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.

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.🇸🇪❤

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

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.

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.

*"uh hey Noah's back"* *THE RETURN OF THE KING*

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.

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

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

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

Man, I was so genuinely interested in learning more about Sweden that I totally did not expect to see the awesome OPETH shoutout, of course followed by Meshuggah, Yngiwe, and Per Nilsson of Scar Symmetry to boot! Well done!

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

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

So interesting, love these longer episodes. Sweden looks amazing

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. 🇮🇷❤🇸🇪

Everytime he says Bothnia it sounds like he's saying Bosnia with a lisp

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.

We are honored to be the final boss of Scandinavia 🇸🇪

Thanks for a good episode! I would like to recommend another wonderful place is Son Doong Cave - the largest cave. This is one of nature’s mightiest creations

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

"And Iceland is basically one big volcano" - any Swedish person ever

Absolutely love your channel. I lived in Norway for about a year, and the similarities between the Norwegians and the Swedes is striking! They share similar mindsets, values, and ways of looking at the world. I absolutely adored my time living there, and they are amongst the friendliest people you will encounter. Thanks for another wonderful episode!

Ooh this video makes me want to come visit Sweden again. I’ve been a couple of times, for summer and winter and i definitely loved visiting Sweden, people were super kind and gentle, I have been in some places in the south ( Jönköping, Gotebourg, växjö, karlskrona as well as Stockholm ) and the moment I enter in Sweden I just felt in love with this country, it’s nature reminds me all those magical stories about faun in the forest . Thanks for the video, it was super interesting. !!!

me: "Sweden is a big country..surely its citizens can't all resemble Pewdiepie" 1:17 Jonas: "allow me to introduce myself"

7:07 This is actually incorrect. Allemansrätten is in effect also on private land with the exception of private gardens, the immediate vicinity of a dwelling house and land under cultivation. Restrictions also apply for nature reserves and other protected areas.

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! 👍🏻

Perfect video, i like to joy you guys had doing your jobs. All the best.

As a native Indonesian speaker who used to study and live in Sweden for almost 3 years, the Swedish pitch is a nightmare. After I started to pick up the language, I was super confused when we started to thanked the ducks at the church. Turns out, depending on the pitch, the word "anden" can both means ducks or holy spirits haha! Because my language is pitchless and flat, my Swedish could only be understood perfectly by the Finns. The way we speak Swedish are exactly the same, totally flat hahaha!

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.

Speaking of old towns, they forgot to mention Nora and Vadstena. They are also well preserved medieval/rennaissance towns that are definitely worth visiting

Fun Fact: in the 1970s North Korea bought 1000 Volvo cars from Sweden and has yet to pay back the loan they took for it

The fact that Barbs has 30 mins documentaries shows how much dedication he puts into this and how much the channel has grown. This also means that I hope there is a 2nd part of the Chile video, because it only lasts 10 mins 😅

Scandinavia: Sweden, Norway, Denmark. Nordic countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Finland.

Going to Sweden this fall, super excited! Thanks Barbs!!

A really good video about Sweden! (Although with some small things wrong as people already commented). Started following your channel. 😊 I think you skipped through the music industry too quick though. 😉 Sweden is the world's third biggest exporter of music per capita next to USA and Great Britain. It's most likely that a Swede is behind a song on the charts that you listen to and it's in a lot of different genres. And have you seen the TV series "The Mandalorian"? The music of the show? Made by a Swede (who also did the music for the movies "Black Panther" & Venom" for example). Ever heard about Britney Spears or The Backstreet Boys? You wouldn't have without their Swedish songwriters that created hits like "Baby One More Time" or "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)". Celine Dion, Jon Bon Jovi, Madonna, Pink, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake are just a few artists that have songs written by Swedes. There are also some famous Swedish actors like Max von Sydow, Stellan Skarsgård (and his kids Alexander, Bill & Gustav), Malin Åkerman, Noomi Rapace, Alicia Vikander, Rebecca Fergusson...

15:23 This is actually true, but incomplete. As he said, Norwegians got to Sweden to buy cheap alcohol, Swedes go to Denmark to buy cheap alcohol, Danes go to Germany to buy cheap alcohol, Germans go to Czechia to buy cheap alcohol and Czechs go to Poland to buy cheap alcohol.

You forgot our biggest export: the Skarsgård family.

I can't believe I missed this video, I will be moving countries sooner or later and everytime I do a research on where to live I come back to Sweden! But I never thought about the history side, great video!

Awesome to see a metalhead get some screentime! Meshuggah is definetly one of my favorite bands too! Great video as well! I couldn't hold myself from laughing a little bit when you guys pronounce the names, but they were surprisingly good.

Yeah, about ww2, there is a joke in Norway that goes: "Germany took Norway in 2 months, they took Denmark in 2 weeks and Sweden, they took with a phone call."

Denmark and Sweden hugging Norway before hugging each other is such a cute and accurate description of our nation's relationships with each other. XD

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 😂💙

I have to say what a great video. Even though I am a swede myself, I learned a few things here. Thx for sharing this Geo Now!

The Vasa Museum is super cool. Also recommend biking around Stockholm

I really like these longer episodes that don't try to pack everything into a hyper-paced dash.

I really truly absolutely DO appreciate the effort you put into pronouncing these places so well that you did. There's only ever so slightly a hint of the fact you don't normally say those place names and the fact you so seamlessly switch between speaking American English to these pronunciations is even more impressive. I mean, it's not that hard to practice saying these things correctly for a video. But most other people don't even give it a decent shot and that's why you get praise for it. No, really, it's not that hard. And you put in the effort so thank you!

3:48 I can assure you that we do prefer that you actually use "Gothenburg" for the city. I live there and always use it when speaking english.

in the sports department you should have mentioned the "Swedish tennis wonder". Sweden was a super power in tennis during the late 70's, 80's and early 90's. we constantly had people in the top 10 or even top 5 all the way to the 2000's, with the top 3 being Björn Borg, Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg, all of them reaching number 1 in the world and winning many grandslams. and as late as 2002, Thomas Johansson won the Australian open.

Finally after watching you for 4 years, you finally made a Sweden Geography Now!

Fotografiska (the photography museum) now also have a branch in London. "Lagom" is an old term from the viking age, a short form of "laget om" or "for the team". If there was something to eat or drink to be shared, each and everyone had their own piece and took just enough for it to be shared equally for each member of the team, at your own conscience.

From my time there, Swedes LOVE their sweets/candy. So many dedicated candy stores. They love putting liquorice into everything too. Also I like how Marcus was in an Ikea Markus chair. If that was an intentional joke, bravo! Otherwise, nice coincidence haha!

_"seven types of cookies"_ - Ah! Here in Finland we have a phrase "sen seitsemää sorttia" or "of seven sorts" meaning an abundance of choices (usually as being offered on the table for guests). I would imagine this comes from our western neighbors! 😃

As in many other countries, tooth decay was common in Sweden. In the 1950s, the Swedish government used people with intellectual disabilities for non-consensual experimentation at the Vipeholm hospital in Lund. They were fed lots of toffee, causing heavy and painful caries. The result was a recommendation to eat candy just once a week. That is why we have Lördagsgodis.

My experience as Swede Swedes are cold in the beginning but when you get through their defensive attitude they will become warm welcoming. Jante Lagen are similar to The Tallest Poppy If you're new to Swedish be careful how you pronounce the words with the pitch because we got a lot of words with the same letters.

This is prolly the nth rewatch since this video was released, and I always forgot Keith mentioned Sabaton, but wowow thank goodness Sabaton was mentioned. Always a great band to listen to (fun side note: Sabaton and Geography Now videos are always recommended side by side in my list. Ya guys rock 🌏)

In Albania we have something like that in April too when the weather changes drasticly day by day. We call it "Plakat e Prillit" or "The old women of april" Love from Albania

As a Swiss, I’ve been waiting eagerly for this one because… WE'RE NEXT !

Quick disclaimer: The map at 02:15 is of the Nordic Countries, not Scandinavia (Scandinavia only consists of Norway, Sweden and Denmark). However, Barbs did use the correct terminology when he in the beginning of the video said that Sweden was the last Nordic Country to be covered on the show.

entertainment to the max! laughed way more than I thought I would

" How Much Metal Do You Need ?? " Keith : Yes and Lots of Them

As a swede, I say awesome video as always! But I'm really disappointed you didn't talk about the landskap (landscapes or "provinces"), as those are the main cultural divisions of Sweden and more commonly used than the boring län. It's also a bit disappointing that you didn't mention Skansen (museum about old rural Sweden and zoo with a lot of native animals), our other very weird and unique christmas traditions (Lucia, advent, julkalender), our strange history of children's entertainment, and of course our scientists! But overall, great video!

Fun fact: Swedish is a really flexible language and can make up practicly any word to describe something. For example, we have this word "Nordvästersjökustartilleriflygspaningssimulatoranläggningsmaterielunderhållsuppföljningssystemdiskussionsinläggsförberedelsearbeten" wich is definetly possible to make even longer but is currently the longest unofficial word in swedish, consisting of 130 letters

Literally started subscribing 2 days ago As a Swede myself, this was maybe the most spot on timing I could've ever imagined

It would be so cool if Geography Now remake some of the countries earlier in the alphabet to make them longer and more in depth like these later ones

Thst's actually an incredibly accurate depiction of how swedish became the official language. That's literally how the discussion went

As a folk musician, I am so happy to see the nyckelharpa getting a mention!

One of the things about “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” that really stuck out to me was how much coffee all the characters drink throughout the novel. So it doesn’t surprise me that Sweden has a whole coffee culture.

One thing that should’ve been mentioned with culturual traditions: The Gävle Goat! A goat made out of hay that gets raised in the town of Gävle during christmas. However, almost every year, it tends to get burnt to the ground, to the townspeople’s dismay.

your pronoucniations of Ö and Ä is suprisingly well done, slightly overprounced but still many times better than basicly anyone not native speaker.

Really good video guys! But for your information, the biggest mine is located in "Aitik" which is a small place right outside of Gällivare.

Since I know about Vikings, Norse mythology Sweden is a dream to accomplish in life, not sure bc I come from a 3rd world country (Nicaragua) but some day I would like to visit all those majestic museums and runes stones in Svenska. Fun fact, Swedish cooperation helped to create the first school Atlas in Nicaragua back in the 90s and I got one ;) 🇸🇪 🇳🇮

Back when we were filming in Sweden it was clear to see that the Scandinavian Wolf population is concentrated to the southern parts of Central Sweden, which means the counties of Västmanland, Örebro, Värmland, Dalarna and Gävleborg. There are rarely any Wolves in the Northern half of Sweden, nor in the very South. Most of Sweden’s Wolves live in densely forested areas with limited viewing conditions which makes it difficult to see them even if they would be close by. But hey, for most of the people hearing the Wolves howl is not only more likely, but perhaps more rewarding than seeing one, right? 🐺

I've been waiting for this!!!

Great video! And cool to see a mention of Asatru my religion

Äntligen är avsnittet publicerat. Jag har sedan första dagen väntat på en video om Sverige. Tack så mycket, Geography now.

10:44 That chair is actually designed by the finnish Alvar Aalto, it’s called the Paimio chair, so there’s a small error

talk about April weather. 10 years ago we got 13cm ( thats 5 inches and a lil bit for you imperials) of snow in the morning... in the middle of May.. and it was gone before noon. roads was chaos since everyone had switched to summer tires like a month ago.

Thanks for showing a satellite picture of Mönsterås at 4:30 in the video. At the top of the picture, you can see the papper (and saw) mill Mönsterås bruk. In the middle of the picture, you can see the town Mönsterås which is the municipal capital of the Mönsterås municipality. The town is along the E22 road between Malmö and Norrköping via Kalmar. There isn't that much to say about the E22 other that one of few of its traffic lights and it's only railway crossing exists in Mönsterås. Few other things do note is that the town has a famous water tower and a freight railway to the papper mill. The railway used to be a narrow gauge railway which ended in the town but got widened and and extended to the papper mill in the 70s.

Sweden The home of a formerly powerful empire, a lot of guns and weapon makers, Minecraft's creators, and my arch nemesis in the game Crusader Kings III One o my favorite countries. Love from California!

For Fan Friday: Sweden actually won the Eurovision twice in the last decade, Loreens "Euphoria" was a huge hit all over Europe. So their Pop music industry is even more huge than you could imagine from the music segment. They have probably the largest national music tv show in Europe called "Melodifestivalen", where even worldknown artists like Loreen compete alongside newcomers at the same show, which is pretty impressing.

Scandinavia relates to just Denmark, Norway and Sweeden. Where as Norse/ Nordic Countries are Norway, Sweeden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and including their associated territories of Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands

The music Scene in Sweden and coming out from Sweden is nuts. With all the music producers and writers virtually all pop music has some kind of Swede attached to it. ABBA is something like the 3rd largest band ever in albums sold.

Don't forget: the Byzantine Emperor's personal guard were Scandinavians so it's normal to have Runes in Hagia Sofia.

As a second generation Swedish immigrant in the U.S. I love learning about Sweden and this is a treasure trove

Allemansrätten does not just apply to public land. You can definitely roam, forage and camp on private land! But there's does and don'ts about how far from someone's house, what to pick and how long you're allowed to make camp.

I am actually impressed by barby's "ö" pronounciation. The rest though hehe

10:20 isn't the reason for moving Kiruna because they mined out the ground below it to the point where it's not strong enough to support the weight of a town safely?

Also wait times, in single payer systems. Waits times in Sweden for general procedures are a lot lower than the USA (however for specialist procedures they are longer). Canada's wait times are so long simply because they don't fund their healthcare system. However it is true that you can simulatiously have single payer and private insurance systems. Its just single payer basically makes private insurance extremely rare.

7:31 - the fact that this place is not in Sweden, but 40 km from the location where I live in North Norway…

20:00 fun fact: the two pitches are only present in Sweden-Swedish. In Finland-Swedish, however, there is only one pitch. Another fun fact: Swedish was officially mentioned in the Finnish constitution as a national (official) language before Sweden.

Much love to Sweden from Italy 🇮🇹♥️♥️🇸🇪 I'm very happy to see a great video like that about Sweden 🇸🇪🇮🇹🇸🇪🇮🇹🇸🇪🇮🇹

Finally I got this far (been watching the videos in alphabetical/chronological order). One small mistake though: The islands of Gotland and Öland are not located in the Sea of Bothnia, but in the Baltic Sea.

I didn't know about Fika! We have something similar which I would call Kaffee-und-Kuchen-Culture 😆 coffee and cake basically in the afternoon. More common at the weekends though. Also, "Fika" sounds kinda funny in German 🤣

Yaaay! Finally! Thank you so much for including me in the episode! Kinda starstruck to be honest ❤️ I'll be sticking with you guys all the way to the last country and further! Thanks again! And I hope the geograpeeps wanna visit Sweden! ❤️🇸🇪

I am Danish, and it almost ruined me mentally to hear all the good things Sweden has to say, but BARBY you are still the best to make everything interesting, THANK YOU. Btw i have a hate love relationship with Sweden, as you said so beautifuly in the Denmark episode

9:00 lol in southern sweden (atleast in the part of halland where i live) it's was about -12 celsius yesterday, and theres already lots of snow!

Allemansrätten DOES NOT only apply to public land, it also applies to private land. However, people's private residences and backyards are excluded, as well as certain other things like military training areas, agro fields currently growing crops (This does not include grown forest intended for timber harvest, however, which are included in the allemansrätt) etc. There is plenty of privately owned land that Swedes are allowed access to via allemansrätten, which includes the right to spend the night unannounced as long as you do not make a mess and so on.

Someone probably highlighted this already, but Scandinavia is only Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Fennoscandia includes Finland and parts of Russia. To include Iceland and the off shore islands, it's called the Nordic countries.