American Reacts to What Nordics REALLY Think About Each Other

[00:00:00]What's going on everyone?

[00:00:03]I'm just a typical average American here today to react to what Nordic countries really think about each other.

[00:00:22]Now this sounds very interesting to me because this is something that you know, us Americans, we know nothing about the relationship between Norway and Sweden and Denmark and Finland and Iceland and what you guys actually think about each other. So today, I really want to check out this video here where people from all of the different Nordic countries talk about what they think of the other Nordic countries. So let's take a look.

[00:01:13]Oh, okay. It says first thought that comes to mind when you hear these countries.

[00:01:20]>> [music] >> First thoughts when you hear Sweden.

[00:01:25]Okay.

[00:01:27]>> Meatballs.

[00:01:28]>> Snobs in Stockholm that just go and buy like really like fancy champagne and put it down the the DRAIN JUST >> WOW.

[00:01:36]>> [laughter] >> THIS OH MY GOD, THE first one.

[00:01:40]Who said that? Someone said meatballs.

[00:01:45]>> Meatballs.

[00:01:46]>> Uh Denmark.

[00:01:48]Cecil from Denmark. That's what I think of when I think of Sweden. You know, Americans, we don't know much about Nordic countries.

[00:01:58]but like I've heard of Swedish meatballs.

[00:02:02]That's funny that this also like what this Danish woman thinks. You guys must really really be known for the meatballs. But what is this what's this next?

[00:02:13]What?

[00:02:14]>> Snob.

[00:02:15]>> Snob?

[00:02:16]From the Norwegian the Norwegian guy. Oh my god.

[00:02:21]>> Snobs in Stockholm that just go and buy like really like fancy champagne and put it down the the drain just to show off that they can.

[00:02:28]>> The most boring What? Oh my >> [laughter] >> I've never heard about this part of Sweden. That seems kind of mean.

[00:02:40]I mean, I don't know if it's true or not, but I'm sure there's snobby people everywhere in the world, but is this like a little Norwegian Sweden rivalry or something here? That's a little harsh.

[00:02:56]>> The most boring country in the world is the way I would describe it.

[00:03:02]>> [clears throat] >> Sweden, dang.

[00:03:04]They're just letting you have it.

[00:03:06]I'm sorry.

[00:03:08]That's that's another person from Denmark.

[00:03:11]Most boring country?

[00:03:14]I've done like a couple of reactions to some stuff in Sweden. It's not boring.

[00:03:19]It's not been boring.

[00:03:22]But again, this is what Nordic people think about each other, so.

[00:03:27]You guys are like a little more harsh towards each other. Oh my god.

[00:03:30]>> would describe it. Oh, we're good.

[00:03:34]>> [laughter] >> At least they have the Swedish people here to defend the honor of Sweden. It's good.

[00:03:42]>> We've nothing to say about us.

[00:03:44]>> [laughter] >> That doesn't help.

[00:03:50]Cuz that other Danish guy was like, "Sweden?

[00:03:53]Boring.

[00:03:54]Boring. Nothing going on." And then the Swedish the Swedish people are like, "I don't know I don't know.

[00:04:00]>> [laughter] >> It's good."

[00:04:01]That doesn't help your argument. Okay.

[00:04:04]What do you think of when you hear Norway?

[00:04:08]>> I think they are quite boring actually, but the women are super sexy. The sexiest women on earth if you ask me.

[00:04:15]>> Really?

[00:04:16]Norway.

[00:04:18]How much is a ticket to Norway? Okay.

[00:04:21]What? No one ever told me that. Okay.

[00:04:24]Calm down.

[00:04:25]Um Why is Why they just keep saying that everything is boring?

[00:04:30]These aren't the people from These They're from Denmark? They say Sweden's boring. Norway is boring.

[00:04:37]Like what's going on in Denmark that you're calling every everyone else boring?

[00:04:41]>> ask me. A lot of money, I guess.

[00:04:44]>> Yeah, I would say expensive.

[00:04:45]>> Icelandic people go from Iceland to Norway to work for more money, so >> Oh, interesting.

[00:04:52]I've heard Norway is very wealthy as well.

[00:04:54]>> Yes.

[00:04:56]>> Snowy mountains.

[00:04:57]>> Rich, happy people.

[00:04:59]>> Yeah, yeah.

[00:05:00]>> Like >> A little bit behind. Like a little bit stupid.

[00:05:05]>> [laughter] >> They're Okay, there's definitely something going on here. You guys have some kind of like rivalry.

[00:05:14]I don't know if it's like a friendly friendly rivalry or banter He just This He's Swedish. He said Norwegians are stupid?

[00:05:25]>> Sometimes I think >> A bit stupid, but happy.

[00:05:27]>> Exactly.

[00:05:29]>> Stupid, but stupid, but happy.

[00:05:32]I don't know what to think about this. I have no comment.

[00:05:36]>> [laughter] >> It's interesting what Nordic people are willing to say about each other.

[00:05:42]Like in the US you can't criticize any other country, really, without looking like a total jerk.

[00:05:50]Like, so in America, you're not really allowed to criticize other cultures or or you're going to look like racist or, you know, or or like you're uh I don't know what the word for it would be, but you're discriminating against another culture, which we think is bad.

[00:06:09]You guys don't You guys are just like all pals. You don't You don't care.

[00:06:12]You're just like, "Ah, Norwegians are stupid. Uh happy stupid."

[00:06:16]>> [laughter] >> It's funny.

[00:06:17]>> No dead.

[00:06:20]>> Uh okay, what do people think about Denmark?

[00:06:23]>> Hygge. Yeah, I would [music] say same.

[00:06:25]>> Chill.

[00:06:26]>> What did she say?

[00:06:27]>> No dead.

[00:06:29]>> Hygge. Yeah.

[00:06:32]>> What did she I don't know what she's saying. I'm I have to turn on the subtitles.

[00:06:37]What?

[00:06:39]>> Hygge. Yeah.

[00:06:41]>> Hygge?

[00:06:43]Which is like the cabin?

[00:06:49]Is that the cozy?

[00:06:52]Oh god. Is that the cozy thing or the cabin thing? I don't know.

[00:06:55]>> Yeah, I would say same.

[00:06:57]>> Chill.

[00:06:57]>> Hygge.

[00:06:58]>> Design.

[00:07:00]>> Hygge. He said He said it.

[00:07:02]Hygge.

[00:07:04]Um And what did the first guy say? That I'm so I'm thrown off by this word.

[00:07:11]>> Yeah, I would say same. [music] >> Chill.

[00:07:14]>> Oh, chill.

[00:07:14]>> Hygge.

[00:07:15]>> Design.

[00:07:17]>> Design?

[00:07:20]Like, Danish people have good design?

[00:07:25]Iceland.

[00:07:26]>> Amazing [music] nature.

[00:07:28]>> And expensive cigarettes.

[00:07:29]>> And >> Oh, cuz like Americans don't think of Iceland as having amazing nature.

[00:07:37]We We just think it's like a frozen block of ice.

[00:07:41]>> Just expensive in general. Did you know that [music] it's more expensive in Iceland than in Dubai?

[00:07:46]>> Very small population.

[00:07:48]>> Sure.

[00:07:48]>> In breads.

[00:07:51]>> Okay, this guy Ca- Calle?

[00:07:56]He's He's trying to be edgy or something.

[00:08:00]>> That's because of the app.

[00:08:01]>> The football thing is what everyone [music] says to me when they meet. Ah, you're the country of who?

[00:08:06]>> The next >> Who?

[00:08:10]Is that like a football chant?

[00:08:11]>> cousin >> [music] >> The next kind of beautiful country.

[00:08:15]>> Yeah, and the >> gorgeous >> What?

[00:08:18]>> Oh, there you go. The clap.

[00:08:21]small population expensive >> Who?

[00:08:26]>> All right.

[00:08:28]>> Oh, Finland.

[00:08:30]>> sauna I [music] also just love how they say I love you because it sounds terrible.

[00:08:34]>> licorice >> [laughter] >> That's yeah, >> [music] >> licorice.

[00:08:38]>> licorice and saunas >> [laughter] >> Fin- Finland might be the most random of the Nordic countries. licorice and saunas, okay.

[00:08:50]>> licorice Yeah, but I'm going to say it in Finnish. Yeah.

[00:08:53]>> And [music] it's the weird cousin.

[00:08:54]>> Yeah, yeah, the weird but because we are the older, you know, sibling, we have to take care of them.

[00:09:02]>> The weird That's funny. This is hilarious.

[00:09:07]Seeing like Nordic people talk about other Nordic people.

[00:09:11]You have no filter. You don't hold anything back. I like it. It's honest.

[00:09:15]And I think it's all like meant to be fun.

[00:09:19]Although some of this stuff I think was straight-up insults. I'm not going to lie, but anyway, imitate how each of them sound.

[00:09:29]>> [music] >> They're singing.

[00:09:32]And they're always so happy.

[00:09:34]>> They say so calm.

[00:09:36]>> poos poos >> As they're so happy and then they're high-pitched [music] like it's kind of >> like a robot.

[00:09:40]>> Singy, songy.

[00:09:41]>> Yeah. It's really >> Singy, songy, high-pitched.

[00:09:48]That's like how Americans think of all Scandinavian or Nordic countries.

[00:09:52]Like, "Ha, hello. How are you doing?" Yeah, like that. Very stereotypical.

[00:09:59]Are we just thinking of Swedish people?

[00:10:00]>> They're cute.

[00:10:02]>> Norwegian.

[00:10:03]>> [music] >> This is all like strange things.

[00:10:05]>> No.

[00:10:06]>> Kind of fun funny version of Swedish.

[00:10:08]There's someone who's like kind of trying to speak [music] Swedish, but then he's like kind of like fake.

[00:10:13]>> Norwegian is a a a weird version of Danish, a weird version of Swedish.

[00:10:19]Couldn't you just say it's Norwegian?

[00:10:21]>> Failing at it though.

[00:10:22]>> Maybe the Swedes are failing at speaking Norwegian.

[00:10:24]>> It's like they swallow a flute. Like they go they [laughter] No, no matter where they start, they will always [music] end higher. Are they correct?

[00:10:31]>> It sounds like they they just woke up and they're lost. Like No.

[00:10:38]>> Oh my god.

[00:10:41]>> [laughter] >> Finland.

[00:10:45]>> Everything kind of sounds like cursing also. I find this Finnish. I mean, they say I love you with like "Minä rakastan rakastama" something.

[00:10:53]>> [laughter] >> This >> I don't I don't mean to be like disrespectful, but this is funny.

[00:11:00]Like hit listening to this.

[00:11:02]Um It's funny how you guys like think of your languages like that. Like, "Oh, this is the happy one.

[00:11:09]The Finnish sounds mean. Swedish sounds happy. Norwegian sounds weird, sleepy."

[00:11:16]>> [laughter] >> Like I've never heard languages described like that.

[00:11:19]>> Sounds like you're not having any fun.

[00:11:21]You're like all serious all the time.

[00:11:22]You know what I mean?

[00:11:24]>> Sounds like you're working your way through the winter.

[00:11:27]>> [music] >> Danish.

[00:11:28]>> It's like in the region that has a hot potato in their mouth.

[00:11:31]>> But it's funny because when I am drunk like when I am drunk I usually start to sound like the Danish [music] because I can't speak properly anymore.

[00:11:36]>> Sounds like they're throwing up, you know, when they speak.

[00:11:40]>> WHAT?

[00:11:46]>> [laughter] >> OH MY CUZ I I've I've seen some memes that talk about Danish language sounding like potatoes or >> [laughter] >> So, I've heard this a little bit.

[00:11:59]>> Yeah.

[00:12:00]On Danish though, yeah.

[00:12:02]>> Oh, he's he's Danish? Okay.

[00:12:05]Well, if he's Danish, then it's fine for him. Okay.

[00:12:07]>> You know, the way they speak this >> Okay, this is Iceland.

[00:12:10]>> Sound like elves from from Lord of the Rings or something. It sounds really old like kind of Elven type of >> Yeah. And everything is ends with oor.

[00:12:18]Like oor oor or whatever you say is oor is like >> I think I think that's a compliment to sound like an elf. I think that's a good thing.

[00:12:26]>> Yeah, yeah.

[00:12:28]>> Challenge questions, okay.

[00:12:32]Fika is an important pastime.

[00:12:35]Oh, it's like trivia about like the Nordic countries?

[00:12:39]>> Sweden.

[00:12:40]>> Yeah. And we're way too proud of it.

[00:12:43]>> Fika, what is fika?

[00:12:45]>> [laughter] >> It's not even that big of a deal. You just have a cup of coffee and a pastry and you sit there and enjoy your little moment.

[00:12:50]>> That is the Swedish uh Swedish tea coffee time.

[00:12:54]>> Why do we think that no >> This is This has its own word?

[00:12:59]Like coffee coffee time?

[00:13:03]It is so special in Sweden it has its own word? Why?

[00:13:06]>> No one else in the in the in the world has coffee and a thing.

[00:13:11]>> Yeah, that's Sweden.

[00:13:15]>> This country loves their sal- salmiakki, salty licorice.

[00:13:21]>> [music] >> Denmark? Finland, I would say.

[00:13:24]>> Salty licorice.

[00:13:29]Not something that Americans want to hear.

[00:13:31]That is We do not do that.

[00:13:35]Doesn't sound good.

[00:13:37]Salty licorice.

[00:13:38]>> It's kind of like typical for nor- Nordic, but if we go outside of Nordics, then reactions will be much more different.

[00:13:44]>> I seriously miss this thing.

[00:13:45]>> Yeah, me, too, actually. I'm I'm actually really excited about this.

[00:13:50]>> So So, a lot of Nordic countries like salty licorice.

[00:13:55]Is that a thing?

[00:13:57]This is the smallest populated Oh, Iceland.

[00:14:00]>> Right?

[00:14:00]>> Iceland.

[00:14:01]>> Iceland.

[00:14:01]>> Yeah.

[00:14:02]>> Iceland.

[00:14:04]>> Iceland.

[00:14:04]>> Iceland. Iceland.

[00:14:06]>> Heavy metal is huge.

[00:14:09]I think this is Norway.

[00:14:12]>> Finland.

[00:14:12]>> Rock.

[00:14:14]>> It's Finland. Finland [laughter] Finland likes heavy metal.

[00:14:18]Cool.

[00:14:20]>> Ah, Finland.

[00:14:22]>> So, it seems like the different people from all the Nordic countries do know a lot about each other?

[00:14:31]That's something I'm curious about, like cuz you guys geographically, you're all you're all pretty close to each other. Many uh many Nordic countries border each other.

[00:14:43]And it's like so, do you get to know each other's culture very, very well?

[00:14:49]I I would think so.

[00:14:51]>> Rock. Rock. Hallelujah.

[00:14:54]>> It's funny because here in the US, we we border Canada, but we don't know that much about them.

[00:15:02]We border Mexico.

[00:15:03]We don't know that much about Mexican culture, really. Just very surface level. So, makes me feel like Americans are very like surface level about other We don't learn much about other places and cultures.

[00:15:16]>> Rock. Rock. Hallelujah.

[00:15:21]>> They introduced salmon sushi to Japan.

[00:15:24]That's Norway.

[00:15:25]>> Norway. Of course.

[00:15:27]>> Norway.

[00:15:27]>> Norway.

[00:15:28]>> Yeah.

[00:15:28]>> Yeah, it's the only country we haven't mentioned yet.

[00:15:30]>> [laughter] >> Gay relationships legal since 1944. Wow.

[00:15:38]I didn't know any country had legalized gay relationships that long ago.

[00:15:43]So, what's the most progressive country?

[00:15:46]That's incredible.

[00:15:48]>> I would say Denmark.

[00:15:50]>> Sweden has been at least more progressive.

[00:15:52]>> forefront Is it right?

[00:15:53]>> Sweden.

[00:15:54]>> Sweden.

[00:15:55]>> Yeah.

[00:15:55]>> Wow.

[00:15:57]1944?

[00:15:59]I That's unbelievable how long ago you were doing that.

[00:16:05]More saunas than cars. This is Finland, right?

[00:16:07]>> Finland.

[00:16:07]>> Finland.

[00:16:09]>> Which is a crazy fact.

[00:16:10]>> crazy fact >> That is crazy.

[00:16:15]>> Finland.

[00:16:16]>> I think it's also true for sheep in Iceland. We have >> I didn't know Finland was so into saunas.

[00:16:23]And Iceland has sheep?

[00:16:24]>> Way more sheep than people.

[00:16:26]>> More sheep than people?

[00:16:28]The term hygge um This either means cozy or cabin. I can't remember which.

[00:16:39]Originated I don't know where it originated. Weren't they saying this about uh Denmark or Sweden?

[00:16:47]>> Denmark.

[00:16:48]>> Denmark.

[00:16:48]>> Denmark.

[00:16:49]>> What's Denmark?

[00:16:50]>> Yeah, Denmark.

[00:16:51]>> Yeah, what is that?

[00:16:52]>> Cozy. Cozy.

[00:16:54]>> Cozy. It's the cozy thing. Okay.

[00:16:56]>> They hygge.

[00:16:57]>> hygge >> hygge >> hygge hygge >> [laughter] >> This country takes the father's name adds daughter or son to create the last name. Oh, very very Viking.

[00:17:15]>> Iceland. Iceland.

[00:17:17]>> Iceland.

[00:17:19]You add daughter's or son.

[00:17:21]That's cool. That That's very like Viking sounding to me. Like Ericsson.

[00:17:27]Karlsson or Vastagardsson.

[00:17:31]Daughter.

[00:17:33]>> We used to do that in Denmark actually.

[00:17:35]Yeah.

[00:17:36]Some still do. It's not that popular, but >> Cool.

[00:17:41]They love watching slow TV. This is Norway. I remember I learned this about Norway. It's like boats and trains. Slow slow TV.

[00:17:50]>> What was that?

[00:17:53]It was a Norwegian thing, right?

[00:17:55]>> Yeah, it's paying off.

[00:17:57]My random random things I've learned about Norway.

[00:18:02]>> It's Norway.

[00:18:05]Norway. I told you they're stupid.

[00:18:07]>> [laughter] >> They're watching a boat for 12 hours.

[00:18:11]>> Like everyone was sitting >> I hope I hope that's in like a loving brotherly way.

[00:18:17]>> It's watching trains like pass through the whole Norway for hours.

[00:18:23]>> I don't think Americans would have the attention span for that.

[00:18:27]But it does sound also like very soothing, calming.

[00:18:31]I kind of get it.

[00:18:32]>> They have too much time. [music] >> The cool thing about it was so many people actually showed up at the locations to kind of be on camera cuz it was live. So I think it was more about that.

[00:18:52]>> [singing] >> What's happening?

[00:18:55]What's going on?

[00:18:57]What's happening? What is this?

[00:19:01]>> [singing] >> And drink.

[00:19:04]>> [applause] >> It's It's a drinking song?

[00:19:08]>> [laughter] >> I was like, what is going on? What's hap- What?

[00:19:12]That's some Swedish Or where were they from? Denmark?

[00:19:16]Anyway, Nordic drinking song. Cool.

[00:19:19]Random.

[00:19:20]Um this was really fun.

[00:19:22]Uh I got a much better insight into what Nordic people think about the other Nordic countries. And honestly, you guys like to make fun of each other a lot. Like you guys are very comfortable with each other. That's what it says to me.

[00:19:39]Where you can insult each other, be very honest about each other, but you also know a lot about each other.

[00:19:47]Uh you make fun of each other's language. Like it seems like a very fun relationship as long as it's not actually like tense and mean. I think this was all in a fun way, a loving way. I I hope so. So, that's really cool to see that.

[00:20:04]It's like a very close like family relationship. That like the Nordic countries. So, it almost feels that way.

[00:20:11]Um and Nordic people seem really cool about it. So, I like this. Uh anyway, if you enjoyed this, feel free to give this video a like or leave a a comment, especially if you're from a Nordic country, you know, what your thoughts are about this.

[00:20:30]Um that'd be awesome to hear about that.

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