it can also be used when you are better than someone else at doing something, for example, "im such a good actor, throw yourself against the wall Alicia"

You really should just have some ice in the tummy.

Most commonly used when sarcastically saying you’re better than someone. Usually someone specific known for something they do. It’s basically the Swedish version of the “hold my beer” meme kinda.

I have had so many people wonder wtf I am talking about when I say that outside Sweden, then I realise that it's just a Swedish idiom

Nymeria73 Russians say that too, only in our version it’s kill instead of throw :)

Same

shes got a pretty face

AxxL lmao

She got a nose job lol

alicia vikander shadow´s is 1000000 times prettier than my entire life.

Lindsay V Lmao

Lindsay V yes!

Trust me, I'm swedish and I can't understand most of it lmao

@@Majaverymighty kan du inte?

Leo Bergström klart jag inte kan hahah asså vafan är det för namn

CJayin TV I think she lived in England for a while, so maybe that influenced her accent a bit.

Yup she lived in the UK for a bit of time so it kinda influenced her accent

Which to me basically means she's perfect.

Rebecca Ferguson is another one

something tells me that the english classes in sweden maybe teach an english accent rather than american.

​@@wish-keeperthanks Finland

Dau7hy because swedes wanna feel a little bitter better than others

sgtmian Indeed. You forgot to mention that we start to learn english at the age of six tho.

Dau7hy That is not always the case, but as mentioned earlier we start at a young age.

Ya like jazz haha, didn't forget to mention, it was fourth grade when i was in school, but yes, that definitely helps.

The ones that "always speak so good" are only the ones you see on tv, like her. Doesn't mean that everyone is an educated actor/actress so...

When it comes to articulating words, there are a lot of dialectal differences. Overall it's a pretty melodic language, maybe that's why so many people that don't speak it still like the sound of it.

Victor Jörnving same here

@@victorjornving7002 That's because you're used to English as the sound action-heroes make when they're made to be cool and gritty.

Swedish has 3 more vowels than English minus possibly "W".

It’s such a pretty language. I’ve been learning it for fun the last few months and having a blast

She is. But Angelina Jolie was a better Lara Croft.

No, "we" cannot just say that.

Thanks ❤️

Jag kommer ihåg. Direkt efter åkte han väl dit tror jag haha

Lysande sickan

Really? I didnt know that...

LUXKIO lol she had it done

Bar San Problem?

Jack Torrence none. I think ppl who get plastic surgery shouldn't be looked down upon

@@user-mb9nm7bq5e agreeeed!

@@user-mb9nm7bq5e Well at least they get looked at, probably what they did it for anyway.

Olav Ehala And in Finland

Interesting! But I think it might be a really old saying, so it actually makes sense that it exists in other European languages.

Well since we have been the same country that isn't strange. But to discover the etomolgy for that saying isn't easy. If it isn't impossible.

There is a similar saying in Germany as well

the bibster In all of Germany or only the northen parts.

Anton Mossberg for some reason I’m not sure I even wanna know the real definition of that lol

It's the way your hair looks if you've been shagging the day before :D

Anton Mossberg De censurerade inte det! 😦

Alvaro jag är medveten om det

Hahahha svär

Kari Boersheim hahan being Swedish I actually didn't know all of them really. some are old like she said

People who say Norwegian and Swedish is the same - try the Norwegian bæsj and the Swedish bärs - not really the same thing even though pronounced the same..

mirandan She was on Live with Kelly and Ryan and mentioned that phrase there 😆

"Hissen går inte hela vägen upp" and "Inte alla hästar hemma" are my personal favourites.

how about "fläska upp ett brehäng"?

kloggmonkey Hahahaha 😂

@@kloggmonkey Aldrig hört. Förklara tack?

Naj

olivia 🙋‍♂️

Neeee

Käften jag pratar fan inte svenska

olivia ännu en hittad

I see what you did there, but its not a word, sorry.

It's an acronym ;)

You see what i did there, al though ikea stands for ingvar kamprad elmtaryd agunnaryd.

You see what i did there I can give you another one: Bra, means good ;)

I see what you did there ;)

Exactly! =D I love languges.

No, it means that you are drunk, not that you are somewhat tipsy. If you read my example once more you see that I added really before 'rund under fötterna'.

carrocaramell no you’re wrong, it does mean that you’re a little tipsy, like @kyleduncan says, and not super drunk.

Nu förutsätter jag att ni är från Sverige eller talar svenska. =D Om du söker uttrycket 'rund under fötterna' på Google hittar du följande förklaring på Wiktionary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adjektiv rund under fötterna (idiomatiskt) berusad - Så här höll jag på tills ölbacken var tom och nu var jag dessutom så rund under fötterna att jag tog på mig skjortan och byxorna på avigan och bak och fram, på samma gång. - Han begrep ju precis hur det hela hade gått till, för han hade strax innan mött Jonsson och rått honom att söka sig inomhus eftersom han var så rund under fötterna. Vanliga konstruktioner: vara rund under fötterna Synonymer: rund om foten, onykter, berusad, packad, tankad, full, dragen, på pickalurven, glad i hatten, salongs, salongsberusad, på snusen, på kanelen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Om du dessutom lägger till 'mycket' eller 'lite' före uttrycket kan du helt klart vara mycket onykter, även om du säger 'Han är mycket rund under fötterna' (om du ser mitt exempel i min första kommentar). Jag kan tyvärr inte hålla med dig att det _bara_ betyder 'lite salongsberusad', för det är verkligen en begränsad förklaring av vad uttrycket kan betyda. 'Tipsy' betyder dessutom 'berusad' så just nu tror jag att vi slåss mot väderkvarnar. =D Med andra ord, uttrycket 'rund under fötterna' kan graderas beroende på hur du använder uttrycket.

carrocaramell men risken är stor att du känner så när du vaknar upp🤣🤣🤣🤣

Christian Triplett I'm biased but I totally agree with you

Oh, if you want to hear how swedish sounds when singing, search for a song called "Strövtåg i hembygden" by Mando Diao it's really beautiful.

Tovis - I second this advice! Should be the song played anytime you enter Sweden! 🇸🇪

Christian Triplett lol Japanese is actually one of the best sounding ones.

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Sara Larsson, Larsson is a common name in Sweden, I reckon. I'm familiar with Stieg Larsson. :)

Larsson is the top 6th most common surname is Sweden (Top 10: Andersson, Johansson, Karlsson, Nilsson, Eriksson, Larsson, Olsson, Persson, Svensson, Gustafsson... There are a lot of -son names in Sweden...) There are a lot of famous Larssons in Sweden, Zara Larsson (singer), Carl Larsson (painter), Henrik Larsson (fotball player) and the writer you mentioned, Stieg Larsson.

Åsa S - Excuse me. But the top 10 isn’t only ”-son” as far as I can remember. The more modern ”wannabe noble” names are up there too. Example: “Eklund” and “Forsberg”.

Hemming There are only -son names on the top 10. Forsberg is on 36th place and Eklund is on 40th. The most common non-son-names (that sounded funny...) are Lindberg (17th), Lindström (21st), Lindqvist (22nd), Lindgren (23rd), Berg (25th), Bergström (26th), Lundberg (27), Lundgren (28), Lind (29), Lundqvist (30).

Same lol

That's an odd thing to write. Theres nothing more "natural" in Swedish than in any other language.

@@y2k2all There is. Swedish and Danish to a certain extent are the only two languages in which the tounge isn't taught to move a certain way making it incredibly easy to learn any other language and their respective dialects with ease.

This woman is the very definition of flawless , absolute perfection , I’d carry one of her turds around as a pet

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Saamir Adam wow that's uncalled for

As a swede I always chuckle when Pews say it with the english accent

Mannnnneeeeeeeeeenn

Skrattar bäst som skrattar sist.

Ingen ko på isen har jag aldrig hört förut, måste vara regionsbaserad eller väldigt gammal.

NO...unless you think gangrapes and shooting at firemen are "disney crimes"

I don´t remember pub shootouts and throwing grenades inside peoples apartments, killing children, in any disney movie...

Interesting... in my part of the country we use "blykeps", literally: lead cap/hat.

dadarkknight36310 If I wasn't familiar with 9/10 of those, then I wouldn't have understood either

Which ones did you not understand?

i'll help you, just name the ones ýou want to know

Mm actually shes not explaining them all right. We have many of the same in Danish. For example walking like the cat around the hot porridge, well, its not a danger that youre circling around, its something that you want to bring up, but you dont quite know how to bring it up in the right way so youre kind of ... afraid of burning yourself but also really wanting to get into it.

Ingen ko på isen means there is no risk. Nothing to worry about. No cow on the ice.

I think you meant Margot Robbie.

Truth brother

F is the bomb with dark skin, dark eyes and brown hair? Maybe with pale foundation, contacts and a wig.

She is very charming but.. sounds that shes acting. Have seen that one before, a swedish girl lives in London for like two weeks and start talking like that. (Den gubben går inte jag på / I dont buy it).

I can confirm it for you. She is on the money. :)

Nea Emrys You should see Finland...