What Norwegians Think About Sweden & Swedes

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  • Random strangers on the streets of Trondheim, Norway, tell us what they think about Sweden and Swedes. First line is their spoken dialect, second line is the equivalent in Bokmål.
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    00:00 Intro
    00:15 What do you think of Swedes?
    01:49 What do you think of Sweden?
    04:03 What is a difference between Norway and Sweden?
    06:21 How is the relationship between Norway and Sweden?
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  • @SimpleNorwegian
    @SimpleNorwegian  3 роки тому +82

    So on Maundy Thursday (Skjærtorsdag, right before Easter), a lot of Norwegians undergo a mass migration over to Sweden to perform what is known as "harryhandel" (harry being a derogatory word meaning something like "tacky" or "tasteless"), to essentially buy cheap consumables. For Norwegians this day is a holiday, but not for Swedes. We even have a reality TV show in Norway revolving around harryhandel.

    • @Nocure92
      @Nocure92 2 роки тому +1

      So they come to us to buy booze basically? :P

    • @adp6632
      @adp6632 2 роки тому +2

      Lol honestly this video surprised me. I was expecting more like those joke books both swedes and norgigense have about each other. Nice to see we can be honest about this.
      Yes I know my spelling sucks. Many words I don't normally type 😂

    • @Lyosha.
      @Lyosha. 2 роки тому +1

      I thought those kinds of 'holidays' were just practiced in south America, is fun to see how similar people are regardless of where they are from, everyone loves to get prods at cheaper prices )))

    • @user-fg8ej6hk2k
      @user-fg8ej6hk2k 6 місяців тому

      Это тот самый Грязный Гарри с грязными руками когда он помыл руки он заметил что еда стала вкуснее

    • @user-fg8ej6hk2k
      @user-fg8ej6hk2k 6 місяців тому

      ​@@Lyosha.особенно норвежцы никто так не соскучился по низким ценам как норвежцы

  • @HappySwedishPancake
    @HappySwedishPancake 3 роки тому +510

    Imagine that there are people out there who think Sweden is cheap and Swedes more open and social than themselves?
    Only in Norway ;)

    • @smoker696969
      @smoker696969 3 роки тому +17

      It is very cheap compared to some other countries. As for being open and social, no way. I always get weird looks when I say good morning to everyone or sit next to someone on a nearly empty bus and try to strike up a conversation. In my culture you talk to everyone and it not uncommon to randomly meet someone on a bus and go to the pub for a drink. Even gone to the movies with a random guy I met after we started talking about the marvel movies on the ferry lol

    • @Jonsson474
      @Jonsson474 3 роки тому +24

      smoker696969 It depends on where you live in Sweden (and Norway for that matter). While it might be true for the larger cities like Stockholm, it doesn’t always apply for smaller places. In smaller towns it’s common to say hello even to strangers. I believe this is true almost everywhere in the developed world. The larger the place, the more anonymous you are and the less likely you are to interact with a total stranger.

    • @budisoemantri2303
      @budisoemantri2303 3 роки тому +2

      Laugh in Singaporean

    • @inspectorseb5286
      @inspectorseb5286 3 роки тому +3

      @@budisoemantri2303 I was surprised how cheap Singapore was when I went there, I heard a lot about it being expensive but prices were similar to sweden for accommodation, food and drinks. I know housing and cars are expensive but didn't buy any real estate or vehicles during my visit. ☺️

    • @budisoemantri2303
      @budisoemantri2303 3 роки тому +1

      @@inspectorseb5286 yeah that's what i want to say, house and car is only dream for regular Singaporeans

  • @JGMusic
    @JGMusic 3 роки тому +471

    Sweden and Norway are like siblings, we can make fun of eachother but still love and respect eachother! I have never met any rude or unfriendly norwegians! Much love from Sweden.

    • @hwplugburz
      @hwplugburz 3 роки тому +23

      much love from norway right back at you 😊👍

    • @tuvaschilleriksen8734
      @tuvaschilleriksen8734 3 роки тому +12

      So good said i love Sweeden and im from Norway>3

    • @ZetaReticuli87
      @ZetaReticuli87 3 роки тому +10

      That is exactly how i see norweigans and danes. Worked in both denmark and norway and i prefer norway, the nature is fantastic and i am a bit jealous the way they celebrate 17 May.

    • @tuvaschilleriksen8734
      @tuvaschilleriksen8734 3 роки тому +3

      @@ZetaReticuli87 haha yes but i love russ cards😂😂😂

    • @I_Cunt_Spell
      @I_Cunt_Spell 3 роки тому

      Eww, you both reek.

  • @marcos_rezende
    @marcos_rezende 3 роки тому +23

    2:05 This girl certainly has a sweetest smile I've ever seen

  • @aularound
    @aularound 3 роки тому +367

    Det mest Skandinaviska med den här videon var att alla verkade vara lite besvärade över att bli intervjuade 🙂
    Jag gillar Norge och hejar på er i alla sporter förutom när ni möter Sverige då förstås 😊

    • @Flokarl1
      @Flokarl1 3 роки тому +27

      100% enig där !!! När jag jobbat ute i Europa är det många länders folk som är avundsjuka på att Sverige och Norge är så lika och har så lätt att förstå varandra...inte bara spåkmässigt.

    • @Flokarl1
      @Flokarl1 3 роки тому +4

      @@Halvor1970 Ja, så är det:-)

    • @saftobulle
      @saftobulle 3 роки тому

      O i längdskider överlag. Där får I ta o skärpe er så annre länner kan ha nån chans!

    • @sashamacritchie2427
      @sashamacritchie2427 Рік тому +2

      Ja, de fleste av dem tenker "Jvorfor snakker du til meg? For mange spørsmål. Kan jeg gå?" 🤣

    • @bafattvahetere
      @bafattvahetere Рік тому

      @@Flokarl1 En sak jag har svårt att förstå med turistande norskar är deras vurm för norska flaggan. Tar med sig flaggor och placerar här och där!

  • @danybananyReal
    @danybananyReal 3 роки тому +123

    Norway and Sweden are like brothers, deep inside we love each other... We just don’t want to say it.

    • @golski4878
      @golski4878 2 роки тому +3

      :)

    • @woods8214
      @woods8214 2 роки тому +3

      ye

    • @BRA.Roblox
      @BRA.Roblox 2 роки тому +2

      facts :)

    • @Nocure92
      @Nocure92 2 роки тому +8

      I was surprised to hear that they thought Sweden was beautiful. A lot of our cities have a very industrial look I feel. When I look at Trondheim for example I think it looks so much more beautiful than anything in Sweden. It looks like something I'd spend hundreds of hours building meticulously in a city builder game.

    • @PiecesOfNature
      @PiecesOfNature 2 роки тому +2

      @@Nocure92 some places in Sweden is very beautiful but Norway has a lot of scenic places.

  • @aidenwinter1117
    @aidenwinter1117 3 роки тому +145

    Video idea: Travel to Sweden and Denmark and ask them about what they think about Norwegians, using your original languages, which will be pretty fun I think

    • @hawthornroot
      @hawthornroot 3 роки тому +10

      lol
      norwegians arent allowed to travel outside norway...i think theyre in some lockdown of some sort.
      they can travel internationally but then theyd be quaratined when they get back or something like that. ;)

    • @neo_a-z
      @neo_a-z 3 роки тому +8

      @@fantasticfox175 no, it would be fine:) swedes and norwegians understand each-other (if the dialects get in the way, then they can just speak standard norwegian/swedish and it would be okay). Danes understand norwegians, but no one understand danes tho lol. That’s why it's good that all three countries can speak English fluently

  • @krisitak
    @krisitak 3 роки тому +328

    Lol, I spit my coffee when the girl said everything is cheaper in Sweden :D. Cool to see the perspective of wealthy nations :D

    • @erik....
      @erik.... 3 роки тому +37

      Prices in Stockholm where tourists usually go are much higher than in the rest of the country I'd say... so the border towns where norwegians shop are much cheaper than in Norway but maybe not Stockholm as much... but still cheaper.

    • @Axu_02
      @Axu_02 3 роки тому +10

      It is normal, Norwegians come to Lappland for buying food and alco etc.

    • @paulallen579
      @paulallen579 3 роки тому +6

      Erik Actually, the supermarkets in Stockholm and the other major cities are even cheaper than most small towns, especially in the North. I grew up in Gothenburg, lived in several villages in the North for ten years after high school, lived in Stockholm now for the past two years. I’ve never spent this little on groceries and essentials as I do right now, and Gothenburg was cheaper too. Not as a percentage of my salary, but just in the amount of SEK. Logistics is expensive.
      Housing is expensive in Stockholm, everything else is equally cheap or even cheaper of your day-to-day living compared to the rest of the country.

    • @Therran91
      @Therran91 3 роки тому +3

      @@erik.... I live outside of Uppsala, and Ica here is one of the most expensive in the whole country.. It's cheaper to take the car 4 mil and buy food at another Ica 😅 And it's a place where it lives like around 4.000 people.. It's crazy.

    • @paulallen579
      @paulallen579 3 роки тому +5

      @@Therran91 I'm not surprised, I'm baffled how people in the major cities have some weird idea that everything must be cheaper everywhere else. I had to pay more for swimming, clothes, hygenic products, newspaper delivery, gasoline (yes, per liter), car maintanence, broadband, basically everything you don't normally buy online when I was living in the North. The only thing that is significantly more expensive here in Stockholm is housing and eating out at some places.
      It's like they don't realize how logistics work. Distributing stuff to one million people on 1 000 square kilometers is much easier than one million people living on 300 000 square kilometers.

  • @musicfan28
    @musicfan28 3 роки тому +54

    As a Canadian person I can say that I love Sweden and Norway. Both are two wonderful countries and Swedes are very nice fellas. Lot of Love from Canada 🇨🇦

    • @mrmatt1165
      @mrmatt1165 2 роки тому +4

      musicfan28- Friendly greetings from the USA! What's up? I've been to Canada once. Nice place. I bought a couple Cuban Cigars and smuggled them back in to the USA. Haha. Oh, they were $15 each but my father and I each smoked one, anymore tho, I don't smoke even Weed unless offered, because smoking is terrible for you.

    • @lorenzo3461
      @lorenzo3461 2 роки тому

      Tack sa mycket (Thank you so much, being one myself)

    • @Cloud-dq1mr
      @Cloud-dq1mr Рік тому

      Right back at you!
      We generally have a pretty great view of Canada (maybe too great?) and mostly love everything about you except ice hockey.
      I might have made Canada my sworn enemy after some particularly devastating losses.. ahem. It faded in a day or so :)

    • @recalled4525
      @recalled4525 Рік тому

      @@Cloud-dq1mr Haha ready to be destroyed again? ;)

  • @bobmalibaliyahmarley1551
    @bobmalibaliyahmarley1551 3 роки тому +18

    As a Norwegian, Swedes are my brothers.

  • @katarina_9846
    @katarina_9846 3 роки тому +399

    "Everything is cheaper in Sweden",not for the rest of Europe it ain't 😂

    • @johnnorthtribe
      @johnnorthtribe 3 роки тому +49

      Whole north Europe is more expensive the rest of Europe I believe :D

    • @Therran91
      @Therran91 3 роки тому +5

      Wonder how expensive things are in other places, I can nearly eat everyday 😅

    • @giuliom3564
      @giuliom3564 3 роки тому +16

      @@johnnorthtribeit's so expensive cause wages are so high, specially Norway is absurdly wealthy 😅

    • @johnnorthtribe
      @johnnorthtribe 3 роки тому +13

      @@giuliom3564 yeah, we live good up here in the north :)

    • @JustWickedSwede
      @JustWickedSwede 3 роки тому +25

      It isn't cheap in Sweden. It is expemsive in Norway.

  • @annanilsen5684
    @annanilsen5684 2 роки тому +17

    As a swede i can say norway people are the most kind and beautiful country, best friends forever ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @I_Cunt_Spell
      @I_Cunt_Spell Рік тому +2

      Nilsen is a norvegian/dane last name. Nice try.

  • @MaskinJunior
    @MaskinJunior 3 роки тому +53

    Sweden and Norway is like brothers, we cant really express our love for each other because that would be embarrassing, so we do care. I do still consider Sweden the older brother weigh down with following rules and paying more attention to how we are seen. To me Norwegians seems more free and happy than we are.

  • @driver288
    @driver288 3 роки тому +13

    Aww! Nu vill jag ju åka till Norge! Ni är ju så gulliga 🇳🇴. Vi gillar er med! Har varit rätt mycket i Norge men nu var det länge sen. Vi ses när Corona lugnat sig!

  • @jurgen4466
    @jurgen4466 3 роки тому +19

    We Swedes love Norway as much! ❤️🌹💥

  • @Jonsson474
    @Jonsson474 3 роки тому +50

    As predicted, people who have been to Sweden the most are also the most positive, while those who have never been there have the most preconceptions. It’s the same everywhere in the world really.

    • @joppekim
      @joppekim 2 роки тому

      So true!

    • @FromFame
      @FromFame 2 роки тому

      You should see the Norwegians to Danes video, you're right

  • @johannalindkvist4327
    @johannalindkvist4327 3 роки тому +85

    It is interesting that only 30 years ago Swedes would go to Norway to shop because food was so cheap there. My family would always stock up on sugar and cheese.

    • @flameofazazel598
      @flameofazazel598 3 роки тому

      Was that because of the high taxes?

    • @johannalindkvist4327
      @johannalindkvist4327 3 роки тому +19

      @@flameofazazel598 No, the Swedish crown was worth more than the Norwegian crown back then, the opposite is true now. How strong the economy is in general also play a part.

    • @flameofazazel598
      @flameofazazel598 3 роки тому

      @@johannalindkvist4327 True words

    • @readeh
      @readeh 3 роки тому +7

      @@flameofazazel598 It all comes down to oil. Denmark gave some of the North Sea to Norway back in 1965 and made a terrible mistake doing it. A lot of those places given had a bunch of oil and in the 70'ies oil rigs/platforms got a lot more efficient and it became profitable drilling for oil in the sea. Norway used to be the poorest of the Scandinavian countries, but after the oil business of which 50% percent was owned by the Norwegian government, the country slowly got better economy.

    • @Togglevolt
      @Togglevolt 3 роки тому +2

      This isn't really true anymore tho, the swedish and norwegian currencies are pretty much equal at the moment. 1 nok = 0.98 sek

  • @kl1541
    @kl1541 3 роки тому +48

    Vi är typ syskon kärlek i alla fall😅😂🇸🇪🇳🇴 tack så jättemycket ni är underbara folk❤

    • @jovisgonorway1001
      @jovisgonorway1001 3 роки тому +5

      KL15. Tusen takk ! :) Ja. Svensker og Nordmenn er søsken :) Og vi har søskenkjælighet til hverandre ! :) :) :) Dere svensker er også fantastiske mennesker !!!!!!! :)

  • @mbotsaris
    @mbotsaris 2 роки тому +6

    Vad snälla ni är, vi älskar er också!

  • @MrCitius
    @MrCitius 3 роки тому +4

    I live about 100 km from the Norwegian border. I look on Sweden and Norway like siblings. We love to pick a little on each other like a brother and sister. And i think the constant ”competition” between the countries is a very good thing. One thing is for sure, if Norway ever will need help. We will be there. I saw how a lot of Swedish people acted when Breivik did what he did. That really affected Sweden to. We sent help to Gjerdrum a couple a months ago. And i know Norway have helped us in similar situations. Like siblings do. So this heart from Sweden is for you Norway!❤️

  • @NthreeE
    @NthreeE 3 роки тому +230

    As a Swede it was shocking to hear you don't get free lunch at School. :|

    • @nettitus
      @nettitus 3 роки тому +3

      Really? Maybe the government give you tickets for its.
      In Italy only until Middle school is free after that you pay your lunch.
      High school and University have low prices for students.

    • @NthreeE
      @NthreeE 3 роки тому +20

      @@nettitus Not sure how Norway is in general but I've heard they have to bring lunch.
      In sweden you get it until University, then you have to bring food/buy.

    • @nettitus
      @nettitus 3 роки тому +1

      @@NthreeE Maybe in Norway the government pay your lunch until you will study in high school.
      In any case I know that Swedish and Norwegian government give to any student a minimal salary like help to pay the bills and others things.
      But students need to make all exams and be regular in the studies.
      Is so really ?
      In Italy give you only a scholarship if you have lower income of a threshold and you have made all exams required in time.

    • @Halibrand
      @Halibrand 3 роки тому +3

      @@NthreeE By law the schools only need to provide lunch for their students during their time in the mandatory part of the school system so from the age of 6 to 16. By the time you choose to go to a College eller University its entirely up to the school if they want to pay for your lunch or not with tax money, and as more and more municipalitys are failing with their economy, free lunches are disappearing from schools everyday in order to save money.

    • @nettitus
      @nettitus 3 роки тому

      @@HalibrandIs this in Sweden or Norway ?

  • @Middagsmys
    @Middagsmys 3 роки тому +17

    Vi kommer alltid älska vår lillebror! 😍

    • @jovisgonorway1001
      @jovisgonorway1001 3 роки тому +1

      BP. Lillebror eller storebror ! Det er vel litt hvordan man ser det, eller regner det når det gjelder Norge og Sverige :) Vi har mer penger enn dere ! Men dere har et større land enn oss igjen :)

  • @Neerco
    @Neerco 3 роки тому +11

    Jag känner att jag som svensk måste tacka för de fina kommentarerna i denna video, varit flera gånger i Norge och har bara bra saker att säga om detta fina land och dess invånare! Tack Norge! (Danmark och Finland, älskar er också)

  • @NikilRaja
    @NikilRaja 3 роки тому +11

    Everyone interviewed seems so mature, level headed and accepting in their opinions... a very evolved people and country. Respect!

    • @NikilRaja
      @NikilRaja Рік тому +2

      @@Halvor1970 born and raised in Toronto Canada… family originally from India about 50 years ago! Have been all throughout Europe but not Sweden yet… hopefully soon!

  • @Brokk7777
    @Brokk7777 2 роки тому +6

    Vi älskar er också! :)

  • @brocklod3673
    @brocklod3673 3 роки тому +281

    “I don’t think they’re as dumb as the jokes make them out to be”

    • @MikaelMurstam
      @MikaelMurstam 3 роки тому +98

      haha we make them (Norwegians) sound stupid in our jokes as well :P

    • @The40Oliver
      @The40Oliver 3 роки тому +2

      Are you sure about that?

    • @jimmywayne983
      @jimmywayne983 3 роки тому +15

      Just nice to know norwegians has jokes about swedes in the same line as danes do about swedes. before the bridge between denmark and sweden a long running joke in copenhagen was "keep copenhagen clean, follow a swede to the ferry" :D

    • @ambessashield9360
      @ambessashield9360 3 роки тому +4

      Wait what.. THEY are the “stupid” ones in these jokes... who sent them the fake wish copies 😅

    • @istvanbartha7985
      @istvanbartha7985 3 роки тому +19

      Actually It's the same jokes...You only replace swede with norwegians in the joke or the other way around. I have cousins in Norway and we used to tell jokes all night long...

  • @Mrvanderspank
    @Mrvanderspank 3 роки тому +20

    Much love to our Norwegian brothers and sisters!

  • @wilhelmsarasalo3546
    @wilhelmsarasalo3546 3 роки тому +39

    Last I was in Oslo, they were selling t-shirts with nine flags on them, one Swedish and the rest Norwegian. Caption was: "Hvilken en er feil?" or some such. It is a friendly rivalry.

    • @hwplugburz
      @hwplugburz 3 роки тому +3

      I have such a T-shirt with 5 sweedish and 1 norwegian flag. And the text is : Finn 5 feil ( finde 5 errors), I love that T-shirt, it was bought in sweeden beleve it or not, and i also Love Sweeden and sweeds.. (they are so sweet), and my ecconomie Hurts now, from not being able to go there and shop consumibles.

  • @jagodadyga9040
    @jagodadyga9040 3 роки тому +18

    Tusen takk for denne videoen! Så hyggelig at du lager dem til oss! :)

  • @johngeronimo8172
    @johngeronimo8172 3 роки тому +8

    There is an analogy. Swedes are the Scandinavian equivalent of Germans, Norwegians are the Americans, and the Danes are Southern Europeans... One thing that I really like about us Scandinavians (it also extends to the other Nordic countries) is that we can be fierce rivals in sports, but if your own country is out of the game, you always enjoy the success of your neighbors. We're like siblings...

  • @Earth098
    @Earth098 3 роки тому +4

    All throughout the video, I was thinking......How BEAUTIFUL Trondheim looks in the background. Scandinavian cities are so heavenly!!

  • @Sauromannen
    @Sauromannen 3 роки тому +9

    As a Swede that has been around quite a lot I must admit that Norway has the most beautiful landscapes I have seen.

    • @saudmubarak8324
      @saudmubarak8324 3 роки тому +1

      @Amalie Olsdatter you guys are littilry brothers

    • @meadish
      @meadish 2 роки тому

      @Amalie Olsdatter Klem fra Sverige.

  • @JorgeGonzalez-vb2mv
    @JorgeGonzalez-vb2mv 3 роки тому +1

    Thankss!!! Keep it up! Super useful! Greetings from Spain

  • @Stetch42
    @Stetch42 3 роки тому +10

    Swede here. Love Norway and their people. You are great ^_^

  • @Cartathra
    @Cartathra 3 роки тому +12

    Tack så mycket för alla fina kommentarer våra bröder och systrar. Vi tycker om er också!

  • @Henoik
    @Henoik 3 роки тому +15

    As a Norwegian, I think the relationship between Sweden and Norway is a brotherly one. We don't agree on everything, and we can get into pretty hefty fights and arguments about things, but when it comes to it, we have each other's backs and support each other.

    • @densmorde4520
      @densmorde4520 11 місяців тому

      Inte i kriget då såklart.

  • @Neo0509able
    @Neo0509able 3 роки тому +1

    Väldigt fina och hyggliga kommentarer 🤗

  • @arg6538
    @arg6538 3 роки тому +136

    Ni Norrmänn är helt okej ni också, syskonkärlek! Många svenskar inklusive mig hade nog krigat med er om det blev krig i Norge :D

    • @jimmywayne983
      @jimmywayne983 3 роки тому +18

      Since theres a Scandinavian Defense pact between Norway, Sweden and Denmark, you are pretty right in the fact that scandinavians will fight together :)

    • @PierreSimonsson
      @PierreSimonsson 3 роки тому +5

      @@jimmywayne983 never heard about it I know for sure Sweden wold help Norway if needed but they have Nato in there Back. so i am not Sure we need to But We Do have a Cooperation with The Finns.

    • @jimmywayne983
      @jimmywayne983 3 роки тому +4

      @@PierreSimonsson Too complicated a system for me to explain in full in this comment section, but you can take a look here for some general info, its a complicated system since some are Nato members and some are EU members, its a union with no limits on extend of cooperation And its in place instead of the planned but failed defense union that was in the process after ww2. Denmark and iceland actually voted and wanted a Nordic military union over Nato :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Defence_Cooperation and the failed en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_defence_union

    • @jimmywayne983
      @jimmywayne983 3 роки тому +6

      @Scallawag I fully agree, a scandinavian or nordic union would be a economic powerhouse. I as a Dane have so much more in common with my scandinavian and nordic brothers ans sisters than with greece and bulgaria. We have a more equal welfare and quality of life and our national economy is for all nordic countries in the +, whereas in EU only 7 or 8 of the 27 countries have a + on their national balance. Culture, history and language also binds us together. and for the scandinavian 3, we also have our monarchy tied together through generations.

    • @Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen
      @Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen 3 роки тому +1

      🙄

  • @JohnGaming97
    @JohnGaming97 3 роки тому +10

    I like Norwegians, I lived in Sweden my whole life, only visited Oslo one time and it was great, very kind people! much love to Norway from Sweden

    • @MrManfly
      @MrManfly 3 роки тому +1

      as a man of Norwegian ancestry i thank you for this!

    • @mrmatt1165
      @mrmatt1165 2 роки тому

      Är du svensk, John?

  • @anderssvensson1291
    @anderssvensson1291 3 роки тому +2

    Norge för mig har alltid varit underbart❤️
    Tänk om tiden kunde gå tillbaka till när jag träffade Heidi från Oslo och brevväxlade med hon..Norge är fantastiskt 🇸🇪

  • @melessonce3927
    @melessonce3927 2 роки тому

    this is the best way to learn language for me, very cool, thank u so much:))

  • @Docinaplane
    @Docinaplane 3 роки тому +5

    I've been to all the Scandinavian countries except Norway. I liked Sweden very much. I was friends with Grete Waitz while she was living in the US. She was a very special Norwegian athlete and wonderful person.

    • @Docinaplane
      @Docinaplane 3 роки тому

      @mcparty OK, all the Nordic countries except Iceland, but my neighbor was from Iceland :-) Great people!

  • @ThePrazzel
    @ThePrazzel 3 роки тому +11

    Älskar verkligen norge och språket är så fint =)

  • @Maugrim76
    @Maugrim76 3 роки тому +3

    🇸🇪💜👋🇳🇴 Kul video. Hoppas se fler "Hva synes nordmenn om..." videos längre fram. Jag tycker den här kanalen var fantastiskt intressant.

  • @ChrisFalk2
    @ChrisFalk2 3 роки тому +44

    Norwegian is such a cute language, they always sound so happy!

    • @ChrisFalk2
      @ChrisFalk2 3 роки тому +1

      @Elvin Ostrup Don't know about the nordlendings, but Norwegians in general at least.

    • @thea9153
      @thea9153 3 роки тому +3

      People from Oslo sounds even more more happier when they speak, its annoying to listen to them speak.

    • @MyouKyuubi
      @MyouKyuubi 2 роки тому +3

      From a Norwegian perspective, Norwegian sounds... Sticky, if that makes any sense.
      And the Oslo dialect sounds effeminate and pompous on top of that. :P
      There's a reason why Norwegians consume most things, books, entertainment, cooking instructions, etc, in English, and replace a lot of words with English, it's because Norwegian is kind of a cringy language, even Norwegians hate hearing it. xD
      But hey, at least we don't sound cringy to non-Norwegians across the globe. :P

    • @Luca-hb5xs
      @Luca-hb5xs 2 роки тому +6

      @@MyouKyuubi I like the language 🥲. Greetings from germany

    • @carlcarlotti9642
      @carlcarlotti9642 2 роки тому +1

      @@MyouKyuubi Well, from Argentina here, I'm learning bokmål and haven't ever been up in Norway nor really planning to go to that beautiful place. To me the language, with its high and low pitches sounds cool.

  • @legan8140
    @legan8140 3 роки тому +11

    Underbart att vara både Svensk och Norsk. Mamma svensk, pappa norsk. 🇸🇪🇳🇴

  • @Svartsomkato
    @Svartsomkato 3 роки тому +7

    Älskar Norge och norrmännen! Norway is probably the most beautiful country I've ever been to. There is a special bond between us, that is why there are so many bad jokes about the other side. Love from Stockholm.

    • @terjefevag2455
      @terjefevag2455 3 роки тому

      Alle nordmenn har en oldemor fra Stockholm.

  • @Divedown_25
    @Divedown_25 3 роки тому +11

    I tell you that most people if not all Swedes are very happy to have Norway as their neighbors. And it is a good rivalry when it comes to sport.

    • @irondasgr
      @irondasgr 3 роки тому +1

      Can we (greeks) exchange Turks with Norwegians? You take the Turks.

    • @1158supersiri
      @1158supersiri 9 місяців тому

      🤣

  • @EnderCrypt
    @EnderCrypt 3 роки тому +2

    i remember visiting some friends in norway and one thing i loved there the most was the nature, dang, if only sweden had sucha beautiful mountains

    • @eyeofthetiger6002
      @eyeofthetiger6002 3 роки тому +1

      Forget the mountains, give me the pretty Swedish girls any day! 😂

  • @carlz7646
    @carlz7646 3 роки тому +73

    As a swede working at the border where most norweigans go shopping i can say that there are idiots from all countries sweden,norway,denmark and finland but there is a loot more good hearted people! Usually the older people from norway are the nicest people i meet in an average day! We all say we hate eachother but under the hate we secretly love eachother instead! (AND i will say that norway has a much prettier landscape then sweden!)

    • @matslarsson2819
      @matslarsson2819 3 роки тому +1

      Our mountain area is much moore genuin than yours. You hade almost destroy yours with roads and Summer houses.

    • @carlz7646
      @carlz7646 3 роки тому +3

      @@matslarsson2819 what?

    • @matslarsson2819
      @matslarsson2819 3 роки тому

      @@carlz7646 You say that Norway has more Beautiful Nature then I say this...

    • @carlz7646
      @carlz7646 3 роки тому +2

      @@matslarsson2819 are you swedish or norwiegan?

    • @FreyrNordisk
      @FreyrNordisk 3 роки тому

      You Swedes always trying to put Finns in the same club with us, as if Finland means the same for Norwegians and Danes, the only Scandinavians with a connection with Finns are Swedes, they are foreign to Danes and Norwegians.

  • @nettitus
    @nettitus 3 роки тому +4

    Very nice and kind people !
    In particular the girl from Harstad is so cute and lovely girl !
    Norwegians and Swedish are really good people.

  • @SuperChipen
    @SuperChipen 3 роки тому

    this puts a smile on my face

  • @meriksson1981
    @meriksson1981 3 роки тому +27

    Haha, som svensk blir man glad när man hör våra kära grannar prata så snällt om oss. Ni är ganska ok också Norge, man förstår er tillochmed när ni pratar till skillnad från dom där danskarna. 😁

  • @Shay-missmissymiss71
    @Shay-missmissymiss71 3 роки тому +61

    A love Sweden and swedish people I think they're nice and fun Sweden is nice and beautiful country.

    • @velmad3091
      @velmad3091 3 роки тому +6

      Thank you 😘

    • @Shay-missmissymiss71
      @Shay-missmissymiss71 3 роки тому +5

      @@velmad3091 your welcome, but that's the truth I'm even learning swedish and it's such beautiful language ❤️⁩.

    • @Kitty-ju1yt
      @Kitty-ju1yt 3 роки тому +5

      Thank you Norwegian friend. Norway is a great neighbor, greetings from Sweden. 🇸🇪🇧🇻

    • @ivancvitkovic6679
      @ivancvitkovic6679 3 роки тому +2

      You mean swedistan make sweden swedish again

    • @Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen
      @Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen 3 роки тому +2

      Bästa Norge 💞💞💞

  • @erik....
    @erik.... 3 роки тому +4

    Älskar norge.. tittar på mycket norsk tv.

  • @lisaderman8964
    @lisaderman8964 Рік тому +2

    Swedes and Norweigan are like twins fighting about who is 5 minuter older than the other. I love Norweigans

  • @SuperTrisset
    @SuperTrisset 3 роки тому +10

    Heja Norge! Hälsningar från Sverige

    • @jovisgonorway1001
      @jovisgonorway1001 3 роки тому +2

      SuperTrisset. Heia Sverige! Hilsninger fra Norge :)

  • @herrbonk3635
    @herrbonk3635 3 роки тому +73

    De är så gulliga och vänliga! Känns som svenskar på 1940/50-talet. Det säger jag med både kärlek och saknad.

    • @Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen
      @Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen 3 роки тому +3

      😁😁😁😁

    • @SweWince
      @SweWince 3 роки тому +5

      Jaa! Fint att se :)

    • @Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen
      @Swedish_VEGAN_Kitchen 3 роки тому +4

      @@SweWince aaa

    • @fordhouse8b
      @fordhouse8b 3 роки тому +1

      Som På ’40 talet, när vi tillät tyskarna att transportera soldater till norge genom sverige? Väldigt gulligt och vänligt.

    • @herrbonk3635
      @herrbonk3635 3 роки тому

      @@fordhouse8b Så fan "vi" gjorde. Det var den sosseledda regeringen. (Mina föräldrars föräldrar röstade heller aldrig för att socialisterna skulle ta över landet.)

  • @mapepe3788
    @mapepe3788 3 роки тому +3

    Älskar er med Norge! 😄🎉❤️

  • @RosaMannen
    @RosaMannen 3 роки тому +2

    Klart vi älskar våra Norska systrar och bröder

  • @eusela_99
    @eusela_99 3 роки тому +4

    I love this type of content. Would be interesting to know what Norwegians think about Finns and Finland. Takk.

    • @Yfreyr
      @Yfreyr 3 роки тому +4

      well,Suomi is cool man

    • @tomrogerlilleby2890
      @tomrogerlilleby2890 Рік тому +2

      Norway and Norwegians have very little contact with Finnland and Finns.
      They are just like aliens to us.
      Much of it is because we are not ethnically related and we cannot understand each other languages.
      That said, we have nothing against each other as peoples.
      We simply just doesn't belong - and never have.
      But we have a lot to learn from Finns about how they are organizing their country.
      A truly modern democratic country based on logic and reason.

    • @eusela_99
      @eusela_99 Рік тому +1

      @@tomrogerlilleby2890 Wow, okay. I was not expecting that, but thanks a lot for your answer :)

  • @Astronic
    @Astronic 3 роки тому +3

    Lovely to see all the positive norwegians towards swedes! I love norwegians too (fellow swede)

  • @Kitty-ju1yt
    @Kitty-ju1yt 3 роки тому +6

    Greetings from Stockholm - Sweden. Norwegians are welcome to Sweden... 🇸🇪🇧🇻

  • @rairchannel5296
    @rairchannel5296 3 роки тому

    What i nice intro! :0

  • @welshpete12
    @welshpete12 Рік тому +1

    I'm lucky I have good friends in Norway and have been there many times. If you are from the USA watching this . Some thing you may not know . Norway and Sweden have the highest standard of living in the world.

  • @alwaysuseless
    @alwaysuseless 3 роки тому +5

    This is well edited! I assume you approached someone and then asked them all your questions, then on to the next person. But then you edited it, so that we hear everyone's answer to the first question, and then everyone's answer to the next question. Both in terms of hearing the range of opinions on each question and in terms of learning Norwegian, this rearrangement is brilliant. Thanks for the video. As a native English-speaker, I am trying to decide whether I want to learn Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish. It's not really practical to try to learn all 3. Swedish has the most native-speakers, but I've heard that Norwegian (Bokmål) is easier to understand than Danish, if you're Swedish and easier to understand than Swedish, if you're Danish. Takk igjen.

    • @irondasgr
      @irondasgr 3 роки тому +1

      Why don't you pick German which is more practical? Or even Dutch whicH I've heared is the closest to the English language?\

    • @alwaysuseless
      @alwaysuseless 3 роки тому

      @@irondasgr I gave your comment an up vote. That’s sound advice. What you couldn’t know is that I already speak German at the B2 level. My goal is to speak German, Spanish, and French at C1. (A1 = beginner. C2 = almost bilingual.) I would like eventually to have more than a superficial understanding of Swedish or Norwegian. Norway with its mountains and fjords is a country I definitely want to explore. As an outsider, I wish Sweden, Norway, and Denmark would adopt a common Standard Scandinavian language. I think that would have many advantages for all 3 countries. But apparently, Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes are content to switch to English, when they can’t understand each other.

    • @irondasgr
      @irondasgr 3 роки тому +1

      @@alwaysuseless I understand. Since you speak German the Dutch choice would be supreme. But of course you know what you need. It's just that (as a language teacher myself) it always feels really a pity to listen to someone to want to put so much effort just for a trip and then nada. Unfortunately Norwegian speak only the Norwegians and only in Norway. I'd like to learn some Swedish myself but I always come around when I think "what on earth are you going to do with this ability?" Just watch Sa ska det lotta? Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to worth the price...

    • @alwaysuseless
      @alwaysuseless 3 роки тому

      @@irondasgr For a first trip to Norway, I will probably know only a few basic expressions like Hello, Yes, please, No thank you, Where is the restroom? In other words, I'll have to rely on Norwegians understanding English. For my first trip to Germany, I had had 2 years of German at university, but had forgotten, for example, how to use the familiar address. The much younger nephew of a friend I made found it very funny to be addressed, in effect, as Sir.
      You go with what you've got. For the next couple of years, I'll be mainly focused on the big 3: German, Spanish, and French.

    • @irondasgr
      @irondasgr 3 роки тому +1

      @@alwaysuseless Of course, it's a great feeling this of belonging and inclusion when you find yourself in a foreign country of which the language you speak. I have studied Italian and this last Christmas I spent it in Rome. I was there for 15 days and at some point I realized that I was in the bus and had people asking me for direction. Italians. In a couple of cases, indeed, I knew how to answer effectively and it was as weird as much as magnificent. In just a fortnight I was already turned into a "vero Romano". I wish that you enjoy the greatness of this sentiment too in Norway sometime.

  • @antonberg438
    @antonberg438 3 роки тому +3

    i like norway! very beutiful place and nice people! and their language always makes me happy! :)

  • @neuroleptika
    @neuroleptika 3 роки тому +3

    I am swedish and I am absolutely in love with norway and norweigans, the jokes we have and the competition mindset is just for fun! We get along worse with denmark and finland....

    • @jovisgonorway1001
      @jovisgonorway1001 3 роки тому +1

      Neuroleptika. Do you swedes come out worse with Danes and Finns ? No shame to be from Finland for us Norwegians at least ! Then the Finns also have a lot to be proud of ! :) Both Norway, Sweden and Finland have achieved a lot !!! Then it's worse with the Danes ! What do they have to be proud of ??? Red sausages ??? Danish people are probably just as jealous of you Swedes as us Norwegians !!!

  • @johnnorthtribe
    @johnnorthtribe 3 роки тому +6

    Jag har bara varit i Norge en gång i mitt liv som barn. Ju mer jag ser på dessa youtube clips så känner jag att jag vill resa till Norge igen. :)

  • @Noise-fe6dp
    @Noise-fe6dp 3 роки тому +4

    Hej grannar ni är underbara

  • @ArthurShelby-PB
    @ArthurShelby-PB 3 роки тому +79

    8:11 This woman is soooo pretty and her voice is cute af

    • @idk-mi1kl
      @idk-mi1kl 3 роки тому +13

      She looks like she is crazy af tbh

    • @shawn6669
      @shawn6669 3 роки тому +2

      @MadeintheImageofGod ummm...from someone who's been around the block...just no.

    • @viktorjensen6906
      @viktorjensen6906 3 роки тому

      I was litterally thinking the same thing

    • @denzel444
      @denzel444 3 роки тому

      she aint got a top lip

    • @perarheim1255
      @perarheim1255 3 роки тому +2

      ​@@idk-mi1kl Wrong interpretation. That smile and chuckle is a common way in Scandinavia for a girl to relieve some peer tension and signal that you're not more full of yourself and your story than warranted by the random on-cam situation. She's reading the reactions of the interviewer and responding to that. Seems like a pleasant and lovely girl next door to me.

  • @erikeriksson3615
    @erikeriksson3615 3 роки тому +2

    Vi elsker også dette landet som nå stiger frem og hele det Norske folket!
    Med stor kjærlighet fra Sverige.
    Vi älskar också detta landet som nu stiger fram och hela norska folket.
    Med stor kärlek från Sverige 🇸🇪🇳🇴❤️💃🕺👑😍

  • @johanponken
    @johanponken 3 роки тому +2

    A perfection would have been to add a short screenshot of a map with the places people had accents from!!!

    • @SimpleNorwegian
      @SimpleNorwegian  3 роки тому +4

      There’s a map on the right side when they tell about their dialect

  • @amyst3887
    @amyst3887 3 роки тому +3

    I've never learnt any Norwegian but I'm loving these videos all the same! You can see lots of similarities with German and even Scots dialect words 😊

    • @k.williamjones3978
      @k.williamjones3978 3 роки тому

      The Norwegian (and Swedish) word for "child" is "barn". I have heard that it is "bairn" in Scotland. A connection? Norwegian fisher people have reportedly been a conduit of mutual influence in language between Norway and Scotland (and not just the Vikings).

    • @amyst3887
      @amyst3887 3 роки тому

      @@k.williamjones3978 Yes exactly, and we also have a similar word to bra "braw"

    • @k.williamjones3978
      @k.williamjones3978 3 роки тому

      @@amyst3887 Wow! I call myself a "word nerd" because I find these connections and etymologies to be fascinating!

    • @bafattvahetere
      @bafattvahetere Рік тому

      Norway and Scotland have both similar beutiful landscape. Norwegian whisky is not so good, ha, ha. In Norway (Oslo) they get "dritings", in Scotland they get "drunk". Happens frequently.

  • @alexj.denton7453
    @alexj.denton7453 3 роки тому +7

    Do a video asking what music do they listen.

  • @glennfeldt2009
    @glennfeldt2009 3 роки тому

    In your next video you should ask what people think about joining the two countries into one.

  • @christeroqvist1680
    @christeroqvist1680 3 роки тому +2

    Har saknat Norskarna på Byske havsbad i sommar.

  • @sandex3000
    @sandex3000 3 роки тому +5

    Vi älskar er Norge, särskilt vi Bohusläningar som är Norrmän I grunden 😊

  • @PureVikingPowers
    @PureVikingPowers 3 роки тому +10

    Swedes love Norway they are our brothers ❤🤍💙

    • @patwhw
      @patwhw 3 роки тому

      @Pat Micucci Wat

    • @patwhw
      @patwhw 3 роки тому

      @Pat Micucci Wat

    • @PureVikingPowers
      @PureVikingPowers 3 роки тому

      @Pat Micucci Don't you know that Swedes created Russia, you need to go back to school.

  • @azariacba
    @azariacba 6 місяців тому

    I definitely agree with the guy at 5:15. That’s the reason why I subscribe to this channel. Norsk er et fint språk!

  • @sverige535
    @sverige535 3 роки тому +3

    jag älskar norge från Sverige

  • @kristofferhellstrom
    @kristofferhellstrom 3 роки тому +8

    Love our Norwegian neighbour!

  • @MCarlzon
    @MCarlzon 3 роки тому +4

    Love back to Norway from Sweden! \o/
    See you like the great sibling you like to mess with sometimes (with all the Norwegian jokes) but only love deep down :)
    And love to the Danes as well \o/

  • @filipnassen9076
    @filipnassen9076 Рік тому

    I haven't spend any real time in Norway or with any norwegians but I hope to someday. We have to stick together and help eachothers as brothers and sisters. I'm glad to see that these people have the same feelings towards swedes as I and many swedes has towards them.

  • @garethbrandt9163
    @garethbrandt9163 3 роки тому +3

    Från Sverige till Norge, vi älskar er!!

  • @amiwho6792
    @amiwho6792 3 роки тому +6

    Haha the old guy is the best :D

  • @Alekzbizkit
    @Alekzbizkit 3 роки тому +10

    Älska Norge ❤️

  • @loolya3
    @loolya3 3 роки тому

    When you click on the question and it shows you the time stamps of each question their is a very beautiful Norwegian angel with an extremely beautiful and amazing smile and theirs a thumbnail of her smiling in each questions thumbnail
    Me: perfectly BALANCED AS ALL THINGS SHOULD BE

  • @corrigenda70
    @corrigenda70 3 роки тому

    I was once invited to the home of a Norwegian Student friend when I was in Drammen. I had been warned to say 'Takk for Maten' after the meal and duly did so and I then volunteered to dry the dishes after the meal (This was the 1960s) only to be screamed at by the hostess (my friend's mother!) when I put down the tea towel (which was yellow) on a blue-backed chair!!!! I (of course) didn't understand but it was soon explained to me!!

  • @sweet_amir
    @sweet_amir 3 роки тому +5

    Kärlek från Sverige

  • @MartinAhlman
    @MartinAhlman 3 роки тому +5

    Vi älskar vår vackra granne i väster. Så vackert land, så vacker kultur (brunost tex). Norge och vi har en lång tradition av att berätta vitsar om varandra, men det gör vi av kärlek. I

    • @jovisgonorway1001
      @jovisgonorway1001 3 роки тому +1

      Martin Ahlman. Tusen takk :) Vi Nordmenn ønsker alle dere gode og snille svensker, alt godt i fremtiden :) :) :) Heia Sverige og Norge sammen til evig tid ! :)

    • @MartinAhlman
      @MartinAhlman 3 роки тому +1

      @@jovisgonorway1001 Jag kan bara hålla med!

  • @antonius_006
    @antonius_006 9 місяців тому

    They love each other.

  • @dudedelicious
    @dudedelicious 3 роки тому +2

    Tack, ni är också bra :)

  • @elinhansson7770
    @elinhansson7770 3 роки тому +8

    Kärlek från Sverige 🇸🇪🇳🇴

  • @brittcarlsson8609
    @brittcarlsson8609 3 роки тому +7

    Vi tycker om er också 😉 trots att ni går på tur och äter smörgås till lunch.

  • @stanleysheng3224
    @stanleysheng3224 3 роки тому +1

    jag har bott i sverige 3 år sen o jag har blev flytande på svenska senaste, det är jätteöverraskande som jag kan nästan förstå norska. vad kul!

    • @CamsterClips
      @CamsterClips 3 роки тому

      Inte flytande än men kämpa på!

  • @Dirkschneider
    @Dirkschneider 3 роки тому +2

    Vi tycker om er också! 🥰

  • @goran2268
    @goran2268 3 роки тому +4

    Having lived in Norway I've honestly never felt that Norwegians are somehow different from me in any way. It's just like home, but across the border.

    • @farrukhisamatov8827
      @farrukhisamatov8827 3 роки тому

      Are you Swedish and Norvegians not the same nation? I can't see any difference between them.

    • @Kay-jg6tf
      @Kay-jg6tf 2 роки тому

      @@farrukhisamatov8827 Norwegian jokes are slightly better :)

  • @stuartdryer1352
    @stuartdryer1352 3 роки тому +11

    I lived in Sweden as a kid. I can mostly understand these people.

  • @badgerrrlattin35
    @badgerrrlattin35 2 роки тому

    As someone who is roughly half Norwegian and half Swede; born & living in America I know when folks come over from "the old country" and I tell them my background, they usually raise their eyebrows and say something like "that's a hell of a mix!"