My Simple Scandinavian Life 

Hello, you all 💙 I''ve been reading your comments all morning, and I'm dazzled of all of your kindness not only towards me but also towards of each others ❤ I'm thankful that you take the time to write here, and share your love out to the world. Let's continue that, it is what this world needs ❤ And as a side note, there're many comments on why I use the word "Scandinavian" though Finland is not a part of Scandinavia. Finland is not geographically a part of Scandinavia but I have personally always thought that our culture here in the North is very similar to our neighbour countries. For many centuries people have moved across Finland, Sweden and Norway, especially here in the North, and shared similar culture. That is why I use this word but I do understand it is confusing. Thank you for all of you who share your corner of the world and your life stories here. I'm sending you all the warmth and love I can to your different situations in life ❤❤

There is nothing better than an "uneventful" but meaningful life. Many people find every-day-life more interesting than busy vacations, talking a mile-a-minute videos and watching a "set stage". In your life, there is beauty like no other...who tires of a beautiful flower in their garden year after year? Last but not least, "snow washing", how INTERESTING! Thank you!

The older I get, the more tired I get looking at everyone's busy lives. No, thanks! Been there, done that. I'm happy relaxing these days. And I'm not even that great at it, but I'm learning. There's something to be said for slowing down and enjoying life at home.

Your knitted sweaters are just beautiful!!! You have such a talent. I live in New York City and I admire the winters also. I am a Christian and the winters remind me that during life’s battles, God is with me, and He is my source of strength.❤

I live a similar style of life remotely on the west coast of Scotland. I wouldn't change it for anything. So I understand.

I'm from a small, rural town in Kansas, USA and I love living a simpler life than I would if I lived elsewhere. When I was completing my teaching degree I was blessed to spend 6 months living in Vaxjo, Sweden, so I am drawn to the simplicity, the familiarity and the heart of your videos. They bring back wonderful memories, including a brief trip to Finland with such generous people. I admit that I am amazed at your knitting skills! Your sweaters which you snow wash are some of the most beautiful I've ever seen! I wish at your age I had been gifted with your wisdom. Your words have struck a chord within me. Thank you ❤

What a noble and lovable young woman with an extremely deep, pure soul that is most compelling and inspiring to all unbiased people!

Спасибо за видео , было очень интересно увидеть твою жизнь , твою стирку шерстяных вещей просто в снегу . Я сегодня тоже стирала свои коврики в свежем пушистом снегу , я их чистила так . я часто это делаю , но только коврики. Теперь буду знать , что можно и вещи освежать в снегу . Мне понравился твой дом , юбки твои , печь , как ты вяжешь в кресле ... Спасибо за снятое северное сияние над твоим домом , это великолепно ! Виды заснеженных равнин , лесов и деревень... Благодарю !!!

Absolutely magical! ❤ I live in Michigan USA and I just learned today that first Finns that migrated here often mixed with native nation Ojibve. They were apparently called finndians! I plan on reading more about this interesting fact. Originally from ST. Petersburg Russia I’ve been to Finland many times including the far North. I’ve always been fascinated with your land, Sanna and its people. Such a mesmerizing culture and way of living. Thank you for your lovely and peaceful documentary of your everyday life.

I love to have a simple life. Everyone complains about how fast time is going by. It's because they spend their days on phones, computers, social media etc while life is moving by... we used to enjoy people, places and things, but now its phones, computers and the never ending social media. No one likes it but we feel we must do it or we are not "normal". I'll take your way of life any day!

Your sweaters and socks are simply beautiful and as a sock knitter I admire the intricate patterns you use, which I guess are pretty much the norm in the Scandinavian countries. This video gave me so much peace, thank you for sharing your life.

beautiful , calming and inspirational

hello Sanna Vaara,I am a 68 years old italian living and working in Bangkok,Thailand....The weather is too hot and the air quality is miserable...I find your videos beautiful and so relaxing,all that snow and fresh air....so beautiful.

As a fellow knitter, I love when you share about your knitting. I think your handknit sweaters are so beautiful! Your videos are always so calming and enjoyable to watch. Thank you

I suffer from panic and anxiety but watching these videos calms me. Thank you! 💗

Hello, Your channel popped up on my " feed" 2 weeks ago. I am the type of person that when content like your channel touches me so deeply, l have to start right at the very beginning from when you started. Everyday, l have just been in complete awe of you and your life journey. Watching your life grow and blossom and burst full of life and love in all you do!!! You have such a warm loving personality, it just eminates through the screen and your cinematography is so captivating, you make me feel, l am lost in your world, travelling and seeing everything with you. You have an amazing gift to do that. You are so talented with everything you touch. My world is very small, l am unable to walk, so my life is trapped between a wheelchair and the bed. But when l watch your videos, l get so lost, l feel l am a bird, flying experiencing all the amazing stories of your life. I want to Thankyou for that!!! And very big congratulations on being engaged,!!!! I wish you all the love and happiness that such a rare a beautiful soul of yours deserves. I am a really shy person, and find it so hard to leave comments, but l just had to push myself to write, and say Thankyou for your inspiring and completely captivating world you offer to all of us. Sending so much gratitude and love your way.💫🙏💫💗✨💗🌟❤️🌟🌹🌈🌹

To me that is what a fulfilling life means, to be able to watch the first flowers blooming in the Spring. To see Robins return after migrating to the south. Watching the rain fall and listening to the subtle rain fall. Watching the fall leaves fall from the trees. The warm sunshine on my face. The first fallen snow in winter. To me this is living.

Grazie! Quanta semplicità e vita in questo video. È come essere dentro una favola 😊

Your sweaters are absolutely beautiful!!

It’s been almost a month since my wife and I came back from our 10-day trip to Finland and Norway above the Arctic Circle and under the Northern Lights. It was such a flawless, beautiful, and enchanting excursion in so many different ways, so unlike what we’re accustomed to, that in some ways the experience almost deserves to dissipate. I say almost, almost because parts of that experience have settled into our bones reminding us of the timelessness that brackets our lives. Thank you again for your video productions and everything behind them.

Don't let "social media" plant seeds of discontent...just bloom where you are planted. Believe me, there are many who envy your life.

Очень красиво. И человек,в данном видео женщина счастлива ,однозначно. Я о навязанных желаниях многим жить в блеске и фанфарах...а есть те кто находит радости в себе....и делится этим с МИРОМ!!!

I much prefer to hear your voice narrating than to read subtitles. It creates a much nicer feeling for the beauty of what you're filming. x

Life doesn't need fancy things to be meaningful and magical . thanks for another peaceful video!🌹🌷🌻🌼

Very interesting way of cleaning! Snow cleaning oneself? Dare not to try! 😅

Please keep sharing. We are in awe of your slice of heaven. Much love, “busy” people everywhere.

I love winter and miss it so much. Winters here in the Midwest aren’t what they were when I was a child. I love the snow, the cold, and the beauty of the winter wonderland. Your sweaters are absolutely gorgeous, and this style is my favorite winter wear. Thank you for sharing your life with us. I, too, prefer the simplicity of life. Like you, I prefer to create (sewing blankets and other home goods). It brings such joy to my life. To me, this is a life well lived.

Какие шикарные вязаные шедевры ❤❤❤❤❤

Such a beautiful, calming video, we should all learn from your way of life…..to slow down. Your sweaters are amazing, I have snow washed my rag mats that I have made, works well. Look forward to seeing your next video. Kiitos 🇨🇦

The winter is beautiful! Hello from Russia, we love winter!

Beautiful Northern lights!!! I do not like the cold at all, but love watching how you survived in it, is amazing. Beautiful dogs also...

The nature is stunning. Thank you! From Hanoi, Vietnam.

Hello Sanna. There is a song by JJ Heller titled Big Love,Small Moments. In her song, she sings about not rushing a moment. That there is a symphony in everything around us if we take the time to listen. A big picture in a small frame.Big magic in the mundane.And big love happens in a small moments. She couldn't have been more true. She could have been singing about you. You have a wonderful beautiful life in all its simplicity. It made me smile.

Your beautiful message at the end was an answered prayer for me ALL the way in south Louisiana in America. I appreciate you and thank you!!

Another one "out of the ball park" beautifully done. Thank you. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍♥

I just found your channel. It is so peaceful and beautiful. Here in Texas, we have spent the past couple of weeks fighting wildfires that have burned over a million acres of land. It is nice just to watch something calm and peaceful. Many blessings to you. Thank you for sharing your life with us.

I just love your sweaters. They are so beautiful. I just wish I could make one like it. Gorgeous.

The snow is beautiful. But it really brings a lot of inconvenience. Here where I live we don't have snow. We are delighted to see these beautiful white landscapes. But we have no idea how much harder it is to spend long weeks with so much snow. It's good that spring is now near. Thank you for sharing.

A dream for a lot of people :) Thank you ! ❄️

The sweaters are beautiful. What an intriguing way to wash them.

How different our lives are! What talent you have to knit such beautiful sweaters! I have never heard of snow washing. Thanks for sharing ...from Texas

Watching your channel gives me peace. I admire you.

Again a beautiful composition, knitting together the basic elements of days passing, seasons passing, into a creation of simplicity and truth. A gem!

I find a 'dull life most exciting. Beware the barreness of a busy life ,said Socrates. Now this is a life I dream of.Surrounded by the beauty of nature.How wonderful. And knitting is such a creative art and soothing, too. I see no cause for complaint.

It appears you have a beautiful life in a wondrous place. And, you're endlessly talented- those sweaters are gorgeous!

"Be you, that's what the world needs".... Love it... thanks for sharing

So very beautiful Sanna - your photography really does convey how cold it is where you live. I have never seen forests so white! I have heard of snow washing but it was lovely to watch you lay out so many fabulous handknit sweaters. You are a very talented young lady. Thank you. ❤

Allthough Finland isn't a part of Skandinavia our ways of life are still the same. Beautiful video and love your knits ❤❤❤

Que hermoso tu vídeo! Me llama mucho la atención la vida en el norte con tanta nieve. En mi país, Uruguay, no nieva y no conozco la nieve, aunque sí tenemos las 4 estaciones bien marcadas. Pero en invierno no baja el termómetro por debajo de cero. Admiro mucho los paisajes hermosos invernales de tu país , y las bellísimas auroras boreales. Gracias por acercarnos esos paisajes y la cultura de tu gente a través de tus costumbres cotidianas!

I live in Scottsdale AZ and understand how a huge temp change makes your world small and bigger at the same time. I have lived alone for many years and love the quiet moments. ❤

Snow washing! I’ve never heard of it and I’m old. But I live in Canada so look forward to trying it out next year. Not this year. This has been the winter that wasn’t. Spring arrived a couple of weeks ago. My crocuses and dwarf irises are out. It’s bizarre. In the past we’ve had ice storms in mid-April and blizzards at the end of April. Also your northern lights! They fill me with awe. A couple of times I’ve sat on a dock in Northern Ontario until 2 a.m. waiting for them because the news predicted they would be out and … nothing. So it’s wonderful to see them in your video. Thank you.

Hej Sanna! I really love your knitted sweaters! So beautiful. I wish I could make one sometime. I have recently started knitting again. It is so peaceful. I will enjoy following your days that you show on your channel. Keep warm!❤

Your knitting is absolutely beautiful!! My mother used to hang our laundry out in the winter. I love the fresh smell when she would dry them hanging inside. You make such lovely videos. ❤

My mother would knit and crochet. Half Swedish, now I know why- Lovely

Thank you as a knitter I enjoyed your peaceful existance sitting and knitting beautiful works of art! What a lovely life you have there!

I just love your videos because of your "simple" life. To see you walking in nature, cooking something or look after the fire is what I love to see. A simple life is just beautiful. Big hug from the Netherlands ❤❤❤

I love your life, Sanna. So beautiful and pure ❤

You make the loveliest videos! I found you because Jessica Mills on "Homemade Wanderlust" on RU-vid mentioned you a year or so back as one of her favorite channels. You know that big black cupboard you have in the corner with all your sweaters on top? Why don't you take a hint from wonderful Swedish art and paint it blue and then decorate it with beautiful colorful designs from Swedish folk tradition? Im sure you will have to wait till summer to get to town for paint, but you could turn that cupboard into a beautiful creature and have a lot of fun doing it! After all, God made rainy days for making bread and cookies, knitting, and painting things!

"Plants can form a significant Space of Love for a person if there are many of them. If they are different and a person communicates with them, touches them with Love. All together they can create a significant Space of Love for a person, beneficially influencing the Soul and healing the body." Anastasia "Ringing Cedars of Russia"

My dear….something beautiful…you have there….most countries in Europe lost the quality of quiet…in nature….many years ago…thank you for sharing your….peace of mind…with us 😊😊

Det ser ut til at det er akkurat dette som mangler i verden: livets enkelhet, enkle gleder, hjemmekomfort, jordens vidder, den åpne himmelen, tankens renhet. Takk, Sanna, for flott video og musikk!

In Minnesota we had the same attitude to winter; contending with winter makes one feel strong.

That is how Jonna Jinton began

Dear Sanna, you are amazing! Thank you for such beautiful video. I live in the middle of Europe (the Czech Republic), during my childhood we also had a lot of snow - not as much as you have, but enought to ski and enjoy the winter time. In the last couple of years we hardly have a little snow in Dezember/January. I am really grateful that I could have seen the amazing nature aroung your place. Take care. 😘💖🧶

Thank God for the decent, the humble, the quiet, the kind and the pure. Thank God for the countless gifts He provides, especially the majority we never acknowledge or realize.

Thank you Sanna, greetings from the Netherlands...

I love to snow wash things too. So magical how it works but I rub things on the snow much more , works well for rugs too .

Thank you for these moments of peace and tranquility!

As usual, I didn't know what I was doing, and stumbled on your sight. Your simplicity of your life brings tears in my eyes. I am lost.

Such a beautifully shot video and the message at the end. I moved to Finland last year and have fallen in love with its beauty and the people. ❤

Vita semplice , bella vita...proprio un bel paese che visitai in gioventù !

Thank you for this beautiful video, and a glimpse into a life that I think we all would like, simple, slow and thoughtful😀 your sweaters are beautiful.

Many thanks for your absolutely wholesome and very beautiful video. A simple, wholesome life is a real life worth living. I live in a medium size village in the deep South of Spain's Andalucia. I am not from this place. It is a bit of a Desert really... No issues. I make the best of it until I find where I really want to live. last Summer the heat index went up to 52 deg C. I visited Helsinki for a month. It was awesome, clean, cool, and very green. Folks were happy and nice. I did not have the opportunity to visit Lapland or head out North. Maybe some other time. Many folks from Finland visit Spain. Specially Malaga. I have met a number a wonderful folks from Finland in Malaga. They like to spend a portion of their heavy Winter there. Again, thank you for your beautiful video. I really enjoyed it. My life is also very simple, and serene. God blesses you very richly indeed.

Congratulations! I see Finland ranked number 1, for the happiest people in the world.

The Night sky is so beautiful where you are. Nice video. ❤🇺🇸

Same Jona Jinton❤ Live your content

Another inspiring video Sanna, showing how you manage to live in harmony with nature and its changing seasons. Excellent work.

Your voice gives peace and your normal life gives me hope. Be happy

a new Jonna Jinton ....

Your knitting work is beautiful!

Thank you! Your video is so beautiful and so calming - even the "snow washing." Thank you for sharing your heart, your thoughts and your lovely (though harsh) surroundings.

Hello! I very much enjoyed your video. I agree, "We are all just stubbornly fighting against our evident end." I will have to try snow washing my wool sweaters, coat, pants and socks. It makes sense. My stepfather was Finnish. I remember him talking to his mother in Finnish. It was always interesting to hear their conversations even though I never knew what they were saying. 😆And the stories they told when they were raising chickens on the farm are still etched in my memory. We still use the sauna that he and his dad built many years ago.

Please tell me about your skirt. Did you make it? I love the pleats and how the stripe peaks out at the waist. Is it linen and how is it pleated? It’s beautiful! I want to make one!

Inspired by Jonna Jinton.

Thank you so much for sharing the beautiful life you choose. It speaks to my heart. Circumstances beyond my control prevent me from having a similar life now (although I used to have such and absolutely treasure those memories!), so thank you for letting me enjoy the beautiful north, the deep peace of self-sufficiency, and the joy of the little and simple mundane pleasures of life. Your videos are a gift. ❄️💙❄️

I have lived in Southern Finland for a short while. I did many things including ice fishing and ice swimming , my only regret was not visiting the North, but there is still time, I hope.

As a Finn, seeing a Finn referring to their life as "scandinavian" is certainly frustrating as we spend a life time trying to teach foreigners that Finns indeed are not Scandinavian, but Fenno-Scandic and Nordic.

I START WATCHING THIS VIDEO AND THOUGHT IT WAS A JONNA JINTON-VIDEO FIRST....

I love your knitting, it is so beautiful. I have been knitting for 54 years and I love it, but I have never knitted something in the round with a yoke. Your video’s are a delight to watch. Thank you.😊

What a beautiful life you lead! So tranquil and serene. Thank you for such a beautiful video! Sending best wishes from Massachusetts.

I appreciate very much that you put the transcription. However, please leave it a little longer... around twice the time would be nice! Thank you to have the kindness to share your simple and peaceful like with us.

Was für eine edle und liebenswerte junge Frau mit einer überaus tiefen, alle unbefangenen Menschen höchst bewzwingenden und inspirierenden, reinen Seele!

This is what we did before dry cleaning!!! My mom and grandma did this. Thank u for reminding me❤

Great quality photography!💕🇫🇮Love your video! Reminds me of my childhood in 🇫🇮🎿. I knit, too. Your jumpers are fabulous. There’s nothing quite like calm meaningful life in nature!

Jonna Jinton sister???

Finland is not in Skandinavia.

Thank you for sharing pieces of real life. Where you live is a gift...and I love the phrase Bloom Where You're Planted...you certainly have done that. Hugs from far away!

That's great dear friend. Thigs are simple. You have wonderful views of nature around you. Life's great!!!!

you live far from Palestine, you dont get burned from israhelli phosphor bombs, your are lucky. thank yor that you share your life with us.

Someone has watched Jonna Jinton. Imitation.