Will Ferrell Explains Swedish Christmas Traditions | FULL INTERVIEW

Will Ferrell Explains Swedish Christmas Traditions | FULL INTERVIEW | The Jonathan Ross Show

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5 ай бұрын

While trying a popular liquor from Sweden, Will Ferrell explains Christmas traditions and together sing a Christmas song from the country.
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[Airdate: 14 December 2013]
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@danielthomas7117 4 ай бұрын

This is from Dec 2013 - in case you got excited that’s it’s new. What a legend.

@H_Oscarsson 4 ай бұрын

Some correct facts about swedish christmas traditions. :) Lighting a candle in a window was a tradition in the middle ages and it was a way to guide baby Jesus. The candle represented the star of Bethlehem. Very few people do this nowdays. Today we use lamps in the shape of a star in our windows instead. The fact that we in Sweden, and the rest of the nordic countries, celebrate Christmas on the "wrong" day is a remnant from Catholic times when vigils were held the night before a holiday. Also in the middle ages the day was not considered to begin in the morning, but rather at the evening before. In Sweden and throughout the Nordics, we still celebrate so-called "aftnar" (evenings), and that is why we celebrate Christmas on December 24th. Lye treated cod fish is a dish on christmas. Nobody eats it, but it has to be there. Goose blood soup, or Black Soup, is not at traditional christmas dish. It's primarily eaten on the Mårtensafton, Mårten's eve, on the 11th of november. Mostly only the most southern parts of Sweden that celebrate this today. Think it's more popular in Denmark than in Sweden. You're welcome! :)

@tecsmith_info 3 ай бұрын

Tack så myket

@d95mback 3 ай бұрын

The drinking and singing is correct, though. And we do this for easter and midsummer's eve too, because why not.

@Enharjar 3 ай бұрын

Pfft alot of us eat "lutfisk" and love it.

@AndersTornqvistsvedbergh 3 ай бұрын

Also it's not even "Christmas" in Sweden, it's still called "Jul", way older stuff than Baby Jesus

@nerdgirl8978 3 ай бұрын

What are you talking about? I know several people that eat Lye cod fish at Christmas, including myself. It's really tasty with mustard sauce, boiled potatoes and green peace. (Though it's important to not use tableware made of silver or having old amalgam fillings in your teeth repairs- it will taste like battery in your mouth then)

@joagargo01 4 ай бұрын

Swedish wife, I now understand the Eurovison movie.

@richardjohnson9167 4 ай бұрын

The terrible euro vision move

@antonvrb1510 4 ай бұрын

@@richardjohnson9167Agreed, that was a dud. I am a massive fan, but could not make it through the Sherlock mess of a movie. He certainly does have his many moments of genius though. Have you seen him in Eastbound and down? He has done so much and they certainly are not all winners. Twain award is nothing to smirk at. I feel he did deserve it.

@malinpeh 4 ай бұрын

@@antonvrb1510Its the biggest brand of pickled herring 😅

@gnarbeljo8980 4 ай бұрын

They spend alot of time in Sweden in their house in the countryside outside Stockholm. They love it because they, their kids, dogs the whole family os never bigged by the public out and about, Swedes leave celebrities alone to be regular people.

@antonvrb1510 4 ай бұрын

@@gnarbeljo8980 nice!

@jimigrill 15 күн бұрын

The way he never skips a beat, so much respect for this guy.

@shelleydoxtdator753 5 ай бұрын

David Beckham - what a sport 😂😂😂. “Smells like a former British soccer player “ 😮😂😂😂❤

@mrthorbjrnolsendk6561 4 ай бұрын

Not only in Sweden but in Scandinavia akvavit is a tradition.

@wikingsweden7464 4 ай бұрын

Is it? Lived in sweden all my life and never even tasted aquavit and have never seen anyone have at a party or at home in my 52 years...

@tunedsoundz 4 ай бұрын

@@wikingsweden7464Är du verkligen Svensk? 🤷‍♂️💙

@RobinAsp77 4 ай бұрын

@@wikingsweden7464finns olika typer av aqvavit, skåne kanske?

@bennyandersen9272 3 ай бұрын

@@wikingsweden7464 Which Sweden is that?

@maroon2k 2 ай бұрын

@@wikingsweden7464Inlagd sill, testat det nån gång? Köttbullar, du kanske inte har provat men åtminstone hört talas om dem?

@vegardyrnes1793 4 ай бұрын

Akevitt is sooo necessary at Christmas her in the north. With rib, lambs meat and everything else that goes with it. Happy Christmas, each and everyone. Vegar, Norway

@MiBzAn 4 ай бұрын

I grew up with the celebrations on Christmas Eve - our family are German. We also sing, eat weird stuff and open presents that night. We had Advent and Nicholaus instead if Santa - which confused me to no end as a child lollll ❤

@stephendineen4419 4 ай бұрын

Unreal. Two Legends together. 😉👍

@mavetyan 4 ай бұрын

Two very fine entertainers at their best.

@sixty9design 4 ай бұрын

That episode had such a brilliant lineup. Will, Gillian, & Beckham. **Swedish chef's kiss**

@Tapio86 4 ай бұрын

"Like a Swedish vodka"😂 Like Swedes don't have the most famous/widely marketed vodka already in Absolut Vodka. Akvavit is not the same as vodka.

@ljclark2177 4 ай бұрын

I don’t understand why I’m getting old clips of jonathan Ross in my feed…and that they’ve only been posted 4 days ago!!?? I want NEW clips if anything at all!!!!

@elisabethsmith6206 4 ай бұрын

At Christmas we drink spiced brandy to our herrings and ham; Herrgårds Akvavit, Skåne and O.P. Anderssons are some of them. 😊

@MarleanSweden 4 ай бұрын

Gooseblood soup is just in the southern part of Sweden so Will might have missed it. Its also rather a fall dish rather than a Xmas one. Lye fish is also around Xmas, but you eat ham on Xmas eve more.

@syster3746 4 ай бұрын

Gooseblood soup is only for the 10th of november when it's Mårten gås. So no christmas tradition😊

@RobertClaeson 4 ай бұрын

Yes, only in the very far south.

@Jonsson474 4 ай бұрын

Agreed. Having goose blood soup not a Swedish tradition. They only have that in the southern colonies, the conquered areas.

@syster3746 4 ай бұрын

@@Jonsson474 Börjar gräva nu🤣

@Jonsson474 4 ай бұрын

@@syster3746 😉

@josephinenilsson1541 3 ай бұрын

We do have a song called Helan går (the one he sang at the end). It’s not a Christmas song though, it’s a snapsvisa (a song you sing when drinking snaps). I did not know Ferrell had a Swedish wife; cool 😂

@andytraill 4 ай бұрын

Future classic. Amazing.

@suziperret468 4 ай бұрын

Love me some Will Ferrell!

@CARLIN4737 Ай бұрын

Been a long time since i cried with laughter. What a funny guy and a great sport.

@dianefiske-foy4717 5 ай бұрын

Great actor and funny guy! Great interview!

@igorbrezovic 4 ай бұрын

That guy is a natural treasure...

@supertotoro 4 ай бұрын

Hahaha, his english translation of the drinking song ”helan går” even though it sounded like he made it up, the last part Will said is actually correct. And even though he didnt sing the song perfectly Im still very impressed. Bonus fact, his wife is definitely not from southern sweden because thats where they eat geese blood, even though that is known by most swedes even though very local tradition, a foreigner would not know if only been to Stockholm.

@novineux1246 4 ай бұрын

I'm from the south of sweden and I've never heard of it :S

@supertotoro 4 ай бұрын

@@novineux1246 svartsoppa. Googla :)

@Sebastianwiberg 4 ай бұрын

@@novineux1246 Agree, this guy must be from middle of sweden.

@oliverchristian2437 4 ай бұрын

I'm from the south of Sweden, and I have off course heard of geese blood soup - but it's mostly called "svartsoppa" ("black soup" in English). It was also correct that many of us Swedes eat stockfish/whitefish prepared with lye at Christmas Eve - some of us combine this fish with fried pork, and the most of us eat strong mustard to it (too). Delicious!

@novineux1246 4 ай бұрын

@@oliverchristian2437 var i södern? Jag bor i blekinge o jag har aldrig hört talas om det :O

@bojonas 4 ай бұрын

for you non-swedish-speakers out there... the snaps-sång "Helan går" sounds like this (not the actual meaning of the words though); "Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley Oh handsome in the hell and tar and hell are in the half and four Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley".

@Sebastianwiberg 4 ай бұрын

mmm gooseblood, we have that everyday.

@bobbyboucher4101 3 ай бұрын

Will is amazing.

@richardpreston5260 4 ай бұрын

will farrell is brilliant i love him when he meets roy keane to see a global superstar like him get star struck by roy keane was brilliant

@heidimarie1198 4 ай бұрын

two entertainers - and a person who kicks a ball

@nomad1517 4 ай бұрын

Will Farrell is like Jim Carrey, but without the physical comedy. He's like your average joe, but on the inside, it's comedic insanity.

@steveo7767 4 ай бұрын

Those two in a movie together would be fantastic!

@katarina1117 4 ай бұрын

You will probably see Akvavit at any holiday celebration in Sweden and hear "helan går" about a 100 times every year 😅 I'm suprised swedish babies doesn't pop out of their mothers singing helaan gååååår 😁

@zoodiac57 4 ай бұрын

:DDD gotta visit Sweden then

@ThePatrikable 4 ай бұрын

To be honest, it was atleast 15 years ago since I heard helan går at any party in sweden. That tradition is simply dead

@DAAR53 4 ай бұрын

Aldrig hört talas som det :/, måste lära mig att fira riktigt svensk jul antar jag

@SilverionX 4 ай бұрын

Surprisingly, traditions vary depending on location and family. Christmas with my mother includes one very small shot of spirits and a song, at my dad everyone has to write a rhyme for every present. Personally, it wouldn't be Christmas for me without the Donald Duck Christmas special. I don't know if there is such a thing as "real" Christmas.

@macjonte 4 ай бұрын

Helan går is definitely not dead. At any celebration, mostly midsummer, crayfish or julfest there is aquavit, silly songs and the herring in the jar that someone spent an unworthy amount of time putting in there. By the way, the julfest is not on Christmas Eve but during the month before and booked in September. In many families the Christmas Eve is for the kids and you don’t have that much alcohol. Not at least until they’ve passed out under the Christmas tree, exhausted after a long day.

@christinarowe8586 11 күн бұрын

Will Farr ROCKS!!!💗💕

@SilverionX 4 ай бұрын

The reason we, and a large number of other European countries, celebrate Christmas on the 24th is that in the middle ages a new day started when the sun goes down. Since it goes down at like 3 in the afternoon it does make sense to start celebrating then. From a cursory search the candle in the window was to guide baby Jesus. There are a lot of other candle based traditions as well.

@marcoszambrano7287 4 ай бұрын

Ikea's jokes never get old, they fit in for any swedish fun conversation... Also, swedish meatballs and ABBA.

@jojotheswede8444 4 ай бұрын

ABBA the band or the fish?

@marcoszambrano7287 4 ай бұрын

@@jojotheswede8444 the band, didn't know there was a fish called that too.

@jojotheswede8444 4 ай бұрын

@@marcoszambrano7287 well, it's a company who sells a lot of fish and such

@april7_DDG 4 ай бұрын

and they use their Sauna wrong way, just cooking themself in the hot room without tossig water to the hot stones as it should do! Yes one angry Finn here! 😁

@lillangen 4 ай бұрын

I'm Swedish and I've never been in a Scandinavian style sauna where you don't keep adding water to the hot stones throughout the experience. Not sure where you're getting your facts from @@april7_DDG

@GettheFouttahere74 4 ай бұрын

Ferrell for me, his best acting was ‘Ashley Schaeffer’ from Eastbound and Down 👌🏽

@stevenosullivan187 4 ай бұрын

My plumbs

@rasmusisaksson7838 4 ай бұрын

I never understood that song until now. Always heard it! 😂

@seanbeach1976 4 ай бұрын

No, they haven’t all had facelifts. It’s 2013 footage.

@paulmcc2006 4 ай бұрын

Love Will Farrell.

@Jorisje83 3 ай бұрын

Epic!

@SuperSimpleTurtle 3 ай бұрын

As others have mentioned, the song at the end “Helan går” is a song you can sing at any festivity, not at Christmas specifically. The song is traditionally sung as the first song during a feast. The translation given by Will Ferrel is literally correct. However, even if the word Helan means “the whole” in the contexts of drink it means the first. Halvan (the half) means the second, and so on. So what the song actually says is that if you don’t take the first one you don’t get the second one.

@eivindkaisen6838 4 ай бұрын

Your "royal" family also open their presents of Christmas Eve; it's a tradition Queen Victoria's Pice Albert frought with him from Germany.

@kronbakeren 4 ай бұрын

I pissed me self launghing! im a dane, swedish neighbour , we drink akvavit as well and open presents on 24th in the evening ..

@JamesAlexanderCarey-xt5pb 28 күн бұрын

0:48 Shout out to Bob!

@sarahharrison8520 4 ай бұрын

“From IKEA” brilliant

@TheMetalnight666 4 ай бұрын

Haha but the song isn´t a Swedish "jul" song it´s a "snapsvisa" used at some social party´s here in Sweden.

@JamesAlexanderCarey-xt5pb 28 күн бұрын

7:44 A mate of mine drank a bottle of Angostura bitters!

@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609 5 ай бұрын

Haha, not even the part that he didn't say he didn't know he did not know!

@magnuslarsson9702 4 ай бұрын

The goose blood soup is only in southern of Sweden. Never tried it myself.

@marietornell6058 4 ай бұрын

Vad är det på svenska? Gås-blod-soppa? Vad fn är det? Julskinka, köttbullar, Janssons och revbensspjäll ska det vara.

@magnuslarsson9702 4 ай бұрын

Någon får gärna rätta mig om jag har fel, men jag har svårt att tro dom refererar till något annat än den skånska landskapsrätten svartsoppa :)@@marietornell6058

@HansenSWE 4 ай бұрын

Svartsoppa@@marietornell6058

@MegaSchremser 4 ай бұрын

Svartsoppa. Jag tror någon har blandat ihop Mårtensafton och julafton.

@offtom 4 ай бұрын

And you're wrong. If you don't know then shut up

@jarmopaakkonen2045 4 ай бұрын

Skåne Akvavit is da bomb🍸

@SoonGone 4 ай бұрын

The Kanye part is killing me 😆

@MultiVince95 4 ай бұрын

Saturday 14th December 2013

@distractionb 4 ай бұрын

The look on Jillian Anderson's face says it all. 3:40

@XianS2019 4 ай бұрын

She's drunk.

@TidyRC 4 ай бұрын

It’s Gillian. And she’s a very game girl always having a good time. Watch her top gear interview. She has the cheekiest laugh

@johnteniteni8423 29 күн бұрын

Good morning everybody from New Zealand 🇳🇿 John Teni Teni

@JamesAlexanderCarey-xt5pb 28 күн бұрын

7:29 FTW

@user-gq6sf4si6j 5 ай бұрын

Yay Anchorman 2 is out in 2 weeks everybody

@johnfitzgerald1769 5 ай бұрын

This is from 10 years ago so Anchorman 2 has been out a long time

@user-gq6sf4si6j 5 ай бұрын

@@johnfitzgerald1769 🤣🤣🤣

@NevilleBamshu23 5 ай бұрын

@@johnfitzgerald1769deeerp..

@powdergate 4 ай бұрын

@@johnfitzgerald1769 OH NO! I AM SO SHOCKED

@krissanders987 4 ай бұрын

Yes! I can’t wait! I haven’t seen it in 10 years lol

@brancothiel1025 3 ай бұрын

Hm. Absolut curious about this "Sweeden"... and their "Akvavit".

@innaf1987 4 ай бұрын

😂❤❤

@RobertClaeson 4 ай бұрын

Lye fish is originally Norwegian. It doesn't taste anything, and the trimmings don't make it any better. Not very common these days. The English translation of "helan går" is, by the way, impeccable, in spirit.

@janereed4036 4 ай бұрын

Only ONE WILL!

@Steffe 4 ай бұрын

Skål!

@thesaint2700 4 ай бұрын

Old Spice. The scent of grandpa 😂

@gwenmichaluk5979 5 ай бұрын

LOL 😂 SOO FUNNY 🙏🫶

@iainmacneil5462 4 ай бұрын

So funny!

@Iareawesome100 3 ай бұрын

should try besk next time for the real fun stuff

@jayamay 4 ай бұрын

A little delayed with the upload 😂

@JamesAlexanderCarey-xt5pb 28 күн бұрын

3:00 Lanolin, is that your name? 3:27

@garenbalkhian69 4 ай бұрын

Who would’ve known these two would own football clubs in the MLS 😂

@HC20047 4 ай бұрын

OP Andersson is the best. And Will's translation is very accurate.

@RobertClaeson 4 ай бұрын

It should perhaps also be mentioned that Akvavit is not just a plain "Swedish vodka". It's a spiced vodka. Plan Swedish vodka is Absolut and a number of others, e.g. not very different from any other vodka. But Akvavit is different. My personal favourite is Linie (from Norway).

@HC20047 4 ай бұрын

Indeed. OP for "sill" and crayfish, Linie for Christmas.

@Necronomous 4 ай бұрын

@@RobertClaeson Absolut made in Sweden but owned by a french corporation since 2008. Well, I dunno if you can call it Swedish if the brand ain't swedish anymore. I mean I got a Volvo v70, made in Sweden sure, but I calls it a american car made in Sweden. Last Volvo made under american flag, after that it went chinese. So nowdays it is a chinese car built in Sweden. But I don't agree it is a swedish car because it is built in Sweden. For me it has to be owned by a swedish corporation to be swedish. If a car was built in China, but was owned by a swedish corporation I would say that car are swedish. Or is it that something that are made in a country it is called by that country's name? I don't think for example Lamborghini would say themself that a Lambo was bulit in Sweden for a swedish car. In their eyes it would still be an italian car, just because they own the brand Lamborghini. The path are quite thin if you know what I mean.

@Liam_Noman 4 ай бұрын

Nice

@Tilten 3 ай бұрын

Anchorman 3: make it happen!

@TidyRC 4 ай бұрын

Who claps along to LL Cool J’s I need love. Well weird 😵‍💫

@SteveDahlskog 4 ай бұрын

Goose blood soup is in November and the codfish is not that popular on the table at Xmas eve.

@juliemoses1909 4 ай бұрын

Lutefisk is only traditional in Minnesota these days.

@massivebeatzz 4 ай бұрын

that was many years ago, when Beckham was younger.

@axlFoleyBeverlyHillsPo 4 ай бұрын

Why was beck just a person viewing the show? Lmao 😂

@jesclifford88 Ай бұрын

They are in segments. He’d obviously not been on yet. They all end up on the sofa as the show goes on

@aerofoilmusic 4 ай бұрын

I’m not entirely sure, but I think lie treated codd is a traditional x-mas dish in Norway, called ‘Lutefisk’?

@perssonkim 4 ай бұрын

Yes think that too, needs to be that classic old dish. Lutfisk :)

@janemiettinen5176 4 ай бұрын

Same in Finland, I think its lye fish in English.

@bigboy5428 4 ай бұрын

Was thinking this was a new interview then they start talking his new film 😂

@HollyRobertsMusic 4 ай бұрын

Lol yea same. Ten years ago. Will doesn't age so assumed it was him now

@JamesAlexanderCarey-xt5pb 28 күн бұрын

10:37 Yuletide

@user-dc9gd5zq7f 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@CatGPT_ Ай бұрын

Scully could be 90 and i still would.

@iainyoung2677 4 ай бұрын

Gillian Anderson 😍😍😍

@johncrook9519 4 ай бұрын

My grandparents were Swedish and a Swedish Xmas. I wouldn't give lutefisk to my worst enemy.

@shar3066 3 ай бұрын

How can you not love it? With crisp bacon, green pea , my belly loves that type of food

@TheErikjsm 3 ай бұрын

doesnt taste like anything imo neither good or bad.

@Reznor1983 3 ай бұрын

Nobody eats the fish. Its just nice to know its there.

@ellencaroline2065 4 ай бұрын

Aquevitt is Norwegian no?

@Jorisje83 3 ай бұрын

@0:57

@jootai 4 ай бұрын

Beckham looks like a young Ricky gervais like this

@timz9862 4 ай бұрын

Who’s Jonathan Ross and why is he showing up on my KZfaq feed all of a sudden?

@petyahristova776 4 ай бұрын

Exactly? Why now?

@lightwarrior1 4 ай бұрын

Will Ferrell 💖😊🤗🪻🌅

@jimmywayne983 4 ай бұрын

Akvavit is Scandinavian and not exclusively Swedish 😉

@espenjonassen4655 19 күн бұрын

it's akevitt, not aquawitt D:

@NinaForever1 4 ай бұрын

That's not a Christmas song. It's a song you can sing at parties while drinking.

@minnchi5125 4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@Newmusicreview 4 ай бұрын

Ray Reardon making a comeback then...

@California265 5 ай бұрын

My friends dog is the spitting image of will Ferrell

@Katariinajokakuoli 4 ай бұрын

Send pictures

@rheajb79 4 ай бұрын

We need a pic!

@paddymc6198 4 ай бұрын

How old is this? Why is this going out now?

@ljclark2177 4 ай бұрын

My question also!? What is going on!!??

@1979France 4 ай бұрын

It’s 10 years old. Check the description. Oprah has also been releasing old tv footage on KZfaq lately. I guess they want to give the old footage a new life…

@avivstoica 4 ай бұрын

This is from 2013???😮

@LeifES 4 ай бұрын

Lye treated codfish = Lutefisk (no)/Lutfisk (se).

@janemiettinen5176 4 ай бұрын

Aaand.. lipeäkala (FIN). We always have to be the weird ones..

@user-dz4uu3xi8r 4 ай бұрын

Empty V, hehe. Akevitt is something us Scandinavians drink when we want to self harm. (I did not know svensker did that too)

@MrBlue-dm5li 4 ай бұрын

We do, especially at Christmas, midsummer and and the crayfish party’s in august🎉

@jockohamaproductions8667 3 ай бұрын

this might make it easier for english speaking viewers: Hell and gore, hell and gore .. Chung hop father Allan lay .. Hel and gore, hell and gore .. chung hop father Allan lay