Norway's Borders Explained - The Exception To EVERYTHING 

Thanks for the clarification - I forgot to mention the two languages were closer to dialects because they differed in writing only. I'll pin your comment so more people can read

Lots of people speak Bokmål. About 20 % of Norwegians speak the Urban East Norwegian accent of bokmål, and then we have all of the posh accents spoken in different cities and towns around Norway, which actually are accents of Bokmål (although older speakers are usually closer to the more archaic Riksmål) - not dialects. We're all taught that everyone speaks dialects, but that's a political position - linguistically it's not true. I don't speak any dialect, I speak an accent of Bokmål. Most people do, however, speak local dialects.

22% writes "nynorsk" or "new norwegian", but only 3%-18% talks nynorsk or new norwegian. And there is no direct transaltion from the word "bokmål". Most peoples says West-Norwegian (nynorsk), or Traditional Norwegian (nynorsk), and Norwegian (bokmål)

I heard that some Sami people that learned Norwegian do speak Bokmål, because that's how the lessons are given in, is that true?

Mart Heerink yep

Same 😂😂

samme

I am learning about my ancestors country

Samme

Your own country may not tel truth to his own pe people.

never thought about that but damn

Nicholas Remedios Yeah same.

actually 2 Russia and China

abdellah lissir Russia borders North Korea

@@tetzy3882 well you may have reason russia is big it have also border with usa

Norwegian history shortened down right there.

hope they remembered to "check his cargo"

Love it. He had to go into another country to do his business.

Imagine going to the shithouse during COVID

@@giddy__749 14 days of quarantine

N O R J

Kevin Aalberg рот заткнис

Also, "Stavanjer".

Jeg elsker norge

Kim Jong-un takk nå får du olje og fisk fra oss

There's also a Norway-Finland-Russia "tripoint"

Ehh the n ame in Swedish suggest a heap of stones...

@@Efreeti there is annual skiing competition at this tripoint starting at Rayakoski town called "Friendship's ski track", where you can cross all 3 borders without visa FYI

Treriksgrensa

I was waiting for this info the whole video, but did not happen, pity!!

The reason for this is because the men stationed there got a visit from their spouses.

still, greatest name i've seen so far

Jonny Walorbro oh...

It’s right next to Nøttebu

I was just about to write a comment about it being called «titty shack» lol.

Thank you!

do norwegians joke about sweden like we finns do?

Nobody likes Sweden xD Finns jokes about swedes, danes jokes about swedes, norwegians jokes about swedes. xD But in the same time we all love each other ^^

It made me cringe. Its one thing to say it as a silly way to pronounce it, but to say: "Nordsh, which is Norwegian for Norway", is just a lie. xD

Norwegians joke about swedes AND danes, like swedes joke about norwegians AND danes :P

Ha! I remember hearing about this in the ol' army

Russians are very pesky about their borders and it's understandable why. There was for a good while ago a man with a fishing rod testing a border-river in Finnmark that are very close to Russia. A russian patrol saw him and became so freaked out they emptied their clips on him. One vodka too many? He escaped umharmed though, as we know AK's are not suited for long distance. If they had killed him Russia would've been flogged in their business with the northern countries.

there are 10.000 german soldiers going to norway right now for a nato exercise. but it's still not an invasion. you need intend as well.

There is a war on between Noeway and Sweden. We fire jokes on each other: A swedish plane fell into the sea and an swedish sub blew up...

@@swunt10 Dont need intent for it to be an invasion, the soldiers coming to an exercise are all invited and therefor its not an invasion

Let's be Honest Official Not sure about the taxes (if i got you right there..?) - hishest income tax is at 49% (4 million kroner = 400k £) - wealth tax at 4% But if you take into account consumer tax, investments tax, import tax etc etc it might get to 80%, but those aren't used when you compare taxes between countries. Still i might have it wrong...

no, you're right, LL cool J. but the extra taxes is what makes the country so expensive, so most people on the political right like to count it in. not that it's really expensive for us norwegians, as we earn a lot too, and spend a smaller percentage of our income than most on food, fuel and so on, but as they are for an open market, they like to compare prices directly.

You're both right. I counted all the other taxes as well just to show the extreme side of it, but yes we earn more as well.

This is a country where even unemployed piece of shit like me has gaming PC's, 60" televisions, Playstations and whatnot, so the part about "not living in luxury" depends hugely on who you ask. ;)

.. Yeah, if you're un-employed and with good reason, anyway. I'm part-time employed and can barely make ends meet, so go away with your 60" TV and shit, Erik :O Are you sure we're both living in Norway?

Emil Hultling yeah, its pronounced more like Nohr-geh

And most of the towns & cities - even Stavanger was wrong ffs!!!

Farlig66 Stævænger

Dani, A foreigner could never understand XD

Snowjix im swedish so i understand

Vizzie Norway came to antartica first so that is way They have claimes there.

well we were the first to get to the middle wasn't it?

Queen mayen

There are some places that are only monitored in the summer for example the border by langflån

Yeah, domestically-grown food is subsidized to sustain some form of self-sufficiency, and foreign food is taxed up. The money gained from taxes basically funds the subsidizations.

Well another reason why Norway is not in the EU is bc their people did not want to be in the EU.

@@Redbull_Ger_Dig_Vingar Yes, and the people voted 'no' mainly because of the agriculture and fishing industry, like Andrea G's comment explained.

Finland has also large national agricultural subsidiaries. Norway could be even worse but difference is smaller than between Finland and France. National subsidiaries are a slightly larger total sum than EU. But it has been a political fight to keep the national subsidiaries.

huh? theres alot of typical villages with farms around in Norway, where are you living??

@@anwar6174 To correct myself from 4 years ago: There has more or less always been fishing villages. The concept of a villages based on agriculture however is pretty new compared to the rest of Europe. I don't remember exactly when, but I think the first "official" village based agriculture came in the mid 18th century

@@anwar6174 Before this, these communities were considered farmsteads which could become large enough to basically act as small villages themselves. However they are not officially regarded as such

He also forgot to mention Bjørnøya. It would also be fun if he mentioned the Norwegian territorial claims to Antarctica, and the fact that Norway actually has a "border" (if you could call it that) with Australia and the UK.

Bouvet Island is Norways national island, movies like ailen vs predator, is rec there.

He forgot the history and South pole. Hjemtland og herrjedalen RU-vid look at old maps

InternationalSongs yea

"just south" of Africa xD

Jimmy Palermo Where in Norway?

Noooooooorrwaaaayyy

Jimmy Palermo cool xD

Jimmy Palermo west, north, south or east?

Go to Lofoten if you want nature and have limited time :) Source: have travelled a LOT within my own country PS: recommend _not_ taking the big cruise liners, although I can understand why one would want to. Just know what you're going into if you do :p Edit: BRING GOOD FOOTWEAR if doing _any_ outbacking xD And no you can not bring high heels to Prekestolen..

Serr?

Reflection of education system

or sudden interest in these topics...

samme

Friendly to ordinary Russians yes, but very wary of the Russian state and its intentions. We are a founding member of NATO for a reason.

​@tesom Norway is in NATO because because we were post-1945, wisely, afraid of the Soviet Union after the Soviet Union had invaded Finland in 1939 and we could never have fought them off alone. That's your answer and you should really have understood that. As for Russophobia, that is a Kremlin propaganda invention that it likes to brainwash its citizens with. If you are phobic it means that you are irrational. Skepticism and waryness of the kremlin and Russian imperialism is rational and not phobic. I doubt you have traveled around much if you think that is highest in Norway. Pre-war, much of Norway, particularly in the north, was all for cooperating with Russia, particularly in Finmark. We also have traditonally before the war had an approach to Russia that is designed to not provoke Russia while still being in NATO. As for Russia, If Russia as a state was acting in a benevolent manner there would be nothing of that you call Russophobia, but since Russia is drugged on nationalism euphoria and dreams of empire of course neighbouring countries are skeptical. You would be stupid not to. That has nothing to do with Russians as a people, but your regime is ultra agressive and the propaganda shown on your TV so jingoistic and chauvinistic, so there are obvious precatiouns a neighbour must take.

kebman This is basically why I low key fucking hate Sweden. They took so much land away from us. I feel like they took advantage of us since we were with Denmark back then... and since Denmark was basically forced to side with Napoleon to avoid being invaded. And obviously, Norway had to side with them as well since they were with Denmark at the time. And Sweden realized that if they sided with Britain, they could control us and take us over if France lost (which they did) it’s just not fair; it’s such an asshole-ish dick move. Lastly, isn’t there some kind of rumor that says the king of Norway will never button all his cuffs in his shirt until Jämtland and Härjedalen are returned to Norway again? Is that true of not?

I do not know. These are things far in the past, and not really pertaining to any present sentiment. Especially since movement between the Nordic countries is easier than ever. In fact also during those times, the Swedes were seen as brothers (which they indeed are both culturally and ethnically). Battles such as "Lingonkriget" where opposing forces would rather pick berries than fight because on the other side were friends and family, is one such occasion. Even the officers colluded, and sent messages to the King that the enemy was slowing them down. In the end political ambitions towards the continent was what made the Swedes throw away the idea of Scandinavian "super" king, though we came very close. The Danish prince, and only heir to the Swedish throne, tripped on his horse and was killed, and shortly after the Swedes chose a Napoleonic king.

This is the reason we Danes and Norwegians can agree on one thing. Fuck Sweden.

I don't agree with that. I want to help Sweden become great again, together with Denmark and Norway. Not that we're so freaking great also, but whatever helps. Even Denmark has a rampant problem with immigrants in the bigger cities. The current government didn't help against that, though it's better than nothing. But perhaps you're smarter, because you understood the way things were going much earlier.

+Ian Langsev It's not Swedens fault Denmark were stupid enough to attack them time and time again. Furthermore, the Napoleonic wars had nothing to do with us losing Jemtland, Herjedalen and Bohuslen. The first two were lost because Denmark though they could invade Sweden while they were preoccupied with the Thirty Years War, and then they got smacked. Then the last one was lost when Denmark came for seconds while they thought Sweden had their hands full with Poland-Lithuania during the Second Northern War (or the Deluge as it is also called). We also lost Trøndelag during that peace, but they rebelled and returned to the fold (and Denmark lost the entirety of Scania). What we did lose because of the Napoleonic wars though was Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe islands. The treaty that transferred Norway to Sweden as compensation for their loss of Finland to Russia only included mainland Norway, and none of those islands who had been inhabited by Norwegians for 6-800 years.

Askeladden er det deg?

Jepp

No one owns Antarctica, just greedy claims that they own lands in Antarctica. It same thing as some claim lands on the moon

1God1Fury Norway actually “discovered” Antarctica so when the Antarctica treaty comes up for debate in 2050 they have a big claim

Og ei lita øy som heter Bouvetøya. Søk det opp

I love Finland!!!! -A Friendly Norwegian.

Haha congratz ^^

Ræva sted

@@adrrodw4975 Enig

Hey neighboring kommune

1.25x speed my dude.

Lol

SVERIDGE

Ja.

That emoji fits so well

I got cancer when I heard him say it.

Cringe

Maurius peoples speak bokmål but not nynorsk

@@kristianfossum2417 bruh what do ya mean, ever been to getto bergen?

@@kristianfossum2417 *people

Maurius in Bergen they talk bergensk

@@kristianfossum2417 yeah, nynorsk

Autri Basu Because there's "Norway" he'd explain the video in a nutshell :>

LOL did not notice that, thanks!

*pun orgasm*

May I suggest this commercial video (it's related): /watch?v=DBT8dZS8lmI

If you study the Samis features, they seem to have come from Asia, up through the northern edge of Russia and westwards that way... they also have seafaring Samis, and one might think there is a link between them and eskimo's, and northern native americans.

either way the Samis have been oppressed in Norway and fit into the category of "Native people". So the point you're making really doesn't leave you with anything and you end up staring at the screen, wondering what the hell you just read. I mean, how could sit there and write three small paragraphs and highlight words about who technically were there first.

Oh, poor Samis. They're so oppressed, you see. Fucking socialist victim culture... You're probably one of those traitors who sides with that Swedish socialist, Löfven, who is best know for saying that "Sweden has no culture" and that "Sweden belongs to the immigrants, not the Swedish people". Well fuck you, traitor! I guess I forgot to tell you, I'm actually a Sami myself. However most Samis in Norway live in the capital, in Oslo, and many of them consider themselves Norwegian first. However the heritage is unmistakable, and both peoples have _strong_ historical and cultural ties to the region. In my opinion that should be recognised for _both_ peoples. That can't be undone by some traitor politician bowing to the One World Gov crowd in the EU or the UN. When Wikpedian edit warriors cling to the falsehood that only Samis are native to Scandinavia, it makes me _cringe._ For King and Country!

hahahhah no need to get so offended man. All I was pointing out that you're a know-it-all guy who writes pointless trivia on a fucking border video. You even did it when you in your response, dragging politics and immigration into it. Btw, hvis du er norsk så kan du slikke gulvet din skitne besserwisser

Says the guy who does the exact same thing. In any case, it's not being a besserwisser when you're correct. I'm glad you found that offensive, however! :D

Nobody speaks either of those languages, they are not oral languages, purely written ones. Norwegians talk different dialects.

Andy [Xvixx] Hallo Andreas.

Pepperoni Pizza There is no offical way to speak norwegian either

True, though the different diealects phonetlically resemble either bokmål or nynorsk. For example, people on the west coast will say things like 'kva' instead of 'hva' like in the east.

østlandet er æsj.

Norway did exist 1000 years ago. The first king of a united Norway was Harald Hårfagre, who reigned from 872 to 930. Before that Oslo and the inland valleys were independent, they were called austmenn as opposed to nordmenn. Russia didn't exist until the 1500s though, and as such we've never actually been at war. It's sometimes mentioned when Russians and Norwegians meet, since Norway is the only neighboring country that Russia hasn't been at war with.

Russia consisted of many duchies and tsardoms, I believe the ones Norway tangled with were Novgorod and Pskov, which were later swallowed by Muscovy like all the other little Russian states. (Though Novgorod were by no means small)

Interesting. I've never heard of that, and after looking into it seems there were some skirmishes back and forth between Norway and Novgorod over border disputes in the early 1300s - but no outright war. In any case it would still be a conflict with the sovereign state of Novgorod and not with Russia as such. Come to think of it, Norway and Russia were on opposing sides in the later years of the Napoleonic wars. But the Norwegian military were an integrated part of the Danish military at the time, and as far as I remember no actual battles were fought between Russia and Denmark-Norway.

And still I don't think it would count. Norway was at best a client kingdom, at worst a colony of Denmark. I'm not sure whether or not the British felt that Norway was at war with them in the Napoleonic wars, as Norwegian ships captured British ships with letters of marque from the Danish crown. And to Bussigt, yes, Norway did sort of exist 1000 years ago, but Harald Hårgfagre only united Norway along the coast up to around Trondheim. The lands to the north, populated by the Sami, was not controlled by him, and as such Norway did not border and part of todays Russia until around 1300, when the Norwegian greater kingdom known as "Norgesveldet" started taking shape. Control over the northern parts of Norway was finally solidified, and much of Sweden also fell under Norwegian rule, along with several islands in the north sea. It was during this expansion that there was border disputes with Russian duchies, but with the few resources and low population that far north, it didn't end in full scale war. Norgesveldet ended in 1349 when the black death devastated Norway, and Denmark soon took over the remains. So if you don't count years of instability and civil war, Norway barely lasted 100 years (From around 1227 to 1349) as a strong, prosperous and expansive country before it was gobbled up by the Danes. This is also the reason why I say Norway didn't exist 1000 years ago, because it was more a collection of barely agreeing smaller kingdoms, and it was not uncommon that Norway was ruled by 2 kings at the same time. And this of course ended in a series of civil wars that lasted from around 1130 to around 1240.

Norway became Swedish when Russian Cossack camped in the royal park of our then-capital, Copenhagen. And 4 meter high walls around northern churches tells about "no war" not being correct as well.

Exactly what I was going to say. Also fun fact, the medical station in Longyear is part of UNN (Tromsø Hospital) also the IT has to take flights to fix things up there from Tromsø Hospital.

The russians use the norwegian airport in Longyearbyen.

There’s no flights that directly from Russia to the northern parts of Norway anymore (I’m Russian who used to live in Norway)

then you have norwegian roots.. the precious belongs to us. not filthy hobitses :-)

alexander johansen I wish you guys will give me asylum if politics gets even worse here ;)

pls gib back land

Deadcruse1 Mannerheim Norway please invade Sweden and take control and get rid of this mess we have right now

Norway should invade Sweden, take our lands back that Sweden took from us like Jämtland for example. Then we force them to be in a union with us for 100+ years and see how they like it. That’d be the ultimate middle finger to Sweden from Norway! 😂🙌🏼 🇳🇴>🇸🇪 To be completely honest though, this is why I low key fucking hate Sweden 😂 they completely used and abused us. I could still be a Norwegian... but sadly due to Sweden, my ancestors left to America in the 1800’s... and now I’m a Minnesotan who simply wants to go back to my homelands. 🖕🏼CURSE YOU SWEDEN! Sorry not sorry 🖕🏼

You pay much and get much

I hate it.

Norway is actually furter north, further south, further west and further east than Sweden. You may wonder how Norway is further south. The answer is not antarctica, it’s not oficially owned completely by Norway. The answer is «Bouvetøya» an Island between south Africa and antarctica. It’s completely owned by Norway with a terrifying population count of: A couple pingus

Russia was vital in keeping Norway Norwegian during the 2nd WW. They fought valiantly to defend the north. We have statues to the fallen in many Norwegian cities, with the names of Russians who sacrificed themselves protecting Norway.

which also makes it great for Norwegians to be tourists, as pretty much any country will seem cheap right

Exactly. When my family and I goes to vacation in Spain or a similar country, everything is really cheap indeed.

Don’t forget Pepsi Max from sweden

We in Norway often travel to neighboring countries to by things for cheaper prices

True that, except London. That is still very popular among Norwegians.

Fride Rosendal well making sapmi an actual country would just make massive problems anyway. And we've managed sharing the land thus far so why not for a while longer?

Fride Rosendal except the original settlers got killed of by the indo-Europeans except for the Sami and finish tribes, aka they are native

your bruv Joey. That is the thing, if they are native though it does not make sense to call them native to Sweden, Norway or Finland. They are native to northern Norrland (or Finmark, in Norway). It does not make sense to call a people group native to a country that did not include their land area until relatively recently. (Birkarlar in Sweden taxed the sami in the 12th Hundreds I think, though I know some vikings ruled over traditional sami lands)

Fride Rosendal true, they are native to northern fenno-Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula, just because they were added later to the countries doesn't make them less native. Are Inuits from Alaska not native because Alaska was a us state in the 50's?

your bruv Joey. True and I am glad we sort of agree. I am only saying, that by that logic the Inuits would be called the natives of the US. I just wrote it for clearity. Swedens ”natives” for example are swedes and the sami (though you could say that is not counting Skåne, Halland, Blekinge, Jämtland and Tordedalen)

Sorry if my interpretation of your country offended you! However: "The Sami are the indigenous people of Finnmark, but Norwegians have lived for hundreds of years on the islands' outer parts, where they made up the majority. The Sami people still constitute the majority in Finnmark's interior parts, while the fjord areas have been ethnically mixed for a long time. This essentially holds true today." In Oslo, Sami people are 100% not a majority, the number is less relevant than the proportion with regards to the comments made in the video.

Saying that there is Sami majority anywhere is strange no matter how you twist and turn it, because there is no official count of the Sami population in Norway, so the number is based on the population in Sami territories (STN-areas), which in 2015 counted 55 674. This means that all people living in these areas are counted as Sami, and doesn't actually say anything about these people's ethnicities. All Norwegians (immigrants are counted in separate statistics) living in these areas will show up as Sami. If I were to move to Karasjok or Kautokeino this year, new numbers for 2019 would show me as a Sami, even though I'm not, just based on geography. Sure, there may be some villages or small towns with (real) Sami majority in the STN-area, but then you're likely talking about places with a few hundred inhabitants to slightly over a thousand, which again count for almost nothing when building statistics, and in the big scheme of things, you'd never put 'Sami' and 'majority' in the same sentence unless you're talking specifically about a certain village or small town.

Wassup. Yeah, hi. The sámi will never ever be counted as a majority unless you talk about specific towns, for example my town :p

Sunna: If you don't mind, I'd love to know what town you live in!

Guovdageaidnu

Just me replying to 4 year old comment, but that's not true. stav-ANG-er, krist-i-an-SAND

you should take it again!

Oh god, not that propaganda channel... take everything they say with a huge mountain of salt.

"For most border crossings there is one customs station on one side of the border, but for some on both sides, one for each direction. A treaty gives the customs officers of one country the right to carry out clearance and checks for both countries.There are around 30 more roads crossing the border, without customs station (most notably E16), but they are not allowed to use if having goods needing declaration. Heavy trucks can be allowed to use them by pre-declaration. They are surveilled by video and temporary checks." I should've been clearer that I was talking on the customs points, thanks for the correction

And Dronning Mauds Land/Queen Maud Land

Jan Erik Bakstad "The hole of Scandinavia"? You must mean Denmark.

@@petretepner8027 lol

It's a bit racist. "They're more primitive, so they must be natives."

E E stolt av at noen gidder å skrive d

No One Important I was assuming ibxtoycat and his audience wouldn’t have a background in that so I described it in layman’s term’s rather than saying “It’s not /nɔɹd͡ʒ/ it’s /noɾɡə/or /ˈnɔrjɛ/; and in Nynorsk it’s /ˈnoːrɛɡ/.” But there it is now

Well skarre-r works fine as well

Carl Marcus yeah and some skarre r dialects drop it at the end of a syllable

I hate rolled Rs...

U sure? I have a friend who had to travel from the north to Oslo to take a plane to Svalbard

You can fly there from Alta, at least you could.

SAS is flying to Svalbard from Oslo and Tromsø. Norwegian is flying from Oslo.

But wasn't Oslo chosen for the Peace Prize exactly because it wasn't in Sweden proper and thus the committee wouldn't have to be as politically correct?

Not to my knowledge

He did not provide any reason, from wiki: "Alfred Nobel left no explanation as to why the prize for peace was to be awarded by a Norwegian committee while the other four prizes were to be handled by Swedish committees"

Only partly correct. Norway still had an constitution during that period, even had their ovn parliament. It was just technical a part of Sweden. Thereby it had no foreign policy or department. That is why Nobel said that the prize should be given by Norway.

John Sjöberg Norway became independent in 1814 actually.

M B Swedish beef with Danes and Norwegians and the Finns... Someone has a diplomacy problem

Nej

Nej norsk jävel

I guess so...

You wish :D Money money money, must be funny, in a rich mans world

actually, wine in norway is some of the cheapest in the world, as soon as you're paying more than 400 kr or so, cheap wine is extremely expensive, due to the fact that alcohol is taxed by percentage, while the tax doesn't increase with price (excepting in restaurants where you have MVA/VAT) there have been several instances of wine collectors from all over europe coming to norway to buy wine, and bring back home. Also Vinmonopolet have a cap on what they can add to the price of a bottle, which i believe is right around 200 kr atm.

So expensive wine is cheap(?!)

Wines that are generally expensive worldwide, are cheaper here than most other places in the world, for example the worldwide average retail price for Domaine romanee conti 2013 sat at 16188 $ while the same vintage at the bourgogne release at vinmonopolet this year went out for 4476 $ (extreme example, but still) or the Vom Stein Federspiel riesling from the austrian producer nikolaihof: 80$ average international 51 $ in norway

Alexander Jansen Clothes ecpensive?

Stian Soisdal yeah, I’m really bummed out. I wish Norway had gotten it. Also, throwback to when Iceland and the Faroe Islands used to be part of Norway... and then Denmark took it from us. But then Iceland became independent.

Stian Soisdal Italy was the only country backing up Norwegian claims to Greenland 😂