Talking To Another American YouTuber About Experiences In Sweden
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- čas přidán 21. 09. 2022
- In this video, I ask fellow American CZcamsr Kim about her experience moving to Sweden.
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Thank you for the video. My relatives living there and I had a friend there, they are great people.
Great to hear you're liking it up here in Sweden. You're so very much welcome!
Love when foreigners love Sweden. We love you!
We do have Finding Waldo btw. I had the books as a kid.
There isn't bad weather. Just your preference. All weather have pros and cons depending on what you do and what you wear :P
Enjoy your videos so much. Love learning how life really is in Sweden. I had to laugh, however, because the way you feel about the cold is the way I feel about blistering, oppressive summer heat! 😅😅😅😅
As you probably know by now the sun is quite intense during the summer but doesn't give any tan at all during early spring, late autumn and the winter. It has to do with the seasons and our distance from the equator.
I don't know if you have watched, or are even aware, of the Swedish/Netflix TV series Young Royals. Along with being a terrific series, this show has made me very interested in Sweden, learning Swedish and made me find your vlog which I enjoy very much. Both of the lead actors of YR (Edvin Ryding and Omar Rudberg) are, mostly, located in Stockholm and are frequently photographed in areas of the city that you have featured here. I have no idea if either one of them would be open to interviews but they are very popular actors and would make some great videos for your vlog. By the way, Edvin is just finishing the 6th and last season of very popular Gåsmamman on Swedish TV.
Lmao "I just go to Spain in the winter" 😂 You're turning into a proper Swede 😁
Hej Stefan and Kim
Grate episode.
As you (Stefan) mentioned about coming to the same level in English speaking when conversing to people who don't have English as first languish works well for me too. I'm a native Swede, with quite good spoken English, and when I goo abroad or have visitors at work with less good speak or expression i doo the same and it feels like it comforts for everybody. You don't really have to show off att these moments. So really smart i think?
I'm Swedish and i've been interested in English my entire life, long before i started learning English in school. I have a very large English vocabulary and according to a test i did, it's actually larger than most English speaking people. So there's rarely any words i don't understand, but when it comes to speaking English, that's another story :). Since i very rarely speak English, i will sound like the Swedish chef if someone comes up to me on the street. So in combination with the typical Swedish modesty and shyness, i guess that's one major reason why so many Swedes feel a bit insecure about their English ...and why our English actually becomes better when we've had some drinks :).
No ,trust me ,you don't have larger vocabulary than natives
I also believe We who living in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, we are happy in simple peace.
I have seen some of Kimberleys videos too. Nice channel. Thank you Stefan. 🙂👍
Either we don't have Waldo in Sweden, or we just haven't found him yet.
vi letar nemo istället?
My friend when I was five years old had the book, but in Swedish it was called "Hittar Du Hugo?"
Yeah, we got where is Waldo is Sweden, but it's called "var fan e Valdemar?" Great series of books/audiobooks and films.
Goood video! Happy u are her in Sweden :)
Nice video! My husband is from New Jersey! I'm from Sweden 😊
Omg Älskar det har kollat på era kanaler ett tag nu!
I love Sweden, i did Erasmus there for 1y. Smögen/Stockholm/ Kiruna were very special 🇸🇪😍
Ahaa, nice to see the both of you in the same frame 🥰 . I didn't know Stefan had such a refined taste in wrist watches. Nice choice lad, very classy piece 👌
I think we dubbed it "Var är Hugo", I had a book when I was kid 😊
both of you have great channels
Jag följer era kanaler. Kul att ni gjort en liten film ihop. :)
Really nice to see you both! ❤️💯.
I haven't watched your channel/videos in almost a year... and I can notice it now, a change. Your vowel sounds are starting to have a Swedish accent. Very interesting... have you noticed it yourself, @Stefan Thyron?
In winter, we have no sunlight when we start work. 7 in the morning, when you stop at 4 o'clock on the day of inheritance you have no light from the sun. It is in southern Sweden.
You two are lovely. Truly hope you'll feel at home here, Kim!
I know about Where is Waldo. Grew up with the books too (swede)
He was already in love with you long before than music festival.
He didt just "happen" to stick around longer than he planned.
That was a very conscious decision on his part, Id bet you good money on that 🤣
if you experience that you should be out on frozen lake during late winter early spring, the sun is super intense
As a Swede, I would love to have a conversation with him..and to all of you ,reading this,..about strange lastnames...Peter Forsberg,Colorado...his team-mate s last name was Deadmarsh...?? How can anyone have a lastname like that ?? Dead...Marsh ?? Please explain,thank you all:-)
Him: I think I have also like... dumbed down the way that I speak because like... in my interactions with people I´m like... constantly interacting with people where English is not their first language, so I think I have like... a more of a neutral like... easier way of speaking to make sure that everybody can understand and like... not only Swedish people but like... a lot of my friends here from like... Spain or from France or you know from different places, so I´m making it like... really really easy. I dislike all those like
Sure the Citadel castle in Landskrona is beautiful but that Kim found Landskrona a mesmerizing place is crazy to me. It's the Detroit of Sweden, some nice history but really destroyed the last 20 years...
We have Where’s Wally… it’s called Var är Valle here. My childhood ❤
I've heard about Where's Waldo, but I would have referred to you as a 'polkagris' the swedish candy cane from Gränna, with a tan like that.
Facinating: what you can learn from youtube comments!
So the Swedish Waldo is called Valdemar, the Norweigian Hugo
and the Danish is called Holger (already knew that🙄
Finland come in, please! What do you call him?
- and what's he called Spain, India and Tanzania? 🤔
I've got a lot of reaserch to do now 🤣
I'm Swedish and i played were is waldo on the tv in the Lillo and Stich movie but instead of waldo it was that one eyed green alien.
Of course we know we’re is Waldo!! Childhood memories 😛😂
What do you think of Swedish music Stefan?
I'm swedish and i have 2 where is waldo books!
My girlfriend arrived in december it was -16 celcius, she obviously never experienced true winter compared to the winter in south america or Peru before as she no understand what I try to explain so I got the idea to go outside the airport instead and go from +20 celcius to -16 celcius and then she understand why I bring winter clothes to the airport and use it all
About the tan issue: The axis of the Earth leans the top of the northern hemisphere away from the sun during the northern hemisphere's winter. So not only are you getting minimal direct sunlight compared to the light just passing you by overhead in the atmosphere, you also get fewer hours of it due to this rotation. Additionally, you have the ozone layer beating off a lot of the, I believe it is, longer alpha uv rays of the sun (that causes our bodies to produce melanin in response to protect us, thus giving a tan to paler skins). So, while yes, you SEE the light, it's mostly passing you by and not reaching the surface of the Earth, which is why the snow and cold is slow to let go. There's not enough direct heat so it doesn't melt. I may have some parts wrong. It was a while ago that I was in school and read about this. Lol
Hope that might have helped a bit and not confused things further!
Also really fun to see you meet Kim! I was hoping to see you two have a chat.
😊
Hmm never thought she had a swedish tilt to her english until she mentioned it, now i hear it all the time, its very subtle but its there=) Shes probably picking it up from swedish friends speaking english
Fun talk! - always good to get another set of eyes on, 'first impressions'
hello from Denmark 🌸🌱
You should talk to Jonathan Rollins, he is really nice guy living i Sweden.
So if you would find a way to love the darkness, you would win all year!!? 🙂Kinda interesting thought, I have asked myself... (and one I am working on).
What are the biggest similarities between Sweden and the US?
🍶shots everytime they say "like.." 😆🤣🤣
In England it's called "Where's Wally?" Absolutely loved those books as a child. It's always strange for me hearing all the international names, especially since it's by a British author 😉🙃 whatever works for the kids I guess!
you should come and interview australian girls what do they think of swedish men🇭🇲🇪🇺🇸🇪
when you visit the beaches of Australia🇭🇲🌞⛱️🇭🇲🌞⛱️
I`m norwegian and we called him Willy. "Hvor er Willy/Where`s Waldo" :P
👍👍👍
Of course we know who Waldo is. We just call him Hugo.
Or Valle (depending on translation).
The sunlight has to pass through more atmosphere.
Interesting.
Loved this video! Definitely agree that we speak more simply these days here in Sweden as well, especially when it comes to slang and even more so when it comes to hectic kiwi slang 😆
I’m a kiwi as well moving to Sweden with my Swedish partner. Just subscribed to you x
Yeah, we know of “Where's Wally?”. I’ve seen it translated into Swedish as “Var är Valle?”.
@gianforte Hal About seeing it translated to Swedish? Yeah, I have. You can find “Where’s Wally?” in Swedish in Swedish bookstores. I think there’s another translation which is called “Hitta Hugo”.
8:54 You’re both wearing black, you’re obviously really Swedish! 😂
If you dumb your speach down we just gonna think we´re saying stuff right and keep doing it😅 And of course we know Waldo, you can´t find him in Sweden though, but most of us know him by reputation
I know where’s Waldo from Modern family 🤣
When i was a kid we used to go the library with my class and we would always bring out the "where is waldo" book and look for him so I can confirm we know about him 😉
NeXT time You can speak swedish 👍😂
As a Swede I fully approve the solution that every one in a Sweden just goes to Spain during the Wintertime 😆
Varför det? Det finns ingen anledning till det. Skotta snö istället för klippa gräsmattan spelar ingen roll.
Hello Stefan I desperately want to come to Sweden for a job or study, I'm from India so please can u guide me for visa and, work visa process,, please please do help I desperately want to move to Sweden as well as the PR process as well, thank you very much for the informative video.
Welcome Kim! If you don't go to Visby when it's Medieval Week you'll be making the biggest mistake of your life. It's always the same week: 32! Get used to weks having numbers ;-)
And that goes for you too, Stefan! Get down with medieval fashion! Have fun! Meet new people, listen to strange music, buy a sword, play with fire... No, let the pros do that, seriously.
Best party week ever!
Regarding that so many speak english so well, i'm assuming you were in the bigger cities. In the smaller towns atleast alot of restaurant staff (or pizzeria staff more specifically) have quite a poor english, if any at all. But then again Swedish is usually not their first language to begin with either.
where's waldo is not something everyone knows. Some people know who he is but then he is called "Vart är Hugo".
Jag använder ofta ord från engelskan för det är ett mycket "rikare" språk. Det borde du ta upp i någon video. Engelskan är så galet mycket mera exakt i ordval.
Håller med
sant! men i vissa (inte så ofta) fall är engelskan det mer begränsande språket, ta ord som mormor/farmor=) det har hänt att jag inser när jag diskuterar med mina engelska vänner att engelska språket helt enkelt saknar vissa ord eller inte bryr sig om att göra distinktioner. Men jag håller helt med, det är väldigt ofta jag känner att jag antagligen kunde förklara saker på engelska bättre för att det känns mer "exakt" gentemot svenskan.
Regarding dumbing down the language....most Swedes also do that when we speak Swedish to foreigners. A tip is therefore to try to watch Swedish TV (I can for example recommend "nyheter på lätt svenska" on svt play ), Swedish film, listen to Swedish music, so the vocabulary increases. One who has the right idea about this is Jonathan Rollins (check out his CZcams channel where he reacts to Swedish classics). He would also be an interesting guest if your new thing is to interview other American CZcamsrs in Sweden?
Just revisited what you said here, and if you were referring to my comment, I thought I would clarify what I said. I, by no means, meant to imply that I was "dumbing down" English for Swedish people to understand. I did mean that I as an American in Sweden found that I learned to speak far more clearly and distinctly. By the time I returned to an American high school, I was not using slang or cutting words (e.g., "going to" instead of "gonna"). My correcr English speech was interpreted as a "foreign accent." Any criticism implied was toward Americans lazy speech. As to the TV...well, there was no access to TV when I lived there...leftlen 1959.
...If I misunderstood you totally, please forgive me.🙂
@@Nona23parsons My post had nothing to do with yours. Stefan said he "dumbs down" his English when talking to Swedes, which I interpret as avoiding the most complicated words and chooses simpler words. In any case, it's what I do when I speak Swedish with people who don't have Swedish as the first language, so I wanted to point out that the phenomenon happens in both directions. It's in many cases positive that the other person has easier to understand the conversation, but it can be a disadvantage also for those who want to be good at the language, but never gets exposed to the complicated words. Therefore, I suggested that movies, television and music are a way to expose themselves to the words friends don't say in their presence.
@@olsa76 thought that might be the case, but I couldn’t shut my brain off about it! The last thing I would want to do is inadvertently say something that someone might find unpleasant… When I learned Swedish, a friend asked me if I wanted to learn how to speak it correctly… I said yes, and there were times that I couldn’t get two syllables out before she corrected me. However, by the time I left Sweden, people had to be told that I was not Swedish, so it was worth it. It is also true that I never studied Swedish in school, so my spelling is phonetic, and probably quite bad spelling!
As a foreigner who’s currently learning Swedish, I think it’s really important to do it organically too. Some people can’t retain so much new information and it can get a bit overwhelming when I have Swedes trying to teach me 50-100 new words and sentience’s all in one day. I’ve starting saying to Swedes now “please appreciate I’m learning and have come a long way, but I also have a lot else going on and I need to learn other work things too so let’s lay off for a bit”.
Hello! I really enjoy this collab, very interesting to hear you both! It'd be really really cool to see you talk to several other Americans live in Sweden in the same vid ❤️
Btw, do you guys know a single 40-ish American girl who really really want to move to Sweden? Cheers and keep up your nice vids ❤️
Yes, immigrants look for their countrymen/women, no matter which country they're from.
I guess your channels were meant for people in the US, but mostly Swedes seems to have discovered you both. Or you'd be talking Swedish?
To be frank Kimberly, you are picking up Swedish with a dialect. We can hear you live in Skåne.
Thanks, both of you is realy good CZcamsrs!
I think that most of your followers is Swedish?
And your followers is probably like me.. want to know about how you think about living in sweden.. good and bad!
The worste ting is obvius the climate.. sweden is at the same latitude as Alaska.
Today its "höstdagsjämning", (Autumnal Equinox), the day is like the night, same hours, 12/12.. it means, we are going in to a dark period.. and it take 6 more months befor, we get to spring/summer!
Hitta Hugo heter böckerna på svenska. 😀
After living in Sweden as an American for several years, I returned to an American high school. I spoke clearly, distinctly, no slang, somewhat slower than most Americans. Found out later that my friends there initially had referred to me as "the girl with the foreign accent!" I wish I had recorded my speech at that time so that I could hear it now.
Several years? And the going back to HS? How is that possible...where you a kid?
@@mikaelandersson5936 , I know… Seems impossible to me too… I moved to Sweden when I was 11 in 1953, and left in 1960… You do the math… Still speak fluent Swedish, and consider Sweden my second home…jag är Göteborgare! 🤩💙💛💙
@@Nona23parsons Götebôrg är en av de finare städerna i Svea Rike.
Jag avundas dig.
@@Nona23parsons även göteborgare får väl anses vara svenskar... :) vi är snälla :)
I am retired these days. If i still owned a business i would hire you on the spot. What you want to gi
do ?
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Stefan har fått värsta glow upen
Swede here. Yeah, I know about where's Waldo.
Haha, I had a striped swimsuit when I was young and like You I got a striped sunburn
Congrats to Everyone who is Early and Found this Comment 🏅
Hittar du Hugo
I look forward to living in Sweden because I too am going to be moving for love. However, there are some very mean spirited, bigoted, and hateful people in Söderhamn, so I also have a bit of fear about living in Sweden too. Some of the comments on our Facebook pages have been so mean because we're both men lol.
Vi har böckerna. "Var är Valle?" "Hitta Valle!" osv 😉
@Tristan King It's the books names in Swedish.
@Tristan King Yes, I'm Swedish.
@Tristan King Why?
Just listen to Jordan Peterson for a bit to improve your "dumb-down-ness" of your vocabulary :) haha
Sweden is the real land of opportunity not America.
Lmao! Sweden sux.
Americans only thrive in Sweden cause they get so much attention since swedes are obsessed w usa. So they become like famous lol..and here in the states they just have a normal boring life..trust me i know it all.
@@millan11697 True. It's not like someone from Somalia is having any opportunities in Sweden.
Stefan, as an American do you really like Sweden? Honestly? Most Americans that were living in Sweden think that is a 💩hole 😂
yea well i'm from sweden and called SvenskaGurkan på twich, so i'm a Sven hehe Thx for a great video btw Stefan, my middle name is stefan^^ LOL