Brit Reacts to Geography Now! SWEDEN 

Allemansrätten does not refer only to public land, it refers to any land that is not “reasonable to fence in” and you can’t destroy crops or trees or disturb wildlife and nature

Sweden, Denmark and Norway are like siblings. We can tease and fight in amongst ourself, but mess with one of us and the other two will come for you.

It's not that the Swedes ate bark bread because they liked it. They starved. In the famine years 1867-1869, it was not even possible to find a single magpie in northern Sweden, because everything that could be eaten was eaten. People boiled their own shoes and ate them. Large charity collections were made in England, among others, to save the starving Swedes, but the Swedish government thought that "if we give people free food, they will be spoiled and never want to work again", whereupon people were forced to work for the handouts. Those who were too sick to work had to pick bark that would be mixed with the flour they would get (so they didn't have to get as much)

Two human sayings that are deeply rooted in swedish culture: Literal translation: "Frihet under ansvar." "Freedom under responsibility." "Lämna en plats i samma skick du fann den." "Leave a location in the same condition as you found it." You do not have freedom, without being responsible. With the location saying, it is an unsaid understanding that you should try to leave the location in a _reasonably better_ condition if possible.

I live in Sweden for last 8 years. I watched 3 of your videos and learned a lot. But something I haven't seen in vudeos is that every immigrant who gets to live in Sweden has an option to take free courses in Swedish language where you also learn not only the language but a lot of history and customs/traditions. Also equality here is really a big deal, although not all immigrants have easy time accepting that. (Speaking as a gay man surrounded mostly by immigrants at my job)

Quite accurate, I think. Allemansrätten is a real thing. We learn about the rules in childhood, so we just know where we can go and where we can´t go. I can pick berries in a forrest own by someone, but I can´t cut down trees; that is considered stealing. I can walk across someone´s farm land, but I have to be careful not to damage anything growing there. And I can´t walk too close to a house, because then I would invade their privacy.

I would think it's partly because you need a lot of land for airports, but also that airplanes are loud af and no one wants them constantly right above the city.

Cant believe they didnt mention the midnight sun!!😨 Or did i miss it? The northen half of sweden has pretty much daylight 24h a day in may and june. And in the most nothern parts the sun shines in the middle of the night

Fun fact! There is a town/village in Japan, Sweden Hills. Its a town with our famous falu red tree houses and they love to celebrate our midsummer. It all started when a Swedish ambassador payed a visit nearby and noticed and mentioned to them that the environment and climate reminded him of Sweden. And they started the building of Swedish countrysites and suburbs in Japan. Wierd but funny.

You should also try to find a video about the Swedish military. Its ranked as one of the best in the world, Not by size, but by strategy, technology and quality.

One explanation of the alcohol restriction being 18 in a bar but 20 in in the store might be that in a bar there would be older peoples responsibility to cut you off before you can get too drunk (bartender, friends, security) but 20 in a store because now you can drink at your own home on your own responsibility. So thinking of 18-19 as a "trial run" is how I've always seen it.

Högertrafiksomläggningen (that traffic switch they mentioned) wasn’t nearly as bad as that made it seem. The photo was taken just when the cars switched sides. All traffic was stopped at a certain time, then a few minutes later, at a set time, people were told to drive over to the other side. Took about an hour, then everything was running smoothly 🤷‍♀️

The reason why an official language wasn't enacted before 2009 is most likely because no one felt the need to have an official language when everyone spoke the same language anyways, but with a growing foreign born population living in the country this became a small issue that some felt needed to be dealt with.

Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking, probably one of the most lighthearted couple of children's novels coming out of the 1940s. Also author of Sunnanäng (English title: The Red Bird), a short story about two starving, mistreated orphans who stumble upon a summer paradise behind a big wall with the gate/door ajar in the middle of winter, and having done so twice, upon the third time decides to close that door behind them when they enter. Also, Bröderna Lejonhjärta (The Brothers Lionheart), about a kid who has an adventurous, heroic dream about a land occupied by a tyrant with a dragon as he dies. Seek them out, they're both wonderful.

The tradition of lördags godis comes from a study made at an institution for "mentally slow" people called Vipeholm from 1945 to 1955. The patients at the facility were put through 3 experiments around dental health. One where they checked the effect of vitamins and minerals had on the prevalence of caries, one to see how sugar affected the teeth and one where they checked the effect bread have on teeth. The experiments were... not particularly ethical by todays standard and there was a lot going on behind closed doors that could easily be put in a horror movie. It's an interesting read and there are documentaries about it as well for those interested.

omg I laughed Denmark and Sweden will probably hug Norway before hugging each other.

About "Allemansrätten". It's not only public land. It's on all land except peoples backyards. You even have the right to put your tent up for a day or two. It's really a great thing.

you can roam thru the forest owned by the farmers but not on hes backyard... you can camp anywhere and everywhere even in a private owned forest only for a fewdays, its illegal to leave the trash behind, you have to clean it up before you leave.... basically use common sense and don't be rude. If you are in sweden and are unsure about things then ask, we are friendly bunch.

The switch from left-hand to right-hand traffic was actually incredibly smooth, over 90% of cars already had the steering wheel on the left and there was an immediate decrease in traffic accidents after the switch.

Moose is some of the tasties meat ever when cooked slowly into a savoury stew, with messmör put into it (mes-butter which is a kind of sweet and salt cheese/spread) and nice spices. In my family we just call it älggryta (moose-stew)!

Fun fact: The minority languages became official langauges in Sweden 9 years before Swedish became offical.

Under Allemansrätten you are free to make camp or use of someone's private property, the caveats being you aren't allowed to make camp within line of sight or earshot of the owner's main residence. You must also leave the site as you found it.

Yes, all Swedes are beautiful. I've lived in Sweden since 23 years. It's an amazing country with lovely people, food and culture. Gamla stan (or the old city) in Stockholm is beautiful. Nature is insane. I live in the city and yet, there are woods right behind my home and most places. Right now there is an abundance of wild flowers and soon wild fruit to pick as much as your heart's desire. Wild blueberries, raspberries, strawberries. Cranberries later in the year, and mushrooms and a huge variety of edible plants. Cool lakes to fish (you need a fishing license and hunting license to hunt) moose, wild boar to name some. Work is great, you get to have 4 consecutive weeks of paid vacation in summer or get a bonus if you are willing to take all or parts of your vacation later in the year. Health care and the national insurance are the best I've ever experienced. Don't forget Alfred Nobel and the Nobel price celebration. Really cool!

Sports; horseback riding is really popular in Sweden. Sweden is currently number one when it comes to show jumping with gold medals at the last olympics and the world championships.

Sorry, but when the names was said I just had to pause for a second 😂 Anyway, a big thing that wasn’t quite right was about Kiruna. In the video it was said that the town has got to go. But it’s actually a really interesting project! They are literally going to move the whole town! Not demolish and then rebuild, no! They are LITERALLY GOING TO MOVE THE WHOLE FREAKING TOWN! It’s a crazy project😂

Chiming in about the right to roam, 'Allemansrätten'. As people already pointed out, it's not just public land: you are free to roam on all land. Even farmland that's fenced in, although it's bad form to disturb livestock, and you need to close any gates you pass. You're expected to use courtesy and consideration, which means you stay out of growing crops. Other than that, the only land you aren't allowed to roam on is gardens and yards of private homes and businesses, and land that has been expressly closed off, like quarries, mines, construction sites, and military sites.

Jantelagen has been misinterpreted in my opinion. To me it has never been about not trying to act or behave like you are better than anyone. It should be interpreted more as "don't take advantages at the expense of others". You can be successful, but respect others on your journey and be nice to other people.

4:15 Swedes are probably more likely to refer to their "landskap" (which divides the country into 25 parts). Norrland is used sometimes, but casually most people just use landskap

Btw, Scandinavia most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. In English usage, it can sometimes also refer more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark . more broadly to all of the Nordic countries, also including Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands

I love it when people from Stockholm gives examples of things to see in all of Sweden It's mostly things they can see from their bedroom window. I recomend taking a hike through Laponia. 10 times more beautiful than anything else you can see in Sweden.

Kinda interesting. I'm from the South West coast of Norway. Went to Malmö for business quite a few times. With my local dialect I understood everyone easily, and everyone understood me without any problems.

When they say "Sweden" they are mostly talking about the south of Sweden, I'd say.

14:30 Yes, we hunt moose every autumn - about 70k animals per year (100k back in 2012), pretty much all over the country but especially in the northern half. Moose meat with potatoes, gravy and black currant jelly or lingonberry jam is probably the best traditional Swedish food you can get. The meat is quite lean and "gamey" though, so takes a very experienced cook to prepare it properly.

As others have said. Allemansrätten is not only for publicly owned land. You can not camp in someone's garden but you can camp in a private forest as long as you leave it as you found it.

31:15 It is not Skåne that is best known for glassblowing, but Småland, which borders Skåne. It's called the glass kingdom. Skåne is best known for spit cake made from sugar and eggs and potato flour.

Yes, we eat moose, especially in the norrh of Sweden. Moose burgers! 🍔

gamla stan, is just what its called . it translate roughly to ''the old city'' or just ''old city''. or town, whichever you prefer

Yes, we eat elk/moose.

Regarding elks (moose), they roam everywhere in Sweden and often run across roads and highways. We have a lot of accidents every year due to this. And what we hunt, we eat. Tradition is Moose meatballs for Xmas or other holidays. We even have a car test called the Moose test. Fika is also a extremely swedish thing. You MUST fika in Sweden. And fika is koffe/tea with cookies or cake mostly around 10 in the morning and around 2 in the afternoon. A must at many workplaces. And we love traveling to Denmark and Germany to buy shitloads of alcohol. Also, we import extremely low amounts of produced food since we have a strict regulation concerning food additives and suger...looking at US.

Airports in Stockholm is kinda interesting actually. Arlanda was originally supplementary to Bromma Flygplats (Airport) (mainly for "atlantic airplanes"), however Bromma Airport is still around, it is located within Stockholm city limits and the tram ("Tvärbanan") has a stop there, and it is about 20min walk (or a short bus-ride) from the subway (Sundbybergs Centrum) as well as the main commuter ("pendeltåg") and railway trunk lines ("fjärrtåg"). However Bromma is something some politicians want to close down (been a point for decades), and it is one of the airports in the world with the strictest noise requirements (as in - for most airplanes (mainly turboprop) the nearby motorway is far noisier than the airplanes, kinda interesting to be right under a plane just taking off and not hearing it due to the (car)traffic next to you) Transport to/from arlanda to stockholm proper is actually fairly easy - either you use the somewhat expensive "Arlandabanan" (~the arlanda line) directly from the airport to stockholm centralstation, or you take the bus like 5-15minutes and use the commuter line, both methods takes about 30-60minutes (more depending on how you time the trains than the travel really), or you could just take a taxi (again about 45-60min). Other than Bromma and Arlanda there are a few others also called "Stockholm", like Skavsta and Västerås (both being even harder to get to stockholm proper from). Probably should be mentioned that arlanda is a bit closer to uppsala than to stockholm (28km vs 37km), and with uppsala being the fourth largest city in sweden arlanda makes another kind of weird sense.

Fun fact : The Swedish and British royal families are connected through Queen Victoria, who is the great great-grandmother of both Queen Elizabeth II and King Carl XVI Gustav.

Moose gets hunted, skinned and eaten. Moosemeat is very very good/yummy. Skin is used to do pretty much anything you want to have made of skin. Vallet, bag, pants, vest and so on...

Moose hunting is a thing and the meat is tasty. Being a hunter is one of the few ways to legally own a gun.

Living up to our Jante-lagen, trying to stay humble here. But Yes, we are very handsome!

Yep. They nailed it.🎉 Great video. As a Swede it was informative for me too. Things and details you dont think about or take it for granted. I forgot the things about our official language and national anthem😂❤

Hi Dwayne 😊 I'm from Sweden and I love to see how others react to Sweden. We like to keep distance but we don't dislike tourist. We love to help people who don't know anything at all of Sweden and help people to find the location they are looking for

14:28 Yes! Moose is delicious! There are plenty of different ways you can eat it, and it does taste great!

Yes, there are a lot of hunters in Sweden, about 15% of Swedes have a hunting license. We eat them, really good meat, but of course also a bit exclusive, the easiest way to get it is to either know a hunter or start hunting yourself, but some restaurants also have moose meat, occasionally you can even find it in the store.

As a swedish person with a father who hunts: The moose is eaten, the horns and/or head can be turned into decoration/trofes. I'm not sure what the skins are used for.

You don’t eat the tree bark, they never did. What they ate was the layer beneath the treebark, I bellieve it’s called the cambria layer in english, or something like that. This was done due to bad harvests for several years and therefor not enough wheat to make flour.

So regarding the moose situation, I think I read that while Sweden has the third highest population of moose it has the highest concentration of moose per square kilometer. There's a lot of them. Also buying moose meat at stores is quite common.

You can absolutely roam over anyone farmland or forest area. Not the part of private land close to living quarters. But you can pass through any land like fields, as long as you don't destroy anything of value.

The airport thing... I grew up fairly close to Arlanda airport and I think the reason why it's far from the city is bc it's SO LOUD. For me planes is a comforting sound bc I grew up with loads of them flying over (and they gained some altitude before reaching our home), but it's a lot of noise. there is Bromma airport that is under constant threat to be closed down tho, and that is in Stockholm county but just outside the inner city

14:20 yes, elk meat is very tasty! It's basically just a very large deer, and tastes as such. Leaner and more gamey than beef, but also more flavourful in my opinion. As is so often the case, a staple for people who live in the countryside, and something of an everyday luxury for cotydwellers. Much of it is ground up and turned into meatballs, burgers, and Bolognese ("köttfärssås"), but they make steaks, fillets, and stews as well.

Airports being far away, is because of city planning. Air travel was not a thing when most cities were founded, so they have to be far away because of expanding cities.

04:35 There's also the confusingly named Stockholm-Skavsta Airport. It's not even located in Stockholm but in Nyköping, which is over an hour away from Stockholm.

About the Moose we have also much deer and wild boar meaning some roads like the 180 that is considered as one of the more dangerous roads, one it is not a highway and has forest close to both sides of the road. And due to it is heavily trafficked by trucks and cars since it does save time choosing this road since it does connect to E20 and it can bypass going thru Gothemburg. But it also has high amount of wildlife accidents during the whole year. So yes we have to many moose, deer and wild boar there is a quote on how many of these animals every forest owner can shoot during the different hunting seasons. The hunting party they usually split the moose meat, some of it can be sold to stores, the horns are kept or sold. And most swedes who aren't hunting does stay out of the forest during the hunting seasons. Also people who pick berries or mushrooms in the forest has to be ware not to get between a momma moose and its baby, if you would find you're self in this unlucky situation, well by own experience i was lucky and there was a patch of dense small fir trees the moose couldn't follow in to far and this was lucky for me lol. The nature however is great and there are many places to hike, and you can easily put up a tent in the forest, also many marked hiking trales has wind shelters where you can sleep.

"Cold depressing rain" 😂😂😂 I'm living in Göteborg at the Swedish West coast and i can confirm that the so called winter many times is a cold depressing rain! On the other hand in the far north they barely get any spring or fall due to long winters with lots of snow. At the time the snow has melted it's pretty much summer already and when the rest of the country are having fall the winter comes back!

Yes, you eat moose. I've actually eaten tacos made of moose meet. Super tasty! You have to try it.

I think I also commented on that last video and this one was more accurate. Thank you for sharing our little corner of the world with interest and enthusiasm 🙂

10:54 - I love that you said that. Gothenburg is sometimes called Little London. I always thought it was do to the weather. But nah. Apparently it's because the city was once industrialized by Scottish and English businessmen.

Finland is not in scandinavia, scandinavia is norway, Sweden and denmark. This three countrys languages is also quite similar. Norweigans and danish citizens can understand the other scandinavian languages easy, swedish citizens can it kind of. Understanding norweigan goes fine… danish… well, if they talk slow its fine. Finland and Iceland is in Norden ”the north” with is the name of this north part of europe.

4:56 Answer on the plane question: Planes are fucking loud

Sweden, Norway and Denmark are like three bickering siblings. We love each other, but poke fun at the others at any given chance

For anyone that may be curius Gamla Stan can be directly translated to just ”the old city” bc its kinda the old part of Stockholm and its old center

Allemansrätten is basically that youre allowed to go wherever, even camp wherever, within reason. Basically dont be a dick. You cant pitch a tent in someones backyard or destroy their crops or what not. Naturlly, even if you WERE technically allowed to do that youd be breaking like 20 other laws making that right completely pointless. But if youre out hiking in the woods or mountains and stop for the night, no crime has been committed, even if its on private property. You have to move your tent at least once every 24 hours or youre squatting, which is not allowed. Unless they changed it some time in the last 20 years, there is no clear rule of how far you have to move your tent tho. Technically you could just move it like 4 inches as long as you can prove it. It kinda goes against the unspoken "dont be a dick" rule tho so if you get away with it or not probably hinges on the cops mood. xD

The food shown is not the "normal" food. Meatballs, hot dogs, tacos, spagetti bolognaise, thin pancakes, fish or meat with potatoes are typical food eaten every day in schools or at home. Julmust is the most bought drink at christmas in Sweden and it has a very peculiar taste. It's not too sweet so it is very suitable to have with food. Takes a bit getting used to but very good when you do. Same with herring (sill). It comes in different flavours and takes a bit of practicing to enjoy - almost lite beer or whiskey - just isn't automatically good. But most adults eat it at all big holidays so you learn to eat it and then you really enjoy it. Glögg is a alcoholic drink comparable to egg nog but with a very "christmasy" taste. It's heated up and is very nice. I think almost everyone enjoys it in Sweden, children too (they have an non-alcoholic version). Regards from Gothenburg!

Fun fact - every time people say Sweden is small and then brag about US states being big I love reminding them that Sweden's landmass is actually slightly bigger than California (a mid-sized state in the US). Like, literally. Sure, we're a small country next to France or Germany, but so are most states in the US. The main reason for the misconception is because of maps - the most commonly used maps have distorted places that aren't the US, making them smaller. *Edit:* Also, regarding the coffee thing - we're the #2 coffee drinkers of the world (Finland is #1). Per capita, of course. It's always hilarious seeing Northeastern Americans going on about their coffee, which frankly is more like warm milkshakes.

One reason for the many great musicians is probably due to the very affordable music classes that’s available to anyone from age 6-7 and up. Usually takes place in the schools, and in the larger cities, you can choose from a large amount of instruments. My kids have played the trumpet, guitar, piano and violin, at school, during school hours, and they even get to borrow the instruments.

Just to make a few things clear that I’ve heard being confused. The Nordic countries (”Norden” as they’re called in Swedish) are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The Scandinavian countries are Denmark, Norway and Sweden because of the Scandinavian mountainrange. It’s not clear to me why Denmark is included since the mountainrange doesn’t reach them. I guess it has something to do with the fact that Norway was a part of Denmark many years ago. Dalälven isn’t our longest river. That is Göta Älv/Klarälven (it changes name long the way, but it’s still one continous river) which has Dalälven beat by close to 200 kilometers. Some of the ”Swedish” companies that you mention might have been founded in Sweden but actually aren’t Anyone. For example IKEA is Dutch, Volvo Cars are Chineese and Spotify is American.

When mentioning "Gamla Stan (Old Town)" they show a drone photo of "Riddarholmen(Knights Island)" in the foreground witch is it's on City District. 😅

Swedish military helped defend Finland against Russia in WW2. My grandfather was one of those soldiers.

oh for god's sakes... bark bread was a poverty thing.... ppl used ground up bark instead of flour in the poverty years that's all

living 140km from the Arctic circle I have experienced over 1.5m of snow in a weekend and temperature below -40, 18th of April this year (2023) we had 30cm of snow in a day, 5 weeks later trees started to become green. moose is frequently eaten up here where I live, and river 2km from my home you can catch trout and salmon...

Moose give wonderfull meat to use in many different ways. Julmust taste like a not so sweet cocacola with a hint of beer and juniperberry. Sounds strange but is LOVELY!!! 🧡

We have beautiful weather in the summer (for me the spring is most beautiful ).....meet balls made of moose (älg) is really nice

My family is descended from very close to where Celsius was born, and I recently found out that I'm actually related to him. So that's cool. The same place, the family homestead, is extremely close to where Marcus "Notch" Persson was born and raised.

We eat the mooses :3 one of the best dishes if done correctly ^^

They are a bit wrong regarding allemansrätten, it dose not need to be public land. Anyone can camp on my land as long as they don’t disturb or destroy and you are not allowed to camp in close proximity to homes. If you camp you are welcome to camp as long as you cant be seen from the owners house.

"Gamla stan", more properly referred to as "old town of [insert random city as there are plenty of these]". It's not a stockholm thing, regardless of what they think

Swedish history in candy is actually pretty funny, so when suger came to Sweden and everyone started indulging themself the government notised a huge decline in dental health so to regulate the populations intake of sugar the word "Lördagsgodis" was invented. This made people feel shame if they at it any other day so people in general only bought candy on Saturdays and the dental health across the country became a lot batter so the term and ideology remains to this day 😋

They are WRONG about the "Allemansrätten" (Right of Public Access). You HAVE access to be on private land! THAT'S THE POINT! This is how it works; "'the public has access to private land where no damage is likely to result and prohibition would be unreasonable"'. You can camp anywhere you want....in Sweden for one or two nights. (Not caravans dough....that's not real camping anyway) ;-) You can pick berries in the woods, climbing or hiking, fishing is free with rods along the coast and in the five largest lakes, you have to buy a "fishing-card" in many smaller lakes but that doesn't cost much. The nature is available for everybody. With a few EXCEPTIONS like peoples GARDENS, MILITARY AREAS and SUCHLIKE, and with these "right to roam" come RESPONSITILITIES; that is, an OBLIGATION neither to harm, disturb, litter, nor to damage wildlife or crops.

I would guess airports are often situated at a distance from the cities is because of the noise they create. The people of big cities I am sure would not be to happy with planes flying only 100 meters above their heads as they come in for landing or at takeoff it would be very loud also I bet is the safety factor as most accidents happen during takeoff and landing so to have it in the smack of a big city where it can possibly have to do an emergency landing in to a building rather than an empty field does not seem like a good idea.

People usually leave a country for a reason. If that reason is brought to the new country... and not discarded...

Allemansrätten: you can walk any "public" places, you can camp 24 hours on any "public" places and you can pick mushrooms and fruits free of charge (if you cannot pick something, they will signal it). You cannot just walk through someones backyard, because that is not public, although in some cases you can walk through people's farmland, if the route goes through, in these cases you will see gates (open and close, because you might let sheep or cows out), or staircase over the fence. Overall, the rule is that you can do all that while also be aware of the nature and not disturb either wildlife nor lakes, trees, nature overall. Pick up your trash and don't leave destruction or potential fire hazard (like campfires).

33:25 Sweden has a rich tradition of choirs and choir singing, and a lot of people in the "choir circuits" consider Wilhelm Stenhammar's "Sverige" as the unofficial anthem. That song is SO much better.

There is actually a migration event where moose at regular intervals travel great distances and it's really cool to watch

Updates about sweden: 70 explosions this year, 14 kids shoot or stabbed to death this year, a mom killed in here apartment, 11yr old ran over & killed, over 80 people shoot and about 300 bullets have been fired in stockholm or cities near stockholm. and 1 killed & 4 people injured in a mass shooting last week. But... 0 Cops have been killed...

the south can get cold, but winter season is a bit shorter then up north. we still get like -16C and we can get alot of snow too, just not that much as norland does ofcourse

14:30 Yes we have to hunt the moose, but we also eat the moose. The meat is really tasty if you cook it the right way, although the meat is pretty expensive when sold in the supermarket. If you happen to know a hunter you can get moose meat for a much lower price, just don't tell anyone, people tend to get jealous, angry or greedy when it comes to wild meat. It's seen as a delicacy here in Sweden to eat moose, deer, roe deer or wild boar.

About the airport in Stockholm we do have 1 thats called Bromma Airport that is alot closer to Stockholm

Hello and much love from Visby 🌟🌟🌟

I live in Umeå which is 136 km south of Skellefteå (Where Jonas was from)

"Swedes are so beautiful." *try to hide my ugly mug*

1) Allemansrätten does apply to private land as well, just not withing what is called the hemfridszon - the privacy zone around dwellings. So no pitching a tent in someone's garden, but pitching a tent on private forested land? Go for it, as long as you do not damage anything. 2) Meänkieli, not Meänkali. And it's not pronounced like that. The e is like the "e" in "deer". The ä is like the "a" in share. Meän. Kieli.

The taxidermied whale (Malmska Valen) has a very interesting phenomenon associated with it. Almost everyone who grew up in Gothenburg could swear they have been inside it at the café. It is such a vivid memory, I have it too. Except that is impossible, as the café has been closed for over a century and the whale moved to a location where the entrance is inaccessible. It is a false memory shared by literally millions of people!

Second "inpopular opinion": Sweden has most world class artists, athletes and inventors per capita! I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THANKS TO SOCIALISM! IN the 1800's and early 1900's - The Swedish Working class got organised and created a STRONG Workers movement! (I believe that Sweden was close to a Workers uprising a Revolution)! THEN Came the Swedish "Social Democrats" - a "lagom/lukewarm" version of alleged Socialism! The Workers movement - conducted a number of civil welfare improvements! Like Free healthcare and most importantly FREE SCHOOLS and mandatory primary school! Through THESE FREE SCHOOLS Swedish children are Introduced to the public music schools and free sports organisations! Higher education and research programmes are not only free of charge BUT Students also get a small payment for studying and research can get government funding! HENCE - the claim in the first sentences! SO if your country wants a welfare system and industrious citizens - Socialism and a unionised, organised working class is the answer!

The reason for airports being far away from cities is because they produce an immense amount of pollution, the airplane motors are fueled up, they need to get up to speed to lift and all, airplanes themself pollute a lot but a big portion of the pollution happens in the airport itself People take fika waaaay too seriously, it is just a time when u drink coffee and have a cookie or cake, I haven't really ever seen anyone who take more than 1-2 pastries and some just have the coffee, it is more about that social interaction and just chilling out with friends/colleagues The funny thing about swedish "intelligence" is that 99% of swedes think that they are more intelligent than the average swede, so we are not very good at math 😂 It is true, be friendly even to a swede that seems grumpy and they will be ur friend at the end of the day, unless they are a Karen, we have a lot of them too 🤪

We eat the moose meat and its such a good meat, might be a bit dry for some but with the right side dishes it's omg good :D

Moose is something we do indeed eat, and let me tell you: it is GOOD.