the relations between the northern Iranians and the Vikings, but it is clear that the interactions were constructive and cordial at the very least. In a sense, the geography of northern Iran would not have appeared all that different from Europe, as Iran is a highly diverse country with respect to geography, etc. 🇮🇷❤🇸🇪

Wien you were talking about the “Allemansrätten” or the right to roam Jonas says kinda in passing that it has to be public land, it does not have to be public land as in owned by the state it just has to not be land that when walked upon would disturb the nature and the calm for the landowner. So no walking on farmland or walking right by someone’s house

"Killing your national animal because there's too many, GO SWEDEN!" Australia: *cries in Emu War*

the scandinavian countries have a sibling relationship, we'll argue and insult and throw things at each other sometimes but there's love at the base of it all 😂💙

Now I talk for a lot of Swedes when I say they forgot about “Fredagsmys”. Basically, on Fridays, we go to the store after work and buy snacks like crisps, popcorn, and chocolates with more. Then during the evenings, we sit around the living room to watch shows or movies. Gilla så den ser! 👍🏻

With Sweden we could say that we are “In the final countdown”. Keith, I can’t believe you forgot Europe, one of the most iconic band in the 80’s.

He really does pronounce the Swedish Ö good. I mean it still doesn't sound great but I mean, it does sound like an Ö. Very impressed, first guy I've ever watched to pronounce it that good whilst not knowing Swedish.

So interesting, love these longer episodes. Sweden looks amazing