10 Things SWEDEN Does BETTER Than the USA 

The right to roam is missing in this list imo

I will be visiting Sweden this Christmas cos of your videos

I have never been in the US, but many times in Sweden - It looks like Sweden does many things better, to get me traveled so often to this beautiful country. Greetings from Germany.😊

One of the last times I visited family in Stockholm from NYC, we counted how much I make, how much i pay in taxes as a single person, and it turns out that i bring in way less money at the end of the day then someone doing my job in Stockholm. I pay way more taxes, get way less back of it in social services... My salary looks good on paper, but especially in NYC, its just chump change.

You definitely nailed it. There was a documentary a few years back in which a well-know journalist took a good look at healthcare, school and the juridical system (police) in Sweden. She started by stating that we, the citizens of Sweden have a contract with the national and local governments. We all, in solidarity, pay taxes that pays for infrastructure, healthcare, schools, police, firefighters etc, even if we don’t access or use any of these institutions. However the moment we are in need of any help from the society, we expect to get that help, without delay and without any obstacles and of course for free. What surprises me most is the US democrazy, where one vote isn’t ONE vote everywhere and where a president candidate can more than 50% of the public votes, but still the opponent may win due the electoral college system. And as always, a good video but you must have been traveling back and forth a billion times to make it.

I’d rather be in Sweden than anywhere else… and luckily, I’m only 2.5 hrs away by plane.

I laughed at nudity! The first time I visited Sweden with my Swedish fiancé I was not expecting so many naked people! (We went to a pool) 😂

I feel u were very soft on the Us

Great list! And oh boy, fika is definitely one thing I wish we had here in the US. Best cinnamon and kardamon buns I ever had.

If only I could disagree at some level, so that this wouldn't be a boring comment... What friends of mine really despise about the US is what they call 'hamburger-style sightseeing' what means that you can get everywhere by car and everything is adapted to host vast number of cars. Still, I believe the US has a lot to offer and being born there definitely helps adapting to such reality. Or maybe we're a little bit spoiled in EU. Greetings from PL, Miro! Have a nice week :)

This video should last 15 second. What does Sweden better than US... everything. The end 😂

I agree with you, we get taxed to death and don’t really get many benefits from it. Some states have property tax on your vehicle, the amount depends on the value of it, for example we own a 2015 Toyota Avalon and last years tax was nearly two hundred dollars that’s just bullshit. Don’t even get me started on Democracy cause that were not, people need to look up the meaning behind democracy. Shootings are a different story, I have my arguments and others have there’s with no real good answers but defunding the Police is not it. Another great video, stay safe till next time.

Nr 11.. cleaner streets.. in the opinion of US travelers.. im not sure all swedes think our streets are clean enough!

I'm confident that the average swedish household has a higher net worth than the average American household. According to all my research over the past five years. But if im wrong, feel free to let me know.

I completely agree with you Miro 😊😊😊

A great (and fair) video. I could go on and on, but I'm glad you hit on nudity being bad, but how we're okay with violence. Hell, many of our horror movies kill off naked people in grisly, "creative" ways. We're really weird in that regard...

Just got back from Denmark, Norway and Sweden on an interrail trip, just loved it, Scandinavians seem to be such sensible and caring people, I was very impressed. Went to the US years ago a few times, never again, I have never visited a country so full of BS.

I wish countries that care about tipping would give tippers back their tip and tell them that it's not necessary. I hate that Americans push their tipping culture onto other countries. As an American, I hate being forced to tip, especially if they have their hands out waiting for you to give them a tip. If you don't tip, you'll either be treated badly if you ever go back or your meal will come out late or your order was 'accidentally' misheard.

My jaw dropped when you forgot to put the Right to Roam at the top of the list! As for taxes, in Canada they pay a lot less in taxes and yet manage to uphold a social security network in a large, sparesly populated, country. I think we may have a lot to learn from the Canadians about using the taxpayer's money efficiently.

Such a beautiful thumbnail. Knugen vs. The Statue of Slobberty xD

All going well I hope to visit Sweden at Christmas :)

One thing I have noticed about most Americans is that is they can't take any criticism of their country without becoming immediately defensive. I have no idea why that is, because there's plenty there that could be improved, not least their patently cruel health system. Perhaps it's the result of being told you are better than everyone else from your school days into adulthood.

Taxes are a good thong, but in sweden we pay up to 66 percent marginal tax rates. And it starts very low, for example Im a systems architect and I pay 66 percent mareginal tax rate. Its insane. No one should be forced to pay that much. The system is too uneffecient

I’m a US citizen that has been to several countries. Each time I return home from a trip, I’m thankful to be back and even more appreciative of my home country. But when I went to Sweden, I thought “wow I would love to live here”. I agree with some of your points on this video.. though I am one of the very fortunate Americans that has a remote job with a high salary and excellent paid time off (definitely an outlier). So I’m lucky enough that I’m able to spend several weeks a year exploring Sweden :)

Great video -- you bring up some fantastic points about us in the USA! After visiting Sweden several times for work, I have really grown to admire many things about your country. I greatly appreciate your mass transit system (Arlanda Express, SJ, and SL), riktig kanelbulle på fika, how clean everything is, how good your still water tastes, and cashless practically everywhere. Det tog mig nästan två år att lära mig svenska, men jag gillar att kunna kommunicera med lokalbefolkningen, försöka smälta in när jag är där och framför allt att läsa skyltar. Jag känner mig också trygg när jag är i Stockholm. Du har rätt om vår dåliga vapenkultur och splittrade politiska frågor här i USA. Som amerikan och texan är det ibland pinsamt att behöva förklara för mina svenska vänner och kollegor några av de konstigare sakerna här. Jag uppskattar verkligen dina videor och den hjälpsamma inblicken i svensk kultur för en amerikan som jag!

I have lived both in Goteborg and PNW region. I prefer America because the cost is much lower, taxes are much lower(i have more freedom the way I spend my money before the govt takes it) , you can only make so much in Sweden, food is much better and variety especially, like the free parking/bathroom, some stores are open 24hrs, etc. America has also given me the opportunity to obtain investment properties in which that I can also obtain property in Sweden and live there(which is plan to do) 😊 I have dual citizenship via wife.

Only 10 you sure you check it all out? And this guy he is from here so knows nothing

Great views of USA. Great comparison. I'd like to add, that Swedish taxes are not so high as others are saying. If you are getting salary up to 50k SEK, it means that your tax will be around 30-33% in total. In US, depending on state you'll have the same amount deducted from your salary. As example in California you'll be taxed totally up to 30% with all social security things. And still you will pay for the health insurance from your netto income. Even if employer is paying most part of it. And for sure for each doctor appointment you'll be charged for 20-30%, depending on your plan. You'll have to get a student loan or count to your parents to get to have some college degree. On the other hand I have to say that in most EU countries Taxes are pretty similar, I mean by total amount of taxes. Sometimes it says like that you're just paying 15%, but still, add medical insurance, unemployment, pension, etc and you'll get the same 30% as you have in Swede in most cases. Yes, there are just a few cases when you're paying 55%, but it's an exception mostly than usual salaries and life. In US you will also have 40% taxes if your salary is high.

15 plus years ago I would have agreed with you but the migrants crisis is the only reason I don't agree 💯👍

I am still worried about your nose.

American here of Swedish descent! I agree with most of what you say. I think Americans are in general stupidly full of pride because the vast majority of our ancestors left somewhere else so they wouldn't starve to death...or to escape some sort of persecution...or because they were dumped here by England as some sort of criminal...or they came against their will on a slave ship...you get the idea. I believe we feel like we've made the best of it in just a few hundred years!!! Like, look at us-we were the unwanted/poor/starving/enslaved folks and "the kids are alright". My state didn't become a state until 1912!!! We are far from perfect. FAR from perfect over here! But we're trying...and we are a very very diverse country as far as ethnicity goes... for good and bad. I get the feeling y'all over there are just getting a taste of what that means with the immigration issues you have been dealing with. That's our baseline. I was in Bastad last summer meeting my relatives and I kept saying...."this place is SO beautiful-why in the world would anyone leave?". I must have said this like 4 times that day and they kept saying..."because you would have starved to death. Period. End of story!". So, there's that! I will be in Sweden again next summer-bringing some friends with me for a 2 week road trip. It is a beautiful place that I want to share with them. I'm very proud of my Swedish heritage!

Only 10 things?? 😂😂 Thats really low numbers. And by the way, we have tipping at resturants and bars. My son works at a resturant and he gets tip money every month besides the regular salory.

The only problem in Sweden is the damn ads

Hey Miro, It has been a while I wrote a comment on your channel. Forgive me about that. But you can not compare USA with any nation in the world :D You know the rights. Rule No 1 : USA is the best country in the world. Rule No 2 : You can not change Rule No 1. :D Joking aside I think USA is struggling right now. People start to fleeing other countries due to political uncertanity and economic drawbacks in the US. Because there is no strong social security like European countries. But I think US economy is still better than many countries today. I am not sure but Sweden looks like struggling with political uncertanity and recession. Nowadays, Sweden is repelling many immigirants even international expats. I can obviosly understand WHY? But there is political clash on both sides which is why I stopped thinking to come Sweden even as a tourist. Thanks to Migrationsverket you will be doomed to wait a queue :D I do not blame them please don't get me wrong :D I hope I will return to comment your channel more to write comments. As always , Have a great day! :)

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@etrigueros 0 seconds ago Good morning from the other hemisphere. The US should not be a democracy, but a republic. The difference resides that in a republic, people are ruled by a charter/constitution regardless of what the majority wants.

America is the best in the world, but Sweden... IS BETTER! Says it in the Intro... I suppose that wasn't intentional/was sarcasm. After 30 years in Sweden I will say it's an extremely nice country. ... for Swedes. If you're not born and bred Swedish or in a fellow Scandinavian country, you WILL struggle. The struggle is one you can't explain to a swede either because it permeates everything, and to Swedes it's like breathing. It's the social culture which makes it hard for outsiders. The reason I decided to leave Sweden at 50 years of age and start from scratch is the Scandinavian "Law of Jante" and the silence culture. Law of Jante boils down to an arrogance culture that permeates Scandinavian societies and if you are only the least bit different* (be it in an actually good way, or a bad way in the context you find yourself) that difference will be frowned upon: you WILL be judged, you WILL be looked down upon for being different and for not knowing since birth how to behave, how to think, what opinion to have about any topic. Your difference will be measured against an unintentional view that what ever you have to offer, the way they have done it since forever, is better, and you should already know that! It shouldn't need explaining! Which leads to the keystone of this problem: Silence culture. Add to this the silence culture from Scandinavia and Finland and you're pretty much in a constant struggle to move on in (especially) work-life, because hardly anybody will openly tell you their opinion or help you out with openly telling you what's going on. If you don't already know, you're seen as weird, worst case you're seen as dumb, even if what you have to offer makes sense - if it's differing from expectations and prevailing routines, Swedes quickly frown upon you for introducing something they are not used to. In general they see only the way they do things and that's how everybody is supposed to do it because it's the only way that works (to and for them!). Nobody will correct you unless it's too late, because Scandinavians are too afraid of confrontation. They don't see a deep discussion about differing opinions as a productive, positive thing but as an argument, a struggle, and from experience I can tell you, when someone finally tells you their deepest opinion, you're already beyond saving in their eyes, they already see you as a problem and you're in trouble, your relationship with that person is already effed... Not even this video is safe from the Law of Jante, it's right there. Yes there is some self reflection, but, as sarcastically admitted, it's biased. And that bias is at its core what it is about. To actually point out something that doesn't work right or to want to change something hits massive resistance from your surroundings and you'll be shoved off into a dark corner and left there to freeze if you dare stick your head up too high. If you want to change anything, do it the Swedish way, or else... So yeah, not dealing with that anymore, over and over and over again and it has just sucked life energy right out of me, especially after 15 years as a boss. What ever life I'm having in the new place, however hard I'm going to struggle from now on, at least I'm rid of that! * And god forbid if you wear the difference on your skin, then you don't even need to open your mouth to be judged. Sweden has a comparatively strong and positive system in place to help immigrants and to try to include them in the workforce, but in general it all falls flat and fails when Swedes themselves actually have to invest work and effort to help immigrants. The public attitude towards immigrants is at its core extremely negative throughout Sweden (it's like with wind turbines, they are very good, but never put them where I can see them from my yard!) and you see it in immigrant Swedish language classes where native teacher after native teacher don't deem immigrants smart enough to even do the simplest tasks, where a simple explanation is too much to ask, disparaging opinions towards immigrant coworkers and bosses towards immigrant workers, even IF they went through the entire education system and got to where they are on merit. I've seen it over and over again where the first person considered for sacking was an immigrant, because they were seen as "too much effort, too different" to bother with i.e. "jobbig" whereas I struggled to keep them in because they brought diversity of ideas and different ways of dealing with things. But what they brought more than anyone was an extremely high work ethic! They did more and worked harder than most Swedes at the workplace, they hardly every complained or questioned decisions (which Swedes love to do because they extremely entitled, even at the work place) and which brought a good flow into the workplace. And again and again I heard coworkers speak negatively about those people, because they disturbed the fika culture and half arsed Swedish way of committing to your job and showing some real effort. I know that culture is never going to change. If you want to know more about how this works, put some hours into international business culture and how Swedes are perceived by other European nations, and you'll see much of what I've been talking here.

Regarding Swedish healthcare, I had a serious skininfection some years ago. The Hospital of Linköping refused to aid stating that they "do not deal with skininfections of this type", directing me to some expensive off-the-shelf products that didn't work in spite of repeated use (hell I even abused these off the shelf products, taking double doses in hope that it might give *some* kind of effect - all with no effect). I ended up having to find a private laser practitioner on my own (I didnt even know laser was an option until I found some websites suggesting it online - my "doctor" never even mentioned laser being an option), who charged equivalent of 700 USD for the first treatment and equivalent of 120 USD for the second treatment. For laughs & giggles I looked up what the same treatment would have costed me in the US - From what I remember it would have costed me about the same in some clinic in LA. First treatment only took 10 to 20 minutes, second took way less and I needed no further checkups. According to some scientific articles I found online, the off the shelf products I were recommended were expected to require repeated use with a relatively low success rate (again based on the articles I found it seems that I likely wouldn't have been cured no matter how long I used these products, they would have just kept draining 100s of USD each month all for nothing).