Hello Norway & Sweden! We wanted to check this video out and learn more about both countries. This goes pretty in-depth about Norway & Sweden and taught us quite a bit that we did not know. Both countries are absolutely gorgeous and have so much to offer! Is is possible to pick one over the other? The answer for us, NO WAY! Thankfully that is not the question this video poses. History, geography, and loads more covered here! If you want to learn about both of these stunning countries, look no further. Oh and did we mention how BEAUTIFUL both countries are? We may have, but it bears repeating. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!

I am Norwegian ❤️ But I see Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland as my brothers and sisters ❤️

Hello from Helsingborg in Sweden! Just want to say that the laws regarding prostitution is because a lot of people who sell their bodies are victims to some degree (humam trafficking for example, but also poverty etc.). The point is to not criminalize being a victim. This also means they can get the help of the police and also get help to quit without the risk of punishment.

Dane here❤🤍.. I love both Norway and Sweden. i love all the northern countries. i consider them all like one big northern family. its important we stick together. we never know if we might need it in the future☺

The idea of the nordic model of prostitution is to have prostitution effectively illegal but without punishing prostitutes because they may be themselves victims of trafficking. It also reduces the chance of questionable police behaviours. The model is likely better than the one banning the sale of sex, but some still view it negatively, since it pushes prostitution to the shadows where it is less safe.

Your Danish/Swedish ancestry may stem all the way back to the vikings invading part of England. Quite a few vikings settled in England and were basically assimilated when the English took back England. The English city named York have much viking/Norse heritage. The Danish vikings were mostly the ones invading and settling in England. Since you say your ancestry dates back to before Scandinavians immigrated to the US, then it could be ancestry via assimilated vikings in England.

The European mass emigration to America began in the 1820s, but in Sweden it was only in the mid-1850s that the collective emigration took off. The years of distress in the late 1860s led to a greater wave of emigration and the emigration culminated in the 1880s.

They touched on this in the video, but didn't elaborate: Norwegian and Swedish are what you would call "mutually intelligible". You ofc understand what this means, but might be difficult to explain to English speakers what it sounds like, as they have no equivalent, unfortunately. Basically, we can immediately tell our languages apart, especially in pronunciation, but we can understand about 90% of a spoken sentence without much trouble. From my Swedish perspective, Norwegian uses a lot of what we would classify as "old" words, we understand those words, but they are generally not used in modern Swedish. As a sort-of comparison, for an American English-speaker it might be a bit like talking to somebody from the UK from about 100 years ago, or further back. As a very simple example, take the word "what", it is spelled as "vad" in Swedish, while as "hvad" in Norwegian. Swedish spelled the word the same more than 100 years ago, then switched to the current version. I can imagine, for Norwegians, that Swedes use a lot of strange-sounding words that they might not have a clear reference to, mainly loan-words from French and German (although Norwegian also uses a lot of German words). We also have a few words that are 100% the same in spelling etc, but mean very different things. Like the word "Rolig" - it means "funny" (as in fun) in Swedish, while in Norwegian it means "to be calm". The Norwegian use of the word actually makes more sense, as "Ro" can mean "calm" in Swedish. Because of how everything above actually works, if an immigrant learns Swedish and then go to Norway, they will probably have a hard time understanding Norwegian, many words will be completely foreign to them. We Swedes understand those (for us) older words because they belong to our common Nordic culture and we are exposed to them naturally through literature and history.

Regarding Norway joining NATO. Norway was one of the founding nations of NATO NATO's founding member countries were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Norwegian here. Regarding your question about when your family came from Sweden to the US, I think it may be more likely that the blending of your Swedish and English ancestry happened in the UK somewhere, and then your family went from the UK to the US, and your Swedish roots are visible only by DNA. Just my theory :)

We have very much in common.I love Sweden,the language and the peopke are so beautiful ! What I love most about my Norway is the nature,and the silence.

Regarding the prostitution model: They are going after the people who purchase such services, but not the individuals who are sometimes forced into such a position. That means selling your body isn't a crime, and the people who do so aren't prosecuted, but purchasing such services, and thereby taking advantage of somebody who may be in a position where they are forced to sell their bodies, are prosecuted.

As a swede I regard Norway and Finland like part of the family. We might have some differences but when it comes to economy, environment and security we very much support each other. Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland because of russias insane aggression in Ukraine. (Turkey is still alone blocking Swedish membership.) Much love to you all!

A couple of inaccuracies: Right to roam absolutely includes private property, but has limits as to what kind of private property can legally be roamed in, and how far it is from buildings. Norway doesn't have a state church either (although the king is also the head of the church of Norway)

Thanks for great content! The big migration from Sweden to US took part between 1850 and 1930. Almost a third of the population of Sweden had by 1930 migrated elswhere. This was due to many reasons but the two main reasons where starvation and to aquire freedom of religion.

Mr Beat mixes up late iron age (Norse, Vikings), the middle ages (black death, Christianity) and early modern age (the Vasa ship was shown with a Viking age subtitle, it sank 1628 and was salvaged in 1961). It's not quite as easy as no idea when Sweden became a country. Something like Sweden emerged from clan fights in the 12th century, but it wasn't with its modern borders yet. By the time the black death hit Scandinavia around 1350, the area had been Christianized for centuries. [Edit] The right to roam applies to the entire country, it does not exclude private land. It is usually said that you can put up a tent, pick berries etc as long as it's not too close to where people live, in Norway no less than 150 m. while in Sweden not as regulated but often said out of sight, obviously not in somebody's garden behind some bushes. You are also _not_ allowed to roam in a wheat field, potato field or something similar. Non commercial angling is free from the coasts and the five largest lakes in Sweden, and along the coast and in the fjords in Norway. And the most important thing, you leave nature the way you met it.

In Norway we also watch Donald Duck/Disney EVERY Christmas Eve. The same Disney show as Sweden. In Norwegian it's called Disney Julekavalkaden. Both Norway and Sweden broadcast this show every Christmas Eve. "From all of us to all of you" has been shown on Christmas Eve, in Norway since 1979.

The small yellow bus looks like one of the small driverless local bus in same parts of Stockholm area

We Norwegians call Sweden 'sweet brother', which I think is nice.

the ice sheet was completely gone 10,000 years ago. at its thickest it was about 2 miles thick. 3000m. becomes a little heavy. approx. 30-40% of Sweden's land surface was under water. it is thanks to all the fjords that Norway has such a long coastline

Greetings from a very cold sweden There is a tv show in both Sweden and Norway where Americans seek their Swedish/Norwegian heritage. The show is called "Allt för Sverige" (Everything for sweden) in Sweden and "Allt för Norge" (Everything for Norway) in Norway. Perhaps you should apply 😉

a lot of british settlers in America would have brought genes classed as scandinavian by Ancestry as a result of their viking heritage

The Norwegian government recently put a 70% tax on all the oil sold to overseas interests. Their political opponents said the oil companies would all leave the country and the country would go broke. Didn't happen. The companies just pay and get on with business.

In the mid-17th century, Sweden had a pretty large colony along the lower part of the Delaware River. It was later sold to the Dutch. Fun fact: one Swedish colonist settled on the central part of the island later known as Manhattan. His name was Jonas Bronck and he ran Bronck’s Farm. Recognize the name, Bronck’s / Bronx?

In geography now, they talked about the Scandinavian culture of humility I find fascinating. It's considered tacky to brag about yourself.

The stone bridge you thought was beautiful by the Klarälven River is in Karlstad Sweden. The bridge was built in the late 1700-s and the designer hung himself under the bridge because he was convinced that the bridge would collapse with all the horses going over it and could not live with the shame. The bridge is still standing and trafficed by cars and buses on a daily basis.

Sweden established colonies in the Americas in the mid-17th century, including the colony of New Sweden (1638-1655) on the Delaware River in what is now Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, as well as two possessions in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Hi from Sweden-Stockholm. I find your channel not long ago, and am very happy I did. Love you guys, you’re both so cool and chill and down to earth 🫶 and it’s nice to see that you are facinated by the Scandinavian countries! Hope to see you here someday ❤️🙏 much love

A 6 part miniseries, The Seed, was just released in Norway. It’s a fiction thriller based on the Global Seed Vault. Perhaps it will be soon released in the US. Since our son lives in Longyearbyen, we were eager to watch the series as soon as it came out. We love Svalbard.

2:00 Hey now hang on WE in Denmark are also part of Scandinavia ;)

Happy new year, and hello from Gothenburg, Sweden! I love watching you react to videos about Scandinavia because I too learn a bunch of stuff along with you. Your Scandinavian ancestors probably came during the big immigration of the 19th century, and most probably married your English ancestors already living in the U.S.. There was't much immigration from here before then.

That was interesting this morning but I will watch it again. Keep up the good work. Love ya both ❤️❤️

Loved this video! I was learning along with you both! A video on the seed vault would be interesting!

Beautiful countries, alot to take in so will watch again. Well done girlies very enjoyable video ❤

The Norse people actually occupied much of Northern Britain and Ireland. There were even Norse kings in Great Britain. So, if you have British ancestry, you are very likely to have Scandinavian ancestry.

Judging by what you have said, your DNA might have been sent to the UK with the Vikings, staying there until well after Henry VIII, you mentioned the Mayflower. Might they have come across IN the Mayflower expeditions.

Loved this video. I love learning new things with you both.

Great video ❤ Simon Whistler has a great video about the Svalbard seed vault. I’ll send over the link 😁

So much to take in here ,l will need to watch this one again . What beauty both countries have and interesting lifestyles. I would definitely visit both countries if l had the chance . Really enjoy your world wide Wednesdays.) and hitting that like button because l know it helps the channel)👍❤️

I love the beautiful landscapes in both these countries!! I'm also a die-hard Abba fan since the early 1970's. Agnetha is from Sweden, and Anni-Frid is from Norway!! Unfortunately, a lot of the news in Australia recently has been about the social unrest in Sweden and it's immigration policies. Hopefully, that will be resolved soon!.

Because you guys seem so enamored with the Nordic landscape, I'd highly recommend you watch any of Jonna Jinton's videos here on KZfaq. Specifically "Vargsången" (the song of the wolf) or "Du gamla du fria" (her rendition of the Swedish national anthem). She films herself and the landscape around where she lives, and has some *beautiful* scenery that even has me (a swede) in absolute awe.

At 16:28 is Klarälven river, in Karlstad, Sweden. It's actually just 1,5 hours drive from the Norwegian border. I actually was there yesterday.

A very happy New year to you ladies from Sweden. There is so much fun follow you. Thank you for exist as a small part of my life

You are no. 2 🇺🇸 💪 - but you are like 300 mill. and Norway is like 5 mill...😅 Great reaction btv. 👍 Greetings fron Denmark. 🇩🇰

I can recommend a video about the difference between Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Vikings. "Differences between Norwegian, Swedish and Danish Vikings" It's both fun and educational. And Natasha, your Swedish/ Danish ancestors probably came over mid 1800 to around 1920. That's when 1,5 million Swedes emigrated to the US.

I’m surprised he didn’t briefly mention Sweden joined the EU 🇪🇺in 1995 (but not the Euro) and Norway has voted twice against joining the EU.

My son did Biathlon when he was in the British Army - training in Norway - he won a medal in the British Biathlon Championships!

If Natasha wants to run through the grass singing "The hills are alive with the sound of music..." - time maybe to checkout a video on Austria. SoM was set in Salzburg close to the Tirol Region. Austria is stunning, the greenest grass too. 💚

5:33 That is a "selfdriving minibus", (without driver),it operated for some time, on a rout in downtown Drammen Norway. Its not there anymore, but I dont know why..

tis Ange this was so kewl i learnt a whole lot The topics he touched n were brief but interesting

Happy new year ladies.. 🎉 Love and light from across the pond xxx 🙏😘🇬🇧🥂

There is an extensive documentary series on the history of Sweden, if you want to check that out I don't know if you can. But what I wanted to mention was that it was like I said very extensive if not the most in dept history dive in any country ever, starting from the very first people to ever settle here. I love learning and history especially is very fachinating to me.

Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway and Sweden -Denmark is not on the Scandinavian peninsula" we don't use the term Scandinavian peninsula in Scandinavia it's an American term and the reason for confusion as Finland is on the peninsula but not a Scandinavian country and Denmark is not on the peninsula but is a Scandinavian country ---Scandinavia is a language group, part of the Germanic language and the 3 is quite similar where as the Finnish language is a uralic language close o Hungarian ect. Nordic countries are the 3 Scandinavian plus Iceland, Finland, Faroe Islands, Åland and Greenland

The bridge you wondered where it was is from the province Värmland in Sweden.

They both look stunning. Happy New Year to you both.

Have you heard of the tv show "Allt För Sverige"? it supposedly does some family history research for the contestants and you have the chance to not only win the results, but potentially meet other parts of the family. Maybe they can help Natasha get a date on that migration

I was so excited when a family member traced back our ancestry and discovered we were descended from Vikings! We knew we were Celts, but Viking, also? That’s just awesome.

5:25 The yellow vehicle is an autonomous bus test project. The picture is taken in Drammen, but the first city to test these out was "the city of technology" Kongsberg. They're moving very slow at this point in testing so we would rather just walk.

Sweden and Norway are beautiful and seem to have a lot to offer. This was great to watch ❤❤

As a Dane, i find it weird that we're not included in this video, since we are all so intertwined throughout history/time in Scandinavia.

We used to have multiple so-called "Nordic model laws" where you pretty much ban half the crime. It's not illegal to provide the service and/or product but it's illegal to purchase. There used to be such a law regarding moonshine as well where you could legally produce and sell it but you weren't allowed to purchase.

The bridge over Klarälven river, is the Old Stonebridge in the town of Karlstad in Sweden. My hometown.

Wow! That is my city, Drammen, and the little yellow self-driving buss

Hi from Sweden! You are very welcome to visit! I will guide you! 😁😍

Loving the geography of both country,s and the beauty of both ❤❤

There's a gameswhow in Sweden where Americans with swedish ancestry get to come to sweden to compete for a chance to meet their swedish realtives. During the show they travel all across sweden and learn about swedish culture and get to know the records that can be found about their ancestors and why they left. It's called "Allt för sverige".

You paused at about 16:30. That is Klarälven and the bridge is located in Karlstad (Sweden). That is very close from where I grew up. I livedmin Karlstad for 3 years to study at the University

my favourite fish to catch are small bass (like small, under 10 cm,/4ish inches), that one removes innards and head, put on the bbq, and just eat it like that out of the skin with your choice of bbq sauce inside, most bones (except the spine) are small enough to just crunch and eat. they are delishious :)

Hello from Sweden!! 🤗🇸🇪 As a swede we love our scandinavian neighbours as siblings. I know that in my family history a lot of emigrations to America as we say were during the end of 1840 - to 1914 before WW one. It was hard in Sweden and big families so many wanted to find there happiness in the US. So I guess that you both could follow it from this time. :)

Hi l am from Norway and l am a Norwegian citizen but I was born in Sweden to a half-Norwegian mother (Swedish father and Norwegian mother) My father is Norwegian, so I am a half-Norwegian/Swedish man. I speak both languages fluently as well. Today I live in Norway after living in the Philippines before covid, but have lived all over the world in many other countries before, I also speak 6 languages fluently and am now working on learning Tagalo and Bisaya, as my wife is from the Philippines and we have a little daughter aged 3 who is also now learning 4 languages at the same time. The Norwegian church made of wood is called "STAFF CHURCH" STAVKIRKE in Norwegian

Hello from Sweden. We also have the most islands in the world. Stockholm is built on several islands and peninsulas. Btw we also get paid for going to high school/gymnasium and university. You need proper attendance though. You can't skip school too much

Hi. Swede here. Great video. When it comes to fishing , a common fish here are pike, bass and salmon. Best fishing would be in the north of Sweden

Very enjoyable thanks lovely ladies , each Country has its own merits and lovely attractions , ,why not visit both as they are neighbours lol xx

Already in the 17th century, Norwegians emigrated to the USA. Many sailors on Dutch ships were Norwegian, and many of these joined the Dutch colonization of New Amsterdam in Manhattan in New York. (Wikipedia) 😃🇳🇴

Great video! Interesting comparison of these countries. Even as I lives in Sweden I didn't know all facts here.

Hello from Sweden! ❤ From about 1850 to 1910 over one million swedes emigrated from Sweden to America. I would guess you can find your ancesters in that crowd. :) Thanks for a nice video

The yellow vehicle you asked about is a small self driving bus :)

Post Glacial Rebound: The Ice during the ice age was 1 kilometer thick and the weight of it pushed the land down and it is still rising to this day varying but lets say 1 cm a year. The ice grinded down the Scandinavian mountains leading to lots of sand that was flushed out into the ocean forming the refuse pile known as Denmark.

The beautiful bridge over Klarälven looks like the city of Karlstad, 80 km north of where I live! The swedish word Älv is our version of River. Klar-älv-en = Clear-River-(The). By the way. "Ä" in "Älv" is pronounced like the "A" in english "And"

Having Traveled the Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim triple trail (as wel as training in from east of Oslo and then heading south on coast to Malmo), and coming from the FIN/SWE border al the way down to Malmo, Ive got a decent impression of both countries. Turns out I have both ancestries, though the NOR one a bit further back than my full SWE Great Grandmothe from linkoping

The bridge at 16:28 is located in Karlstad: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlstad

Looking at the Klarälven right now - in Norway where it's called Trysilelva.

Have you seen any of Robson Green's fishing shows? Extreme Fishing Challenge is one of them. Robson is an actor with a love of fishing.

In Sweden it is a show that amerikan comes and look for relatives. It’s called Allt för Sverige. I love that show.

Flyfishing for salmon is super popular, the king enjoys it each summer in Finnmark

The bridge in the picture Klarälven River is from Karlstad, just in between Stockholm and Oslo. It is the longest stone bridge in Sweden , and was built without any concrete.

Hello, and happy new year 🎉 from, Norway. You asked about fishing... I like to fish trout, macrell, cod and eel.

Cecilia Blomdahl videos on Svalbard are great! Definitely a fab recommendation 😊x

Happy New Year from Sverige girls!

the most of norwegian emigratet to the US from 1840, and 800.000 norwegian left, and that was 1/3 of our population. I have, like many norwegian american relatives (familie) love your channel, good work :)

The perch is probably the most common fish in Sweden You can find in 93% of all lakes in Sweden. Very good to eat also! But you can also find the pike and its cousin the pikeperch, different trouts (like rainbow), the charr and grayling. But if you want a fight you should try to get the Tench (Tinca tinca), can find it in lakes across middle Sweden (in the north too). Swedish record is 5,4kg. In general our fish fauna is pretty scarce, compared to other countries. We have in total 255 different fish, but only 140 of them you can find regularly. Considering England was invaded and conquered by the Norse a thousand years ago, many English today have Norse ancestry (especially in the northeast). So it doesn't surprise me that you have both 😉Brits migrated to US from the early days of colonization (many forced). The post-glacial rebound zone is a result of the latest ice age, when a glacier covered northern Europe. This glacier compressed the land, so when it melted our lands started to rise again.

It is quite common in Norway to watch Donald Duck on the 24 of December. (Donald Duck is way bigger in Europa than Mickey Mouse is, who on the other hand is bigger in the US). Also, a cinderella movie is a tradition to watch. Original title, I believe, tri orisky pro popelku, or thre nuts for cinderella, in english. In german it is called Drei Haselnusse fur Aschenbrodel (should be some german letters in there, though I do not have those letters on my phone). It is a German/Czech made movie, which is dubbed into Norwegian. It is a so special/traditional movie to me that I bought it on dvd to have in case our national tv broadcaster will ever stop broadcasting that movie on the 24 of December. Another traditional movie watched during christmas is a movie called Grevinnen og hovmesteren, or in english, Dinner for One. Made in west germany and released in 1963. These movies are, in fact, quite traditional to watch in several european countries as well. So if you are able, you should watch those movies, amd perhaps react to them, on youtube, as well. Dinner for One is quite a short video, however, the cinderella movie is stamdard movie length (for its time).

Hello from Sweden! The main migration period from Sweden to USA started in the 1850's. Between 1850 and 1930 around 1.2 million Swedes migrated to the states. Which was about a 5th of our population.

The Potstcard bridge was at Klarälven Sverige Klarälven ("The clear river" in Swedish) is a river flowing through Norway and Sweden. Together with Göta älv, which it is called as the river has passed through the lake Vänern, thus regarded as an entity, Göta älv-Klarälven is the longest river in Scandinavia and in the Nordic countries and its Swedish part the longest river of Sweden.

That yellow bus looking thing at 5:34 looks like a transport for people in like wheelchairs or with other mobility disabilities. I know we have similar here in Sweden transport businesses that are for the people with trouble getting around.

The photo of Klarälven (Clearriver) are from the city of Karlstads East Bridge, the longest and still remaining stone bridge in sweden and my hometown.

Natasha, your connection with Denmark/Sweden may be even older than you think, it might be that the British family that went to the US already had it, originating in the area of the British Iles that was under the Danelaw, from around 900-1100 CE, so if you manage to trace your family to Britain, see if they came from the north or north east, that area of the British Iles was heavily influenced by Danish Norse.

The reason why in Sweden/Norway it is allowed to sell but illegal to buy sex is that many of those who become prostitutes are forced to do so by criminal networks. The prostitutes should not be punished as they are victims of these criminal networks. Instead, those who exploit these vulnerable prostitutes are punished.

A swede from the southern province/state of Skåne (Scandia), with a Danish name (den father, swe mother). Around mid 1800 there was alot of stuff happening in europe, food production issues due to a temporary dip in temperature meaning less crops, wars, economic issues etc. Most people who emigrated from europe to the USA did it to try to find a better life, and the lure of a better economy. Around 33 million people left Europe for the USA between 1820-1930. About 1.2 million of them came from Sweden. Around 3,6 million(1.1% of the US population) people in the USA can trace their ancestry back to these 1.2 million Swedes. But before that around 1638, sweden did have a small colony in the Delaware Valley called New Sweden. It lasted for about 20 years before it was conquered by Duch forces in 1655. So its possible that some could trace there ancestry from a survivor of the swedish population there. The colony only had a few hundred people living there, and no one knows how many of them were from Sweden. Most likely the population were made up of a mix of european nations. Most of the land rising is done(for about 99.9% of the landmass). But it is something that people don't really understand, and still talk about as if its still a big thing. So no, we are not really gaining any new land at a rate that anyone can even observe or would experience in their lifetime. In Sweden where i live it is expected to rise about 1.5 mm per 10 years. Now that could sound like a lot, but if the sea levels rise due to global warming, we will instead be facing a sinking effect. Contrary to wikipedia, only around 32% of the Swedish population is Religious. 30% Christian, 1% Muslim, and 1% different/other religions. Wiki state around 55% are Christian. This is not true. The 55% are the amount of people who have been baptised in the Swedish church. Baptising is done when a child is an infant, its done out of tradition more than religious belief, and its a form of celebration for the family and friends. Once baptised you are now member of the Church of Sweden. Many opt to leave when old enough to do so, and some like my family opted not to baptise their children. Instead leaving that option free for a later time if anyone would like to become a member.

Considering that Sweden is the third largest country in the world when it comes to the export of music there might be something to his claim of Sweden having better music. But Norwegian music is pretty good too imo.