Every day Life Off the Grid in Northern Sweden 

More! More! More!...I just can't get enough! Who is with me?! I feel guilty because I know how hard you both work on everything. Thank you, I have so much respect and gratitude for all you do.

You both have given young Ivar such a beautiful and loving start to his life. He begins his journey of years with PRICELESS memories...and he will remember much more than you realise. Sending many, many blessings and prayers for you all . Thank you for sharing such blessed moments with us all.

Fascinating. An incredible amount of dedication to raise animals responsibly.

I sometimes find myself holding my breath as I watch your fly over the meadows, streams and forests enveloped in snow. And then I think to myself of the times I had with my parents on our farm and the hard work it involved but we were HAPPY then. We also raised sheep( Suffolk ) . We didn't feel like were were missing out on anything because it just wasn't there to obsess about. All the technological advances we have made and yet more and more people are so unhappy, unfullfilled and lost and lonely. It is my dream to one day go back to living a more simpler life without so much techno garbage and to go back to connecting with nature and living a mindful and meaningful life. You guys make me think that me and my bf can one day do that so don't ever stop your videos. Keep up with your dreams and even though there are setbacks just keep moving forward. You are so inspiring to so many people :)

It is always so wonderful to take a trip through and over the tree tops and down to the homestead, as though riding on a magic carpet. And, so beautiful with Old Winter's coat on the ground and you all carrying on with your chores. Ivar is learning well how to tend to the flock! He'll be a huge help in few years! We are learning as well how to keep a small farm. It is so good to see your videos each time you post! Thank you!

Such a healthy way to live growing your own food source is a luxury these days. Thank you for the lovely peek into your amazing lives.

So peaceful and quiet.

Ivar face is changing... he is loosing his toddler face! and he still speaks a lot, but this time, it's understandable to "us"!!! Your images are becoming sooooo beautiful! and your artistic skills is "blooming"!!! it's like refining your visual sensitivity! It's MAGIC!!!! Thank you so much.✨✨💖👌💖✨✨

We made a central pen with gates to all the pens and a Very High and strong fence on the central pen and because the central pen touched all the others, it was easier to sort the herd without them wanting to follow, the separated ones, the hard part is sorting, but a carrot or treat helps a lot!!! We also have goats and they ALL have collars... a big help we also try to walk them too which makes them easier to catch, having constant contact. your Red bowls seem to also help a lot...

Your impressions of winter in the forest are amazing. It seems to be like paradise. Your videos become better and better!! 👌

We used to have three rams. Two would fight and one could get on with the job! They are lovely looking sheep.

Thank you for your new beautiful video ❤️

Utan tvekan några av de bästa videodrönarfilmerna och redigeringen på webben! Fortsätt med det underbara arbetet! Hoppas våren är snäll mot dig och din familj!! Om du får chansen igen, vänligen infoga några drönarbilder från en klar natt med fullmåne och snötäckt skog. Det är så magiskt att gå här i skogen när fullmånen är ute och snö täcker allt!!

Such a joyful time! when you are able to post a video of your life activities in the lovely place you call home. Thanx for sharing, and caring so lovingly for yourselves and your critters.

Simple Living Is So Satisfy. To Be Simple In Life Is Not Lazy Acts But A Wise Decision. Enjoy Simple Life Tova, Matias And Ivar.😊 skål🍻

You and your family 👪 are an inspiration.

This is such a charming video. Thank you!

As usual outstanding cinematography best regards from Liverpool England.

Hello from Canada 🇨🇦 love your videos always interesting great job 👏 the most authentic content on RU-vid I ever seen ❤️

Thank you for another great vlog! Really enjoyed this little glimpse into your everyday life dealing with the sheep and completely agree, home-raised meat is so much tastier!

Beautiful video. Thanks x

That was exhausting for you, well done. It was so funny when you were saying how good the lamb is to eat and the lamb behind stopped eating and looked straight at you 🤣 you all make me smile from beginning to end , especially the little lad 😄

"We have no idea what we're doing and we just do it anyway".....LOVE IT!!! That's life..thats how we learn! Great video, as usual!! Tyfs

Your drone footage is done with such skill. Amazing! I truly feel as if I am flying. Beautiful work in sharing your journey of life. Continued blessings to your family. ✨⭐️💛🙏💛⭐️✨

Thank you, dear friends for this beautiful video. It was interesting to learn more about the complexity of the managing the flock. I hope you will have a large and very populated flock this upcoming spring and summer! 🙏💙

Beautiful! And thank you for writing thé sweet words of your clever and observative sweet boy !!!

I think this channel is wonderful. I think you’re both living your best life! Love that there’s no electronic distractions for the little one. So well done.. amazing

Hello at last u have a new vedio, tnx 😍

Also the Lime wash is white and will brighten up the cellar. Lime plaster is also fire proof. Back in the old days everyone would lime plaster the inside of their homes so they will not burn down. Maybe you could put some iron candle holders high up on the walls of the cellar for light

I am sure I will watch this at least three times please 🙏 know how much we all appreciate your beautiful videos with all of Us …..Thank You

We watch all the time ! The excitement knowing you put a beautiful and educational video out. Thanks you! You two work so hard to keep your family safe and fed. God Bless❤️

A temporary solution might be for you to make a small wooden cage, or get a cheap folding dog cage, that will fit in the back of your wagon. So, instead of carrying them in your arms you can at least utilize your wagon and carry them that way. Then just pop the cage out of the wagon and store it away somewhere for next time. Just a low tech idea! Cheers from Maine!

i'm a farmer i raised sheeps for years. To seperate your flock what you need is a triage corridor. Easy to build, will make your life way easier and it will save your back. Sheep dog we use to moove the flock frome a pasture to another one, not to seperate sheeps. i wish you the best. Good luck! and thank you for your videos they bring me moments of joy.

Thanks for another gorgeous video!

Mathias, the learning never stops, bless you all, hugs to Ivar❤

I totally agree with the difference in farm raised meat !! I was born and raised on dairy sheep pigs and all our meat was home grown & butchered. How I yearn for such beautiful meat again instead of this store bought stuff !!! I thank God I at least had the good clean pure farm meat as a child and up to my early 20s !!!! Now nearly 70 I miss that yummy meat. Moving the sheep instead of carrying them, Try making a pen with your wire fencing and some wooden batons /posts , just enough for 2 sheep to walk side by side . Have one person at front with a post in each hand and one doing the same at the rear. If you keep them fairly tightly together they should all move in unison and not be able to get much speed up. If you have a food dish up front they can see and will follow if necessary. I'd try without food. Have a couple of batons along each side to stop them pressing on the wire and escaping. This method should work while walking on that path you had cleared and packed down. It's much like using sheep dogs but a fence enclosure instead. It's a good way to train them to move around your paddocks. You don't want big heavy posts at front and back as you must carry the posts in your outstretched arms. I hope this will make moving the young ewes at least easier than having to carry every one !!!!!!. Much love and blessings from Ipswich Queensland Australia from my heart to yours. 🤗💞🙏✌️👍👋👏

Hello, prepared or not the videos are always lovely to watch and so peaceful, thank you. I smile watching Ivar join 🤗

We always want something other than what we have.. grass is greener in someone else’s pasture.. you have given me so much joy in your videos. You truly live in the most beautiful,breath taking off grid place. I hope you don’t have the “grass is greener” feeling. You are living it!! We hope to make a out of city move in the next 5 years in our retirement. . But even if we don’t. . Gratitude is essential ❤ happy almost march! Cant wait to see what spring brings you❤🌱

Sorting pens and chutes! Very helpful for many tasks.

I think the phrase you might have been looking for is, “then nature will take its course.”

hej, the experience little Ivar will make at your homestead will prepare him for a better human being. i lived almost the same way when i was a young child, no running water, an out house and animals to get meat from and a huge garden to grow vegetables and fruit trees. Today iám thankful to have this experience i made as a kid and i give it (the more modern way) to my son. Thank you for sharing your live and growing process. i know your live is not everyday easy and it is hard work and an everyday challenge. stay healthy and keep going.

Great video the way you live is so interesting 👍

Here in the UK, there are always trained sheepdogs for sale for all different reasons...for example, an older dog that may now benefit from less work than with a pro shepherd or larger scale sheep farmer and be ideal for the smaller amount of work you'd need one for. Maybe something to look into if you don't want to train one up yourself or not sure how? Taking one of mine sheep training tomorrow....we just love it as a pastime. I don't get to do it often because there's nowhere close enough to me and it's always going to be a bit of a drive just to train.

Love your family and videos. ❤️❤️❤️

Your photography is breathtaking! The Winter scenery is spectacular! God, the Creator, does amazing things. Thx for sharing your world with us. Susan

Just wonderful!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Little Ivar is a blessed young man to have parents like you. Happy that you're sharing a little part of your life with us.

Your videography is so stunning. And your little boy is so beautiful. I respect you so much. It’s hard work you do! But how amazing to live your dream.

So much snow, and your son is in his element! Just enjoys it and is very happy there! You all give me such a sense of peace! Thank you for taking us along on your adventures!

Beautiful scenery and landscape, absolutely breath-taking!!!

Jamaica 🇯🇲 here blessings to you and your family I have been looking forward to seeing your post and I am not disappointed at all thanks 🙏 for keeping your promise to let us see and share your life and it let’s me personally know that I am bless and so are you and your family be safe and warm your son sure is growing and is very vocal love it because I am a grandma

These videos are all so appreciated by we who can only glimpse from afar your beautiful life. Ivan can wade through deep snow now! What a treat to have seen him grow up. Such a sweet little guy.

Awesome winter wonderland your place🤩🤩🤩

Hello ALONE/ KENI 🐕...THE CARABO WERE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 🦌🦌🦌SUCH A GORGEOUS SIGHT!!! LOVED THE SCENERY AGAIN, NEVER GET TIRED OF IT🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻. I THINK ALL YOUR PLANS FOR YOUR CABIN SOUNDS WONDERFUL TOO.. SO MUCH WORK AHEAD...I GOT SICK FROM WATCHING 👀 MY GRANDSON, AND NOW HAVE BRONCITUS/ ASYMA FOR THE 2ND TIME IN 8 WEEKS 😂....NO FUN..... WELL LOVE SEEING YOU BOTH AGAIN ❤ CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE YOUR GAL PAL KATHY JOHNSTON... OH MY MO. TURNED 9O🎉 TODAY

Thank you very much for another brilliant episode! When you started carrying the sheep I thought, "Mathias needs to find a better way to move the sheep". 5 minutes later you said it! I suggest you buy some rope and make a few halters, one halter for each lead rope. If you can lead one with a rope and a small bucket of grain or lucerne, the others might follow. Also, if you start teaching Ivar to lead some of the lambs one at a time on a halter, while the lambs are still young they will be used to being lead by the time they are older. Keep trying to find ways to make your life easier now, you body will thank you for it when you are much older. Keep up the great work! Love to you all from Australia! 😍

I really learn a lot about separating the rams from the ewes. Good luck with the breeding program!

maybe a long stick/pole and also possibly using the fencing you have to create hallways/walk ways to other areas with open and close doors.

Baby has grown up so fast so lovely to see GBU n family

LOOKS VERY WHOLESOME ... JUST LIKE MY CHILDHOOD.

What an enjoyable episode, from start to finish! We watched with smiles on our faces and then laughter as Ivar's ram was introduced to his new home. Thank you!

Lol 😂…….welcome to the channel where we have no idea what we are doing 😂😂 You guys are the best.❤

Loved learning the names of some of your sheep ( Hello Greta and Doris), and thanks to Ivar, I now know how to say Pee in Swedish. Lovely vlog as always

Yes, in English we use the word "pregnant" for animals as well. And maybe the phrase you were looking for was, "Let nature take its course," or something similar. This was fun to watch! Right now I'm cleaning and spinning the wool from one of my brother's Cheviot sheep from his farm.

Awesome episode.

Great corralling the lambs. 🙏🏻❤️❤️💯🕊

LOVEEEEE the new time lapse feature! The time lapse paired with the music is perfection.

I love your channel, Your son is so cute. and Its so calming to see your animals. Thank you

You guys are learning about lot of things and doing a wonderful job! It is not easy life for sure. I do admire your beautiful family. Thank you

Ivae is the most happy child in the world.

Have a look for some New Zealand style sheep yards, or portable sheep yards. You can find some inspiration to build your own versions. You can do it in such a way that it is not so large and mostly focused on the gully separation gates, and just extend the individual yards in whatever way you like with your portable fencing. Can easily be built in a day or two with a couple of people. And self milled timber or tree rounds if you desire.

You guys are darling!!!!

The snow capped trees are beautiful. Winter months are cold in your part of the World,but I miss visiting Finland where my husband is from,especially in winter. I grew up in a village and we had sheep. My father taught us how to care for them. He built a side by side trough? To separate them.. I don't know if this is helpful but that's what I remember..lol..your child is getting big ,Very cute to hear him speak Swedish..stay warm🥰😍💕

I always love your videos always looking forward for the next upload

Wow Ivar is growing up! so nice to see your videos again. Greetings From Seattle Pacific Northwest, Washington State USA

Enlightening to say the least. Ivar was especially cute and Mathias was amazing lifting those ladies over a fence and across the pasture. 💪🏼

As always, I enjoy watching your videos. Always look forward to seeing them. Such a joy!

So beautiful though it looks so cold

Your life is drastically different than mine, however I enjoy my environment as well. Yours is simpler and calm.

🙋‍♀️❤❤❤🇩🇪 It was so funny when the whole family has to run and the camera too🐑🐑🐑🧔👩🧒📷 😁😁👍

You work so hard and amaze me with you gorgeous fly overs!! ❤

Thank you for the video! I have a fiew suĝestions about moving the sheep. 1. You Can lur them with some grains. 2. You can put them In a leach one by one and bring To the other pen. 3. You can bring the whole flock To the New Pen and separate then there, then lur the older sheep back To the old Pen. 4. You can take one of the young ewes on a leach and try if the others Will follow

happy kid, happy dog, happy sheep, happy life

Love your family 💜👏🏽🙏🏽 enjoy your channel so very much.

Thank you so much for your hard work and efforts producing videos for us around the world. This was so beautiful and extra special. Best wishes and much love to You and Your Family.

Смотрю на вас думаю какие молодцы сразу подписалась молодые жить в лесу держать хозяйство это многое значит дай Аллах вам здоровье много лет назад я научную. Работу делала с овцами смотрю и радуюсь за вас очень жалко ничего не понимаю только

We always kept the rams in a separate small building and paddock except for breeding period. Before 3 months old the male lambs were pulled for future meat.

Wow, your videos are so beautiful! We just love to watch your videos.

Thats a beautiful sunrise or sunset at the end!

Nature will take its course👏🥰

Nobody flies a drone through the forest like you do, Mathias! I see you now have a car. Ivar is so cute 🥰 and learning so much. He listens well to you, Tova! Beautiful family. 👍😎🇨🇦

Good to watch you learn & grow.

I kept saying aloud that maybe a collar and lead rope would be easier on you. That's how I moved my llama's when they weren't cooperative. 😊 I just love your videos!

I think you could invent a cage-top for the wheeled hay cart and move the sheep one at a time that way. Wow you do have a lot of snow! Thanks for the fascinating story.

Love your videos

Omg! Lots of snow! ❄️

Just love your little family. I watch from North Carolina USA

Love your channel since the beginning.♥️

Best wishes for a happy new year. Doesn't matter if you don't know what you are doing. That's better!!! Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷

Ivar is really growing. Haha dad, so funny .ivar is having fun.

Another fantastic video! Love watching your wonderful family! Thanks for taking us along.