Livgardet - 500 Years in Service of the King - Sabaton History 102 [Official]
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- In 1523, Swedish King Gustav I. Vasa gathered 16 of his bravest and most loyal soldiers around him and appointed them to be his royal bodyguards. From this day on, the Swedish Royal Guards were tasked to guard the King and the royal family in their palace in Stockholm with their lives. Throughout the centuries the Royal Guard took on many names, outfits, and weapons, yet their mission remained the same. They joined the King on his military campaigns, protected him from assassins, and policed the royal estate.
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Written by: Markus Linke and Indy Neidell
Directed by: Astrid Deinhard and Wieke Kapteijns
Produced by: Pär Sundström, Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Executive Producers: Pär Sundström, Joakim Brodén, Tomas Sunmo, Indy Neidell, Astrid Deinhard, and Spartacus Olsson
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Editor: Karolina Dołęga
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Sources:
- Försvarsmuseum Boden
- Sveriges militärhistoriska arv
- Armémuseum
- Pictures of modern Livgardet and Swedish castles courtesy of GI99pema, Manfred Werner (Tsui), Arild Vågen, Jakub Hałun, President's Secretariat India, Holger.Ellgaard, Andreas Trepte, Jürgen Howaldt, Arild Vågen
- Photo of the changing of the guard at Stockholm Palace by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas
- Ministério da Defesa
- Gustaf II Adolf before Battle of Lützen by Nils Forsberg, courtesy of Gothenburg Museum of Art.
- Poltava History Museum
All music by: Sabaton
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Table: *gets beaten up by Joakim’s fist.*
Joakim’s Knee: First time?
Also Joakims knee; Sorry Chuck Norris, but your time is over...
the knee is basically indestructible at this point
When we needed them the most....
*THEY RETURNED!*
The Winged Hussars are back!?!
Oh wait you're talking about Sabaton history which is also good
Song makes you feel proud of being Swedish while not being Swedish.
Yeah, it can happen
I call that the Sabaton effect, to feel patriotism for a country that you were not born in.
@@skillBpro And the Sabaton Effect has affected me every single time I listened to any Sabaton song really.
@@skillBpro Patriot by proxy
Me: "I dunno anything about Serbia."
* plays Last Dying Breath once *
Me: "Serbia f- yeah!"
and when the world needed them most...
"They *RETURNED*"
Then the Sabaton History arrived
@@aisterpendragon6694 like the winged hussars they were they came in with a BANG
@@ivangenov6782 A bang like Joakim's fist on the table
@@firstconsul7286 accurately yes
My ancestor served in Gustavus Adolphus' lifeguard in 1614. Greetings from Finland!
Hackapälle :DDD
One of mine in Karl XIIs. Dead in Narva.
Because Finland was part of Swedish empire, who invaded Finns x).
@Rockyourassed The Russians mostly. Or we Swedes (at that time Finns considered Sweden as their fatherland and the Grand Duchy of Finland as their homeland) attacked the Russians. The 1600's were a period of relative peace in Finland though as most Swedish wars took place in mainland Europe.
@@Rockyourassed Correction: Finland was not "Part of Swedish Empire", they were the Swedish Empire. They were as much Swedes as Swedes. In Sweden, they were called Österlänningar (easterners). Finland as we know it first evolved during the Russian occupation.
"Turns out, insulting one's body guard while you're already unpopular was a really bad idea" lol
I think Indy may have become Captain Obvious Gustavus of the Livgardet with that comment
If only Caligula had not been a nutcase and not piss off the head of the Praetorian Guard.
Rome Preatorian Guard in a nutshell
When a military regiment is older than most countries
*laughs in regimiento de inmemorial del rey*
Well most of today's European countries are much older than that. Not the case of America :D
Italy and Germany was born in the mid 1800s. Greece became independent 1921. Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Norway, Ukraine, Czechia, and Belarus was born in the early 1900s. Yugoslavia was later on broken up into a bunch of new countries in the 1990s. So very few countries have been independent for a long time. And almost the entire world aside from Turkey, Persia,Japan and China fell under European rule. And later on declared independence after WW2. And most colonies in America only became independent countries in the 1800s.
@@nattygsbord I don't consider Greece, Poland, Czechia, Norway or Lithuania for example as new states. They all have much much longer history. First Czech state for example existed in 9th century. It depends from which side you look at it. Yes these actual states exist from 20th century mostly. Czechoslovakia and Poland establishes in 1918 for example but before that they were countries in medieval times and also later. Czechs became part of Austria in 17th century, Poland became part of Prussia, Austria and Russia in 18th century. They were just resurrected.
@@saiien2 Lithuania did celebrate it's 1000th year anniversary in 2009.
Songs that make you Swedish pride moment although you aren't swedish
😂😂samee
Everyone in the world is swedish, especially if they get a piece of paper saying so from the government.
Right? I love when Sabaton sings in their native language.
Welcome to the Sabaton Affect
Hehe true
Wow, i remember hearing this song on the radio and i got so excited. I worked in the Royal Life guard for 3 years and i have never seen more dedicated and loyal people anywhere else. I also recognize a few colleagues in some of the pictures (I think i was in one of them, i was at least somewhere in the background on several pictures/shots). So glad that Sabaton made a song about Livgardet and may them defend our capital and monarchy for another 500 years :)
They say sabaton on the radio there? Awesome
@@C_coyle Im not sure what you mean but yes, they play Sabaton on the radio on some stations.
I’m an American, but thank you for your service to the Royal Guard! What an honor!
@@AR18123 Thank you, i personally dont feel it that way and think that people that work as firefighters, police and medical deserve it more :) But it still means a lot to me and it was an important time in my life, do not regret it in the slightest.
I'm not Swedish but thank you for your service! ❤️
The reasoning given here for the cancelled collaboration is extremely vague compared to what happened. The Swedish Army Staff Office had initially approved the collaboration, but when it surfaced that Sabaton had performed for the Night Wolves (Motorcycle organisation from Russia with close ties to Putin) in occupied Crimea back in 2015 (and not acknowledging how controversial that looks), they decided that as part of the Swedish State they couldn't work with the band because of the implications that meant since the Swedish government still considers Crimea to be illegally occupied.
I say this as a massive fan of Sabaton, and as a soldier in the SweAF; unfortunate, but understandable.
so makeing a political hit on a band that write about history, and preforms all over the world is fine?
@@weybye91 Armed Forces are part of the Swedish State, and adhere to their policies. No more to it.
@@weybye91 politics, especially international politics, is a sensitive subject. While u may think it's not that big of a deal, or even if Ukrainian fans think it's not that big of a deal, it doesn't mean everyone is ok with that.
I mean, even without the whole Crimea things, it'd still be understandable if any governments decided to have nothing to do with Sabaton.
@@weybye91 The Swedish military MUST be seen supporting Swedish foreign policy. People cannot have a single a doubt about that.
I agree, the least Sabaton could do is be upfront about it.
You know, Indy in the uniform looks a bit like the portraits of Karl XII... just saying.
Have you ever seen them in the same place at the same time??!!?!?!???
I can’t unsee it!
I always thought he'd looked like the guy from Dr. Strangelove
My friend says that I look like Konung Gustav II Adolph. (If I shaved my sideburns)
Had Indy been a few years younger he would have been perfect for a film role as Karl XII. He looks like Karl but better (if the death mask and some paintings are considered reliable sources what he looked like).
Heard this on the radio two days ago. I was in Gothenburg so I was listening to Pirate Rock. They played a Sabaton triple: En Livstid i Krig, Carolus Rex and Livgardet. Poor Scania speakers, hope I didn't blast you.
I served as a royal guard at Drottningholm in 1995. My regiment was Ing2 Göta ingenjörskår 2:a kompaniet 2:a pluton.
what was that like?
Very impressed with Indy's Swedish pronounciations :)
I believe he's a Swedish citizen.
@@Rosencrona Yeah I think he's been there long enough to become a citizen, and pick up a thing or two.
As a famous Count once said: "I've been looking forward to this."
My history metal powers have doubled since we last met count!
@@tsarnicholasii4169 Good. Twice the pride, double the fall
Idea for Sabaton History:
Sabaton history: Sabaton
This episode should go all the way from when Joäkim was a keyboard player and cover all the album's from *fist for fight* to the production for *livgardet* . All previous and ongoing members of the band can be covered as well.
and they accidentally write up a story about armored footwear ^^
@@another_blacktomcat They could do a crossover with Skallagrim or Shadiversity.
Id write up a petition for that
Make it an april episode and talk about sabatons.
Glad to see guys updating. It is fun to watch over this all. Thanks.
Thank you for following us
The Swedish army still loves Sabaton and this is a well-known fact, nothing has changed and the Swedish military has now shared the new song Livgardet and thanked sabaton for it on their Facebook page. Not being able to do certain things has to do with politics and nothing personally aimed towards anyone. The army wouldn't have asked Sabaton if they didn't love them for their work.
Sleep can wait, SABATON TIME
imagine if sabaton opened a channel teaching swedish
Knew it.
THE BOIS ARE BACC IN TOWN
THE BOIIIS
Damm I’m so Proud to be Swedish.
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! LET'S FUCKING GO, THEY'RE BACK!!! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Thank you Teddy Roosevelt, very cool
Oh you will be celebrating your 500 year anniversary of creation of modern Sweden in two years. That is interesting. Hope you enjoy it and honor the anniversary Sweden. Hopefully the pandemic will be completely over by that time. We ourselves here in Hellas will be celebrating the 200 year anniversary since the beginning of the revolution of 1821 that eventually led ten years later to the creation of the our modern state.
Long Live Sabaton and Time Ghost
so, the x-mass song is not an x-mass song but the song about the cool guys who defended king with their lives.. ok, thank you ! :-D
Yessssssss and its coooooooooool
It makes for a nice christmas song though 😂
@@davecrupel2817 yes, yes it does 😂😂
@@davecrupel2817 I'll sing it! In the church!
Its ok to say Christmas dude
New Sabaton History content is the best way to get through the middle of the week! And this new song will tide me over until the next album and I can see you on tour again! Thanks guys! 🤘🥰❤
Happy to help! See you on a show
The song is great, it is nice to see Pär and Indy back in this setting once again. The fans will love it, it will be a concert favorite, I would wager the military establishment will come around at some point and accept the gift of the song.
Will this be the new Swedish Pagans? Only time will tell.
Welcome back!
I had wondered if this was indicative of the next album. Got my answer.
Great song!
Hold on a minute-
Hold on a minute-
what was the answer because they said they gonna record a album this year
@@ghostsdragon9222 They said in the video that it wasn't part of the new album.
Where can I order those carolean coat-uniforms??
Sabaton History back YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
So glad you came back!! Sweden have a unveiled and really interesting History.
The army still loves Sabaton and this is a well-known fact, nothing has changed and the Swedish military has now shared the new song Livgardet and thanked sabaton for it on their Facebook page.
Sweden doesn't like Russia and for good reasons. It's a dictatorship and we've had wars with them in the past. The Swedish army's decision not to cooperate with Sabaton was because of their playing in Crimea. Sabaton did this however before it got very infected and probably didn't think too much about the political consequences behind it. They're a band after all not a political entity. The Swedish army however is very political and has serious responsibilities that go past the enjoyment of music.
Sabaton however has no liking to Putin or his fascist government and the army knows this. Hence why if you look at Försvarsmakten's Facebook you'll see them sharing the Livgardet song and thanking Sabaton for it. People in the Swedish army love Sabaton and the army likes Sabaton in general. This was not personal it was just politics.
Do you know for a fact that this was the reason the army pulled out? Or is it a good guess?
@@annorlunda87 No, it was confirmed by Paula Levänen, Head of Communications at Livgardet in an Email to "Aftonbladet" (02/22/2021)
Didn't they get banned in russia for a while for a stupid reason.
Never trust the Russian government.
Makes sense.
"Livgardet"is an absolutely epic and Wonderful song that made me wanna know more about Sweden which I love so bad !!!!
❤️🇸🇪❤️🇸🇪❤️🇸🇪(You see ,when it comes to its history I only was aware about its involvement in 30-years war under Gustav Adolf,the existence of Christina and some basics about their great Northern ,where it seemed to me as the" bad guy "that wanted to mess with Great Peter ...)And now with this magnificent video that actually happened ! The only thing that I can tell to Sabaton it's a big "THANK YOU!"🥰🥰🥰You guys are awesome!🤩🤩🤩
From a Greek history freak ...🇬🇷🤪🇬🇷🤪🇬🇷🤪[That also happens to be a drawer...I've already made a painting about the "Red Baron",one about the crusades inspired by "The Last Stand" (which I know that is actually about the Sack of Rome ,but I love so much to associate it with crusades!I just can't help it ...😅😅😅),and now I'm working in one about "The Attack of the Dead Men" .I also want to make one about "Winged Hussars"and "Livgardet")
I´m a former Livdragoon and i cound´t be more proud that my favorite metal band does a song about my old unit!
Indy: if the army never asked you would never get this song [indy points up] (Applebees ad playing smash mouth plays).........
"...... and _pesky_ citizens with radical ideas 🤨"
I've missed you, Indy 🤗
I am a proud ex-RO-officer in the Royal Guard, the Livgardet. I did not hear you mention the Livgardet motto - Possunt Nec Posse Videntur, they did what seemed impossible. Through history, that motto was earned in many battles over the centuries. When I was active, Livgardet specialised in two main things, mechanized and urban combat. We trained to be the first into battle to protect not just the King and country's leadership, but to repell any attack on our Capital. These are of course also the objectives today. I feel very grateful that Sabaton made an exception and accepted the Swedish army's request to create this song.
Fun addition to this could have been the mention of His Majesties Norske Garde, the current Royal Guard of the Norwegian King. After the Napoleonic wars Denmark lost Norway to Sweden (Sweden fought its last war in 1814 against Norway) who had lost Finland to Russia. In 1856 the Swedish Norwegian Union king asked that Norwegian soldiers should be posted in Stockholm in order to reflect the Union. So the Norwegian Garde was established and served there until 1888 when the Norwegian government ordered them to serve in Christiania (Oslo) in stead. They have since 1905 been the guards to the Norwegian royal house, fought against the Germans during the invasion in 1940 and were deployed around the castle and streets of Oslo during the terror attack of 2011.
Loved the video. Thank you.
You guys are the reason why I'm passing history class thank you sabaton
This band is not only bring a spirit to the song, but also brings knowledge through the history of the song.
Thank you for appreciating it!
Love what you guys do!
Awesome video!!! Keep up the good work!
I missed these so much! :)
Is it a coincidence the video is 17:18 long? Or is some Norwegian soldier getting a little trigger happy?
Elaborate?
@@judahbenwinchester7009 On the 30th of November 1718, Karl XII was fatally shot from the Norwegian fort of Fredriksten. Hence the reference to 1718, and a trigger happy Norwegian.
Coincidence?
*I think not*
🇸🇯
@@daspotato895 No one can say for sure that he was killed by a Norwegian, might as well have been a Swedish soldier in a plot to divert the Swedish political landscape from its warpath. Karl XII spent most of his time abroad, some powerful families ought to have disliked that? However, Norwegian researchers, Swedish included, have in recent years leaned towards him being killed by a canister shot, shot from a Norwegian cannon.
I m so glad you guys are back :)
Glad to see you came back
Finally a new one. Thank you.
Eyyy great to see this again!!
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
I love this video! Thank you so much for all you do sabaton, indy and crew!!!
I was looking forward to this.
This is exactly what I needed to see on my feed this morning. Welcome back, Sabaton History
I often have the honor to drive the Livgardet in my bus.
I at one time played this for them. Some of them started singing Swedish Pagans when it ended.
Already?!😊 LOVE IT!!! 🤘🤘🤘 I've missed these history episodes! Welcome back!😍
Those light blue uniforms are slick! They sure know how to dress 'em.
Indy, I watched your Great War content a couple of years back and just found this gem of a video. Great video!
I swear, Sabaton has far more variation to the types of songs they write than any other band of any genre. You'd expect a band which is called a metal band to be all metal all the time, but here they are writing an awesome orchestral and choir song. They even wrote a ballad once. You don't see such variation from other bands and artists.
Have you heard of Rhapsody of Fire? Twilight Force? Blind Guardian? Many bands have varied sounds, orchestral music, and ballads.
even Metallica, ranging from master of puppets to nothing else matters
@@theboundslayer2083 even Rammstein has some beautiful ballads to contrast with their regular barbed wire sound
@@Threxer This person has probably never listened to other Bands/artists, lol.
I know this is a compliment to the hard-working band of sabaton but please go listen to other bands.
I’ve been looking forward to this episode.
My ancestor were a Drabant (royal guard) for Karl XII and fought in battle of Poltava. But he survived and followed Karl to Bender in Ottoman empire. That is what it says in the notes about him when i did family research.
That's amazing! Vilken familj historia!
@@westondonaldson3569 Yes indeed. Many Swedes have similar family history. Mostly just i know about in the family though I'm the only one that has done the family research and its so distant that its not a big reaction when i tell about it.
Welcome back sabaton history!
Good to have you guys back!
Interesting topic. Good episode. :)
I'm very happy that the Sabaton history channel has returned, it's an amazing episode and of course a fantastic song😎👊🎸♥️🇸🇪
Glad to see a video from Sabaton History in my notifications again.
Great Video
Thank you 🙏🏻
THIS WAS REALLY GOOD VIDEO
I'm so happy that another Sabaton History came out 😊
I really like how the atmosphere of this music brings visions from what all of it means. It feels like it's hard fitting things together the way you do, and that's what makes every song so spectacular, plus, hearing about t'whole history just brings my imagination even closer to the way history was built.
You guys nail it every single time! Thank you for this amazing work ❤️
I really missed watching these Sabaton History episodes. These have become such a fabulous learning resource for interesting events in history.
God I missed you guys! I was actually wondering when would the SH video come for Livgardet.
Feels so good to hear Indy telling the history behind the song again
Jag saknar sånger om krigen som vi utförde här i Göteborg. Rikets värn i väst stod pall trots alla anfall. Hade vart underbart att höra Sabatons tolkning på slaget om Göteborg 1719. Länge leve Löjtnant Lillie!
Amazing video
I love this series! Amazing episode!
Thank you for appreciating it!
Glad to see you guys back.
Yeah! 😎
Army: makes a political decision
Armchair experts in a CZcams comments section: now this looks like a job for me
First time on the internet? What’s so bad or surprising about it lol
Right? A Nations military can't exactly play loosey-goosey with international relations.
Love the history, behind the songs
I've missed this channel posting!! Thank God you're back!
Thank you for appreciating it!
Holy smokes is It's awesome to see you guys back!!
We had missed this!
YES!!!!!! I AM SO GLAD THEY'RE BACK!!!!🤩🤩🤩 AWESOME history also of the Livgardet🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
i really love history and then i love your perfect channel ✌💥
We're happy to read that!
man i and evereyone below clearly missed this alot. So good to be back.
Yay! More Sabaton History! My day has been made
We hope you liked the episode!
Thank you for this historical video, and for that music, too.
God bless you and your country!
Thank you for appreciating it!
Yes your back!!!!!
We missed the History Channel
We've been waiting.
I thought that this channel is done for after that last video 😟
Glad that you're back
Saw u guy once live ... Sabaton is the real deal. No show or whatsoever they'r the real deal - rock with them just for the sake of rocking with them :)
It's a very interesting story.
Welcome back Sabaton Histories! Love you guys!
Thank you for following us
I want that uniform they are wearing :c
I doubt you are the only one-those uniforms look awesome.
If you find a place that sells them please let me know ;D
We can understand. Unfortunately, it's not available 😉
I needed this
We needed it too!
YES
U know wat is the best thing about a new Sabaton song? U get the song, AND the Sabaton history episode along with it.
Finally the Livgardet video!
I missed Sabaton History! It's so nice to have another interesting story to learn!
Did you like it?
@@SabatonHistory Yes, I did :)
Finally 🤩 Great to know a little bit more about Livgardet 😊
And if I heard correctly last sentence 🙃
I'm fine thankyou 😉
Great episode as always and waiting for some more history of the songs in near future 😃
welcome back!
I love the respect you have for the blood and the dedication of the soldier. Thank you.
I can't believe you're really back, guys!!
😎 We never exactly left