As a swede I would love to see a closer bond between my nordic brothers and sisters.
@AntonGermanReal
8 ай бұрын
Same
@denmark2680
8 ай бұрын
As a Dane I wouldn’t like to be under political influence from Sweden. The choices that Sweden has made about immigration from the Middle East and Africa have totally changed Sweden to a country that I can’t recognise it’s so sad to see all the problems What the Swedish politicians and the feminists have created have been setting the swedes in a very weak, hopeless and difficult situation. I really feel sad and sorry for the Swedish people….
@thormichaelpleym4975
8 ай бұрын
@@denmark2680 As a Swede I certainly agree. Our current political representatives are definitely nothing to be proud of. But time will change. In 50 years from now, when we both are dead and buried , the need to make the Nordic states a union will become much stronger. Everything you see in the world today points in that direction. People that share the same heritage and share the same values will try to come together. That's my beliefe anyway. / Micke P
@miriamterner9460
8 ай бұрын
@@denmark2680 I don"t blame you, I hate what the politicians has done to my country.
@torulfvikingsson7735
8 ай бұрын
@@miriamterner9460Ja vi är många som håller med... Politiker har skändat samt skänkt bort landets kultur och infört en psykisk ohälsa hos folket.. Mångkultur funkar ej helt enkelt.. Feminismen funkar inte den heller.. Och hat och hot splittrar folket.. Jag är patriot och älskar mitt land men att rädda pk folk det kommer ej ske om skiten träffar fläkten... Hjälper dom som står mig närmast med samma tänk.. Tragiskt men så är det!
@Jozz421
8 ай бұрын
As a Swede, I hate to say it but Köpenhamn would be the logical choice for a capital. 😉 As for language, I would suggest we would keep it "as is", switching to English would rob us of a lot of our heritage!
@k_drop
8 ай бұрын
Just combine it with Malmö and call it Öresund (just so we can be a part of it)
@pizzabagerenmujaffa8123
8 ай бұрын
@@k_dropno thank you .....jimmi have a job to do ,before we want anything with malmö to do . Sorry guys ....löfven flucked it up to much .
@Xirque666
8 ай бұрын
As a Norwegian I would say Oslo or Gothenburg as Copenhagen would be on the wrong side of Skagerak and Kattegat.
@andersgulowsen2814
8 ай бұрын
On Holiday.. in a loud pub, and talk to echother. We switch to english anyway.. hahahaha. There is no Need for a common Launguage as we have it allready.
@arnesl929
8 ай бұрын
No we need to speak English if dans are involved 😂.
@HC20047
8 ай бұрын
We already have this funny pan-scandinavian language in a several ways. As a Swede, I rarely speak English when in Norway or Denmark. I speak Swedish, flavored with any local words and phrases I know, in a, most likely offensive, accent that actually seems to work just fine. Whenever I start off with English, I am often met with a look that says: "what are you doing? We are the same!". We also see it on stuff like ingredients lists for food. They often clump together SE/DE/NO and then proceed to approximate some kind of Scandinavian. I love that!
@PSimonsen
8 ай бұрын
I would like to see you count 0 to 100 in danish. But i truly support you. If a swede or norvegian speak their national tongue in Denmark, just speak slow, we'll understand.
@bankabaver4583
8 ай бұрын
@@PSimonsenI speak English in stores in Denmark, just because that - to count is impossible to me. I have noticed that after some Tuborg I start to understand in the bar 🙂. Hälsningar från Sverige 🇸🇪
@Xirque666
8 ай бұрын
@@PSimonsenDanish counting ain't that difficult really, one just need to remember that it's based upon Snes (20) instead of tens. Waves from Norway.
@Xirque666
8 ай бұрын
@@bankabaver4583they count in snes (20s) and half snes (tens), therefore tres is 3 snes=60 and halv fems is 4and and a half snes = 90
@PSimonsen
8 ай бұрын
@@Xirque666 I know. It's base 20, which is really strange compared to the rest of the world. There places around the world that have similar strange numbering systems.
@Kari-qv1wn
8 ай бұрын
The happiness index doesnt really measure who are the happiest but rather who are the least unhappy on average, important distinction
@agffans5725
8 ай бұрын
You could say that it measures "smooth sailing", or less obstacles in life, which then leads to being glad and content, rather than over the top happy about everything.
@Wabbajack-t7p
18 күн бұрын
@@agffans5725happiness is a place where there is no misery. Some will see this as cynisism but imo those people on average have been living a very easy life. Cheers from finland✌️
@agffans5725
18 күн бұрын
@@Wabbajack-t7p .. Well, I do not know about the Finnish language, but in Danish there are kind of 3 words for being happy and for general happiness + coziness, the last +two = 'hygge', pure happiness = 'lykke' and being happy and contend = 'glad' (a word and meaning that also exist in the English language)
@hansmarheim7620
8 ай бұрын
"Why be big when you are Happy to be little?" The Nordics love individuel freedom and all Nordic nations love each other. Thats why we are so strong.
@mememe733
8 ай бұрын
As a Dane I dislike the idea of being one big country. We are old nations with each our unique history, culture, and language. However, I have always felt that we should form a Nordic union, rather than being in the EU, since we as nations have a lot more in common with each other than we have with most other European countries. Also, we are pretty much all as a minimum bilingual at this point, with English as our second language, so there’s no reason for changing our native tongue. I always voted against the Euro, but I probably wouldn’t mind a Nordic krone as a common currency.
@andersbechchristensen9627
8 ай бұрын
I think you need to understand, that in fact we are already united. We are more a kind of a brotherhood. The mentality is more or less the same. We have an agreement saying, that if you are a Scandinavian you can travel free across any border without even bringing your passboard. We have a Nordic exchange programme when studying. In some countries we have a common embassy. It is often seen, that in crisis situations abroad the Nordic staff of the embassies takes care of the brother-nations citizens. This is not only a brotherhood, but a typical practical and rational solution. It is costeffectice and more rational. We are able to read most of the languages except from Finnish and Icelandic. It doesn't matter, in case of problems we communicate in English. The Nordic countries depend and rely on each other. We are alle small nations. This have bonded us together. There is a common trust and believe in the same values. We will always feel safe in company with any Nordic 'family'.If you travel through as an American you might not even notice any difference. To an American this might just be similar to passing through another state in the USA. In case of the unbelievable - a war. I think any of the Scandinavian countries would stand up and help each other. The Swedes helped the Danish jews to escape during ww2, many resistancefighters escaped to Sweden, and the Danish Brigade escaped and was accepted, prepared ,trained and built up in Sweden. They also helped rehousing the citizens of the Island of Bornholm after heavy bombardement from the Russians at the end of the war. During the winter-wars (in Finland) huge numbers of volunteers from took part in defending Finland. A lot of Finish children were sent to Denmark during and after the war due to the war and starvation. Norway took up the fight against Nazigermany. I think a lot of Danes were greatfull and proud of them doing so. Feelling a little Norwegian. During major accidents we always offer assistance to their neighboring countries. We make jokes about each other, but don't misunderstand it. Whatever is said the bonds between these nations are very, very strong and warm. It is quite interesting though historically Denmark and Sweden have been in war more than most nations on earth. Today if you would ask anyone in the Nordic/Scandinavian area; What is the chance of war between you - they would laugh very loud - it would be absurd. Wars take place in football etc. Even if the Swedes or Norwegians beat the Danes - they will still love and respect them, and probably also drink a beer with them. We often experience when loosing in a sport the Nordic/Scandinavian crow tend to turn their support to the remaining countries teams. We often get a lot of support in sport from these neighbors and vice versa.
@ahkkariq7406
8 ай бұрын
Exactly. We already have the advantages of being a community, and at the same time we have our freedom as independent nations. I doubt that most Norwegians want to be ruled by Denmark or Sweden again, because it would happen. Why fix something that already works?
@denmark2680
8 ай бұрын
After Sweden was letting in all the immigrants, I don’t think that the rest of the Nordic countries are interested being united. it’s sad to say but Sweden having to many problems with all the immigrants that they were letting in to the country. To much crime, shootings, murder. I can’t recognise the good old Sweden as it was before… I’m afraid that the problems Sweden created to them self will spread to the rest of the Nordic countries… But if there would be a war I’m sure that we will 100% stand up for each other’s….
@TiSa1985
8 ай бұрын
I do not think that Norway would go into any union that easily, reason why is that Norway only became its own free country in 1905 after being under Danish rule and then handed over to Sweden which we refused and then was free years later in 1905. It was very recent, only in 1905 we became free, so I do not see how we would want to go back in time. Also our language got lost under foreign ruling, now we speak a language based on Danish.
@henningrasmussen8225
5 ай бұрын
You are right but it irritates me that you try to distance your selve from danish because of a inferiority complex because that makes it harder to understand one another . WHY NOT RETAIN many of the danish words. Nynorsk bokmål it is nonsense.
@torrust
5 ай бұрын
@@henningrasmussen8225 there is no inferiority complex, spoken Norwegian is not Danish, we only have similar language when written. For Norwegian, it is easier to understand when speaking to a Swede, than a Dane. Swedes don't understand Danish at all, unless being from the south of Sweden.
@joakimjonsson1640
8 ай бұрын
Swede here. I wish we would ditch EU and Nato and create a new trade and defence union with the following countries: UK, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania and maybe Poland. I think this would be a better solution for all these countries. And we wouldn't be dependent on the US anymore.
@dallysinghson5569
2 ай бұрын
EU is non US, only NATO is...
@henriklykkejensen8225
8 ай бұрын
You speak the original old nordic language in Iceland. Which was spoken in the old viking countries.
@kaiandreas1990
7 ай бұрын
Iceland speak almost he language we did in Norway for 1000 years ago, close to old norse.
@runkkariruune
8 ай бұрын
We used to have free movement and common labour market within the Nordic countries, even before the EU, which has usurped more ground nowadays. That also means we are now economically supporting the lands south of the Alps, whose people are enjoying their siesta everyday, to put it nicely... So yeah, exit from the EU, and back to some kind of a northern union, even as a new state would be preferable to me, for sure.
@laziojohnny79
8 ай бұрын
Dutch and more in particular Frisian is very close to Old English and the fact we don't dub movies, tv and of course the ammount of music in English etc. So as a Dutch kid you grow up hearing and seeing/reading English everywhere. And subtitles on TV and movies helps a lot to learn a language.
@ProgMannen
8 ай бұрын
Same here in sweden. Only for kids cartoons. I don't need an english speaking movie subtitled anymore. I dont get why germans for example dubbs everything. It's just weird to hear clint eastwood shouting in german. I know that spain also dubbed everything, but don't know if they still do it.
@laziojohnny79
8 ай бұрын
@@ProgMannen I (and many Dutch kids) learned English watching Inspector Gadget, Super Ted, He-Man, Ninja-Turtles and Candy-Candy (don't judge me) on Sky every saturday and sunday morning. Although we did had the Smurfs, Snorks, Duck Tales and other cartoons dubbed in Dutch to be fair. It was the same with German television, we watched a lot of German shows and even before primary school we already knew quite some German, ask a Dutch kid under 20 now bout his/her/their German skills and they'll stare at you as if you asked them to crack the Enigma code.
@melkor3496
8 ай бұрын
13:02 Pan Nordic language is the best and most realistic choice.
@JenovaSuper
8 ай бұрын
It would be named SCANDINAVIA, we would speak english, and the capital would be Gothenburg. The capital would tenfold its inhabitants in less than 50 years.
@squidcaps4308
8 ай бұрын
USA is 6th in happiest country rankings. But, the real name of that ranking is "least unhappy" or "most content". I live on the shores of gulf of bothnia.
@rockerjim8045
7 ай бұрын
I flew to Norway for £9.98 each way with Ryanair. When you get there you need to win the lottery to survive. Everything seemed to be three times the price. I loved my break there but I did get a parking ticket in a Cul-de-Sac at 1.30 am on a Sunday that cost me £43!
@papaquonis
7 ай бұрын
I would absolutely love to see the Nordic countries unite. We already have a real sibling vibe, where we love to make fun of each other - but if any outsiders try to mess with us, we will band together to fight them. My choice of capital would be Gothenburg. It’s the largest city, that’s not currently a capital, and it’s fairly central. With 3 of 5 current countries being monarchies, my vote would be to choose one of the Royal Houses to continue (I would go with the Danish).
@eivindkaisen6838
8 ай бұрын
We've tried it before. All combined, and almost every cpombination thereof. They didn't work. Bear in mind that Norway only got its full independence from Sweden in 1905 (with 99,6% of the vote); Finland got its from Russia in 1917, and Iceland onlyu became an independent republic in 1944 [partly because they were under allied control, Denmark was occupied by Germany and were too far away to do anything about it].
@Luddebuilds
7 ай бұрын
As a Norwegian, I'm all for a united Nordic region, In fact we probably already are. But I think my country's military force is the weak link. Our small, almost none existing navy would not be able to defend our very long coastline and wast northern waters. We have to seriously improve our naval capacity, starting yesterday.
@byggs129
8 ай бұрын
Gothenburg is the clear choice! It's is between all the old capitals and it's not one of the original/old capitals. It's the logical place for a "new" Nordic capital. We don't need a new language, the Finns now Swedish or English and the Icelandic speak English.
@Tony-wu4wk
8 ай бұрын
The nordic countries are already more or less united. If any of us were to be attacked im almost certain that the other's would rush to their aid.
@The_Judge300
8 ай бұрын
The social structures and benefits are not threatened in the Nordic countries at all, even if some love to claim it is. It is specially anti immigrants, anti muslims and racists that claim so. The reality is that this has been claimed since the 1980s and even earlier. Yes, some refugees might be uneducated and struggle with the language, but the waste majority of them want to do honest work to provide for themselves and their families. And since their children get free education and the chance to educate themselves to whatever they want, will the waste majority of them be a net positive for the Nordic country to live in. The aging population some love to talk about is also in general in a long term a non problem. It has started to become a challenge now because very many were born during or just shortly WWII, and these people are getting to an age where they provide little tax money and need much care. But as soon as that bump is done with, then this challenge is gone. And the reality is also that the Nordic countries are managing this challenge very well and in many cases are many of the immigrants/refugees coming a good resource to help with this challenge. A good example are some Syrian refugees that live close to me where the wife educated herself to be a nurse and work at a care home here and her husband is also a care worker at the same care home. A tenant I had, was a refugee from Lebanon that also educated himself to be a nurse in my country. Of course there are some refugees that exploit the system, but they are far from as many as some love to claim. There is a number of Nordic people doing it as well.
@qw49
8 ай бұрын
Skandinavien is united sins many years 😂 NORDISKA RÅDET IS ONE OF THEM😂
@Wifyish
8 ай бұрын
The biggest problem is our massive migration, both economically and culturally. The cost is massive and our welfare covers these ones as well and to be frank, this just does not work, not today and will work even less in the coming years. Not to talk about the rampant crimes and corruption. My dream has always been a unified north (outside of EU) We don't need a new capital but the administrative capital should be built on Saltholmen between Sweden and Denmark
@spankie7728
8 ай бұрын
What if the Nordic countries united? will never ever ever never ever happend ....
@ravenfin1916
7 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, I have never lived in Scandinavia, but Nordic Finland has given me everything I need. Sure, we have our own problems, but it's the same elsewhere. Nobody has anything bad to say about immigrants, if they behave well in their new country and do their part in society. Often they bring with them the problem that they originally left their own country with. This is something what I don't have never understood.
@dallysinghson5569
2 ай бұрын
One of the big invisible things no one in Scandi/Nordic countries picks up on is indirect, unintentional discrimination. For example your decent skilled jobs or any job with decent pay, mandates fluency in Fin/Swe/etc, and it takes years to become fluent. However these same immigrants flourish more in the UK simply because Eng is their second language already.
@ravenfin1916
2 ай бұрын
@@dallysinghson5569 On the other hand, can you ever be fully part of society if you don't know the language? Understanding the culture and people is much easier than knowing the language. And in general, only passable language skills are required unless it is a specialist job. Nowadays, for example, in Helsinki, you can't even order a cup of coffee if you don't know English as a Finn. That's not quite right either.
@solohusky
8 ай бұрын
We already united ❤️
@gisli12
Ай бұрын
Im from Iceland and i think the same about the Netherlands 😂 like wtf
@Navy-Seal-Ninja90
8 ай бұрын
im from Denmark and i love my nordic neighbour countries. i include iceland as well in that . we just have so many things in common in culture and history. we are just connected in so many ways that you dont really see in the same way across the world. if anything ever happened, you could be damn sure we would all unite instantly. so to my fellow nordic people. i love u all :).
@johankaewberg8162
8 ай бұрын
Yes, if a real threat came, we would all stand in unison. Finn, Dane, Swede, Norwegian, Icelander. Hope that never happens!
@johankaewberg8162
8 ай бұрын
❤
@petter5721
8 ай бұрын
🇮🇸🇸🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴🇫🇮👍🏻
@samhartford8677
8 ай бұрын
Likewise! Greetings from Finland
@PW6805
8 ай бұрын
You stole my thunder ;) Love my sweet Nordic fellas
@AlvenmodFoto
8 ай бұрын
Let's do it, I'm in. Love all my Nordic neighbors. Love from Sweden!
@karinborup1162
8 ай бұрын
🇩🇰 Me too. Love to All of you .
@Gurupimp10
8 ай бұрын
Well USA is blocking it so...
@reefreturn
8 ай бұрын
I'm in 🇩🇰 I will visit Mariestad in a couple of months :-)
@Gurupimp10
8 ай бұрын
Well the problem is USA, they don't allow us to do it.
@tomofasia
6 ай бұрын
🇫🇮 Let’s do it! The pride on what we have managed to accomplish should be sheltered. Too many people are willing to lose everything good in the name of political correctness. 😊
@sundflux
8 ай бұрын
As a Finn I would totally approve this. There necessarily shouldn't be a capital though, rather rotating "nordic counsil city" which gets passed from country to country (4 year terms?). We already have a lot of cooperation in defense things with Sweden (mainly baltic sea and Åland areas) and Norway (north, they also share Russian border) so mostly this would be tighter economic integration, possibly a shared currency something else than EUR. This definitely would work way better than EU and EMU...
@donaldliden4545
8 ай бұрын
Yes it would have a better chance now to succed then the last time... economies are more equal nowadays
@FSboy70
8 ай бұрын
Maybe you should try and take advantage of what we already have?
@sundflux
8 ай бұрын
@@FSboy70 I guess we already do and there is a lot of collaboration between Nordics, including free movement across the borders.
@tobiasandersson3568
8 ай бұрын
Make Åland the capial, can be cool 🤔🤷
@latenite97
8 ай бұрын
I would say as fellow Scandinavian we would share capital and have 4 "capitals". hehe im Swedish I really think we should do this we would be so much stronger and would grow all countrys i Scandinavia.
@sampohonkala4195
8 ай бұрын
At 4:00 about the military: Finland alone has 280 000 war time troops + 590 000 trained reserves. This is roughly as much as Italy, France, the UK and Germany combined. If the USA wanted to have the same strength per capita, it would need to train over 50 million soldiers.
@birdsteak9267
7 ай бұрын
Norway have mandatory service, so we have reserves ready for invasion as well, with bunkers stocked all over Norway. It's just a low active service of hired personel.
@maonparas
4 ай бұрын
@@birdsteak9267What does the mandatory service mean then? Because in finland it means you have to train to be a soldier or sometimes people can choose to do other work but mostly people become soldiers. Doesnt seem like your mandatory service is the same as in Finland since you got no soldiers.
@birdsteak9267
4 ай бұрын
@@maonparas Everyone at age 18+ who is physically fit enough has to train to become a soldier, which also means that in case of war, they will be drafted into the National Guard and other positions. I don't remember how many years between, but we get called in for exercises for refreshment every 5-7 years. They are not considered to be on active duty, but thousands of people every year get into this service for 12 months and will be drafted when the time comes. No soldiers? Ok pal, whatever pleases your imagination.
@maonparas
4 ай бұрын
@@birdsteak9267 Ok so you have the same system? Why dont you have any reserves on paper then. Btw i wasnt saying you got no soldiers, i meant more that its weird that it seems like youve got very few even when you have mandatory service.
@birdsteak9267
4 ай бұрын
@@maonparas Because Mandatory isn't professional, it's temporary. So they don't get registered the same way as professional, as in career workers. Why I don't know, I just know that is how it is. I served 1 year mandatory then I took a extended year. The people who are registered are Corporals and above, they went the career path which is voluntarily. If you doesn't meet their standards then you won't have to serve. But I am excited about the expanding Scandinavian Union though, it seem like our forces will have a much closer relationship now, under a more interconnected command. At least the airforce is.
@pappelg2639
8 ай бұрын
Iceland is the clostest language to old norse, and was colonized by Norwegians, so our brothers in Iceland are closer to our old language than we are now. This due to Iceland being more isolated while our language were influenced strongly by the Denmark-Norway union. Faroese language is derived from old norse to, but is a bit more similar to Norwegian than Icelandic is.
@oliverbrekidavisdavidsson81
8 ай бұрын
True as an icelander it takes little effort to learn or understand our norwegian brothers. Also for those who might mistake colonization for the brutal oppression and allat iceland was completely uninhabited befour
@KaptenRedNeckZ.
8 ай бұрын
Learned old norse when I was around 12 (soon 23 now).. It's kinda similar to swedish and the other scandinavian languages today.. (im a swede) real fun to talk in old norse since no one understands it here today xD
@WolfHeathen
8 ай бұрын
@@oliverbrekidavisdavidsson81 And yet your government decided you should learn Danish in school in order to "get closer to Scandinavia". Not only is Danish the most difficult Nordic language to be understood by Swedes and Norwegians, but we already speak English anyway 😅
@1Anime4you
8 ай бұрын
Icelandic isn't actually the closest language to Old Norse. Elfdalian is significantly closer in all aspects of language from grammar and pronunciation to vocabulary. It's infuriating and utterly inexcusable that the Swedish government still refuses to recognize it as an official minority language. They haven't even instituted any protections for it even though it's critically endangered. It's literally Old Norse with some diphthongs. Unlike Icelandic, it hasn't changed grammatically since the Viking period and it retains some pronunciation features that even Icelandic has lost over time.
@reefreturn
8 ай бұрын
@@1Anime4you Never heard of Elfdalian until today! Cheers from Denmark :-)
@AverageJoe-tu5sr
8 ай бұрын
As a Dane I'm a very delighted that Finland and soon Sweden would join the NATO alliance. Welcome brothers.
@MrRightbackatya
8 ай бұрын
I strongly believe in the importance of unity among Nordic nations, and I would be ready to assist if any of our neighbors were in need during a crisis
@elementalgolem5498
7 ай бұрын
we already are, and every year we continue to improve cooperation
@tobias_dahlberg
8 ай бұрын
Norway - beautiful nature, oil resources, a little too lazy but they can be so because of their resources Sweden - industry and innovation powerhouse of the union, too serious for their own good sometimes (decisions can't be made before everyone has had their turn to speak) Finland - speciality industry, logging and the brutalistically simple, yet beautiful Finnish mindset + military Denmark - The lighter mindset, the day-drinker, the smoker, the "I don't give a shit but somehow I am still successful mindset" + pork and the physical connection to mainland Europe Edit: And Iceland - the country I forgot while writing this (little drunk) Combine these powers and you've got yourself one hell of a country.
@matsv201
8 ай бұрын
I se it as Sweden is not really a solid nation. Sweden is one small part Norway, a bit larger part Denmark and the largest part Finland. But here is the kicker... Finland is not really Finland, Finland is Sweden
@gunnardahlgaard429
8 ай бұрын
Denmark the Lighter mindset, the daydrinker..., a drink too far to day my dear cousin😉
@tobias_dahlberg
8 ай бұрын
@@gunnardahlgaard429 All in good spirit! Just having a bit of fun :)
@gunnardahlgaard429
8 ай бұрын
@@tobias_dahlberg I know, but couldn't resist....but today we are going to beat you in handball😊
@Jonsson474
8 ай бұрын
Yes Finland is actually Sweden.
@yohanbeck8172
8 ай бұрын
I think all Nordic people really appreciate what they have and come from -and you can see it in how they take care of their nature. Its all clean, no trash anywhere.
@skalleper2890
8 ай бұрын
We are already united. I would fight for my brothers and sisters, and I am not alone.
@elementalgolem5498
7 ай бұрын
definitely. people also seem to be blissfully unaware of the Nordic council. a council representing all our nations with the sole purpose of fostering cooperation and trade. at a level higher than even the EU. and id say its a much better approach than to make everyone part of a single government. although, I think we should not have individual militaries. I think we should have individual flags, and the soldiers are part of individual branches. but overall a united military. so that cooperation between the countries during war can be top notch. would also help solve the current issues of communication. although as Sweden and Finland get established within NATO a lot of these issues will be solved naturally as they start using more NATO standard equipment.
@shoman3927
8 ай бұрын
We are basically already united, couldn't even imagine any of us standing on the sidelines if another one of us got attacked. I hope this will extend to any countries that aren't led in a predatory nature (like the unpredictable nations led by dictators or the ones where GDP matters more than a sustainable well being).
@adamgrundqvist7131
8 ай бұрын
Agree that we would not leave eachother!❤
@elementalgolem5498
7 ай бұрын
and theres the "nordic council" which has the sole purpose of keeping us united and in agreement of development of the Nordic region. and is indeed what we use to trade and do diplomacy with others, because we are able to use our united power to make better deals. want a fishing deal with Norway? well be prepared to make it a fair one because Sweden Finland Denmark and Iceland will back any and every pull out from trade done by Norway if it deems it a misuse of trust or attempt to take advantage of them.
@squidcaps4308
8 ай бұрын
Militarily, Nordic is quite powerful. Finland alone has the biggest artillery in Europe. Airforce would match Russia and the quality of that airforce is top notch in the world. The Combined Nordic Airforce has been formed already, so we can think of them as one airforce in time of war. Navally, decent but is concentrated on Baltic Sea which doesn't support heavy stuff at all, it is also quite shallow sea which also makes submarines more difficult to operate in secret. And manpower.. is again filled by Finland, having up to 900k in reserves. Overall, it is not at all shabby military force, capable of defending the Nordic for sure.
@andersbechchristensen9627
8 ай бұрын
The Nordic military have for many years been underfinanced. I haven't much knowledge about Norway and Sweeden but the army as such has diminished. The Danish army has been worn out for long. Go back to the cold war and things were a bit different. Now the tide has changed, much bigger budgets are now being established, but it is not done overnight. Defending the shallow Baltic sea is not a piece of cake. Finding a submarine is actually quite difficult. We have different layers of fresh and salty water in the Baltic Sea. Near the surface is a less salty layer. Below is a salty layer. These two layers don't mix. It results in a kind of shield under which you can operate or hide you submarine. This actually means that hiding your sub below this is a tactical strategy. It is now invincible and very difficult to detect even with modern equipement.
@squidcaps4308
8 ай бұрын
@@andersbechchristensen9627 It is true that the rest of the Nordic has cut military to minimum but.. the equipment is very high quality, and there is existing framework that allows them to quickly catch up. Finland is the exception, we just never stopped preparing. Thus, it forms the backbone of that military union.
@eldorath1
7 ай бұрын
@@andersbechchristensen9627Sweden barely has a military, but we do however produce the worlds best aircrafts and submarines (the Gotland class) which has beaten most nations in simulation due to its silence.
@anderskarlsson5910
6 ай бұрын
@@eldorath1 Det har alltid varit hemligt hur många totalt som gjort lumpen i Sverige så vet inte vad du vet som alla andra inte får veta . Bara 2003 när jag gjorde lumpen så vart det 15529 nya soldater det året .
@matsv201
8 ай бұрын
3:40 Who ever done the ranking have done one major error.. They forgot to remove the nations from the nordic countrys the total ranking. This matters quite a lot becuase in the cases where the new nordic nations rank 4 or 5, most of the nations a head is nrodic countries that no longer would exist.
@riittarankinen4749
8 ай бұрын
Switzerland has 4 official languages, each canton its own one(s). And they are doing fine.
@user-lv6rn9cf8m
8 ай бұрын
Sweden has five. Swedish isn't one of them - there just hasn't been a need to specify that in law. Official languages of Sweden: Finnish, Meänkieli, Jiddisch, Romani and Sápmi.
@AWKnuden
8 ай бұрын
Great reaction. The language could be Scandic. A combination of them all. We would all understad it, and it would give us our own heritage and culture.
@lexluthor6497
8 ай бұрын
Finns would not trust me I speak Swedish finnish and norweigan.
@melkor3496
8 ай бұрын
@@lexluthor6497 There’s an easy fix to that. Finland gains certain legal autonomy within the union to appease them since they are a bit different then the rest.
@jukopliut
8 ай бұрын
@@melkor3496 Why settle for autonomy (second hand citizens) when you can be independent. Tried that once and it didn't work. What would be different this time.
@jensholm5759
8 ай бұрын
I dont think so. Bigger countries like this several accents as well. Most of them has mority righs as well.
@sabertoetiger2582
8 ай бұрын
Good luck learning any Finnish 😂
@matsv201
8 ай бұрын
9:20 You are sort of right, here is the biggest irony. Its mostly the immigrants from Balkan, Iran and Vietnam that taking about this. They are the one that most want to preserve the Swedish/Nordic way of life. While even there children that is starting to become adults now, may not live so to say a 100% Nordic lifestyle, is really the part that is not that is effected the most. So this was a massive shift in imigration votes last election when imigrants started voting for right wing parties. The sift was much larger than it seams., While the right wing only won with 4 parliament seats, that may sounds like a little, there was a full party that jumped over to the left, shifted 40 parliament seat in the other direction. So if this was any prior election the victory would been 44 seats, that is a huge diffrance. The Imigratnt storry is so much BS. The Ukrainans that got here learned Swedish in 6-9 month. And some of the speak swedish so flawless now 2 years on you can even tell them apart from Swedish people (and yes of cause, Ukrainians kind of sort of look simular to Swedish people). The Somalians thgat came in the 90s, most of them can´t still speak swedish. Its not how poor you are, but how much effort you putr in.
@ahkkariq7406
8 ай бұрын
The only reason the natives don't talk about this is because they're afraid of being labeled racist if they do, so they wisely keep their mouths shut.
@TheToppestGee
29 күн бұрын
Bro is spitting facts🔥You need to become a politician 🍷
@linav7705
8 ай бұрын
Thinking of language, my boyfriend is Swedish (I am Norwegian and we live in Norway). After living here for many years he is not able to speak pure Swedish anymore, but speaks a mix between Norwegian and Swedish, usually refered to as "Svorsk" which is svensk (swedish) and norsk (norwegian) put together. It is not an uncommon phenomenon that one Swede/Norwegian moving to the other country starts talking a hybrid of the two languages and have great difficulties "turning back" to their mother tongue. I believe it is because the languages are mutually intelligible, so your brain adapts to it differently and more naturally. Like moving and adapting to a completely different dialect. If I remember right, I read that purely linguistic-wise, Swedish and Norwegian (in general) could be seen as different dialects of the same language. In border towns it is not uncommon that dialects spoken on each side of the border "overlap" to some extent. Some even so much people can't decide if it's really a Norwegian or Swedish dialect 😅. In Norway, in bokmål municipalites, we have to learn writing nynorsk correctly (and vice versa). If we were to learn some common language in lets say Sweden and Norway, the most logical would be some kind of standarized "Svorsk" beside your mother tongue. But I don't know if it's much of a point. You can get by quite easily speaking Norwegian in Sweden and vice versa. Ofc Denmark is abit more difficult for Norwegians and Swedes because of the way they speak, but usually you just need some more time to adjust and it gets easier. Icelandic is ofc much harder as it is just as easy as reading some 800-1000 year old text 😅. Finland is a completely different language from a different branch. So as a Scandinavian (unless you studied Finnish ofc) you cannot understand a single word, except from some scandinavian loanwords here and there. Also in universities, atleast where I studied, I had Swedish classmates, and they could write their assignments and exams in Swedish. I believe there is some common Scandinavian law on that, that (unless there is some obvious reason) you cannot 'discriminate' between a Norwegian written assignment/exam and one written in another Scandinavian language. As a Nordic citizen you also have quite some 'exclusive' rights when it comes to other Nordic countries. You have a way more faster and easier track to obtain citizenship of another Nordic country. Also if I want to move to Sweden, I can just move. I don't need to obtain residence permit, as it is already "included" in being a Nordic citizen. I just have to make sure I register my moving. So theres alot of unity in the Nordic countries already.
@sacredbirdman
7 ай бұрын
Svorsk, unify the en/ett "genders" and adopt universal he/she "hän" from Finnish and I'm in :D
@Jorge-dg7jv
8 ай бұрын
The military wouldn't even be an issue. 1.1 million personnel is quite a big amount considering the US has 1.4 million.
@Kuutti_original
8 ай бұрын
Yeah and that manpower (8th largest) combined with these equipments: Land Forces: 400 MBT:s (global 33rd) 30 778 Vehicles (global 19th) 969 artillery (global 17th) Airforce total assets: 597 (global 21st) 211 fighters (global 14th) (types of F-16, F-18 and JAS 39 Gripens. Projected 143 F-35:s) Navy Total assets: 715 ships (global 3rd) Frigates: 13 (global 5th) Corvettes: 13 (global 8th) Submarines: 11 (global 10th) Mine Warfare: 32 (global 3rd) Patrol: 368 (global 1st)
@Zodopod
8 ай бұрын
Finlands active military personal is just around 30000 the rest is conscripted. So yes and no. Finland can surely defend them self but its not likely to roam the globe like US.
@spugelo359
8 ай бұрын
@@Zodopod That 30k number is hardly relevant. It's mostly personnel training or being trained. The official wartime strength would be 280k, with reserve above 900k and that 900k is already after taking out people unfit for service. If a war would happen, those 280k would be quickly deployed, almost certainly receive extra training if war seems to be likely. And if war does happen, then rest of the reserves would almost certainly start getting more training and prepare to be deployed if needed. In other words, in case of a war 280k would be quickly reached, but that number would start growing higher and higher if necessary. But long story short, almost entire male population age of 18 and older has received military training, with some females volunteering.
@Zodopod
8 ай бұрын
@@spugelo359 Still we will never see Finland threaten or invade another country. Since is no way a conscript army today will be on that adventure. Their power projection does not exist. So Finland has not an army on 900k it's around 30k with options like you say to scale up to 280k in wartime. And the rest is just reserv but a trained reserv. So my point this video is doing a wrong comparison.
@Kuutti_original
8 ай бұрын
@@Zodopod You are correct but also didnt get the point, his point was to show that military personnel is there so the combined Defence Force would be quite capable. It has nothing to do with how US uses their military. Also Finnish conscription system is very different from usual ones and quite effective in making effective units. Specially crafted for our own needs.
@tbo2307
8 ай бұрын
Of course we would NOT choose english as a common language. A tiny bit of education would make everyone able to understand Norwegian Swedish and Danish well enough not to have big language problems. Finnish is of course a totally different language. English as a second language is already strong and so language is really not a showstopper.
@Kari-qv1wn
8 ай бұрын
As a finn i would also want estonia included
@valdemar91
8 ай бұрын
As a Dane, I would not mind our Kingdom once again stretching all the way to Estonia. Its the birthplace of our flag after all.
@illliiiiillliii6265
8 ай бұрын
Estonia is great, the histotical ties are there, its already connected to the nordic economy through finland and the baltic sea and it has the highest potential of all the baltics. Im sure if it becomes convinient for estonia to join it wouldnt be too great of a task to convince the decision makers of that.
@ChoosterYT
8 ай бұрын
Sweden approves. And besides they are already integrated in our banking systems
@lionfromthenorth4580
8 ай бұрын
If Estonia approves, why not. We need to keep together in the whole region nowadays. I really hope that Sweden join Nato, so we can be more useful. It's said that we would help the Baltic countries if things get rough over there. I support that.
@UltimaSRi
8 ай бұрын
Include Shetlands, Faroes and Orkneyes!!!!! The all got the correct flag for the Nordics..
@thehoogard
8 ай бұрын
There's no reason to suspect that anything other than all curent languages would still be considered official languages. He presupposed that you would need 1 unifying language, and that's just not an assumption that is warranted.
@Amphibiot
8 ай бұрын
Well, i assume we would see more shampoo bottle scandinavian in official documents if that happened. Every scandinavian being bored in the shower will know what i mean.
@TheRacoonGhost
8 ай бұрын
@@Amphibiot 😂
@hullmees666
8 ай бұрын
This. While english might make sense it wouldnt be accepted due to nationalism. And good for them. One's own language is invaluable and many english speakers and/or globalists dont get that. My nation wouldnt exist anymore if we hadnt clung to our language.
@styrelsefksu4463
8 ай бұрын
@@hullmees666 There would be one unified language called Swenglish a mix of Swedish and English and it is already happening as younger people are using more and more English words instead of their own native language here in Sweden at least
@donaldliden4545
8 ай бұрын
@@styrelsefksu4463that train has left the station...now they throw in arabic,african and latin words almost more often then english
@mv_5878
8 ай бұрын
Nah, let's keep it as it is. We already co-operate a lot and feel very close, in lifestyle and values. Hello to 🇸🇪 🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇳🇴 from 🇫🇮
@FSboy70
8 ай бұрын
Agree, why fix something that is not broken.
@tehokotkat
7 ай бұрын
Best love country story to date in World, and include Åland Island (part of Finland).
@dallysinghson5569
2 ай бұрын
Kind of a simplistic mindset. Unbroken things can still be improved. Swedes being boring snobs, Norwegians being posh snobs, Finns being Scandi redneck, etc.
@MrLarsgren
8 ай бұрын
im a dane and would say if we had to pick a united language it should be norwegian. for danes swedish is way harder than norwegian. for swedes danish is way harder than norwegian. and norwegian just sounds better XD we are close as brothers and disagree as siblings. but same time denmark and sweden are also the 2 countries in the world that had most wars between them. think it was like 23 XD one big dysfunctional family but deep down we love eachother.
@latenite97
8 ай бұрын
Sweden has won the most wars against denmark ;) but they are our sweet little brother hehehe
@cherrydoggy
5 ай бұрын
@@latenite97Swedes had to stop going to wars after losing Finland, their soldier reserve, ha ha. That actually started our longest period in history without wars 🇫🇮
@Weffi76
8 ай бұрын
I dont wana sound like an crazy racist, but Iam from Finland, and we are starting to se the negative impact imigrants bring, where crime rates are sky rocketting, social services are becomming more expencive and directly impacting the poor or unemployed to a huge exetent, and unfortunately this due to more and more immigrants and refuges comming, whom only a fraction of ever actualy even tries to learn the languages and get a job, what meens taxes are going up, food specialy has risen in price so high, what again is raising the crimerates even higher. it is a visious cycle that most likely will backfire so hard soon, that there is no turning back, specialy native finns, racsism is on the rise a lot, more extremist politicians are becomming more popular, combine this whit us having a long border with russia and the ukraine war it becomes worse and worse.
@whatsupfuckers4078
7 ай бұрын
Its not racist if its true As a finn i agree And i do not like that my taxes are going into the pockets of immigrants who do not work at all, or even try learning our language It gets frustrating really
@hennahallikainen711
7 ай бұрын
As a finn… Stokholm. Ps. We also speak swedish here in Finland. It is our second official language. Swedish and Norwegian languages are quite similar.
@fex144
3 ай бұрын
Never gonna happen. Denmark would never allow it's closets frenemy to steal the Capital. Neither would Norway. Instead a Geo-rotating Nordic Council would be best. And no it cannot meet mostly in Stockholm either. Can't happen. We've had too many wars. Yeah that's not done yet.
@24jh42
7 ай бұрын
He really fucked up those statistics. If you take the nations ranking 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6th in the world and pull the average. they do not go back on that list as number 4. That average go back on the list as number 1.The other 5 original disappear.
@mikrokupu
8 ай бұрын
08:37 I know this is an old saga, but officially "Scandinavia" and "Nordic" are two different things. An easy rule: in the Nordic group of DEN FIN ICE NOR SWE, the 3 monarchies DEN NOR SWE are called Scandinavia.
@matsv201
8 ай бұрын
Also all the sub nations like Åland, and the north atlantic semi nations....and.. sort of kind of maybe also greenland. And possibly also estonia and Latvia but not Lithuania..
@emi5788
8 ай бұрын
I came to the point that i just dont care anymore. Im Finnish always needed to say no we are not slavic no we are not scandinavian eather just finns. But now i just gonna giveup.
@janfrodeengh5904
8 ай бұрын
Technicallly, Scandinavia is just Norway and Sweden since they are on the Scandinavian peninsula. But our three countries have 2000 years of common history, and the last 1000 years in and out of unions with each other, so we more or less view each other as family. For me going on vacation in Sweden or Denmark really doesn't count as going abroad.
@thoso1973
8 ай бұрын
Greenland and the Faeroe Islands are technically also part of a monarchy, as they are part of the Kingdom of Denmark. But your idea is good :)
@matsv201
8 ай бұрын
@@janfrodeengh5904 well if you go 2000 years back or even "just" 1200 years back, nordic countries was fractures in around 20 or so smaller nation-states a lot simular to pre United germany.
@micade2518
8 ай бұрын
What a bizarre "what if", considering that Denmark, Finland and Sweden are EU members; Norway and Iceland have rejected EU membership but belong to the EFTA (which has free trade with the EU) and the Schengen area. Source: Wikipedia Being considered as the happiest countries on Earth (thanks to their no-nonsense social-democratic gvts), one could be tempted to move there. I have toyed with the idea myself but I see 2 major drawbacks: the languages are pretty difficult and ... the climate (very cold with endless, dark winters). re: language, Connor, you marvel at the Dutch speaking such good English with an American accent (fun fact, the City of New York was founded by a Dutchman named Peter Stuyvesant (there is a statue of him located on 2nd Avenue at 16th St.) whose name has been used by a famous brand of cigarettes (I wonder why and how?). If you're a small country with a rather difficult local language and that you need to interact with the rest of the world, you're well advised to learn the international (commercial) language. That's pragmatism.
@jensholm5759
8 ай бұрын
Its abligated the whole EU has english as second language. Most people here dont live in the northers parts. They almost emply. You can find maps for that.
@dallysinghson5569
2 ай бұрын
The Eng as 2nd lang being mandatory only benefits the natives/residents that have fluency in a Scandi language. But if you're wanting to move to Scandinavia then you're going to have a hard time as all the skilled or decent paid jobs mandate Scandi proficiency.
@1991beachboy
8 ай бұрын
I think Gothenburg would be an ideal capital in the sense that it's almost right between Copenhagen and Oslo. Founded by none other than Gustavus Adolphus. Then it's protected by the Kattegatt and an archipelago, but still lies open enough for it to be easily accessible.
@jensholm5759
8 ай бұрын
I dont belive in those center thinking anymore.
@henriikkak2091
5 ай бұрын
It would be a good Scandinavian capital. Not necessarily Nordic
@TerryVogelaar
8 ай бұрын
I'm Dutch, and we indeed score high when it comes to English proficiency. That's in part because our language is very close to (old) English, and in part it is because of the mere exposure to the language in our country. My mother is one of the few who only speaks a Dutch dialect, and my daughter uses so many English words that I have to translate when they speak with each other. However, contrary to what you said, we do have an accent. I can immediately spot it. Example: we can't say a D at the enT of a worT.
@renetopplassen8341
8 ай бұрын
Hi, did you know, thats most english word came from Denmark. As eks, Windows = vinduer
@TerryVogelaar
8 ай бұрын
@@renetopplassen8341 I'm afraid that's incorrect. Latin and French each contributed 29% of all the English loanwords. Germanic languages (including Dutch and Danish) contributed 26%. Here is a list of Nordic words: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Scandinavian_origin And here is Dutch: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Dutch_origin Etymology can be weird sometimes. "Mannequin" is one of these words with a French origin. But the French borrowed it from Flemish: "Manneke" (meaning "little man").
@runlun
7 ай бұрын
The Icelandic language are the way Norwegian vikings spoke back in the viking times. It was a Norwegian viking called Naddodd who discovered it. And because Iceland was isolated from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, the language stayed more or less the same. The three others are very simular because of the influence we had on each other through the history.
@KjetilBalstad
8 ай бұрын
I'm terms of military, the Nordic nations just formed the Combined Northern Air Command which is the 2nd largest and by far most modern Air Command in Europe with 250 front-line combat aircraft consisting of F-35, JAS Gripen and F-18, with the F-18 about to be replaced by the F-35 soon. Turkey have slightly more aircraft, but with the F-16 as the most modern and a huge number of F-4's it's lagging behind in terms of mission capabilities.
@amadeuz819
8 ай бұрын
Torneå/Tornio, would represent us the best. Why pick one close to the rest of Europe when you can pick the one best protected :D For the language we would have all the ones we have, then the leaders can speak whatever they need to at the meetings. Like I am fluent in 3 languages and that pretty normal here.
@agffans5725
8 ай бұрын
The video forgot to count in Greenland when ranking the size. In fact, the Kingdom of Denmark, which include Greenland and the Faroe Island, is by far the largest country ( 2.210 Million Square Kilometers) in Europe (not counting Russia).
@adamgrundqvist7131
8 ай бұрын
I am from Sweden, very interesting idea. I think all of us seem so equal, I like this idea. I like Sweden, Danmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway. I am also half finnish (my father is from Finland and I work for a Danish company in Sweden 😅❤️ Gothenburg would be the best capital for the Nordics I think 😉 I love Gothenburg. We have a big harbor and lovely city.
@Jonsson474
8 ай бұрын
Swedish, Norwegian, danish, Icelandic and Faroese all have the same origins, old Norse, a northern Germanic language. They all developed their own way though, with Swedish, Norwegian and danish being the most similar. Finnish belong to a totally different language group origin in the area of the Ural mountains, bordering between Asia and Europe.
@cinderellaandstepsisters
8 ай бұрын
The language is different, but the race is a different matter. The only difference is that Finland has got more ppl with blue eyes and blond hair.
@02car
8 ай бұрын
Copenhagen and Malmoe (3rd biggest city in Sweden) is basically already one city since the bridge was built.
@rockerjim8045
7 ай бұрын
Copenhagen Airport is basically Malmo’s second local Airport and vice versus.
@ReginnKunnr
8 ай бұрын
The relationship between the nordic countries is like meeting an ex partner from an abusive relationship you had a long time ago. There's deffinately an atraction but also a loooooot of apprehension, and i say that as a dane, knowing full well the evils of my forfathers. With almost 500 years of more or less continuous warfare, and occupation I don't see a unification in the near future (unless Putin tries something funny), so when this beautiful thought experiment goes so far as to speculate on where a capitol should be placed, I think a moment of uncomfortable silence and nervous looks sets in among most scandinavians, quickly followed by somebody finaly cracking a joke
@andersliljevall2946
8 ай бұрын
And what to do with the royals ???
@ReginnKunnr
8 ай бұрын
Good point! Hadn't thought of that. A good old trial by combat maybe?@@andersliljevall2946 😆
@ChuckLight
8 ай бұрын
Swedish here and I want back the money my ancestors gave to your ancestors because you Danes conquered älvsborg castle in Gothenburg. In today's value, we paid approximately 750 billion kroner in "Älvsborg's ransom" in 1563 and 1612. Do you want my bank account number?
@sma999
7 ай бұрын
Siblings fight, but still family at the end
@FinnishedThirdMusic
7 ай бұрын
As a Finn, I love my Nordic brethren, and for decades we have had the Nordic pact of defence, trade and information. We would be the military powerhouse of the nation, and Norway would be the Economic force. We'll take care of our Viking brothers and sisters in Iceland, Farö, and Greenland. PERKELE! PS: Include Estonia, our well beloved southern family.
@jandeusvult2920
8 ай бұрын
Transitioning to english would be cultural genocide, outrageous idea in my opinion since Im certain were able to continue to respect our separate languages if you ever where to unite under the same banner (again). Looking at you Denmark ;D Lets avoid mistakes from the Kalmarunionen at all costs then, we sure have come a long way since then. However, Im skeptical to the whole idea. Things are fine as they are now, we cooperate so well already.
@denzzlinga
8 ай бұрын
no one would prohibit the use of swedish, finnish, norwegian, dennish and icelandic language, and to raise the kids bilingual. Just like in Canada or Switzerland, where thereare multiple official languages in use, or with Pennsylvania Dutch in the US. It could end up like with the Amish there, they all speak perfect fluent english, but at home and within their communities they prefer to speak Pennsylvania dutch.
@jandeusvult2920
8 ай бұрын
@@denzzlinga None might prohibit the use of multiple languages, thats certainly right. But as i stated, I remain skeptical.
@jandeusvult2920
8 ай бұрын
@@OneTrueScotsman we had a similar situation in Norway back in the day and feel much the same as you. Only a few remnants remains to this day, hence we have two written forms of communication.
@PSimonsen
8 ай бұрын
You know that the Kalmar-union were a DK-NO invention ? The swedes asked for membership in it, because they didn't liked the king (german / Albrecht af Mecklenburg) that the swedish landlords have chosen.
@andersliljevall2946
8 ай бұрын
But what are we going to do with the royal families and who will be the King / Queen ?
@laziojohnny79
8 ай бұрын
This is how imo the EU should've started; a unified Scandinavia, Baltica (both could include Finland), Britannia (including Ireland), Germania (I know, touchy subject), Benelux, France, Iberia, Italia (including Malta, and later joined by Slovenia and Croatia), Balkan (Greece, Bulgaria and maybe Romania) and a unified Central Europe. If those would've all worked properly, unify them by region (nort & west, south, east) and if that all worked out fine, a unified Europe. But noooo, let's rush things, f*ck the opinion of the people and let's see where the ship will take us .... or run aground, or sink.
@havard.torkildsen
8 ай бұрын
Kult å se. Mange svensker og dansker som kommenterer også. Utrolig hvor bra vi har det her i nord. Særlig i Norge da. Takk for fin film.
@matsv201
8 ай бұрын
12:20 The solution to the capital problem is simple. make it a split capital. Copenhagen, Göteborg and Oslo. Build a high speed maglev line between. Swedish is just the most common on paper. The issue is that hardly anyone speak clear Swedish, Danish or Norwegan. If you go to say Värmland, what they speak there sounds nothing like what they speak in Stockholm, and its much closer to what they speak in Oslo. Its called swedish, just becasue its on the swedishg side of the border. Malmö Copenhagen, samte thing. In Finland its really complicated, because a percentage of Finish people talk Swedish. (Finland was Spawned as apart of Sweden when invaded by Russia). Swedish and Finish was spoken intertwine with each other at that time, and that is still true to this day. A Pan Nordic languish already exist, its on all the food packaging. Of cause, Finland already have this problem 14:03 That graf don´t look right. 375M for native english. That is just USA and UK, and boom you got 375M. Sure not everyone in USA is native to English, but its a so dominating majority. Then ad Canada, Australia, New Zeeland. And well there is more. Countries nobody thinks about. Bangladesh, Malaysia and Sri lanka, yes sure, there is only a smal procentage native to english, but its huge populations. We got more, India, Pakistan, and Nigeria. And yes, sure, there is only some 2-5% that is native to English, but that is still tens of millions. And there is Philippines and South Africa where English is used as the sort of joining fabric of the nation. (as suggested here). Here is the thing. if i go do Business in really any Nordic country (apart from Iceland) i just speak Swedish. And they speak what ever they speak. it never been a problem
@PSimonsen
8 ай бұрын
Did you just compare Malmö to Copenhagen ? One is a scandinavian city, the other is middle eastern pariah state.
@Peter_Pan_71
8 ай бұрын
No need to change the borders, we have such a close co-operation already with our brothers and sisters among the nordic countries.
@gunnardahlgaard429
8 ай бұрын
Quite right, the nordic cooperation aka Nordic Council is quite a succes leading acces to healthcare, social benefits and a common labourmarket accessable for the inhabitants in the nordics, whats more is needed.
@macjonte
8 ай бұрын
A Nordic union would not change borders for member countries anymore than European Union does. We’re not creating a new country here. :)
@Roylevis
8 ай бұрын
Scotland wanted to be part of the Nordic Union if it was formed.
@axllii
8 ай бұрын
Regarding English and Norwegian, English har been argued to be a dialect of Norwegian. This is due to sentence structure similarities.
@gambanteinodal1246
8 ай бұрын
English is a germanic language just like Norwegian (Icelandic, Danish and Swedish). The Germanic language came to England when the Roman Empire fell. It was the Angles, Saxons, Frisians and Jutes that brought it...
@henningrasmussen8225
5 ай бұрын
Not tru e DANISH words from the DANISH vikings are numerous check it out at least 200 danish words is present in modern english without them no english !!!
@kebman
8 ай бұрын
Weak military? Think about the Winter Wars. Every Finnish soldier is worth about ten Russian ones. ;) Germany had some trouble taking Norway as well despite vastly outnumbering them. And then there's Sweden, who had multiple campaigns deep into both Russia and Poland-Lithuania.
@maonparas
4 ай бұрын
1.1 million soldiers and 900k from Finland😂. Sweden, Norway and Denmark gotta step up.
@larshansen4557
22 күн бұрын
Agree
@daniel4647
8 ай бұрын
Our military in Norway isn't bad, it's just small because our population is small. Doesn't really matter how many tanks and warships and fighter jets we have if we don't have the people to man them anyway. That's the main reason we're vulnerable, there simply isn't enough of us to effectively defend against someone like Russia for example. But the equipment and special forces and stuff we do have are top notch, so at least we'd die with honor and take a lot of them with us. But we're a little over 5 million people, Russia is nearly 150 million, that's 30 against 1, no matter how much money we put into the military we could never win alone. So the military isn't even really worth focusing on since the only way we'll stay alive is trough diplomacy, making friends, setting a good example, helping others, etc. The only reason we even have a military is to loan it out to allies or to do rescue operations and stuff. We could defend against Sweden, but that's about it, and they're our allies and would never attack us anyway. Only wildcard around us is Russia, and as long as we have NATO there is nothing they can do that wouldn't lead to the apocalypse for everyone anyway. You know, maybe we should acquire some nukes, we do have a lot of uranium, but once you have nukes a military is meaningless because if anyone attacks you at that point then everyone dies. Having a military on top of nukes is just to bully and rob people, it serves no other purpose.
@peterkock4976
8 ай бұрын
I skal da bare lave flere babyer i Norge 😜
@pasip1974
7 ай бұрын
Finland, Sweden, Norway. Iceland of course. And Denmark. I would also like to see Estonia and with Estonia comes Latvia and Lithuania, naturally. What else? Maybe Scotland? We would rule the world! The republic of the North! Let's do this!!
@Zajuts149
8 ай бұрын
With Sweden and Finland joining NATO, there is at least a potential for closer cooperation. There could even be a whole Nordic Army Corps, with National Brigades combined to make Divisions. A lot of the equipment is already pretty similar, with all countries equipped with a variant of the CV90, and most use the Leopard 2 MBT.
@SavolaxMitsu
8 ай бұрын
Finland and Sweden have allready combined amphibious task unit and Swedish, Finnish and Norwagian air forces have daily training in Lapland. And EU's battle groups Finland and Sweden have been in the same battle group.
@bjarkehansen4911
8 ай бұрын
And 3 of us got the f35
@MattiasHedman8309
8 ай бұрын
Let's do this shit!! 😁 What an empire it would be! And what a Hockey team we would have!! 😀 /🇸🇪
@teropiispala2576
8 ай бұрын
Nordic countries have already had very close cooperation for a long time. However, I don't see the benefit from uniting into one country. We have different languages, different conditions and different needs, so trying to put all under same law is not good idea. However, if something would happen for EU, it would make sense to integrate economies and also deepen military cooperation.
@anderseriksen2282
8 ай бұрын
As a Dane, I dont see the nordic nations being united into 1 country in the near future, but I see a way more cooperation regarding all aspect of defence/military, not just as cooperation inside Nato, but maybe a unified military command structure (already seen by our airforces) within all military branches.
@phero2
8 ай бұрын
We just need to accept that we love each other, everything else is solvable.
@thehoogard
8 ай бұрын
We can coordinate without needing a union. In fact, one could argue, that we would be less influential by merging. We'd have less seats in the EU-parliament for example (setting aside for the moment that Norway isn't a member).
@melkor3496
8 ай бұрын
Uniting our countries would make us stronger tho in all kinds of ways and give us a bigger say on the world stage. And having more seats in the EU shouldn’t be a priority. It doesn’t even matter when we all aren’t even politics under a similar leadership as we have very different ruling governments rn.
@RobinAsp77
8 ай бұрын
We also have the nordic convention that Norway is part of
@anubis483
8 ай бұрын
Feel confident even without nato. The nordic countries would act united to any attack on one of them. We are very close
@donaldliden4545
8 ай бұрын
Interesting..i would love that idea...the area jas already the perfect name Scandinavia...we would probably speak same languages as now 😀with English used when needed just like it is aready.Im Swedish and thru history there has never been only a Swedish language.We been borrowing words from all over Europe and Same people up in north,Swedish in the south and for 700yrs before Russia took Finland it was and still is many who speaks Finnish i Sweden and part of Finland has population that still .speaks Swedish
@RobinAsp77
8 ай бұрын
Everyone seem to remember eu, schengen but forget that we do have the nordic convention where ALL nordic countries are a part of. If we are that high up in press freedom the world is in deep sh.t
@jacobeliasson8665
8 ай бұрын
I agree that Copenhagen would be the best location for a union capital. Although as a Swede it would hurt a little, it would be like letting your little sibling sit in the front seat while in the middle of Norway and Finland (aka bitch seat)
@Bamsebjoern
8 ай бұрын
"Little sibling" 😂 By definition, Denmark is the oldest (biggest) sibling😉 if you're referring to the sizes, Denmark includes Greenland and the faeroe Islands, making it the world's 12th largest country.. Just saying 🤣😉
@harrikuusjarvi3795
8 ай бұрын
As a Finn Copenhegen would be capital IF they build up an serious army. There are now Finland and Swedish airforces to keep Russia away ( and NATO) of course. We should have like 300 000 professional army and millions of trained reserves. Also Stocholm would be nice. I get that Helsinki is a bit too much east. I live there and its great city but not the right spot in the map.
@TheboyCR7
8 ай бұрын
I am from sweden and i love living here and btw you videos always makes me happy to watch keep it up
@chesterdonnelly1212
8 ай бұрын
England was once part of a Danish empire. If this happened Britain should totally join too.
@akyhne
8 ай бұрын
England was never part of Denmark. It had a Danish king, under the so-called Dane law. And it was only a part of England.
@chesterdonnelly1212
8 ай бұрын
@@akyhne you're wrong. Look up North Sea Empire. Sweyne Forkbeard and the Cnut the Great were kings of Norway, Denmark and England.
@larshansen4557
22 күн бұрын
@@akyhne canute haf all of the northsea he was danish sooo he is actually one of brittans best kings 😊
@Methinna
7 ай бұрын
I'm from Norway...I have lived in Sweden before and now I live in Denmark...we are already almost like one country,... we support each other in sports and other ways. About the language...I don't think I'm alone when I say that Finish is different from the other nothdic countries, it's difficult to find one similar word. I have tried to learn it, so now I can all the numbers and I can count very well, but I came to realize that learning finish was way to difficult (with the Baltic twist) and I had no intention to move to Finland though it's a very beautiful country. Icelandic is different to, but easier than finish. 😉
@fjolis100
8 ай бұрын
I have many times thought about Scandinavia as a country. I think it's really doable, we are so super democratic so I think we should easily overcome the small problems to make it work.
@sysghost
8 ай бұрын
Aboutthe military... There already is a common military group for the Nordics. Two even. First off there is Nordic Defence Cooperation (Short: NorDefCo) Then there is the E.U. Nordic battle group. It also includes some of the Baltics.
@mikaelranki
7 ай бұрын
You also forgot about the newly formed Nordic Airforce, unifying the military air command of all Nordic countries under one commander. The NACI agreement was signed about a year ago, and the command structure should start to slowly change when Sweden gets accepted to NATO.
@TheRunpoker
8 ай бұрын
I am Danish, and often think, why did we all have to fight each other up till modern ages. Queen Margaret I managed to unite the north in 1400’s but it only lasted 150 years. Would be cool if it had lasted.
@TheTorqueMusic
8 ай бұрын
About 1200 english words actually origins from the danish language ;-)
@henningrasmussen8225
5 ай бұрын
YES and with out them no modern english. DANELAW !!
@The_Judge300
8 ай бұрын
Icelandic and Norwegian are very different now. The Icelandic language is much more similar to how the Norwegians spoke back in the Viking era. The old Norse language.
@Karl-Benny
8 ай бұрын
If NATO fails it`s Possible and Stockholm would be the Ideal Capitol but a completely New could be built as Australia did
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