@@donaldliden4545 Thank you so much. Indeed! I hope this winter I will be better🤣 I will keep sharing my journey as I blend in this new life 🙏 Have a great day at that side in västerbotten 🤗
amazing interview, it's been quite a long time since I put to move to Sweden as a goal, seeing other's people experiences is really important to me and Blessing's interview is really inspiring
Funny that Blessing lives in Pajala, it's my father's home district and we usually go from Kiruna to Pajala. Pajala is 18 miles (Swedish miles) east of Kiruna and it takes 2 hours to go by car. Day to LEARN about the temperature between southern Sweden and northern Sweden. Because in the south of Sweden it is humid and up in Lapland, where Pajala and Kiruna are located, the air is dry. So to get the right comparison between then Lapland and Stockholm, you have to use the cold factor as it is called. So how to compare. So -14 degrees Celsius in Stockholm corresponds to -28 to -30 degrees in Lapland. Because as in Stockholm there is the sea and when it is winter, so the moist air that comes from the sea forms these crystals that are mentioned which make the feeling colder than what the thermometer shows. HOWEVER, it should be pointed out that Pajala also has a cooling factor, due to the fact that the Torne River flows through Pajala and also affects the temperature a little.
@@LivingSwedish Of course, I will help you and your followers to understand how it is in Sweden and its difference in the elongated country. It is easy to convert Swedish miles to kilometers, you just put a zero behind. So 18 miles becomes 180 kilometers.
@ingvartorma9789 waaoo interesting insight. Pajala is a beautiful village. I totally agree that the Torne River makes the village so beautiful. It's my first time to live in a small village, and I love it here, to be honest 😍
@@BlessingJohansson When my grandmother and grandfather were alive, they lived in a village 10 kilometers outside Pajala, called Erkheikki. I will later drive my semi-demented father down there so he can meet his siblings and friends down there around Pajala. You must have experienced the big Pajla market this summer, then you should know that when I was a child in the 70s, the market was small and only had between 10 and 15 stalls with vendors. Now it is Norrbotten's biggest market in the summer. A tip when the market is next year, is that you should visit the market directly when they open on Friday morning or Saturday morning. Too many of the sellers have partied the night before and are hungover so the morning after, look for those who look unwell. Because then they themselves haggle over the things to get rid of one.
@ingvartorma9789 😄 🤣 Yes , I attended it on Saturday It was a big market, and many people, vendors, food, and music 🎶 locals were drinking a lot 😄 but I enjoyed some good Scandinavian shopping, quality handmade things from artisans from different places around Sweden. Pajala was full of motorhomes, there was also a huge Christian meeting, and I got to learn a bit about laestadianer not to forget the King & the Queen of Sweden visited Pajala also and I saw them for the first time. It was nice to see them than to just read their history 😆 I also wanted to buy Sverigedräkten but I was surprised how expensive one piece of female atire could cost, but I will get one oneday 😄 The village was happy and it was beautiful indeed 😊
Its really nice watching this even my first thought was living in Sweden?probably you be interwieving someone living 900km to the south that share their life😀im thinking living in Sweden is a hard topic because between Norrbotten and Skåne its like two different countries.If i was to move to another country i would really like stumble upon a post like the ones u does now because it helps get a better picture of the different sides of living different parts if the new home.Its great👍
From someone who also lives in nortern sweden. The cold you can dresss. And the winter 2023 - 24 was anusuall in that sense it was so extremly cold. in some places it got -44 C. And we also got less snow then we normaly do. But if i speak for me personaly. The cold isn´the worst part, it´s the darkness. Coming as someone who has no connection/relationship to a small communety or villege like Pajala there will be problems to get friends. They are very reserved. But if you do managed to meet someone. You can count on that friendship will be a much dedeper friendship.
@citizenkane4831 Oh yes, the Dark part is a waaoo factor for me too 😄 I am still struggling to navigate through DARK and LIGHT shifts, I hardly sleep normal during these shifts, but I am getting better 🤣
@@BlessingJohansson I hope you does. There are many who move here also because the stress they experienced in their past life whereever they ccome from. And for them they can cope with the cold and darkness because it balance up what they experienced before in there life. So be patient you can be used to the winter and the shifts in the other seasons. And from what i heard you have so many projects going on so you doesn´t have time sitting still. And that is a plus The times sound like they fly away for you
Help those of you who visit Sweden in the winter or if you have moved to Sweden to dress correctly. Equipment and clothing for the cold Temperature and weather conditions can change very quickly in northern Sweden. Due to the location above the Arctic Circle, the climate is sub-arctic with long cold winters. To enjoy your trip, it is important to be properly equipped. When dressing, wear several layers of clothing. It will both insulate and ventilate! Layer 1 - base layer Closest to your body, we recommend a set of thermal underwear in synthetic, wool or wool blend. The synthetic absorbs and transports away the moisture. Wool absorbs moisture but has the ability to keep you warm even when damp. Avoid cotton as it absorbs moisture and freezes when it gets damp. Long pants and a long-sleeved undershirt, socks. Layer 2 - intermediate layer The next layer can be wool or fleece. This layer is to keep you warm and transport moisture away from your body. Woolen or fleece trousers, turtleneck or fleece sweater, woolen boots. Layer 3 - outer layer The outer layer protects you from wind and moisture from the outside. Water and windproof winter jacket with hood and padded winter (ski) pants. Waterproof or waterproof winter boots slightly larger than normal and with good friction. Warm hat, mittens or gloves and a scarf. Layer 4 - reinforcement layer If the weather gets very cold, or if you are resting, it is good to have some extra warm clothes to wear outside or under a shell garment. Down jacket or vest and thick sweater or vest (wool or fleece).
@@LivingSwedish It was so little, because after all I have 59 years of experience living in Sweden and in the city of Kiruna. So, as I said, I help you and your followers to understand how it is in Sweden. As well as dressing correctly for the cold and precisely this to dress correctly for the cold, the knowledge is low even among Swedes who live in southern Sweden.
Forgot to mention that up in Lapland winter starts when the snow comes at the end of September and beginning of October BUT now due to climate change winter can start later. If we take Stockholm, it won't be winter until November - December. In Lapland, the snow disappears in April - May and in Stockholm already at the end of February or in March.
@@LivingSwedish It had been snowing in Stockholm for a very long time. My mother was (no longer alive) born in the south in Stockholm, every year at the end of March, mother longed for Stockholm. Because she knew that then the greenery started and the heat was there. The way it is now with the weather in Sweden and the rest of the world, says that we actually have climate change, although some say it is not true. In the past in Kiruna, you had a snow guarantee from the month of October, so elite skiers came from all over the world to Kiruna in October to train. But that can no longer be promised, as the snow has not always arrived. September 2023 was cold in Kiruna and at the end of September we had snow. Now we still have +20 degrees during the days and nights between +12-15 degrees. When I went up the road between Kiruna and Narvik after Norway in 2022, it was the first time in over 35 years. Now it was seen that the climate has affected and we have gotten warmer, where there used to be bare mountains with only moss growing, there were now bushes that were over 1 meter high, where there used to be marshland (marshes are wetlands), some of these had dried out and trees had started to grow there. In the past, only moss and gooseberries grew there. So now you could see the big changes, because even where mountain peaks used to have limestone, you now only saw mountains when the glacier had blown away. The winters don't get that cold either, the last long cold in Kiruna was in December 1985, when for 3 weeks the temperature fluctuated between -35 and down to -39 degrees. The last time we had down to -30 degrees was in November 2022 and that cold lasted only that day.
Its still this.. Sweden is no utopia! Its rather others that rank Nordic countrys highest in "Happines index"! I recon its better to be depresed and cry in ones Volvo on the driveway at ones own house then do it in a 3-world country slum and being poor? To get personal happynes is another thing, and there is challanges for that in Sweden like any other country.
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Thank you, Uli. How amazing to be the first guest on your channel, I'm excited to see this segment grow bigger 🎉
So happy to have you on my channel! ♥️
This was so interesting and great! So many wise words from Blessing, what a wonderful person and addition to Sweden! ❤
@@GuinevereKnight Thank you 😊
Thank you Blessing,your a smart lady and i hope the coming winter will be less cold then the last one😀 welcome to Sweden ,greetings from Västerbotten
@@donaldliden4545 Thank you so much. Indeed! I hope this winter I will be better🤣 I will keep sharing my journey as I blend in this new life 🙏
Have a great day at that side in västerbotten 🤗
Blessing is a wise woman.
I agree 😍
Lovely interview, will definitely give Blessing a follow!
Awww, thank you so much, dear. Can't wait to be connected there 😊
Thank you so much for watching! :)
amazing interview, it's been quite a long time since I put to move to Sweden as a goal, seeing other's people experiences is really important to me and Blessing's interview is really inspiring
I really liked the interview and the questions you asked. It is nice to hear other perspectives from different people. Thank you
Great video! Love to see more interviews and people talking about living in Sweden. Have a great Sunday
Thanks for the feedback! 🙏 Enjoy the rest of the weekend! ☀️
Hey Uli, thank you for the great format! It is totaly awesome and I will be more than happy to watch future episodes in this direction 🩵🩵🩵
Thanks for the feedback! 😍
👍👍❤️ excellent interview
Funny that Blessing lives in Pajala, it's my father's home district and we usually go from Kiruna to Pajala. Pajala is 18 miles (Swedish miles) east of Kiruna and it takes 2 hours to go by car.
Day to LEARN about the temperature between southern Sweden and northern Sweden. Because in the south of Sweden it is humid and up in Lapland, where Pajala and Kiruna are located, the air is dry. So to get the right comparison between then Lapland and Stockholm, you have to use the cold factor as it is called. So how to compare. So -14 degrees Celsius in Stockholm corresponds to -28 to -30 degrees in Lapland. Because as in Stockholm there is the sea and when it is winter, so the moist air that comes from the sea forms these crystals that are mentioned which make the feeling colder than what the thermometer shows. HOWEVER, it should be pointed out that Pajala also has a cooling factor, due to the fact that the Torne River flows through Pajala and also affects the temperature a little.
Thanks for sharing! What are Swedish miles converted to kilometres? 😊
@@LivingSwedish Of course, I will help you and your followers to understand how it is in Sweden and its difference in the elongated country.
It is easy to convert Swedish miles to kilometers, you just put a zero behind.
So 18 miles becomes 180 kilometers.
@ingvartorma9789 waaoo interesting insight. Pajala is a beautiful village. I totally agree that the Torne River makes the village so beautiful. It's my first time to live in a small village, and I love it here, to be honest 😍
@@BlessingJohansson When my grandmother and grandfather were alive, they lived in a village 10 kilometers outside Pajala, called Erkheikki.
I will later drive my semi-demented father down there so he can meet his siblings and friends down there around Pajala.
You must have experienced the big Pajla market this summer, then you should know that when I was a child in the 70s, the market was small and only had between 10 and 15 stalls with vendors. Now it is Norrbotten's biggest market in the summer. A tip when the market is next year, is that you should visit the market directly when they open on Friday morning or Saturday morning. Too many of the sellers have partied the night before and are hungover so the morning after, look for those who look unwell. Because then they themselves haggle over the things to get rid of one.
@ingvartorma9789 😄 🤣 Yes , I attended it on Saturday
It was a big market, and many people, vendors, food, and music 🎶 locals were drinking a lot 😄 but I enjoyed some good Scandinavian shopping, quality handmade things from artisans from different places around Sweden.
Pajala was full of motorhomes, there was also a huge Christian meeting, and I got to learn a bit about laestadianer not to forget the King & the Queen of Sweden visited Pajala also and I saw them for the first time. It was nice to see them than to just read their history 😆
I also wanted to buy Sverigedräkten but I was surprised how expensive one piece of female atire could cost, but I will get one oneday 😄
The village was happy and it was beautiful indeed 😊
Its really nice watching this even my first thought was living in Sweden?probably you be interwieving someone living 900km to the south that share their life😀im thinking living in Sweden is a hard topic because between Norrbotten and Skåne its like two different countries.If i was to move to another country i would really like stumble upon a post like the ones u does now because it helps get a better picture of the different sides of living different parts if the new home.Its great👍
Godmorgon! Great interview! Enjoy the week!
From someone who also lives in nortern sweden. The cold you can dresss. And the winter 2023 - 24 was anusuall in that sense it was so extremly cold. in some places it got -44 C. And we also got less snow then we normaly do. But if i speak for me personaly. The cold isn´the worst part, it´s the darkness. Coming as someone who has no connection/relationship to a small communety or villege like Pajala there will be problems to get friends. They are very reserved. But if you do managed to meet someone. You can count on that friendship will be a much dedeper friendship.
@citizenkane4831 Oh yes, the Dark part is a waaoo factor for me too 😄 I am still struggling to navigate through DARK and LIGHT shifts, I hardly sleep normal during these shifts, but I am getting better 🤣
@@BlessingJohansson I hope you does. There are many who move here also because the stress they experienced in their past life whereever they ccome from. And for them they can cope with the cold and darkness because it balance up what they experienced before in there life. So be patient you can be used to the winter and the shifts in the other seasons. And from what i heard you have so many projects going on so you doesn´t have time sitting still. And that is a plus The times sound like they fly away for you
Help those of you who visit Sweden in the winter or if you have moved to Sweden to dress correctly. Equipment and clothing for the cold
Temperature and weather conditions can change very quickly in northern Sweden. Due to the location above the Arctic Circle, the climate is sub-arctic with long cold winters. To enjoy your trip, it is important to be properly equipped. When dressing, wear several layers of clothing. It will both insulate and ventilate!
Layer 1 - base layer
Closest to your body, we recommend a set of thermal underwear in synthetic, wool or wool blend.
The synthetic absorbs and transports away the moisture.
Wool absorbs moisture but has the ability to keep you warm even when damp.
Avoid cotton as it absorbs moisture and freezes when it gets damp.
Long pants and a long-sleeved undershirt, socks.
Layer 2 - intermediate layer
The next layer can be wool or fleece. This layer is to keep you warm and transport moisture away from your body.
Woolen or fleece trousers, turtleneck or fleece sweater, woolen boots.
Layer 3 - outer layer
The outer layer protects you from wind and moisture from the outside.
Water and windproof winter jacket with hood and padded winter (ski) pants.
Waterproof or waterproof winter boots slightly larger than normal and with good friction.
Warm hat, mittens or gloves and a scarf.
Layer 4 - reinforcement layer
If the weather gets very cold, or if you are resting, it is good to have some extra warm clothes to wear outside or under a shell garment.
Down jacket or vest and thick sweater or vest (wool or fleece).
Thanks for sharing! Very useful 😊
@@LivingSwedish It was so little, because after all I have 59 years of experience living in Sweden and in the city of Kiruna. So, as I said, I help you and your followers to understand how it is in Sweden. As well as dressing correctly for the cold and precisely this to dress correctly for the cold, the knowledge is low even among Swedes who live in southern Sweden.
@@ingvartorma9789 I am definitely screen shoting this 🤣
Forgot to mention that up in Lapland winter starts when the snow comes at the end of September and beginning of October BUT now due to climate change winter can start later. If we take Stockholm, it won't be winter until November - December. In Lapland, the snow disappears in April - May and in Stockholm already at the end of February or in March.
This year we had snow until end of April in Stockholm 😅
@@LivingSwedish It had been snowing in Stockholm for a very long time.
My mother was (no longer alive) born in the south in Stockholm, every year at the end of March, mother longed for Stockholm. Because she knew that then the greenery started and the heat was there.
The way it is now with the weather in Sweden and the rest of the world, says that we actually have climate change, although some say it is not true.
In the past in Kiruna, you had a snow guarantee from the month of October, so elite skiers came from all over the world to Kiruna in October to train. But that can no longer be promised, as the snow has not always arrived. September 2023 was cold in Kiruna and at the end of September we had snow. Now we still have +20 degrees during the days and nights between +12-15 degrees.
When I went up the road between Kiruna and Narvik after Norway in 2022, it was the first time in over 35 years. Now it was seen that the climate has affected and we have gotten warmer, where there used to be bare mountains with only moss growing, there were now bushes that were over 1 meter high, where there used to be marshland (marshes are wetlands), some of these had dried out and trees had started to grow there. In the past, only moss and gooseberries grew there.
So now you could see the big changes, because even where mountain peaks used to have limestone, you now only saw mountains when the glacier had blown away.
The winters don't get that cold either, the last long cold in Kiruna was in December 1985, when for 3 weeks the temperature fluctuated between -35 and down to -39 degrees. The last time we had down to -30 degrees was in November 2022 and that cold lasted only that day.
@ingvartorma9789 Waaooo! at this side in Tornedarlen, I'm already adding layers on my body. I hope i spelt it correctly 🤭😄
Ceyatals in the air? Surely you’ve seen snow before?
Its still this.. Sweden is no utopia!
Its rather others that rank Nordic countrys highest in "Happines index"!
I recon its better to be depresed and cry in ones Volvo on the driveway at ones own house then do it in a 3-world country slum and being poor?
To get personal happynes is another thing, and there is challanges for that in Sweden like any other country.
Are you happy?
@@LivingSwedish Yes and no.. Im rather content/satisfyed.. and Im happy to be in that mindset/condition!
I do not agree with this view.