Will Ferrell Explains Swedish Christmas Traditions | FULL INTERVIEW | The Jonathan Ross Show 

This is from Dec 2013 - in case you got excited that’s it’s new. What a legend.

Swedish wife, I now understand the Eurovison movie.

Some correct facts about swedish christmas traditions. :) Lighting a candle in a window was a tradition in the middle ages and it was a way to guide baby Jesus. The candle represented the star of Bethlehem. Very few people do this nowdays. Today we use lamps in the shape of a star in our windows instead. The fact that we in Sweden, and the rest of the nordic countries, celebrate Christmas on the "wrong" day is a remnant from Catholic times when vigils were held the night before a holiday. Also in the middle ages the day was not considered to begin in the morning, but rather at the evening before. In Sweden and throughout the Nordics, we still celebrate so-called "aftnar" (evenings), and that is why we celebrate Christmas on December 24th. Lye treated cod fish is a dish on christmas. Nobody eats it, but it has to be there. Goose blood soup, or Black Soup, is not at traditional christmas dish. It's primarily eaten on the Mårtensafton, Mårten's eve, on the 11th of november. Mostly only the most southern parts of Sweden that celebrate this today. Think it's more popular in Denmark than in Sweden. You're welcome! :)

The way he never skips a beat, so much respect for this guy.

David Beckham - what a sport 😂😂😂. “Smells like a former British soccer player “ 😮😂😂😂❤

I don’t understand why I’m getting old clips of jonathan Ross in my feed…and that they’ve only been posted 4 days ago!!?? I want NEW clips if anything at all!!!!

"Like a Swedish vodka"😂 Like Swedes don't have the most famous/widely marketed vodka already in Absolut Vodka. Akvavit is not the same as vodka.

I grew up with the celebrations on Christmas Eve - our family are German. We also sing, eat weird stuff and open presents that night. We had Advent and Nicholaus instead if Santa - which confused me to no end as a child lollll ❤

Not only in Sweden but in Scandinavia akvavit is a tradition.

Akevitt is sooo necessary at Christmas her in the north. With rib, lambs meat and everything else that goes with it. Happy Christmas, each and everyone. Vegar, Norway

That episode had such a brilliant lineup. Will, Gillian, & Beckham. **Swedish chef's kiss**

Will Farrell is like Jim Carrey, but without the physical comedy. He's like your average joe, but on the inside, it's comedic insanity.

We do have a song called Helan går (the one he sang at the end). It’s not a Christmas song though, it’s a snapsvisa (a song you sing when drinking snaps). I did not know Ferrell had a Swedish wife; cool 😂

Two very fine entertainers at their best.

for you non-swedish-speakers out there... the snaps-sång "Helan går" sounds like this (not the actual meaning of the words though); "Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley Oh handsome in the hell and tar and hell are in the half and four Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley".

At Christmas we drink spiced brandy to our herrings and ham; Herrgårds Akvavit, Skåne and O.P. Anderssons are some of them. 😊

Unreal. Two Legends together. 😉👍

No, they haven’t all had facelifts. It’s 2013 footage.

Been a long time since i cried with laughter. What a funny guy and a great sport.

You will probably see Akvavit at any holiday celebration in Sweden and hear "helan går" about a 100 times every year 😅 I'm suprised swedish babies doesn't pop out of their mothers singing helaan gååååår 😁

Love me some Will Ferrell!

Future classic. Amazing.

That guy is a natural treasure...

two entertainers - and a person who kicks a ball

I pissed me self launghing! im a dane, swedish neighbour , we drink akvavit as well and open presents on 24th in the evening ..

Gooseblood soup is just in the southern part of Sweden so Will might have missed it. Its also rather a fall dish rather than a Xmas one. Lye fish is also around Xmas, but you eat ham on Xmas eve more.

Great actor and funny guy! Great interview!

mmm gooseblood, we have that everyday.

The classic Old Spice I saw that bottle in both of my grandfather's bathroom cabinets as a kid. I used to love to watch my Papaw shave, I thought it was so cool and today I hate to shave 😂 but I sure miss him. Love ya Papaw✌️💙

Just love Will Ferrell; such a funny man.

Hahaha, his english translation of the drinking song ”helan går” even though it sounded like he made it up, the last part Will said is actually correct. And even though he didnt sing the song perfectly Im still very impressed. Bonus fact, his wife is definitely not from southern sweden because thats where they eat geese blood, even though that is known by most swedes even though very local tradition, a foreigner would not know if only been to Stockholm.

I never understood that song until now. Always heard it! 😂

Ikea's jokes never get old, they fit in for any swedish fun conversation... Also, swedish meatballs and ABBA.

As others have mentioned, the song at the end “Helan går” is a song you can sing at any festivity, not at Christmas specifically. The song is traditionally sung as the first song during a feast. The translation given by Will Ferrel is literally correct. However, even if the word Helan means “the whole” in the contexts of drink it means the first. Halvan (the half) means the second, and so on. So what the song actually says is that if you don’t take the first one you don’t get the second one.

The reason we, and a large number of other European countries, celebrate Christmas on the 24th is that in the middle ages a new day started when the sun goes down. Since it goes down at like 3 in the afternoon it does make sense to start celebrating then. From a cursory search the candle in the window was to guide baby Jesus. There are a lot of other candle based traditions as well.

Your "royal" family also open their presents of Christmas Eve; it's a tradition Queen Victoria's Pice Albert frought with him from Germany.

Ferrell for me, his best acting was ‘Ashley Schaeffer’ from Eastbound and Down 👌🏽

will farrell is brilliant i love him when he meets roy keane to see a global superstar like him get star struck by roy keane was brilliant

Will is amazing.

Will Farr ROCKS!!!💗💕

Love Will Farrell.

Nice to see OP Andersson Akvavit being a thing in Amercan television!

Epic!

“From IKEA” brilliant

The look on Jillian Anderson's face says it all. 3:40

Haha but the song isn´t a Swedish "jul" song it´s a "snapsvisa" used at some social party´s here in Sweden.

Haha, not even the part that he didn't say he didn't know he did not know!

0:48 Shout out to Bob!

The goose blood soup is only in southern of Sweden. Never tried it myself.

The Kanye part is killing me 😆

Yay Anchorman 2 is out in 2 weeks everybody

Skåne Akvavit is da bomb🍸

So funny!

😂❤❤

7:44 A mate of mine drank a bottle of Angostura bitters!

Saturday 14th December 2013

Anchorman 3: make it happen!

Who claps along to LL Cool J’s I need love. Well weird 😵‍💫

Only ONE WILL!

Nice

7:29 FTW

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Was thinking this was a new interview then they start talking his new film 😂

Who’s Jonathan Ross and why is he showing up on my RU-vid feed all of a sudden?

Who would’ve known these two would own football clubs in the MLS 😂

Skål!

OP Andersson is the best. And Will's translation is very accurate.

Lye fish is originally Norwegian. It doesn't taste anything, and the trimmings don't make it any better. Not very common these days. The English translation of "helan går" is, by the way, impeccable, in spirit.

that was many years ago, when Beckham was younger.

Old Spice. The scent of grandpa 😂

I’m not entirely sure, but I think lie treated codd is a traditional x-mas dish in Norway, called ‘Lutefisk’?

A little delayed with the upload 😂

LOL 😂 SOO FUNNY 🙏🫶

My friends dog is the spitting image of will Ferrell

Nobody eats the fish. Its just nice to know its there.

Goose blood soup is in November and the codfish is not that popular on the table at Xmas eve.

Lutefisk is only traditional in Minnesota these days.

10:37 Yuletide

Beckham looks like a young Ricky gervais like this

Good morning everybody from New Zealand 🇳🇿 John Teni Teni

My grandparents were Swedish and a Swedish Xmas. I wouldn't give lutefisk to my worst enemy.

Hm. Absolut curious about this "Sweeden"... and their "Akvavit".

Why was beck just a person viewing the show? Lmao 😂

Gillian Anderson 😍😍😍

This must have been filmed months ago

should try besk next time for the real fun stuff

Ray Reardon making a comeback then...

Will Ferrell 💖😊🤗🪻🌅

That's not a Christmas song. It's a song you can sing at parties while drinking.

3:00 Lanolin, is that your name? 3:27

@0:57

😂😂😂😂😂

Scully could be 90 and i still would.

This is from 2013???😮

Empty V, hehe. Akevitt is something us Scandinavians drink when we want to self harm. (I did not know svensker did that too)

Will looks GREAT! He's aged NONE and kept his weight down... 👍

David Beckin 😅

Ludfisk, that's what the fish is called

it's akevitt, not aquawitt D:

Lye treated codfish = Lutefisk (no)/Lutfisk (se).