5 Things That Shocked Me About Moving To Sweden
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- Here are the top five things that surprised me after moving to Sweden.
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In response to all comments directed towards Muslims and immigration:
Firstly, this is not a political channel. The fact of the matter is Sweden is an extremely safe country. My experience here has been very positive in many aspects, regardless of what people may read or hear about Sweden in the news.
Secondly, it is true that Sweden has taken on an astounding number of immigrants, especially when the overall size of the country is taken into account. There is no doubt this poses challenges, some of which have had an effect me personally. (Even with a Master’s degree and a job offer I had to wait over 4 months for a work permit)
With that being said I have worked with students from many war torn countries: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia just to name a few. They are some of the nicest and most well mannered students I have ever had the privilege of teaching. And after hearing their stories, hardships, and things they’ve had to go through in their home countries I have to applaud Sweden for making the effort to give these people a better life when no other country would offer a helping hand.
Whether or not we agree with how Sweden has handled the immigration situation (again this isn’t a political channel and I’m not inclined to comment on this) I think we can all appreciate the fact that at the end of the day they’re trying to offer the chance at a better life to those in need.
Remember that when anonymous, the ugly racist trolls show up...
The funny thing is that we are already taking care of this problem. Immigration has been slowed down since last year and we are looking to help the INTEGRATION for these immigrant communities now instead. Sweden isnt on fire people, get real.
The majority of stories saying how terrible things are in Sweden originate in the USA. I live in the UK, but work takes me to the USA and I often go to Sweden on holiday. I don't feel safe or comfortable in the USA. Sweden's biggest slum, Malmö, is a veritable paradise compared to San Francisco, Boston, Chicago or New York. I have never felt unsafe in Sweden. The worst things I have witnessed there are garden variety scams that you see everywhere in Europe and that has more to do with Balkan crime rings than the refugee crisis.
Scrooge McGruel you need to study up. You dont seem to understand the problem associated with the rape statistics such as simply defining rape in sweden and it happening in mostly in controled areas of organized crime.
Spankerdig1 youre so dumb it hurts. You cant even be Swedish yet you write like you know more about it than people who live here. Its called ORGANIZED CRIME and UNREPRESENTATIVE STATISTICS. Go read a book.
The Swedish summer is the best week of the year.
TT STUDIO I see what you did there
The Finnish summer is the best day in a year ;)
I would love to hear you say that after this incredible start
say it again?
And it's full of mosquitoes
Im from Norway and I laught so hard when you said it was exspensive in Sweden
Hahah yes Sweden is expensive for just about everyone... Unless you are from Norway, than it is really affordable 😂
Or Iceland! I'm from Iceland but I've lived in Sweden for about half a year now and Sweden is WAY cheaper than Iceland when it comes to just about everything.
Ahhahaha jag förstår icke hur ni överlever. Men ni tjänar väl mycket mer?
Ole Martin Kvam Sverige är mycket billigare en Norge är dåligt i Norge är inte lika rikt på gods som i Sverige
Both Sweden and Norway sucks compared to Denmark. Denmark is the best country to live in and have fun (events,restaurants,nightlife...), Norway is good for hiking and the forest (they have the best nature in Scandinavia - it is battling with Finland, but Finns do not have fjords). And Sweden, well it's in between Norway and Denmark geographically but also in terms of mentality: They're not as open as Danes, but not as closed as Norwegians.. In terms of events, you can have fun, but its nothing like DK... Oh and the clothing: they copy a lot the Danish Copenhagen style... The trend in DK becomes the next trend in Sweden after 7-9 months.
PS: I'm Swedish and for NO reasons would I ever want to move back to Sweden.
Denmark is a better version of Sweden in many many ways - politically too.
In Sweden we take english in school very seryesly
Nice english
Lol
Adrian ADDE I don’t know if that mis spelling was a joke or not lmfao
does not seem to be like you said "seriously". Loooooooool
LOL our class in English are so bad for all is taking and yeh im from Sweden to
I’m not Swedish I am English but i LOVE Sweden 🇸🇪Jag älskar sverige!!
Edit: OMG Thank you so much! This is the most likes I’ve ever got love you all! ❤️❤️❤️
I'm not swedish I'am french but i love sweden ! Jag älskar sverige ! 😉🇸🇪
You're from Sweden i know you
@@simonjorgensen8484 who ?
Tara Arnold Om du säger det till svenskar blir dom glada
English is derty
In larger cities in sweden people don’t say hello to strangers. But if you would come up here to the north (Norrbotten) you would notice the difference. :)
I would agree that it true in the US as well. Though here in the North (Minneapolis, Minnesota) we're still pretty friendly though not as much as before 911.
How far north is that? I’m curious because I spent a summer in Umeå 20 years ago.
It's my dream to move to north sweden, has so amazing nature and cheap houses there ♡♡
You have to remember he doing a CZcams video and a lot of Americans that are jogging in the States would not be waving to the public. In the States people have different habits and a way of life. What some people think is cool others will think maybe that's not a good idea. The States in ways of living are devided.
Thats true
Nice IKEA lamp
AL1EN666 En klassiker
As a person from Sweden I can confirm that these things are accurate. xD And about that about the English, we start learning English when we're about 7 or so in school and continue for a little more than 10 years (depends on someone's personal choices when you get to choose your own classes after you're 16) and plus, I'm just going to be honest and say that we're generally on the Internet a lot. xD A LOT of TV shows and series, are in English, and you can't forget the youtubers, so that boosts the learning.
(The English is kind of taking over though, it's gotten to the point where we have quite a handful of words that are borrowed from the English language, plus some people Swedish-fy some English words)
I've noticed that a lot of swedes use English words throughout the conversation. This is kind of nice for me though when I can't think of a word in swedish haha
Stefan Thyron Yeah, and the tendency to use English words in conversations is getting more and more common. There are some cases where there isn’t a 100% accurate Swedish definition, like for the word awkward, or words like "cringy" where there is literally no definition in Swedish.
That's very true, or like 'fancy' I heard is another one.
Stefan Thyron Yeah, I’ve heard that one too. I’ve also heard some people say "guys" while addressing a group of people, not necessarily only males.
Sam The Sham I don't see where I'm "lying"? I didn't say anything about CSN or buying books or anything like that, just about the amount of years you get to study English in "grundskolan". It does depend on where in Sweden you live but the difference shouldn't be that many years. And "pinsam" and "skämmig" aren't really the definitions of awkward to me personally, since you can be in an awkward situation where you're with someone you barley know and neither of you are talking, but are trying to find something to talk about. That's awkward, not embarrassing.
I'd rather say that "stelt" is a better translation, but I think that the English word awkward has more definitions that can be used in different situations but within the same category, and that there's no Swedish word to cover them all.
And I know that there are Swedish words for fancy, I never said there wasn't for that word.
Where i live (in a smaller town) i always greet my neighbors
yeah same here i always greet my neighbors as well as a lot of people i just walk pass
Daniel Södergren yeah in smaller towns we say hi to anything that moves haha
Ballong Pappan - samma här 👍
So true where I grew up (in a village) almost everytime you walked pass the "farm" with cows you got some grass and gave it to them
Ballong Pappan sammmmme
vikings dont talk to strangers
Hahaha I don't know why this one made me laugh
Omg hahaha
Hahahah jag dör
vi ses i valhall
Lmao
Love those videos you do about Sweden😄 I’m from Sweden so it’s fun to se what people from other countries think about Sweden☺️💛💙
is it easy to get job in meachanical fielf after completing Master defree in Sweden..
I wanna go to Sweden on study visa
I have relatives in Sweden Stockholm to be precise, Swedes have a good fashion taste,wouldn't mind finding a girlfriend who is Swedish.
@@lilaleonard1877 thanku so much Leonid Olila..
Spoilers people hate sweden
Me to
One thing that should be mentioned when talking and comparing the prices in Sweden vs america is that, in Sweden, ALL prices are including tax (moms), where as in america the prices are exluding tax. This means that the price on the pricetag in Sweden is the price you actually pay where as in america it's the amount on the pricetag + tax. This could very well be the reason why it seems that Sweden is more expencive. ☺
No, it actually IS more expensive in Sweden. :P
I love how other people that are not even from sweden have more opinions on our politics than we do
So we can't comment about Swedens politics if we don't live in Sweden?
Can I comment on art if I am not an artist?
That's a big arrogant, isn't it?
Yeah but the issue is right-wingers are obsessed with the idea of Sweden because they have spread conspiracies about it being some hell-hole dystopoia and they badly need it to be true, yet if you interview actual people that live in Sweden for the most part they are happy and healthy and living good normal lives.
Matt Kluvass We wouldn't mind foreigners commenting if they actually educated themselves on the situation first. All we get are trolls who've never been anywhere near here, who don't know anything about our society or history, acting like self-proclaimed experts because some right wing fake news site like Fox or Breitbart ran a propaganda piece against us in order to further their own domestic political agendas. It's gets old real quick.
Have you been here? Have you studied Sweden or Swedish culture? Do you follow our political debates? Do you understand Swedish laws?
If no, then why would you think anyone cares about what you have to say? Why would anyone listen to you speak on a subject about which you are ignorant?
It is like the Internet was never invented and the video of burning cars in Sweden is not seen by outsiders.
Feels Bro You know this? How? Because you read it somewhere on the internet? Are you really that stupid that you believe everything you read on the internet?
The “saying hi to your neighbors” part depends on where in Sweden you live. In the smaller cities and towns it’s almost an obligation to always say hi to your neighbors when you see them (at least where I live). In the bigger cities however it can be very different, and I’ve even noticed myself when I’m visiting bigger cities that the people are more “cold”.
i actually learned my english from watching the simpsons and playing pc games i learned nothing from school i was selftaught
Me too..i learned both English and German from tv...books..music...and my mother tongue is Bosnien...i wanna learn Swedish too..wish me luck 😉
Lol same here. All credit goes to The Simpsons.
I dont know anyone that learned good english from school, we all learn it from the Simpsons and videogames😂
@@emablack6666 I want to learn Swedish too. I wish I had your contact so that you may tell me about your experience in learning Swedish
Same
Im going to move to sweden when Im out of school! This country is amazing!
Good luck!
Don't come Sweden is lost,we have a leftis as PM that have destroyed the finest country in the world.
Sweden is not safe anymore,those Leftis and Liberal have destroyed the country😒
@@MM-sp5eb yes Ive heard of this problem and I hope you swedes ´ll vote for another party next time.
hhhh keep in mind the depression and long dark winter , you one million people on anti depressive medicine , rasicm is in every level in society, education, job and even social relationsships
Not really
It’s so fun to watch what other people think about Sweden, it makes me proud of my home land! Fantastic video!
Thanks so much :)
I also was surprised that my friends from Sweden spoke perfect English !!!
Nice to hear as I am a Swede. What I find I miss whenever I go abroad for a while is the seasons. I love that they are so diverse (at least in the middle of Sweden). I agree we can be percieved as somewhat cold when walking down the street. But it depends where in Sweden you live to. Hope you enjoy your stay however long you decide to be here. :)
I've been to the US one time in my life and I was chocked by the crazy high tip that you guys give at the restaurant...it's like paying for another meal almost. I understand that it's a reason behind that but I was still shocked and it was much more expensive to go out and eat in the US than here in Sweden :)
I just came back from holiday in Stockholm and calculated the costs. They are indeed comparable, if not more expensive in the US!
I agree, it's crazy that they expect the customer to pay for their salaries instead of the employer.
Thank you Stefan for this great video! I'm a swed and being so proud hearing this. Keep it up in the future here in Sweden.
Its more expensive to go out and eat, sure. But you dont have to add tax and you dont have to leave a tip either. So in the end its not that different.
Uh-huh. I had a fika today and that set us back 220kr/~$30. Two large lattes and two chicken bagels.
Addictive_LiquoriCe well yeah, thats fika. Thats expensive shit!! 😁
Holy shit!? More expensive wwll thats not true
Grabben It’s two dollars more, it’s a lot to cheap Americans. Besides, nothing wrong with being a homosexual.
As long as you're eating/drinking out, things are more expensive, especially in big cities. A pizza costs a buck or less in the smaller cities. And since i've never been in Stockholm, I just hear it's more than a buck there.
And i've also heard the quality of Sweden's cheap grocery products are the equivalent of America's expensive/high quality grocery products, so there's that.
I spent a number of years living in the Netherlands, and honestly, every thing you listed sounds more like "5 shocking things about living in Northern Europe (except for Germany sometimes)."
Well most Swedes look good... BUT YOU HAVENT MET THE EPATÖNTAR/EPARAGGARE YET!
They are well groomed to. /dalkulla
Hahahaha så sant!!
Fun to see a 'first impression' perspective done in such a upbeat way (even the criticisms, well done.) With the exchange rate my first beer in Stockholm cost me $9 (the dollar was at 5.5) and shocked me (along with the cost of exchanging money and youth hostels - both in comparison to the rest of Europe). You could argue that the cost of a beer hasn't gone up in 25 years LOL
inte i Borås här är det 1050kr
Beth Dacey If you think 🍺 are expensive in Sweden, don't visit Norway. There you will find the price double up. 😊
Victor Tobiasson, för ett glas öl?
cougarlt ???? Nej studiebidraget
cougarlt jag kommentera på fel kommentar 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🇸🇪
Welcome to Sweden 🇸🇪
Woww
Nej inte välkommen till Sverige.vi har invandrare så det räcker
As a swedish prerson it makes me really happy to hear that you think we have a nice style on clothes ❤️ Thank you
Very nice to get so much nice feedback. Hope you have the best time ever in Sweden. Love and light from Swedish lady, living in UK.
Nice video. I saw in the beginning that you used footage from my beautiful town, NORRKÖPING!!!😍😍
Norrköping is beautiful!! :D
Andres Velez jaa sant
80-90 crowns for a beer? Dude, you need to come down here to Malmö. You'd be hard pressed to find a place that would charge you more than 50. By the way, that part of "staying in their own place" was very accurate. I visited the USA in 2006 and one thing I noticed, that was different from Sweden, was that my presence was immediately recognized and the store-clerk would greet me in a cheerful voice. Not so in Sweden. You need to adress them for help. That might seem rude to some, but for us it's natural not to impose on other people's "own place" and we will not enter - not even verbally - unless invited (I hope my metaphores aren't getting to complicated).
That's really cool you can relate! I definitely need to come to Mamö with those prices haha
I have been to Malmö before. I saw the twisted tower, but did not buy any beer.
When I was younger growing up in Sweden, the store clerks used to come up and ask if I needed any help. It felt artificial and intrusive and almost as if they just wanted to make sure I wasn't shoplifting. They've stopped doing that now, I guess the friendly approach was too much for Swedes, and the store clerks who of course were also Swedes were equally as uncomfortable about it. :)
Love the lamp in the background! And you named great insider facts about sweden ,really interesting, thanks for that !
It's really intresting to hear your opinion about swedes and Sweden! Welcome to the part of the world we are living in, rock on🤘
When you said you wave at random people I died laughing!! That's not how it's done here bro haha! I guess we're more reserved in Sweden though, NOT cold, just reserved.... or just cold.
that really also matters on where in sweden u are in stockholm no one cares but in like a smaller town everyon can basicly wave at ppl or say hello when walking by
I wave at random people for fun, it makes them spend all day questioning who it was if they knew me. I also honk the horn and wave especially to good looking girls that are out with their boyfriend/ husband...that is humor!
i live in a small town and I just quietly nod at people...
A.W. haha true XD
A.W. or introverted towards strangers 😂
It's not that we are not friendly to random people but I think it's a
bit "fake" and the that is a bit the way most Americans are, fake smiles
and fake kindness. we can still be polite without the "fakeness" ( not
talking about the clerk giving a smile at the customer etc. )
I lived in US for about three yrs and visiting on a regular basis. However there are good things and bad things in all countries.
Yeah the Americans over-do their emotions, but Swedes definitely under-do them (just saying Hi and How are you? is enough but no). Swedes are cold but that concerns mainly the youngsters: They're quite insecure and have not been enough educated on greeting people.
That's known as "Minnesota nice"....
James, sad to hear about your experience if you mean Swedes are something about asses...I got my fare share of Brits since my days back in the 80's when the legion was swarmed by UK, I guess the saying "what comes around goes around" could be the cause? Threat people like shit and trust me Swedes can treat people like shit back.
Just because we're not "loud" and take space I can assure we can be rude if treated bad, but there are exemptions to rules in everything and that goes for Swedes as well, there are plenty of a-holes here as well and especially the newer "internet" generation, they never learned what consequences are the worst that can happen on Internet is that you get blocker, banned etc.
But hey, have a safe trip and glad you get back to your happy place ;)
Yea I know about it since I had an American fiance and we both lived in US and in Sweden, however with fake I do not really mean fake but more like not a genuine smile.
We Swedes in general do not smile at things we do not have reason to smile at, we seem to be a bit uptight etc.
But for example, I was raised by my grandpa and he always said, "don't talk if you don't have anything to say...people talk to much" with that he meant not to not talk but do not waste time and air yapping. I think we are a bit the same in many other ways, I do not waste "love" on strangers but then I give those I hold dear so much more instead. So more as put effort into what counts and do not waste time and effort that you good give to something that might deserve it, sort of.
That maybe came out a bit harsh but something in those lines.
Andy Woohoo German here.
I can't really compare it to other places that much but even in my own country I kind of feel out of place.
I smile or greet people on the street in my village all the time(not like all people when I'm out, just in my neighbourhood) and rarely do they smile or greet back.
And I don't consider it being fake myself, although I know some people do this stuff to look nice when they're really not so much.
I just think it's polite and on the rare occasions people do smile or greet back, you can see that they are happy about it.
Sometimes I wonder if all the influence from watching a lot of TV shows and such has taught me certain things or what it is.
Thank you for all this info! I am totally coming to visit there soon. Thank you so much for the inspiration.
I agree to everything you said, I lived in sweden for 4 years and experienced the same 👍👍
I clicked expecting propaganda and ended up watching a very wholesome and accurate video about Sweden. Nice.
If done 10-15 years ago it would have been accurate, but now it's like ignoring a giant elephant in the room. These days you don't want to walk alone at night through certain areas of the towns. It still is not that much worse than in most other countries but Sweden used to be exceptionally safe back in the days and now it's an ongoing change towards the worse. Swedes under the age of 25 might be too young to be aware of this change but for those of us older than 35 it is very much apparent. I feel sorry for the kids these days because the childhood during the 80-90's was way better. Today's youth do not know what they are missing.
Dan Fors Couldn't agree more! I tried living here for 3 years and I find it absolutely impossible. Of course the Swedes warm up to this guy much more because he's from the US and Swedes realy love America. I come from the Czech Republic and Swedes looks so much down upon us Czechs. I've even got asked if we have Internet. We have free schools and student support as well and apart from Sweden, we have realy good, accessible and FREE health care. The maternity leave is 3 times longer. And we've had wireless credit cards for 6 years now where as in Sweden they introduced it recently and only a handful of places accept it. The guy in the video said that he's been living in Sweden for 5 months so of course he's still excited. I was too in the beginning but after a year I realized how many misleading information is out there about this country. And honestly...judging people by how they dress is realy superficial so yeah, he'll fit in well with the rest of the arrogant Swedes.
Dan Fors lugn nu Dan. All brottsstatistik i Sverige har gått ner sedan 70 talet, du är bara bitter.
The viewpoint is that crimes have come up, but statistics do not really agree.
"Efter att ha sett filmen är det lätt att bli sverigedemokr... att känna sig både arg, uppgiven och otrygg. Därför är det viktigt att känna till följande om hur det verkligen förhåller sig med tryggheten:
För i mitten på december förra året släpptes de senaste trygghetssiffrorna. Förskjutningen var förvisso hela tre år och gällde 2014, men var icke desto mindre belysande gällande skillnaden mellan hur folk upplevde sin omedelbara trygghet och hur det faktiskt låg till enligt polisens egen statistik. Medan 74 procent av medborgarna angav att de kände att kriminaliteten och otryggheten i deras eget närområde var i nivå med fem år tidigare, visade polisens statistik att brotten enligt anmälningarna faktiskt tydligt minskat sedan början på 1990-talet. Samtidigt trodde färre än 1 av 10 personer att brottsligheten sjönk. "
www.expressen.se/gt/ledare/csaba-perlenberg/grat-inte-for-otryggheten-goteborg/
Starts with SD complaining and of course the supporters (mostly motivated by fear and ignorance). They gain political traction which in the end makes S and M ape after too. The result is that doomsday prophecies are just about everything that is heard and parties have to talk tough on crime just like politicians in USA have to appear "tough" on defense. It makes everything dumber.
www.expressen.se/kronikorer/alex-schulman/jag-ryser-in-i-margen-av-moderaterna/
www.aftonbladet.se/a/jPBRrq
1.)SWEDEN has one of the highest ISIS recruitment rates per Capita in Europe, according to this BBC report.
czcams.com/video/0_7puwX_Pw4/video.html
2.)Many migrants come from countries where the schools teach them to be RACIST against Jewish people FORMALLY: (Palestine, Syria, Iran, etc.).
czcams.com/video/4mWX8VB18nI/video.html
DENIAL about Islamic Nationalism is not quite the same as Holocaust Denial, but it is denial nontheless.
English as a subject in school starts in 3rd grade at age 9 here since the late 60s. In the 7th grade students can chose a third language of their choosing usually German, French or Spanish. The subtitles on TV are of course helpful but I don't think learning languages are the reason we do it this way. English has been a subject in school here since 1850s (I googled). Before TV there where movies with subtitles. Compare this to eastern Europe and there's no English - period. In 1939 we changed the official second language in school to English (from German). So I'm just assuming it would have been very awkward to have Swedish actors do voiceovers in Swedish. Everyone can read and we don't miss out on Humphrey Bogarts original voice - a win win. 👍
Dudikowski we have it at second grade and third language at 6 grade in my town.
The info I could find said English is obligatory from 3rd grade and in some areas they start even earlier. I never checked on the 3rd language so I don't know if that is now obligatory from 6th grade or if that too is a local thing.
Oh! That´s really interesting! I thought the whole country had English from 1st grade today. But maybe it still is very local.
Where I live (Piteå, Norrbotten) the schools begin with english in 1st grade (at age 7). Even I, who started school way back in 1991, had English in first grade.
The third language begin in 6th grade here.
They have English from 1st grade and a third language from 6th grade in my town, Djurås
Ok I just went with the info I could find. Maybe it was outdated. I just wanted to make a point that subtitles and English sound of course is helpful but that other factors are at play too.
Yay! I love your Sweden vids! More!! Plzz!💗
I think the most common reason why people are sort of closed off at start in public is 1: We respect the individual personal space, and to many that is a big thing here. 2: Trust dont come as easy and has to be earned before we open up to someone.
Your pinned comment was very nice and I couldn't agree more. Like you're saying, Sweden's comparatively a very safe country. It breaks my heart that the picture people actually have of Sweden is that what foreign news channels (with a hostile attitude towards immigrants) show.
I'm very proud to live in a country that sees to the fellow human in need in immigrants, and not as a number in an economic system. Though (*getting a little political*) I'm sincerely concerned about the big support to the well-known hostile party in Sweden...
Well no, I think you've missed the point. And what does "cards" mean? My point is that you can't possibly know who's responsible for anything. Hence the importance of impartialness and humility. Also, I think condescension, that you're expressing here, has a big role in the hostile environment that internet is a lot of times.
Du har helt missat poängen.
Poängen är inte att Sverige nu är otryggt. Sverige är väldigt tryggt jämfört med andra nationer. Poängen är att det blir otryggare och vad man kan göra åt det.
American media would have us believe that every country in the world that is not the U.S. is dangerous.
Statistics I pulled from Google articles just now:
Gun deaths in Sweden have quadrupled from 2012 to 2018. There were 37 gun related deaths in Sweden in 2018 (whole country)
Gun deaths are down in Los Angeles for a five year low or 256 gun deaths in 2018 (just in Los Angeles)
@@taitjones6310 Well gundeaths in sweden can't really be compared to the US, For one everyone can't own a gun in sweden,We do not have it in our constitution that every swedish person is allowed to bare arms.
So ofcourse there are less gundeaths in sweden, the important thing is that they have increased, It shows a pattern.
That's what statistics are for.
@@awesomejimthethird Yes, gun deaths can be compared from one country to any other. What else would you compare them to ? Apples? Tomato sauce??
It's a reflection of the stability of a country's culture.
And for starters its "bear arms", not "bare arms".
And no it isn't legal anymore. That is a misconception from people who don't live in the US. One, you have to register to own a weapon, and anyone with a felony conviction in their life is not allowed to own one.
Secondly, the majority of gun deaths are from people with unregistered weapons. Which means they are all purchased on the black market and it is thriving.
The reason that you can compare US to Sweden (and should) is that a market for anything pops up where there is a demand for any product. Economic instability breeds crime and crime demands weaponry.
The reason we have more gun deaths here is because there is more inequality, and hence more crime, and therefore a demand for weapons.
The "Right to bear arms" is not written into our constitution for the purposes of hunting, shooting for sport, or even self defense. The Right to Bear Arms was written in so that the citizens would always have more weaponry than the Government and would be able to rebel and overthrow the Government when it became corrupted and no longer served the people.
Our military oath includes a lines "sworn to protect the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic", the "domestic" part of that was originally meant to refer to corruption within the state, although in modern times the meaning has been twisted so that now people take "domestic threats" to mean anyone who opposes our corrupt state.
I really love your videos Stefan! My plan is to move to Sweden. I feel the Swedish way of living fits more to my personality. All the times I get off from work I spent in Sweden. My homecountry is Belgium but the time I spent in Sweden and the more info I get about living in Sweden... it always makes me feel homesick to Gothenburg. No country is perfect but this country feels to me like home. #LiveLagom
Welcome to Gothenburg, girl! We'll give You a show of hands, and, a tour in the archipelago, as well! Our treat! :D
Thank You so much .I am so proud to be from Sweden ..even if I now live in Norway in the summer and in Spain or Thailand in the winter ..Bless You
Thank you for making this video. I'm new in Sweden and what shocked me other than what you've said was the fact that the lifts/elevators/hiss in public places here are quite small and often are not well-maintained.
I had the same impressions like you, as to fashion, prices, hugging and english speaking....
That's true the hugging here in Sweden is a real thing haha much more common than in the states!
As someone that lives in Sweden, I can confirm that these facts are true :D great video!
Linus Olsson förutom att alla ser bra ut, jag är ju skit ful 👍 jag känner mig iallafall smickrad av den faktan
Edvin Brattberg aa alla araber o turkar e jättefina här
As someone living in Sweden, no they are not. E.g. you have to pay back the majority of your student loan.
That't true!
Alexandre Cassis many of us don't know what's best for the country. Accepting refugees is not the best! Bust sadly many here are too stupid to realize that it's destructive to have open borders
Nice to hear about your experience of Sweden and how it seems to be a positive culture shock :) Have a good one!
I felt like heaven when I went there two years back.
I traveled to Stockholm before. I love there.
Natalia Lera Anne Rosy Kwski take me there with you next time ...i'm dreaming to visit sweden oneday .
Stockholm is not the real Sweden. It is like saying New York is the real USA. It is not.
I wish I enjoyed it as much as you. It's probably the most boring city I've ever been to.
You wont like it unless you are a muslim !
@ Don't talk shite, ya fanny.
I'm a Swede and i speak clean english and i'm only 11 years
Jagerya okay then. My name is Odette. I live in uppland and I'm 11 years old. My main interest are anime and video games. My all time favorite food is sushi and all time favorite movie is wolf children. I have ancestors from Austria, Germany and Cameroon.
So, "clean English" isn't actually a term.
It's so fun to look at your swedish videos when I'm from sweden!!
Nice video! It’s funny to hear what you think about Sweden :D
I just moved to Sweden too and I totally agree with these! I find that if anyone is social or outwardly friendly right from the get go, they’re probably international as well haha. It’s SO expensive here, just getting a cup of coffee is like $7 😂😭 I don’t really know about the social benefits system cause I’m not here permanently but I’ve heard really good things. Hope you’re enjoying it here!
That's so cool you see the same things that I do! I hope you enjoy it here as well :)
If you pay $7 for a coffee you have been had...😜
Nice video , you'll soon learn to walk around swedish finances xD a beer and food is only expensive if you don't know the places ... All in all , hope you enjoy Sweden 👊
Hello fellow expat. This was well articulated. Nice job!
My biggest surprise the first time I visited Sweden was the fact that English is widely and well spoken there. Everyone speaks English there. Additionally, many Swedes are multi-lingual. I was able to converse with a Swede in Spanish.
Learning Swedish is the most important if you gonna move to Sweden!
Yes
Tack så mycket jag håller med vi är snygga
Every times he smiles i start smiling.
Loved the video, keep it up bro
i live in sweden and if you order a beer that’s 80 krowns you must be going to one hell of a expensive bar do they have like rom and caviar in the beer
elliot sjoblom på klubbar typ
Det är inte ovanligt att det kostar så numera, hur sjukt det än må låta. I "foodfestival" på kungsan fick man pröjsa 70 spänn för pissljummen bira i plastglas hörde jag. Fick pröjsa 75 spänn för en liten Red Stripe flaska på Rouge och det var en del år sedan.
elliot sjoblom It blows but that's pretty normal for a beer from a "standard" brewery, especially if you live in the bigger cities. I've paid 119 crows for a craft beer (15 usd ..) in Gothenburg, not intentionally though hehe..
I live in Stockholm and there are plenty of 29 kr/beer joints around here. Lower your standards and you'll be getting worse hangovers in no time!
In every single country there are ”bad” and ”good” people and i don’t think we should judge a whole country just by the one person you have met or heard of, the same with al countries, not just Sweden.
Love from a swedish girl. I love my country. 💓
happy to hear u like it here
i live sweden and im born here
Im from Sweden.
Hi = hej
No = Nej
Yes = Ja
We hava ÅÄÖ åäö in Sweden
What about å?
or Å
Jag är också från Sverige🙃😍
Lea H Jag också
Jag är också från Sverige❤️
jag är från sverige också/ i am from sweden too
This video made me happy. Välkommen till Sverige Stefan! :)
I’m starting to talk to a Swedish guy and i’m loving your videos ♥️ i’m from Mexico!🇲🇽🇸🇪
Gilla om du är svensk, like if your swedish.
E från sverige
Hejsaaaaan
Life if you're swede*
Sandeye 134 du behöver ju inte skriva på engelska om folk är svenar
”Gilla om du e svensk!” Men du skriver på engelska oxå?
hahaha the second thing is so very true xD unless u live in a very small communtiy where everyone knows eachother ofc.
It’s so interesting to here someone else’s opinion about your home country. 👍🏼✨
Hi, just wanted to say that one (!) reason eating out is way more expensive in Sweden than in the US, is that tips is included in the price, and so the waiter's salary doesn't depend on tips :)
That is very true, once you add all that stuff it is a much closer comparison!
I am from Sweden!!!
Im from sweden
Here in Sweden, u talk English in every school, in some only in English lessons but in some schools, you ONLY got the English language in every class like Math, SciFi, Music, History etc. And what u're saying it's true, u learn a LOT English on the internet by watching CZcams, reading stuff online and also by watching movies!
its my first time watching you you are great -- thank you so much for the informations ^.^
Very nice video and tips about Sweden. ...in Italy most of the young people needs be supported by parents till 35 years 😂
The comments here makes me sad... we have ALOT of immgrants, some are my best friends and they are great! Some are loud and more intense but they aren't raised in the same standards. Seeing all the ignorant people yelling about all the bad stuff someone told them just makes me feel bad. If they think Sweden is in such a bad state even though it's one of the best places to live shows how bad they are being treated by their own goverments. Ignorance is terrible!
ClassicAdden you are being lied too. Police are hidding crime rate figures from the general public. Same thing happening in the UK. 1000 of girls were groomed by Pakistani men and the police and bbc hid the truth for as long as possible. Same thing happening in Sweden and many other wealthy European countries. Time to take the red pill. It is time to wake up. If you need the truth, let me know.
I know the truth, i just don't rant about it online. I will defend my country when people go out of line because it's the right thing to do. Immigration is a problem, but people are getting told that there is basically a war going on and people are getting shot in the street. Sweden is one of the safest places in the world and people shouldn't be lied too. I'm a police officer so i know the numbers. I just try to be a good person by any means.
Then I can only hope that the media tells the truth in your country. In my country (Netherlands) maybe not so great media coverage. But anyway you are right, your video is not meant to be about immigration. So good video overall.
Its mostly idiot with no indepth knowledge, mostly fueled by extreme right wing social media broadcast. Just ignore them
Fucking SJW's... Why do you even exist?
honestly... love that stove in the background... its a rareity
Nice Video and welcome to Sweden :D.
I’m 11 and born in Sweden. But i can still talk English at this age. But only watch english movies, play, chat, read on english sometimes
I were so bad at English when i where writing that comment! Sorry for that!
@@majapersson5343 no, your English is good! I'm Swedish too and my english sucked when I was your age lol, just keep reading, watch movies and speak a lot and you will be fluent in no time 👍
IJ WD Thanks! That really makes me happy to hear! All love to you :)
People should specify that "FREE", means a productive third party paid for the goods/services one has received.
Say like " taxpayer approved"
or "agency subsidized".
so its free...
I enjoyed this so freaking much because I get to hear the opposite culture shock. I moved from Sweden to the US and you hit the nail on the head. Now, I'm from outside of Umeå in the north where there are a lot of small towns and a lot more people willing to interact with a stranger than in bigger cities or the south. Here in Minnesota I feel like there are traces of that, but yet again I'm in small town life kinda. We have had lovely strangers stop their day to help and it felt so home! The nature is super similar too, but.. I still had a major culture shock. Biggest one, beside measurements, is tipping. It's been 5 years and it still intimidates me. Another is the pride. I used to fear being proud of my country because then you will be called a racist, but over here I could be proud finally and it was liberating and definitely improved my confidence. I no longer had to be afraid of speaking my mind, to stand out, and I wouldn't as easily make a scene. I didn't have to be lagom, though I did land back on it after unleashing pent up self expression. The wildlife was a culture shock.. I miss hedgehogs and Swedish squirrels, I do love opossums, eagles, turkeys and hummingbirds. I miss clothes in my tiny size that looks grownup! And yes the prices, I struggled to not overspend because everything felt so very cheap. I struggled so hard during the withdrawal of Swedish coca cola flavor, the candy and the chocolate. I most definitely miss using my language verbally.
Welcome to Sweden, I hope you like it here going forward!
He said Sweden is expensive?? 😂😂
*Laughs in Swiss*
Black Nigga, - OJ, laughs i Norsk! 🤷🏼♂️
Things in Switzerland is very expensive been there for a day.
If you think Sweden is expensive try its neighbor to the west, Norway.
DCL 308 fuck norway
He compares to the US !
Stockholm is just expansive. If you were to move to a different city it might be cheaper
Probably, but in general Sweden is a more expensive country than many other parts of the world. I lived in Shanghai for a year, which is one of the most expensive parts of China. A restaurant meal at a descent restaurant went between 20-50kr, a kilo rice at Walmart was about 3-5kr. I lived like a queen for a year on CSN.
Rent on my appartment was sadly 5000SEK/month, but I am from Gothenburg and it's hard ti find cheaper apartments for that size. It was almost 70 square metres, for myself. No roommates.
"Like a coffe and a piece of cake is like 20€ on Iceland." Its cheap here in sweden it will be 25+€
Sweden have a lot of taxes on everything, making it more expensive than some of the other countries in the world.
I emigrated, and where I live you get 20 bottles (33 cl) of water for like 10 SEK. I get a pac of noodles for 2 SEK, and a pack of smokes for 8 SEK. I still get the same money in my pocket as I got in Sweden after taxes, as a teacher it’s not a very low salary. I enjoy my new home, very much.
Are you sure he lives in Stockholm...? I have no idea, but the footage in the beginning of the video is from Norrköping...
jörgen wiklund I was just comparing because Stockholm is very expensive
Watching this as a Swede is amazing
Wow... Beautiful Sweden
(From Sweden) I learned english over a summer between 5th and 6th grade from almost nothing to understand much more and write and speak better
@North America Stockholm, Sweden
Yes, swedes can be quite but that's often in a big city an not as much in smaller towns. I live in sweden but out in a smaller area called Älvdalen and here when a person say hi to you is like "OMG a human!". Maybe not so intense but anyways
Sweden has english lesson in schools several times a week from grade 3 all the way up to we graduate. Probably one of the main reasons we are so good at speaking it :)
One of the reasons we understand english is that we have swedish subtitles and studie it at school.
The conection between the eye, ear and subtitle is a good thing here. Music for instant dont have that.
Norrköping?
Patricia Abrahamsson vadå norrköping
Well... Welcome to Sweden then!
:-)
:-)
One of my dream country..we love it..
Colombo 🇱🇰 Sri lanka..
I lived in Sweden for almost 2 years.... I love Sweden!!! If I could I’d be there!
You should visit Rinkeby in Stockholm and Rosengard in Malmo. They are some of the nicest areas in Sweden.
AvariceUntied as eller hur 😂😂😂
lmao
Yeah, the future of Sweden... Allahu Akbar
😂😂😂
Hahaha kan man ens kalla de Sverige?
OMG YOU GOT THA SAME LAMP AS ME ITS FROM IKEA
Thank you for your informative video 👌👌👌
Nice clip. Welcome to Sweden😊