Swedish history, a history of success in many respects, also displays the failures of narrow-minded local rivalry: Dennmark, Sweden and Norway could easily have been one country. The languages are very close to each other and so are the ways of life and the value systems. They could have been a very important European power. But they cannot agree whether taxi should be spelled with an "x" or with "ks"...
They'd end up like 'Great' Britain where only one country in the union has a say and dominance; the English treat the Scottish and the Welsh people are 'lesser' and even mock Northern accents. These kinds of 'unions' rarely work out.
@@tinachristine4573 Ιt is not the same thing like in the UK, in Scandinavia the Swedes, Danish and Norwegians, could easily have integrated into one people.
@@gerassimos.fourlanos I think it's a bit disingenuous to say that that the "reasons" boil down to small, petty differences. The reality often tends to be that peaceful unification needs to happen at a point where one side lacks its own unity or the price of sacrificing ones own identity is considered essential for survival. By the time such talks came about, local unification was already mostly finished and all three regions, or countries, had their own identity and none of the countries in question had the might necessary to maintain oppressive control for long enough for the identity of the oppressed to be forgotten. It's not like unification hasn't been tried. The constant back and forth of conquered territories and the Kalmar Union all point towards centuries of attempted unification, both through soft force and direct force. We're on good terms now, but a thousand years of war have taught us that it is better to pursue a strong international relationship with our neighbors rather than trying to become politically intermingled, the Nordic Council was born to fill that space.
@@Lewtable if what you are saying is valid, then it is even worse from the point of view of pettiness, what is often called "milimeterrättvisa," and suspiciousness. I was flabbergasted when I visited the Parliament in Oslo, and the guide referred to the period of union with - or under, if you prefer - Sweden, up to 1905, as the period of "Slavery under Sweden." If a Greek talks about the period under the Ottoman yoke, Scandinavians will lambast him for such a politically incorrect statement...
Hope you can continue on the history about Sweden as a country on it's cultural and political endeavors as it continues to be a significant nordic country in the European Union.
Sweden applied and joined NATO a few months ago. Breaking it's neutrality. But before that, Hungary and Türkiye declined their membership. They had some issues with Sweden that is now fixed. I love my future home country Sweden. I'm moving to Sweden from the USA to live with my boyfriend. I'm doing all I can before then. That's why I wanted to know the history of Sweden to take the citizenship test. And I need to learn Swedish.
Damn, it's like Sweden and Denmark have a rivalvry or something... The treaty of Roskilde wasn't as much a treaty as it was an ultimatum, but hey, we'll take what we can get
We hold the record of most wars fought between two countries ever, so yeah you could say that hahah. Makes it all the more impressive that relations are so peaceful today
Vasa changed a lot more than that when he rose to power. Choosing protestantism as the church for sweden, he practically took farm land and such from the church for himself and other nobles. Later in the 1600s land use would change when the king sold his land to nobles for the war machine and then just took it back without asking
There's a miss conception that Swedish growth after WW2 was due to everyone else being destroyed. This isn't the case at all and is a popular miss conception. Sweden would have had a booming economy regardless of the war and it would have stagnated just like any other did at the start of the 70s. It's just the return of social spendings, and you can't keep getting the same return year after year if you just pump the money back into your own economy.
The War of 1814 was not against Norway, it was against Denmark. Check the Treaty of Kiel. King Frederik VI of Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in the Treaty of Kiel of 14 January 1814. The Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, the Faeroe Islands and Greenland were not covered by the treaty and remained in the possession of Denmark.
I liked the part before modern history but the more modern history perhaps could have suffered some more time because it felt like it skipped a lot of important events.
Jo vi existerade, Gammla Uppsala till exempel är äldre än alla städer runt om i landet. Så du behöver gå en ny historia lektion 😅 Svear är dom bättre svenskarna.
I married a Swedish man and lived in Karlstad for a while. Do you know the true history their? I don't think they are truthful about some things. Like the bridge being built by a man and his horse wagon. I think it's ancient. Idk
Actually the first king to rule both the Swedes and the Geats were Eric the Victorious, Olofs father. It is usually not mentioned as it is old dogma propaganda for Christianity, as Olof was the first Swedish christian king, while his father Eric was a pagan.
Great video. Now with little right winger Ulf as primeminister the Swedish social system is under threat. Hope Sweden can maintain neutrality; but joining NATO doesn't bode wel l
5:32 thats not right Sweden Traded mecklembourg to Prussia and got Norway From Denmark, but the norwaigans Said that they were independent so thats Why is wasnt an anexation just a persenal union
What decline of the country? Sweden is literally in the top ten when it comes to everything regarded to quality of life. Seventh happiest country on this planet ffs.
@@user-lv6rn9cf8m quoting my comment above "You also didnt mention that my beloved country sweden is of the rape capitals in europe, drug related deaths, shootings and much more. We where also home to the first racial biological institution in the world (i belive 1921) which in inspiried the National Socialists greatly, our social "democratic" government had strong ties to the nazis and their ideology. Sweden is a social experiment which has taken in the highest amount of immigrants per capita in europe (probably up the in the world) we have great social benefits for immigrants which leads alot of people from the third world to exploit this, the consequenses of this is high crime rates and so much more. Best of all NO ONE has every voted for (extreme mass immigration and huge islamic mosques) Sweden is a extremist country with napolean complex calling them selves (worlds moral superpower) Our neighbours, denmark norway finland are ALL better and vastly superior rational politicians that leads the country."
@@user-lv6rn9cf8m I would have to disagree. Sure sweden is high on rankings but most signs already point to a collapsing state with rising levels of crime. Im probably gonna move elsewhere if i get the opportunity
@@filiphammerstrom7788 I have no idea why you would write anything like that. Like, no? Nope, they aren't - again, it's in the top 10 when it comes to stability even. Why would you say something that stupid? What's the point? You know it isn't true, everyone who is going to read your comment knows it isn't true. Rising levels of crime? Go check what crimes have had levels that have risen, and which do not. Assuming you're just not a dishonest Sverigedemokrat you will be surprised. I mean, it's safer now than ever before so there's that...
No.Gustav Vasa died of old age and of natural health problems (he had suffered chronic infections of a leg and in his jaw). Eric XIV, or Erik in Swedish, was Gustav Vasas´s oldest son. While Erik has been regarded as very intelligent. artistically skilled and politically ambitious, early in his reign he showed signs of mental instability, a condition that eventually led to insanity. He put his younger brother Johan (duke of Finland) in prison. And from 1563 onwards, his insanity became pronounced; his rule became even more arbitrary and marked by violence. His suspicion of the nobility in Sweden led him to suspicions of the Sture family, a noble family who ruled Sweden in succession as Riksföreståndare (imperial regent that represented a monarch when there was a vacancy in the throne) between 1470 and 1520. In 1597, he killed five members of the Sture family after hearing that his brother Johan had started a rebellion against him. The Sture family members was already under arrest in a castle and Erik himself stabbed one of them with his dagger and then ordered the guards to kill everyone except for "Herr Sten." (the guards executed the order, but spared two men who both had Sten as first name, as they did not know which Sten the King had just referred to). Outside the castle, Erik's old tutor, who did not belong to this group, found the king in a state of madness and tried to calm him down when he rushed out into the countryside and the old tutor was also stabbed to death by the guards after Erik's order. After the Sture homicides, His brother Johan was imprisoned again and later Erik seemed to recover his reason, and attempted to reconcile with Johan on the condition that the latter recognized Eric's marriage with his mistress Karin. She was not from a noble family, her father was just a simple soldier and her mother's family just peasants, which at that time was considered completely unthinkable as wife for a king and that they already had an infant son before the marriage was a big scandal. His brother Johan and the nobles rebelled and Erik was captured by his brother in in 1568 and formally deposed 26 January 1569 and Johan became the new king (Johan III). Erik was imprisoned for the rest of his life and died in 1977. A document signed by his brother gave Erik's guards in his last prison authorization to poison him if anyone tried to release him. And an examination of Erik's remains in 1958 by modern forensic analysis revealed evidence of lethal arsenic poisoning. But that Erik's last meal would have been pea soup is just a legend and nothing documented.
The "Lutharian" church. Lulz. Dude, deep breath, look at the word and read it when you're saying the word... This isnt a test or a presentation in front of the class. You gotta learn to relax, bud.
a rare video i found about sweden history, thank you
Lots of love to our Swedish brothers and sisters! You are awesome!
thanks
thank you great sir/maam/they/them/basketball/wallmart bag
Ok
Swedish history, a history of success in many respects, also displays the failures of narrow-minded local rivalry: Dennmark, Sweden and Norway could easily have been one country. The languages are very close to each other and so are the ways of life and the value systems. They could have been a very important European power. But they cannot agree whether taxi should be spelled with an "x" or with "ks"...
They'd end up like 'Great' Britain where only one country in the union has a say and dominance; the English treat the Scottish and the Welsh people are 'lesser' and even mock Northern accents. These kinds of 'unions' rarely work out.
@@tinachristine4573 Ιt is not the same thing like in the UK, in Scandinavia the Swedes, Danish and Norwegians, could easily have integrated into one people.
@@gerassimos.fourlanos I think it's a bit disingenuous to say that that the "reasons" boil down to small, petty differences. The reality often tends to be that peaceful unification needs to happen at a point where one side lacks its own unity or the price of sacrificing ones own identity is considered essential for survival. By the time such talks came about, local unification was already mostly finished and all three regions, or countries, had their own identity and none of the countries in question had the might necessary to maintain oppressive control for long enough for the identity of the oppressed to be forgotten. It's not like unification hasn't been tried. The constant back and forth of conquered territories and the Kalmar Union all point towards centuries of attempted unification, both through soft force and direct force.
We're on good terms now, but a thousand years of war have taught us that it is better to pursue a strong international relationship with our neighbors rather than trying to become politically intermingled, the Nordic Council was born to fill that space.
@@Lewtable if what you are saying is valid, then it is even worse from the point of view of pettiness, what is often called "milimeterrättvisa," and suspiciousness. I was flabbergasted when I visited the Parliament in Oslo, and the guide referred to the period of union with - or under, if you prefer - Sweden, up to 1905, as the period of "Slavery under Sweden." If a Greek talks about the period under the Ottoman yoke, Scandinavians will lambast him for such a politically incorrect statement...
Thanks for the video. Loved it.
Hope you can continue on the history about Sweden as a country on it's cultural and political endeavors as it continues to be a significant nordic country in the European Union.
Nice video. Many thanks!!!!
Sweden applied and joined NATO a few months ago. Breaking it's neutrality. But before that, Hungary and Türkiye declined their membership. They had some issues with Sweden that is now fixed.
I love my future home country Sweden. I'm moving to Sweden from the USA to live with my boyfriend. I'm doing all I can before then. That's why I wanted to know the history of Sweden to take the citizenship test. And I need to learn Swedish.
Best of luck 🍀
Damn, it's like Sweden and Denmark have a rivalvry or something... The treaty of Roskilde wasn't as much a treaty as it was an ultimatum, but hey, we'll take what we can get
We hold the record of most wars fought between two countries ever, so yeah you could say that hahah. Makes it all the more impressive that relations are so peaceful today
4:03 The good old days.
I’m with ya mate, Sverige var i sina good 'ol days
@@sixtenfrid6895 För befolkningen är det dock betydligt bättre nu
@@rwt2320 ns, jag gjorde ett skämt!
Hej! Hehe. Just wanted to say hi. A new person is going to live in Sweden in a couple of years.
Hi man! Great video. Are you making your videos with geolayers or other app? I'd be grateful for the answer.
Good video but the Portuguese flag in 1970 is wrong, you used the monarchy flag that was replaced with the republican one in 1910.
Vasa changed a lot more than that when he rose to power. Choosing protestantism as the church for sweden, he practically took farm land and such from the church for himself and other nobles. Later in the 1600s land use would change when the king sold his land to nobles for the war machine and then just took it back without asking
There's a miss conception that Swedish growth after WW2 was due to everyone else being destroyed. This isn't the case at all and is a popular miss conception. Sweden would have had a booming economy regardless of the war and it would have stagnated just like any other did at the start of the 70s. It's just the return of social spendings, and you can't keep getting the same return year after year if you just pump the money back into your own economy.
The War of 1814 was not against Norway, it was against Denmark. Check the Treaty of Kiel. King Frederik VI of Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in the Treaty of Kiel of 14 January 1814. The Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, the Faeroe Islands and Greenland were not covered by the treaty and remained in the possession of Denmark.
Underrated
Great Information !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Update: Sweden stopped being neutral in 2024. (became member of NATO)
Interesting
So we played it smart, as we do to this day!
It's "Löfven" not "Lofven"
Thank you Sweden
May I have an aquarium there, please 😀
Love Sweden 🇸🇪 ❤
I liked the part before modern history but the more modern history perhaps could have suffered some more time because it felt like it skipped a lot of important events.
Sweden ( english ) - Schweden ( deutsch ) - Sverige ( svenska )
A shame we gave norway back, would have been great if we had the oil and fjords.
Yes ! If Sweden would not gave Norway back, Sweden can be the most powerful & most richest country in Europe ❤, !
Svealand did not exist until the 14th century, so your description is wrong.
Jo vi existerade, Gammla Uppsala till exempel är äldre än alla städer runt om i landet. Så du behöver gå en ny historia lektion 😅 Svear är dom bättre svenskarna.
The clip in the beginning is where I live
I,m swedish
I reckomend it
I married a Swedish man and lived in Karlstad for a while. Do you know the true history their? I don't think they are truthful about some things. Like the bridge being built by a man and his horse wagon. I think it's ancient. Idk
*there 😂
Sorry i,m live in Karlskrona
Man forgot about the 2022 Swedish election.
Yes, and the islamisation...
People that were waiting for the cold war
👇
Actually the first king to rule both the Swedes and the Geats were Eric the Victorious, Olofs father. It is usually not mentioned as it is old dogma propaganda for Christianity, as Olof was the first Swedish christian king, while his father Eric was a pagan.
Wow! History can sure get complicated! 😂
Oh how I wish I could live there
You can
its a good country so come live
History of Sweden in 9 min., you must be joking😂
i know! so small
Great video. Now with little right winger Ulf as primeminister the Swedish social system is under threat. Hope Sweden can maintain neutrality; but joining NATO doesn't bode wel l
Wait what about the danish greenland?
5:32 thats not right
Sweden Traded mecklembourg to Prussia and got Norway From Denmark, but the norwaigans Said that they were independent so thats Why is wasnt an anexation just a persenal union
New Sweden History left the chat. Do your research.
The North Sea Empire shall rise again!
Wasn't that a union between Denmark and England
Christ, you are mispronouncing every single name
Its hilarious
And you don't know the true meaning of christ/marked.
"Oopsalah"😭
Soon to be NATO
It’s pronounced “Looth-ran”
Unfortunatedly our politicians are not taking care of Sweden anymore, which can be seen in the decline of the country.
Who would want to live in such a racist country like Sweden. They are the worse of the worse when it comes to racism.
What decline of the country? Sweden is literally in the top ten when it comes to everything regarded to quality of life. Seventh happiest country on this planet ffs.
@@user-lv6rn9cf8m quoting my comment above "You also didnt mention that my beloved country sweden is of the rape capitals in europe, drug related deaths, shootings and much more. We where also home to the first racial biological institution in the world (i belive 1921) which in inspiried the National Socialists greatly, our social "democratic" government had strong ties to the nazis and their ideology. Sweden is a social experiment which has taken in the highest amount of immigrants per capita in europe (probably up the in the world) we have great social benefits for immigrants which leads alot of people from the third world to exploit this, the consequenses of this is high crime rates and so much more. Best of all NO ONE has every voted for (extreme mass immigration and huge islamic mosques)
Sweden is a extremist country with napolean complex calling them selves (worlds moral superpower) Our neighbours, denmark norway finland are ALL better and vastly superior rational politicians that leads the country."
@@user-lv6rn9cf8m I would have to disagree. Sure sweden is high on rankings but most signs already point to a collapsing state with rising levels of crime. Im probably gonna move elsewhere if i get the opportunity
@@filiphammerstrom7788 I have no idea why you would write anything like that. Like, no? Nope, they aren't - again, it's in the top 10 when it comes to stability even. Why would you say something that stupid? What's the point? You know it isn't true, everyone who is going to read your comment knows it isn't true.
Rising levels of crime? Go check what crimes have had levels that have risen, and which do not. Assuming you're just not a dishonest Sverigedemokrat you will be surprised. I mean, it's safer now than ever before so there's that...
I was going to watch the video, but you have annoying pinging sounds in the video.
Lol
Oopsala 💀
6:08 the beginning of the end
Not so fun fact: Gustav Vasa was killed by his friends poisoning some potato soup he ate while in a jail cell. What a way to go man
Wrong: that was his son eric the xiv who was poisoned, and theres believe that he was poisoned after eating pea soup.
No.Gustav Vasa died of old age and of natural health problems (he had suffered chronic infections of a leg and in his jaw).
Eric XIV, or Erik in Swedish, was Gustav Vasas´s oldest son. While Erik has been regarded as very intelligent. artistically skilled and politically ambitious, early in his reign he showed signs of mental instability, a condition that eventually led to insanity.
He put his younger brother Johan (duke of Finland) in prison. And from 1563 onwards, his insanity became pronounced; his rule became even more arbitrary and marked by violence. His suspicion of the nobility in Sweden led him to suspicions of the Sture family, a noble family who ruled Sweden in succession as Riksföreståndare (imperial regent that represented a monarch when there was a vacancy in the throne) between 1470 and 1520.
In 1597, he killed five members of the Sture family after hearing that his brother Johan had started a rebellion against him. The Sture family members was already under arrest in a castle and Erik himself stabbed one of them with his dagger and then ordered the guards to kill everyone except for "Herr Sten." (the guards executed the order, but spared two men who both had Sten as first name, as they did not know which Sten the King had just referred to).
Outside the castle, Erik's old tutor, who did not belong to this group, found the king in a state of madness and tried to calm him down when he rushed out into the countryside and the old tutor was also stabbed to death by the guards after Erik's order.
After the Sture homicides, His brother Johan was imprisoned again and later Erik seemed to recover his reason, and attempted to reconcile with Johan on the condition that the latter recognized Eric's marriage with his mistress Karin. She was not from a noble family, her father was just a simple soldier and her mother's family just peasants, which at that time was considered completely unthinkable as wife for a king and that they already had an infant son before the marriage was a big scandal.
His brother Johan and the nobles rebelled and Erik was captured by his brother in in 1568 and formally deposed 26 January 1569 and Johan became the new king (Johan III). Erik was imprisoned for the rest of his life and died in 1977.
A document signed by his brother gave Erik's guards in his last prison authorization to poison him if anyone tried to release him. And an examination of Erik's remains in 1958 by modern forensic analysis revealed evidence of lethal arsenic poisoning.
But that Erik's last meal would have been pea soup is just a legend and nothing documented.
Now in 2024 sweden are in NATO !
You say germanic peoples, but you're wrong.
The "Lutharian" church. Lulz. Dude, deep breath, look at the word and read it when you're saying the word... This isnt a test or a presentation in front of the class.
You gotta learn to relax, bud.
so basically a bunch of bad decisions and missed opportunities...
for sure
When the Ottoman s lost to the Russians
Highlighting all left wing government wins and EU membership as a positive thing is a bias.
Bumi hanguskan negara Swedia ini..negara yg selalu mengijinkan membakar kitab suci agama lain...sungguh negara menunggu kehancuran
We are kicking "islam" out of Sweden. Go figure.
You can hide your plagiarism better by actually learning how to say the words you are saying