We have a head start agains other Europien countries on being clean. The Vikings were known for their excellent hygiene. Excavations of Viking sites have turned up tweezers, razors, combs and ear cleaners made from animal bones and antlers. Vikings also bathed at least once a week-much more frequently than other Europeans of their day-and enjoyed dips in natural hot springs.

Hi from Göteborg o/ My youngest kid is so un-Swedish in that he says hi to everyone and if they don't reply he'll shout it again as they walk away. I fell sorry for him and yet I hope he never changes.

About sick leave from your workplace: many (Swedish) people react negatively at sick employees who go to work anyway. (We call it "sjuknärvaro", which is the word opposite to sick leave) The reason for this, is that people (and their immune systems) are very different from one another. A germ, that causes mild fever and sniffles on one person could effectively knock out others - in the end decimating the workforce for days, causing a ton of lag, stress and delays at the company. We do like our fellow colleagues, and encourage them to take some time off, when they're feeling under the weather - and as a positive side effect, the rest of us remain healthy, and can cover for the few sick-leaves. I like your videos - you seem to have a positive view of the world, and goodness knows it's needed at covid times like these. Cheers!

True on Swedish food. It's an old joke in Sweden even... Family goes abroad and the kids don't like the food, and the kids go "can't we have normal Swedish food like pizza, kebab or tacos?" :)

You're like a ray of sunshine 🌞 so smiley, giggly and bright!! 🥰🌺

Yeah, I know I'm late, but just wanted to point out that you're mixing up VAB (Vård Av Barn = Care Of Child) and föräldraledighet (parental leave). You can use VAB at any time to stay home from work to take care of your child while retaining 80% of your salary. For parental leave you have 480 days per child that you can take off from work while also retaining 80% of your salary up until your child turns 12.

I think systembolaget started because we had a big alcohol problem in the country and all the different opening hours make you plan your drinking

You're pretty spot on with most of the stuff, but referring to the food our country side has plenty more to offer than meatballs.

I like hearing what other people think about us swedes. Like to hear more from you.

We are abit tired of our own traditional couisine I think :) but I can enjoy swedish traditional cooking every now and again. Above all we swedes are VERY proud of beeing a part of the world and we love people that enjoy our country and want to live in our country

Great vibe and style of presentation! Keep the spirit!

I really like this video always fun to see foreigners perspective on sweden that is waht make it interesting. Keep up the good work and hope you have as much fun making theese videos as it is to watching them.

Very interesting video. I agree with you on most of your comments. I visited Sweden 4 years ago ( in search of my family roots). I wish I never had to leave. ♥️

I agree with most but not with nr 4. That is mostly in Stockholm and Göteborg. Go to any city that is a bit smaller, like Östersund or Gävle and you'll see that people are not really that fancy dressed. In the north, people go around in "meckar byxor" and wooden shoes. Also the thing about borders around houses, thats because its so expensive to get a hedge lol. And here in the north, houses are so far apart that sometimes u cant see your neighbours house.

You're so fun, I'm loving this video. I will be moving to Sweden and am learning a lot from videos here on KZfaq, but as for someone living in the south in America, people are always saying hello or waving and I'm not an ignorant type of person, but I would prefer you not be all in my face with hello and waving if I don't know you LOL. I love meatballs and I was raised with pickled herring and herring in a cream sauce which is eaten cold, so I'm learning a lot of things that just make me feel like I'm going to fit right in hahaha. As far as people looking into windows, if it means that much for someone to look, I take it as a compliment lol.

You should make more videos. ❤❤ Great work

You're spot on

At my workplace my boss is very understanding if i feel a bit under the weather, that in turn makes me want to work on a weekend if they need it. It is a give and take and a common trusting.

You make my day , alllways :)) so funny and nice Henrik in Sundsvall

Thank you so much!!! 😊

Good video having lived in England as an American I relate to you learning about Sweden.

Yes! Keep on! ❤️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

HEY! Our swedish food is AWESOME. It´s just that literally any other countries food is, well, better. Love the vid, def subscribing!

Your are so cute and funny. I laughed thru the whole video

Swedish people even have weekdays for different kinds of traditional food. Stora Saluhallen right in the middle of Gothenburg has several restaurants that serve Swedish food every day. It's just that we're huge foodies that love to try many different kinds of food. It's a golden opportunity many people immigrating to Sweden have taken advantage of, and not just in the big cities. The tiny town up north where my grandma lives has a genuine sushi place with the most delicious dumplings I've ever had.

When the US had a vote on prohibition, Sweden did as well. Instead of introducing prohibition however, Sweden introduced the "motbok", which was basically alcohol rationing. This was later changed to a governmental monopoly, i.e., Systembolaget. Any beverage with an ABV of more than 3.5% must be sold at Systembolaget. Beer with 2.8% or 3.5% is called "folköl" (folk beer) and can be bought at grocery stores :) Thanks for a fun video!

You're really sweet. You're points are quite accurate. Point 9 & 10 go together, high level of alcohol consumption not only damage your liver. A nice aspect of that is that our systembolaget is a huge buyer, so we get really nice stuff for god prices. Most swedes have some at home.

at around 7 min mark. We got a thing about fences that they need to be 50/50 seethru, atleast around villa areas. Natural bushes are fine like cypress bushes. In cities and countryside there are probably other rules in place.

Hey liked the vid intresting facts just checked out ur channel and saw you used to game cool, looking good. :)

Well, we are the safest country in the world for women, so proud!

We do have alot of traditional food, but that's mostly eaten at holidays, like pickled herring (personally I love the mustard one) and different types of curred salmon. But the swedish people are masters at appropriating foods from other countries and kind of transforming it to our own "traditional" food. For example the kebab pizza is one of our greatest imported national dishes. And yeah, we love taco friday! And a comment about systembolaget. There's a great divide about the to be or not to be of systembolaget. Personally, I think it's great! Really good staf who has tons of knowledge. You can have any food and they'll find the perfect wine or beer to match. And the variety of alcohol is splendid! You can find or at least order almost anything.

I hated the systembolaget system as a teenager as it made it really hard to get my hands of alcohol. As an adult however, i have come to love the fact that there is nothing that they do not carry. Every conceivable form of liquor is available in systembolaget. If they don't have in store, they will bring it in specifically for you from their central stock. Service level is great and as a connoisseur of all forms of alcohol i love the fact that everything i can think of is available.

I moved to Sweden roughly a year ago and I couldn't agree with you more about the food 😅 Just let's say that Swedish food is also lagom.

Gosh you're so sweet and lovely. Think I will spend my day watch ure videos.. Thank you for being you...

Try Wallenbergare, it's awesome. Also if you can find a place that serves sjötunga walewska, try that. When you're broke, buy some blodpudding, it's about as cheap as cup noodles. Slice in barely centimeter-thick slices. Fry until it goes from kind of brown to black. Eat with lingonberry jam. A staple for many parents, I had lots of it as a kid. Swedish pea soup (Ärtsoppa) with pork. Put a tiny blob of mustard in the hot soup and eat. Delicious. Also in many cases really cheap. Traditionally served on Thursdays, with pancakes as a dessert. When covid is gone, get invited to a crayfish party (kräftskiva). Typically held in the early autumn. Eat crayfish, drink beer, drink "nubbe". Get insanely drunk.

As a Swede (currently living in the UK lol), I think the privacy, sick leave and such might be down to that if we want and expect to be given privacy and understanding, we're obliged to give as much in return as well. You can't have all these things and not give them in return, whether that be to strangers or family. That's at least how I view and explain it.

Spot on. The swedish food though we have a lot of different dishes. Are they tasty? Probably not. Men lycka till i alla fall med din kanal. 👍

My family eats traditional Swedish food every day. One big dish in Sweden that we eat a lot is spagetti bolognese :P

You can stay as long as you want :)

Lovely

Välkommen! Du gör ditt bästa för att lära dig våra seder och förstå vår kultur och våra traditioner och det gör att vi svenskar gärna släpper in dig i vår gemenskap. Jag skulle gärna titta på en video där du rankar olika svenska smörgåsar med pålägg efter ditt tycke och smak. Olika ostsorter, leverpastej, mes-smör, kaviar, salami, skinka, mjuk-ost and so on.

*Many hugs from all swedish guys"

I just say "Husmanskost" Old classic swedish meals. They do exist, even if they can seem to be a fairytale in this modern sweden. But sweden became, and still are, a traveling people (think its one of the most chartered people in the world, traveling all over the world on vecations). And it has many times brought tastes from other corners of the world, so it seems that we like to experience good food (and culture). Most foreign dishes have gotten somewhat "sweded" in some way. Now days, Pizza, Kebab and Taco are very commonly thought of as "everyday" or "nice" but accessable food (but with all kind of "weird" variations). Sushi and other things is the new stuff all want to eat. The previous generation though, loved things like "Spaghetti Bolognese", "Lasagna", "Hamburgers" and "Pomme frits" or "Pomme strips" with stuff like "fiskpinnar" (wich make it almost into "Fish and Chips"). Food from US, UK or Italy (it seems). I was of this generation where we thought that "Spaghetti me köttfärssås" was the everyday go to food. But going back to swedish food. You have sirtenly experienced more swedish food by now (a year later), but most traditional food have among younger generations become something "rustic". Old fashioned. Something your grandparents eat. But we still eat and love it on some occasions. Like X-mas, Easter, Midsummer, Smörgåsbord etc. And some recipies are family "traditions" still. And then whe have some old traditions for different type of food on different days. Like Thuesdays, where you should have "Ärtsoppa och Pankaka" (med Punch). And it should be fish on another day, and "sunday Steak" etc. (We seem to like compartementalise stuff ... Lördagsgodis, fredagsmys, söndags stek etc). These days it have even done full circle and in some eyes it can seem nostalgic or even "fancy". Like high class restaurant worthy versions of old classic "husmanskost". But a note on swedish husmanskost, is that it mostly revolve around Potatoes and/or fish. Seasoned with a hint of salt and black pepper. Sometimes Dill or Thyme or some other herb. Most swedish meals I can think of contains potatoes. Mashed, Grilled, Cooked, Fried or otherwise. And then it almost always has some fish or meat beside it, some gravy/sauce, and some veggies like green pies, cucumber, pickled/salted cucumber, carrots, cabbage, sprouts etc, and lingonberry jam (Lingonsylt) or "Äppelmos". Note: Just remembered, its also rather common with intestents (Liver etc), and blood is also used (Like bloodpudding, somewhat similar, but not the same as Brittish "Black Sausage"). That got alot longer then I intended. I Love food I guess (self proclaimed home chef). ;-) Thanx for a good video and your nice attitude. Keep it up. Cheers.

We have an equivalent to the english five o’clock tea, the eleven o’clock coffee. In the countryside by elderly people, it’s not negotiable.

Love from me Marie in Sweden.

A little late here, but it was the first time I've seen one of your videos. YT just recommended it for some reason. I have to agree on everything (even though I don't understand what you meant about the coffee) except for the food. There's a lot of traditional Swedish food. Most are quite boring though, so you won't hear a Swede go "Yay! I'm going to eat some ärtsoppa! (pea soup) What a treat!" Or it's not very healthy. (Lots of cream, butter and other animal fat) And like you said, most Swedes are very healthy. A lot of traditional food also takes a long time to make, or the ingredients are expensive, so you tend to only make them for special times, like holydays or perhaps like a special treat on the weekend, if you have the time. So many of the traditional things most people made themselves before have been available ready made in stores for a long time. The quality of these processed factory made products have deteriorated over the years, so I guess this too have made them less popular... Also, a lot of the ingredients of traditional food aren't available as they were before. The cod is mostly fished out, so you can't even get smoked cod roe on cans. That used to be really cheep back in the days. Really good when you opened the can in both end and pushed it out like a cylinder, cut it in slices and fried it in a pan. Salmon used to be so plentiful that old laws (like 18th or 19th century) prevented farmworkers from being served salmon more than X days per week. And if you try to eat one of my favourites - smoked eel, they look at you like you are feasting on panda. :( I made a quite traditional dinner last week; "Isterband med stuvad potatis". So yummy! Never made it myself before, so it really took me back to my childhood. Also; welcome to Sweden. You can stay, despite of your honesty.

T’as raison ! J’ai tenu jusqu’au bout, j’ai tenu à m’abonner !

In the US, it feels like it's breaking the law to take time off from work, and you will feel shame and like you are being shamed by friends and family

14:49 really awesome because alot of study's show s drink is trouble maker

One of the best arguments FOR systembolaget, that I've heard is - "If you can't plan ahead for your drinking ... maybe you shouldn't be drinking anyway."

I like you! 🙆‍♀️ New subscriber here ✌

Your video is fantastic!!!!!!you are extraordinary!!! I needed your opinions about Sweden. I must decide between Germany and Sweden. I could not make up my mind!!! Now, I know thanks to YOU....THX a million!!! Please, just tell me if the prices of groceries are high???

Not fair with the dislikes since its her impressions of us, also she speaks extremely well of us so im more confused now why even someone would press dislike. It ruins the YT algorithm for her. Unless you just turn your monitor upside-down to watch the video and forget to turn it back before you hit the like button. Then im sorry for complaining at you..

I was also closing the cuitains at the beginning. But later on I got used to it. 🤣🤣🤣

OK, you asked for it. There is plenty of good Swedish food, but we are used to them. If we go out, maybe we want something different. One of my favourites is cured salmon with dill potatoes (or hasselback potatoes) but there are plenty of others. Btw, the meat balls at IKEA are no good. You should try home made ones! As for Systembolaget, there are pros and cons. The con is the obvious one, you cannot pick up a bottle of wine at the supermarket when you shop the rest of the stuff for dinner. The pro is something most people probably never see, but in any Systembolaget store, anywhere in the country be it in a small place in the north or whereever, you always have free access to the full range they offer. It may be a day or two before they get it, but there is no extra charge: Order anything from 6000+ red wines, 3500+ white ones, 1300+ variants of whisky, 4000+ of beer etc, etc.

Cheerful video, nice! I wanna share a really rather sad thing about our forests and nature though. Most of what you call forests are actually forest plantations. Most of our real naturally regenerating forests are still not protected from logging. This together with very intensive forest husbandry is chipping away at biodiversity in the country. Spruce plantations may be both aesthetically pleasing with soft pillows of moss and tall standing spruce as well as profitable but it has come at the cost of less resiliency. Sadly it seems we are starting to see the effects of that now. All the best!

Lovely Smile 😃

Nice energy and I love the content. If swedish food was any good, It would be a lot of swedish resturants all over the world. Just a fact. We are pragmatic as a nation, realizing that, we are good at somethings and worse in some. I´m a Chef and love Swedish food but I know for a fact, that i´ts an acuired taste. Love from Stockholm!

Not only do we eat moose, we also eat reindeer meat. You should try "renskav" or dried reindeer meat. Renskav is boiled potato and a creamy sauce with mushrooms.

I'll definitely say hi back and have a chat if you approach me in the street. I've worked hard to become an extrovert and would never pass up an opportunity to practice this awesome skill.

I like your energy. A breath of fresh air :) Btw. My moose meatballs are the best :D MMmmmm!!!!

Where do I look for jobs in Sweden for English speakers?

Think I'm gonna have some more coffee now :-)

What about swedish coffe? we like it black with no sugger or cream, nothing wrong with that?

Regarding dress code, I don't feel that swedes dress very sharply. Jeans are quite common at most workplaces. When I was working in the City in London, it was compulsory dressing a suit. How that suit was worn, was a very different issue. About half of the people on my floor looked like they just came from a gang-bang, with their shirt hanging out of their trousers and the tie on half past eleven. Tracksuits would be a common sight if you happened to visit Essex. If you see people with tracksuits in Stockholm, they will be visitors from the Baltics or Russia.

Regarding Swedish food you are quite right. It is nice, mostly healthy but pretty bland. That’s why nobody invites someone and offers traditional Swedish food. That would almost be considered to be rude to the guest. That is probably escalated and compounded by the fact that Swedish people love to travel all over the world. When you have been to all the countries of Europe and many countries In Asia, probably visited the Caribbean islands, USA and Australia, Traditional Swedish foods doesn’t have much appeal! The exception is If you happen to live in an area of Sweden where they have some famous specialities. Like Moose, herring or in Gothenburg fish and/or shrimps.

The bad thing about Sweden is there are not a lot of old growth forests...most are cut down. Most forests in Sweden are "crop forests" and the natural habitat has been destroyed and replaced. This is something I will fight for when I move to Sweden, to protect what little "natural" forests are left...because aoon there may be none.

Sad you missed out on Swedish foods, normaly me and my friends eats Swedish food atleast 4 times a week and sometimes every Day. I dare you to try thees foods 1: Skånsk Kallops, potatis/ris m rödbetor 2: pepparots kött eller Frukost Korv m potatis & pepparotssås & kokt blomkål 3: Laxpudding på varm/kallrökt lax med skirat smör 4: Tunnbrödsrulle med korv & Gurkmajonäs 4: Mjölkstuvade makaroner m stekt falukorv 5: fyllda Isterband m Rödlök,hackad gurka o senap, m potatis 6: Stekt panerad fisk,potatismos m remuladsås 7 Fiskgratäng med hummer & skaldjurssås gratinerat potatismos 8:rotfrukter,potatis o korv soppa 9: Svensk pyttipanna med stekt ägg & rödbetor 10: Köttbullar,mos,rårörda lingon/lingonsylt ,gräddsås och kokta grönsaker 11: Pannbiff stekt lök,gräddsås m pommes chatue 12: Lövbit med vitlöksmör & pommes 13: Ungsrostade grönsaker & potatis med vitlök timjan,rosmarin 14: Ostkaka,sylt & grädde 15: blandad semla m varm mjölk 16: Risalamalta med apelsin 17: Marabue choklad, 18:Mor Annas pepparkakor 19: Tomtegröt kanel o mjölk 20: Kardemumma /vanilj bullar Å Oxrulader 👌🏻🇸🇪

How whant to eat falukorv with blod plättar that its rely Swedich food

You look like a really nice person, so you get a like! 😊👍🏻The video is interesting, too! Are you required to speak fluent Swedish to be able to work, or is knowing English enough? 😊

Sounds like you love it there

Love swedish meatballs, with a chilli sauce and spaghetti, broccoli, carrots.

You are to funny and cute to kick out :)

I used to mess with people by going up to a random person and be like: "Heeeey! Long time no see! Thanks for last time. It was so much fun. We just have to do that again soon". Then I look at my watch and go: "sorry, got to run. Call me later, yeah?". The look of confusion on their face is priceless!

We may also eat raindeer...

visiting london some time ago. ending up buying snus from a smokeshop

Im from Sweden I love coffee lol

Where is your number two in your list ?

Where in Sweden have you been if "köttbullar" is typical swedish for you? "Spaghetti och köttfärssås" is the most popular dish in Sweden.

Oh aren't you the sweet one! 😘 In general terms I give you an A+ for your assessment, it's pretty much spot on! People will argue about it but it is pretty much as you say! However, the only "gritt" in the machinery of this assessment is that you have a few advantages compared to certain other less fortunate resent residents, and that is: 1: You are english, and Swedes learn english at an early age in school, watch a lot of british english tv and movies. 2: You are a most delightfull person AND female. This may sound iffy and sexist, but even thou sweden is one of the most gender equal countries in the world, we are still a product of our western uppbringing, but with a swedish twist... 😉 3: Gothenburg is THE most cosmopolitan/worldly city in sweden! It is our "frontside" to the world around us, and have been that for centuries, thus making the people there as open to new folks as swedes can be! There might be those that strongly disagree with what both you and I have said, but then, there is allways them who do not follow the generall/average, it does not make either them or us wrong, but that's more a specific rather than a generall. 😎 Have a lovely continued stay here in Sweden, and if you ever want a decent meal of moose, give me a call and head north! 😋

As a Stockholmer I am not offended at all. We also find Gothenburgers weird. ;-)

Well... if you visit Ullared (shopping town) in the south of Sweden, you can find a lot of _not_ so well dressed people.... ;-) Btw, if you looked into my house I would probably invite you... for a cup of coffee ☺️

Ikea is my second home😂😂😂

It's okay , every single nationa have negative thinks some of them they really big brith side

I'm Swedish and I don't drink coffee. Just want you to know we exist… 🤣👍 And I don't do taco Fridays. I didn't even know that's s thing… 😁

Yeah well we didn't have a very great food culture seeing as very little yummy foods grow here lol

Swedish food? You have to try sting nettle soup.

Brits and tea! Builders tea. PG Tips with milk in it!

Hahaha great.

I love Systembolaget, it has proven to reduce alcoholism and problems tied to alcohol. Also, this process and the best assortment in the world.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....... dried elk/mose can be tasty just like reindeer ^^ Taco friday , saturday sausage stroganoff or meat balls! XD , sunday a lasagne eat half make work lunch boxes of the rest! ...any good dam dried meat ,mose , pork ,fish , sadly the work week food deepends a lot on peoples situation these days :( and the creeping stress climate corps pushes on people... just like people eating stuff like elk or reindeer tasty as it can be dried ,deepends a lot on circomstance ,just myself as example :/ half the foods i grew up with i dont have any habit of doing as an adult due to work and local shop ingridients/prices

How bad must it be in England if you think Sweden handles its drinks? :D

70% of land is forest and only 2,9% of land is built on.

Sweden where the winter never ends and people are socially awkward penguins 😂

We eat it all but you spend time with some workers, eat what known as svensk husmanskost, traditionell swedidh food, suschi are for wankers ;)

in sweden it is not the curtains you should be worried about it is the social media and the government after the new NSA type law that they said would try out for atleast 5 years to combat terrorism but i think it is an excuse just to keep track of what we do online, i basically think they have become voyeurists

You have a slight Australian accent.

I have a us-american friend who once said "All traditional swedish food is based on desperation, to get through the winter." I think it kind of rings true.

I'm swed and dont like coffee

I Love pitty i panna.👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽