American Reacts to What Swedes Think About Norwegians
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2023
- As an American I know that Norway and Sweden have a very close relationship. Today I am very curious to learn about what Swedes think about Norway, and how that compares to Americans. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
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We dont have to communicate in english, we understand eachother perfectly well❤
depends where in sweeden they come from :D also the sweeds are not smart :D
Many Swedes are verry bad in Scandinavian
We communicate in our native language, but don’t understand eachother that well😂
@@lusurama5080 that's just cods wallop! With a little bit of good will, we understand each other very well. The exception is the Danes way of counting. That one you actually have to study to understand.
Jeg har møtt mange yngre mennesker fra Sverige som har mye vanskeligere for å forstå norsk enn jeg har for å forstå svensk.
Anyone notice how positive thinking Sweden is? That say a lot of Swedish people also. And we love you Sweden.💛
My take on our relationship is that the countries are like 2 brothers. Friendly in the day to day, sometimes small tussles. Very competetive in certain settings where one takes it very seriously (Sweden). The other (Norway) less so, but since we're brothers we rub it in their face when we do win. We mess wth each other a lot, but in the end we are brothers
Yes, like Petter Nortug😂
"winning isn't that important. As long as we beat the Swedes" 😂
A long time ago, it was real animosity. Nowadays, it's just for fun.
He is correct about Norwegian sounding peculiar, as it carries a melodic quality resembling a singing language. Certain Swedish dialects share some similarities, but in general, Swedish is closer to a monotonous intonation. Both Danes and Swedes believe that expressing anger in Norwegian is impossible, but oh my, if only they knew. In reality, the melodic intonation actually amplifies the anger, although one would need to develop sensitivity to discern it. Norwegians can be both sarcastic and ironic over the range of five octaves, but you will have to stir them up quite a lot.
In the 80s I traveled around Norway repairing electronic equipment for industry. What I experienced then was that Norway was very quick to adopt new technology and instrumentation within the industry, compared to other countries in Europe.
Yes, Norway takes in many labor migrants from Sweden. Especially within the restaurant and shop clerk industry.
Sweeden has a great coastline. It's a beautiful country with nice people. And the language is pretty. I've had lots of great vacations in Sweeden.
its sweden, not sweeden. i also love sweden as a norwegian person, i have been on vacation there and i loved it
Swedes mostly have contact with Norway via working in Oslo and the surrounding area. The dialect in that area is quite different from the rest of the country. I think that's why there's some comments about sounding peculiar, sociable (densly urbanized people in Oslo) and such. In reality we don't travel much in eachother's country other than for work, probably because we're so similar.
But the analogy of being brothers, bickering and fighting at times, but deep down there's mutual love and respect, I find to be quite accurate!
norwegians and swedes don't have to communicate in English, the anguages are closely related, they can easily understand each other without needing translation.
Jepp. But I have Swedish friends who are multilingual and they'll just switch into English, because they know I'm bi-lingual.
Southerners in Norway can more easily understand Danes (at least most of the north of Denmark), in my personal experience. Although, the border between Sweden and Norway lends to more people over there easily interpreting each other. Some northen Swedish dialects sound almost like gibberish to me. Varies from person to person, but I've RARELY had to resort to English between Swe/Den. Just seems like a small insult, or a defeat, to have to switch to English.
Some of the younger Norwegians have rarely encountered the Danish and Swedish languages, and they can hardly understand a single word. If you have children, expose them to the other Scandinavian languages.
@@Zhylo I'm from the middle of Norway, and I have to say, I never switch to english when talking to swedes, but with Danes that refuse to speak slowly, I have to switch to english. And yeah, it feels like a defeat every time
@@ximalasupp! When I was young our favourite children's TV were Swedish so had constant exposure
I was waiting for the language jokes! 😂 That was what I was used to hearing as a kid, moving from Norway to Sweeden.
But, It’s a brotherly fun fued, in a way, I think. I hope.
I was glad to hear so many positive things! 😇🥰
Honestly didn't think Swedes though so well of us. I wanna see a vid of what Norwegians think of Swedes😂
Yes, we love you! ❤ You are our sibling. We just make fun of you sometimes, as siblings do
@@olsa76
Yes, and the jokes goes in both directions ❤
Sweeden has been the " Big brother" to Norway, but in later years it's more equal.
Fun fact, Norway is actually Teslas biggest market per capita. 10% of all electric cars are sold in Norway, a country with 5,4 million people. Even my apprentice drives around in a Tesla model 3 performance
I dont have Tesla. I have Toyota Hybrid.
I belive there is a big difference between those who can aford buying a Tesla and those who cannot. As a public employe with a normal income, I can tell you that a Tesla is out of the question. You have to be a boss or senior advicer, etc.
In any other cases Tesla is for the people that work in the privat enteprices.
@@kmhob I work in construction, we do formwork and concrete pouring. Is it tho? where did you decide to setup your life? do you live in the city ? or do you live more on the countryside? tons of public employees driving teslas or equivalent EV's. As long as you have a normal job in Norway you can do whatever you want as long as you prioritize, some people like cars and spend more on them, some people wanna go to spain for 3 weeks per year etc etc. Only if you are a multi millionaire can you do whatever whenever
@@imortaliz It definitly comes down to how much you earn. Some public servent get more than others, but for the normal employe the deal is a totally other deal. If you live in a city, have a family, down payment on a flat, it is definitly harder to prioritize a Tesla. And, that is not me aspecially, that’s what is normal.
Norwegians and Swedes speak our own language to each other. Even when we have drastically different words for something, either we will know the other language's word for it (for Norwegians usually because we have watched Swedish shows/movies, and for Swedes usually if they have ever worked in Norway or regularly talk with Norwegians) or we will be able to talk around it and make the other understand. It's far more likely for Norwegians and Danes (and possibly Swedes and Danes, cannot speak for them) to switch to English when speaking to each other, though Norwegians and Danes are capable of understanding each other for the most part, at least if we speak slowly.
If you ask a norwegian about sweden and a swede about norway I suspect there will usually be two answers: a serious one and a humorous one. We're like siblings, along with denmark (and our cousin, the finns), so there's a lot of healthy rivalry and good-humored banter.
Back in the days the languages was not an issue. Us Norwegians did some small adjustments to make it easyer for the Swedes ( known as Svorsk (svensk/norsk) back then, say, in the 1970s/80s, commonly used on TV so it was well known) and everything was fine. In recent years I seen younger Norwegians/Swedes speeking English to each other without even thinking about it.
Same here. I've also met Norwegians that just took for granted that I couldn't understand what they were saying if they didn't try to talk "svorsk". I almost got annoyed by that. Why wouldn't I understand? It was just norwegian. Nothing strange. But at the same time, I live in Stockholm and some people here can't even understand different swedish dialects...
@@WahidahCherazade That's the same in Oslo. Many understand accents and "KekabNorsk" better than dialects in Norway. Some don't even understand if a person is Swedish, they think it's Norwegian.
Maybe they are only talking about the prople from Oslo, because in Trøndelag we dont end on a high note😅
I enjoy watching your videos. It's nice that you have such a genuine interest in learning about Norwegian culture. You approach the information in the videos in such an openminded way and your reflections seem intelligent and they can surely teach us (Norwegians) a whole lot as well 😀
What's funny is that Swedes think Norwegians sound happy when they're angry, and we Norwegians have the exact same saying about Swedes. But when it all comes down to it we're extremely similar people - I'd say even more similar than Canadians vs. Americans. The languages are mutually intelligible, especially verbally. In general, Norwegians understand Swedish perfectly when spoken, but might have a harder time when written. With Danish it's the opposite - Norwegians understand Danish perfectly well when written (it's almost the same language, as Norway was under Danish rule for more than 400 years until 1814), but spoken Danish is somewhat more difficult to understand because of the way Danes pronounce their words. The most common type of Norwegian, Bokmål, is the primary form of Norwegian for about 90% of Norwegians. And Bokmål is based on Danish.
As a swede who has travelled a lot in norway I got to say that we are mostly alike. The uprise in inflection in the language is mostly an eastern norwegian phenomenon (around the Oslo area where I think most swedes have been) and not the case in the rest of norway as much.
We can speak our own languages to one another, and while we definitely have a lot of coast too (and good fish!), they do have great fish and _incredible_ landscape (as you know from previous reaction videos). We also have beautiful nature, but not as spectacular perhaps.
In general we have more in common than we have differences and we should get along.
I do get frustrated about the younger generation who don't even _try_ to speak swedish and norwegian with oneanother and just turn to english. It is so incredibly unnecessary and sadening.
I agree, and the younger generations "need" to speak English to eachother is annoying and totally unnecessary
Agreed, it's such a shame...
I *kind* of get it when talking with someone from Finland or someone from Iceland or the Faero Islands...
Although even then it shouldn't really be necessary.
But Swedish, Danish and Norwegian (eastern dialects) is almost the same language...
We have a great relationship with our brothers to the East. Because that is exactly what they are - our brethren. We joke with each other way too much, but we respect each other dearly.
We're very social when it comes to family and stuff and we love to grill together and eat together
That one guy is just envious 😄
I'm Norwegian and I love Sweden like family. But it's important to win over them in contests lol but they must win over everyone else.
Sweden is beautiful and more progressive on tech and lays the standard _really_ high. Norway is also high tech but many different areas and I still consider Sweden more progressive there.
Swedes are also outdoorsy people.
I still think Norway is more beautiful and Norwegians more outdoorsy but that doesn't take anything away from Swedes or Danes (who also love outdoors but in a different way, like in the woods or biking or paddling)
I always think that the nature is often more beautiful in Norway, but we have better weather in most parts of Sweden so it's easier for us to spend time outside in our little less beautiful country. Then I always starts to think about electric cars when I think of Norway, I think it's easier to have one in Norway compared to in Sweden? Here people want to have electric cars, but says it's "impossible" (and extremly expensive to buy one).
@@WahidahCherazade Hi, yes I think it should be easier in Norway but I'm not so sure anymore :) Several of my friends have Teslas or equivalents (I don't have a license myself), there was apparently an extremely low tax (or was not there altogether) which is now back (not sure if to full effect) again, sorry I don't know too much about cars. However you never have to pay for recharging afaik, ever, but that may depend on the company or deal, I don't know. And the recharge network is well developed.
And as I said, Sweden is beautiful, but also as you said, it may be easier sometimes :D This country here is so rugged, it's more effort to get to the most breath taking stuff.
Oh yeah and el. cars shouldn't be that expensive here, a lot of other things are, but electronics, clothes and cars etc. are not as heavily taxed (is it called VAT?) I think
It's true that we in Norway have the beautiful fjords and mountains, but Sweden also have some beautiful nature. Think about Dalarna, the archipelago outside Stockholm, the mountain plains in the north and much more.
Yo! You’ve made a video of the mass-murderer anders breivik. You could also make a video about Norwegian serial killers like Arnfinn Nesset, Belle Gunnes, Dennis Nilsen, (Edgar and Terje Antonsen) those are our mostly known serial killers. Just a tip for an idea I would like to share because I really like your channel and I’m interested in true crime. Much love from Norway!❤🇳🇴 btw! If you’re not gonna make a video about it, at least you have an idea you can save for the future❤️😊
We comunicate in our own language since they are cimelar.
Some phrases can make for some peculiar situations.
Swedish slang for lets have a beer, can in Norwegian sound like lets go shit or selves.
Tyler, the language (Norwegian/Swedish) is pretty similar, so no need to switch to English. Also I have spent summers in the south of Sweden on
vacation forever, Like Kristinehamn, Sandhammaren, Ystad. And the Swedes are the nicest people you can trip over :)
Some people around the world think it sounds like norwegians sound like they are only asking questions all the time, because the sentence melody in general in norway is like the english or french sentence melody in questions. This does not apply for all norwegians though, because Norway have many dialects, and only a couple of them has this sentence melody. But the population center in and around Oslo has this characteristic, so it does encompass a big chunk of the norwegian population. Some dialects in Norway are very close to english sentence melody, especially in the north of Norway, so given this and the similar structure of the language, it is especially easy for people in north norway to learn English well. You may be able to notice though, that north norwegians may be "singing" a little more when they speak english, than americans do, like in more inflections and more melody.
14:10 According to a website called SalaryExplorer, the average salary in Sweden 2023 is 45,100 SEK (45,097 NOK) whereas for Norway in 2023 is 51,000 NOK (51,002.94 SEK), that isn't the largest difference, though it is still a 6,000 difference, and a lot can be done with just that extra amount of cash in a month for a Swede working in Norway but spending their money in Sweden.
And that's what a lot of Swedish people tend to do, come to Norway to work, save up their money, then go back to Sweden richer than they left.
Now, I don't actually know how many Swedish people that accounts for, and I am sure many of the Swedish people moving to Norway to work here do so because they intend on actually living in Norway, not just saving up money to spend in Sweden.
All I am doing is speaking of the few Swedish people that I have met and actually talked to in Norway that has said that is pretty much what they do, but, for all I know, those could very well be in the minority of the Swedish people coming to Norway.
11:30 Being good at English is a common trait among most - or many - of the Nordic people, those being the Norse, Finns, Swedes, and the Danes.
In a previous video of Tyler's, I think someone mentioned in a video he was reacting to that the reason we are all so serious about learning English in schools is that English is basically - often times even literally - the language of trade and business, that to get far in any field of work, you will eventually reach a point where knowing enough English will practically be a requirement.
Another reason we are so good at English is that, for the majority of people, the type of media that we consume on a daily basis happens to be English, whether the media is books, or it is movies or series on TV, even Nordic artists will often make their music in English if for no other reason than to reach a larger audience with their music.
So, with these things in mind, knowing - and being good at - English is a very important thing, otherwise you'd quickly end up with a very limited pool of media to properly enjoy in your everyday life.
To add a little fun fact, while Danish is close to Norwegian in their written language, trying to understand a Danish person speaking to you as a Norwegian - or vice/versa, I'd assume - can be very difficult, although not entirely impossible, because they are distinctly different enough that you practically need to learn their spoken language to understand what they are saying.
Because of this, as a Norwegian traveling to Denmark on vacation, or on a Harry Tur now and then, I almost exclusively speak English whenever I am talking to Danish people, because - as I have often experienced, - while they often end up only having a small - mediocre I might call it? - grasp on speaking English, it is still a lot easier for me to communicate and understand them in English than trying to talk to them in Norwegian and try to guesstimate what they are saying to me in Danish.
You are exaggerating this very much. Some Danes are difficult, but far from impossible to understand. But most Danes, are pretty easy to understand. Now and then you hit a word that is unfamiliar, but then you just ask for an explanation. Problem solved. But their counting system is a mystery, even Steven Hawking would have trouble deciphering. The Enigma Machine would probably overheat on that one.......... Ooobs, now it I me that is exaggerating. Hehehe.
@@palmarolavlklingholm9684 i didn't use the word "impossible", and as for exaggerating, I was speaking from personal experiences, while it is true that many Norwegians have little difficulty understanding Danish people, I found that I have more difficulty understanding Danish than I do Danish English, to put it that way.
@@John_1920 Okay. Hope i didn't offend you. It was not my intention.
@@palmarolavlklingholm9684 Well. Went to a newspaper stor in center of Copenhagen. They did not understand a single word of Norwegian!
As for the counting/ numbering system, the same as in France. There is a system in it: 40 = 2*20, 60 = 3*20, 80 = 4*20 and 100 = 5*20
They forgot to say that we Sweeds make fun about Norway all the time. We even have expressions like "Norska" (norway) that means to turn of the power (because Norwegians aren't very smart) that we use as a normal word and we don't ever think about its meaning.
Have you heard about the ice fishing competition between some Swedes and Norwegians?
The Norwegian team landed fish after fish. But the Swedes had no luck.
Finally they sent a spy to figure out what the Norwegians did.
The spy came back, totally confused and told the others.
"They have made holes in the ice!"
Sweden has alot of fish too. They eat alot of fish too. Herring and crayfish. They eat alot of fermented fish, surstrømming . Sweden has alot of coastline, and islands and lakes and rivers. Sweden is beautiful too. Swedish language is cool and we norwegians understand swedish very well, but some of them dont understand norwegian so well😂 I like Sweden very much. Beautiful Stockholm ❤ Sweden has alot of good music. They ski alot too up north. Tyler, look up the map and Google it. I am norwegian.
you should react to all the different Norwegian accents and dialects! there are so many and some don't even sound alike!
Mostly norweigans and swedes communicate in their own native languages - although we are both very good in english.
But the languanges are very much alike. Probably norweigans understand swedish better than the other way around. But norweigan is very similar to swedish, so it's easy to understand. And, yes... their language sounds more 'happy'! :D
Nice vid and reaction Tyler. Regarding everyone drive Teslas.... actually, Tesla model Y is by far the most sold car in Norway so far this year with 20+% of the market.
Norweaguan and Swedes have siblinglove.
There is a song you should listen to "Norge är ett ruttet land"
There is also a joke were " why do Norweagian build rounds houses? It's because so that dogs would not pea in the corners".
Norw understand swe more than swe understands norw. I think partly because norwegians grow up with swedish movies (kids shows and grown up movies) way more than sweden is expposed to norwegian media
Very few Swedes have trouble understanding Norwegian. I have met a couple who struggles a bit with Norwegian. But Norwegians have no problems understanding Swedish. Perhaps mostly because we have watched a lot of Swedish TV, while they haven't watched a lot of Norwegian TV.
Norwegians and Swedes communicate with each other in their respective languages :) Norwegians speak Norwegian, and Swedes speak Swedish. That's usually how it goes, since the languages are so similar.
There is not alot of difference between Norwegians and sweden, as a Norwegian person. Though the language can sometimes be a barrier even when we understand each other. So yeah Norwegian and swedish is similar in grammar in many ways but the words are different so that can be a pain if you arent good with languages. I just use English.
Jag föredrar att vi skandinaver talar skandinaviska med varandra. 🥰
Ja, det er er virkelig en skam at de yngre slår over til Engelsk uten å en gang prøve å kommunisere på nordisk først...
Det er egentlig enkelt.
Og det gjelder Svensker, Dansker, alle Finner som snakker Svensk, Færøyinger som snakker Dansk med Færøysk tonefall (Gøtudansk), og Islendinger som snakker Dansk, Norsk eller Svensk.
Forøvrig er det og mulig å forstå Færøysk og Islandsk med litt øvelse, men det er slitsomt å prøve å forstå det over lengere tid om du ikke er vant til språkene.
Så jeg slår av og til over til Engelsk når jeg snakker med Islendinger og Færøyinger om de ikke snakker et øst nordisk språk.
Norwegians are both more closed up than swedes, and more social, depending on where in Norway one are from. The areas where the main income has been through fishing and shipping (sailors, seafarers, etc) are way more open than others. Also, swedes usually see us Norwegians either in a party situation or on a "Harry" trip.
Norwegians that are "happily drunk" are probably the most socially open persons in the world, but when sober the most introverted one.
Norway, Sweden and Denmark makes fun of each others all the time, call it brotherly love.
We Norwegian Are very socially when we travel to to toger country’s. Here innside Norway we are not much socially to english speakers but Danish and Sweed we talk fine with. Maybe beacose they understand persenol space we nordic have.
You should know that a long time ago, Norway was taken over by first Denmark for hundreds of years, and then Sweden for about hundred years. You can safely say that Norwegians hated the Danes and the Swedes like the plague. And they didn't think much of Norwegians either. But over time this has mellowed until today it is more humorous. We kind of never admit to even like each other. It is a matter of national honor, lol. But deep down we all get along swimmingly. Yeah, it is strange, I know. But when it comes to any kind of competition, then there is blood in the water, hehe. Us Scandinavian neighbors, have a competitive streak a mile long. But it is all for fun.
My portugeese friend here in Rogaland, westsouth, say the we sound like we sing😂
I live very close to the border of Sweden in the south of Norway. So we cross over to buy cheap alcohol and grillings.
The swedes are like us in Norway, only a bit more stupid. But I love them
We love our little brother 🇸🇪❤️🇧🇻
It’s a song saying.we can purchase Sweden if we want.And I’m from Norway
Norway is on sale now.
Our currency have crashed.
Enjoy it while you can.
Norwegians understand swedish and danish. Also most Norwegians can talk all 3 languages but the swedes talk english to us amd the danish also. sometimes.
So basically- Norway and Sweden are like brothers. Sweden is the annoying little brother but we still love them dearly
There are often things you say that you've never reacted to before. In this case you say that you've never reacted to a comparison between Norway and Sweden. You did it 5 months ago. You say that you've never heard of Preikestolen even thought it has been told in several videos.
Best thing about living in Norway are definatly that we got so good fish😂
The quality of fish products is no laughing matter. You wouldn't find it funny if someone said France has good wine, would you? 😀
We understand eachother🇳🇴🇸🇪🎈 there are dialects in Norway that are harder for me to understand than swedish😂
You should do this with sweden🙂
We understand each other. I personally think danish is harder to speak
7:19 as a norwegian that IS true, for sweden though because obviously, we think our language is normal and theirs weird
7:36 👍
hi it's been a while but your reason for doing this is no clearer. I look forward to your AMA
I am a Swede and i like their Black metal 🤟
Norwegians and Swedish ppl communicate in our native languages since they are almost just different dialects
i think the reason there are more negative comments from younger swedes is probably because they might not have interacted with norwegians much, and it is more assumptions. it might also be that they play games with younger norwegians, and there is more of that 'brotherly joking' in those generations that is coloring their view of norwegians as a whole
Many Swedish nurses and doctors comes to work in Norway during their vacation in their home counyry cuz they earned more.The monarchy in both sides are relatives,so as Denmark,or maybe whole European monarch.
When Swedes talk about Norway being rich, they are talking about our sovereign wealth fund.
The value of the swedish, Norwegian and Danish money have changed a lot through the years. For the moment the most expensive country in scandinavia is Denmark. The value of the Norwegian krone has dropped s lot the latest years and are lower than both of Sweden and Denmark. For many years we have had a better value than the swedish krone, so you get more for your money traveling to Sweden. One of the major reason why Norway is more expensive is because we have to import almost everything, except fish of cource.
And OIL!
we communicate in our own language and we understand eachother fine
Norway and Sweden comunicate with ours native language
We are sibling nations/populations, and share more then divid us, like language, values, cultur and political/social structure!
Just for a different perspective, no we are not all rich and it's a very difficult country live in if you are poor and an immigrant who can't get their credentials approved to continue working in the profession you spent 15 years working in a different country. I ended up going from a very well paid professional career to cleaning toilets for minimum wage and looking after a step son with special needs 50% plus, I had NO idea what I was doing with and having to feed and clothe him on my own dime. I really do need to write that book.
That sounds really, really though.
Have you talked with someone in NAV about perhaps getting some help with that?
Or some volunteer organizations?
@@Luredreier I have been involved with NAV for over a year now. But still unemployed and on a social benefit that barely pays the rent. I was diagnosed with heart failure about 15 months ago, so my usefullness as an 'unskilled' immigrant worker is limited.
Oh, have I mentioned... my past case worker asked my doctor right in front of me, 'when will she die'.
I think they want me to die. Now that the kids I was looking after are now grown. I didn't know I was being trafficked to be a nanny, but I was.
I'm thinking of helping them with their objectives. I have a countdown to next summer.
We love the Swedish ❤
Knows, Norwegian, people understand Swedish just fine, but most Swedish people don’t understand Norwegian… So usually this weed will talk in Swedish, and I will talk in English, if I ever strike up a conversation with a swed😂😂😂😂
The young Swedes haven't realized it yet, but they will! Norway and Sweden are always a little angry when it comes to sports, for example. If a Swede beats a Norman in the ski track, there is almost national mourning, and the same happens in Sweden if a Norman wins. And we have many nice jokes about each other, some ugly, and some not so ugly. We have been in union together, and we have been at war with each other. So Norwegians and Swedes know each other through thick and thin, you could say. Norway now hopes that Sweden will become a member of NATO, so that we can cooperate even more closely, and together become a solid defense for both countries, together with Finland and Denmark, which are members of NATO. Many Norwegians think that there are much better roads in Sweden, and of course cheaper food there, but Swedes often travel to Norway to shop for electrical items. Many Norwegians travel to Swedish ski resorts, and Swedes travel to Norwegian ski locations. So we appreciate each other, and like and tease each other, just like siblings do !!
Have we really been to war with each other? I doubt that very much.
@@Courseitmatters The war was in the sommer of 1814.
Det er mange norske som ser på ham ser jeg😛
Sverige har også meget kystlinje, som vender mod Østersøen/The Baltic sea, hvor Norges kystlinje vender mod Atlanterhavet... - The Baring Sea og Norskehavet.
we can buy all of Sweden if we want! :D
We are siblings, we hate and love eachother.
Norwegen people can talk norwgan to a swedish person and vice verca. We uderstand. We can talk to dansh also.we understad .but not finnish😂
When are you visiting Norway?
@TylerWalkerUA-cam wanna come to norway this summer?
Norwegian and Swedish languages are quite similar. Norwegians understand Swedish, but the Swedes do not understand Norwegian 😅
Not all Norwegians are blonde and tall 😅 that's a big misconception about my country. Alot of us, me including, are short and have brown hair and brown eyes.
All people in Norway drive Tesla that’s
True
Norwegians have a lot of Swedish jokes and vice versa 😅 all friendly though
As a swede i see norwegians as more outgoing than swedes and over all happier.
Dans sweds and norwegians can communications in thayr own language betwin each other, and we anderstand them¨
We have almost the same languge. We dont communicate in english.
I'm Norwegian and I'm not rich,
Most of Sweden have flat landscape. We Are good frends.
Sweden is a more hierarchical society than Norway and with much more political correctness. Norwegians are more rebellious and independent. In that way Norway is more akin to USA while Sweden is like the UK. Also Sweden is much more urban than Norway, with much fewer people living in between the big cities than Norway.
Its like a sibling/rivalry relationship between Sweden and Norway, I expected more banter in the video, but they were quite nice.
Painting an entire population as either "kind" or "rude/annoying" is of course not really ever true. Kind people in every country and assholes in every country
Norwegians think Norway is expensive too
Now, dont you even try to mug the Swedes. We Norwegians are the only ones with the birthright to mug the Swedes. So we mug the Swedes as best as we can, beating them at everything and so on. But dont you try, we will be the first ones to defend the Swedes and come to their aid. Right now we are trying to get them into NATO. ;) PS: Swedish language can also be beautiful. Althoug Norwegian language is of course more beautiful. Espescially many of our dialects are very beautiful.
11:42
Swedes are better at English then us on average, but only a little bit better.
11:47
Not usually, although there are exceptions.
Swedish and Danish is easily intelligible to Norwegians.
And Norwegian is intelligible to Swedes and Danes if they have some exposure to Norwegian and some time to get used to it.
So usually Norwegians will talk in Norwegian to Swedes and Danes while they will talk Swedish or Danish to us.
However young Swedes and Danes who haven't had much exposure to Norwegian often prefer English to listing to Norwegian or speaking their own language to us...
Something I honestly consider shameful...
Scandinavia has no concept of "social". The Danish are cozy, the Swedish are collaborative and the Norwegians are solidaritarians. But I think that Norwegian culture might be one of the most difficult cultures to understand. Perhaps we are too humble about our own culture and too willing to understand others. But I think that Norwegian culture is really important, even if it is weird. For instance, I can get gravely insulted if you ask me for help, not because I am unwilling, but because your're questioning my ability and my solidarity at the same time, usually without telling me what you need. So if you're lost and looking for directions and stop me in the street and say «Excuse me, can you help?» I feel a very strong need to shout in your face «How the fuck should I know?!», but I won't, because I'm Norwegian, so I will just say no. But if you say «Hey, we're moving a piano, but we need help», I'll interrupt you and say I'll help, if I decide I am able to. If for some reason I am not, I will be very friendly because I understand your problem and it evokes my empathy, solidarity and need to be helpful and maybe call a friend who is able to help.
If you show me your weakness, then I will show you my strength. That is the principle of asking for help in Norway. I understand why we can seem hostile in Norway. I would not behave that way in another country, but in Norway, I sort of assume that you have Folkeskikk. Refugees, tourists, extra-terrestrials, terrestrial-extras and devine entities are exempt, but for anyone else, I expect you to respect my culture.
I have to get this out while I am at it. We traveled and we plundered and killed and raped. But we allowed you to keep your culture and your soul. The other cultures, they came to take your beliefs, your traditions, your gods and made you their own. It's wicked. Our ideology in Norway is that rape and slavery ended on May 15th 1043, while our days of plunder and murder ended on The Stamford Bridge. That might be the end of the excitement, but it is not the end of Norwegian culture.
Imagine how powerful Norway would be if the first question people asked was "When did they end slavery?". I challenge anyone to find a single person in American history who was Norwegian and who owned slaves. It's like Satanism to a Christian.
When someone ask me "can you help", I'm kind of annoyed, because why do you even waste breath on that sentence, what do you need help? Get on with it lol. In Oslo "unnskyld meg" or excuse me in English is something everyone should know. "Excuse me, do you know where "Plata" is?" I had that question asked from a rural buy once many light years ago. I naturally said no, LOL.
@@TullaRask: Yeah, there I was, walking the street sensing peace and no danger when all of a sudden, I was being interrogated by some random stranger! My grandfather was a sailor and he was living at the treeline in Dovre, when we were going to the store to buy food and then some Jehova's Witnesses came. I will never forget this. They said «Have you heard the good news» and he said «Did they extend the opening hous at the store?» They said no, but Jesus has come. So he said, we didn't have time for it, because we needed to get to the store. But they said «A man cannot survive on food alone!» and he said «Well, then you eat your bible and I'll go buy food and then we'll see who perishes first».
@@jeschinstad Hahaha That's a great one. I had a guy asking me I was working in the cashier in a shop. blablabla and I replied: I'm an athiest, he looked strangly at me and asked "Then who gave birth to you". I mean what can you possibly say to such a stupid question?
We`r a little bitter since Sweden owned us 200 years ago..
norwegians understand swedish but sweeds cant understand norwegian, very weird that. i was shocked tho i was expecting worse things
Vi kan kjøpe hele sverige om vi vil😂 its a song about how norway can buy sweden if we want to
We NEVER communicate in english between norwegians and swedes.
🥲Tyvärr gör de unga det numera. Jag tycker det är så synd.
Q: Why wasn't Jesus born in Sweden?
A: Couldn't find 3 wise men or a vigin.
I think swedes are better at english in general than norwegians, however the swedish language is nuts i dont understand shit but it sounds dope, but not as bad as denmark they sound really bad but i think even they have better english than norwegians
Exposure is important though. The more you hear swedish and think about it, the easier it is to understand. I think we swedes and norwegians should always try to speak our languages to oneanother. 🥰 Jag föredrar att vi skandinaver talar skandinaviska med varandra.
@@cleverlyblonde jeg prøver, men sier hæ no jævlig mye😂
Inb4 SilvanaDil posts his regular harassment of Tyler
Don't assume my pronouns ... jerk.
Maybe it is Tyler commenting his own videos?
@@okklidokkli Doubt it, it's not enough effort put in for some clout hoax. Think it's just a pretty sad guy who doesn't know how to spend his time/energy properly
@@Emperor_Nagromsilvana is a female name from what I know. But who knows, maybe a unisex name, because the vibes I get are from a man. Quite a mystery😅.
It's really weird, they don't seem to like Tyler at all but still watches every single ones of his videos, often commenting really early, seems almost obsessive.