10 Swedish Inventions That CHANGED the WORLD

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Күн бұрын

Sweden has a surprising number of inventors and inventions for its small size. Everyone knows about IKEA and Spotify, but there have been many other Swedish inventions throughout time. Inventions that changed the world.
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In this video I'm listing 10 of the most interesting Swedish inventions. Not all of them had a massive impact on the world, but all of them are noteworthy in one way or another.
The inventions listed are:
- The three-point seatbelt, by Nils Bohlin and Volvo
- The absorption refrigerator, by Carl Munters and Baltzar von Platen
- The zipper, by Gideon Sundbäck
- The Celsius temperature scale, by Anders Celsius
- The safety match, by Gustaf Erik Pasch
- The adjustable spanner, by Johan Petter Johansson
- Automatic Identification System, by Håkan Lans
- The candy cane...sort of. Or at least the polkagris, by Amalia Eriksson
- The first pacemaker implant, by Rune Elmqvist and surgeon Åke Senning
- And finally, dynamite, by Alfred Nobel

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@JohanHaagg Ай бұрын

Everyone seems to forget the spherical ball bearing. It have hade a huge impact after all.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

You're absolutely right - they completely slipped my mind when thinking of inventions!

@Mike40M Ай бұрын

C.E.Johansson, inventor of the gauge block had a huge impact on mass production. Making precise measurements possible. Gustaf Dahlen, inventor of a safe way to store acetylene. Made gas welding practical. He also made inventions for light houses used around the world.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Sounds like I should make a list of 10 more maybe...

@Balkongodlaren Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond Gauge blocks are by far the most influential swedish invention of all time!

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

@@Balkongodlaren Thanks! Duly noted :)

@user-qo5tc1bp3n Ай бұрын

Thank you Three Star Vagabond for another extremely interesting video! A lot of these inventions I already had heard about, but it was nice to get the backstory of each. I enjoy learning about Swedish history and culture from your channel.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

And I'm really happy that you enjoyed it, and that you found it interesting 😀 Cheers and hope you have an awesome day!

@jiriloukota7170 Ай бұрын

Very interesting and informative.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

@rednegsnartevoli5737 Ай бұрын

Thank you for uploading👍 Greetings from Ireland 🎉

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Cheers from the US right now actually! But thanks for checking it out 😀

@Cybercenturycentaur Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond In the US for filming?

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Well, in the US on a road trip vacation but there'll be quite a few videos from here I think 😀

@bengtkorswing5279 29 күн бұрын

Tack för ett bra program.

@ThreeStarVagabond 29 күн бұрын

Tack för att du spanade in det 😀

@lulu.chains.88 Ай бұрын

It's always so fascinating to learn about different inventions. I will share some from my home country of Argentina: the ballpoint pen invented by Lászió Biró (althought he was a Hungarian jew who fled to Argentina during WW2 he was a naturalized Argentine citizen when he invented it), the artificial heart was invented by doctor Domingo Santo Liotta in the 1960's, and fingerprinting by a police office named Juan Vucetich in the 1890's 😊

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Oh wow! Those are really cool inventions 😀 Seems like every country has a lot of famous inventions after all!

@lulu.chains.88 Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond I saw you're around the West Coast. I've lived in Vegas for the past 10 years, if you come around here I would be happy to give you some recommendations if you like. I have also heard of a place in California called Kingsburg that has a few Swedish shops, although they're better known for their festivals. Not sure if they'll have done something for Valborg. I would love to go myself and explore someday 🤞🏻 Really hope you enjoy your stay in the US and I very much look forward to watching your next video about it 🙂

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

@@lulu.chains.88 Thank you for the tip! I'm actually planning on stopping by at Kingsburg tomorrow - excited to see what I can find there :D Cheers, and thank you very much!

@staffan144 Ай бұрын

The ballpoint pen used to write parts of Anne Frank's diary?... What year was the ballpoint pen invented again?

@lulu.chains.88 Ай бұрын

@@staffan144It was 1938

@kathrynryches6660 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this!

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out 😀

@begonnne 25 күн бұрын

Thank you for this interesting video, please keep them coming.

@ThreeStarVagabond 25 күн бұрын

I'll do my best - happy that you enjoyed it 😊

@jillholly6445 Ай бұрын

Wow! 🇸🇪 Thank you.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out 😀

@fayetallantyre9800 Ай бұрын

Tack Miro for another super interesting video! I love to geek out on fact's. Sverige must be full of geniuses 😊

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Haha, we're mostly full of weirdos I think 😀 Cheers!

@fayetallantyre9800 Ай бұрын

Sverige sounds my kind of place! Weirdos, Nerd's and Geeks RULE😁🤓

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Yay! Even if most of us are just two out of those three 😀

@thomasgrnquist9655 25 күн бұрын

Great video. Clear Voice. Thanks from Denmark.

@ThreeStarVagabond 25 күн бұрын

Thank you, appreciate it 😊 Cheers!

@Vakthund1 Ай бұрын

The Johansson standard blocks are swedish. That led to industrial standards making mass production possible

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

And I had no idea at all about that! Thanks for sharing :D

@Oleksandrovych Ай бұрын

Thank you, that's amazing, I knew some things, but with other ones I was surprised 🙂

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Perfect, then I did my job correctly 😀 Thanks and cheers!

@Oleksandrovych Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond Thank you too! Cheers!

@brianklauritzen 21 күн бұрын

"The adjustable spanner" -is know in Denmark as a "Svensk-Nøgle" / ...Swedish-key, directly translated... ;-) One of the most versatile tool everyone should have..

@ThreeStarVagabond 20 күн бұрын

I had no idea about the Danish name before this video! Haha, I love it. But yeah it is a pretty nifty thing isn't it...

@petter5721 Ай бұрын

Proud to be Swedish 👍🏻

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Haha go us! 😊

@Soundbrigade Ай бұрын

Great video. My first pacemaker worked for 12 years as it didn’t have to intercept that often. The models of today are absolutely fantastic, registering all anomalies of the heart. By the way, the skiftnyckel (adjustable spanner) is in some places referred to as a “Bahco”, which is the name of the company making them.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Happy to hear that it's working better than those early versions! Definitely sounds better now 😊 And really? I had no idea! Thanks for that piece of info

@hansmuller1625 Ай бұрын

And in other places they're called "svensknyckel".

@pkharper3525 Ай бұрын

Wow Swedes are changing the world one invention at a time. Volvo always had safety in mind, I didn’t realize they invented the shoulder harness on the seat belt but they strived to have the safest cars, I must say my favorite car is the old 240. The metric system makes so much sense, it’s all based on 10’s. Don’t ask me how you get 32f = freezing and 212F = boiling vs 0 Celsius and 100 C = boiling, it’s the same with and it’s the same with liquids. I think the problem is that they try to convert imperial measurements into metric and get all confused 😢. Thank you for another great video and stay safe till next time.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

We're aiming for the stars! 😀 But haha yeah I totally agree with all of that! Cheers from a hot tub with a cold beer 🍺

@soulextracter Ай бұрын

Believe it or not, but there was actually a method to the madness that is the Fahrenheit scale, and it starts with another guy named Ole Rømer. Rømer was a Danish astronomer, who actually invented the modern thermometer. He also invented the Rømer temperature scale, which he released in 1702. At that time, the coldest temperature which was easy to reproduce, was that of a brine solution made of water, ice, and ammonium chloride. This saline solution is known as a eutectic solution, which means that its melting point is lower than that of any of its parts, and is self stabilizing. This is theorized to having been the intended point of 0 °Rø on Rømer’s scale, since it had been used on temperature scales previously. The second point on his scale was the boiling point of water, which he put at 60 °Rø. I don’t know why he didn’t put it at 100, but it is possible he based it off of a clock, rather than base 10. He noticed that pure water seemed to freeze at about an eight of his scale, right around 7.5 °Rø, so he redefined his scale so that the lower fixed point was exactly 7.5 °Rø. Back to Fahrenheit. Fahrenheit described in a letter to his friend, that his own scale was based on Rømer’s scale. Fahrenheit wanted to refine the scale to get rid of the fractions, so he multiplied it by 4. 0 °F was to remain at the temperature of the brine solution. The freezing point of water became around 30 °F, and the average human body temperature became around 90 °F. Fahrenheit wanted to make it easier for himself to divide his temperature scale into intervals, and the easiest way to do that was if he could just put a mark smack in the middle of two existing marks a few times. He changed 30 to 32, and 90 to 96, so he could bisect the scale six times to get 64 intervals. After Celsius's scale based solely on the freezing-, and boiling point of water, became popular, the Royal Society adjusted Fahrenheit’s scale slightly to be based exactly on the freezing point of water at 32 °F, and the boiling point of water at exactly 212 °F, so that they are 180 °F apart. The new average human body temperature then landed on 98.6 °F. Sorry for the essay.

@pkharper3525 Ай бұрын

@@soulextracter Very well explained 👍.

@toymao Ай бұрын

I've just had the time to watch the video, props to you again. To me, as a Hungarian, it was funny to discover, that the adjustable spanner/wrench is a Swedish invention, since in Hungarian we call it "French wrench" (francia kulcs) 😁

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Haha I love that! It's like when Americans call "Viennese bread" Danish pastries instead. So strange

@hangemhigh7069 Ай бұрын

Spotify,Skype, the Propeller,Agafyr,Steam engine,Stripes,Air Navigation, SKF,ASEA,SCANIA,Volvo,SAAB,Kockums Submarin,Bofors,Angled hook,Tetra Pack. It's much more but I don't remember more now.😊😮

@BrandLmedia Ай бұрын

Interesting Mr Vampire.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

I was going to say that vampires rock, but I guess it would be funnier to say that they suck

@segment932 Ай бұрын

A inventor to keep your eyes on is DR. Stig Lundbäck. He is a cardiologist that had an insight on how the hart works and how it reminded him of the see. Later he started CorPower and they have done testing outside of Portugal right now.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Interesting! Thanks for the tip about him :D

@donnamortensen959 Ай бұрын

Introverts and Reindeer! 😂 you should put this on a bumper sticker 🤣🤣 can’t wait to meet some introverts and see a reindeer or two - 17 days to go til I zip up my jacket (depending on the degrees celsius) (thank you Sweden) and head your way. Hope your USA trip is going well 👍Thanks for another great vlog 😊

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Well I hear that the weather is actually pretty good there right now 😦 fingers crossed for the trip! And thank you so much! So I need to look into bumper sticker merch as well, I see 😂

@donnamortensen959 Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond definitely! “Sweden - land of Introverts and Reindeer! Come on over!”

@magnusdanielsson2749 Ай бұрын

And the list goes on and on. For instance the standardized gauge blocks that inspired Ford to start with mass production was due to a Swedish inventor. Who also is the man who standardized the inch. SKF might not have invented roller bearings but they sure played a big part in making precision bearings. The production technique for synthetic diamond is also a Swedish invention. So is high voltage DC transmission. The three phase system that is the base for AC transmission is also due to a Swedish inventor. One can go on and on. Its quite insane actually.. And somewhat strange that Sweden have influenced so much. For instance computer equipment have a TCO compliance sticker. This is because the Swedish union-organization TCO demanded lower radiation etc for better health of the user. It started with concern with the crt monitors of the time but now extends to all kinds of pc equipment. Not to talk about our military equipment. Swedish SAAB have the worlds only radar system that can detect all current forms of stealth technology. Sweden made the Carl Gustav. The submarine Gotland is the only sub that have penetrated US hangar ships defences. And in the Ukraine they are now using the mobile Archer system and the Strf90 to great success.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

There really is an insane amount of inventions that have come (and are coming) from Sweden... Then again, maybe it's the same thing is I were to look up other countries - but I do think that we have a higher proportion of inventors than many other places.

@Nallpeter Ай бұрын

The inventor of doorknockers won the no-bel(l)-prize...

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

God damn it! I snorted Trocadero all over my keyboard when I read this

@Nallpeter Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond 😁😁😄😆😁Kul att jag kan roa dig!

@goral705 Ай бұрын

The sun valve witch earned its inventor Gustav Dahle´n the Nobel prize in physics 1912 is more important than the candy cane (polkagris).

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Oh absolutely. This is more a mix of things that I found interesting, as well as things that had a big impact. Plus - I think it was a cute story about the candy cane. Take it with a grain of salt!

@vojdie Ай бұрын

Are you sure? The world is a little bit brighter with candy canes around ❤

@-NiEr Ай бұрын

Not to forget, the Walker (Rullator in swedish)...

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Nice one! I guess that one is more important than e.g polkagris. But it just didn't sound as fun to talk about!

@-NiEr Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond And - she (the inventor) did not patent it. Because she wanted as many as possible, to be able to afford it! _Think if - "Apple" iWalkers (4 times the price...)_ 😉

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Oh nice! I love hearing things like that - there's hope for humanity after all. Thanks for the info!

@fangugel3812 Ай бұрын

Thank you! There are many more, in case you want to make a sequel. 😉

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

I just might have to :D

@Holammer Ай бұрын

There's a mention of Baltazar Von Platen at 2:14, it reminded me of something (quick google) ah, yes... He tried to patent a Perpetual motion machine back in '73. Probably read about him in my youth and such a distinct surname sticks in your brain.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Unfortunately there are several noteworthy people with exactly the same name! The first Baltzar von Platen was the guy who built Göta Canal in Sweden (a massive engineering project). So googling might lead to strange results :)

@henkee3715 Ай бұрын

Tack för videon, mycket bra! Men du missade lite på temperaturskalorna. Celsius tog skalan och gjorde den till sin egen varav den blev populär. Kelvinskalan är dessutom samma som Celsius men baserad på absoluta nollan. Att jämföra med Farenheit som är olinjär i förhållande till övriga skalor.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Jag tänker att det var nära nog för en kort sammanfattning! Min förhoppning är att folk kan läsa på mer om ämnena som intresserar dem 😊

@margomaloney6016 Ай бұрын

Interesting video, Miro! Could you do a video on the regional folk costumes in the different counties of Sweden! 🎽

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Such a cool idea! Haha I really know nothing about that though - I'd have to read up a whole lot 😀

@goral705 Ай бұрын

The spherical ball baering by Sven Wingqvist 1907.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Ooh, that's a good one. Totally forgot about that!

@mikaeljohansson7848 Ай бұрын

You forgot that ultrasound is also a swedish/Austrian invention

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Good one! And the propeller as well, apparently... I missed a lot of good ones!

@arnarne Ай бұрын

John Ericssons invention of the propeller could have been on the list.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Sounds like I should make a revised list...

@arnarne Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond If you do, don't forget the universal joint transmission by Cristopher Polhem. 👍🏻

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

@@arnarne I'm learning more and more myself every day now. I've of course heard of Polhem but now I know what to read up on in detail. Thanks!

@Nels921 Ай бұрын

Säkerhetsnålen? katapultstolen? rullatorn?

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Vänta, säkerhetsnål? Det missade jag helt. Men ja, det finns verkligen hur många som helst att välja bland...

@TVTransmo Ай бұрын

6:02 Better known as the Swedish Key ;)

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

The Swedish Key? Never heard that term - but then again, I know nothing about tools 😅

@TVTransmo Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabondHehe Maybe its only in Denmark, but over here its mostly called a Svensknøgle :)

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

That is so cool 😀 Thank you - I love weird pieces of knowledge like that

@willyvonbusche729 Ай бұрын

Nice. In Norway we call it "Monkey Wrench". No insult meant . 😉😅 Alle oss i Norge vet at den er svensk.

@ChristopherGronlund Ай бұрын

Hmmmm...I wonder what the largest of the strange countries using Fahrenheit might be? 😀 I don't know if it was nationwide, or if it was just my junior high school science teacher being progressive, but that was my only exposure to the metric system and other units of measure used by...well...most of the world. Even my dad -- a mechanic -- told me I'd be wise learning how the rest of the world measures things. But...I'm looking at my thermostat and it's in Fahrenheit...but at least the tape measure within reach contains weird and normal units of measure...

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

No idea! There's some country I've heard of but I can't put my finger on it... Haha, well, as long as the whole country sticks to imperial measurements then you don't really need to know metric. I found it strangely simple to convert yards and miles and stuff in my head, but gallons and farenheit and feet are just weird. "You're at 5000 feet now" oh nice, that just tells me that I'm somewhere above sea level.

@ChristopherGronlund Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond But if you know 5,280 feet is a mile, it puts it all into perspective! 🤣 (Schools used to make us actually remember that on tests. I had to look it up to make this joke...)

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

@@ChristopherGronlund Goddamn Americans and their complicated stuff all the time :D

@Coole-ee1vg Ай бұрын

" Most of the world ?" you mean the test of the world...

@ChristopherGronlund Ай бұрын

@@Coole-ee1vg Liberia and Myanmar also use the Imperial System. But yeah, it's mostly our goofy asses in the U.S. that keep that alive...

@Cybercenturycentaur Ай бұрын

You forgot to mention the Billy series by IKEA.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

The greatest invention ever! Helping poor students all over the world

@linusholm3806 Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabondI love the Bamse comics, the movies and... (Ring ring ring) My food-and-sleep clock is ringing, time to go to sleep. (ZZZZZZZZZ)

@runerunesson1872 Ай бұрын

eeeeeh.... passbitar? C.E Johansson.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Jag vet inte ens vad en passbit är för något! Haha, tummen mitt i handen...

@anderslagerqvist2642 Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond"Passbit" is a highly accurate block of exact size, they come in several sizes that you can combine into a new exact size. When crafting stuff at high percision these can be used as a reference size.

@rogercarling1341 Ай бұрын

You forget the graphic card for all electronics !!! Hakan Lanz

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Yeah I had a hard time picking a good one from his inventions! But I did include him for AIS at least :)

@rogercarling1341 Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond Yes but this is the big one that all electronic company's stole from him !!

@quaziz Ай бұрын

Candy canes and zippers, but not bringing up many of the most important inventions, like everything regarding telecom

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Many of the important and/or impactful inventions simply don't have as good of a story (IMO). But given all the comments, I'm thinking if I should make a revised list...

@Revener666 Ай бұрын

Kelvin is used in science, also One degree Kelvin = one degree Celsius

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Yes indeed, which is why I added the note :)

@soulextracter Ай бұрын

10:55 That guy scratched his butt crack just FYI

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Best PSA ever 😊

@vojdie Ай бұрын

Now that's a truly international invention

@quaziz Ай бұрын

Kelvin would make more sense in my opinion

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Scientists agree with you!

@pontaas1101 Ай бұрын

Bluetooth, after Harald blåtand (viking)

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

I tried to stay away from too modern inventions but yeah, this one definitely should be right up there! :)

@linusholm3806 Ай бұрын

Alfred Nobel actually invented the dynamite in Gemany, not Sweden. I know it because I am from Sweden.🇸🇪

@Coole-ee1vg Ай бұрын

ok, and??

@linusholm3806 Ай бұрын

@@Coole-ee1vgSo is it a swedish invention or a german invention?

@Coole-ee1vg Ай бұрын

@@linusholm3806 Probably a Norwegian because he cracked the idea when he was at a vacation in Trondheim, you fool.

@linusholm3806 Ай бұрын

@@Coole-ee1vgI'M NOT A FOOL!🙁 Are you bullying me?🤔

@Coole-ee1vg Ай бұрын

@@linusholm3806 Yes you are and I am not....

@mikechudzinski6629 Ай бұрын

What about Swedish Fish ?

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Fun fact: they're called Malaco fish here, and they're just a normal type of lösgodis. And not all that liked either :D

@KristoferOlsson Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond Pastellfiskar made by the company Malaco.

@agea8150 Ай бұрын

Flatscreen and the computer mouse is not top 10?

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

The computer mouse was a bit contended so I didn't feel like pushing it too much. Maybe there's enough for 10 more!

@swedishpsychopath8795 Ай бұрын

Why can't we call them Nordic or Scandinavic inventions? Just as we do with all Viking related stuff that originated in Norway but historians from denmark and sweden call then "scandiavians"?

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

I think we should go back to the Kalmar Union in general. With Norway's money, Sweden's inventions, and Denmark's beer, we'd be unstoppable.

@skaggigocharg06 Ай бұрын

Nils didn't invent the three point seat belt. He invented the modern three point seat belt. An american had the patent for three point seat belt.

@ThreeStarVagabond Ай бұрын

Oops.. That's an important distinction. It doesn't really sound as impressive, but "rätt ska vara rätt".

@skaggigocharg06 Ай бұрын

@@ThreeStarVagabond Nope. But it's still impressive that they made the patent free and it's pretty much the same design to this date.

@annabackman3028 28 күн бұрын

The 'Combination shoulder and lap safety belt' (US2710649A "patents.google") by Griswold and DeHaven was a lap belt with a shoulder belt attached. It didn't look like Bohlin's, and was more difficult to put on than the one Bohlin came up with. The same idea, but a huge difference practically.