we aren't homophobic at all, we think its completely fine that swedes are gay :)

The reason Finns are kinda quiet is that they think it's polite to let the other person finish their sentence before talking themselves.

*video has Finland/Suomi in The title*. *The whole population of Finland appears*

Norway= We’re rich Sweden= Same than Norway but better in hockey Finland=Same than Sweden but not GAY Meme from Finland

In finland we dont hate swedes. Its just kind of not serious hate. We just love to fuck around with swedes, mostly because of hockey. We call you gays and you call us patriotic, melancolic and also alcoholic fuckheads. Pretty fair right? I fucking hated learning swedish language at school. Its frustrating. Its just not easy when you have to learn english, swedish and in gollege you sometimes have to choose third language.

the thing with "all swedes are gays" is mostly just a national joke between us finns, i remember when during high school we went to stocholm with my class and one of our mates was drunk, he started saying "all swedes are gays" and stuff like that (not in public thank god), normally we would just ignore him or hell even join him! but since we were visiting sweden and were gests in the country, we asked him to stop it, it wasnt funny anymore, just rude at this point even tho there werent any swedes near us hearing our conversation (in finnish....)

As a southern European, I find the Finnish language not harsh but rather poetic If it wasn't such a brainfuck, I'd love to learn it

Him: Its a harsh language Me: HAISTA VITTU!!

*6-1*

For me (Russian), Finnish sounds really beautiful, idk how it could be harsh :D

I'M SWEDISH AND I THINK FINNISH IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD!

Finnish men might be "macho", but at the same time we are "honestly loving" and family oriented. Also we are friendly towards those who deserve it.

Canada and the USA love Finland and Finnish people. And have the utmost respect for them! Love you Finland! ☺💖

How does Finnish sound harsh? It doesn't even have many consonants. Maybe Swedes think that, but I'm a native speaker of a language that's considered to be pretty harsh, so maybe my ears aren't so sensitive. xD

The whole "Sweden is gay" etc. joke (if you can call it that) has some historical roots. Homosexuality was legalized in Sweden in 1944 (c.f. 1971 in Finland). This reflected also with the acceptance and attitudes towards gay and LGBT people. This not only made Finns (who truly were more homophobic at the time, probably due to influence from the Soviet Union...) joke about the "gayness of Sweden", but it also made a lot of Finnish gay people move to Sweden, decreasing the amount of gays in Finland and increase in Sweden. Of course rights and attitudes are different now, but sadly the "joke" has still stayed. Although I would say that the idea of masculinity is still different in Finnish and Swedish cultures, also contributing to a bunch of homophobes saying "Sweden is gay lol".

Swedish language does sound VERY gay to a finnish person, its so close to the stereotypical happy gay guy with the weird emphasis on certain parts of a sentence, the tone and sort of attitude, i remember hearing about a study that said sweden is the gayest country in the world, but again idk if thats actually true or just something we assume and spread around.

As a Finn, I agree with all of the Swedish perceptions of Finns except for the language sounding harsh haha. Ofcourse only a minority of us is exactly like those stereotypes, but those people are definitely out there. Same goes probably with the Swedish stereotypes. :) I love all the nordic countries, us Finns just have often felt outsiders thanks to our weird-ass language and our pretty dark history, which still reflects our thinking beyond generations, whether we like it or not!

I think swedes wear weird clothes and talk funny language. They love losing in hockey too. ;)

As a Finn, I agree completely :D That's really interesting. Finnic culture is really melancholic and harsh compared to germanic cultures. There are slight bitterness from Swedish rule, but I think most of the people in Finland think Swedes are generally good people. Greetings from Finland, our dear western neighbours!

"Sweden will fight to the last Finn".

Okay first of all: Not all types of metal are "aggressive" :D It's a very common stereotype and i just had to make it clear! :D There is a lot of very beautiful melodic metal :] It's kinda funny to hear all this from a third person view :D I don't think finnish is a harsh language. I love the language and i could listen to it all the time :D

The notion in Finland we think that all Swedes are gay comes from history. After the war there was shift to more traditional gender norms. Manly men and womanly women. In Sweden same-sex sexual activity was legalised in 1944 and in Finland you were used as an example: "We are not like those immoral Swedes where being gay is ok". Also, we don't study Swedish because Sweden but because we have our own Swedish speaking Finns. Studying Swedish is seen as a way to preserve the language here in Finland. It's debatable how well it is working.

I am estonian and I tell you, pretty rude what SOME swedes think of Finns.

6-1 NEVER FORGET! finland is best

Swedish language makes manliest man sound like girl

To me Finnish sounds so soft actually, it is so beautiful. I love how Finns pronounce the sounds S, T, D and R. Yeah the R is the only really harsh sound in Finnish, to my ears. I would go there just to hear them talking

btw in Finland when there's a fight some dudes start yelling, TAPPELU TAPPELU RUOTSI SUOMI OTTELU which translates to FIGHT FIGHT SWEDE FIN FIGHT!!!

I'm Finn and this is the funniest and the most truthful video I've seen in a while! You just made me laugh So hard, you got yourself a new subscriber XD

Finns are better at ice hockey

I only have one Finnish friend so my opinion is not legitimate whatsoever, but I agreed with pretty much everything in this video apart from the harsh sounding language... ^^ I find Finnish weirdly mesmerising and melodic, and I love how deep the voices sound (but maybe it's just his voice ^^)

Why I like Sweden? Sabaton rules.

Swedes are huge on heavy metal, too lol. Sweden, Finland, Germany, etc. - keep making awesome power metal to entertain this American boy! :D PS I love Sweden.

I was in Finland a few weeks ago. I was staying with Finns and they had nothing but nice things to say about the Swedes. They were described as great neighbours and they were grateful in particular for the help the Swedes gave them against the Russians.

Literally anyone: *makes a video about Finland* All 6.5 million of us: G'day

New American viewer here! I just wanted to take a second to say that I really love your attitude and approach to things. You seem so kind and laid back. Even with controversial topics, you are very unbiased and respectful and humble. That’s hard to find nowadays. Maybe that’s just the Swedish way. Anyways, splendid video! :3

Dude you are so classy and well mannered even depicting brother rivalries.. nice work ;)

Swedes in the far north relate to Finns more than we do to southern Swedes like this guy.

He looks so scared :( I'm so ashamed of those Finns who posted those homophobic comments! The majority of Finnish people are not homophobic (at least that's what I believe from my own experience as a Finnish girl) And also we're not a scary nation! Don't be afraid 😅😅 Let's all just be friends :D (but also damn I want to have a looong talk with the people who said those hateful things!)

2:50 "Wait did I see my avatar? .. I didn't even remember writing that.." I meant it in a joking way. Well of course you wouldn't know that. If you pick up a finnish joke book, it's almost a guarantee that there will be jokes about swedes being gay. So it really is a thing in Finland, about swedes being gay. In my group of friends, gay isn't an insult. Or well, it's jokingly said insult, kinda like any other "mean name" we call each other. Of course I wouldn't call a stranger gay. But I wouldn't call a stranger cunthead either. And since I'm finnish, I don't talk to strangers anyway. Finn logic: Won't talk even to their neighbours, call's the population of an entire country gay.

You look a bit scared and nervous when you talk about Finnish people btw finns are very good hearted people

I think the Finnish people that moved to Sweden knows how to build a sauna

Swedenistan is my favourite caliphate.

Very nice and polite video. I really enjoyed it :)

My father came to Sweden from Finland in the late 1960's worked at Volvo, got used to alot of bad words, always called, ''finnjävel'' no one raised an eyebrow, but when someone calls someone for ''blatte'', then you are suddenly in a blazing inferno.

I was born in Finland and lived 6years in sweden

Im from Finland i speak both swedish and finnish i like swedes exactly as much as finnish people

Great video! From Finland with love.

This gave me a smile, and I think you spoke very well. Finland & Sweden, brothers :)

Finns: 1.Alcohol 2. Icehockey 3. Aggressive 4. Not often good small talkers 5. The guards in East For Sweden against Russia. 6. Coffee 7. Sauna Swedish: 1. Gay, (weak) 2. Vikings which became pacifists. 3. Energetic people 4. More blondes (naturally hair) 5. Royal

This channel is SO helpful for understanding Swedish culture and life, especially for someone who is moving to Sweden soon! 😌

Very few people know that one official minority language in Sweden is "meän kieli" which common in both sides on border river Tornio ( Tornionjoki = Torne älv). It is one of finish dialects and very similar to dialect spoken in Finmark Norway.

I'm half Swede, but I love Finland. The Ostrobothnia area is really nice and more Swede friendly. I love the Finnish language, and their music scene is awesome. When this CV crisis is over I'm going back, and then riding the boat to Sweden.

Of course we finns joke a lot about the swedes, and it's cool to "hate" the swedes, but in the end of the day, if something very serious happened in Finland or in Europe, for example a natural disaster or a war, all jokes would go aside and Sweden would be the first friend we would ask help from. I've travelled in Sweden on several occasions and to me the country looks like a happy version of Finland. It's inevitable for grumpy finns to envy that happiness.

Ive always thought Finnish must sound awful to swedes. Much like Russia sounds horrible to us. What we Finns think of swedes? Imho social, fashionable, good looking and an eternal enemy in ice hockey.

Nothing but regards and love for Finland and the Finns.

I'm a Finn. I have visited all European countries having a coast line (by profession) and some others on this planet. Coming to Sweden is like coming home. Instant connection with people. What I have learned, you people just love us. And I can say, that we actually honestly just love you. (Except icehockey which = war)

Haha, this was interesting! Tomorrow I'm coming to Sweden, I hope no one notices i'm finnish :D

Finns don't learn Swedish because Finland was a part of Sweden, but because Swedish is one of TWO official languages in Finland (the other being Finnish, obviously). Learning Russian is not mandatory even if Finland was a part of Russia. The Finns had to start learning Swedish in 70's in case the student would become a public official, and therefore have to know both official languages of the country. Swedish is not an optional language because everyone should have a basic understanding of both official languages.

those people who call people gay are just 8 year old kids who think being gay is a bad thing

Jeg elsker Sverige og Finland ❤️

The only thing what we usually like about swedens are Ikeas meatballs and odens.

FINNISH IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD!!! 😡😠😡😂🤣😂

Luulisin et nykypolvi ei enää ajattele et mitä ruotsalaisetkin ? Oliskohan jääny jo jotain vuosikymmeniä sitten ?

Great vid XD!!

There are some dislike in Finland about both Swedes and Russians, it comes from the history. They both have torn our country from two sides and use it as a battlegroud for centuries. Finland also payed a horrific price from Swedens passion of dominating the Baltic sea. It's all about the history 😊

It's been interesting to note the differences between Finns and Swedes in big gaming meetups I've been to which have included mostly Finns (since they've been in Finland), some Swedes, and a few from other countries. Observation number one: yes, it's true that Finns are/can be quite quiet. Often it's because we don't have anything of importance to say or because we want to listen what the other person has to say first. The Swedes though, oh my God they can be so incredibly loud. They have been such social butterflies and the life of the party, which on the other hand is nice, but on the other hand it gets irritating pretty fast with interrupting others and generally being just...loud. The Swedes I know have also had extremely thought-out views on politics and seem to be quite well on the left in the political scale, and enjoy spreading their political opinions to a fault. Anecdotal, yes, but on the other hand Sweden is known to be proud of being so open-minded etc. (which I gotta point out is often quite hypocritical). In Finland sharing your political opinion is (or at least has been) kind of a taboo. Just like religion, you don't really talk about it and let others do their own thang. Also, this is pretty the stereotype of how Finns view Swedes: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pt1jmJll2NXXdZs.html =D

i don't really care what people think about sweden, but it really hurts when people just don't accept people who like the same gender as themselves. most sweds accept things like that, we are really openminded and we express our feelings. i guess to some people expressing your feelings is gay, being a guy and hug another guy seems kind of gay to some? but we just really like to show affektion to everybody. who cares? we do our thing and you do yours.

Where do you base your argument or premise on? Statistics, polls, interviews or just your own opinion, experience or interpretation?

Somebody mentioned knives. As a Finn i associate a drunk Finn with a knife more to historical times (1800s to 1970s) than the last 30 years. In comparison younger generations drink less. I'm born 1984 so i'm between people who drink a lot and people who don't drink much. There was a severe depression in Finland 1991-1993 and it overshadowed the whole 90s (basically ended only by late 90s Nokia/IT boom). At it's peak 18.9% of people were unemployed so kids born in the 70s had very rough time getting into worklife and us 80s born kids probably had kinda poor childhood. Personally i wasted 2000-2009 studying and not getting a profession. When i FINALLY got a profession 2012 then the 2008-2018? recession is still going and i'm having a hard time getting into worklife in my 30s. Kids born in the 80s in Finland are veterans 2 recessions. What a weird rant LOL

Why are all these 10 year old Finnish people here getting offended and trying to defend Finland? It’s hilarious.

Just to clarify, Swedish isn't taught in schools here because Finland used to be a part of Sweden and it's a tradition, it's solely because of the fact that Swedish is one of our two national languages with about 5% of the population being so called "finswedes"

One time i saw 3 swedish guys travel train tracks in Finland. They had made chocolate train, seemed happy inside each other traveling countryside with no worry at all.

Don't take these stereotypes too seriously, we do still like our neighbors. Don't forget how much we have in common 🙂 🇫🇮🇸🇪

I'm finnish and none of my friends listen to heavy metal

A thing many Sweedes forget is that there are people born in Finland with swedish as a first language (about 5% of Finns speak swedish). And that is the main reason that people have to learn swedish in school. Not because we were a part of Sweden, but because there are swedish speaking Finns still living in Finland.

Im jealous of Swedish people Q^Q you all seem so nice and you have so good music tastes!!!

Please do What Swedes think of Danish please please please

uuh i think finish loves swedish (if others dont, i do❤)

Saying finnish is harsh is like saying italian is harsh

I am finnish and i can confirm, i hate learning swedish but i like Sweden

and here i am, finn and gay :'D

I am so embarrassed of my fellow Finns around this comment section. "All Swedes are gay!" Kinda comments are just... so immature. I am here thinking, am I really surrounded my 12 year old people...

I know a finnish guy who I went to school with. He was very shy and we allways tried get him to play with us.

As a Finn living in Sweden, I experience many different attitudes. Some assume I am a drunk or some kind of malcontent, at other times I think they are uncomfortable with my appearance and way of talking. Some are nice and friendly, but in my experience that is the rarity. Sometimes it is difficult to know how much of that is just down to Swedes' own shy nature.

I think a lot of what you described is true in the Finnish male culture. But they're only half of the population. ;) *waiting for the haters*

Being homophobic is only meme in Finland nothing else😁😂

I think most of your commentary was spot on...in my 40+ years experience the Finns don't "hate" the Swedes by any measure, it's friendly infighting at best. Finns tend to appreciate the Swedes as the culture/mindset that's the closest to Finland's own...those mutual national stereotypes you mention do seem to have some basis in fact, but are mostly recocgnised by both of our countries to be camp stereotypes used in comedy etc.

Suomalaiset, svenskar, nordmenn, danskere, føroyingar, íslendingar.. All brothers and sisters to me. :) It's fun watching videos like this, Nordic people poking fun at each other. Much love from Finland.

The Finnish language is super weird. You can speak it in a "harsh" way, or a very "soft" way. Basically the story behind the language is that several tribal dialects of finnic were in the area before most of our ancestors came there. Later on the tribes had contact with the proto-germans, with many proto-german words coming into finnish (Kuningaz, Druhtinaz, Thurisaz -> Kuningas, Ruhtinas, Turisas etc.). Most of the land was inhabited by the Sami people, but they moved gradually further north as the Finnic tribes in the south west grew. Then, during the Viking age the Swedes colonised Åland and started engaging in trade with the Western tribes, and more scandinavian influence started trickling in. Then Finland became part of Sweden, and the Swedes wanted a uniform language in the area to help deal with administration and religion, so the King gave a guy called Mikael Agricola permission to formulate a standard form of Finnish. However, the tribal dialects were very different and lacked many words and grammar rules, so Agricola took a couple western dialects, added in some Swedish, some German and some things from Latin. In the end what we had was pretty much the mess you now call "Finnish", which doesn't really even resemble other languages related to it all that much. Btw, the "gay" thing is because being gay was legalised in Sweden before it was in Finland, so all the Finnish gays back then moved into Sweden, and it turned into a running joke which has been going on for a very, very long time. As for the rest of the thrash talk, that's mostly because Finland is so similar to Sweden; it's basically Sweden's younger brother, so that's why there's this kind of teasing/boasting going on. You can still see it in modern day politics and other affairs that Sweden does still hold some real influence in Finland. For example Finnish politicians have generally not minded what for example French politicians want or say, but when Swedish politicians do something, Finnish politicians usually do the same thing, and they use phrases like "it works in Sweden, so..." Also most of the "cool" and "hip" new things come into Finland through Sweden, like fashion booms or music/art styles.

Is there such thing as "Swedish Nationalism"

I like swedes and think that we are brothers and have this very special bound between us. Learning swedish is good thing, beacouse se have swedish speaking minority and learning swedish gives you a lot of understanding about Nordic countries.

Great video. Interesting

it's funny that finns (us) hate the swedes while they aprreciate us lol

What do Norwegians and Finns think of each other?

"an happy"

Sweden and Finland had issues and decided, lets play a hockey game! What happened next? 6-1.

The Finnish school system teaches us, Finnish(duh), Swedish and English.

Random fact most people actually know: Finland is a bilingual country, with 2 languages. Finnish and Swedish

all of those things are super accurate.

You have a big amount of metal bands per capita as well. We have more, though. About the gay jokes, i think its funny you had a pink background. Did you do that on purpose :D ? Now we dont hate Swedes at all. Hating people who are so polite would make us feel like assholes :D More seriously though. If there are real general criticisms towards Sweden in Finland, i think it would be the excessively destructive immigration policies you have been having, and the lack of freedom of speech (clamping down on "hatespeech") and generally having too much hypocritical pc-culture. I know that doesent apply to all Swedes, but if we are to talk of negatives, i think thats what i and many others would point out to. We have the same kind of issues, just on a smaller scale. That aside, Swedish people seem very polite and nice, and i wouldnt see a reason why i would have something against Swedes. When not lingering into regressive hypocrisy, openness and tolerance are good virtues which seems to characterize the Swedish mindset. Honestly, though, i dont personally know any Swedes so this is all just an impression i have. Anyway cheers :)