I like the fact that Sabaton has never been apologetic about their music: they teach history and their music has nothing to do with racism, period. I should, however, explain why their music provoked that negative response in Sweden at the time: During the '90s and '00s, Sweden saw a considerable rise in racism and right-wing extremism. This was a tumultuous and frightening time in Swedish modern history; a time of neo-nazi terrorist attacks, deadly hate crimes and extremist groups arming themselves. Today it may seem unfathomable, but during the 90s and early 00s, the largest neo-nazi demonstration in Northern Europe took place annually in the Stockholm suburb of Salem. ⠀⠀Songs in the style of Sabaton were very popular among neo-nazis and played an important role as a means of spreading their propaganda and, what is worse, as a major source of income for these extremist groups. Songs romanticising things like The Swedish Empire and vikings were heavily featured during the neo-nazi gatherings and each year, they demonstrated by a statue of Carolus Rex in Stockholm, spreading their propaganda and doing the nazi salute, et c. I would presume that a lot of "innocent" music got "hijacked" by the neo-nazi movement, not only Sabaton's. ⠀⠀By the beginning of the 2010s and after a lot of hard work from investigative journalists, politicians and police, the neo-nazi movement had pretty much faded away, nevertheless, anything which reminded people of past neo-nazi propaganda - such as their nationalist music - was looked upon with suspicion and fear. This doesn't justify the prejudiced attitude against Sabaton, but it makes it comprehensible and puts the whole debacle around the Carolus Rex album in perspective - and a historical and factual perspective at that. And as Sabaton continues to teach us: there's always a larger historical context.
The truth is that the far left rule in Sweden hate Karl XII because he represent strength and righteousness. No group to my knowledge idolize Karl XII as some sort of a cult figure.
Unfathomable indeed to believe they were openly demonstrating annually in the early 2000's... I could see how new generations could relate their music to such a heinous group. Unfortunately not many people are willing to educate, I suppose it's easier to hate and discard that which seems hateful instead of exploring the original meanings of certain topics. Just like how the Swastika was highjacked by the Nazis. Thanks for that in-depth clarification!!! It did not and will not stop me from promoting Sabaton!!!
@@cloudedreactions2578 Good! And it's hilariously easy to poke holes in people's prejudices against Sabaton; whenever anyone claims that or asks whether Sabaton are nazi sympathisers, racists and/or glorifying war I simply ask if they've ever listened to their music. The answer is, of course, always no. Keep on doing these reactions, please. Love your insights and enthusiasm, mate. Cheers!
The problem with modern humans or political thinking is we want to interpret history with a modern lens and not through a lens appropriate to the time when the event happened. As a monarchist, this pisses me off because then you use history for propaganda and not as a map to ancient wisdom.
I don't think I've ever sat through a 40 min reaction video before, great video bud. I've been subbed since your Al Bundy videos, I personally never heard of Sabaton before until your reactions. Such a great band, keep going down the "rabbit hole". I'll follow you all the way down
Regarding the not taking any oath thing in the lyrics, that was in regard to the Catholic Church. The oaths at his coronation were a massive (and successful) power move to insist that no, they would swear their oaths of loyalty *NOW* because they were not making him King, he was already King. In his mind, if he asked for their oaths of loyalty after, it was like asking for their permission to rule. And he wasn't about to ask *ANYONE* for permission, so they could accept him now or face the consequences. Also, yes, Charles XII was basically one of the most badass teenagers to ever walk the Earth. One of the most quintessential quotes from him was when he was on the field for his first real battle and heard the cannons and guns firing. He's reported to have taken in the sights and sounds of battle favorably, because he then stated "This shall hence become my music."
I hope you continue watching the music before the history videos... It is fun hearing your speculations what the song is about. And kind of impressive how correct you often are.
Been a fan of Sabaton for over a decade and I have never heard a song I dislike. So nice to witness someone discovering them and getting into the history. Great reaction btw! You have now earned a new subscriber.
Love the fact that you also react to the sabaton history videos please keep it up. :) And please keep reacting to Sabaton songs and their history videos I just joined your channel because I love when people actually react to the history videos to learn and not just listen. Btw I am a hardcore history buff and became a sabaton fan because they sing about history. Regards from Sweden. 🇸🇪
Awesome video! You should listen to the song Carolean Prayer next. Also, Caroleans (Karoliner in swedish) was the Swedish infantry during this time period.
Great reaction, Carolus Rex is one of my favorites. So about saying his name when they pray,he basically thought or felt that he had been given his power straight from God,that he was divine,he never swore an oath to the "church" wich was pretty much common practice back then. So in todays standards I guess that would be called blasphemous if you are a believer. Not many in sweden is today though so...
Hi! I just want to say how glad I am to watch your reaction to Sabaton now when you have added their history lesson as well. To see how much clearer everything got for you. Awesome! And for me, I'm also glad you minimized the amounts of pausing in the video. So much more to fun and enjoyable to watch! And how quickly this song stuck and you sang along! I could at the end see how all the pieces just fell into place for you. If I may add a suggestion to an idea: how cool would the experience not be for you to listen to the song again after the history, and then maybe do a live version? First the video with your thoughts. Then history where everything will be explained. And finishing off with the live version, where the entire song just is so much clearer for you... Just an idea. Anyway, keep it up this way, and many more will enjoy your reactions as well as learn, from our new history teachers 😉 Take care, and keep up the great work! And once again, welcome down the rabbithole, and to the Sabaton family!!
Swedish media was the one to make that connection (when Sabaton made the record, all to sell more) - Most people in Sweden are soo over this old 1980´s thinking (there is a reason and explanation to why. But is too long to wright :-) so i dont)
New subscriber from Sweden here and thank you for this reaction! Just like one commented down below about not sitting through a 40 min video... well I did just that. You interact really well with your viewers and I like that you "open up for a debate" while pausing the clips instead of like some others saying two or three words just for the sake of monetization. Really nice. Cheering for you to get this channel growing! Another "fun" fact that occured on 4th of july this year: Our Primeminister visited Kyiv, Ukraine and held a pressconference with the President of Ukraine and gifted Ukraine a letter Karl XII (Carolus Rex) wrote in 1711 stating that the Zaporizjzja cossaks shall be freed from the opression by the Russian tsar. This letter was sent to the ambassador in Constantinople so the liberty of this (today Ukrainians) people could occur. However our Primeminister is the leader of the Socialdemocrats (left) and this year we're having an election. So the pressconference was'nt given much more attention and was cut down in statemedia and got as much cover as a broken down car on the freeway would have.. or even less. Government funded newspapers did'nt cover this at all of what I could find. Even though this happend on the same day US celebrates their indenpendance and the same day (this year) Putin declared victory in Luhansk.. Ukraine got a 300 year old letter admitting their liberty. So with all this in mind.. you could imagine how it would appear if the socialist Primeminister propagated history of Karl XII with a smile on her face outside of our borders but back home bashes down others as racists/nazi and all that for having "wrong" opinion. This goes unfortunately very well in hand with what Pär explained in the clip.
Whoa, that gave me chills. Amazing that Ukrainian freedom was declared many years ago and still we're having these issues. That was an inspiring move by the Swedish Prime minister!!
@@cloudedreactions2578 I totally agree. I've gotten the furtune to get to know someone in Ukraine during this senseless attack and when I relayed this information to her she started to cry and replayed "this is all we want". I can't say that I did'nt felt that down my spine. But again.. thank you for taking your time to react and learn about this important piece of our history.
@@mcautodatas Thank YOU for dropping bits of facts about what's going on that news channels aren't even covering. It's a pity and shameful that politics would keep this bit of info from coming to light
I could'nt agree more. But hopefully it will be known more in the future and hopefully future generations will read about things like this in history class. Even small actions can make a big difference. To top this off; Kalabaliken i Bender wich you reacted to in another video. That is where he wrote that letter. Here is a link from the Ukrainian office of the president about this if you or anyone would like to know more. www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-ukrayini-ta-premyer-ministr-shveciyi-pogodili-spil-76281 Take care and continue with your awesome reactions. 🤘
5:47 Yep, that whole rhetoric of Kings being chosen by God and god's representative was the the biggest reason for Protestantism waring against the Roman Catholic church. Elizabeth 1st of England believed in the ordained power of kings/queens as well. Love your reaction to the history part! Very unique, not many take the time to sit through the nerdy history behind the awesome music ❤️ Yep, viewing history through moder values does history a disservice. The whole Carolus controversy is ENTIRELY due to modern people claiming his character for nefarious means. The frustrating thing is nationalism and love and care for one's country doesn't freaking BELONG to just fascists! Allowing them to claim that just gives them more power!
Wow, maybe I should look into Elizabeth 1st 🤔 thanks! Learning other nation's history is so fascinating, learning about the courage, bravery, comradery etc during wartimes! So many lost to history's memory, they deserve to be remembered 🥰
Some kings of Europe reasoned that they were chosen by God just like King Salomo of the old testament. Christians of today can't imagine God chosing rulers but it was different back then. They thought everything in the Bible was facts.
Funny what seems silly or non logical to us was taking extremely serious to those back then. Makes you wonder what the future of mankind will think of us now!
Great reaction. It's really nice to hear your thoughts about it. And really great to also hear you figuring out the meaning of the song, keep going with that. :) About the neo nazi "connection". It really had nothing to do with Carolus Rex, but the neo nazis used him as a symbol of the strong and mighty Sweden that didn't need anyone else. Yeah. Really really dumb. The neo nazis did the same with the vikings, but we quickly took them back. :) And actually, the first time I listened to Carolus Rex, I was not a fan. The lyrics threw me off. Or rather, Carolus himself threw me off. He was clearly a megalomaniac narcissist, I had a hard time digging that. But then as you said, pretty much every king back then was..
Had nothing to do with neo nazis indeed, it's just incredible how fast a highjacking of historical figures can be and instantly thrown on a "hate" list instead of educating the true history. Thanks brother!!!
@@jonashansson2320 im saying he wasn't the warmongering maniac that everyone thinks he was a fair ruler that only fought for his country and saved sweden against the coalition
@@kingseb2252 One thing doesn't preclude the other. For all accounts he seem to have been fair. True. And he was also a great general, won a lot of battles that "should" have resulted in a defeat. But he was also a pretty bad commander, only thinking of the battles, never about the war. And also a really crappy king, only thinking about how to win the next battle, never what was best for Sweden. Saved Sweden? He lost pretty much everything. A perfect example of the saying "Do not bite off more than you can chew."
Agreed! They had so much more responsibilities compared to recent history but I'm sure the adults, if they had a choice, wouldn't want a child to be king. They might not have been as reckless as today's youth but still were children haha
@6:20 you are right about being protestant at this point and oddly enough the way I have always imagined where he thought of him self in the grand scheme of things was Pope level. I know that makes no sense but it's the closest thing to right below God and above everything else on earth in Christianity I could think of.
That makes perfect sense to me, although he seemingly deemed himself higher than the status of a Pope in my opinion, there's really nothing higher than Pope status other than declaring yourself a God (like Nero). Thanks for your insight, that same line seems to still bother me lol
@@cloudedreactions2578 also don't get me started on nero that guy was something we should make up a word for he was so insane. Maybe just use his name as an adjective to explain it.
Karl XII of Sweden was the last absolute monarch in a line and was ultimately a bit of a disaster for the Swedish Empire. He believed that he was God's representative on Earth - this was not uncommon in 17th and 18th century Europe. Weirdly the least powerful monarchs were the British where the parliament had much more power than the monarch. At his death most of the Swedish Empire was gone and the power of the parliament was increased.
Carolus Rex (Karl XII) believed that everything was preordained, by an all-powerful all-knowing god. So God had already decided what would happen: death or life, was already preordained. All we could do was live and serve to the best of our abilities. That also means that anything that he said had already been decided by God: he ruled by divine decree, not by the church, but answering to no one but God himself.
Pretty crazy how times have changed. For the better I'm sure but it was a mere 400 years ago :o The fact that Karl II (and the Caroleans) thought everything was preordained made them a true force to be reckoned with!
To be proud of your country is almost same being seen bye the other swedish like you are bad. This our modern way. If like yourself maybe you dislike the other..... I dont say this is right way. But is in many part of our society the "political right way"..
Baaad Sabaton baaad, for singing about history. Sooo fascist. I mean, they made a song about Rommel´s tank divisions and no one cared, but once they decided to sing about a king that ruled 300 years ago, they are somehow fascist...
I like the fact that Sabaton has never been apologetic about their music: they teach history and their music has nothing to do with racism, period. I should, however, explain why their music provoked that negative response in Sweden at the time:
During the '90s and '00s, Sweden saw a considerable rise in racism and right-wing extremism. This was a tumultuous and frightening time in Swedish modern history; a time of neo-nazi terrorist attacks, deadly hate crimes and extremist groups arming themselves. Today it may seem unfathomable, but during the 90s and early 00s, the largest neo-nazi demonstration in Northern Europe took place annually in the Stockholm suburb of Salem.
⠀⠀Songs in the style of Sabaton were very popular among neo-nazis and played an important role as a means of spreading their propaganda and, what is worse, as a major source of income for these extremist groups. Songs romanticising things like The Swedish Empire and vikings were heavily featured during the neo-nazi gatherings and each year, they demonstrated by a statue of Carolus Rex in Stockholm, spreading their propaganda and doing the nazi salute, et c. I would presume that a lot of "innocent" music got "hijacked" by the neo-nazi movement, not only Sabaton's.
⠀⠀By the beginning of the 2010s and after a lot of hard work from investigative journalists, politicians and police, the neo-nazi movement had pretty much faded away, nevertheless, anything which reminded people of past neo-nazi propaganda - such as their nationalist music - was looked upon with suspicion and fear.
This doesn't justify the prejudiced attitude against Sabaton, but it makes it comprehensible and puts the whole debacle around the Carolus Rex album in perspective - and a historical and factual perspective at that. And as Sabaton continues to teach us: there's always a larger historical context.
The truth is that the far left rule in Sweden hate Karl XII because he represent strength and righteousness.
No group to my knowledge idolize Karl XII as some sort of a cult figure.
Unfathomable indeed to believe they were openly demonstrating annually in the early 2000's... I could see how new generations could relate their music to such a heinous group. Unfortunately not many people are willing to educate, I suppose it's easier to hate and discard that which seems hateful instead of exploring the original meanings of certain topics. Just like how the Swastika was highjacked by the Nazis. Thanks for that in-depth clarification!!! It did not and will not stop me from promoting Sabaton!!!
@@cloudedreactions2578 Good! And it's hilariously easy to poke holes in people's prejudices against Sabaton; whenever anyone claims that or asks whether Sabaton are nazi sympathisers, racists and/or glorifying war I simply ask if they've ever listened to their music. The answer is, of course, always no.
Keep on doing these reactions, please. Love your insights and enthusiasm, mate. Cheers!
The problem with modern humans or political thinking is we want to interpret history with a modern lens and not through a lens appropriate to the time when the event happened. As a monarchist, this pisses me off because then you use history for propaganda and not as a map to ancient wisdom.
I don't think I've ever sat through a 40 min reaction video before, great video bud. I've been subbed since your Al Bundy videos, I personally never heard of Sabaton before until your reactions. Such a great band, keep going down the "rabbit hole". I'll follow you all the way down
Thanks brother, hope I don't lead you astray but Sabaton won't disappoint!!!
Regarding the not taking any oath thing in the lyrics, that was in regard to the Catholic Church.
The oaths at his coronation were a massive (and successful) power move to insist that no, they would swear their oaths of loyalty *NOW* because they were not making him King, he was already King. In his mind, if he asked for their oaths of loyalty after, it was like asking for their permission to rule. And he wasn't about to ask *ANYONE* for permission, so they could accept him now or face the consequences.
Also, yes, Charles XII was basically one of the most badass teenagers to ever walk the Earth. One of the most quintessential quotes from him was when he was on the field for his first real battle and heard the cannons and guns firing.
He's reported to have taken in the sights and sounds of battle favorably, because he then stated "This shall hence become my music."
Sabaton is really BIG in Europe
At the Woodstock festival in Poland 2012 they performed in front of more than 500000 people
Al they sings are kind of epic
Thank you for a great reaction. My suggestion for the next Sabaton reaction is "The Carolean's prayer".
It's a good one, and in that Sabaton History episode you'll get to "meet" the singer, Joakim. He's pretty awesome :)
I've met Pär, can't wait to hear how Joakim sounds without using his powerhouse vocals!!
I hope you continue watching the music before the history videos... It is fun hearing your speculations what the song is about. And kind of impressive how correct you often are.
I agree, he's got some good critical thinking and reasoning skills, which sadly a rarity these days.
I feel I'm only right half the time but I appreciate the boost of confidence!! 😁
Been a fan of Sabaton for over a decade and I have never heard a song I dislike. So nice to witness someone discovering them and getting into the history. Great reaction btw!
You have now earned a new subscriber.
Ahh gee, thanks! Safe to say Sabaton has gained a new member to their army as well :)
Their lives recorder in the Great war tour!
En livstid i krig, live Gothenburg, with CC!!
You can always se their live performance! They are good!! And their is a swedish version with english captions!
Thanks for the reaction
Seeing their live performance will be my next mission!!
Yeah, the Swedish version is also really good! Definitely worth a listen!
Carolus Rex became King at the age of 14.
Love the fact that you also react to the sabaton history videos please keep it up. :)
And please keep reacting to Sabaton songs and their history videos I just joined your channel because I love when people actually react to the history videos to learn and not just listen.
Btw I am a hardcore history buff and became a sabaton fan because they sing about history.
Regards from Sweden. 🇸🇪
A love of historical events, it seems we share a common bond! Definitely riding this Sabaton train for as long as I can. Cheers brother!!!
Awesome video! You should listen to the song Carolean Prayer next. Also, Caroleans (Karoliner in swedish) was the Swedish infantry during this time period.
Whoa, a song by the soldiers on the front lines? I already know it will be epic!!
Great reaction, Carolus Rex is one of my favorites. So about saying his name when they pray,he basically thought or felt that he had been given his power straight from God,that he was divine,he never swore an oath to the "church" wich was pretty much common practice back then. So in todays standards I guess that would be called blasphemous if you are a believer. Not many in sweden is today though so...
Not many Swedes are no longer protestant? Wow, kind of like America where most are no longer Christians :/ Thanks for the clarification!!!
Hi! I just want to say how glad I am to watch your reaction to Sabaton now when you have added their history lesson as well. To see how much clearer everything got for you. Awesome! And for me, I'm also glad you minimized the amounts of pausing in the video. So much more to fun and enjoyable to watch! And how quickly this song stuck and you sang along! I could at the end see how all the pieces just fell into place for you. If I may add a suggestion to an idea: how cool would the experience not be for you to listen to the song again after the history, and then maybe do a live version? First the video with your thoughts. Then history where everything will be explained. And finishing off with the live version, where the entire song just is so much clearer for you... Just an idea. Anyway, keep it up this way, and many more will enjoy your reactions as well as learn, from our new history teachers 😉 Take care, and keep up the great work! And once again, welcome down the rabbithole, and to the Sabaton family!!
Thanks! Your feedback helped me changed the way I uploaded and have implemented your changes accordingly! All feedback is welcomed and appreciated 🥰
@@cloudedreactions2578 Glad I could help!
Swedish media was the one to make that connection (when Sabaton made the record, all to sell more) - Most people in Sweden are soo over this old 1980´s thinking (there is a reason and explanation to why. But is too long to wright :-) so i dont)
New subscriber from Sweden here and thank you for this reaction! Just like one commented down below about not sitting through a 40 min video... well I did just that. You interact really well with your viewers and I like that you "open up for a debate" while pausing the clips instead of like some others saying two or three words just for the sake of monetization. Really nice. Cheering for you to get this channel growing!
Another "fun" fact that occured on 4th of july this year:
Our Primeminister visited Kyiv, Ukraine and held a pressconference with the President of Ukraine and gifted Ukraine a letter Karl XII (Carolus Rex) wrote in 1711 stating that the Zaporizjzja cossaks shall be freed from the opression by the Russian tsar. This letter was sent to the ambassador in Constantinople so the liberty of this (today Ukrainians) people could occur. However our Primeminister is the leader of the Socialdemocrats (left) and this year we're having an election. So the pressconference was'nt given much more attention and was cut down in statemedia and got as much cover as a broken down car on the freeway would have.. or even less. Government funded newspapers did'nt cover this at all of what I could find. Even though this happend on the same day US celebrates their indenpendance and the same day (this year) Putin declared victory in Luhansk.. Ukraine got a 300 year old letter admitting their liberty. So with all this in mind.. you could imagine how it would appear if the socialist Primeminister propagated history of Karl XII with a smile on her face outside of our borders but back home bashes down others as racists/nazi and all that for having "wrong" opinion. This goes unfortunately very well in hand with what Pär explained in the clip.
Whoa, that gave me chills. Amazing that Ukrainian freedom was declared many years ago and still we're having these issues. That was an inspiring move by the Swedish Prime minister!!
@@cloudedreactions2578 I totally agree. I've gotten the furtune to get to know someone in Ukraine during this senseless attack and when I relayed this information to her she started to cry and replayed "this is all we want". I can't say that I did'nt felt that down my spine. But again.. thank you for taking your time to react and learn about this important piece of our history.
@@mcautodatas Thank YOU for dropping bits of facts about what's going on that news channels aren't even covering. It's a pity and shameful that politics would keep this bit of info from coming to light
I could'nt agree more. But hopefully it will be known more in the future and hopefully future generations will read about things like this in history class. Even small actions can make a big difference. To top this off; Kalabaliken i Bender wich you reacted to in another video. That is where he wrote that letter. Here is a link from the Ukrainian office of the president about this if you or anyone would like to know more.
www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-ukrayini-ta-premyer-ministr-shveciyi-pogodili-spil-76281
Take care and continue with your awesome reactions. 🤘
You must react to *Long live the king* next
I'll add it to the list! 🙂
That's a very good one! They played it on the Swedish Tour. I was at their show in my hometown, about 2 weeks ago! 🤘💪🇸🇪
5:47 Yep, that whole rhetoric of Kings being chosen by God and god's representative was the the biggest reason for Protestantism waring against the Roman Catholic church. Elizabeth 1st of England believed in the ordained power of kings/queens as well.
Love your reaction to the history part! Very unique, not many take the time to sit through the nerdy history behind the awesome music ❤️
Yep, viewing history through moder values does history a disservice. The whole Carolus controversy is ENTIRELY due to modern people claiming his character for nefarious means.
The frustrating thing is nationalism and love and care for one's country doesn't freaking BELONG to just fascists! Allowing them to claim that just gives them more power!
Wow, maybe I should look into Elizabeth 1st 🤔 thanks! Learning other nation's history is so fascinating, learning about the courage, bravery, comradery etc during wartimes! So many lost to history's memory, they deserve to be remembered 🥰
Look at When sweden ruled the world here on youtube... You will get a better look at carolus rex/charles XII
I most likely will, cheers!!!
Some kings of Europe reasoned that they were chosen by God just like King Salomo of the old testament.
Christians of today can't imagine God chosing rulers but it was different back then. They thought everything in the Bible was facts.
Funny what seems silly or non logical to us was taking extremely serious to those back then. Makes you wonder what the future of mankind will think of us now!
You should react to extra historys video on the 30 year war! its fantastic
Great reaction. It's really nice to hear your thoughts about it. And really great to also hear you figuring out the meaning of the song, keep going with that. :)
About the neo nazi "connection". It really had nothing to do with Carolus Rex, but the neo nazis used him as a symbol of the strong and mighty Sweden that didn't need anyone else. Yeah. Really really dumb. The neo nazis did the same with the vikings, but we quickly took them back. :)
And actually, the first time I listened to Carolus Rex, I was not a fan. The lyrics threw me off. Or rather, Carolus himself threw me off. He was clearly a megalomaniac narcissist, I had a hard time digging that. But then as you said, pretty much every king back then was..
Had nothing to do with neo nazis indeed, it's just incredible how fast a highjacking of historical figures can be and instantly thrown on a "hate" list instead of educating the true history. Thanks brother!!!
Well carolus fought defending sweden and fair ruler it was the coalition that wanted to destroy sweden
@@kingseb2252 What has that to do with anything?
@@jonashansson2320 im saying he wasn't the warmongering maniac that everyone thinks he was a fair ruler that only fought for his country and saved sweden against the coalition
@@kingseb2252 One thing doesn't preclude the other. For all accounts he seem to have been fair. True.
And he was also a great general, won a lot of battles that "should" have resulted in a defeat. But he was also a pretty bad commander, only thinking of the battles, never about the war. And also a really crappy king, only thinking about how to win the next battle, never what was best for Sweden.
Saved Sweden? He lost pretty much everything. A perfect example of the saying "Do not bite off more than you can chew."
You got to remember kids back then were a hell of a lot different than what they are now Igrew up real quick life was very short back the
Agreed! They had so much more responsibilities compared to recent history but I'm sure the adults, if they had a choice, wouldn't want a child to be king. They might not have been as reckless as today's youth but still were children haha
@6:20 you are right about being protestant at this point and oddly enough the way I have always imagined where he thought of him self in the grand scheme of things was Pope level. I know that makes no sense but it's the closest thing to right below God and above everything else on earth in Christianity I could think of.
That makes perfect sense to me, although he seemingly deemed himself higher than the status of a Pope in my opinion, there's really nothing higher than Pope status other than declaring yourself a God (like Nero). Thanks for your insight, that same line seems to still bother me lol
@@cloudedreactions2578 I said odd because the pope is catholic and at this point they are sworn enemies but ya you got it 🍻
@@cloudedreactions2578 also don't get me started on nero that guy was something we should make up a word for he was so insane. Maybe just use his name as an adjective to explain it.
Karl XII of Sweden was the last absolute monarch in a line and was ultimately a bit of a disaster for the Swedish Empire.
He believed that he was God's representative on Earth - this was not uncommon in 17th and 18th century Europe. Weirdly the least powerful monarchs were the British where the parliament had much more power than the monarch.
At his death most of the Swedish Empire was gone and the power of the parliament was increased.
If you would like to react to an artist you might not have heard of before, I recommend the artist Aesthetic Perfection with the song Gods and Gold
Ahh a new artist, I shall definitely check this song out soon. Thanks for the recommendation!!
Carolus Rex (Karl XII) believed that everything was preordained, by an all-powerful all-knowing god. So God had already decided what would happen: death or life, was already preordained. All we could do was live and serve to the best of our abilities. That also means that anything that he said had already been decided by God: he ruled by divine decree, not by the church, but answering to no one but God himself.
Pretty crazy how times have changed. For the better I'm sure but it was a mere 400 years ago :o The fact that Karl II (and the Caroleans) thought everything was preordained made them a true force to be reckoned with!
Watch live version 😀
LYRICS better in swedish version as al thesongs on that album.
Being a 50 yo Polish-American, I love their Poland songs, but this one…THIS SONG…doesn’t rock…it RULES.
To be proud of your country is almost same being seen bye the other swedish like you are bad. This our modern way. If like yourself maybe you dislike the other..... I dont say this is right way. But is in many part of our society the "political right way"..
Baaad Sabaton baaad, for singing about history. Sooo fascist. I mean, they made a song about Rommel´s tank divisions and no one cared, but once they decided to sing about a king that ruled 300 years ago, they are somehow fascist...
Absolutely blows my mind how some people can be so thick. ‘Tis the world we live in I guess :/