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The benefits from having a strong union culture.

hygge is real. a nice, cosy home helps. the germans have a saying "eng ist gemütlich", small homes are cosy. you don't need a 300 square meter home to be happy. you are more happy in a small home you easily can afford, than in a large home that you only just can afford. so, even though most scandinavians have relatively large homes, they tend to have one that they can afford.

Hi Robi🙂 I really like youre videos ☺ Just like to say that the Danish Hygge reminds me of the Swedish Fika 🍵🍰and both of them is very nice😉☺

I agree on these things but it is always good to show your own culture so we can make a better life together. Yes Sweden and Scandinavia is a good place to live but we can work on having a better society and life and there are good things with every culture (and bad things also but I want to focus on the better things)

Yea.. Sweden isnt an Utopia.. its nothing but! But all the scanidinavian countrys/included Finnland and Iceland are rich/equal/low coruption/high trust/ countrys! But with a terrible climate.. mayby that made us more equal.. and rich?? And with all that terrible climate.. its comes more to practicality.. it dosent matter that much wich brands.. if one is freesing! Long Johns is recomended at coldest time! Soo talking about swedish stereotypes.. and it is VVV, Villa=own your own house, Volvo=have a premium car, Vovve= its a dog but can be changed for a cat=a household pet! And have children is unspoken.. but thats the aim of all of it! And swedish couples tend to get marriged when there children get teenagers.. its altso a practical thing!

I love your videos and i think it is great that you like it here in Sweden. All the best to You :)

As a Swede I like our separation of work and social life. People at work are as I call it forced "friends", just like neighbours. Ofc I've had work collegues that I socialize with but not by default, it's because we've connected and became friends. As I said once when someone wasked if I'd join and AW for drinks "No thanks, if I want to have drinks I'll have them with my real friends" :)

The pople who comlain to the SWe citizens and laws , can move back fast as shark. Those who love it. Velcome.. no demostrations and violance in our streets for other contrys problems. So. Accept the swe culture, be a part. Othervise moooooove.

Just pointing out that both parents do not HAVE to take the 90 days of parental leave. It is just that there are 90 days, of your share of days, that cannot be transferred to the other parent. If one parent does not take 90 days of leave, those 90 days go poof.

I agree with yore point about friendship. We do miss out and I for one feel like I live in a boring country when it comes to that. I have tried to make new friends all my life and its hard!!! I can add, Im a swede 😂😂❤

Robi I will be honest and start by saying Im against mass immigration. But ppl like you are most wellcome, you seem like a lovely and responsible person! I hope you enjoy you enjoy your life here and that you will stay with us!

July and Sweden. Yes. If you are a swede you would prefer vacation in the summer with long, warm and cozy days. After that comes darkness and winter.🥶 Greetings from a swede 🇸🇪

Work vs Life: most Northern European countries probably have never had any strong social networking. There is no social life as such - yes people gather together in public places but that is it: like a wall. The weather doesnt help these fellas either and the material well being has been another nail in the coffin: people dont need each other for anything and instead rely on the state - when the state fails everything else fails. Check the number of alone and lonely people in these countries (Nordic, Scandi, GB or UK) and you will find out their numbers are huge. To me socially speaking these are broken societies and very poor ones for that matter. Materially these societies (as a whole - note) are wealthy but morally / socially they are very poor and they have no soul. And when mass robotisation finally arrives it will make these societies / countries even worse... You may need to work extra hours in Tanzania, earn less money and materially have a less good life but you be living in a society that has a rich soul and surround by plenty enough friendly people always ready to help or socialize. It is a "funny" interesting contrast that one only encounters when actually one gets to know deeply how a society works from its inners... In many ways your country is better than Sweden trust me.

I love the relaxation in your voice, i would love to listen to stories told by you :)

#13 I think it sounds like this colleague was too tight. Saying "Hi" to a former colleague when bumping into each other is not too much to ask for?

Lovely how you bring up BOTH the pros and cons of living in Sweden!

Back in the Mid 1970 ś the parental leave with your Young , Young children was only 120 days, so in historical terms Sweden has not had these parental leave for so long,..

Great video! You are a really good storyteller.

I visited your lovely country of Tanzania in January 2024. Amazing place. I would return for sure!

If you work a government job in Sweden and is over 40 years, you get 35 days vacation.

Hate chocolate

Youre such lovely lady❤

Your dress is so pretty!! ❤

How nice to hear a immigrant who is adapting and embracing the "Swedish way" ❤. I know there is a lot of you, but what we mostly hear in media is people whining about how racist swedes are (which we are not), and how unfair they are treated. I've heard people living here for 15+ years whining about they can't get a job, yet they can't speak swedish and have no education. What do they expect? People like you are very much welcome here

Looks yummy 😋

You can't eat knäckebröd without Kalles or Svennes kaviar😄

Just to clarify a little about vacation, it is true that the minimum amount of days are 25 since that is established by law, but there is not actually a limit. Most of Swedish labor law is governed by unions and collective agreements. So while it is pretty common to see the vacation days between 25-30 days it is at the end of the day up to the negotiations between the unions and corporate. These agreements usually also only set up a minimum for the industry so each company can choose more if they would like. One example of more than 30 days is if your employed by the city of Malmö Stad. There you will have 31 days at 40 years old and 32 days by 50.

Many peoples that want to climb at work also take the work home here in Sweden too.

My late Uncle was the Architect and Surveyor in charge of Westminster Abbey during the 1980’s and 90’s. He’s now buried there. Also if you visit again, find out what times they say Prayers or have a short Service like Morning Song, or Evensong. You can attend that free of charge and then wander around afterwards.

Summer in Sweden is about 4 weeks long...

Passar inte Sverige så stick. Vi behöver inte dig.

You can describe the Swedish menality better than I as a Swede understands it. Well done! 👍

Another great video by you! My favourit way to eat "knäckebröd" is to slice the cold leftovers of yesterdays fresh boiled potatoes, slice them on the buttered bread, put some Swedish caviar on (like 'Kalles') and some cutted chives on the tpp. You should also try Raggmunk med fläsk (och lingon).

Very good video! My experiences of barbeque as a Swede isn't to bring my own food to the home of other people at least not with close friends and family (that way is mostly used when people come toghether at a park or similar), but it occurs, especially within young (like 18-25 yo) working class people that not yet have an own strong ecenomy. Food, especially high quality meat is expensive in Sweden. About beeing social with colleagues at free time... most colleagues are not seen as friends, so I might only say "hi" when I meet them at free time out of work, but I might have some or a few colleagues I feel connected to i a way that I want to meet them sometimes also as private friend. Thesecond doesm't comes automaticly with the first.

Your videos is so good so the government should hire you to make videos as a part of a integration program for imigrants. Maybe you should also do the videos in Swahili (or what your native language are).

My husband and I got a wedding gift from my coworkers. Not unusual.

The four consecutive vacation weeks are stated in the law: The employer MUST give you four consecutive weeks in the period june to august. Only under very certain and severe situations they can bypass that - VERY RARE! Of course, if they agree, you may split it in 2+2, 3+1 or any other constellation. And of course you are allowed to take the weeks anytime during this period, IF the employer agree. They should consider your wish and try to comply with it but they have the last saying on where during the summer you will have your weeks.

Do you pay 73% in total taxes in Tanzania ?

🎉🎉🎉 very meaningful content.

You should definitivt combine the buttered knäckebröd with slices of cold boiled potatoes and thinly sliced salmon. Plus a little sourcream and dill drizzled on top. Thanks for your videos. Good topics and I could listen to your relaxing voice all day.

The reason for the long summer vacations in Sweden is the weather. July and August is all you get there

I've seen some videos about Sweden from an American or British point of view, but your Tanzanian perspective is super interesting, thank you!

7 years. Then its time for you to go home to your origin country. Whe dont fu want you her moore.

WHen I was a child, there existed something called "industry holiday". Basically, everyone who worked i a factory went on holiday on the exact same five summer weeks. I believe that factory owners decided that since you can't run a factory with one fourth of the work force on holiday, they chose to shut the entire factory down for a number of weeks in the summer, and force everyone to go on vacation during those weeks. And since other factories couldn't run when their suppliers had shut down for holiday, all industries decided to shut down during the same weeks. Sweden isn't exactly an industry workhorse anymore, so holidays are much more flexible nowadays, but the long consecutive holiday thinking is only very slowly going away.

That’s strange… I have lived here for 50+ years and have never experienced any culture shock…

Ai voice wtf.

I used to work for a local council here in Sweden helping immigrants adapt to Swedish bureaucracy and society. I would say that these are all good tips.

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Bra jobbet! Thank you for helping me decide whether going back to education in Jan 2025 would help with job prospects.

One thing not mentioned in either the video or the comments is that the vacation is that to make this system posible workers have waived some increases in pay to make it happen. One get it back when you 12 % more pay during your vacation time. Also you can save some vacation till later years. If yoy have good reason and the company agrees you can save I think everything, like for a longer hooliday at an anaversery or something. You can save vacation up to five years. After that you get payed in money instedad. If you quit a job you get payed for the amount of vacation time you have colected upmto the point you leave. This is so that you will be able to get "payed" vacation at the new job.