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5 Things We Could ALL Learn From Sweden - Just a Brit Abroad

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What is Sweden good at? And could the rest of the world learn something from Sweden? What are some of the things that we could all learn from Swedish people and the Swedish way of life? These are some of the questions I'll be diving into in today's video, as we discuss what makes Sweden such a great place to live and work in. So let's hope other worldly leaders are watching and ready to take note - because there's a lot we could all be learning from Sweden!
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@DidrickNamtvedt 3 года назад

"Det finns inget dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder", we actually have that exact same saying here in Norway: "Det fins ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlige klær" and most of us Norwegians have the same passion for the outdoors and we also have nature right outside our doorstep so to say, at least here in my city Bergen on the west coast, which is surrounded by seven mountains, all of which are very popular among hikers, locals and tourists alike. And just like Swedes, us Norwegians like to have "Fredagskos", our version of "Fredagsmys" with a good movie or a TV show to watch and maybe taco or pizza on the menu (the latter in my case every Friday) and on Saturday it's "Lördagsgodis" for the kids and the kids at heart in Sweden and in Norway, we also have "Lørdagsgodteri" as our equivalent to that. So many cultural similarities between Norway and Sweden, yet both countries have their own unique things as well, such as "fika" in Sweden and midsommar with their flowery pole they dance around. Cool video, I like the things you listed :)

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

oh you do?🤩 yeah, I'm yet to explore Norway sadly but I really want to because I've heard such great things. And Bergen is very high up on my list! as you say, its so interesting to dig into where the similarities are, but also to find out more what makes each country unique! Thanks for watching, so fun that you enjoyed it!!

@linusfotograf 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Räkna inte med att förstå Norskan i Bergen och västra Norge dock! :-)

@juliebendixen2274 3 года назад

In danish we say "der findes ikke dårligt vejr, kun dårlig påklædning"

@Kramtomat 3 года назад

The Nordic countries really are like siblings. When watching this, I was thinking that a lot of the things mentioned would be right for our closest neighbours too. 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇩🇰 🇳🇴

@christinesalomonsson1082 3 года назад

As Ylvis say: ”There is No bad weather only bad kleather” 😁

@raimat66 2 года назад

About doing things during winter time. Me and my neighbors have a tradition to arrange winter barbeque. The goal is to do it in a weekend with particularly snowy and cold weather. Lovely! One year we even celebrated midsummer eve and danced around the maypole i january. It worked just fine.

@feliciiaab 3 года назад

Watching these videos gives me a completely different perspective of my country.

@Xanthopteryx 2 года назад

Parental leave: It is actually 480 days PAID parental leave. You actually have MORE parental leave. From six month before birth, the pregnant one can take parental leave (without pay), and up to 18 months after birth both can take leave without pay. And then you have those 480 days after that. You have to read on how this work of course, but it is possible to be out from work for a long long time.

@rickardsvensson7097 3 года назад

An other big thing about workplace here, most places do see each other as a big family. We all joke around, spend time togheter during the workday and after, we do basiclly create a small family within the work. Wich is amazing too but also to us swedes pretty important. Feeling welcomed and getting a feeling of connection is what makes a good workplace good. Wich sadly, isnt as big in many other countries where people just tend to see the collegues as just that. For exampel, I work a customer service centre, we are over 1000 employees on a few diffrent projects. If someone sits alone in the lunch room, they wont be sitting alone for long. Someone will either come and sit down with that person, or ask that person if they wanna join them at theirs. We dont have the same "I have my 5 friends I talk with, fuck everyone else." kind of mentality. And if someone were woundering, no this isnt just because its a "social" work. It was the same when I was at a moving company, factories, at Volvo, or whatever place ive been at. Always been the same kind of mentality at all my workplaces. Wich is great. Especially since I am a very "lonely" person. I dont socialize a lot. I rather stick to myself. But I get "forced" into the social life. Wich I kinda need :)

@mldag1678 3 года назад

I love how the like-ratio is 270 to 1, that one dislike is from denmark

@f1nn0 3 года назад

A Dane about the "dislike" Dane. "come on - we Danes love the Swedes - must have been a mistake his/her end. A dislike is unfriendly. But I welcome friendly humerous bullying of the Swedes. MANY have been my good friends over the decades. Lovely people! :-)

@helenafranzen9828 2 года назад

@@f1nn0 I think we Scandinavians bullying eachother in the same way siblings would. We really love danes and norwegians too you know. :-)

@Ikajo 3 года назад

I actually prefer meeting my friends outside of my home. Usually for lunch or a fika. It is less work for all of us and less time to travel. Moreover, there is a natural end to the get-together. I also hate cleaning, so there's that. There a lot of single households in Sweden, and some live in quite small places. Making it far easier to meet down in the city centre.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

haha such a good point Ikajo! I like that too, its so nice to be able to put an end on the meet-up too and retreat home, without needing to clean up afterwards!

@olasjoberg2111 3 года назад

you have captured something that others havent :) really like you observations and it made me noticed some of the things you say, as i've have not thought about

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

ah well thank you Ola, that's so fun to hear!

@TerencePetersenAjbro 3 года назад

After Work get togethers is quite a thing here too. My company has all kinds of activities you can join in, even an annual weekend retreat to Greece or Spain. Bosses in Sweden in general care about your wellbeing and expect that you tell them if anything is worrying or upsetting you. Most of my bosses have been women, perhaps that gives an extra dimension in the leadership.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

oh really? I've never heard of that before! that's really fun - and such a good idea to bond on a human level, and not only around the work🤩

@mariaw9405 3 года назад

There have been some changes in the parental leave. If you have kids born 2014 and after you can save some days until they're 12.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

oh really? that's news to me! thanks for keeping me updated!!

@alexisfasth1553 2 года назад

me and my family go hiking all year around, if u have good clothes you can hike wherever you want

@Strasstass 3 года назад

Hmmmm........allt du säger om svenskar/Sverige i denna video är sant! Men jag har aldrig tänkt att det är nåt särskilt med det.... Du gör mig ännu mer tacksam att vara svensk!

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

jaså? men vad roligt! det är kul att du känner ännu stoltare efter du har tittat på videon!

@freemangriffin4953 3 года назад

On weather we have a hurricane heading our way today causing great anxiety! This was a fun video to watch while I am getting ready for it. When my sister lived in Sweden she particularly loved the cafe culture there and found it different than the U.S. cafe culture.

@stefanpersson3865 3 года назад

Yes we Swedes love The nature i like to hicke and fish in a lake sommer or winter time The same in Norway as in Sweden

@michaelmay5453 3 года назад

You like to "hicke"? Vad I helvete är "hicke"? Wait, ignore that, I'm an idiot... Naturally you meant hike.

@stefanpersson3865 3 года назад

@@michaelmay5453 Yes sorry i mean hike my bad haha 😂

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

I think its great to make the most out of your own environment🤩

@stefanpersson3865 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Yeah you right ❓😀👍

@michaelmay5453 3 года назад

@@stefanpersson3865 No worries, happens to the best of us and I was just to tired to make the connection at first. Ha de gött min vän.

@michaelmay5453 3 года назад

Whether a day is nice or not has nothing to do with the weather, it's a feeling. If you feel good it doesn't matter what the weather is like, you just go have fun.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

interesting! fun to get a new perspective on this!

@inspiredbna 3 года назад

Bra video och intressanta iakttagelser, kul att se 😊 👍

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

tack så jättemycket! och tack för att du kollade videon!

@martinjarenheim7142 3 года назад

I actually really like beeing outside as long as it´s not raining or snowing to much. as long as it is not raining or snowing it is good weather I think, whether it is sunny, cloudy or cold or hot does not matter much. Regarding the relationship between work / free time. I have a friend who lives in London, he told me that in England you do not go home before your closest boss goes home... do not know if it's true but that's what he said.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

that's kind of what I meant Martin! its really interesting to see how you guys seem to make the most of the weather in ways that wouldn't have even really crossed our minds! something we could definitely be learning from! and regarding what your friend in England said - I've heard that before too, but I don't know if its quite so common anymore🤔 its kind of a sign of an outdated company culture I'd say!

@Chisszaru 3 года назад

I do want to visit the UK, just because i want to. I want to see the rest of the world. I might be born in Sweden, but i sure want to see the world. The world has much to learn from Sweden

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

its well worth a visit Chisszaru! I honestly believe that travelling and exploring is one of the best things you can do in this world. Its great to learn from other people, cultures and traditions!

@malinandtom 3 года назад

There's a lot we Brits could learn from the Swedes, for sure! Lingonsylt with dinner though, you can keep that.

@Villle89 3 года назад

Its fucking delicious. Raw with sugar r so good too

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

I have to say, I'm not actually against the lingonsylt at dinner, I think its quite tasty! I have much more of a problem with how liberally ketchup seems to be applied to any and every dish hahahaha

@janpersson9818 3 года назад

Personally I don't want it. Can we trick Norway into taking it instead?

@MrSkalleCalle 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Knäckebröd med ketchu, senap och smakrik ost! Det är gott. (Try it)

@SinaFarhat 3 года назад

Lika mycket som jag varje år argumenterar att bo söderut 7 Europa på vinter tid så uppskattar jag ändå min lilla bit av Sverige även om det är grått och mörkt ute! En dag får jag också acceptera att klä mig rätt enligt säsongen också!

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

haha jag kan förstå tänken då Sina! det har jag konstaterat när jag bodde i England så jag kommer absolut att nå samma slutsats nu när jag bor här haha. men du har också rätt att det finns bra och gott i värje säsong om man förbereder sig för att lyckas met det!

@richardschager4702 3 года назад

Love this vid!

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

thanks Richard! glad you enjoyed it :)

@kjejon1 2 года назад

Minus 20 in the winter? Not down here in the south of Sweden, very rare occasion.

@JustaBritAbroad 2 года назад

it happened for a few days last year funnily enough!

@Gsoda35 2 года назад

We can also teach you how to be alone and invisible in the dark. Swedish people knows that with all the weathers of the globe in one small spot we got to take the opportunity to enjoy them all. We got hot beaches, fruit and berries and much more.

@gorankarlsson8741 3 года назад

I really enjoy your videos. But there is one thing that bothers me a little. I think I am pretty good at english for an old man (63 yo) but you talk so fast that it´s a bit hard for me to keep up and translate in my head. So... Please try to slow down just a bit! I would appriciate that very much because as a born swede I am very interested how people from other countries regard us. Apart from that little complaint - you´re doing a good job! Keep it up!

@anitapresthans7354 3 года назад

Du vet väl att du kan ta fram textning gm att klicka på ”prickarna” uppe i högra hörnet och välja textning? Jag är mycket hjälpt av det, oavsett språk då jag har en hörselskada.

@Jag... 3 года назад

Du kan även välja att visa videon i tex 0.75 Speed vilket gör det lite långsammare.

@gorankarlsson8741 2 года назад

@@Jag... Thanks for the tip! It really made me laugh. And also want to thank you for actually caring about ny comment. I think yuo´ve slowed down a little already. I´ll continue to follow your channel.

@JohnnyOfSweden 3 года назад

@Jonas Hansson I agree but I also strongly disagree regarding Danes and Denmark. Sure we got differences in our cultures, but most of it is actually fake news propaganda to divide us, and make us fight each other, instead of the real enemy from within. Danes of Denmark, most Swedes loves you, for sure! Sincerely yours Johnny Sundqvist Sthlm Sweden

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

interesting! I didn't know that was the case Johnny!

@andybliss5965 3 года назад

Ive worked for both small Danish and small Swedish companies in London. Very interesting differences but both were fun nevertheless

@pierreblomgren6927 2 года назад

Low-income earners can not complain about 40 degree heat or -40 degrees or other weather such as floods or tropical storms. The companies do not care about the workers, we are sought after because we do not complain about the weather, therefore everyone wants Swedish labor because we do not complain like others do. We do the job.

@hannayoung9657 3 года назад

My none Swedish husband.... what Swedish do so well... angry post it notes!

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

hahaha this is so true Hanna😆 or more like passive agressive post-it notes in the bin room or laundry facility of the BRF😅

@hannayoung9657 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Yes! They will drown the wrath of our post it notes!

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

@@hannayoung9657 haha I have to admit, we're pretty similar in our approach to such things in the UK! much better to tut loudly or leave a note and hope it solves itself😅

@hannayoung9657 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Scot are bit harsher then that but fairly similar.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

@@hannayoung9657 that's very true! they're the more hardened version of us brits haha

@mallorca280 3 года назад

Parental leave! Here in Spain is 16weeks😆

@venicelivs2326 3 года назад

No East No West. .... Homeland is the Best

@persianeyes16 3 года назад

Dont people spend time inside more there because eating out is so much more expensive?

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

In Sweden you mean? I guess it kinda depends, its not cheap to eat out sure, but I'd say its actually not as crazy different as you've heard! I actually did a video on this very topic if you're interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aIHjzHXCexk.html

@AngryPostmanStockholm 3 года назад

These are things it takes a while to reflect on, so you have gained a level ;) And that saying no bad weather... damn boy, these people went to the positive course at work, well brainwashed :)

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

hahaha why thank you! I've officially become more Swedish😆😉

@AngryPostmanStockholm 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Japp! ☻

@GrayRider65 3 года назад

I like the english my home is my castle

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

niceeee🤩

@malinrenwall2364 3 года назад

Eller som på svenska, "mitt hem är min borg" ^^

@soulextracter 3 года назад

I love that they removed the obligatory quota of the parental leave so that we can mix and match however we want now. Previously it was maternal and paternal leave and they were not interchangeable, which made no sense if one of the parents make way more money than the other. :P

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

oh right? I've not heard of that before!

@drutten73 3 года назад

What? When was this? Today you could give away all but 90 of your days to the other parent. Long Before that you could give away ALL of your days to the other. So it’s more restrictions now than before. I think it’s good, people forget that’s a contribution and not a right, that should empower women.

@HristinaSedlackova 3 года назад

I am becoming allergic on Scandinavians advertising their so called 'amazing' parental leave opportunities to the rest of the world not realizing that there are countries with far better parental leave conditions than in any Scandinavian country. Just an example, in my home country of Bulgaria there is 2 years of parental leave and not on the mother and/or the father can claim it but also any of the grandparents. Also in Czech Republic the parental leave can be extended up to 3 years.

@mans2522 3 года назад

I'm pretty sure he's not Scandinavian

@Ikajo 3 года назад

The thing with Sweden's system is that you are guaranteed your job and receive money while on leave. In addition, parents can take paid time off to care for a sick child. Moreover, the parental leave is designed so both parents have time allocated to each of them. And those can't be transferred to the other parent.

@UllisSvenssonErkers 3 года назад

@@Ikajo plus I as a grandmother can look after my grandkids and get the same amount of money for skipping work doing so.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

oh really? how interesting! unfortunately I haven't got so much experience of what its like and what opportunities parents have in so many countries as I've only lived in a couple of different places. I guess was just comparing it to what I'm used to back in the UK?🤗

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

@@mans2522 haha you're right Måns! the whole point of my channel is that I'm a foreigner living in Sweden after all, otherwise the channel name would be a bit meaningless hahaha

@Xerdoz 3 года назад

We should learn how to get along and live peacefully like the Swedes in Hjulsta / Tensta etc.

@brandyward9677 Год назад

My grandmother was born in Sweden. I wish I went there when I was younger and learned to enjoy life, but I am an American that always worked 2-3 jobs and 7 days a week. Please, I love your content but don't make me look at Donlad Trump again. He's a Beast.

@livlundstrom1989 3 года назад

Först

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

haha jajamen😆 grattis Liv!!🎉🍾

@kristofferhellstrom 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Jajemen. Very swedish of you :)

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

@@kristofferhellstrom I'm trying kristoffer :p

@DavidGetling 3 года назад

At the moment the number one thing we could learn from the Swedes is how not to go all headless Chicken Little over a virus that kills well under 1%, where those other 99% who recover then have excellent natural immunity. No lockdowns to destroy the economy and people's jobs and businesses. No school closures to bugger the hell out of children's education and mental health.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

interesting! its hard to say what's right when we're going through it, but it'll certainly be interesting to see what the analysis is afterwards!

@JacVobar 3 года назад

So the lightning that struck my house a few weeks ago wasn't bad weather then? Ok...

@jooke86 3 года назад

Well, what were you wearing? Just kidding, I am sorry for your situation. But this is usually the thing with sayings, they are stated in the absolute, but one should not take them literary, even so. I hope you are doing OK, considering the circumstances!