"So many Karls in Swedish history" - said King Louis the 18th of France "Quite right" - agreed King Edward the 8th of England

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11:00 Serfdom never took off? It never took off because it was made illegal by Magnus Ladulås about a centruy before this. The nobles tried passing their serfs of as slaves to circumvent the law so Magnus' son rolled his eyes and made slavery illegal too.

Just wanted to pop in and say that I think that this video showcases a highly qualitative understanding of Swedish and Scandinavian history that I really wasn't expecting to see come out of a non-Swedish source outside of academia. Very nicely done man.

I remember how in Finland, we were taught of the Swedish crusades in 4th grade and i was like "What nice guys coming to save us from going to hell" and approxicately 6 years later when we discussed it more in detail i went "Wait a minute"

When you break it down, trading and raiding are mostly the same thing. Just the currency changes. In the former, you get gold, silver, precious metals, gemstones and other goods. In the latter you get an axe to the skull, sword to the gullet, mace to the brain and other physically distressing items. The Vikings were essentially very motivated buyers.

Fantastic video! I noticed something around 14.00. Karl IX wasn't a grandchild to Gustav Vasa, he was his son (the third of Vasa's sons to take the throne). Sigismund is the grandchild (from Johan III:s line). // Swedish history teacher

Fun fact. The Hanseatic league had such a big inpact on the city Bergen (here wrongly called Bryggen, Bryggen is Just a tiny area of the city) that the local beer in Bergen is to this day called Hansa and there is a historical hotell placed at Bryggen called the Hanseatic hotell. (The building is from the 1500s).

Lots of love to our Swedish brothers and sisters! You are awesome! - A stinky Dane

As a Dane I find this very interesting, after all as Sun Tzu said "know thy enemy" Nah, just kidding, great video and best of wishes to my Swedish neighbors.

I learned so much Latin from this video

14:03 Just a correction: Karl IX was Gustav Vasa's son, not his grandson. Sigismund, however, was Gustav Vasa's grandson

I feel like denmark can have malmö back, Good video!

My fellow Sabaton fans gonna have a field day with this one

As a Swede, I appreciate the Swedish recognition!💙💛🇸🇪🇸🇪

As a Swed I just wanted to thank you for making this video. It’s not very often one if my favorite KZfaqrs makes a video about my home country so thank you 🙏

Great job 👏! As a Swedish history nerd I loved it. Still waiting for Hollywood to make a movie from some of the fantastic stories we have. We have our own William Wallach in Nils Dacke, Stockholms bloodbath the rise of Gustaf Vasa or Swedens Game of thrones with Håtunaleken and Nyköpings gästabud as main plot. There are so many too choose from.

as a swede i am glad that you call the danish smelly

As a Swede in very greatful for the time and effort you put into this video that is dedicated to us. Thank you very much, as always this was a great video with great quality.

I liked this a lot,as a Swede. Specially that quick little details,on the chalkboard telling the class when it`s time för mellanmål. Well done. :)

14:03 Karl IX was Gustav Vasa's son, not grandson. And Gustav II Adolf (Gustavus Adolphus) was the grandson of Gustav Vasa. Just a slight correction

Viborg was the center of the danish reformation. The lose of land was terrible, because skåne+sjælland is what is consideret to be the danish hearthland.

During the age of liberty did the swedish parlamentet had a couple of lose partys. The two most prominent was called caps and hats. The hats konsisted most of nobilitys and wanted to regain the empires through conquest. Then they got pover they attacked russia. Therefor the hat war. Also one of the main reason for Gustav vasa to join the reformation was that he need money to repay the german cities that had helped him. Also duke karl was also just power hungry. The whole protestant vs catholic thing did play a part in it. But he mostly did it to become king. But as you said he was a devoted protestant probably the most fanatic of the vasa dynasty

Thank you for making this. The video was really good! The quality is something else.

Pickled herring is wonderful. This should not be confused with fermented herring. A very different kettle of fish, as it were. It takes an heroic effort to even get close enough to fermented herring to taste it. Doesn't taste much and is clearly not worth the cost of its smell.

I just love how much interesting and crazy history we have with our Danish brothers haha

Thanks for a balanced run through of my country's history. It's nice to have an outside perspective on such things, and it's also nice to see that it doesn't differ a lot from what I've been taught in school.

I have only recently found your channel, and I have been binge watching your videos ever since, I love them, I can tell lots of work goes into them.

I live in Bogesund (now called Ulricehamn) and I've heard about the war on the lake, but I didn't know how much of a role it played. Great video! Fun fact: there's a pretty famous swimming area where Sten Sture got shot xD

I'm surprised you left out the thirty years war so much since it was such an important war for the swedish empire, but I guess the video would've been a bit too long then. Also it felt weird that you made it look like Karl XII was the one attacking his neighbours when in fact it was them who attacked him and his empire to gain controll over the Baltic Sea, but maybe that was just me misunderstanding you. Anyways, awesome work. A great video!

Very entertaining! Small correction (14:05) Duke Karl was Gustav Vasa's son, not grandson. Sigismund, however, was son to king Johan III, and thus grandson to Gustav Vasa.

You're a nice KZfaqr, your content is informative, easy to understand and fun. Even if I can't afford to buy your stuff I just wanted to thank you for your effort in sharing knowledge, have a blessed life!

I would really like to see you do a video on Ethiopia. This country has such an interesting history of resisting colonialism, fighting the Italians, and the famous Queen of Sheba

It looks like you are doing less on your channel. I hope you are able to do more! Your animation is simple and very effective! I love your storytelling as well. 💜

This is honestly very well made my guy keep it up

Loved this video! And as someone who has studied the following things closely: A deep dive into Kalmarunionen, Almarestäket, Stockholm Bloodbath and Vasa's journey (before and after the bloodbath) would make for such an awesome video of yours. In Peace

This was a really nice and well made video. Love the animation. Keep up the good job!

I just want to say how beautiful these videos are, they are an incredibly enjoyable watch

Dang 8 months between videos… I appreciate your hard work man. This is a great video. :)

You need to make a remake of the Animated History of France !

I have the Carolus Rex album ready to play on loop

I must say you missed one thing. The hats was sort of the first right parti and their left contrast was called the caps. So swedens first partis was called the hats and the caps.

Love our viking brothers that rulled us during Kyivenrus, grets from Ukraine :)

Could you make a video about Norway?

”The hats war”. It was called that because the leading party in the Riksdag at that time was called “the hat party” or “the hats”.

An amazing video. It's sad that it took so long to make, the algorithm apparantly didn't like that. I, someone who has watched most of these videos multiple times, got it recommended 6 days after it was released. Makes me kinda sad

New to your channel, and I’m genuinely impressed by the quality of content you have here. You’ve earned a new sub.

Loved the small references hidden in the video! Really shows how much detail goes into these videos.

Finally this was the first history KZfaqr I watched I’ve been waiting forever 😂

Correction. I may be mistaken in understanding your date, but if at the moment 5:22 850, there was no "Kievan Rus" or simply "Rus" even close at that moment. The Rurikoviches will conquer the principality of Kiev only at the beginning of 862, but here on the map in 850 year Kyiv already has one of the variants of their family coat of arms. At that time, these were more than fragmented principalities. and even if it was just Rus, as here on the map within the borders of the principalities, it is strange that you did not paint them all in the same color separating Kievan Rus from the rest of the principalities. Despite the fact that Rus as such did not have a common border with all the principalities before the Kingdom of Moscow (city of "Vladimir principality" in the east), for even being de jure united, de facto they despised each other and went on raids, including those bordering Kyiv, as an example, pereyaslavl. Therefore, this map of the Eastern Slavs looks rather strange.

Glad to see you’re back suibhne. Was beginning to wonder when you were coming back. Glad you are

I was surprised that you uploaded today but i'm glad that you're back with a new video

To explain the whole "Self coup" thing: Gustav III launched the coup against the Riksdagen which had taken all of the power that the crown used to hold, so after the coup, Gustav deposed the Riksdag and took power as a lone monarch with help of a few noblemen and militia

Wonderfull to see that your still making great content😊

Great video, glad you're still making them!

The attested history of Olof Skötkonungs ancestry is very spotty, so Olofs connection to the House of Munsö name for the dynasty, tracing it back to Björn Ironside, is very speculative and at least to some extent legendary, so the name isnt universally accepted for Olofs dynasty. Just a minor detail, obviously to minor of a distinction to dissect in a video summarising all of Swedens history, with little bearing on what unfolds. Par for the course really in new dynasties and kingdoms that begin to keep written track of these things. Also, what name is Gävle-ägarna from? Means "the owners of Gävle" in modern swedish but first time i come across that name for the locale. Lubeck and the Hansa were also a huge help for Sweden breaking free of the Kalmar union, supplying mercenaries, cannons etc. Aside from the bloodbath overreach and subsequent fears of losing established rights, a big divisive factor for the union was the opposing foreign interests of Denmark and Sweden. Sweden had designs on the baltics, Denmark was invested in its german holdings and a sore sticking point was Denmarks rivalry with the Hansa. The swedish import of hanseatic salt from Luneburg was very important to the Swedes and they had nothing to win by denmark antagonising the Hansa.

Absolutely awesome video as usual :) One correction though, the most famous and best swedish military king would be Gustaf II "father of modern warfare" although Karl XII might have been more successful and daring in his time

Amazing video, you should be proud of the quality of what you create. Thank you for sharing your time and energy to give us this.

So glad to see you back at last!

I'm a simple Swede and your thumbnail was irresistible. Now I've binge watched 1/2 of the entire channel (and subscribed). Great stuff! One question though - just me or is it something odd with how the intro-music ends? "Out of pace" somehow =)

love the art style and the animations there are just great keep it up fam

I am swedish and this video made me learn so much, thanks suibhne

not even at intro yet and already liked. just KNOW this is gonna be great!

That was a really high quality video on Swedish history. I was impressed by the depth and breath of it. Very enjoyable for a history nerd like me. Thanks a lot. Greetings to our Swedish neighbors from a stinky Dane.

Your editing skills are commendable! I've been applying similar techniques in my latest projects.

"Hey, Jean, we're gonna make you our new crown prince in line to be king!" "Dope!" "By the way, mind if we call you Karl?" "M...my name's Jean." "Karl XIV Johan it is." "What?!"

Awesome Vid. I am happy you are back

Love! I learned so much from this video. Eight months to make the video? I appreciate your effort and the final product. Thank you.

Pickled herring is one of the most delicious things on the planet! There are countless varieties of flavors, all the home made ones are different, maybe you had a not so well-made one?

Great video as always have seen nearly all of your videos! But I have quick suggestion/ request, would you be able to make video about Baltic countries?! Thanks

These videos are dope! Keep up the great work dude

Very well done video. Keep up the great work!

love the episodes! ive seen the majority. My wife is from Colombia, if you could do one on it. That would be amazing! Keep up the good work!!

He alive. Which is good, because he is good.

another FANTASTIC VIDEO! keep up the great work!

Thanks for the video! I am glad that I just discovered your chanel.

we have geography now for geography. Now Suibhne for history. I hope you keep doing this for every other countries.

Another fascinating video!

Awesome, thanks for all your hard work, really enjoyed my history lesson on speed😃👌

Amazing job as always!

Can you make one on Norwegian history since you have made one about all the other nordic countrys

Thank you by the way for the frank, yet respectful mentions of some of the more embarrassing moments of Swedish history. Also I was not aware of the Polish thing. Sorry, Polish people! We're very careful to keep our king leashed now.

Thank you for the video, was very interesting to learn so much about my countrys history

I really, really liked this. A special shoutout to you!

As A Swede Thank You For The Time In Making The Animated History Of Sweden 👏🏻

I thought this channel is dead, but suddenly he come just like great heathens army

Thank you for all of your hard work!

Thank you for the promo link! - new curiosity and nebula subscriber

How about doing the animated history of Greece 🇬🇷

Great way to show how the goths came to be tbh, never thought of it from that perspective

It's almost perfect. Great work thanks

THIS MADE MY WEEK! Thanks!

That’s a lot of work for 8 months. Give yourself a pat on the back. Good job.

This might be a weird question, but where can I find more on the armor and general military equipment depicted in this video? (specifically what the soldiers at 11:42 are wearing). I'm looking to do a DnD campaign in that era and my brain needs to know more

19:58 good fotboll jersey choice there. You picked the best team.

Bro, where the heck have you been. Do you have any idea how much we waited😅😅 we're so glad you're back. *Decides to binge all vids tonight*

sewden is really one of the most interesting one in the scandinavian countries well denmark is also as interesting as sewden imo but still both countries history, culture etc are amazing and fun to learn about because there is just so much you can learn about and there folk lore is my bread and butter i do really love these story and love learning about that we can't forget about the famous meme that living conditions there are great and i love when youtuber cover that fact like kraut and many other i do live that

The Sami were not herders early on. They were hunters and gatherers, who mostly relied on hunting reindeer. The herding tradition we see among them today is quite young, and they adopted it form germanic swedes.

Amazing as always mate

nice video - glad to see you again