Things You DIDN'T Know About SWEDEN

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Published 2024-01-21
There are quite a few surprising facts about Sweden. I decided to look up some strange and interesting facts about this little Scandinavian country!

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Most people have probably heard some facts about Sweden, such as how it's a creative nation with many bands like ABBA, Roxette, Avicii and so on. And you've probably heard about some Swedish inventions, like dynamite, or the spanner. And I'm sure that you've heard about Swedish companies, like IKEA, Spotify and H&M. But there's a lot more to know about Sweden.

Did you know that Sweden has the most islands in the world, for example? Or that Sweden and Denmark has fought the most amount of wars between two nations, in the world? Or that Sweden has more moose per square kilometer than any other country?

This video is filled with interesting...and slightly strange facts about Sweden. I talk about everything from ziplines to lakes, to a Swedish king who became a pirate. And if course, I also give a lot of attention to one of the most famous Swedish pastimes: fika, and the associated pastries.

Watch the video for the full list of things you didn't know about Sweden!

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All Comments (21)
  • @SD-fv9zu
    Your war segment reminded me of something i heard when I lived in Sweden. It's that all the churches ring the bells during war or a kings death. Not sure of the facts of this. But the distance from one church to the next was roughly the distance one could hear the bells. A way of ringing information across the length of the country.
  • @kadogo7712
    Interesting vlog . Keep it up. Just discovered your channel. I have visited sverige 4 times and the weather is definitely what puts me off 😂
  • @pkharper3525
    Love the interesting facts you gave us in the video. I must say when my wife and I were there last year I absolutely loved Fika, we’d get together with there friends or parents and have a snack and coffee along with great conversation, I must say I wish we had your cinnamon buns here there delicious. Well the King becoming a pirate is really not much different than OUR politicians here now😅.
  • @lauralbriar
    Love your videos - make me smile every time! Tack!
  • @coreyfaulkner1115
    Pretty cool. I knew about half of them but that is only because I have already watched every other "things you didn't know about Sweden" video on YouTube. I have visited Sweden 3 times in the last 6 months, from warm to freezing cold. It was really nice though, because the only snow I have seen all year was in Sweden because of where I live in the US. I love snow so being here it just gets cold but without snow it is just a big inconvenience and kind of depressing in my opinion.
  • @Soundbrigade
    You forgot to mention that the “small rural town” with a JB 007 museum is call Nybro (from where I originate). I hinted you in a comment elsewhere about that town’s “national day” - 25th of March, a day you mentioned in this video. Check ‘trandagen’ (crane day).😊
  • @MomsterGirl
    Even I didn't know some of these! Great video!
  • @margomaloney6016
    Thanks Miro - fun video! I love the information about Falu Koppargruva! I will be back in Sweden in August 2024! 😃
  • @donnamortensen959
    Really informative and interesting Miro! Can’t wait to try a cinnamon bun when I am there in June - pity I will miss out on the Semlor though - it look amazing - cardamon flavoured from what I am told. And a shout out to all the other Facebook groupies or what did you refer to us? as really strange 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
  • @roxpace
    Your statement about the Swedish definition of Islands is wrong. The exact definition of an island that was used to count 267,000 islands in Sweden is based on the real estate map of Lantmäteriet, the national land survey office of Sweden. According to this map, an island is a piece of land that is: * surrounded by water * at least 9 square metres in area
  • @ChristopherGronlund
    I didn't know about the pirate king -- or most of those things. (And the things I DID know were likely from other videos you've made...although you did a great job not repeating things from previous videos.) Also, I know it was cold, but it was nice seeing all the snow and ice!
  • @simplewar
    @3:04 isn't the great company "Nokia" itslef named after a lake in finland how could they left Finland in that list so sad
  • @brigidspencer5123
    It’s true that people often confuse Sweden with Switzerland. When I visited Sweden in 2021 most oft my friends kept asking me how I liked Switzerland. I told them I didn’t know since I wasn’t there. When I told them how excited I was to be practicing my Swedish language skills, they would ask why I was speaking Swedish in Switzerland? Sigh! Even when I sent them photos via my smartphone of me in Sweden it would only confuse them. The only friends that knew I was in Sweden were former classmates of my Swedish cooking and language classe! They asked me to bring home Knorr fish cubes and a Swedish coffee. Even in Sweden I met a guy in my hostel who freaked everyone out because he was a conservative who hated socialism. He asked me why my t-shirt said Sverige and argued with me that it didn’t mean Sweden in Swedish. In the end he said I was the nicest socialist he ever met when I told him it was strange that he picked an interesting place to visit his dislike of anything that remotely resembled socialism. I said that democratic socialism is not the same as communism, etc. He was so annoying that I decided to put him to good use by having him carry my heavy stuff when I went shopping for food and souvenirs that I was mailing home, much to the amusement of the others in the hostel. I always attract the loonies whenever I travel.😮 When I returned home and I was asked if I planned on returning to Switzerland after I told them I had been to Sweden, I told them that in fact I had been in Swaziland, a country in Africa. What I visited Iceland many years ago people kept telling me to watch out for leprechauns and not fall asleep near mounds. Sigh! Never a dull moment in my life!
  • @paulos.3734
    Nice video! I stayed in Sweden in 2020, now I'm coming back to Linköping for one more year. It's a lovely country, fool of things to explore.
  • @syedshah6392
    Another fine inclusion of information and pretty stylish as well ❤