My husband and i felt in Love with sweden this year. His sister lives in the middle of the forrest near Immeln and it was the best Trip ever! Cant wait to Fly back in September. I want to live in sweden since May this year🤭maybe in the Future…hopefully😃
Tak for the video. My grandparents immigrated to USA 100 years ago (1923). I grew up learning a variety of cultural things, but never enough. There's still family in Sweden who I hope to visit before I'm too old. Meanwhile I'll enjoy your videos. A sidenote on the cinnamon buns, we frequently had cardamom buns instead. I still have Grandma's recipe. So good and such memories.
When you hear about Swedish things this way you realize how similar the Scandinavian countries really are. I am from Norway, and we love to point out all the differences between us, but compared to the rest of the world we are really similar.
I am from Belgium and even i am amazed how much we have in common with sweden after watching saga's channel. Probably has something to do with celtic heritage.
I recently found out that I am 60% Norwegian. Ever since, I have been trying to learn as much about Scandinavian as possible. I wasn’t raised in the culture, but I have found that I agree with much of the culture and belief systems. I am slowly trying to incorporate as much into my life as is possible. Your videos are interesting and fun to watch. Thank you
These intra Scandinavian differences persist even generations later among the descendants of immigrants to America. I'm basically a Swede and a guy I went to high school with back in the 1970s was basically a Norwegian. One day I run into him and he's telling me that he got a job working out in the hot sun on a track crew for the railroad. I say to him "well Ole (not his real name), you are aware aren't you, you do understand don't you, that doing hard labor out in the hot sun is the only thing you norwegians are good for "!
Being Swedish, I’ve always loved Swedish girls and their romantic and down to earth ways. However, I’ve always been even more attracted to Norwegian girls. I guess it’s them speaking Norwegian that just makes them very cute, it’s a very sensual language to me.
I love that you mentioned the Sami people. My great-grandfather moved to America from Sweden with 3 of his siblings and left 4 siblings and parents behind, and I love learning about our Swedish heritage. We still have a lot of family there that we try to stay in touch with. My husband also is very Scandinavian and has relatives in Sweden, as well. My grandmother a few years ago took a DNA test and found out that she is 99% Sami. And ever since then I’ve been very interested in learning about the Sami people. Unfortunately, since we moved from Minnesota, where many of the Scandinavian people settled and they still have a lot of Scandinavian cultural events and museums and such, there isn’t a lot of Scandinavian culture in the southern USA. But watching your videos about Scandinavian culture makes me realize that a lot of the things we do is because we are Swedish and it was passed down by my great-grandparents and the Scandinavian influence in Minnesota. I’ve never been to Sweden, but it is top on my bucket list. Thanks for posting these videos so I can learn more about my cultural heritage. I wish the book you mentioned was translated to English so I could read it!
When I was in high school, I had a Social Studies teacher whose name was Mr. Vodin. He taught us about the European origins of his name and how he went back to Europe as a soldier to fight the Nazis. Coming from European descent myself, I found it all very fascinating. However, you have shed more light on the teachings of my dear teacher, who at the time, felt that any further teaching might have been... polically incorrect. Thank you!
I am in Southern California exploring my Scandi heritage (my grandfather was born in Oslo and grew up there) and found your informative, very helpful channel. Put the the FransG. Bengtsson book on my Kindle, and look forward to reading it. Had never heard of it before. I visited western coast of Norway plus a few hours in Sweden in 1985, and wanted to move there I loved it so much. But haven't been back yet. Thank you!
Hej Saga! A sweet friend from Hong Kong asked me if Polar Bears walked the streets in Sweden. I started to laugh then realised that he was serious (this was in the 90's). So I explained, kindly, no they don't. He was so kind and lovely and he really didn't know anything about Sweden except it's waaaaay up North with lots of snow. In his mind he probably confused it with photos from the Artic or something. My parents are from Norrland so I like surströmming. LOL! Hubby doesn't. I've been in the news too! Hahahaha!!! It was when I was a child and danced ballet. I've also been an extra in a movie and ads. LOL! I love the movie Midsommar! Crazy and really great movie! But no - not like we celebrate midsummer. We do pay lots of taxes, but we do get it back in health care, schools etc. Well, we do have the Viper, but I think they are pretty scared of people unless threatened. Oh yes! I love kanelbullar! Facts about Sweden is so funny! And sometimes I need to watch clips about Sweden (although Swedish) just a reminder. LOL! Lovely video!
Oh how funny 😂🐻❄️ I actually had an American asked me the same question once! So funny! I’m from south of Sweden so so far away from Norrland. I’ve always wanted to go though!
Hi Saga, I love all your content. I'm on a minimalism journey with my family so that's how I found your channel. However, I'm also half Swedish but, grew up in NYC. I love your videos on Sweden it's so helpful in understanding Swedish culture.
Hi! Thank you so much :D Oh wow, that's so cool! Minimalism is such a rewarding transformation! I love NYC, have only been there once visiting, but the energy was very nice I thought!
I'm from new zealand, living in australia, learning swedish, and can not wait to go vist the country!! Currently looking up the sami people! Thanks for the video!! :D you've given me a rabbit hole to jump into haha
Very interesting. I'm American, my dad's grandparents were from Sweden (Malmo) and Norway. I'm 60 years old and recently realized I know virtually nothing about my ancestral homes there. For Christmas this year, my cousin and I made our family Kringla cookies which my dad's grandmother used to make. Lovely :). So now I am investigating these two countries...so great to have people like you creating content about them.
Oh wow, that is fascinating! My mother was from Norway, and my dad's family from a small town about 40 minute from Malmo! Ohh, you'll have to try Swedish Dream Cookies, they're my favorite. but very sweet :)
I really enjoy your videos. I moved to Hawaii to go to university, and have now lived here 1/2 my life. My closest friends here are also Swedish, and it’s so refreshing to see your videos showing different angles of Swedes and Swedish culture. Since my dad is from Kiruna, it was very enjoyable to hear you talk about the Same culture which I have been exposed to since I was little. My family was not Same though, but was skilled in creating Same crafts (hantverk in Swedish language). We always ate cinnamon rolls in a very specific way, not sure if all Swedes do, but we unroll a piece, eat it, then unroll another piece and eat it, and do it this way until we get to the center mass. I’ve never seen people in Sweden eat it any other way. It actually tastes way better this way, each bite being less dense as opposed to just taking a bite of the whole roll. Try it, it’s an experience.
I carved a wooden pillar of Thor and Freya to put in my garden. It is carved from an North American wood called Locust which is very hard, heavy, and rot resistant. It has been used for making fence posts due to its resistance to rot. They have been in my garden for 50 years in all 3 properties where I lived. I have studied the Viking Era very thoroughly and visited the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. Finding the archaeological well preserved remains of these burial ships is amazing. I have also visited the Vasa Ship museum in Stockholm.
Loved your video.❤Had no idea about the Sami people. Great facts especially about the newspapers and sleeping outside 😮. Cinammon rolls.. ah , love them with the glaze.
Thanks so much - very interesting. My grandparents came from Sweden to Canada. I have visited Sweden and love it. That’s how my mother makes her cinnamon rolls, and so do I. 😊
I wish I found your channel sooner! I have been watching numerous channels from Sweden. With the hopes of ;learning more about it and the language, some. haha, I was just about to say, I have noticed there are several dialects, when you said it!
I was very fortunate to read some Selma Lagerlöf's books when I was a teenager. Nils Holgersson made me fell in love with the country. Thank you for sharing your culture!
There is so much more to Sweden than IKEA LoL I feel so much more at home in Scandinavia I left school in the UK and lived in the Faroe Islands and since a lot of my favourite places are in the North. I lived in the Arctic circle and travelled around Norway, Sweden and Finland. After visiting and returning to the UK its easy to see how the UK has been governed by American capitalism and materialism. I love Sweden I have just returned from 5 days in Stockholm it was so refreshing, clean , polite and interesting. I went for an interview as I would love to spend more time there. Incidentally I love NZ as much as a nature lover NZ has everything, volcanoes , glaciers, high mountains, whale watching and all the adventure sports. Travel is the best education as it becomes your own spiritual journey and to discover not only yourself but how other people live and their belief systems. I have travelled to 81 countries and worked in 40 and met lots of amazing people in amazing and remote places. Where I grew up in the UK was an old Vic..Viking settlement and when teaching English it is to explain the roots of each word and so many are old Norse origins which is to remind people in Europe that we are more than kindred spirits but hold a long family history together and that a European community existed between people long ago. I do love cinnamon too .its from a tree bark similar to the avocado ..certainly not grown in Sweden ...again a reminder that as people we traded all over the world and traditions grew out of inherited knowledge shared from each other .
Hej Saga!! Greetings from Vancouver Canada....both of my grandparent's were Swedish, one from the Svaapavara area and one from the Ornskoldsvik area. One thing that stands out in my memory about my "Morfar" was that he always ate sandwiches 'open face'....He was a very quiet person. Sadly I never met my 'Farfar', he passed away on a visit home to Sweden shortly before I was born...I've just discovered your videos and they are delightful. Tack tack!!
My heritage is Swedish, one quarter and three quarters Irish. Interesting combination to say the least. I always leave the house looking the best I can and try to be polite and kind and not loud and unseemly which living here in America doesn't seem to be the norm. I grew up in Washington state and I fit in well there and my parents were from the Midwest, actually Illinois. I learned to use manners inside the house but especially outside. We spent a great deal of time outside regardless the weather. I cherish my Swedish heritage and feel closer to that than my Irish heritage. I, silly me, thinks the Swedish part of me calms down the wild Irish side. Maybe not so silly though, eh. I lived in NY on Long Island for eleven and a half years and now in Florida for the last ten years. Neither NY nor Florida appear to adhere to what I consider old world values. The people I encounter are so happy and almost excited to be around that positive energy and pleasing presentation. It makes me feel good and I like putting a smile on people's faces ( and the hugs are nice too!) This was a great video and I thank you!!
An incredibly enjoyable video, the smilely notes in the tone of your voice that make the difference, and also the information shared coming from experience told by pure sincerity. Keep smiling and taking cool videos Saga😊
I never would have guessed that you were from Skåne. There’s usually a tell when Swedish people speak English but I really couldn’t find one with you. There was also this popular book called ”Låt den rätte komma in” which later became a movie with the same name in Sweden. A few years later of course Hollywood made an American one called “Let me in”.
People are always very surprised when they hear where I’m from! Oh yes I remember that book. We had to read it in school. I remember it became trendy in the US. Haha, such a simplification of the name plus the “rätte” which is an important point!
I have Dalarna on my bucket list. I imported your one of a kind dalecarlica björk found in 1767 to South Africa in 1985. The same year it became your national tree!
Very insightful and great video Johanna. thanks. Btw, do you have an idea which best place to settle or buy farmland in the northern part of Sweden? Is Flooding or heavy rain a normal reoccurring weather in your place?
This was so interesting! There are many things from your culture I didn't know. I especially liked the bit where you talked about my (our) name 🥰 Is it very common in Sweden? I am from Spain and never heard of any other Saga before.
Thank you! Saga was not common in Sweden when I was born, but now it is quite common! I’ve never heard of anyone from Spain being called that though! 🥰
I fully agree with the recommendation for "Röde Orm" (The long ships)! Great book and funny at times too. My copy is written with the old plural forms of the verbs, so I got to learn a little about how they sounded - they were officially scrapped in 1945
@@SagaJohanna Not at all! On the contrary, it gave me more understanding of the Swedish language. Frans G Bengtsson writes a prose that is overall easy to read.
I sometimes s play Swedish music while dancers dance around the maypole in Kingsburg, California. In the winter we play Swedish music while kids and parents dance around the Christmas tree. This happens in San Francisco. Come on out sometime!
@@jamescagney2713 I'm studying medicine so I'm going to be a doctor, time will tell where I will work, but because I know the language a little, Germany is a bit ahead for me.
My grandfather is from Denmark and my Grandmother is from Sweden, I live in Denver Colorado. I intend to visit Sweden hopefully. I didn't know that English is so prominent there. Thanks for the information.
I'm from Poland. My father's sister married a guy from Sweden, and lived there for a while, learnt the language. Oh yes, I've seen midsummer, a shocking movie! I too have travelled the world. Lived in Kuwait and England. I visited your country in my car, along with Denmark and Norway. Than on another trip, I went to Finland. I would love to go back, and drive all the way round the Baltic sea. I was surprised, I think it was in Latvia (maybe Estonia), to find a place where the Poles fought with the Sweeds for control of those lands. In our schools we learn about the "Sweedish Flood", the time when your king was also our king (Vasa). Of course later there was war, mostly to do with religion, Catholics here, Protestants there. Next to many castles in Poland, now ruins, on a billboard it is written "destroyed during the sweedish flood". But there was also a time when we cooperated, fighting hand in hand, against Russia. I'm right in the process of assembling my sit-stand desk from Ikea. I made an error along the way, tomorrow I'll have to partially dismantle it, to fix the thing I assembled incorrectly. In Japan, I was surprised to see a map of the world with Japan in the middle. My japanese girlfriend called me a "parasite child" because I lived off my parents. An interesting perspective. In Kuwait, speaking to a guy from Pakistan, I told him my name in Michael. He replied Michael Jackson! Probably the only Michael he heard of. Yes, traveling is nice. You get to meet interesting people. And knowing English, you can communicate with them. l found that young people in the countries with a small population know English. In Germany, France, Japan, its not that common. It was harder to communicate. How was it in China? I've not been there.
I have visited Skåne for three times now and fell in ❤ with everything Nordic . Long ago I was told by a Dansk healer that my soul is Nordic. ..my son lives near Malmö...and my barnbarn is Sverige born ❤ my Svenska familj!!!
Love this. I speak French and Italian (plus a little Hindi ). And love how Swedish deals with vowels and double consonants. Only Italian seems to Match the clarity of double consonants. Norway , Denmark and Sweden plus Finland seem to have struck a wonderful Balance and seem to care about people in ways that are missing in the USA. especially the north and Finland has almost as many guns per capita as the USA but not the American problem and obsessions. Bravo interesting vid!!!
Me: two Swedish parents, born and raised in Paris though, whenever I come back to Värmland... I mean... especially Hammarö. I sound like a fool when I don't understand the dialect (personally I was only taught speaking "rikksvenska", why? Dunno). Especially when in Värmland the "oral" culture plays a big deal. However people are always very kind and don't mind when I ask what does such and such expression mean ;-) And thank you for bringing awareness to the Sámi!
Great info. Thanks for doing it. I wish more of the culture about your outdoor "rules" was observed here. Sounds like a great place to grow up. Blows my mind about sleeping outside. Parents would probably get arrested here for that.
It would be interesting for you to do a video about good things you've seen in other countries, ala "Ten Things We Should Do In Sweden". I've lived and worked all over the world and I've picked up some great ideas from the places I've been. Some really bad ones too.
Thank you for the comments about Swedish cinnamon rolls. In the U S , they do not put butter in the baking process and they just drown the roll in sweet icing. True Swedish cinnamon rolls are so much better.
Hej Saga! Gillar verkligen dina videos! Jag kommer flytta från Sverige till Auckland om ett par månader och letar just nu efter ett bra bostadsområde. Jag kommer jobba i CBD. Har du några områden i Auckland som du rekommenderar? Tack!
Hej! Åh tack så jättemycket :) Så kul! Om du jobbar i CBD är ett alternativ att bo i själva CBD centrum, men det är inte så Nice kanske. De bästa områdena är Ponsonby (enda området med hipsters, med kultur, och nära till en fin strand), Mt Eden (lite billigare eventuellt, har många vänner 20-35 som bor här och jobbar inne i stan), alternativt Titirangi där jag bor, nära natur men ganska långt till centrum. Skriv gärna om du har fler frågor för kulturen här är så annorlunda så tips kan vara väldigt hjälpsamt 🙏🏻 Vanligast är att bo med flera människor för de flesta hyreshusen är hus, förutom inne i stan. Och beroende på vad du kommer tjäna såklart :)
On my mother's side of the family we are Swedish and Norwegian. I was into myths and legends as a kid. I heard about the Norse myths in the Eddas. You could buy copies of the Eddas from The American-Scandinavian Society, if I recall. My father took me there and it was in a townhouse in Manhattan. We rang the bell and an old man in long underwear answered the door. I think he was the caretaker. It turns out the place was under renovation when we visited. He rummaged around and found the books I wanted and sold them to us.
@@SagaJohanna I lived in Lund for a while and while there did an interview with Blekinge Lans Tidning. It was just a fun piece about a visit to Karlskrona. I also enjoyed a few visits to the Folkhogskola in Skurup and learned the important lesson that goes, "When in Europe, don't miss Skurup".
Now I know why I always scrape off the gooey stuff on cinnamon rolls. It must be an inherited aversion. I would like to try one with pearl sugar; I guess I will have to make it myself.
Putting the baby outside to sleep is a funny idea but I can see how fresh air makes sense and is good for them. I used to sleep with my windows open in winter (snowy and cold up in the mountains) and wear a knit cap to bed with my heavy duvet and my giant dogs to keep warm. I slept so well like that!
It is my dream to visit Sweden one day. Cinnamon rolls are one of my favourite foods. Like, I could eat them every day. So a trip to Sweden would be perfect. On a sadder note, it seems that indigenous people in Sweden have been treated just as badly as indigenous people here in Canada. A very dark part of our history that continues to haunt us today.
I have seen all 3 Swedish films about, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." I have a Dragon tattoo and would love to have The Boy With The Dragon Tattoo. Tattooed on my back.
I’m in the process of learning svenska. My manager recommended me to watch the girl with the dragoon tattoo. I naively intended to buy this book in the Swedish edition and compare it to the English edition for fun. It’s so interesting how they literally changed the name of the book to Americanise it. I thought the ‘Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone’ in America instead of JK Rowling’s ‘philosophers stone’ was bad and weird. Cultural difference is a bit of an understatement in this translation hahahah
I worked for a company as a dancer/performer, and travelled to some just because of the challenge! I especially enjoyed all of them I think haha! NZ has been the biggest culture shock, Italy the craziest, China the most surprising and would've for sure stayed if not for the air pollution!
It is interesting to see that Sami designs share a similar heritage to those of indigenous people of the Americas. Probably from travels during the last ice age.
My husband and i felt in Love with sweden this year. His sister lives in the middle of the forrest near Immeln and it was the best Trip ever! Cant wait to Fly back in September. I want to live in sweden since May this year🤭maybe in the Future…hopefully😃
Oh I hope you get to live there. I’ve never been up north, but I really want to go 🥰❤️
Imneln is a lake in Skåne.
Tak for the video. My grandparents immigrated to USA 100 years ago (1923). I grew up learning a variety of cultural things, but never enough. There's still family in Sweden who I hope to visit before I'm too old. Meanwhile I'll enjoy your videos. A sidenote on the cinnamon buns, we frequently had cardamom buns instead. I still have Grandma's recipe. So good and such memories.
When you hear about Swedish things this way you realize how similar the Scandinavian countries really are. I am from Norway, and we love to point out all the differences between us, but compared to the rest of the world we are really similar.
Yes right! My mom was Norwegian and the only noticeable difference was that she refused to eat cooked lunches 😂
I am from Belgium and even i am amazed how much we have in common with sweden after watching saga's channel.
Probably has something to do with celtic heritage.
I recently found out that I am 60% Norwegian. Ever since, I have been trying to learn as much about Scandinavian as possible. I wasn’t raised in the culture, but I have found that I agree with much of the culture and belief systems. I am slowly trying to incorporate as much into my life as is possible.
Your videos are interesting and fun to watch. Thank you
These intra Scandinavian differences persist even generations later among the descendants of immigrants to America. I'm basically a Swede and a guy I went to high school with back in the 1970s was basically a Norwegian. One day I run into him and he's telling me that he got a job working out in the hot sun on a track crew for the railroad. I say to him "well Ole (not his real name), you are aware aren't you, you do understand don't you, that doing hard labor out in the hot sun is the only thing you norwegians are good for "!
Being Swedish, I’ve always loved Swedish girls and their romantic and down to earth ways. However, I’ve always been even more attracted to Norwegian girls. I guess it’s them speaking Norwegian that just makes them very cute, it’s a very sensual language to me.
I love that you mentioned the Sami people. My great-grandfather moved to America from Sweden with 3 of his siblings and left 4 siblings and parents behind, and I love learning about our Swedish heritage. We still have a lot of family there that we try to stay in touch with. My husband also is very Scandinavian and has relatives in Sweden, as well. My grandmother a few years ago took a DNA test and found out that she is 99% Sami. And ever since then I’ve been very interested in learning about the Sami people. Unfortunately, since we moved from Minnesota, where many of the Scandinavian people settled and they still have a lot of Scandinavian cultural events and museums and such, there isn’t a lot of Scandinavian culture in the southern USA. But watching your videos about Scandinavian culture makes me realize that a lot of the things we do is because we are Swedish and it was passed down by my great-grandparents and the Scandinavian influence in Minnesota. I’ve never been to Sweden, but it is top on my bucket list. Thanks for posting these videos so I can learn more about my cultural heritage. I wish the book you mentioned was translated to English so I could read it!
I love learning about Sweeden.....I would love to live there
I went to Sweden from Austria in 1965 - it was like coming from the Dark Ages to the Future. Heja Sverige🥰❤
Haha ❤
When I was in high school, I had a Social Studies teacher whose name was Mr. Vodin. He taught us about the European origins of his name and how he went back to Europe as a soldier to fight the Nazis. Coming from European descent myself, I found it all very fascinating. However, you have shed more light on the teachings of my dear teacher, who at the time, felt that any further teaching might have been... polically incorrect. Thank you!
I am in Southern California exploring my Scandi heritage (my grandfather was born in Oslo and grew up there) and found your informative, very helpful channel. Put the the FransG. Bengtsson book on my Kindle, and look forward to reading it. Had never heard of it before. I visited western coast of Norway plus a few hours in Sweden in 1985, and wanted to move there I loved it so much. But haven't been back yet. Thank you!
Oh cool! My mother was Norweigan
Hej Saga! A sweet friend from Hong Kong asked me if Polar Bears walked the streets in Sweden. I started to laugh then realised that he was serious (this was in the 90's). So I explained, kindly, no they don't. He was so kind and lovely and he really didn't know anything about Sweden except it's waaaaay up North with lots of snow. In his mind he probably confused it with photos from the Artic or something. My parents are from Norrland so I like surströmming. LOL! Hubby doesn't. I've been in the news too! Hahahaha!!! It was when I was a child and danced ballet. I've also been an extra in a movie and ads. LOL! I love the movie Midsommar! Crazy and really great movie! But no - not like we celebrate midsummer. We do pay lots of taxes, but we do get it back in health care, schools etc. Well, we do have the Viper, but I think they are pretty scared of people unless threatened. Oh yes! I love kanelbullar! Facts about Sweden is so funny! And sometimes I need to watch clips about Sweden (although Swedish) just a reminder. LOL! Lovely video!
Oh how funny 😂🐻❄️ I actually had an American asked me the same question once! So funny! I’m from south of Sweden so so far away from Norrland. I’ve always wanted to go though!
You're adorable. Thank you for sharing your beautiful culture. ❤️
Thank You so much ❤️
Greetings from Gothenburg Nebraska, Home Of The Swedes.
I love learning about Swedish and Danish culture! Thank you for your lovely video Saga
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Saga, I love all your content. I'm on a minimalism journey with my family so that's how I found your channel. However, I'm also half Swedish but, grew up in NYC. I love your videos on Sweden it's so helpful in understanding Swedish culture.
Hi! Thank you so much :D Oh wow, that's so cool! Minimalism is such a rewarding transformation!
I love NYC, have only been there once visiting, but the energy was very nice I thought!
I'm from new zealand, living in australia, learning swedish, and can not wait to go vist the country!! Currently looking up the sami people! Thanks for the video!! :D you've given me a rabbit hole to jump into haha
Haha that's so funny! We're so similar but different!
glazed cinnamon rolls are delicious! And I'm sure pearl sugared ones are too :D
Hahaha 🤣 yes!!
Very interesting. I'm American, my dad's grandparents were from Sweden (Malmo) and Norway. I'm 60 years old and recently realized I know virtually nothing about my ancestral homes there. For Christmas this year, my cousin and I made our family Kringla cookies which my dad's grandmother used to make. Lovely :). So now I am investigating these two countries...so great to have people like you creating content about them.
Oh wow, that is fascinating! My mother was from Norway, and my dad's family from a small town about 40 minute from Malmo! Ohh, you'll have to try Swedish Dream Cookies, they're my favorite. but very sweet :)
@@SagaJohanna That’s great! I added the Swedish Dream Cookies to my list of things to try :).
Thank you for your generous list of very nice unknown swedish things. You give them in a very bright way and makes me want to visit.
I really enjoy your videos. I moved to Hawaii to go to university, and have now lived here 1/2 my life. My closest friends here are also Swedish, and it’s so refreshing to see your videos showing different angles of Swedes and Swedish culture. Since my dad is from Kiruna, it was very enjoyable to hear you talk about the Same culture which I have been exposed to since I was little. My family was not Same though, but was skilled in creating Same crafts (hantverk in Swedish language). We always ate cinnamon rolls in a very specific way, not sure if all Swedes do, but we unroll a piece, eat it, then unroll another piece and eat it, and do it this way until we get to the center mass. I’ve never seen people in Sweden eat it any other way. It actually tastes way better this way, each bite being less dense as opposed to just taking a bite of the whole roll. Try it, it’s an experience.
My family moved to America from Sweden about a hundred years ago and it's nice to learn more about the culture.
Oh cool! I know of so many people emigrating from Sweden to America, but not the other way around!
I carved a wooden pillar of Thor and Freya to put in my garden. It is carved from an North American wood called Locust which is very hard, heavy, and rot resistant. It has been used for making fence posts due to its resistance to rot. They have been in my garden for 50 years in all 3 properties where I lived. I have studied the Viking Era very thoroughly and visited the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.
Finding the archaeological well preserved remains of these burial ships is amazing. I have also visited the Vasa Ship museum in Stockholm.
Jāttebra! 💙💛It is such a good thing that we are not fully Disneyfied yet and that movies get it wrong sometimes 😅 Hej från Kõpenhamn
Loved your video.❤Had no idea about the Sami people. Great facts especially about the newspapers and sleeping outside 😮. Cinammon rolls.. ah , love them with the glaze.
Glad you enjoyed!❤️
Thanks so much - very interesting. My grandparents came from Sweden to Canada. I have visited Sweden and love it. That’s how my mother makes her cinnamon rolls, and so do I. 😊
Following your recommendation regarding "the long ships". I enjoy the book very much. Really surprised that I've never heard of it till now. Tack.
I wish I found your channel sooner! I have been watching numerous channels from Sweden. With the hopes of ;learning more about it and the language, some. haha, I was just about to say, I have noticed there are several dialects, when you said it!
My mom was Swedish-american. She never glazed cinnamon rolls. I love them the way she made them.
I was very fortunate to read some Selma Lagerlöf's books when I was a teenager. Nils Holgersson made me fell in love with the country. Thank you for sharing your culture!
Oh I love her books! How amazing :)
Thank you so much, you told about really interesting facts!
There is so much more to Sweden than IKEA LoL I feel so much more at home in Scandinavia I left school in the UK and lived in the Faroe Islands and since a lot of my favourite places are in the North. I lived in the Arctic circle and travelled around Norway, Sweden and Finland. After visiting and returning to the UK its easy to see how the UK has been governed by American capitalism and materialism. I love Sweden I have just returned from 5 days in Stockholm it was so refreshing, clean , polite and interesting. I went for an interview as I would love to spend more time there. Incidentally I love NZ as much as a nature lover NZ has everything, volcanoes , glaciers, high mountains, whale watching and all the adventure sports. Travel is the best education as it becomes your own spiritual journey and to discover not only yourself but how other people live and their belief systems.
I have travelled to 81 countries and worked in 40 and met lots of amazing people in amazing and remote places.
Where I grew up in the UK was an old Vic..Viking settlement and when teaching English it is to explain the roots of each word and so many are old Norse origins which is to remind people in Europe that we are more than kindred spirits but hold a long family history together and that a European community existed between people long ago.
I do love cinnamon too .its from a tree bark similar to the avocado ..certainly not grown in Sweden ...again a reminder that as people we traded all over the world and traditions grew out of inherited knowledge shared from each other .
Hej Saga!! Greetings from Vancouver Canada....both of my grandparent's were Swedish, one from the Svaapavara area and one from the Ornskoldsvik area. One thing that stands out in my memory about my "Morfar" was that he always ate sandwiches 'open face'....He was a very quiet person. Sadly I never met my 'Farfar', he passed away on a visit home to Sweden shortly before I was born...I've just discovered your videos and they are delightful. Tack tack!!
New in your channel and I really love the content! ❤
My heritage is Swedish, one quarter and three quarters Irish. Interesting combination to say the least. I always leave the house looking the best I can and try to be polite and kind and not loud and unseemly which living here in America doesn't seem to be the norm. I grew up in Washington state and I fit in well there and my parents were from the Midwest, actually Illinois. I learned to use manners inside the house but especially outside. We spent a great deal of time outside regardless the weather. I cherish my Swedish heritage and feel closer to that than my Irish heritage. I, silly me, thinks the Swedish part of me calms down the wild Irish side. Maybe not so silly though, eh.
I lived in NY on Long Island for eleven and a half years and now in Florida for the last ten years. Neither NY nor Florida appear to adhere to what I consider old world values. The people I encounter are so happy and almost excited to be around that positive energy and pleasing presentation. It makes me feel good and I like putting a smile on people's faces ( and the hugs are nice too!)
This was a great video and I thank you!!
I watched this today and it happens to be Midsummer in Sweden. Happy holiday!
An incredibly enjoyable video, the smilely notes in the tone of your voice that make the difference, and also the information shared coming from experience told by pure sincerity. Keep smiling and taking cool videos Saga😊
Just came across your channel. Love it.
Thank you so much ❤️
I'm ready to start doing things the Swedish way! Looks super heady.
I never would have guessed that you were from Skåne. There’s usually a tell when Swedish people speak English but I really couldn’t find one with you. There was also this popular book called ”Låt den rätte komma in” which later became a movie with the same name in Sweden. A few years later of course Hollywood made an American one called “Let me in”.
People are always very surprised when they hear where I’m from!
Oh yes I remember that book. We had to read it in school. I remember it became trendy in the US. Haha, such a simplification of the name plus the “rätte” which is an important point!
Din energi är så smittsam! Och så sann! Kudos till dig❤
Åh tack så mycket 🥰
Thank you for a great video lots of good information
hi Johanna, i love your explanations. Thank you
I would love to spend some time in Sweden. Sounds like a great place.
I have Dalarna on my bucket list. I imported your one of a kind dalecarlica björk found in 1767 to South Africa in 1985. The same year it became your national tree!
Very insightful and great video Johanna. thanks. Btw, do you have an idea which best place to settle or buy farmland in the northern part of Sweden? Is Flooding or heavy rain a normal reoccurring weather in your place?
I enjoyed your video presentation. You have great energy vibes. 😂😅😊
🤣 thank you!!
I love this video! My dad is from the region of Götamalå- but he has a dialect from Gothenburg
How cool!
This was so interesting! There are many things from your culture I didn't know. I especially liked the bit where you talked about my (our) name 🥰 Is it very common in Sweden? I am from Spain and never heard of any other Saga before.
Thank you! Saga was not common in Sweden when I was born, but now it is quite common! I’ve never heard of anyone from Spain being called that though! 🥰
You look so Finnish. Absolutely gorgeous!! I love your smile and this topic is close to my heart too. Much love for all my Swedish cousins!
Thank you! My ancestors were Sami, so surely I'm a bit Finnish too! ❤️
I fully agree with the recommendation for "Röde Orm" (The long ships)! Great book and funny at times too. My copy is written with the old plural forms of the verbs, so I got to learn a little about how they sounded - they were officially scrapped in 1945
Oh how cool! I would’ve loved to read that version. Was it a lot more difficult to understand?
@@SagaJohanna Not at all! On the contrary, it gave me more understanding of the Swedish language. Frans G Bengtsson writes a prose that is overall easy to read.
I sometimes s play Swedish music while dancers dance around the maypole in Kingsburg, California. In the winter we play Swedish music while kids and parents dance around the Christmas tree. This happens in San Francisco. Come on out sometime!
Haha that is so funny, it sounds wonderful! I'd absolutely love to!
I love Swedish culture, people, history and alll stuff. I feel Swedish exatly.😂
One day i will move to Sweden or Germany...💙
That sounds wonderful! :)
Germany and Sweden are different countries but I get you.
Germany may be the better option.
@@jamescagney2713 I'm studying medicine so I'm going to be a doctor, time will tell where I will work, but because I know the language a little, Germany is a bit ahead for me.
I’m listening to the English translation of the Red Snake on Audible. Thanks for the suggestion. It’s a fantastic book!!
Oh so glad you like it!!! I love that book 🥰
The old gods are not dead, just humble and quiet like the people of Scandinavia.
My grandfather is from Denmark and my Grandmother is from Sweden, I live in Denver Colorado. I intend to visit Sweden hopefully. I didn't know that English is so prominent there. Thanks for the information.
I'm from Poland. My father's sister married a guy from Sweden, and lived there for a while, learnt the language.
Oh yes, I've seen midsummer, a shocking movie!
I too have travelled the world. Lived in Kuwait and England.
I visited your country in my car, along with Denmark and Norway. Than on another trip, I went to Finland. I would love to go back, and drive all the way round the Baltic sea. I was surprised, I think it was in Latvia (maybe Estonia), to find a place where the Poles fought with the Sweeds for control of those lands.
In our schools we learn about the "Sweedish Flood", the time when your king was also our king (Vasa). Of course later there was war, mostly to do with religion, Catholics here, Protestants there. Next to many castles in Poland, now ruins, on a billboard it is written "destroyed during the sweedish flood".
But there was also a time when we cooperated, fighting hand in hand, against Russia.
I'm right in the process of assembling my sit-stand desk from Ikea. I made an error along the way, tomorrow I'll have to partially dismantle it, to fix the thing I assembled incorrectly.
In Japan, I was surprised to see a map of the world with Japan in the middle. My japanese girlfriend called me a "parasite child" because I lived off my parents. An interesting perspective.
In Kuwait, speaking to a guy from Pakistan, I told him my name in Michael. He replied Michael Jackson! Probably the only Michael he heard of.
Yes, traveling is nice. You get to meet interesting people. And knowing English, you can communicate with them.
l found that young people in the countries with a small population know English.
In Germany, France, Japan, its not that common. It was harder to communicate.
How was it in China? I've not been there.
Very interesting. China was different in different places. But they all use translators on the phone which made communication very easy :)
And you forgot about ikea! What a wonderful contribution to the world 😊
Funny thing, in portuguese the book and film are called "Os Homens que odeiam as Mulheres" or in english "Men that hate Women" just like in Swedish :)
That is funny! Cool they translated it a bit better :)
Same in Poland 🇵🇱
I love Familjen 😊
Is my favorite swedish singer!
I have many friends in South Sweden from Skane and yes they've been in the local papers. I've also been in local Swedish newspaper too.
OMG! The glaze goes at the bottom of the cinnamon rolls! 'LOL' EXTRA gooey, please.
Hahha :D
I have visited Skåne for three times now and fell in ❤ with everything Nordic . Long ago I was told by a Dansk healer that my soul is Nordic. ..my son lives near Malmö...and my barnbarn is Sverige born ❤ my Svenska familj!!!
Roligt att höra vad som uppfattas som annorlunda i resten av världen och vad människor blir förvånade över. :)
Ellerhur! Och vad dom blir arga över 🤣
Love this. I speak French and Italian (plus a little Hindi ). And love how Swedish deals with vowels and double consonants. Only Italian seems to
Match the clarity of double consonants. Norway , Denmark and Sweden plus Finland seem to have struck a wonderful
Balance and seem to care about people in ways that are missing in the USA. especially the north and Finland has almost as many guns per capita as the USA but not the American problem and obsessions. Bravo interesting vid!!!
My ancestors were Vikings and Francs. Thank you for posting this video
Very cool!
Me: two Swedish parents, born and raised in Paris though, whenever I come back to Värmland... I mean... especially Hammarö. I sound like a fool when I don't understand the dialect (personally I was only taught speaking "rikksvenska", why? Dunno). Especially when in Värmland the "oral" culture plays a big deal. However people are always very kind and don't mind when I ask what does such and such expression mean ;-)
And thank you for bringing awareness to the Sámi!
i would love to go to sweden.
I hope you get to go
Great info. Thanks for doing it. I wish more of the culture about your outdoor "rules" was observed here. Sounds like a great place to grow up. Blows my mind about sleeping outside. Parents would probably get arrested here for that.
It would be interesting for you to do a video about good things you've seen in other countries, ala "Ten Things We Should Do In Sweden". I've lived and worked all over the world and I've picked up some great ideas from the places I've been. Some really bad ones too.
Yes! I’m planning to do one ❤️
Thank you for the comments about Swedish cinnamon rolls. In the U S , they do not put butter in the baking process and they just drown the roll in sweet icing. True Swedish cinnamon rolls are so much better.
Apple War a 1971 Great classic one of my all time favorites we took our little Nana to see it an she was Thtilled
Thank you Saga.
Hej Saga! Gillar verkligen dina videos!
Jag kommer flytta från Sverige till Auckland om ett par månader och letar just nu efter ett bra bostadsområde. Jag kommer jobba i CBD. Har du några områden i Auckland som du rekommenderar?
Tack!
Hej! Åh tack så jättemycket :)
Så kul! Om du jobbar i CBD är ett alternativ att bo i själva CBD centrum, men det är inte så Nice kanske. De bästa områdena är Ponsonby (enda området med hipsters, med kultur, och nära till en fin strand), Mt Eden (lite billigare eventuellt, har många vänner 20-35 som bor här och jobbar inne i stan), alternativt Titirangi där jag bor, nära natur men ganska långt till centrum. Skriv gärna om du har fler frågor för kulturen här är så annorlunda så tips kan vara väldigt hjälpsamt 🙏🏻
Vanligast är att bo med flera människor för de flesta hyreshusen är hus, förutom inne i stan. Och beroende på vad du kommer tjäna såklart :)
I am from Czechia and Swedish fika snack I like are chokladbollar. and for previous birthday I made smörgåstårta.
Wow, that so fun! Chockladbollar are great! But I still don't like smörgåstårta haha :D
Thank you
Swedish cinnamon rolls - I am going to have to make some! Thank you!
They’re the best!!!
A great add for Swedish tourism
On my mother's side of the family we are Swedish and Norwegian. I was into myths and legends as a kid. I heard about the Norse myths in the Eddas. You could buy copies of the Eddas from The American-Scandinavian Society, if I recall. My father took me there and it was in a townhouse in Manhattan. We rang the bell and an old man in long underwear answered the door. I think he was the caretaker. It turns out the place was under renovation when we visited. He rummaged around and found the books I wanted and sold them to us.
I spent some time in Skane ( sorry I couldn't find the little ring for the A ) and even I was in the news.
Oh cool haha! I'm from there!
@@SagaJohanna I lived in Lund for a while and while there did an interview with Blekinge Lans Tidning. It was just a fun piece about a visit to Karlskrona.
I also enjoyed a few visits to the Folkhogskola in Skurup and learned the important lesson that goes, "When in Europe, don't miss Skurup".
Now I know why I always scrape off the gooey stuff on cinnamon rolls. It must be an inherited aversion. I would like to try one with pearl sugar; I guess I will have to make it myself.
I love cinnamon buns!
Wish there was an emoji for this!
Did I see right that you went to SOL? Me too! 😊
Du är en tillgång för Sverige!
Good stuff.
Nice
My son lives in Sweden now, and is SUPER happy!!! Oh, yes, I almost forgot...jag studirar på Svenska nu!
Putting the baby outside to sleep is a funny idea but I can see how fresh air makes sense and is good for them.
I used to sleep with my windows open in winter (snowy and cold up in the mountains) and wear a knit cap to bed with my heavy duvet and my giant dogs to keep warm. I slept so well like that!
Good job.
I have read the book, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
The Longships, was also made into a hollywood movie.
Beautiful ❤
I hope she keeps making videos
Thank you ☺️
thanks fam
growing up in western Ukraine my grandma make cinnamon rolls without icing too :)
It is my dream to visit Sweden one day. Cinnamon rolls are one of my favourite foods. Like, I could eat them every day. So a trip to Sweden would be perfect. On a sadder note, it seems that indigenous people in Sweden have been treated just as badly as indigenous people here in Canada. A very dark part of our history that continues to haunt us today.
That is how I want my cinnamon rolls! I must have Swedish blood!
it1s very interesting
I have seen all 3 Swedish films about, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." I have a Dragon tattoo and would love to have The Boy With The Dragon Tattoo. Tattooed on my back.
Just lovelý.
I’m in the process of learning svenska. My manager recommended me to watch the girl with the dragoon tattoo. I naively intended to buy this book in the Swedish edition and compare it to the English edition for fun. It’s so interesting how they literally changed the name of the book to Americanise it. I thought the ‘Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone’ in America instead of JK Rowling’s ‘philosophers stone’ was bad and weird. Cultural difference is a bit of an understatement in this translation hahahah
how did you get to live all over the world? what countries did you enjoy especially?
I worked for a company as a dancer/performer, and travelled to some just because of the challenge! I especially enjoyed all of them I think haha! NZ has been the biggest culture shock, Italy the craziest, China the most surprising and would've for sure stayed if not for the air pollution!
LOOOOVE Cinnamon rolls
It is interesting to see that Sami designs share a similar heritage to those of indigenous people of the Americas. Probably from travels during the last ice age.