A few comments: The King have quite bad dyslexia and this have effected him his whole life. He have always had trouble expressing himself, and have throughout his life been mocked, been criticised and made fun in the media, for the way he talks and expresses himself. This makes him tense up even more in interviews and when interacting in media, as he knows he will be criticised as soon as he open his mouth. This I think have added to him acting a bit awkward in public. But if you ever see him interacting directly with the public, or in private, it's not the same. He is quite famous by family and friends and those who work for him, for his sense of humor and be social. It's basically all just very ableist for decades. But many of us actually love the King. It's basically how we sometimes make fun of Norway or a sibling, it's ok for us to do it, but if anyone else does it, it's on. I don't endorse it, but if you actually talk to people, most people actually like the King, even though who isn't Royalists. Many of the memes are actually done with love, we like our goofy King! When catastrophes happens, it's the King who many people look to, even those who usually doesn't care about the Monarchy. Like the tsunami of 2004 we needed him more than ever, and his speech actually helped heal us as a nation. The same when the cruise ship Estonia sank, or when the shootings in Norway happened. We actually lean on the King more than we think, and he has always stepped up. I think many people take him for granted, until something happens and then we know how much he means. Those alligations in that book written by a scandalous entertainment "journalist" is just always the tabloid gossip. I am a bit disappointed hat this video included what is basically bs one guy wanting to sell a book. The King might or might not have been unfaithful at one point, that non of us who doesn't know him knows, and it's also non our business. The book received a lot of criticism of "The book lacked clear sources and the authors did not do any critical analysis of the rumors and statements that they raised". I followed this quite closely, and even though I am a Royalist, I will never defend anyone blindly, but so much of that was bs. Also, Sweden, imo, is general is quite ageist. So even though I think the King is getting even more lovable by people as he gets older, many thinks that a new younger generation should take over, and that he is "too old".
Victoria is a Swedish name as well, but in the case of our Crown Princess she is named after Queen Victoria of Baden, her great-great-grandmother, who came from Germany. Queen Victoria of Baden was married to King Gustaf V.
Victoria is essentially a latin name meaning "victory". So almost all european countries have that name available. Karl on the other hand is an old germanic name meaning "man" (the "Karls" are consequently "the men" or "the people" and the "Huskarls" are the "home men" or the "personal guard"). So mostly countries with germanic heritage use that name.
@@DaDunge The french form is also Charles. But yeah. France and England both have germanic heritage. France through the Franks and England through the Angles, the Saxons, the Danes and the French.
And Victoria of Baden was named after her aunt (by marriage) Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia who was named after her mother Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
The King, the Queen and the Crown Princess are ceremonial. BUT, they work very hard to promote Sweden in the world and receive foreign dignitaties. I think they are doing a great job! They can play a part that a President can't, because they aren't political.
The name "Victoria" only became popular in the UK in the 19th century after the birth in 1819 of Princess Alexandrina Victoria, daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, one of the sons of George III. She was named after her German mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld who had been christened "Marie Louise Victoire". In those days, French was often spoken in court circles in continental Europe and would have been the lingua franca (!) of northern and eastern European nobility. After the young princess's accession to the throne in 1837 under the regnal name "Victoria", the name gradually established itself in Britain but it was not a traditional British name. Queen Victoria had numerous descendants who were given the name "Victoria". Princess Victoria of Sweden is one of them, as the video confirms.
I love the king. Yes he is just a figure head but everytime he get's angry with our useless politicans and speaks his mind (even though he's not supposed to) his popularity soars. Long live the king!
Honestly if we had a royal family that could be trusted to not screw up too badly we ought to just scrap democracy altogether. Maybe that way the government would actually get some shit done instead of all this incessant posturing and childish vendettas that we're seeing now. And let's be brutally honest here guys - We all know of and have met people that really when you get right on down to it should absolute not have the right to vote. As they are clearly too dumb to the point of being offensive to know what's best for the country.
You might (or might not) be surprised how few US people realise that Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg are all monarchies.
That only surprises me when I remember the Americans don’t know much of anything outside their local counties and towns usually unfortunately. It just goes to show how well off we are as a society maybe we can be so insular.
We had runes, we just didn't have a tradition of paper or books until later. So the written records of the time are runestones, mainly for major events or commemorating important people. :)
Yes, and Gustavus Adolphus is Latin for Gustav Adolf, which was his Swedish name. I understand when Karl becomes Charles when foreigners are going to talk about our kings, but I don't understand the logic of translating into Latin today?
@@olsa76The Latin transcription was used at the time so it was relevant back then but perhaps not now unless you study history from old texts, where the Latin name is used. Charles is a relatively modern English transcription.
@@Jonsson474 Yes, although young people today often learn more history from UA-cam than they did at school or dusty books, and that's probably what annoys me, when UA-cam clips use the Latin names, which are more complicated than the original name.
The Scandinavian long distance trade begun more than 2000 years before what people refer to as the Viking age. Nothing new really happened when the so called Viking age begun, it was just the period in time when the Roman Catholic Church started paying attention to the Scandinavians after the raid of Lindesfarne.
Well actuall something did happen the raiders started targeting churches, this should probably more be linked to the sacking of the pagan irminsul shrine by christians 19 years before Lindisfarne through.
Do you have some source for that information? Don't misunderstand, I'm not calling you a liar or misinformed, I just cannot remember hearing that part before and I'd like to learn more if possible :)
@@Zabiru- There are plenty of research on the matter and the last 10 years has revealed much that was unknown before. Just recently it was discovered that iron production began in northern Sweden at the same time as in Rome. There is a new tv series airing right now actually, on Swedish television, called “Historien om Sverige” - “The history of Sweden” where the fairly recent history of Stone Age to modern time Sweden is covered. It briefly touches the subject mention in my first post. Recently, Bronze Age petroglyphs have been found in Portugal that are identical to petroglyphs in eastern Sweden. The area in Portugal was central to European copper mining for bronze production in early Bronze Age. Also, all around Sweden, artefacts from pre Roman time has been found so there is, as I said, a plentiful of sources if you are interested in learning more.
The decision to make Viktoria the monark was already made, but those kinds of laws cannot be changed on the spot. 2 public elections have to pass for those laws to be altered. You must also remember that these people carry our nations history and preserve a lot of cultural heritage in castles and public museums. They bring tourists here and are a neutral part to ”gather around” in times of national crisis. Like it or not, they do serve a function in the society.
you are correct but laws are not supposed to be applyed retroactivly thus the son should be king since the law did not come into effect until after he was crown prince.
Hi Connor, you asked about Axel von Fersen who helped the French royals during the revolution. He was aid-de-camp (kind of secretary/translator) to General Rochambeau. They made camp in Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island for a year before meeting George Washington in Hartford, Connecticut. On meeting Washington, von Fersen remarked: He has the air of a hero; he is very cold, speaks little, but is polite and civil. An air of sadness pervades his whole countenance, which is not unbecoming to him, and makes him the more interesting. Von Fersen was later lynched by a Stockholm mob, following roumors of his involvement in the death Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden.
Have to say, I do love when people write descriptions of others like von Fersen did there. It becomes both personal as well as narrative. It gives a lot in very few sentences.
You are absolutt correct. The Norman was a viking settlement, and William the Conquer a descendent of the viking Rollo. So the vikings did in fact succed in conquering England ( and Iceland, Greenland and found nowadays Russia ) Fun fact : the anglo-Saxons in England was Scandinavian and Frisians ( nowadays Holland, Belgien, Northern Germany ) that imigrated to England in 400 AD ( 300 years before )
I live in Skåne/Scania and most people here regard themselves as Sweds not many want to belong to Denmark in my experianse. I believe mostly the rumour about Scanians want to be Danes is actualy coming from up north in Sweden they are teasing Scanians to be Danish. The thing is that the language we speak is Swedish not many words is actually Danish and the r:s that we use does not come from danish but French this is portrayed in a Swedis tv series called Svenska Dialekt Mysterier (Swedish dialect mysteries)
Later research has changed many old theories. No one conquered Finland in the sense that we think of it today since there was no nation and no land borders in the area. Scandinavians were also already living along the coastlines of todays Finland. They were after all seafaring people. Neither did Erik the 9th crusade against pagans. People living in what is now Finland were already under orthodox Christian influence from the east. The crusade was actually against orthodox Christianity.
It was said in the vid: "In 1809 Gustav IV Adolf went to war with Russia", but in fact it was Russia who attacked in 1808 and took Finland. Gustav IV Adolf was deposed in 1809, but as his grandsons daughter married into the new Bernadotte-dynasty, and therefore became grandfathers mother of our present king Carl XVI Gustaf "the old dynasty and the Bernadotte dynasty were so to speak combined", So the royal family is not without connection to the older kings and queens of Sweden.
As a Swede I am mostly proud that reactors like yourself view us in a positive light. Many times we are used as a good example for various things. However! It would be interesting to see a reaction to some of the wile and darker parts of our history that a majority pretend doesn't exist. I will list a few below and I am sure some people from our neighboring countries wont mind adding to that list. - Uppsala State institute for racial biology - Cultural persecution of the Sami people in northern Sweden. - The Ådalen shootings 1931.
As a Swede, I don't think there is any other country that talk so much about their dark past as Sweden. Germany does it with a quite healthy perspective, but Swedes seem to love talking about how awful we have been and still are, without taking any learning from it. Personally I am sick that we can never ever ever say anything good about Sweden at any point, not even for a few minutes, without also talking about each negative thing about our past and present that have ever existed. So we seem to have very different experiences. I think it's very important not to forget our past, and even more so learn from it (we seem to have missed that part), but I don't think the majority pretend it doesn't exist, my experience is the opposite, I feel it's constantly brought up, and that we never ever can say anything good about Sweden and also having talk all the bad things in our history ever. It's rarely I hear a Swede talking about the good part of Sweden, SPECIALLY Swedish history, and specially when talking about it to anyone that is not Swedish, but we excel at bringing up every bad thing that ever happened, or are happening.
@@EEmB We clearly move in different spheres. And most definitely had different curricula.Your experience seems more aligned to current year politics which push the agenda to far in the opposite direction. A position somewhere in the middle of our experiences would be optimal.
@@archabe No, I based my experience of the past around 20-30 years. I don't get any of that from any recent period, nor is it "aligned to current year politics which push the agenda to far in the opposite direction". I don't even know what "agenda" you are referring too. What we can agree on, is the middle, or a balance, between our seemingly very different experiences would be optimal.
@@EEmB Fascinating. Who knew Sweden could feel so large. I am referring to the agenda that suppress any and all forms of national pride out of fear for nationalistic ideals. It is very much current year in its radical form (IMO) but it started in the early 90s to my recollection when they tried to abolish the national anthem from school events. One way to further this would be to focus on national shame and inherited guilt. This is of course nothing I would agree with. My belief is also the middle road. One can be proud of some things, remember others and learn from both. Lagom
Just something to add about the relations between Sweden and Denmark. Sweden and Denmark are the 2 countries in the world that have fought the most wars against each other Ooh and Women's suffrage was legalised in the USA 1965 not 1919
You were reading Beowulf, written in old english. Yes Scania/skåne talks more down in the throat as the danes, but danes have porrige in the throat and skåningar have spettekaka in the throat.
Beowulf is actually set and written in todays Sweden and has nothing to do with England except that the collection of texts were summarised in old English. However the British still consider it to be their national epics. 😉
Both sides in the Second World War were for Sweden like choosing between plague or cholera. But worst of all were the allies. We had some problems with England where they took 4 destroyers when they were on a picfull fleet visit to the Faroe Islands and were docked with the stern facing out so they could not defend themselves against the English squadron which came all of a sudden entered the fjord. After much diplomatic wrangling, neutral Sweden got the destroyers back. But it could have happened that Sweden ended up on the German side in the war because of it. Germany, Sweden didn't really have any direct problems with Germany except that they invaded the neighboring countries Denmark and Norway. The big problem was actually the Soviet Union where Sweden sent very large amounts of military materiel to Finland to help the Finns. We also sent some troops. So really, Sweden was a bit at war against the allies to help Finland against the Soviet Union on the allied side. In the end it happened that Sweden helped Finland and a little Germany for the Soviet invasion of Finland but at the same time Sweden helped England and later the USA for Germany's invasion of Denmark and Norway. England needed Swedish bullet bearings that were unmatched in the world. Then both England and the USA needed Swedish anti-aircraft guns. Boforskanners took down more aircraft than any other weapon (including fighter aircraft) during World War II. Even the Germans' Flak88 was first developed in Bofors before the war, but it is not something that they in Bofors now want to talk about anymore.
I’m suprised she brought up all the rumours in that scandal-book which has been heavily critizised. And the questions about whether the king is gonna abdicate has not been asked in a hateful way (it seemed like if you interpreted it like that). It is true though that Victoria is more popular than her father.
There were two Kalmar Unions, the first one around 1400, the second a union ending around 1900 under Oscar II. And yes, Karl is the Swedish name, usually translated to Chares internationally.
Hi Connor, as a Cornish we had plenty of tin and copper, that what made tge bronze age, and the Richard Trevithick and William Murdoch pretty much started the industrial revolution getting too those precious metals. Many of my relatives including my father were miners getting those metals back during the 60s, 70s, 80s and early 90s.
Yes, most of the Scandinavian copper trade was made with Britain and the Iberian peninsula. This went on from some 2000 bc to the Iron Age. The same hieroglyphs found in western Sweden can be found around ancient copper fields in Portugal.
"Descendants of Vikings really started England?" No, the specific raiders/invaders classed as Vikings, (Normans included) were drawn from those Norse-speaking peoples principally ancestral to modern Scandinavian language speakers. IE; the Danes, Norwegians and Swedes. Yet their sea-borne incursions as "Vikings" into maritime Western Europe (principally the British Isles, France, Iberia) were all predated by a set of "Volkerwanderungen" by several other, albeit related, Indo-European Germanic peoples. It was these that led to the end of the Western Roman Empire and one specific sub-set of those movements (sub-Roman Britannia's invasion/settlement from the C5th on by a German-speaking set of other closely linked peoples, the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians). that resulted in the progressive establishment/expansion in the former Roman Britannia of several new Germanic (Anglo-Saxon) polities'. That is what constituted the "start" of England.
Connor - Every time you ask: Does that make sens? It makes a lot of sense. There must be a lot of other Swedes commenting on this - all I know is that Carl XVI Gustaf is at an "All time High" (Great Bond-tune.) Thanks for that ABBA Dancing Queen "attempt". Haha. Thanks for great videos. John in Vasastan (yes, after Gustav Wasa) in Stockholm.
The king do say things sometimes any way even if he not allowed. He have talked agains the norwegian selhunting, about the situation at migration camps and after some extrem wheather problems for example.
I am not sure about the English definition. But in Swedish we define "pre historical" as before the creation of written language that was 5000 years ago in Mesopotamien.
It's interesting to note that despite the king no longer having any formal power. Numerous swedish historians thinks that he is the most influential and most powerful king in at least a century. After the Form of government of 1973, where the king lost all formal political power, he became free to carve out a new role for the monarchy as he felt fit. That he has most certainly done since he came to the throne with help from mostly the queen, and in later years, his children. An interesting example is just a month ago where the Nobel committee announced that all ambassadors in Sweden (including Russia's and Belarus') would be welcome to the banquette, they received a blasting in the press. The king then announced something akin to that the committees decision to invite Russia and Belarus could "challange him in performing his duties", basicly a threat of boycott. A few days later, the nobel comittee changed their decision
1:45 Princess Heir Estelle. 2:00 Victoria is a Roman name. Victoria is the roman godess of Victory. Constrast the greek godess of victory Nike. 2:15 Charlotte is probably from French yes, Charl is the french form of Karl. So it's the french feminine version of Karl. Karl is a Germanic name. The english version of Karl is Charles. 4:45 It's more complicated, the saxon lords in england united agaisnt direct viking rule in other parts of England the so called Dane law. then they sort of intermarried with the lords of the danelaw which is why there were three claimants for the throne when Edward the confessor died, Harold Godwinson the saxon, Harald Hardrada of Norway, and William the bastard, duke of Normandy. Godwinson defeated hardrada but died in battle with William of Normandy who this became William the Conqueror. But England existed before William took it, and far more viking kings than William had ruled over it. 6:15 the issue there is that medieval manuscripts aren't very durable, they deteroirate over time and this if not copied are lost. The norse may have written a lot, it's doubtful but we don't know, but only that they wrote on stone remains. Most of what we "know" we know from christian writers who had a vested interest in making paganism look bad. 8:00 Oh the vikings were very familar with christianity that why they were killing the christian priests. In 772 Charlemagne conquered previously Norse pagan saxony in what's today northern Germany. In Saxony was the holiest palce of norse paganism the world pillar Irminsul, a sacred tree. Charlemagne had the tree chopped down and burned. He also had 4.500 people in the town of Verden excuted because they wouldn't agree to be baptised at swordpoint. The norse were very familar with christianity and showed the christian pirests the same mercy pagan practioners had learned to expect from Christians. 12:15 God those pronouncaitons are bad. 13:00 Don't worry the story only shows up centuries later. 14:15 No. Sacnia is not quite Swedish but we hold that we are descended from a Scanian culture that may have been ruled By Sweden and Denmark but is not just a mix of the two. Back in the days of the Danish kings they used to go hunting aurochs in Scania when he later lost control over the area whenever he sent taxmen to Scania the Scanians replied that they'd let him know if there were any aurochs but until then he could stay on his side of the öresund. 16:30 That is incorrect. Denamrk tried to impose this legal chang eon Sweden but the Swedish general estates never ratified it. Sweden become hereditary when Gustav Vasa got the estates to consent that the throne would be passed along the sword side (male line) of the house of Vasa. 19:00 I have never seen any concrete evidence for this but his alliance with Cardinal Richelieu makes it likely. The idea likely being that Richelieu would raise to the papacy and Gustavus Adolphus to the throne of the holy roman empire. 20:30 The real Carolus Rex! Chosen by god! Räfs och reduktion! 20:45 Charles is the English form of Carl. Probably through the French Charl, like in Charl le Magne (Charl the great) Charlemagne, who's name at birth was Karl. 21:00 Press X for doubt, Carl XII had been left a brilliant army by his father. Once he ran out of those super soldiers Carl XII didn't win much suggesting it was never his skill as a general. 24:00 Axel von Färsen, the guy who tried to save the frenhc royal family was prime minister of Sweden at this point and was accused of poisoning the prince, he and his sister were torn apart by a mob in the streets of Stockholm. 25:15 One more great. There kign before the current king is the Kings grandfather not his father, his father died in a plane crahs and never become king this his portrait is not on the chart, only his name. 29:30 No but the Riksdag goes back to the riksdag of the estates which does go back to the very first kings of Sweden. No the social wellfare system has it's roots in the reforms of Carl XI. He created a pension system for military veterans where the state would take care of their families if they did not return from war, this system over time evolved into the social wellfare state. 31:00 It's not just that they were threatening it's also that it was obvious they would sooner or later end up fighting Russia. And Sweden always aids whoever is fighting Russia. If russia were to invade hell we'd ask the devil if he'd be intrested in buying some Swedish made weapons, he can pay us whenever. 35:45 It makes sense, in any disagreement between the king and the riksdag I am far from convinced the military would side with the riksdag. 40:00 Our system of government relatively unchanged has been with us for a thosuand years it's served us well. At least our head of state isn't on twitter. 44:45 Probably the experience of what happened when they got rid of the Kaiser in Germany, creating a power vaccum is usally not a good idea. 46:00 still a hard job. Lots of events lots of travel. The King did make Victoria his regent during the COVID pandemic.
Well in some way it has to do with viking age, but also with a lot of rebellious farmers, and the danish king of Sweden in the bloodbath in Stockholm murdered a lot of our nobility. The farmers of Sweden has been mainly owning their own land, they have not rented it from a nobleman. Thus they have had bargaining power. It is common in most of Europe that farmers have rented their land and homes from a nobelman.
Gustav II Adolf most likely never had any ambition to become the next holy roman empire. The current king is actually descended from the older houses/kings of Sweden due to different marriages along the way. Karl/Carl is a Germanic name and is called Charles in French and English. EDIT: The name Victoria is not British. It has Roman origins. Remember that England was conquered and most actual English names were abandoned in the process.
Kalmar is where the union was founded, a city in Sweden. So you are some true. Queen Kristina could have been a lesbian but no one knows, she had at least two relationship with men. She was raised as a boy therefore perhaps a bit lost in her body and identity. There is actually a small amount of blood from the Vasa dynasty in our current Bernadotte family. Queen Viktoria in the beginning of the 1900 hundreds is a quite distant relation to the Vasa family but it was an important thing when that marriage was made.
Little bit about King Gustav V whose power got curtailed around WW1: In 1911 over half the budget went to the defence. There was a huge disagreement on whether it was worth it or not as well as other shifts within the politics at the time due to the situation down on the continent. The King read a speech, which was written by another and not shown to or approved by the prime minister before being ready in front of roughly 30k people. With this speech he essentially said/implied he didn't support the current government/their policies. Things escalated from there. It's known as the "Courtyard Crisis" and the "Courtyard Speech" in English since it was held in front of the royal palace. In essence, his word still held enough sway and the way he delivered the speech moved and could move people. Symbolic power can easily become real power if it moves enough people after all. Hence the power of the monarchy was further reduced.
Scania wasn’t really under danish rule for that long. It’s a complicated history. The Danes (the tribe, not to be confused with todays kingdom of Denmark) originally came from todays Sweden and moved south controlling what is now northern Denmark and southern Sweden. There is written evidence of Scania being controlled by the Danes from ca year 900. Before that it was split in several smaller kingdoms. For periods, after first being integrated into the danish kingdom, it was a separate Scania kingdom, and for periods it belonged to Sweden or to Holstein. For some periods, southern Scania was actually the centre of the danish kingdom. In 1644 Scania became an integrated part of the Swedish kingdom and has been Swedish since then.
Two things: Shieldmadeins werent a thing, it wasnt like girls where just like oh let me become a warrior, no way. But, there are some mentioned in Sagas, because sagas depict insiane unusal stories, thats how insane and unusual it would be. And no theres no PROOF as she says on human sacrifice, we have a written accound from ibn fadlain about RUS vikings doing it ONCE. Christianity spread the human sacrifice myth, its not true.
Like your reaction on my countrys history and the jubileum! Want wrigt so mucht but my enlish stop me. 😂 I am decended of lots of swedish soldiers and some of them officers of Karl the twelft even an one who survived Poltava and russian warprison for about 14 years.... I think they missed to inform that one of the Bernadottes married an woman that was direct decended of Gustav Wasa. This woman is if dont remember wrong the old grandmother of our current king..His grandfathers mother. This make our current king is bouth related to Bernadotte and Wasa.
Yes, me as a swede belive that the nordic model comes from the viking age. For example, we are one of the most equal societies when it comes to women rights. Women in swedish history have always had much equality compared to other women in other countries. Maybe not perfect of course but we have had three queens in the last 1000 years. It was never forbidden for a women to hold power. Another thing is that we swedes have a lot of unions, associations and stuff like that. We have understood the benefits of ordinary people teaming up with eachother, so we can have a leverage against the powers that be. As a good example of this, I talked to a fellow collegue of mine who works for a big swedish company but lives in the USA. He and I talked about something called "inkomstförsäkring", which means "income insurance". It's an insurance that you can get here in Sweden to secure your income if you lose your job. You can get 80% of your salery for 300 days in the event of losing your job. I told him about this insurance that I had this for more than 10 years. He wanted one as well because it sounded good. He googled and it turned out that it doesn't exist in the states. So what I'm saying here, is that this mindset doesn't exist in the states. You are much more invidualistic than us, and you don't use the power of the people to negotiate better benefits against employers, insurance companies, etc. But yes, everything comes from the fact that we didn't have feudalism like almost all other countries had. We were more free when it came to private ownership, etc. Also take our long vaccations, that's also a product of the people getting together to pressure our companies in the form of unions which are very strong here in Sweden. But yes, all this comes from the viking age, we swedes have always had this mindset. This is how our culture always been. This is also why we are one of the strongest democracys in the world unlike Russia were they are all slaves who don't fight for themselfs and just let the powers that be run you over. Basically that's how it is in all dictatorships.
Although he was initially a bit reluctant, Napoleon actually gave his blessing to Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte to become king of Sweden! At first he said he would only do it on the condition that he would never side against France in a war. Bernadotte said he could make no such promise and Napoleon basically said "That's actually understandable. Okay, what the heck!" and released him of his loyalty and obligations to France 😄
Swede here! 👋🏼 I think most Swedes are a bit torn over monarchy. It is such a long standing tradition - a cultural heritage- that would be kinda sad to get rid of. But of course, it seems kinda weird in a modern democracy... On the other hand, they are just figure heads and mainly serves as PR people for Sweden (which they are pretty good at!). As a whole, about half of Swedes want to keep the monarchy and the other half does really mind it (except for a few hardcore "republicans").
I have nothing against republicanism as a concept but the name "Republic of Sweden" simply disgusts me. The Kingdom of Sweden sounds so much better. Terrible reason to keep the monarchy, I know, but it is genuinely my main argument hahaha
I think most people who aren't hard core republicans, but still wants to get rid of the Monarchy, or doesn't care, have very little knowledge about how much the Royals or the Monarchy actually do, and think they think it cost much more than it do.
I'm a Swede, I'm practical about it. As long as it makes more money than it costs I'm fine with it. When that stops happening we abolish it. I don't really care about the cultural aspect of it, all nations evolve.
I am a Swede and would hate my country if it became a republic. That is just a modern way to get away with escuse to get a different kind of King, so called President in shorter terms.
I mean they really aren't that torn. The monarchy is very popular and the Crown Princess is the most popular person in the country in every concivable poll. No political party dares actually push for a Republic either.
The Kalmar union still had three “capitals”, one for each country in the union. It was just the danish bastard king that ruled over the union that located in Copenhagen.
The thing i find interesting is that the US must have made a decision nit to make elaborate beautiful buildings etc. possibility it was a puritan aesthetic to have plain simple buildings etc. at some point it obviously changed an more elaborate building were made but it is food for thought
Victoria is the female version of Victor which comes from the latin word for winner. It is very common in most European countries, particularly with royals because of its meaning. Karl is the Germanic version of Charles. Swedish is a Germanic language. I share your views on hereditary power, but don't mind us (Sweden) having a monarchy,a hereditary monarchy, because it has no power. And they do a great job of promoting Sweden in the rest of the world.
Friday could also be argued to be dedicated to Frey or Freya. At least that's one I've heard more than Frigg. Monday is also for the moon for us as well. Sunday for the sun, too, if I'm not wrong. It's Saturday where things vere off and comes from a word that means to bathe, so; "bathing day".
Sweden history is quite cool and dark sometimes. I mean, in europe battles where fought long before first state was founded in America. I am glad that the French former commander of napoleon took over. He fixed us. We could have lost everything. Remember this. It was a crime to rape women in norse culture. Rape could lead to death penalty. It is also strange that we still have triple crowns. Gustav II Adolf. Also changed how battles where done. Horse drawn cannons to be able to move faster. Dividing the army in smaller groups. Also important to be said.
The stones of Mora, where the kings were elected, are located just outside of where I live in the province of Uppland in Sweden and not located around the town of Mora in the province of Dalarma, which the name might imply.
You can never have to much knowledge of Swedish kings or history brother, they are fucking dope, and Sweden had alot of wars and stuff in its history. Charles the 12th is my favorite king we Swedes had in my country.
I'm Swedish and never heard about the king with pop star sounds like something from a rumor magazine it says the most is from 2010 so I think its probely false not 100% sure thoo.
lol. It was all over the place in the 90s. I think the one with Camille Henemark is almost impossible to dispute. Manyo of the other stories are less founded though I think.
No, the Normans did not "start England" in 1066! England had existed as a successful unitary state since 927 when all of the former Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were brought together under one king, Aethelstan. Vikings invaded Yorkshire a few years after but were overcome by the time of King Edgar in 959. That was 107 years before 1066 and is why the country has the name "England" and not "Great Normandy" or some such. England was so attractive to the Normans in 1066 because it was so well organised and administered (the opposite of France, at that time, which was extremely loosely held together).
The thing she said about the welfare state being a result by viking culture is not rly true, its quite the opposite: Sweden was deeply unequal in the 19th and part of 20th century with a very repressive and conservative state (even compared to other contemporary european Countrys). The exclusion and repression of the working class made them form their own parallell power structure, e.g. The labour movement. The workers conducted a very active struggle in the beginning of the 1900s, especially when it came to strikes. By 1917 a popular uprising seemed likely to happen. However bcuz of the late industrialization, the working class tradition of struggle was not especially developed, since the class was formed in 1850s the ruling class always found ways to infiltrate the early workers organizations and ascert the dominance. This happens early on in the 20th century social democratic movement too. Combine this with the fact that we had the possibility to strenghten the economy as rest of Europe was in shambles after WWI, and that the ruling class didnt want a revolution, then u have the premise for the welfare state.
The older the monarchy is - well, the Danish one dates from the mid 900's. This is from the 50th birthday og the present crown prince (subtitles in English 😊) ua-cam.com/video/Wm6LYIgXH2c/v-deo.htmlsi=TDLYJ2xtNh4uIinS
Skåne is probably more close to Denmark culturally. I come from Kalmar in Småland and my dialect sounds like danish to people in Stockholm. 😮 The history of the german/skandinavian name Karl, and Charles, Carlos, Carolus and so on is convoluted, it's the same name though.
I have never heard anyone in Stockholm think Kalmaritiska or Småländska sound like Danish! A very harsh Malmöitisk/Skånska perhaps, but never Kalmar or Småland, or even Blekinge.
Nah, It don't really sound like Danish but genX and older do say that. And also: Spotta ut gröten (Spit out the porridge). To be honest We pretend to have issues understanding anyone that lives in rural areas regardless of region imo.
@@EEmBI know, I was flabbergasted myself. It happened at least three times during the few weeks I was there the last time (2007). It was always on the phone. Maybe my diction is weird; I don't live in Sweden. But it did happen repeatedly to my sister as well, and, living in Stockholm, she had discarded the diphthongs and had only the uvular "r" left. .edit: I'm pretty sure dialects were more distinct in the olden days. You guys made me feel like the relict I probably am.😂
@@archabe I'm a GenX:er and a Xllennial, and I have never heard that. The only time I have heard anyone said anything about having trouble to sometimes understand anyone is sometimes about the dialect that is a heavy "grötig" Skånska.
well the vikings propably had an Idea what christianity and a priest is. Because the danish vikings had witnessed what charlemagne did to their saxon neighbours. And during their raids or while serving the byzantine empire they would come into contact with muslims as well
So sad she skipped so much big history like about Gaets / Goths who who conquered a big part of the Europe and was part in conquering western Roman Empire.
The description of Jean Baptiste Bernadotte isn't really worded very well in one sense. He was a soldier yes, but more importantly he was a Marshal in Napoleons army. Soldier makes him sound like some random-ass infantryman or something almost. At least give his actual military rank when you're talking about a man that ultimately became crowned king of another country.
Indeed; I'm a Finn who regularly follows the Swedish royal family from the Swedish newspapers etc. and I know there was a poll earlier this year where over 60% of the swedes said they wanted to keep the monarchy so :)
In the Netherlands it’s actually tradition for the monarch to abdicate. But the Dutch monarchy is relatively new, compared to other European monarchies. The tradition began with the abdicatin of King William I of Orange Nassau. The Netherlands actually began as a republic, and later turned into a kingdom after 200 years. King Louis Napoleon, the brother of emperor Napoleon, was the first king of the Netherlands. But the current Royal family is of the House of Orange Nassau, which are descents of the founder of the Netherlands: Stadtholder Prince William of Orange Nassau, also known as William the Silent.
Sorry Conner I could not listen to this lady’s accent , pulling a sound to the end of her sentence very distracting a Swedish narrator would have been appreciated 🤗🤔🤷♀️
I’m one of those for abolishment 😂. We don’t need kings or queens. I’m not particularly thrilled about them getting tax money that could be used to better, definitely more important things in society.
A few comments: The King have quite bad dyslexia and this have effected him his whole life. He have always had trouble expressing himself, and have throughout his life been mocked, been criticised and made fun in the media, for the way he talks and expresses himself. This makes him tense up even more in interviews and when interacting in media, as he knows he will be criticised as soon as he open his mouth. This I think have added to him acting a bit awkward in public. But if you ever see him interacting directly with the public, or in private, it's not the same. He is quite famous by family and friends and those who work for him, for his sense of humor and be social. It's basically all just very ableist for decades. But many of us actually love the King. It's basically how we sometimes make fun of Norway or a sibling, it's ok for us to do it, but if anyone else does it, it's on. I don't endorse it, but if you actually talk to people, most people actually like the King, even though who isn't Royalists. Many of the memes are actually done with love, we like our goofy King!
When catastrophes happens, it's the King who many people look to, even those who usually doesn't care about the Monarchy. Like the tsunami of 2004 we needed him more than ever, and his speech actually helped heal us as a nation. The same when the cruise ship Estonia sank, or when the shootings in Norway happened. We actually lean on the King more than we think, and he has always stepped up. I think many people take him for granted, until something happens and then we know how much he means.
Those alligations in that book written by a scandalous entertainment "journalist" is just always the tabloid gossip. I am a bit disappointed hat this video included what is basically bs one guy wanting to sell a book. The King might or might not have been unfaithful at one point, that non of us who doesn't know him knows, and it's also non our business. The book received a lot of criticism of "The book lacked clear sources and the authors did not do any critical analysis of the rumors and statements that they raised". I followed this quite closely, and even though I am a Royalist, I will never defend anyone blindly, but so much of that was bs.
Also, Sweden, imo, is general is quite ageist. So even though I think the King is getting even more lovable by people as he gets older, many thinks that a new younger generation should take over, and that he is "too old".
thank you!
Älskar kalle! Bästa kungen
Victoria is a Swedish name as well, but in the case of our Crown Princess she is named after Queen Victoria of Baden, her great-great-grandmother, who came from Germany. Queen Victoria of Baden was married to King Gustaf V.
Victoria is essentially a latin name meaning "victory". So almost all european countries have that name available. Karl on the other hand is an old germanic name meaning "man" (the "Karls" are consequently "the men" or "the people" and the "Huskarls" are the "home men" or the "personal guard"). So mostly countries with germanic heritage use that name.
@@KonterfeitCharles is the English form of Karl, Charl the french form, Charlotte which he mentioned is the female version of Charl.
@@DaDunge The french form is also Charles. But yeah. France and England both have germanic heritage. France through the Franks and England through the Angles, the Saxons, the Danes and the French.
And Victoria of Baden was named after her aunt (by marriage) Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia who was named after her mother Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Victoria is brazilian isnt she?
The King, the Queen and the Crown Princess are ceremonial. BUT, they work very hard to promote Sweden in the world and receive foreign dignitaties. I think they are doing a great job! They can play a part that a President can't, because they aren't political.
Victoria is a feminine version of Victor and comes from the Latin word - victorem (nominative victor) - a conqueror.
But why do you use the accusative (victorem) then?
Victoria is also the Roman godess of victory.
The name "Victoria" only became popular in the UK in the 19th century after the birth in 1819 of Princess Alexandrina Victoria, daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, one of the sons of George III.
She was named after her German mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld who had been christened "Marie Louise Victoire". In those days, French was often spoken in court circles in continental Europe and would have been the lingua franca (!) of northern and eastern European nobility.
After the young princess's accession to the throne in 1837 under the regnal name "Victoria", the name gradually established itself in Britain but it was not a traditional British name.
Queen Victoria had numerous descendants who were given the name "Victoria". Princess Victoria of Sweden is one of them, as the video confirms.
I love the king. Yes he is just a figure head but everytime he get's angry with our useless politicans and speaks his mind (even though he's not supposed to) his popularity soars. Long live the king!
Honestly if we had a royal family that could be trusted to not screw up too badly we ought to just scrap democracy altogether. Maybe that way the government would actually get some shit done instead of all this incessant posturing and childish vendettas that we're seeing now.
And let's be brutally honest here guys - We all know of and have met people that really when you get right on down to it should absolute not have the right to vote. As they are clearly too dumb to the point of being offensive to know what's best for the country.
You might (or might not) be surprised how few US people realise that Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg are all monarchies.
That only surprises me when I remember the Americans don’t know much of anything outside their local counties and towns usually unfortunately. It just goes to show how well off we are as a society maybe we can be so insular.
Don't forget about Spain
And great britain...
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I think they know at least about Great Britain.
@@NordisktLejon Juan Carlos I. How can we forget. He was pivotal in overthrowing the facists!
We had runes, we just didn't have a tradition of paper or books until later. So the written records of the time are runestones, mainly for major events or commemorating important people. :)
Charles is just an English transcription of Karl. His name was Karl XII (or Carolus Rex in Latin).
Yes, and Gustavus Adolphus is Latin for Gustav Adolf, which was his Swedish name. I understand when Karl becomes Charles when foreigners are going to talk about our kings, but I don't understand the logic of translating into Latin today?
@@olsa76The Latin transcription was used at the time so it was relevant back then but perhaps not now unless you study history from old texts, where the Latin name is used. Charles is a relatively modern English transcription.
@@Jonsson474 Yes, although young people today often learn more history from UA-cam than they did at school or dusty books, and that's probably what annoys me, when UA-cam clips use the Latin names, which are more complicated than the original name.
The Scandinavian long distance trade begun more than 2000 years before what people refer to as the Viking age. Nothing new really happened when the so called Viking age begun, it was just the period in time when the Roman Catholic Church started paying attention to the Scandinavians after the raid of Lindesfarne.
Well actuall something did happen the raiders started targeting churches, this should probably more be linked to the sacking of the pagan irminsul shrine by christians 19 years before Lindisfarne through.
Do you have some source for that information?
Don't misunderstand, I'm not calling you a liar or misinformed, I just cannot remember hearing that part before and I'd like to learn more if possible :)
@@Zabiru- There are plenty of research on the matter and the last 10 years has revealed much that was unknown before. Just recently it was discovered that iron production began in northern Sweden at the same time as in Rome. There is a new tv series airing right now actually, on Swedish television, called “Historien om Sverige” - “The history of Sweden” where the fairly recent history of Stone Age to modern time Sweden is covered. It briefly touches the subject mention in my first post. Recently, Bronze Age petroglyphs have been found in Portugal that are identical to petroglyphs in eastern Sweden. The area in Portugal was central to European copper mining for bronze production in early Bronze Age. Also, all around Sweden, artefacts from pre Roman time has been found so there is, as I said, a plentiful of sources if you are interested in learning more.
The decision to make Viktoria the monark was already made, but those kinds of laws cannot be changed on the spot. 2 public elections have to pass for those laws to be altered.
You must also remember that these people carry our nations history and preserve a lot of cultural heritage in castles and public museums. They bring tourists here and are a neutral part to ”gather around” in times of national crisis. Like it or not, they do serve a function in the society.
you are correct but laws are not supposed to be applyed retroactivly thus the son should be king since the law did not come into effect until after he was crown prince.
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Completely agree with you about the succession law's iniquity toward Prince Carl Philip.even if Princess Victoria is
Hi Connor, you asked about Axel von Fersen who helped the French royals during the revolution. He was aid-de-camp (kind of secretary/translator) to General Rochambeau. They made camp in Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island for a year before meeting George Washington in Hartford, Connecticut. On meeting Washington, von Fersen remarked:
He has the air of a hero; he is very cold, speaks little, but is polite and civil. An air of sadness pervades his whole countenance, which is not unbecoming to him, and makes him the more interesting.
Von Fersen was later lynched by a Stockholm mob, following roumors of his involvement in the death Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden.
Have to say, I do love when people write descriptions of others like von Fersen did there. It becomes both personal as well as narrative. It gives a lot in very few sentences.
Im from sweden and even i didnt know about the golden cross in the sky regarding the flag! Thx for the history lesson
You are absolutt correct. The Norman was a viking settlement, and William the Conquer a descendent of the viking Rollo. So the vikings did in fact succed in conquering England ( and Iceland, Greenland and found nowadays Russia ) Fun fact : the anglo-Saxons in England was Scandinavian and Frisians ( nowadays Holland, Belgien, Northern Germany ) that imigrated to England in 400 AD ( 300 years before )
I live in Skåne/Scania and most people here regard themselves as Sweds not many want to belong to Denmark in my experianse. I believe mostly the rumour about Scanians want to be Danes is actualy coming from up north in Sweden they are teasing Scanians to be Danish. The thing is that the language we speak is Swedish not many words is actually Danish and the r:s that we use does not come from danish but French this is portrayed in a Swedis tv series called Svenska Dialekt Mysterier (Swedish dialect mysteries)
Later research has changed many old theories. No one conquered Finland in the sense that we think of it today since there was no nation and no land borders in the area. Scandinavians were also already living along the coastlines of todays Finland. They were after all seafaring people. Neither did Erik the 9th crusade against pagans. People living in what is now Finland were already under orthodox Christian influence from the east. The crusade was actually against orthodox Christianity.
It was said in the vid: "In 1809 Gustav IV Adolf went to war with Russia", but in fact it was Russia who attacked in 1808 and took Finland. Gustav IV Adolf was deposed in 1809, but as his grandsons daughter married into the new Bernadotte-dynasty, and therefore became grandfathers mother of our present king Carl XVI Gustaf "the old dynasty and the Bernadotte dynasty were so to speak combined", So the royal family is not without connection to the older kings and queens of Sweden.
As a Swede I am mostly proud that reactors like yourself view us in a positive light. Many times we are used as a good example for various things. However! It would be interesting to see a reaction to some of the wile and darker parts of our history that a majority pretend doesn't exist. I will list a few below and I am sure some people from our neighboring countries wont mind adding to that list.
- Uppsala State institute for racial biology
- Cultural persecution of the Sami people in northern Sweden.
- The Ådalen shootings 1931.
As a Swede, I don't think there is any other country that talk so much about their dark past as Sweden. Germany does it with a quite healthy perspective, but Swedes seem to love talking about how awful we have been and still are, without taking any learning from it. Personally I am sick that we can never ever ever say anything good about Sweden at any point, not even for a few minutes, without also talking about each negative thing about our past and present that have ever existed. So we seem to have very different experiences. I think it's very important not to forget our past, and even more so learn from it (we seem to have missed that part), but I don't think the majority pretend it doesn't exist, my experience is the opposite, I feel it's constantly brought up, and that we never ever can say anything good about Sweden and also having talk all the bad things in our history ever.
It's rarely I hear a Swede talking about the good part of Sweden, SPECIALLY Swedish history, and specially when talking about it to anyone that is not Swedish, but we excel at bringing up every bad thing that ever happened, or are happening.
@@EEmB We clearly move in different spheres. And most definitely had different curricula.Your experience seems more aligned to current year politics which push the agenda to far in the opposite direction. A position somewhere in the middle of our experiences would be optimal.
@@archabe No, I based my experience of the past around 20-30 years. I don't get any of that from any recent period, nor is it "aligned to current year politics which push the agenda to far in the opposite direction". I don't even know what "agenda" you are referring too. What we can agree on, is the middle, or a balance, between our seemingly very different experiences would be optimal.
@@EEmB Fascinating. Who knew Sweden could feel so large. I am referring to the agenda that suppress any and all forms of national pride out of fear for nationalistic ideals. It is very much current year in its radical form (IMO) but it started in the early 90s to my recollection when they tried to abolish the national anthem from school events. One way to further this would be to focus on national shame and inherited guilt.
This is of course nothing I would agree with. My belief is also the middle road. One can be proud of some things, remember others and learn from both. Lagom
'I'm American, I speak American, I don't speak English' 😂😂. The reason I like watching Connor is he's such a Feckin Eejit as we say in Ireland.
Just something to add about the relations between Sweden and Denmark. Sweden and Denmark are the 2 countries in the world that have fought the most wars against each other
Ooh and Women's suffrage was legalised in the USA 1965 not 1919
You were reading Beowulf, written in old english. Yes Scania/skåne talks more down in the throat as the danes, but danes have porrige in the throat and skåningar have spettekaka in the throat.
Beowulf is actually set and written in todays Sweden and has nothing to do with England except that the collection of texts were summarised in old English. However the British still consider it to be their national epics. 😉
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Both sides in the Second World War were for Sweden like choosing between plague or cholera. But worst of all were the allies. We had some problems with England where they took 4 destroyers when they were on a picfull fleet visit to the Faroe Islands and were docked with the stern facing out so they could not defend themselves against the English squadron which came all of a sudden entered the fjord. After much diplomatic wrangling, neutral Sweden got the destroyers back. But it could have happened that Sweden ended up on the German side in the war because of it. Germany, Sweden didn't really have any direct problems with Germany except that they invaded the neighboring countries Denmark and Norway. The big problem was actually the Soviet Union where Sweden sent very large amounts of military materiel to Finland to help the Finns. We also sent some troops. So really, Sweden was a bit at war against the allies to help Finland against the Soviet Union on the allied side. In the end it happened that Sweden helped Finland and a little Germany for the Soviet invasion of Finland but at the same time Sweden helped England and later the USA for Germany's invasion of Denmark and Norway. England needed Swedish bullet bearings that were unmatched in the world. Then both England and the USA needed Swedish anti-aircraft guns. Boforskanners took down more aircraft than any other weapon (including fighter aircraft) during World War II. Even the Germans' Flak88 was first developed in Bofors before the war, but it is not something that they in Bofors now want to talk about anymore.
I’m suprised she brought up all the rumours in that scandal-book which has been heavily critizised. And the questions about whether the king is gonna abdicate has not been asked in a hateful way (it seemed like if you interpreted it like that). It is true though that Victoria is more popular than her father.
No Swedish kings were ever called Charles. That is the english version of Karl/Carl.
There were two Kalmar Unions, the first one around 1400, the second a union ending around 1900 under Oscar II.
And yes, Karl is the Swedish name, usually translated to Chares internationally.
Hi Connor, as a Cornish we had plenty of tin and copper, that what made tge bronze age, and the Richard Trevithick and William Murdoch pretty much started the industrial revolution getting too those precious metals. Many of my relatives including my father were miners getting those metals back during the 60s, 70s, 80s and early 90s.
Yes, most of the Scandinavian copper trade was made with Britain and the Iberian peninsula. This went on from some 2000 bc to the Iron Age. The same hieroglyphs found in western Sweden can be found around ancient copper fields in Portugal.
"Descendants of Vikings really started England?" No, the specific raiders/invaders classed as Vikings, (Normans included) were drawn from those Norse-speaking peoples principally ancestral to modern Scandinavian language speakers. IE; the Danes, Norwegians and Swedes.
Yet their sea-borne incursions as "Vikings" into maritime Western Europe (principally the British Isles, France, Iberia) were all predated by a set of "Volkerwanderungen" by several other, albeit related, Indo-European Germanic peoples. It was these that led to the end of the Western Roman Empire and one specific sub-set of those movements (sub-Roman Britannia's invasion/settlement from the C5th on by a German-speaking set of other closely linked peoples, the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians). that resulted in the progressive establishment/expansion in the former Roman Britannia of several new Germanic (Anglo-Saxon) polities'.
That is what constituted the "start" of England.
Holy shit I can't take that valley girl accent
Connor - Every time you ask: Does that make sens? It makes a lot of sense. There must be a lot of other Swedes commenting on this - all I know is that Carl XVI Gustaf is at an "All time High" (Great Bond-tune.) Thanks for that ABBA Dancing Queen "attempt". Haha. Thanks for great videos. John in Vasastan (yes, after Gustav Wasa) in Stockholm.
Sylvia was not an interpretor in Munich Olympics she was the chief hostess. He can vote, but chooses not to.
Her name is Silvia though. Sylvia is a totally different sounding name.
The king do say things sometimes any way even if he not allowed. He have talked agains the norwegian selhunting, about the situation at migration camps and after some extrem wheather problems for example.
20:44 Karl is basically the Swedish translated version of Charles.
I am not sure about the English definition. But in Swedish we define "pre historical" as before the creation of written language that was 5000 years ago in Mesopotamien.
Even if it's a ceremonial role you still have assignments. so if he abdicate it's like retiring
It's interesting to note that despite the king no longer having any formal power. Numerous swedish historians thinks that he is the most influential and most powerful king in at least a century.
After the Form of government of 1973, where the king lost all formal political power, he became free to carve out a new role for the monarchy as he felt fit.
That he has most certainly done since he came to the throne with help from mostly the queen, and in later years, his children.
An interesting example is just a month ago where the Nobel committee announced that all ambassadors in Sweden (including Russia's and Belarus') would be welcome to the banquette, they received a blasting in the press. The king then announced something akin to that the committees decision to invite Russia and Belarus could "challange him in performing his duties", basicly a threat of boycott. A few days later, the nobel comittee changed their decision
1:45 Princess Heir Estelle.
2:00 Victoria is a Roman name. Victoria is the roman godess of Victory. Constrast the greek godess of victory Nike.
2:15 Charlotte is probably from French yes, Charl is the french form of Karl. So it's the french feminine version of Karl. Karl is a Germanic name. The english version of Karl is Charles.
4:45 It's more complicated, the saxon lords in england united agaisnt direct viking rule in other parts of England the so called Dane law. then they sort of intermarried with the lords of the danelaw which is why there were three claimants for the throne when Edward the confessor died, Harold Godwinson the saxon, Harald Hardrada of Norway, and William the bastard, duke of Normandy. Godwinson defeated hardrada but died in battle with William of Normandy who this became William the Conqueror. But England existed before William took it, and far more viking kings than William had ruled over it.
6:15 the issue there is that medieval manuscripts aren't very durable, they deteroirate over time and this if not copied are lost. The norse may have written a lot, it's doubtful but we don't know, but only that they wrote on stone remains. Most of what we "know" we know from christian writers who had a vested interest in making paganism look bad.
8:00 Oh the vikings were very familar with christianity that why they were killing the christian priests. In 772 Charlemagne conquered previously Norse pagan saxony in what's today northern Germany. In Saxony was the holiest palce of norse paganism the world pillar Irminsul, a sacred tree. Charlemagne had the tree chopped down and burned.
He also had 4.500 people in the town of Verden excuted because they wouldn't agree to be baptised at swordpoint.
The norse were very familar with christianity and showed the christian pirests the same mercy pagan practioners had learned to expect from Christians.
12:15 God those pronouncaitons are bad.
13:00 Don't worry the story only shows up centuries later.
14:15 No. Sacnia is not quite Swedish but we hold that we are descended from a Scanian culture that may have been ruled By Sweden and Denmark but is not just a mix of the two. Back in the days of the Danish kings they used to go hunting aurochs in Scania when he later lost control over the area whenever he sent taxmen to Scania the Scanians replied that they'd let him know if there were any aurochs but until then he could stay on his side of the öresund.
16:30 That is incorrect. Denamrk tried to impose this legal chang eon Sweden but the Swedish general estates never ratified it. Sweden become hereditary when Gustav Vasa got the estates to consent that the throne would be passed along the sword side (male line) of the house of Vasa.
19:00 I have never seen any concrete evidence for this but his alliance with Cardinal Richelieu makes it likely. The idea likely being that Richelieu would raise to the papacy and Gustavus Adolphus to the throne of the holy roman empire.
20:30 The real Carolus Rex! Chosen by god! Räfs och reduktion!
20:45 Charles is the English form of Carl. Probably through the French Charl, like in Charl le Magne (Charl the great) Charlemagne, who's name at birth was Karl.
21:00 Press X for doubt, Carl XII had been left a brilliant army by his father. Once he ran out of those super soldiers Carl XII didn't win much suggesting it was never his skill as a general.
24:00 Axel von Färsen, the guy who tried to save the frenhc royal family was prime minister of Sweden at this point and was accused of poisoning the prince, he and his sister were torn apart by a mob in the streets of Stockholm.
25:15 One more great. There kign before the current king is the Kings grandfather not his father, his father died in a plane crahs and never become king this his portrait is not on the chart, only his name.
29:30 No but the Riksdag goes back to the riksdag of the estates which does go back to the very first kings of Sweden. No the social wellfare system has it's roots in the reforms of Carl XI. He created a pension system for military veterans where the state would take care of their families if they did not return from war, this system over time evolved into the social wellfare state.
31:00 It's not just that they were threatening it's also that it was obvious they would sooner or later end up fighting Russia. And Sweden always aids whoever is fighting Russia. If russia were to invade hell we'd ask the devil if he'd be intrested in buying some Swedish made weapons, he can pay us whenever.
35:45 It makes sense, in any disagreement between the king and the riksdag I am far from convinced the military would side with the riksdag.
40:00 Our system of government relatively unchanged has been with us for a thosuand years it's served us well. At least our head of state isn't on twitter.
44:45 Probably the experience of what happened when they got rid of the Kaiser in Germany, creating a power vaccum is usally not a good idea.
46:00 still a hard job. Lots of events lots of travel. The King did make Victoria his regent during the COVID pandemic.
Well in some way it has to do with viking age, but also with a lot of rebellious farmers, and the danish king of Sweden in the bloodbath in Stockholm murdered a lot of our nobility. The farmers of Sweden has been mainly owning their own land, they have not rented it from a nobleman. Thus they have had bargaining power. It is common in most of Europe that farmers have rented their land and homes from a nobelman.
Gustav II Adolf most likely never had any ambition to become the next holy roman empire.
The current king is actually descended from the older houses/kings of Sweden due to different marriages along the way.
Karl/Carl is a Germanic name and is called Charles in French and English.
EDIT: The name Victoria is not British. It has Roman origins.
Remember that England was conquered and most actual English names were abandoned in the process.
William the Conqueror was a descendant of the viking Rollo.
Kalmar is where the union was founded, a city in Sweden. So you are some true. Queen Kristina could have been a lesbian but no one knows, she had at least two relationship with men. She was raised as a boy therefore perhaps a bit lost in her body and identity. There is actually a small amount of blood from the Vasa dynasty in our current Bernadotte family. Queen Viktoria in the beginning of the 1900 hundreds is a quite distant relation to the Vasa family but it was an important thing when that marriage was made.
Victoria (like Victor) is a Latin name meaning, as you can imagine, "the victorious one".
Often name of kings are translated, so Karl 12 in Sweden becomes Charles 12 in English.
Little bit about King Gustav V whose power got curtailed around WW1: In 1911 over half the budget went to the defence. There was a huge disagreement on whether it was worth it or not as well as other shifts within the politics at the time due to the situation down on the continent. The King read a speech, which was written by another and not shown to or approved by the prime minister before being ready in front of roughly 30k people. With this speech he essentially said/implied he didn't support the current government/their policies. Things escalated from there. It's known as the "Courtyard Crisis" and the "Courtyard Speech" in English since it was held in front of the royal palace. In essence, his word still held enough sway and the way he delivered the speech moved and could move people. Symbolic power can easily become real power if it moves enough people after all. Hence the power of the monarchy was further reduced.
Scania wasn’t really under danish rule for that long. It’s a complicated history. The Danes (the tribe, not to be confused with todays kingdom of Denmark) originally came from todays Sweden and moved south controlling what is now northern Denmark and southern Sweden. There is written evidence of Scania being controlled by the Danes from ca year 900. Before that it was split in several smaller kingdoms. For periods, after first being integrated into the danish kingdom, it was a separate Scania kingdom, and for periods it belonged to Sweden or to Holstein. For some periods, southern Scania was actually the centre of the danish kingdom. In 1644 Scania became an integrated part of the Swedish kingdom and has been Swedish since then.
correction since 1658! not 1644! after the peace of Roskilde.
@@skvader69 Correct. Thank you.
33:51 Yes, she knows portuguese, Swedish, and English. But she was raised mainly in the German language.
Victoria is an international name which roots back to latin and definetely a purely british name
Two things:
Shieldmadeins werent a thing, it wasnt like girls where just like oh let me become a warrior, no way. But, there are some mentioned in Sagas, because sagas depict insiane unusal stories, thats how insane and unusual it would be.
And no theres no PROOF as she says on human sacrifice, we have a written accound from ibn fadlain about RUS vikings doing it ONCE. Christianity spread the human sacrifice myth, its not true.
Like your reaction on my countrys history and the jubileum! Want wrigt so mucht but my enlish stop me. 😂 I am decended of lots of swedish soldiers and some of them officers of Karl the twelft even an one who survived Poltava and russian warprison for about 14 years....
I think they missed to inform that one of the Bernadottes married an woman that was direct decended of Gustav Wasa. This woman is if dont remember wrong the old grandmother of our current king..His grandfathers mother. This make our current king is bouth related to Bernadotte and Wasa.
Yes, me as a swede belive that the nordic model comes from the viking age. For example, we are one of the most equal societies when it comes to women rights. Women in swedish history have always had much equality compared to other women in other countries. Maybe not perfect of course but we have had three queens in the last 1000 years. It was never forbidden for a women to hold power.
Another thing is that we swedes have a lot of unions, associations and stuff like that. We have understood the benefits of ordinary people teaming up with eachother, so we can have a leverage against the powers that be.
As a good example of this, I talked to a fellow collegue of mine who works for a big swedish company but lives in the USA. He and I talked about something called "inkomstförsäkring", which means "income insurance". It's an insurance that you can get here in Sweden to secure your income if you lose your job. You can get 80% of your salery for 300 days in the event of losing your job.
I told him about this insurance that I had this for more than 10 years. He wanted one as well because it sounded good. He googled and it turned out that it doesn't exist in the states. So what I'm saying here, is that this mindset doesn't exist in the states. You are much more invidualistic than us, and you don't use the power of the people to negotiate better benefits against employers, insurance companies, etc. But yes, everything comes from the fact that we didn't have feudalism like almost all other countries had. We were more free when it came to private ownership, etc.
Also take our long vaccations, that's also a product of the people getting together to pressure our companies in the form of unions which are very strong here in Sweden.
But yes, all this comes from the viking age, we swedes have always had this mindset. This is how our culture always been. This is also why we are one of the strongest democracys in the world unlike Russia were they are all slaves who don't fight for themselfs and just let the powers that be run you over. Basically that's how it is in all dictatorships.
He celebrated 50 years of being king
Although he was initially a bit reluctant, Napoleon actually gave his blessing to Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte to become king of Sweden! At first he said he would only do it on the condition that he would never side against France in a war. Bernadotte said he could make no such promise and Napoleon basically said "That's actually understandable. Okay, what the heck!" and released him of his loyalty and obligations to France 😄
Swede here! 👋🏼 I think most Swedes are a bit torn over monarchy. It is such a long standing tradition - a cultural heritage- that would be kinda sad to get rid of. But of course, it seems kinda weird in a modern democracy... On the other hand, they are just figure heads and mainly serves as PR people for Sweden (which they are pretty good at!). As a whole, about half of Swedes want to keep the monarchy and the other half does really mind it (except for a few hardcore "republicans").
I have nothing against republicanism as a concept but the name "Republic of Sweden" simply disgusts me. The Kingdom of Sweden sounds so much better. Terrible reason to keep the monarchy, I know, but it is genuinely my main argument hahaha
I think most people who aren't hard core republicans, but still wants to get rid of the Monarchy, or doesn't care, have very little knowledge about how much the Royals or the Monarchy actually do, and think they think it cost much more than it do.
I'm a Swede, I'm practical about it. As long as it makes more money than it costs I'm fine with it. When that stops happening we abolish it. I don't really care about the cultural aspect of it, all nations evolve.
I am a Swede and would hate my country if it became a republic. That is just a modern way to get away with escuse to get a different kind of King, so called President in shorter terms.
I mean they really aren't that torn. The monarchy is very popular and the Crown Princess is the most popular person in the country in every concivable poll. No political party dares actually push for a Republic either.
Our king is also related to Britain’s queen Victoria on his maternal side and also on his paternal.
i like you becouse you are so open. you say what you think and i respect that. its not many people this days that do that
The Kalmar union still had three “capitals”, one for each country in the union. It was just the danish bastard king that ruled over the union that located in Copenhagen.
The thing i find interesting is that the US must have made a decision nit to make elaborate beautiful buildings etc. possibility it was a puritan aesthetic to have plain simple buildings etc. at some point it obviously changed an more elaborate building were made but it is food for thought
Victoria is the female version of Victor which comes from the latin word for winner. It is very common in most European countries, particularly with royals because of its meaning.
Karl is the Germanic version of Charles. Swedish is a Germanic language.
I share your views on hereditary power, but don't mind us (Sweden) having a monarchy,a hereditary monarchy, because it has no power. And they do a great job of promoting Sweden in the rest of the world.
Friday could also be argued to be dedicated to Frey or Freya. At least that's one I've heard more than Frigg. Monday is also for the moon for us as well. Sunday for the sun, too, if I'm not wrong. It's Saturday where things vere off and comes from a word that means to bathe, so; "bathing day".
Saturday in Scandinavia is Lördag , the vikings had Lögardag ( löga=tvätta, tvätta= wash) so Saturday is the day that they wash themselves...
240 years since my family had a king, still got a soft spot for monarchy.
Sweden history is quite cool and dark sometimes. I mean, in europe battles where fought long before first state was founded in America.
I am glad that the French former commander of napoleon took over. He fixed us. We could have lost everything.
Remember this. It was a crime to rape women in norse culture. Rape could lead to death penalty. It is also strange that we still have triple crowns.
Gustav II Adolf. Also changed how battles where done. Horse drawn cannons to be able to move faster. Dividing the army in smaller groups. Also important to be said.
I'm Swedish and also an "abolitionist". But I think, as probably most of us, that it's not that big of an issue.
The stones of Mora, where the kings were elected, are located just outside of where I live in the province of Uppland in Sweden and not located around the town of Mora in the province of Dalarma, which the name might imply.
hm the stones of Mora is located in Uppland, it does not have to do with the town of Mora.
I'm not royal, but I want Victoria as my qeen if it comes to that
46:12 It's usually not literal "hate" towards the king really. But marxist thinking is still big in Sweden, so...
You can never have to much knowledge of Swedish kings or history brother, they are fucking dope, and Sweden had alot of wars and stuff in its history. Charles the 12th is my favorite king we Swedes had in my country.
I'm Swedish and never heard about the king with pop star sounds like something from a rumor magazine it says the most is from 2010 so I think its probely false not 100% sure thoo.
lol. It was all over the place in the 90s. I think the one with Camille Henemark is almost impossible to dispute. Manyo of the other stories are less founded though I think.
It was all over the place when the book came out.
@@thehoogard Yeah the other alligations I definitely think is bs, but Camilla Henemark fling I think might be founded.
King Knud was Danish, yes. And Dane law controlled the entire eastern coast of England even before that. (Danish colonization)
You know just enough of swedish people for now, but there are many more to come..!😁😉
Tuesday- Tirsdag or moore modern Tisdag.
No, the Normans did not "start England" in 1066!
England had existed as a successful unitary state since 927 when all of the former Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were brought together under one king, Aethelstan. Vikings invaded Yorkshire a few years after but were overcome by the time of King Edgar in 959. That was 107 years before 1066 and is why the country has the name "England" and not "Great Normandy" or some such.
England was so attractive to the Normans in 1066 because it was so well organised and administered (the opposite of France, at that time, which was extremely loosely held together).
Asså våran kung, han är ju fett skön liksom han är bara han liksom haha
Exakt så!! Tror de flesta känner likadant! :)
"Min kung, varför har du på dig fluffiga kanin öron?"
"Hittade inte min krona".
Sabaton is a good history teacher
Victoria is a pretty common Swedish name.
The thing she said about the welfare state being a result by viking culture is not rly true, its quite the opposite: Sweden was deeply unequal in the 19th and part of 20th century with a very repressive and conservative state (even compared to other contemporary european Countrys). The exclusion and repression of the working class made them form their own parallell power structure, e.g. The labour movement. The workers conducted a very active struggle in the beginning of the 1900s, especially when it came to strikes. By 1917 a popular uprising seemed likely to happen. However bcuz of the late industrialization, the working class tradition of struggle was not especially developed, since the class was formed in 1850s the ruling class always found ways to infiltrate the early workers organizations and ascert the dominance. This happens early on in the 20th century social democratic movement too. Combine this with the fact that we had the possibility to strenghten the economy as rest of Europe was in shambles after WWI, and that the ruling class didnt want a revolution, then u have the premise for the welfare state.
Look up Nunhead cemetery .
The older the monarchy is - well, the Danish one dates from the mid 900's.
This is from the 50th birthday og the present crown prince (subtitles in English 😊) ua-cam.com/video/Wm6LYIgXH2c/v-deo.htmlsi=TDLYJ2xtNh4uIinS
Why does she say Carl-Philaap?😂
Skåne is probably more close to Denmark culturally. I come from Kalmar in Småland and my dialect sounds like danish to people in Stockholm. 😮 The history of the german/skandinavian name Karl, and Charles, Carlos, Carolus and so on is convoluted, it's the same name though.
I have never heard anyone in Stockholm think Kalmaritiska or Småländska sound like Danish! A very harsh Malmöitisk/Skånska perhaps, but never Kalmar or Småland, or even Blekinge.
@@EEmBI agree with you, never heard about that before. Småländska do not at all sound like Danish.
Nah, It don't really sound like Danish but genX and older do say that. And also: Spotta ut gröten (Spit out the porridge). To be honest We pretend to have issues understanding anyone that lives in rural areas regardless of region imo.
@@EEmBI know, I was flabbergasted myself. It happened at least three times during the few weeks I was there the last time (2007). It was always on the phone. Maybe my diction is weird; I don't live in Sweden. But it did happen repeatedly to my sister as well, and, living in Stockholm, she had discarded the diphthongs and had only the uvular "r" left.
.edit: I'm pretty sure dialects were more distinct in the olden days. You guys made me feel like the relict I probably am.😂
@@archabe I'm a GenX:er and a Xllennial, and I have never heard that. The only time I have heard anyone said anything about having trouble to sometimes understand anyone is sometimes about the dialect that is a heavy "grötig" Skånska.
well the vikings propably had an Idea what christianity and a priest is. Because the danish vikings had witnessed what charlemagne did to their saxon neighbours. And during their raids or while serving the byzantine empire they would come into contact with muslims as well
So sad she skipped so much big history like about Gaets / Goths who who conquered a big part of the Europe and was part in conquering western Roman Empire.
Its a greek origin name, Victoria ^^
Not Greek, Latin.
The description of Jean Baptiste Bernadotte isn't really worded very well in one sense. He was a soldier yes, but more importantly he was a Marshal in Napoleons army. Soldier makes him sound like some random-ass infantryman or something almost. At least give his actual military rank when you're talking about a man that ultimately became crowned king of another country.
This movie makes it seem like the king is very unpopular. That is not the case. Viktoria is just mor liked than her father.
Don’t use Bernadotte as a surname. Though XVI is of that lineage, the King has no surname. (That’s just how it works)
History requers written artifacts. If there aren´t any it¨s archeology or myth.
The video lost me when they mentioned the tabloid lies. So disrespectful. Also, her own "poll" couldn't be further from the truth.
Indeed; I'm a Finn who regularly follows the Swedish royal family from the Swedish newspapers etc. and I know there was a poll earlier this year where over 60% of the swedes said they wanted to keep the monarchy so :)
Damn Princess Victoria looks like a copy of her mother.
In the Netherlands it’s actually tradition for the monarch to abdicate. But the Dutch monarchy is relatively new, compared to other European monarchies. The tradition began with the abdicatin of King William I of Orange Nassau.
The Netherlands actually began as a republic, and later turned into a kingdom after 200 years. King Louis Napoleon, the brother of emperor Napoleon, was the first king of the Netherlands. But the current Royal family is of the House of Orange Nassau, which are descents of the founder of the Netherlands: Stadtholder Prince William of Orange Nassau, also known as William the Silent.
Victoria or viktoria is a Latin name. it means victorious or the victorious
Whats with the valley girl voice over?
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Look up your language compared to old norse.
You over talk do much on videos I like watching you though
Are you swdish ?
Ameri´cans has never won a war.
Sorry Conner I could not listen to this lady’s accent , pulling a sound to the end of her sentence very distracting a Swedish narrator would have been appreciated 🤗🤔🤷♀️
And yet Donald Trump is still alive and elected president... come on?!
I really tried ...but that woman's voice is unbearable
What are you on about? If you want to teach history get the facts straight, not silly comments. Really bad video.
I’m one of those for abolishment 😂. We don’t need kings or queens. I’m not particularly thrilled about them getting tax money that could be used to better, definitely more important things in society.