FIRST TIME WATCHING NORWEGIAN MOVIE "KONGENS NEI" (2016) Utlendings Reaksjon 🇳🇴 NORWAY REACTION
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You need to watch the heavy water series Kampen om tungtvannet its a great mini series, that stopped the germans from making nukes. A tiny group of norwegian made it against all odds, went on skies
The heavy water war
Important thing that you probably miss, King Haakon was speaking Danish in this film, as he was from Denmark. His son, Olav, of course speaks Norwegian.
Thank you!
I love this in history. Haakon was almost a fantasy king. Aragorn.
So glad you are reacting to this, such a good movie. The fetal position is because he has a back ache, the king. If you get beck to Oslo in the summer, go and visit the Oscarsborg fortress, they do really good tours and you can stay in an hotel in the old barracks. They time the tour so that the big cruise ship from Oslo to Kiel passes just as Blucher would have done, and you can really see the scale. Incredible! Also all the soldiers on the fortress where brand new, thankfully they had that old great commander! Not the parliament, but the royal palace 😊 and yes we understand the German by subtitles and quite a lot of us learn it in school so we understand some of it. 😊 That the toy pig understand Norwegian, Swedish and Danish is significant as the king is a Danish prince and the crown prince wife is Swedish. So the childs grandfather and mother, he is the current king today, the one with the toy pig.
Norway needed a new king after splitting with Sweden in 1905, Haakon was a Danish king and Olav a prince. Haakon said yes, if the Norwegians says yes through a referendum on.. The Norwegians said yes, and he became king. He decided too, the son had to just follow..
Fun fact about German. In a pamphlet the Germans gave to the soldiers that were going to Norway, made to prepare them for Norwegian culture etc, they wrote that "Most Norwegians understand German if you speak slowly and basic German." Whilst that's not 100% true, it's not very difficult to understand many of the German words.
@Henoik That's right. Norwegian is a germanic language, so it's some similarly. Let's just not get into German grammar 🤢🤣
"That the toy pig understand Norwegian, Swedish and Danish is significant as the king is a Danish prince and the crown prince wife is Swedish. So the childs grandfather and mother, he is the current king today, the one with the toy pig."
And that it understand English may be due to the Kings then dead wife was English (one of King Edward VII daughters, she died 1938).
So the languages that are Norwegian and from the childs grandfather, grandmother, mother (and most likely the ones he understood at the time).
@@Henoik German language was also spoken by many back in the day, as Germany had traded a bunch with Norway earlier. English and German were important languages. Learning German or French in school is still quite common many places, but Spanish has become more popular the last decades.
Norwegian movies in general don't tend to have as high a budget as this, but in the last couple of decades there has been a number of high budget WWII movies. There was "Max Manus", "The 12th Man", the TV miniseries "The Heavy Water War" and this one, just to mention a few. Also, shot as a movie, but turned into a miniseries by Netflix, "War Sailor". It has a fictional main character, but he's sort of a composite of real stories, and I think it's also well worth watching.
There was also a period of war movies just a few years after the war ended.
Actually, I think another movie you might watch is "Hamsun", about the world famous Norwegian author who perplexed us all by siding with the Germans. Played by Max von Sydow, no less, even though that means that he speaks Swedish.
Oh! I see Norway enjoys war movies. I'll definitely look up these titles and pick my next watch. I'll probably poll some options to see what you guys prefer to watch with me. Thank you!
In Norway the marriage is sealed with the priest proclaiming "So shake your hands on this!". We have the wedding ring on the right hand as that's the hand that is used to seal the marriage. As for the the Kings words about being chosen, in 1905 when Norway declared independence from Sweden, there was a referendum where the choice was republic or a monarchy with Prince Carl as the new king (as King Haakon). The latter option got 79% of the votes, so he was democratically elected. Even now after each general election, there's a vote in parliament about the dissolvement of the monarchy, but the vote have never been close.
Thank you for your time to explain 😊
You need to watch the heavy water series Kampen om tungtvannet its a great mini series, that stopped the germans from making nukes. A tiny group of norwegian made it against all odds, went on skies
The heavy water war
King Haakon had a really troublesome back pain, therefore you see him lying down on the floor in a fetal position.
King Haakon was elected king by the Norwegian people. Therefore he was known to never make a decision without thinking it through and always with the best interest of the people. Understandingly it may seem a little undecided at first. His son King Olav and grandson King Harald inherited this trade later on.
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If your interested in more of what the Norwegian Royal Family did during the war i recomend the mini-series "Atlantic Crossing".
It takes this history a lot further, including the king`s and governments exile in London, and Marthas friendship with FDR in Washington.
Its also a high quality production, naturly much more englis in it tho.
Also the mini-series "The Heavywater War" (also about the war ofc), is to my mine the best norwegian tv production ever. (its on Netflix.. or atleast here it is..)
Whilst the Blucher didn't fire back, all the ammunition aboard the ship of course blew up - so although they didn't fire back, this is likely how it would look like to anyone near the Drøbaksund that night.
You call it the parliament house, but it is actually the Royal Palace. The parliament would be the Storting. And as for the portrayal of King Haakon, they are trying to humanize him and show the angst and the difficult choices he had to make, like evacuating the palace - his home.
Thanks for the correction! Yeah, I actually realised that I misspoke when I watched this again. That was the palace, I have also been to the parliament, which is a big rounded structure on top of a beautiful square with a fountain, a few minutes from the oslofjord 😊
He had difficulties making the choice. Yes to the germans would mean giving over norway and prohibit war action on norwegian soil. The germans did not want to kill the norwegians becouse hitler wantet to preserve the arian ppl. The ppl in norway would most likely have been treated well. A no, would mean that the germans would overtake the country by massive war actions. He said afterwards that the faith of the norwegian ppl on his shoulders was painful. Our king Haakon❤ was no coward. He just lovede his ppl...as did his son Olav❤ and grandson, our king today, Harald❤
He was in a featual posision because he had a very bad back. I can asure you that he wasn't afraid. He was a very brave man. Respect, Haakon
I love this film! I've got in on DVD and I've watched it several times. I bought it because of the Danisch actor Jesper Christensen. He is one of my favourite actors. He plays the king in this film. The little prince portrayed in this movie is King of Norway today. Thank you for reacting to this film. Greetings from Denmark 🙂
Thank you, and welcome! 😊 I still need to see more videos from Denmark 🇩🇰
The "greyscale" as you called it during the night battle scenes, it is not "greyscale", that's just normal lightning in night and darkness here....
Awsome to see your reaction to this! I just want to comment on one small part. You asked how we pronounce norway in norwegian. It's Norge. But not like the king said it! Because he speaks Danish 😂 if you tried to say norge to any norwegian like that you would automatically be judged as being drunk! 😂
So, how do Norwegians pronounce it? 🤔
@@NordicReactions I found this. I don't know if it make any sense to you at all! 🙈 But this is the most correct way to explain it: /ˈnorɡe/, [ˈnɔɾɡə], [ˈnɔʁɡə], [ˈnɔrɡə], [ˈnɔɾjə]
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@@NordicReactions There are many different pronunciations depending on dialect - and no "official" version.
@@NordicReactionsGenerally, with a hard "g". Pronunciation of the "r" depends on the dialect, but we've got either a rolling "r" with the tongue to the top of the mouth, or a uvular "r" formed in the back. The stress is on the first syllable, so NOR-ge.
This is Bokmål. The second Norwegian writing form, Nynorsk, makes it NO-reg.
I am Norwegian, I had English, German and French at school. I understand what they say in German.
To pronounce Norway, Norge, in Norwegian "just" say NOR (as in NORway) and GE (as in GEt) - NorGe.
And if you wanna do more war movies try Max Manus
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Hi I em from Norway I can tell you one more movie called Max Manus its also show when fight whit Germany. You can see at prime or HBO I think. It also true story. Me are second generation both of my grandpa from my mom and dad was fighting for Norway
So, a bit of extra information.
The little boy in the red knittet jumper that travels with the king is prins Harald, our king today. He was three years old when they escaped, he is today 87 years old. It sets things in a perspective, it's not as long ago as many would believe.
The two canons that shoot at Blücher is named Aron and Moses (with a sibling named Josva, but they didn't have enough people to work it), from 1893, is made by the german company by the name of Krupp who supported the nazification of Germany and supplied their troops with weapons and ammunition both in the first world war and the second. It's a bit funny and ironic when you think about it.
I'm new to your channel, but so far I like your reaction. Keep up the good work😊
I live about a 45 min drive from Midtskogen, where the first battle was April 10. 1940. Both of my grandfathers fougth in WW2. One in the local resistance group, the other one never talked much about it. But I know he was in a battle at Trandumskogen.
This is a good movie, and all of our kings have been great!! :)
There was a group of locals here where I live that was sent, on foot, about 4 km north to stop a German advance trough the woods. I live very rural. No Germans came, so in the evening the one in command told them to go home. When this one man said something like "No, we are at war, we can not go back and forth". :D The Germans came after a week or two.
The British actually had plans to invade to Norway, for the same reason Germany wanted to invade.
Blücher - is the big war ship that was sunk in the Oslo fiord.
You said this is the parliament but it was the royal castle 😂❤
I don’t get the comments about him being scared. Of course he was. Anyone would be. But he also refused to sign the capitulation and had to leave, bearing huge responsibility for the fate of the country. You don’t have to be a Rambo to be defiant. This is not a heroic Hollywood movie where they go all kamikaze, without paying any attention to those who are looking up to you.
I understand that, but as a reaction, I need to speak my thoughts out loud for the viewers to know what I'm thinking and to add commentary. I was trying to figure out what the actor wanted to convey and how he was portraying the king. By the end of the movie, I understood the stakes and what he must have been going through.
Please bear in mind that all my thoughts are still forming this early in the movie, and I have no idea what will happen (like you guys do because you've seen the movie already).
@@NordicReactions it’s difficult to have spoilers when it comes to recent events in history. This isn’t Saving Private Ryan. That’s what many people here are saying or adding to. I think most people in Norway and also those who are interested in history knew what will happen- to me, it’s interesting to see their take at the real events.
it is one of the most visited seen on norwegian cinema.
It is always interesting to watch movie reactions, doubly so when it's from your country about our history.
The guy upsetting the king in the car is his son, then Crown Prince and later King Olav the 5th. He was a popular and beloved king, but he had a temper. I was lucky enough to meet the wife of a man who worked closely with Olav, and she said he could have an absolutely foul temper in private.
King Haakon the 7th was a much beloved king, and he was a good and gentle man. During the war, people in Norway painted the "H7" symbol a a show of resistance in Norway. It was a capital H with the number 7 imposed in the middle of the H. He even won the hearts of some of our communists by proclaiming that he was their king too.
Norwegian movies are, to put it mildly, a mixed bunch. Our biggest international hit of all time is "Flåklypa Grand Prix", named "The Pinchcliff Grand Prix" in english. It is an animation film with animated puppets about a bicycle repairman and inventor making his own car (Il Tempo Gigante!) to beat his former apprentice in a car race.
I can recommend "Konvoi" or "The Arctic Convoy" and "The War Sailor" if you want more good Norwegian war movies.
About Denmark, the topography of the country does not lend itself to a prolonged resistance. It is flat and ideal for motorised and armoured forces to waltz through, especially if your opponent is an army ill prepared to combat tanks. I would recommend the Danish movie "9 April" to get an understanding of how difficult it was for Denmark to defend themselves.
Thank you for taking time to explain all of this 😊 thanks for the recommendations, I'll look into them. I have a wishlist that helps me do the next movie, please check the community tab on my channel to vote on the poll. I'll do another movie next week 😊
How much does Norway love movies? I've always been a cinephile, and it would be awesome to check out more from Nordic cinema. I've done Swedish films "Jönssonligan" 1, 2 and 3, and now Kongens Nei 😊
@@NordicReactions Norwegians love movies about as much as anyone else, I'd say. The output of domestic movies has been somewhat uneven, to put it mildly. My recommendations for Norwegian movies: "De dødes tjern" (The pond of the dead), a Norwegian horror movie from the 1950s, the aforementioned "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix", "Trolljegeren" (Trollhunter), a found footage horror comedy, "Orions belte" from 1985, a cold war thriller about three men in the Svalbard archipelago stumbling onto an illegal soviet listening post, "Fritt vilt", slasher movie set in an abandoned mountain hotel, "Død snø", zombie comedy, "Ni liv" (Nine lives), about an SOE operation that went awry, later retold in the movie "Den tolvte mann" (The twelfth man.). I can also recommend "Shetlandsgjengen", a movie about a Norwegian ferry service that made roundtrips from Shetland to Norway to drop off and pick up SOE personnel and refugees, and "Kampen om tungtvannet", an early 1950s movie about the sabotage action to deprive the germans of heavy water to be used in the development of nuclear weapons, and using a few of the real saboteurs playing themselves. Not to be confused with "The heroes of Telemark" starring Kirk Douglas.
The Norwegian King was at fetal position as he was waiting for words from his brother, the King of Denmark who at that time just surrendered and he was wondering what was happening to his brother. Denmark lasted for 6 hours.
Nkce to finally have someone reacting to one of my favorite movies. If you want to see the Danish perspective, you should watch the movie "9 april."
Thanks! 😊 I have a poll right now on my community tab for the next movies. I'll make a list of movies to react to this month
When Blücher came in Drøbaksfjorden April 9. 1940. Birger Eriksen, the commander of Oscarsborg fortress is said to have spoken the words "Visst Fanden skal der skytes med skarpt". Google translate it. ;)
It didn't really help, the Blücher was sunk. But still German soldiers marched up Carl Johansgate about 4 PM April 9 1940.
Yes wedding rings are worn on the right hand in Norway
No, you can't see bullets fired when it's dark, you can se the muzzle flash. These bullets are plced for every 5-10 bullets. Don't know what they are called in English, but here we call them "sporlys". It's for the shooter to see if he is aiming corectly when you can't see your sigths.
That's weird, we have police shootouts every night in Rio de Janeiro, and the bullets are definitely seen 😅
You are referring to "tracer rounds"
@@NordicReactions You can't see a regular bullet in the nigth. But you can see these:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracer_ammunition
@@glacieractivity Yes...
I have just talked about it with my father, he have sort of a...thing from the military intelligence-thing. He don't really speak much about it. And I myself own 4 rifles. You can not see a regular bullet at nigth.
As far as I know, Norway and Denmark were the only 2 countries the Germans called protectorates and not a part of the reich under the war.
Unless I completely missed a couple of seconds of video the building you're calling the Parliament (at around 11 minutes) is actually the Royal Castle and residence xD
Yeah, I meant to say the king's house (the palace) but I said parliament 😅😂 the crazy thing is that I went to the parliament last month when I visited Oslo. I also went to the palace, so I know they are both different 🙈👌
At 15:46. Again the texting is very bad. What Hambro, President of the Parliament, is saying to King Haakon, is that the king's brother Christian, who is the king of Denmark, had to surrender Denmark to the Germans at 5 AM that morning.
Greetings from Norway 🇸🇯 If you like this movie, you just HAVE to see Max Manus ( man of war)
It's on my wishlist 😊 please check the poll on my channel's community tab
22:24 King Haakon was of danish birth and an elected king, so his pronounciation here is danish. They tend to often have silent consonants. As most of us say it, it's "Norr-geh" but clip the r's, don't roll them as an american typically would.
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11:58 My Aunt's Great Grandfater actually drove that train the King tok. (According to her, she is trustable so i belive she was told by him. Just a Note)
19:35 No we don't have a military parade, but on the national day 17th of May we have a parade where everyone can join. I think it's best to react to the one in Oslo because the king stands and waves to the parade at some point.
Thank you!
Nice video but the subtitles of the movie here are absolutely trash, it just skips over and simplifies alot
The new government was led by Vidun Quisling - later his name has been equal to traitor.
The king speaks Danish - so he pronounces Norge different than a Norwegian.
Not that it matters much but the "gray scale" is mostly cause it's dark out with snow😊
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A lot of Norwegians also speak German, otherwise the subtitles
Hi again I look forward into it the max Manus it was in Netflix
Love the reaction😍I would like to recommend you watch Max Manus, also an excellent movie about our resistance hero🤩
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It is a good movie, but still a simplified docudrama based upon real events. There is no doubt about Haakon‘s stance, and he was as brave and very good man. He is the main figure, but the reality was far more chaotic, nuanced and complex, as were the many political and military stances and actions taken - or not taken. These people were not the almost cardboard-like props often shown in the movie. A lot of dialogue and many meetings, conferences are recreated, some more or less invented, without very good sources.
Seeberg died in 2018 at 96.
Wow, he lived a long life! 2 years after this movie launched
You have to watch Max Manus!!!
Everytime you open your mouth, the picture dissapears.
Like magic 🤯
Problemet er at han ikke sa nei til Forente Nasjoner. Da opphørte Norge å være Nasjon, til og bare være en stat i Forente Nasjoner
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@@rowaystarco interesting comment.. herregud er riktig,, men det neste må tydes litt😊
Get over your S-Elf..
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