When i was traveling i had to buy a sandwich for 110kr at the airport, but i see a lot of Norwegians coming to Sweden to buy a ton of things becuase the price difference is so much.
Actually this sucks, if they would rely on tips (even a little bit) , we would actually experience some form of service. Service does not exist in sweden, thats sad.
You feel like it’s high tax because you haven’t benefited from it. As for us raised here, we enjoy free education (including university)..it’s not only free, you actually get PAID to study! Free health care, free dentist until you turn 20 etc. Also when you turn a parent, you have 1 year PAID parental leave, you have 4 weeks fully PAID vacation. You only pay around $150 for daycare where in USA, I’ve heard it’s 10 times as much... If you add up ALL of that, you probably pay a lot more in USA but it goes to private corporations/insurance companies instead of gov.
“America has much lower taxes” Yeah but you also have to pay a shit load for healthcare and go into debt for school 😊 I think I’ll stay here in Sweden thank you very much
Yeah, I’m American. And can definitely say our healthcare system is fucked. Hopefully it’ll change in the future. And our education system is also terrible as well, which is why more people educate themselves online now because it’s far cheaper.
lmao, y’all saying Swedish stuff is so expensive and us Norwegians cross the border and head over to Sweden every year to stock up on stuff that we find cheap.
Yes it is?? A legal adult cannot have a relationship with a teen. Maybe a rekayionship with a 17 year old would be excused in court , but a 15 year old??? You're out of your mind.
Dominic M 15 is the age of consent here in sweden and the law says so., 15 is also the age where you are considered an adult infront of a judge do to a crime
The thing to remember with the tax-system in Sweden is that the entire system and market is built around it. Sure tax as a figure is high but people still get educations, have access to health care, buy a house, two cars, a boat and probably a summer house that they use when they don't travel abroad for their 5-6 weeks of paid vacation. Not to mention all the stuff you don't have to pay for personally that could ad up to quite a large sum of money in other countries. So just looking at tax by itself is to misleading to be able to do any kind of comparison. I have had friends who get cancer and didn't have to die because they weren't rich. Friends and friends children with diabetes who don't have to think about if they can afford the insulin. Could I personally get mor money in my pocket if I paid less taxes? Sure... what would I use it for? A third car? Computer number 10 in the house? I live comfortably enough already and I would rather live with the knowledge that my neighbors children will have access to education and health care no matter their parents financial status. I'll gladly pay the taxes I do to help enable the society we are working to have.
I lived in Sweden for a good bit... what part of Sweden are you talking about where every one has two cars and a summer house? I never met any of those people. Every one I knew under 30 was broke and living like a college student.
Tax is relative! Here in the UK for instance we have the NHS which means you get treatment for free for most things. In the US you can lose your home just because you became a diabetic. Our taxes are high but you get your health looked after for most issues. It really depends on what you get for your tax.
As an old man, 56 years of age, I really like your videos. You have a wonderful outlook on life, Stefan, you seem to be wonderfully enthusiastic about experiencing the world. How interesting it is to take part of your visit here in Sweden, you make me aware of some of our advantages but also some of the disadvantages living in Sweden. I highly recommend you to read two swedish authors; Per-Anders Fogelström and Wilhelm Moberg. They wrote about the history of Stockholm/Sweden and especially Moberg would be interesting for you; he wrote a series of books about swedish immigrants who left Sweden to go to the USA. I'm looking forward to more of your videos!
I agree with Niklas. The Vilhelm Moberg books about the swedish immigrants is a really good read. If you like more I also agree that Per-Anders Fogelström "Mina drömmars stad" gives a good insight to Swedish history and culture.
I'd strongly recommend SVT's recent Bye Bye Sverige, three episodes on the Swedish emigration to America. Fun, easy and educational. You will learn a lot from it, I did, and it is entertaining. In fact I'd recommend everything from that duo. sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_bye_Sverige
The different Goths (the tribes, the word for medieval architecture, the 19th century literature, the music/style) are only marginally related. To add to the confusion, the root of the name Gothenburg is not the Goths, but the Geats, a tribe probably not closely related. Then again, who knows, it's lost in time. It is assumed (at least by the Romans) that the origin of the Goths was Sweden, and it would fit, but we will probably never know for sure.
I'm Swedish and an immigrant actually learned me how he figured out whether it's "en" or "ett". He said you have to learn the words in their "definite form" (sorry, don't know what is is exactly, but "bestämd form"). For an example: bord (table) becomes bordet (the table) in definite form, which is why "ett bord". Bok in definite form is boken, "en bok". So basically all you have to do is learn what each noun/object is in definite form, but that's a lot of words and studying too. Anyways, hope it helps!
'You have to learn' here actually means you just have to memorise them. Learning involves mostly understanding the rule, which is not applicable here. Simple rule told by most teachers is, almost 80% of all nouns are en word n the rest ett word. But there is no rule as such to define what is what, as is, in case of english articles (the closest example I could think of) It does not really matter if you go from bestämd to obestämd eller vice versa. You just need to hear and memorise/ remember. No shortcut here.
I’m Swedish and I’ve never even thought about that. I just use en/ett the way it sounds best or from what I’ve learnt. But this is actually really helpful if I’m trying to teach someone!
@Andreas Antagligen för att man sällan använder ordet "infinitiv" i svenskan, utan snarare ordet "oändlighet" vilket i bestämd form blir "oändligheten" eftersom "en oändlighet". :)
Universal Healthcare, free university and many other perks is what you pay higher taxes for in Sweden. In the USA I give 1/3 of my paycheck towards health insurance and that does not include exorbitant copays and balances left after treatments/services that insurance won’t cover. Then I pay taxes on top of that, of course. My Swedish fiancée had a total knee replacement for $10. $10 because of the healthcare system there. I’ll pay higher taxes to live in a country where everyone is taken care of.
Yeah Americans do not see the bigger picture and have little knowledge or no knowledge at all what is going on in other countries and the benefits that people get for the higher taxes and still have a great life and can effort more things then in the States, Because they have so much more to pay for with the less taxes in the States and therefor are not able to effort many other things like a vacation or /and an education. Free Health insurance in Sweden, too.
No one gives 1/3 of their paycheck, or anything near that, towards health insurance, unless you consider health insurance being prudent dietary practices, and not a payment to an insurance company.
@@bonsummers2657 i pay 33% income tax, but for that i get, free Dental until i turn 24, never have to pay more than like 20dollars to go to the hospital No matter what kind of treatment i need, when im sick i Still get 80% of My salary for the days im gone And so so so much more great things
Here in America taxes are less, yet you get poisoned air, water, food, GMO's, sky-hi medical costs and need I say more. Is it any wonder I'm watching this vid?
A Swedish friend of mine was shocked when I told him I racked %100,00+ on medicals... after emergency surgery. I do know my mom worked three menial jobs just to pay dad's college education.
@@kimberlys8422 Why not just do the responsible thing and get medical insurance rather than opt in to paying 60%+ income tax? Trust me, in a lifetime we pay WAAAAY more on average in taxes than anyone spends on healthcare and college in the US. For example, the income tax rate on the MEDIAN income is 56%, and that's excluding VAT which varies between 25% and 300% depending on the product. That's about 20K USD a year per average person in taxes..
Aliciasvard Jag vet det. Har sett folk från både Danmark och Norge här som handlar hod Ica Maxi haha. Vi måste få ett tag på ekonomin innan det går för långt
Free? You have pre-paid in your taxes! Do you even know how much you pay each year for health care and education? I ask this as a Canadian, in the same boat as Swedes. It is NOT free. Not much in life is really.
Sorry buddy, I took the word "free" at it's literal meaning. Free means you get healthcare without paying, I just clarified that in countries like Sweden (and Canada) we do pay. I was not criticizing you personally, just pointing out free healthcare really doesn't exist. Cheers!
JD you pay your taxes that month then you have free healthcare the whole month.. i mean if we would define the word free. We get something that we doesn't have to pay for. The healthcare is free, the taxes are not free. The taxes goes to alot of things not only healthcare..
Well, gratis means no cost. Fri is more accurate to Free. Ledig is like avaliable. It depends on the context of the sentence, just like in English. You can always look up synonyms for both languages 🙂
I'm also from Texas and I'm in the process of moving here. Everything y'all said is so accurate! Sweden is amazing and I can't wait to be a resident but the wait time is killer. I met my best friend who is Swedish when I was an exchange student here at 16 and she is still my ride or die almost 10 years later! Sverige is the best!
Met a couch surfer from the U.S. some years back. She made a mistake traveling north through Sweden and ended up in a northern city she hadn't planned to. Late and with no place to sleep. She approached me and my brother at the train station and asked for some information. After learning of her situation, I offered her to spend the night at my place and plan for her continued journey the next day. Since I was just some random guy she didn't know, she took a risk, but it paid of this time because she ended up staying 2 days at my place and we're still great friends many years later :) So much for the reputation of Swedes being hard to approach and get to know haha xD I was apparently the first Swede she befriended, and must've made some impression at least, because she later moved and lived here to study for a few years, even getting a masters degree :)
Thank you Stefan Thyron :) I have found that having American friends is a good counter to American stereotypes. The friend I mentioned in particular have been a good "ambassador" for the U.S. xD Also, in reference to your video and the Swedish language, what do you think of the legit question: "Får får får?" :)? (answer being "Nej, får får lamm.")
Green card for nationals of Mexico is 21 years, India is 11 years, Phillipines its 9 years if you apply for 1 in 2020, these people complaining about 14 months
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FYI Sweden is right after Finland the country that consumes most coffee in the world per person and year. So that's why our coffee is so important. Usually at work the coffee is free of charge. There are some workplaces where you have to pay for coffee, but for most of the time it is free of charge, especially in the production industries.
The grammatical rule for "ett hus" and "en tjej" is called t-genus and n-genus, derived from "bestämd form" equal to the defining article "the" in English grammar. You say "ett" before a word that's spelled with a "-t" at the end of the word in "bestämd form" , and "en" before a word that's spelled with a "-n". With that in mind: "en tjej" - "tjejen" ("a girl" - "the girl") "ett hus" - "huset" ("a house" - "the house" Words using "en" or "ett" corresponds to the plural form of a noun. For example "ett hus" becomes "flera hus" while "en stol" becomes "flera stolAR". That's one elusive rule to clinge on to. Words which in plural form doesn't change use "ett", while words in plural form that adds letters at the end use "en".
Still doesn't make any sense, how do you know that it is supposed to be "tjejen" and not "tjejet"? You can really only learn it by memorising or growing up with it.
@@BullenBeliz Yeah, that is the tricky part about learning Swedish as a second language. There are some more rules as to why n-genus and t-genus are a thing. It might be something about vowels and consonants, or other phonetics. But the rule still applies, if you use "en/ett" to say "EN tjej" its definite form is "tjejEN", as well as "ETT hus" -> "husET".
@@BullenBeliz Absolutely true, but there are rules how to build up a sentence in the correct way but when you talk you never do that you just know and those rules are also quite complex but they do exist.
@@BullenBeliz No, there are some elusive rules, I'm sure... If we borrow new words, like mail and container, we know without thinking if it's supposed to be en or ett. Ett mejl, en container. Mejlet, containern. Plural mejlen, containrarna. Don't know why though, just do. We don't need to memorize.
Not sure it would suit anyone from South Africa. Just saying, some say the Scots are tight, the south africans I have met squeak any time they open an orrifice in my company.
@Soft Poor Corn of course not, there are so many colleges in sweden that you can basically have shit grades and still get yourself into a science/engineering program somewhere, because that's what i did lol. You don't have to be top tier at all. Only if you *only* aim for the most top tier prestige schools, but if you want that, then you can study as a maniac and take the college entrance exam and hopefully get it, for free, that's also a possible solution.
i bet these guys are ecstatic. i sometimes wonder if life in Sweden is flat as a pancake and could be a real powerhouse if they had an economically freer culture, because the people are high quality.
I used to live in the U.S. (Atlanta) and sure taxes were lower... but factor in cost for healthcare (minimum 300 dollars/month) + education (tuition fees at a state collage minimum 800 dollars/month) and what you have left in your pocket is not much. I used to make 42.000 dollars (which is average middle income) when I worked in Atlanta and had less less in my account by the end of the month than I do in Sweden making the same amount. That is after payin for insurance and tuition fees (I took some night classes). I'm really happy to have moved back to Sweden. The middle class in the U.S. is struggling. Im happy for you guys. Stay here :)
Oh you mean the mass imigration, the huge health care queues, segregation and increased criminality just to name a few. It wasn’t like this 10 years ago when the taxes were alot lower and we didn’t have Stefan Löfven as our leader
I have an interesting input as a Californian living in Sweden (as a student). I come from the San Francisco bay area, and it is by far as expensive as Sweden, if not in some regards more expensive. Drinking is about as expensive as Sweden, maybe paying 7 to 8 dollars for a typical pint of beer (could be more if a special craft beer), and maybe 12 dollars or more for cocktails. Dining out is also about the same, maybe a little cheaper sometimes in California, but fast food is obviously way cheaper in California. Rent is way cheaper where I live in Sweden near Malmö. Californian students pay as much as me, if not more, just to bunk with two others students in the same room. I have my own room and bathroom. Perhaps Stockholm could be more comparable in rent, but not sure. Groceries are also cheaper in Sweden in my opinion. Pretty interesting hearing opinions from people from other states though. You really can't compare Sweden to the US as a whole, you have to break it down to state level.
I think the reason is that the US, states are almost like they are their own countries. For example, a better comparison would be to compare the EU's countries to the US's states.
That's very true. San Fran I think is the most expensive city in the US so I the prices there are even more than Stockholm in my opinion, at least as far as housing is concerned.
agreed, i went to western USA last september and San Fransisco felt like home in terms of expenses. we had a craft beer at some pub in chinatown for 12 dollars. not too bad but compared to 1 dollar a bottle in Vegas for example its way more expensive in San Fransisco. Also my favourite town on the trip we had. Btw @Stefan Thyron my cousin did you exact journey in reverse, moving from Norrköping to Portland haha.
So as Californian do you think Malmö crime level higher or lower than in the USA on average/ where you used to live? Just interesting to know your comparison because it seems that many in the USA think that Malmö is terrible. I live in Finland and I would bet that same size citizens in the USA have at least the same crime levels than Malmö, even worse?
There are a lot of English words that sound a like, but are spelled differently and have different meanings, e.g. peer, pier, and pear, buy, by, bye, two, too, to, bare, bear... I could go on.
I still think that English is the hardest language to learn. I still probably have a problem to pronounce correctly cup vs cap (to my ear it sounds the same) then ship and sheep (also sounds the same). and I don't see a point in having articles either -a- or -the-
Loved watching this! I'm swedish but live in England. Everything you say is super relatable. Now, Sweden wasn't for me in the end but when I visit I love it just as I used to.
I agree Swedish or Scandinavian are generally awesome folks and I really like their coffee, - Not a fan of Starbucks, too. Annnnnnd! Yes, everything is expensive out there. Going to Scandinavian countries again next year and I really like their laid back ambience.
It´s interesting the things that you say about Sweden. Things are expensive here because we have a high standard of living if you compare to other countries. As a proud taxpayer I would say that it feels good to be able to help other people in my own country even if I don´t benefit from everything myself. This system is something that Bernie Sanders said US should develop. What do you think?
Bernie Sanders wants to implement astronomical tax rates in the US. Most do not agree. We believe that able-bodied, working-age adults should not be entitled to a "lifetime" of welfare. We believe in helping those who can't help themselves. However, way too many people abuse the system if given the chance.
If people abuse the system, that is another problem!! The american dream is not for everyone. Not everyone has the same possibility and luck in life. What about free healthcare and free education for everyone? Isn´t that a good and fair thing for a society??
You do realize under this system you ALSO would be getting free healthcare? Taxes are high but you wouldn't be paying astronomical rates for education, healthcare, etc.. And if you suddenly got cancer next year, you wouldn't have to worry what happens once you can no longer work, and you're dropped from your plan. Also, statistically speaking, those who "take advantage" are far outnumbered by those who genuinely need help. So you'd rather be petty and take food and healthcare from the mouths of children, sick, and elderly?
There aren't 3 words for 1 word in sweden, there are 1 word in english meaning 3 different things. Gratis is when something doesn't cost Ledig is when you don't go to school or job because it's weekend Fri is basicly free, for example in prison you are not fri/free. You shouldnt either put taxes as a con because there are many three things in sweden. For example, school is free, people with or without insurance get free health care and so on.
Jack Josefsson ... exactly, and this is where it becomes difficult to speak the Swedish language with any confidence because one does not grow up understanding the different ways in which one idea (or word) can turn into a compounded situation having a similar but different idea (and word), such as your example for the English word, “free” .. and then svenska words of the same idea, such as in gratis-free of charge, and ledig-leisured, or off duty - all having their own special words with compounded definitions. In America we have compound words, such as rain + coat= raincoat, but we don’t really have words used for compounded definitions. Not that it’s difficult once one has leaned to pay attention to this, however, as a child learning to speak any language, one begins with the simplest of words and learns as he goes, and similarly, someone just learning svenska would do the same.
really interesting watching this as a swede!:) I can understand why you think the taxes are high here coming from America, but it really helps out a lot of people. And you get free education, hospital visits, etc :)
Sweden's age of consent is 15, but it exists mainly for two people of that same age. So you could still be charged for sexual assault on minor if you happen to be 18+ if the other part is less than 18. There's also no charges if one person is say 13 or 14 and the other is 17, because both are considered minors. And it's not that common for 20+ people to date a minor.
Lagen är full av sådana hål som inte bokstavligt står i lagen. Personligen, så har jag aldrig varit med om det själv, men jag känner flera personer som har åkt i den fällan, tyvärr.
Som jag förstår det så kan en person dömas för våldtäkt på en 15-17 åring om denne är i någon form av auktoritetsposition över den yngre. Som lärare, instruktörer och arbetsgivare, men även stv- och adoptivföräldrar. Situationer där man kan misstänka att den vuxne på något sätt kan ha "påverkat" den yngre att ha sex. Jag tror att detta kan även gälla när 15-17 åringen är den som initierar till sex vilket man kan finna märkligt. Så, ja, det finns undantag vilket gör att 15-17 de facto främst gäller för andra 15-17. Som vuxen är det säkrast att använda riktlinjen 18år
More videos please! From a swede who likes to hear all the difference between US and Sweden 😀👍. Would be interesting if u did a roaptrip video and stoped in places that amazed you to :P
This was awesome! I have a few friends who live in the States and we talk a lot about differences between our countries - and I hope you two make more collabs, great content!
I went to Sweden after University graduation and made some friends via another friend. Four years later, I still talk to them. Two of them I talk to them nearly every single day! They're seriously some awesome people. And when you say "they have your back and look out for you" it is so true and it is clear in the universal, social welfare state nature. Great video! :D
I do, since I sometimes forget words in swedish (even though it is my first language) and sometimes english words describes something better than a swedish word. I am 13 btw
I definitely agree on that. Swedish are amazing shocking how good they speak English and mix pretty often. I'm from New York and I totally disagree with them. I will never move back. Sweden is way better in all aspects.
As an American I have lost friendships over political and religious disagreements. The climate for civil debate is a thing of the past with the poisonous leadership we have now. It's quite sad tbh.
Tax in Nordic countrys are huge part of our enjoyment. (I am from Finland). First you shake u fist. And then if and when you get sick, you get best kind of care you can get in western world. And nobody is asking "do you have money?". You have to pay something (38.20€/day) but everything is there. EVERYTHING! MRI pics. Medicine. Doctors. ALL!!!
Lasse - In America you only pay when you go to the hospital. If you don't go, you don't pay. If you need a surgery, the hospital will do it, and set you up on a payment plan to reimburse them. You are paying high taxes to pay for other people's medical care in Sweden.
@@wayne12693 I'd much rather higher taxes for next to free health care and much better service than to pay the hospital nearly 20K everytime I break a bone. I'm Canadian our taxes our high but we've been told directly from American immigrants that our healthcare as saved them tones of money.
Every language has its own logic and its own rules. Do you realize that in Sweden, everybody knows English? Imagine that everybody in USA would speak a second language.
@@Aphorim - not really. immigrants speak English and their own language. not the case of the Scandinavian countries. I'm talking about a language learned in school. and very fluent.
I live in Sweden and I just have to say, this video was so good! I totally agree to everything you say and the comparisons you do are so interesting to listen to. I hope you understand my English haha, but again, very well done video!
Having a lot of words means, that you can express exactly what you want. In english there are many words too, but unfortunatly, they never made it to the USA :)
@@lesoleil1195 I distinquish here between English and American. The old "King James English" is indeed very differentiated and looking at the classic American literature, you see that the language used is much closer to the English then then the American is today.
@@Kaasmof That's not true. Because of the internet and hollywood, American and British English are converging rapidly. There are very few lexical differences between UK and US English as written by educated speakers. Many Americans grew up reading Harry Potter, for example, and there is nothing in that book lexically (aside from slang) that Americans don't understand.
El Darden - Due to 1800's immigration when half of Germany came to the US, the majority of Americans come from German ancestry and Irish is second. English is not in the collective subconscious of most Americans, because our ancestors didn't come from England. We really should be speaking German in the US, because that language is in most people's collective subconscious, and it would be easier for people to master. Using proper English doesn't mean a person is more intelligent. Look at Obama, he spoke eloquent English and was as dumb as a box of rocks.
Eh, the tax thing is sort of dishonest in my opinion. Since you're young guys you may not notice a lot of what you're actually getting I guess but that's where the real difference between Scandinavia and USA comes in when it comes to taxes. If you lived in the USA you'd be paying lower taxes but you'd also be paying for health insurance, various co-pays, tuition etc. When you don't include those things in 'taxes' in the USA makes it dishonest to just compare tax rates directly. If you took the costs of those things out of the Scandinavian tax rates obviously they'd be more similar to the US tax rate. If you ever have kids or ever get sick or whatever, chances are you'll be saving money by living in Scandinavia instead of the USA. Then you'd be seeing a lot more of those benefits your taxes are paying for after all, and just remember that if you're a young guy in Scandinavia with no health issues, no children etc. and feel "cheated" by the high taxes, just remember that someone else paid for your life up until now, that's how our system works. Someone else paid for your education, your child care, your doctor visits, your mother's stay in hospital when giving birth etc. etc. and now that you're old enough to pay taxes you're paying for the next generation, for the older people who paid for your, your parents etc. You're not being cheated out of anything, you're giving back for what you got for free. Now obviously that's different if you didn't grow up in those societies. Swedes obviously didn't pay for your education if you got it in USA, but even then that'll only be an issue that you face as a "first generation immigrant". If you have children in Sweden, other people will be paying for that stuff for your child. One day your child will then be paying taxes and "repaying" what society gave them.
Steve Guild, I'm not Swedish and I don't live in Sweden so I'm afraid your moronic comment doesn't really make much sense. You and other muppets like you really seem to think that just bringing up irrelevant things like migrants on completely unrelated topics is some sort of Palin-esque "Gotcha" moment. It's amazing the kind of lengths you neanderthals will go to to shove your anti-immigration views down the throats of other people. You're like fundamentalist Christians on steroids when it comes to shoving garbage down the throats of others. The Sweden democrats just had a worse election in Sweden than a lot of people have predicted so it appears like most Swedes have no problem with paying for the migrants. Then it's not really much of a "gotcha" or "burn" to bring it up on unrelated RUclips videos.
Palin-esque? Lol. I don't think my text is really that unrelated. The money to house/feed is going to have to come from somewhere. The Sweden democrats did just fine, thank you very much. Now the current liberal govt can no longer ignore the issue. The trend is not on your side, my friend.
The difference is, you're not required to go to university nor did we used to have to have health insurance. Thus, the comparison is valid. When the taxes are taken from you, you are paying for these things no matter what.
Greg c, You really are brainwashed if you believe that BS yourself. lol "You don't need an education or health care." ???? What kind of backwards third world shithole do you live in?
I'm visiting Sweden in July. Your video was helpful. I'm studying the language. In researching activities I found that the cost of food and entertainment is very similar to Boston where I live. Of course Boston is very expensive compared to other cities in the US. I'm toying with living in Sweden.
@RQBBAN That of course is true. However, we get a lot for free because of those taxes. The living cost in America is almost double that of Sweden, and that is not counting School.
@RQBBAN Exactly, but it is the 1% that pays for like 70% of it. Everyone else is a winner. Sweden really needs minimal army, there are no threats. The problem with the Police is the laws, not how the taxes are placed when it comes to school we are still doing well compared to most of the world, and our healthcare is nr 22 in the world i Think, so, still good. We are doing good in basically all statistics. If we compare to the US, we beat them in basically everything. Taxes are not used perfectly, but they are used adequately. IF I got a choice we would cut the military budget even more.
Living a good life is to hard for Americans to comprehend. They also are NOT for paying a little more to help other citizens, people are pretty selfish honestly. And im american LOL.
8:35 you can typically reverse engineer your way to figuring out if it's "en" or "ett" by looking at the definite form, if it ends with -n or -en it's a "en" word if it ends with -et it's an "ett" word: "katten" - "en katt" "huset" - "ett hus"
Rikard Nilsson det fungerar bara om man kan bestämda formens suffixer intuitivt, hur kommer man igentligen på att hund böjs med EN i bestämd form? En hund -> hundEn
that doesn't really help. how do you know if it's supposed to be "husen/huset" or "katten/kattet"? the thing is that there is no real explanation why. in swedish class they teach the word together with the new word, "en katt", "ett hus" for example, to be able to learn the difference. we swedes just get it by having grown up here.
Words referring to people are almost always "en". There are a few exceptions, like "barnet". But 99% of the time it's "en" (läraren, doktorn, pojken, tjejen, fixaren). Other type words are more difficult. "Ett" is more common for non animate objects while "en" is more common for animals. But the split is like 70/30 (number I made up), so not a perfect guideline. For compound words the last word determines which is correct. Of course, for native speakers one way just "sounds right". Not helpful for newbie Swedish speakers.
Living things in general are most likely -n/-en while inanimate objects are -et. Of course there are exceptions but I can't think of any concrete ones right now.
I really enjoyed this video! I haven't really seen any videos where Americans go this in-depth about what they think of Sweden having actually lived here and experienced it. I've lived in America off and on for about 4-5 years and loved it. I have my own pro & con list about living in the US but have always wondered what Americans would think of Sweden. Well done!
Everyone seems to smoke where ever i go in Sweden! 😭 From Rågsved to the city Stockholm and its districts, and the tbana. Compaired to where i live in California, no one smokes there at all. Even in San Francisco its not this bad. But thats my maaiiiin con, i dont like smelling that
Depends on what areas you are frequenting. I'd say smoking is really uncommon in Sweden, to whereas the southern european citizen is much more prone to be a smoker.
My older brother has lived in Sweden since he was about a year and a half old, he is more Swedish than American and was offered contracts by two American soccer teams but declined due to that he would have had to pay taxes on his wages in both the USA and in Sweden from playing soccer in the USA.
I have stocks exchanged on the French CAC. I get dividends that are taxed by France. When you do your taxes, any foreign taxes you paid, you get a credit offsetting whatever foreign taxes you paid to what US taxes are required. You submit Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit If your foreign tax is higher than US taxes, you get a net tax credit; reduces your tax bill or since most of us over pay since its required to do so to ensure you meet minimum quarterly with-holdings; bigger refund. Example: Foreign total tax charged $5.00 on whatever income. And if your tax on the same income would have only been $2.00 tax... you'll get a $3.00 credit on our tax bill. If your foreign tax is lower than US, you'll pay the difference in amount that would have been equal to the full US tax. Example: Foreign tax charged $5.00 on whatever income, and on the same income US charge $8.00 you'll pay $3.00 in US taxes.... just the difference. I'm not aware the nitty gritty as far as social security medicare payroll taxes and if you paid into foreign payroll taxes. But below IRS.gov website has it all. www.irs.gov/publications/p514 Why Choose the Credit? The foreign tax credit is intended to relieve you of a double tax burden when your foreign source income is taxed by both the United States and the foreign country. In most cases, if the foreign tax rate is higher than the U.S. rate, there will be no U.S. tax on the foreign income. If the foreign tax rate is lower than the U.S. rate, U.S. tax on the foreign income will be limited to the difference between the rates. The foreign tax credit can only reduce U.S. taxes on foreign source income; it cannot reduce U.S. taxes on U.S. source income. Although no one rule covers all situations, in most cases it is better to take a credit for qualified foreign taxes than to deduct them as an itemized deduction. The following bullets explain why the credit may provide a greater tax benefit. A credit reduces your actual U.S. income tax on a dollar-for-dollar basis, while a deduction reduces only your income subject to tax. You can choose to take the foreign tax credit even if you do not itemize your deductions. You then are allowed the standard deduction in addition to the credit. If you choose to take the foreign tax credit, and the taxes paid or accrued exceed the credit limit for the tax year, you may be able to carry over or carry back the excess to another tax year. (See Limit on the Credit under How To Figure the Credit, later.)
I'll be prefectly honest with you - you raised an interesting issue. (Yes, really -- honestly. I swear on my mother's grave. If you don't believe me, call my ex wife, my first grade school teacher, my parole officer, or my pastor.) They will give you an honest answer. /Honest man
11:00 here's an example: if you are dating someone in school, then you stay together, she might be born january first and you december 31st, but in the same year, she turns 18 and BAM! is she suddenly a pedophile for a year because you had your birthday later? The flexibility in the age of consent is there to allow for these kinds of situations, and the parents of the one who's legally not yet of the age of consent in the relationship can have a say, it's simply there to allow young people the leeway that might be necessary in that transitional period from child to adult status without infringing on peoples relationships. And I wouldn't exactly say it's normal for 16 year olds to be in relationships with 21 year olds.
I guess you learn English for a reason?. I could never be assed with french at school , and German was not an option. I have to admit the french I took was seldom used, and the German I self taught was a way better investment of my time, and I have never been one to see my time wasted by anyone. I feel a song on the boil... ruclips.net/video/R4GLAKEjU4w/видео.html
The actual tax rate in Sweden is higher than what is directly visible to the employee. On top of your gross salary, out of which 30-55 percent is taken as tax (depending on income bracket), your employer pays an additional 30% in "employer fees". So let's say you earn 20000 SEK per month. This is a low salary, quite a bit below the national average. Your visible tax that is specified on the salary statement will be around 6000 SEK (varying a little depending on county). This amount is deducted by the employer, and paid to the tax authority. On top of that, the employer pays another 6000 in "employer fees", that are usually not even specified on the salary statement. So the cost to the employer would be around 26000 SEK, but the employee would only receive around 14000 SEK. And the employee thinks that he only paid 30%, ie 6000 SEK in taxes.
Except Italy is one of those countries with the highest rate of tax evasion, so no one really benefits from those high taxes and there's a high public debt. The Swedish system, on the other hand, is a lot more effective in that sense.
Yes, the age of consent is 15. But that really only applies if both are 15-17, if you're 18+ and have sex with someone younger than 18 you could be convicted of rape of a minor.
@@raxxo69 " if you're 18+ and have sex with someone younger than 18 you could be convicted of rape of a minor." So you're saying you can be convicted, but it is not illegal? Ofc it's sex with a minor because they are not adult, but its not illegal and you can not be convicted, unless it's not consentual.
I am from Norway and have been to Sweden a lot. I just wanted to say that throughout all of my years being there, i have never came across someone that has been racist. I think what you are trying to refer to are Islamophobia and fear of mass migration, both something we should be concerned about. There is no point of letting in thousands of migrants that don't work and are borderline criminals, in the expense of your own people. You don't solve the problems in the middle east and Africa this way, instead you create problems at home.
@@BP-or2iu as a swede mycself i agree, i feel (and have discussed a lot with my friends and they alos agree) that swedish dont really haev a lot of words for many things, we use a lot of the same words for many purposes. everytime a look up a word it has like 3 different meanings but like 3 synonyms.
@@ohhi5237 That is such a stupid conclusion. Government declarations about language have nothing to do with how many words people know. People were speaking before governments even existed. Educated speakers in any country, including the USA, will have large lexicons.
Puro, Scandinavian languages are much more basic than most other languages, especially English. They don't even conjugate verbs.... So more words? That would be a no...
@@croatianwarmaster7872 I believe he meant that the guy to left has that kinda "classic" swedish looks. Even if he came from USA. That could have been cuz some people here in sweden moved to USA for a better life at one time, somewere between 1800-1900 i think it was. So one of his great grandparents could have been from sweden. Atleast that is what i think. And i have to agree with LizardGorgeous, he does look like swedish guy even to me. And i am from sweden.
Prices are high in restaurants so the servers get paid a wage that they can live on; in the US servers and people in restaurant business are paid poverty wage.
I am Canadian, I visited Stockholm twice in 2023. it actually really beautiful place, the food ,especially their transportation system is absolutely fantastic, except you guys have fewer hours of day light in the winter.
There is a reason why we pay so much taxes. A lot of benefits in the end and it’s a security. When I lived in the states I wasn’t fond of the healthcare system there. Thank god I had travel insurance. Come to Gothenburg and I’ll show you the best burger place in town/country 💫
The reason why taxes are hard to do in U.S. is because H&R Block and TurboTax pay Congress members to not pass the law that would make IRS do the taxes for you where you just sign like in Sweden. It's a profit for those corporations because corporations are in charge there.
I think it's more about no politician wanting to be responsible for ALL the taxes. Because the word taxes is such an anathema in the US, it's seen as a political death sentence to take the whole thing on.
This is what I keep saying. For the people who are freedom-first, let them have America with all of the cons of being freedom-first. But for the people who think, act, basically are Swedish, please, make the move to Sweden were you are actually wanted and cared for!
A man charting is own course is not for everyone. Certainly not for those looking to have their hand held their whole life. You can thank American's being "on their own" for almost every modern convenience you enjoy. We get shit done, while Europeans are still waiting in line to ask their government-mommy for permission. Thank God, the Wright Brothers didn't have to ask any overlords for permission to conquer flight and change the whole world for the better. No, we just do it. Maybe, be grateful for America instead of shitting on it. Your life has been directly affected by Americans being "on their own", and for the better. Our attitude: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety or Security, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."- Benjamin Franklin. You would give up liberty just so you do "not having to worry"? Unreal. I don't know any MEN, who think like you. Take hold of your own destiny and be responsible for it. It might be dangerous at times, but at least we are alive and are actually living life. Fear is a liar.
@@JoshDub78 Sure, not everybody wants to be an entrepreneur though. I'm quite alright with businessmen being rewarded with all the wealth they can collect after healthcare and education is fully covered by the wealth the working class creates, entrepreneurs can collect the... shall we say "excess wealth." You may disagree, but at the end of the day you are part of a minority, and whose will should prevail? That of the majority, or that of the minority?
Everyone pay too much in taxes; it would be ok IF the money was used for what they are supposed to be used for but you know politicians .... they are as corrupt here as they are in the USA or in any other country for that matter.
As far as taxes, you're actually paying much more of your salary in America via health insurance and higher education costs. For example, if you pay $500/month in insurance premiums and also have high deductibles, you may actually pay more than you would with a 33% tax bracket. Also, Sweden has a far superior infrastructure system, so you either don't need to drive, and/or your car won't be destroyed by horrible roads.
I disagree with the racist-thing. As a first generation immigrant in Sweden I would definitely not approciate racistic comments / discussing the opinions of a racist. It is not about being honest, it is rude and stupid. I as much refuse talking/listening to racists as to people who claim that the Earth is flat.
I'm so happy to be enjoying getting a bachelor in criminology and eventually getting a PHD in the future without worrying about crippling debt. I'm also happy that my father and mother with health issues can get their medicine easily, paying barely anything for it and getting the help they need if they choose to get it (why wouldn't they?). Sweden is not perfect at all, still has alot of negatives. But compared to many countries (like for example the U.S.), we are extremely privileged.
I am from Sweden and I was kind of surprised when I saw protein coffee at the supermarket ICA about half a year ago. I was like "...what?" and decided to give it a try, and it tasted pretty good actually. I think it was a cappuccino taste.
I was 14, he was 19 when I left home to live with him. I was still at school, he was working. We were young but not irresponsible. I think our parents new that so nobody interfered. Young sexuality does not need to be forbidden but enlightened and responsible. We were taught about clitoris and orgasms at the age of ten in school. We were taught everything about pregnancy, periods, condoms and whatever ... even masturbation :) The healthcare also have free birth control options and the youth receptions won't tell your parents either.
14 is still very very young to be moving out to live with an older guy. I don't know you or your circumtances so that might have been the best for you at the time and I do not judge you in any way, but generally 14 year olds are not mature enough to make those kinds of decisions. Even with the sex ed ;)
@@HappySwedishPancake I agree, it is early, way too early. And I can't really say weather I was mature like a 20-year old or not. I was quite independent though. Not long ago we humans were considered to be young adults at the age of 15. Today I think things have gone way to far and we call young adult kids to they are in their late twenties. I am 53 now and looking back, would I have done it again ... Yes, I think I would have but had I been given the chance to live with another adult, like in a foster home and perhaps work as an apprentice with a carpenter or something that would have been a better idea for me. What I really want to say is that young girls have a huge need for strong, male adults as well as young boys. There need to be a difference between young sexuality and young female relationship with older guys. The danger is not the sex itself but the the need of an adult male role model in combination with sex. At least that's what I think. It is difficult to analyze your 14 year old self but I think I did what was right for me.
@@jimjackle6282 Yes, I think it is more strange that we kall young adults kids up in their 30ies. Sexuality blooms in puberty and I reallt don't understand the need from adults to control young sexuality. Sex should be fun, playful and done with care among young people like yourself. The adults should take their responsibility to talk about protection, saying no to things you don't want to do, being careful with the person you do it with. Love and education. But forbidding sex for butting adults ...? That is just cruel.
Bosis - I'm actually 3 years older than you, this is not my current picture. I grew up in the same era as you, and know what you're talking about. You're right, the young people today have to be more careful. When we were younger, we didn't have aids to worry about. In the US back then, it wasn't quite as liberal as Sweden, and they didn't teach sex education in the schools. We were still having sex, but had to educate ourselves about the birds and the bees, as they used to call it. LOL.
@@jimjackle6282 thats true. Aids came to be a real threat in the late 80-ies and early 90-ies in Stockholm and then I was an adult in a stable relationship away from Stockholm. Some things were better before ❣️
Thank you :) I've been considering emigration from the US, the company for which I work is international and a transfer would be possible. I lived in Canada for a few years and have been in a state of partial culture-shock since I returned to the US in 2012 and I no longer feel that my own ideals regarding what should be "normal" are in line with American "norms", particularly since 2016. I was raised in California, so when I hear a Texan echo back to me my own observations, I know I'm not just reacting out of despair.
the "Nu går jag och fiskar" and "jag går och fiskar nu" i think it is a bit difference in it in different situations... "nu går jag och fiskar" could be that you have had enough of what you were just doing and you are stating something that people shouldn't try to change. the "jag går och fiskar nu" is more like a way to let someone know you are about to go fishing.
Nooooo Rambles. Sorry, but you are wrong (trust me: I am a teacher in swedish as a second language). The swedish language has almost a strict word order. We use it in order to vary the sentences: we do not want to start every statement with a subject (jag, hon, pennan...). You can however change the meaning by using your pronunciation with 'sentence stress' (satsaccent på svenska) but in written language it has the exact same meaning. :)
The Scandinavian language is less strict than English, but more strict than e.g. Czech. These are all SVO languages, subject-verb-object in basic sentences, but in more complex sentences Scandinavian has some more flexibility than English, like in this sentence that can be ordered two different ways, and that flexibility is generally used for emphasis. The natural word order in Czech is not all too different, but as each noun's role in a sentence is determined by its case, it has a lot more flexibility than more analytical languages like Scandinavian and English.
@@Matildavux I have no idea what the heck you're trying to argue. Of course "jag går och fiskar" och "nu går jag och fiskar" are accurate ways of speaking and communicating different things. "Jag går och fixar det med en gång" is how we speak. How people speak dictates how language is used, not grammar and archaic rules. Tjej was originally slang from Romani chib I believe but now it's the preferred word for girl. Language changes. Just shut up.
Jag argumenterade inte. Jag förklarade att betydelsen inte ändras när man sätter "nu" först i meningen Nu går jag och fiskar i jämförelse med Jag går och fiskar nu. De betyder samma sak om du uttalar dem neutralt. Det handlar alltså inte om grammatik utan pragmatik - alltså hur språket används i dagligt tal. Jag undervisar i svenska som andraspråk så jag vet vad jag snackar om och försökte hjälpa till. Jag hoppas att du kan pröva att vara snällare och inte skriva otrevligheter till dina medkommentatorer. Allt du läser är inte åsikter. Ha en fin kväll @@helmaschine1885 !
Hi! I like it! I was a student at Stockholms Universitet waaaay before you-two were born! It was fun to go back with you. Will be in Sweden summer 2020! Good luck to you both.
I actually laughed when you said Sweden was expensive, you know, *i’m Norwegian*
When i was traveling i had to buy a sandwich for 110kr at the airport, but i see a lot of Norwegians coming to Sweden to buy a ton of things becuase the price difference is so much.
BonnuPotitoee 110kr in sweden or norway
@@tm0396 110 swedish kronor. which is a lot of money for a sandwich but at the end of the day it was inside an airport.
BonnuPotitoee thats alot for sweden in general, in Norway the highest price for a sandwich i have seen is 60kroner
Ludvig Nilsson Sodas are soooo much cheaper in Sweden
Expensive drinks in bars pays the staff a living wage. Big pro. They don’t have to rely on tips.
i dont like these types of americans
Most of the cost is tax.
@@k_drop
Nope! Most of the cost is profit!
Yes but you don’t make 1/3 the money we make behind the bar. Which is why no one wants to work in service.
Actually this sucks, if they would rely on tips (even a little bit) , we would actually experience some form of service. Service does not exist in sweden, thats sad.
You feel like it’s high tax because you haven’t benefited from it. As for us raised here, we enjoy free education (including university)..it’s not only free, you actually get PAID to study! Free health care, free dentist until you turn 20 etc. Also when you turn a parent, you have 1 year PAID parental leave, you have 4 weeks fully PAID vacation. You only pay around $150 for daycare where in USA, I’ve heard it’s 10 times as much... If you add up ALL of that, you probably pay a lot more in USA but it goes to private corporations/insurance companies instead of gov.
It's free dental to 22 now (y)
Jonte Ded As a Swede I like the high taxes since we get so much for it
alvina nyholm we could have less taxes and the same wellfare BUT nahh kommuner som strular o känslostyrda politiker
Jonte Ded They did say the taxes were for the many good benefits.
Jonte Ded there is NO such a thing like FREE everything is paid from your taxes
One thing I really like about Sweden is that they all speak English
Its a videogame culture:)
Yeah... but if you have to learn it in school like this, its not more good.... XD
We learn it in school we start learning English when we are around 8 I think
well... who doesnt?
Much easier for us yeah.
“America has much lower taxes” Yeah but you also have to pay a shit load for healthcare and go into debt for school 😊
I think I’ll stay here in Sweden thank you very much
Yeah, I’m American. And can definitely say our healthcare system is fucked. Hopefully it’ll change in the future. And our education system is also terrible as well, which is why more people educate themselves online now because it’s far cheaper.
Rush limbaugh didn't go to college and lived in a 64million dollar mansion for talking on radio
I rather pay 50k for school, than pay 75% my salary for life. I can pay that off in a couple years.
@@t.j.5574 The public schools are trash in the US but the others seem fine
if i incorporate my business elsewhere then can I prevent not paying taxes in Sweden?
lmao, y’all saying Swedish stuff is so expensive and us Norwegians cross the border and head over to Sweden every year to stock up on stuff that we find cheap.
U forgot to mention that u get payed 3 times the swedish wage man so it's logical to be more expensive
@@adon1685 how can they be payed 3 times ass much when their gdp per capita isn’t even 25% bigger than sweden’s?
@@sondersonics7534 Per capita GDP in Norway 81000 Per capita GDP in sweden 54000
@@Min-Jeong2003 it’s under 70k. You’re checking 2018 statistics
@@sondersonics7534 No its 2020 statistics Norway is the richest Nordic country！
A 21 y/o dating a 16 or 15 y/o isn't illegal BUT it is very much frowned upon by a lot of people because of the risks of being taken advantage of.
Yes it is?? A legal adult cannot have a relationship with a teen. Maybe a rekayionship with a 17 year old would be excused in court , but a 15 year old??? You're out of your mind.
NessieStatic 15 in sweden is the legal age a girl i know thats 15 is dating a 20 yr old
NessieStatic I was commenting in relation to the video (if that wasn’t obvious) which is about Sweden. The legal age of consent in Sweden is 15.
NessieStatic That is not the law in Sweden. They have quite progressive consent laws.
Dominic M 15 is the age of consent here in sweden and the law says so., 15 is also the age where you are considered an adult infront of a judge do to a crime
The thing to remember with the tax-system in Sweden is that the entire system and market is built around it. Sure tax as a figure is high but people still get educations, have access to health care, buy a house, two cars, a boat and probably a summer house that they use when they don't travel abroad for their 5-6 weeks of paid vacation.
Not to mention all the stuff you don't have to pay for personally that could ad up to quite a large sum of money in other countries. So just looking at tax by itself is to misleading to be able to do any kind of comparison. I have had friends who get cancer and didn't have to die because they weren't rich. Friends and friends children with diabetes who don't have to think about if they can afford the insulin.
Could I personally get mor money in my pocket if I paid less taxes? Sure... what would I use it for? A third car? Computer number 10 in the house?
I live comfortably enough already and I would rather live with the knowledge that my neighbors children will have access to education and health care no matter their parents financial status. I'll gladly pay the taxes I do to help enable the society we are working to have.
I lived in Sweden for a good bit... what part of Sweden are you talking about where every one has two cars and a summer house? I never met any of those people. Every one I knew under 30 was broke and living like a college student.
Tax is relative! Here in the UK for instance we have the NHS which means you get treatment for free for most things. In the US you can lose your home just because you became a diabetic. Our taxes are high but you get your health looked after for most issues. It really depends on what you get for your tax.
@@BP-or2iu if youre under 30 you dont count duh
@@BP-or2iu you dont pay 30% tax either
What a load of crap fuck all people own home in Sweden it the same in Australia
As an old man, 56 years of age, I really like your videos. You have a wonderful outlook on life, Stefan, you seem to be wonderfully enthusiastic about experiencing the world. How interesting it is to take part of your visit here in Sweden, you make me aware of some of our advantages but also some of the disadvantages living in Sweden. I highly recommend you to read two swedish authors; Per-Anders Fogelström and Wilhelm Moberg. They wrote about the history of Stockholm/Sweden and especially Moberg would be interesting for you; he wrote a series of books about swedish immigrants who left Sweden to go to the USA. I'm looking forward to more of your videos!
That's awesome to hear! Thank you for the recommendations :)
I agree with Niklas. The Vilhelm Moberg books about the swedish immigrants is a really good read.
If you like more I also agree that Per-Anders Fogelström "Mina drömmars stad" gives a good insight to Swedish history and culture.
I'd strongly recommend SVT's recent Bye Bye Sverige, three episodes on the Swedish emigration to America. Fun, easy and educational. You will learn a lot from it, I did, and it is entertaining. In fact I'd recommend everything from that duo. sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_bye_Sverige
What about that famous painting American Gothic..Goth used to be another old kingdom against old time Swedes...there is Gothenburg in Nebraska
The different Goths (the tribes, the word for medieval architecture, the 19th century literature, the music/style) are only marginally related. To add to the confusion, the root of the name Gothenburg is not the Goths, but the Geats, a tribe probably not closely related. Then again, who knows, it's lost in time. It is assumed (at least by the Romans) that the origin of the Goths was Sweden, and it would fit, but we will probably never know for sure.
I'm Swedish and an immigrant actually learned me how he figured out whether it's "en" or "ett". He said you have to learn the words in their "definite form" (sorry, don't know what is is exactly, but "bestämd form"). For an example: bord (table) becomes bordet (the table) in definite form, which is why "ett bord". Bok in definite form is boken, "en bok". So basically all you have to do is learn what each noun/object is in definite form, but that's a lot of words and studying too. Anyways, hope it helps!
Holy shit! That's the best explanation. I was struggling with this
'You have to learn' here actually means you just have to memorise them. Learning involves mostly understanding the rule, which is not applicable here.
Simple rule told by most teachers is, almost 80% of all nouns are en word n the rest ett word.
But there is no rule as such to define what is what, as is, in case of english articles (the closest example I could think of)
It does not really matter if you go from bestämd to obestämd eller vice versa. You just need to hear and memorise/ remember. No shortcut here.
I’m Swedish and I’ve never even thought about that. I just use en/ett the way it sounds best or from what I’ve learnt.
But this is actually really helpful if I’m trying to teach someone!
Wow, really helpful.
@Andreas Antagligen för att man sällan använder ordet "infinitiv" i svenskan, utan snarare ordet "oändlighet" vilket i bestämd form blir "oändligheten" eftersom "en oändlighet". :)
Universal Healthcare, free university and many other perks is what you pay higher taxes for in Sweden. In the USA I give 1/3 of my paycheck towards health insurance and that does not include exorbitant copays and balances left after treatments/services that insurance won’t cover. Then I pay taxes on top of that, of course. My Swedish fiancée had a total knee replacement for $10. $10 because of the healthcare system there. I’ll pay higher taxes to live in a country where everyone is taken care of.
What percentage of income goes to taxes in Sweden?
@@bonsummers2657 for most People it is about ~32-34%
Yeah Americans do not see the bigger picture and have little knowledge or no knowledge at all what is going on in other countries and the benefits that people get for the higher taxes and still have a great life and can effort more things then in the States, Because they have so much more to pay for with the less taxes in the States and therefor are not able to effort many other things like a vacation or /and an education. Free Health insurance in Sweden, too.
No one gives 1/3 of their paycheck, or anything near that, towards health insurance, unless you consider health insurance being prudent dietary practices, and not a payment to an insurance company.
@@bonsummers2657 i pay 33% income tax, but for that i get, free Dental until i turn 24, never have to pay more than like 20dollars to go to the hospital No matter what kind of treatment i need, when im sick i Still get 80% of My salary for the days im gone
And so so so much more great things
Here in America taxes are less, yet you get poisoned air, water, food, GMO's, sky-hi medical costs and need I say more. Is it any wonder I'm watching this vid?
You wanna trade passports?
A Swedish friend of mine was shocked when I told him I racked %100,00+ on medicals... after emergency surgery.
I do know my mom worked three menial jobs just to pay dad's college education.
@@kimberlys8422 Why not just do the responsible thing and get medical insurance rather than opt in to paying 60%+ income tax?
Trust me, in a lifetime we pay WAAAAY more on average in taxes than anyone spends on healthcare and college in the US. For example, the income tax rate on the MEDIAN income is 56%, and that's excluding VAT which varies between 25% and 300% depending on the product.
That's about 20K USD a year per average person in taxes..
Lol you actually think GMOs are bad
coz corporates are socialists. people are not.
Om ni vill uppleva dyrt åk till Norge. Kul fakta är att norskar åker till Sverige för att handla billigt. :)
Ännu roligare är att man kan bila från norge till göteborg vilket innebär att många visiterar liseberg :)
Aliciasvard Jag vet det. Har sett folk från både Danmark och Norge här som handlar hod Ica Maxi haha.
Vi måste få ett tag på ekonomin innan det går för långt
Rackie aaaa svenska kronan måste bli mer värd
Dum idé Helt säker att det är dyrare att åka hit från Norge än att handla i en nära butik i Norge
amin N Det är ingen idé asså Norskar och danskar åker hit för att handla
If any Americans want to know, the best benefits of the high taxes are free healthcare, free education etc.
Free? You have pre-paid in your taxes! Do you even know how much you pay each year for health care and education? I ask this as a Canadian, in the same boat as Swedes. It is NOT free. Not much in life is really.
Well... you know what I meant
Sorry buddy, I took the word "free" at it's literal meaning. Free means you get healthcare without paying, I just clarified that in countries like Sweden (and Canada) we do pay. I was not criticizing you personally, just pointing out free healthcare really doesn't exist. Cheers!
JD It's free for people that Can't afford paying their own taxes...
JD you pay your taxes that month then you have free healthcare the whole month.. i mean if we would define the word free. We get something that we doesn't have to pay for. The healthcare is free, the taxes are not free. The taxes goes to alot of things not only healthcare..
Haha ”gratis”, ”fri” and ”ledig” are completely different to me as a swede:)
Same, it is English speakers who are the imprecise ones :P
Well, gratis means no cost.
Fri is more accurate to Free.
Ledig is like avaliable.
It depends on the context of the sentence, just like in English.
You can always look up synonyms for both languages 🙂
Interestingly, though, in Swedish you could say e.g. "fritt inträde", meaning "free access" in the sense of no cost admission
videoUberman: fri is more like freedom than it is free. Like feeling free or unconstricted or unburdened.
That’s the point. There are several words which in English would only need one. In that sense our language is more complicated.
I'm also from Texas and I'm in the process of moving here. Everything y'all said is so accurate! Sweden is amazing and I can't wait to be a resident but the wait time is killer. I met my best friend who is Swedish when I was an exchange student here at 16 and she is still my ride or die almost 10 years later! Sverige is the best!
Nobody:
Dereck: *ThEY nOt pLaYInG AroUnD*
LOL
It's a common slang saying here in the U.S.
Met a couch surfer from the U.S. some years back. She made a mistake traveling north through Sweden and ended up in a northern city she hadn't planned to. Late and with no place to sleep. She approached me and my brother at the train station and asked for some information. After learning of her situation, I offered her to spend the night at my place and plan for her continued journey the next day.
Since I was just some random guy she didn't know, she took a risk, but it paid of this time because she ended up staying 2 days at my place and we're still great friends many years later :) So much for the reputation of Swedes being hard to approach and get to know haha xD
I was apparently the first Swede she befriended, and must've made some impression at least, because she later moved and lived here to study for a few years, even getting a masters degree :)
That is an awesome story! I've always found swedes to be extremely kind and welcoming :)
Thank you Stefan Thyron :) I have found that having American friends is a good counter to American stereotypes. The friend I mentioned in particular have been a good "ambassador" for the U.S. xD
Also, in reference to your video and the Swedish language, what do you think of the legit question: "Får får får?" :)? (answer being "Nej, får får lamm.")
Tog hon den i tvåan?
Håkå din jävla idiot ;):):):):):):)
That was very kind of you.
'the waiting times for the visas are SOO long'
wait till you hear about the wait times for a green card in the US lmao
So true 😂 or even a US Visa IF you get approved
Green card for nationals of Mexico is 21 years, India is 11 years, Phillipines its 9 years if you apply for 1 in 2020, these people complaining about 14 months
Yeah but the amount of people applying in the USA is infinitely more than Sweden visas. So it’s a lot harder.
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Today I learned: "Swedes don't play around"
Yeah, obviously Sweden is not taking in our best and brightest.
FYI
Sweden is right after Finland the country that consumes most coffee in the world per person and year. So that's why our coffee is so important.
Usually at work the coffee is free of charge. There are some workplaces where you have to pay for coffee, but for most of the time it is free of charge, especially in the production industries.
Not true, Norway is the country with the second highest consumption: www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-10-coffee-consuming-nations.html
I heard that consuming more than 2 cups of coffee a day leads to early onset dementia.
@@steveguild871 I can't wait!
"yeah bro" having lived in both Oregon and Texas I'm very amused hearing the two dialects side-by-side. --- Good Informative Video.
The grammatical rule for "ett hus" and "en tjej" is called t-genus and n-genus, derived from "bestämd form" equal to the defining article "the" in English grammar.
You say "ett" before a word that's spelled with a "-t" at the end of the word in "bestämd form" , and "en" before a word that's spelled with a "-n".
With that in mind:
"en tjej" - "tjejen" ("a girl" - "the girl")
"ett hus" - "huset" ("a house" - "the house"
Words using "en" or "ett" corresponds to the plural form of a noun. For example "ett hus" becomes "flera hus" while "en stol" becomes "flera stolAR".
That's one elusive rule to clinge on to. Words which in plural form doesn't change use "ett", while words in plural form that adds letters at the end use "en".
Still doesn't make any sense, how do you know that it is supposed to be "tjejen" and not "tjejet"? You can really only learn it by memorising or growing up with it.
@@BullenBeliz Yeah, that is the tricky part about learning Swedish as a second language. There are some more rules as to why n-genus and t-genus are a thing. It might be something about vowels and consonants, or other phonetics.
But the rule still applies, if you use "en/ett" to say "EN tjej" its definite form is "tjejEN", as well as "ETT hus" -> "husET".
@@BullenBeliz Absolutely true, but there are rules how to build up a sentence in the correct way but when you talk you never do that you just know and those rules are also quite complex but they do exist.
Hade ingen aning om att det var så hahah
@@BullenBeliz No, there are some elusive rules, I'm sure... If we borrow new words, like mail and container, we know without thinking if it's supposed to be en or ett. Ett mejl, en container. Mejlet, containern. Plural mejlen, containrarna. Don't know why though, just do. We don't need to memorize.
The more I watch your videos, the more I love Sweden. I even understand the language. Greetings from South Africa.
@theadam22 ja ek praat Afrikaans.
Same
Not sure it would suit anyone from South Africa.
Just saying, some say the Scots are tight, the south africans I have met squeak any time they open an orrifice in my company.
I would love to know how both of you ended up living in Sweden.
Hahhaha correct
1 Valid reason for high taxes:
Free College and education
@Soft Poor Corn of course not, there are so many colleges in sweden that you can basically have shit grades and still get yourself into a science/engineering program somewhere, because that's what i did lol. You don't have to be top tier at all. Only if you *only* aim for the most top tier prestige schools, but if you want that, then you can study as a maniac and take the college entrance exam and hopefully get it, for free, that's also a possible solution.
is that the main attraction?
i bet these guys are ecstatic. i sometimes wonder if life in Sweden is flat as a pancake and could be a real powerhouse if they had an economically freer culture, because the people are high quality.
that's an oxymoron
Not having to pay 2500$ for a ambulace coming to you is also a valid reason. Or paying 300 000$ for having a baby in a hospital.
I used to live in the U.S. (Atlanta) and sure taxes were lower... but factor in cost for healthcare (minimum 300 dollars/month) + education (tuition fees at a state collage minimum 800 dollars/month) and what you have left in your pocket is not much. I used to make 42.000 dollars (which is average middle income) when I worked in Atlanta and had less less in my account by the end of the month than I do in Sweden making the same amount. That is after payin for insurance and tuition fees (I took some night classes). I'm really happy to have moved back to Sweden. The middle class in the U.S. is struggling. Im happy for you guys. Stay here :)
And for those who wonder, $ 42,000, - is about half of the average income in Scandinavia..
You can say what ever you want in Scandinavia, but the "agree to disagree" deal is p' important to all of us.
I think that's great. Agree to disagree.
No, at least sweden has abolished parts of free speech and expression.
If you mention the taxes, you HAVE TO MENTION ALL THE BENEFITS!!!!!!!!!!!
And not mention all the emphasis on the exclamation marks.
Sorry, it's just the American blood that makes us cringe when we hear the word "tax"
Like free healthcare
Oh you mean the mass imigration, the huge health care queues, segregation and increased criminality just to name a few. It wasn’t like this 10 years ago when the taxes were alot lower and we didn’t have Stefan Löfven as our leader
nexuS We had free health care even before the huge tax increase
I have an interesting input as a Californian living in Sweden (as a student). I come from the San Francisco bay area, and it is by far as expensive as Sweden, if not in some regards more expensive. Drinking is about as expensive as Sweden, maybe paying 7 to 8 dollars for a typical pint of beer (could be more if a special craft beer), and maybe 12 dollars or more for cocktails. Dining out is also about the same, maybe a little cheaper sometimes in California, but fast food is obviously way cheaper in California. Rent is way cheaper where I live in Sweden near Malmö. Californian students pay as much as me, if not more, just to bunk with two others students in the same room. I have my own room and bathroom. Perhaps Stockholm could be more comparable in rent, but not sure. Groceries are also cheaper in Sweden in my opinion. Pretty interesting hearing opinions from people from other states though. You really can't compare Sweden to the US as a whole, you have to break it down to state level.
I think the reason is that the US, states are almost like they are their own countries. For example, a better comparison would be to compare the EU's countries to the US's states.
That's very true. San Fran I think is the most expensive city in the US so I the prices there are even more than Stockholm in my opinion, at least as far as housing is concerned.
You're in malmö? I feel bad for you :( My apology, it will soon be dealt with tho.
agreed, i went to western USA last september and San Fransisco felt like home in terms of expenses. we had a craft beer at some pub in chinatown for 12 dollars. not too bad but compared to 1 dollar a bottle in Vegas for example its way more expensive in San Fransisco. Also my favourite town on the trip we had. Btw @Stefan Thyron my cousin did you exact journey in reverse, moving from Norrköping to Portland haha.
So as Californian do you think Malmö crime level higher or lower than in the USA on average/ where you used to live? Just interesting to know your comparison because it seems that many in the USA think that Malmö is terrible. I live in Finland and I would bet that same size citizens in the USA have at least the same crime levels than Malmö, even worse?
There are a lot of English words that sound a like, but are spelled differently and have different meanings, e.g. peer, pier, and pear, buy, by, bye, two, too, to, bare, bear... I could go on.
I still think that English is the hardest language to learn. I still probably have a problem to pronounce correctly cup vs cap (to my ear it sounds the same) then ship and sheep (also sounds the same). and I don't see a point in having articles either -a- or -the-
YUMO *** bottle vs battle, Us vs ass
beach and bitch
There their now, they’re not that bad 😂
@@Crazyarchitect13 Try Russian, Chinese, Japanese ...
You guys should really have a podcast together. I'd listen closely every episode
Loved watching this! I'm swedish but live in England. Everything you say is super relatable. Now, Sweden wasn't for me in the end but when I visit I love it just as I used to.
Yes, the salt Liquorice is to die for.
I agree Swedish or Scandinavian are generally awesome folks and I really like their coffee, - Not a fan of Starbucks, too. Annnnnnd! Yes, everything is expensive out there.
Going to Scandinavian countries again next year and I really like their laid back ambience.
It´s interesting the things that you say about Sweden. Things are expensive here because we have a high standard of living if you compare to other countries. As a proud taxpayer I would say that it feels good to be able to help other people in my own country even if I don´t benefit from everything myself. This system is something that Bernie Sanders said US should develop. What do you think?
No way.
Steve Guild: Why not?
Bernie Sanders wants to implement astronomical tax rates in the US. Most do not agree. We believe that able-bodied, working-age adults should not be entitled to a "lifetime" of welfare. We believe in helping those who can't help themselves. However, way too many people abuse the system if given the chance.
If people abuse the system, that is another problem!! The american dream is not for everyone. Not everyone has the same possibility and luck in life. What about free healthcare and free education for everyone? Isn´t that a good and fair thing for a society??
You do realize under this system you ALSO would be getting free healthcare? Taxes are high but you wouldn't be paying astronomical rates for education, healthcare, etc.. And if you suddenly got cancer next year, you wouldn't have to worry what happens once you can no longer work, and you're dropped from your plan. Also, statistically speaking, those who "take advantage" are far outnumbered by those who genuinely need help. So you'd rather be petty and take food and healthcare from the mouths of children, sick, and elderly?
There aren't 3 words for 1 word in sweden, there are 1 word in english meaning 3 different things.
Gratis is when something doesn't cost
Ledig is when you don't go to school or job because it's weekend
Fri is basicly free, for example in prison you are not fri/free.
You shouldnt either put taxes as a con because there are many three things in sweden. For example, school is free, people with or without insurance get free health care and so on.
Jack Josefsson ... exactly, and this is where it becomes difficult to speak the Swedish language with any confidence because one does not grow up understanding the different ways in which one idea (or word) can turn into a compounded situation having a similar but different idea (and word), such as your example for the English word, “free” .. and then svenska words of the same idea, such as in gratis-free of charge, and ledig-leisured, or off duty - all having their own special words with compounded definitions. In America we have compound words, such as rain + coat= raincoat, but we don’t really have words used for compounded definitions. Not that it’s difficult once one has leaned to pay attention to this, however, as a child learning to speak any language, one begins with the simplest of words and learns as he goes, and similarly, someone just learning svenska would do the same.
really interesting watching this as a swede!:) I can understand why you think the taxes are high here coming from America, but it really helps out a lot of people. And you get free education, hospital visits, etc :)
Sweden's age of consent is 15, but it exists mainly for two people of that same age. So you could still be charged for sexual assault on minor if you happen to be 18+ if the other part is less than 18. There's also no charges if one person is say 13 or 14 and the other is 17, because both are considered minors. And it's not that common for 20+ people to date a minor.
Bernler75 wait huh? I'm swedish and I've never heard of the 18 years old thing!?
Lagen är full av sådana hål som inte bokstavligt står i lagen. Personligen, så har jag aldrig varit med om det själv, men jag känner flera personer som har åkt i den fällan, tyvärr.
Som jag förstår det så kan en person dömas för våldtäkt på en 15-17 åring om denne är i någon form av auktoritetsposition över den yngre. Som lärare, instruktörer och arbetsgivare, men även stv- och adoptivföräldrar. Situationer där man kan misstänka att den vuxne på något sätt kan ha "påverkat" den yngre att ha sex. Jag tror att detta kan även gälla när 15-17 åringen är den som initierar till sex vilket man kan finna märkligt.
Så, ja, det finns undantag vilket gör att 15-17 de facto främst gäller för andra 15-17. Som vuxen är det säkrast att använda riktlinjen 18år
Jag har hört detta men jag kan inte vart i lag det står. Finns det i brottsbalken?
+Erica Erixon 6:e Kapitlet paragraf 3:e till 10:e samt 14:e. Du kan kolla själv hela alltet på Lagen.nu
More videos please! From a swede who likes to hear all the difference between US and Sweden 😀👍. Would be interesting if u did a roaptrip video and stoped in places that amazed you to :P
Experiencing living in a foreign country is priceless. You're lucky. Very interesting video. Thanks.
This was awesome! I have a few friends who live in the States and we talk a lot about differences between our countries - and I hope you two make more collabs, great content!
Thank you :) glad you liked it!
i took a shot every time they said ”like” can someone take me to the hospital
😂😂😂
But like, did you die?
Ri0z yeah i died
elias b Damn bro... RIP my man.
How the f were you able to write that comment!? How did you even survived the video!? ;P
This is so interesting to watch. I’m a Swede currently living in the us and I loved hearing your experiences 😁
I went to Sweden after University graduation and made some friends via another friend.
Four years later, I still talk to them. Two of them I talk to them nearly every single day!
They're seriously some awesome people. And when you say "they have your back and look out for you" it is so true and it is clear in the universal, social welfare state nature.
Great video! :D
Dude even swedes speak svengelska ALL the time
No we don't.
I do ! 😂
I do, since I sometimes forget words in swedish (even though it is my first language) and sometimes english words describes something better than a swedish word. I am 13 btw
I definitely agree on that. Swedish are amazing shocking how good they speak English and mix pretty often. I'm from New York and I totally disagree with them. I will never move back. Sweden is way better in all aspects.
yeah.. if your 20
As an American I have lost friendships over political and religious disagreements. The climate for civil debate is a thing
of the past with the poisonous leadership we have now. It's quite sad tbh.
3 years later and this holds true for our current president as well.
"They dont play around" 10X times
as a swedish person this is very interesting to watch! new subbbb
Dude I was an exchange student in Texas and it was so different and cool at the same time.
I'm living in Sweden and it's cool to hear your guys thoughts about it!
Tax in Nordic countrys are huge part of our enjoyment. (I am from Finland). First you shake u fist. And then if and when you get sick, you get best kind of care you can get in western world. And nobody is asking "do you have money?".
You have to pay something (38.20€/day) but everything is there. EVERYTHING! MRI pics. Medicine. Doctors. ALL!!!
Lasse - In America you only pay when you go to the hospital. If you don't go, you don't pay. If you need a surgery, the hospital will do it, and set you up on a payment plan to reimburse them. You are paying high taxes to pay for other people's medical care in Sweden.
Pierre Delecto thank you. Nothing is free.
Nathan - You're welcome my friend
@@wayne12693 nonsense, you still pay taxes in the usa, depending on your situation, you might even end up paying more than in a place like sweden
@@wayne12693 I'd much rather higher taxes for next to free health care and much better service than to pay the hospital nearly 20K everytime I break a bone. I'm Canadian our taxes our high but we've been told directly from American immigrants that our healthcare as saved them tones of money.
Every language has its own logic and its own rules. Do you realize that in Sweden, everybody knows English? Imagine that everybody in USA would speak a second language.
the majority do.
^ Yes, unless if you are a clear American. USA does have a really wide population of languages over the country just because of the influence
@@Aphorim - not really. immigrants speak English and their own language. not the case of the Scandinavian countries. I'm talking about a language learned in school. and very fluent.
@@sydneywellington22 your argument is wrong, you said imagine the majority speak a second language, well the majority do, doesn't matter how.
@@Aphorim - you know what I ment, but you have a consolation prize.
I live in Sweden and I just have to say, this video was so good! I totally agree to everything you say and the comparisons you do are so interesting to listen to. I hope you understand my English haha, but again, very well done video!
Davster 9 your english is great !
@@JC-qx3sr Just like English of many Swedes. I appreciate it especially now when I moved to Spain.
I’m not even Swedish or from an English speaking country, but your English is great lol, probably better than some native speakers 😂😂
Having a lot of words means, that you can express exactly what you want. In english there are many words too, but unfortunatly, they never made it to the USA :)
Nonsense
Read some classic American literature like Poe or Fitzgerald before you make such an ignorant statement
@@lesoleil1195 I distinquish here between English and American. The old "King James English" is indeed very differentiated and looking at the classic American literature, you see that the language used is much closer to the English then then the American is today.
@@Kaasmof That's not true. Because of the internet and hollywood, American and British English are converging rapidly. There are very few lexical differences between UK and US English as written by educated speakers. Many Americans grew up reading Harry Potter, for example, and there is nothing in that book lexically (aside from slang) that Americans don't understand.
El Darden - Due to 1800's immigration when half of Germany came to the US, the majority of Americans come from German ancestry and Irish is second. English is not in the collective subconscious of most Americans, because our ancestors didn't come from England. We really should be speaking German in the US, because that language is in most people's collective subconscious, and it would be easier for people to master. Using proper English doesn't mean a person is more intelligent. Look at Obama, he spoke eloquent English and was as dumb as a box of rocks.
Eh, the tax thing is sort of dishonest in my opinion. Since you're young guys you may not notice a lot of what you're actually getting I guess but that's where the real difference between Scandinavia and USA comes in when it comes to taxes.
If you lived in the USA you'd be paying lower taxes but you'd also be paying for health insurance, various co-pays, tuition etc. When you don't include those things in 'taxes' in the USA makes it dishonest to just compare tax rates directly. If you took the costs of those things out of the Scandinavian tax rates obviously they'd be more similar to the US tax rate.
If you ever have kids or ever get sick or whatever, chances are you'll be saving money by living in Scandinavia instead of the USA. Then you'd be seeing a lot more of those benefits your taxes are paying for after all, and just remember that if you're a young guy in Scandinavia with no health issues, no children etc. and feel "cheated" by the high taxes, just remember that someone else paid for your life up until now, that's how our system works. Someone else paid for your education, your child care, your doctor visits, your mother's stay in hospital when giving birth etc. etc. and now that you're old enough to pay taxes you're paying for the next generation, for the older people who paid for your, your parents etc. You're not being cheated out of anything, you're giving back for what you got for free.
Now obviously that's different if you didn't grow up in those societies. Swedes obviously didn't pay for your education if you got it in USA, but even then that'll only be an issue that you face as a "first generation immigrant". If you have children in Sweden, other people will be paying for that stuff for your child. One day your child will then be paying taxes and "repaying" what society gave them.
And now you are paying for all the new migrants. :-)
Steve Guild, I'm not Swedish and I don't live in Sweden so I'm afraid your moronic comment doesn't really make much sense.
You and other muppets like you really seem to think that just bringing up irrelevant things like migrants on completely unrelated topics is some sort of Palin-esque "Gotcha" moment. It's amazing the kind of lengths you neanderthals will go to to shove your anti-immigration views down the throats of other people. You're like fundamentalist Christians on steroids when it comes to shoving garbage down the throats of others.
The Sweden democrats just had a worse election in Sweden than a lot of people have predicted so it appears like most Swedes have no problem with paying for the migrants. Then it's not really much of a "gotcha" or "burn" to bring it up on unrelated RUclips videos.
Palin-esque? Lol. I don't think my text is really that unrelated. The money to house/feed is going to have to come from somewhere. The Sweden democrats did just fine, thank you very much. Now the current liberal govt can no longer ignore the issue. The trend is not on your side, my friend.
The difference is, you're not required to go to university nor did we used to have to have health insurance. Thus, the comparison is valid. When the taxes are taken from you, you are paying for these things no matter what.
Greg c, You really are brainwashed if you believe that BS yourself. lol "You don't need an education or health care." ????
What kind of backwards third world shithole do you live in?
Hi . I’m a dentist from Iran and I’m planning to go to Sweden next year . I enjoyed watching your video guys. Thanks for sharing ❤️🙏
I'm visiting Sweden in July. Your video was helpful.
I'm studying the language.
In researching activities I found that the cost of food and entertainment is very similar to Boston where I live. Of course Boston is very expensive compared to other cities in the US.
I'm toying with living in Sweden.
This year i did my taxes during a fikarast in about 3 minutes on my phone
@@kakap0788 3 mins? I DO IT IN 3 SECONDS
That might have been the most swedish comment here XD
:O
you guys do your taxes??
#12 trending in Sweden
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you like it here!
i had to laugh when you sais taxes at 1/3 were high. i'm from belgium. try 45 to 56 %. but it's all good. people live a good life up here
@RQBBAN But a lot of that goes to retirement.
@RQBBAN That of course is true. However, we get a lot for free because of those taxes. The living cost in America is almost double that of Sweden, and that is not counting School.
@RQBBAN Exactly, but it is the 1% that pays for like 70% of it. Everyone else is a winner.
Sweden really needs minimal army, there are no threats.
The problem with the Police is the laws, not how the taxes are placed when it comes to school we are still doing well compared to most of the world, and our healthcare is nr 22 in the world i Think, so, still good. We are doing good in basically all statistics. If we compare to the US, we beat them in basically everything.
Taxes are not used perfectly, but they are used adequately. IF I got a choice we would cut the military budget even more.
Living a good life is to hard for Americans to comprehend. They also are NOT for paying a little more to help other citizens, people are pretty selfish honestly. And im american LOL.
8:35 you can typically reverse engineer your way to figuring out if it's "en" or "ett" by looking at the definite form, if it ends with -n or -en it's a "en" word if it ends with -et it's an "ett" word:
"katten" - "en katt"
"huset" - "ett hus"
Rikard Nilsson det fungerar bara om man kan bestämda formens suffixer intuitivt, hur kommer man igentligen på att hund böjs med EN i bestämd form? En hund -> hundEn
that doesn't really help. how do you know if it's supposed to be "husen/huset" or "katten/kattet"? the thing is that there is no real explanation why. in swedish class they teach the word together with the new word, "en katt", "ett hus" for example, to be able to learn the difference. we swedes just get it by having grown up here.
Words referring to people are almost always "en". There are a few exceptions, like "barnet". But 99% of the time it's "en" (läraren, doktorn, pojken, tjejen, fixaren). Other type words are more difficult. "Ett" is more common for non animate objects while "en" is more common for animals. But the split is like 70/30 (number I made up), so not a perfect guideline. For compound words the last word determines which is correct. Of course, for native speakers one way just "sounds right". Not helpful for newbie Swedish speakers.
Vær glad Svensk ikke har hunkjønnsformen lenger.
En mann.
Ei dame.
Et hus.
Living things in general are most likely -n/-en while inanimate objects are -et. Of course there are exceptions but I can't think of any concrete ones right now.
I really enjoyed this video! I haven't really seen any videos where Americans go this in-depth about what they think of Sweden having actually lived here and experienced it. I've lived in America off and on for about 4-5 years and loved it. I have my own pro & con list about living in the US but have always wondered what Americans would think of Sweden. Well done!
Thanks, and that is awesome! I'm curious to see what your pros and cons of america are
Everyone seems to smoke where ever i go in Sweden! 😭 From Rågsved to the city Stockholm and its districts, and the tbana. Compaired to where i live in California, no one smokes there at all. Even in San Francisco its not this bad. But thats my maaiiiin con, i dont like smelling that
Depends on what areas you are frequenting. I'd say smoking is really uncommon in Sweden, to whereas the southern european citizen is much more prone to be a smoker.
I just got back from Gothenburg and I would easily move there
Plus you still have to pay your US taxes. I am pretty sure the US is the only country that charges taxes by citizenship, not residency.
My older brother has lived in Sweden since he was about a year and a half old, he is more Swedish than American and was offered contracts by two American soccer teams but declined due to that he would have had to pay taxes on his wages in both the USA and in Sweden from playing soccer in the USA.
I have stocks exchanged on the French CAC. I get dividends that are taxed by France. When you do your taxes, any foreign taxes you paid, you get a credit offsetting whatever foreign taxes you paid to what US taxes are required.
You submit Form 1116, Foreign Tax Credit
If your foreign tax is higher than US taxes, you get a net tax credit; reduces your tax bill or since most of us over pay since its required to do so to ensure you meet minimum quarterly with-holdings; bigger refund.
Example: Foreign total tax charged $5.00 on whatever income. And if your tax on the same income would have only been $2.00 tax... you'll get a $3.00 credit on our tax bill.
If your foreign tax is lower than US, you'll pay the difference in amount that would have been equal to the full US tax.
Example: Foreign tax charged $5.00 on whatever income, and on the same income US charge $8.00 you'll pay $3.00 in US taxes.... just the difference.
I'm not aware the nitty gritty as far as social security medicare payroll taxes and if you paid into foreign payroll taxes. But below IRS.gov website has it all.
www.irs.gov/publications/p514
Why Choose the Credit?
The foreign tax credit is intended to relieve you of a double tax burden when your foreign source income is taxed by both the United States and the foreign country. In most cases, if the foreign tax rate is higher than the U.S. rate, there will be no U.S. tax on the foreign income. If the foreign tax rate is lower than the U.S. rate, U.S. tax on the foreign income will be limited to the difference between the rates. The foreign tax credit can only reduce U.S. taxes on foreign source income; it cannot reduce U.S. taxes on U.S. source income.
Although no one rule covers all situations, in most cases it is better to take a credit for qualified foreign taxes than to deduct them as an itemized deduction. The following bullets explain why the credit may provide a greater tax benefit.
A credit reduces your actual U.S. income tax on a dollar-for-dollar basis, while a deduction reduces only your income subject to tax.
You can choose to take the foreign tax credit even if you do not itemize your deductions. You then are allowed the standard deduction in addition to the credit.
If you choose to take the foreign tax credit, and the taxes paid or accrued exceed the credit limit for the tax year, you may be able to carry over or carry back the excess to another tax year. (See Limit on the Credit under How To Figure the Credit, later.)
"I'm not gonna lie to you" säger din kompis flera gånger. Är det så vanligt att man ljuger i USA att man behöver berätta när man inte ljuger?
Hahah that's a really good point. It's actually just a figure of speech, but it's kind of funny when you think about it.
in america we know people are going to lie after the say "im not going to lie"
soljutin Det är väl lite som när vi säger ”Ärligt talat”
I'll be prefectly honest with you - you raised an interesting issue. (Yes, really -- honestly. I swear on my mother's grave. If you don't believe me, call my ex wife, my first grade school teacher, my parole officer, or my pastor.) They will give you an honest answer.
/Honest man
Stefan Thyron do u understand swedish? Well it is way hard to learn swedish???
11:00 here's an example: if you are dating someone in school, then you stay together, she might be born january first and you december 31st, but in the same year, she turns 18 and BAM! is she suddenly a pedophile for a year because you had your birthday later?
The flexibility in the age of consent is there to allow for these kinds of situations, and the parents of the one who's legally not yet of the age of consent in the relationship can have a say, it's simply there to allow young people the leeway that might be necessary in that transitional period from child to adult status without infringing on peoples relationships. And I wouldn't exactly say it's normal for 16 year olds to be in relationships with 21 year olds.
I never thought of Swedish being such a hard language to learn. I’m really glad we learn english from 4th grade here .
I speak English and I have tried several languages and Swedish has been the easiest, the language is very similar to English.
I guess you learn English for a reason?.
I could never be assed with french at school , and German was not an option.
I have to admit the french I took was seldom used, and the German I self taught was a way better investment of my time, and I have never been one to see my time wasted by anyone.
I feel a song on the boil...
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A third is considered high?? in Italy you pay HALF of what you make in taxes!! Time to book a flight I guess
BabuForTheFriends in Sweden there’s also people that pays 50% of their salaries in taxes....
That sucks.
Most adults pay about 60% tax if you include VAT
The actual tax rate in Sweden is higher than what is directly visible to the employee. On top of your gross salary, out of which 30-55 percent is taken as tax (depending on income bracket), your employer pays an additional 30% in "employer fees".
So let's say you earn 20000 SEK per month. This is a low salary, quite a bit below the national average. Your visible tax that is specified on the salary statement will be around 6000 SEK (varying a little depending on county). This amount is deducted by the employer, and paid to the tax authority. On top of that, the employer pays another 6000 in "employer fees", that are usually not even specified on the salary statement.
So the cost to the employer would be around 26000 SEK, but the employee would only receive around 14000 SEK. And the employee thinks that he only paid 30%, ie 6000 SEK in taxes.
Except Italy is one of those countries with the highest rate of tax evasion, so no one really benefits from those high taxes and there's a high public debt. The Swedish system, on the other hand, is a lot more effective in that sense.
Yes, the age of consent is 15. But that really only applies if both are 15-17, if you're 18+ and have sex with someone younger than 18 you could be convicted of rape of a minor.
FINALLY someone knows the freaking law.
No thats not true, it is legal for anyone to have consentual sex with someone 15 years and over.
Never said it was illegal.. But if you're 18+ and have sex with someone 15-18 it would still be considered sex with a minor
@@raxxo69 " if you're 18+ and have sex with someone younger than 18 you could be convicted of rape of a minor."
So you're saying you can be convicted, but it is not illegal?
Ofc it's sex with a minor because they are not adult, but its not illegal and you can not be convicted, unless it's not consentual.
A 21 year old seemed light years away when I was 15, 16…… so that would seem strange. But generally Sweden sounds like paradise compared to the US lol
I agree with what you said... But it is!
Travel more
You want to trade passports? This country has gone to shit for a long time.
Josef Stalin what's wrong with Sweden nowadays? Just a curious foreigner here
I am from Norway and have been to Sweden a lot. I just wanted to say that throughout all of my years being there, i have never came across someone that has been racist.
I think what you are trying to refer to are Islamophobia and fear of mass migration, both something we should be concerned about. There is no point of letting in thousands of migrants that don't work and are borderline criminals, in the expense of your own people. You don't solve the problems in the middle east and Africa this way, instead you create problems at home.
Congratulation
Your comment is racist and you can't even see it.
Those are the exact reasons that most of the world says President Donald Trump is racist and the worst president in the history of the United States.
Petrine Gordon cant wait for your country to become the islamic republic of swedenistan. swedes deserve what they get
Arielle Macuch if hes that bad, he wouldnt be president. hes just not afraid to say what most americans are thinking
It's not that Scandinavian's have more words in their languages, it's that American's use less words in general.
Also, Sweden, expensive..:D:D
Where exactly did you get that piece of evidence?
@@BP-or2iu as a swede mycself i agree, i feel (and have discussed a lot with my friends and they alos agree) that swedish dont really haev a lot of words for many things, we use a lot of the same words for many purposes. everytime a look up a word it has like 3 different meanings but like 3 synonyms.
@@BP-or2iu the usa does not have an official language, so of course they dont know much english
@@ohhi5237 That is such a stupid conclusion. Government declarations about language have nothing to do with how many words people know. People were speaking before governments even existed. Educated speakers in any country, including the USA, will have large lexicons.
Puro, Scandinavian languages are much more basic than most other languages, especially English. They don't even conjugate verbs.... So more words? That would be a no...
It's so satisfying to hear when two Americans talk about what Sweden likes!😉😀💙💛 Sluta aldrig med det du gör!😉😉😉
The dude on the left looks _so_ Swedish.
bcuz he is
@@jasmineclear878 He isn't Swedish, idiot.
@@croatianwarmaster7872 I believe he meant that the guy to left has that kinda "classic" swedish looks. Even if he came from USA. That could have been cuz some people here in sweden moved to USA for a better life at one time, somewere between 1800-1900 i think it was. So one of his great grandparents could have been from sweden. Atleast that is what i think. And i have to agree with LizardGorgeous, he does look like swedish guy even to me. And i am from sweden.
@@croatianwarmaster7872 That's nowhere near racist. Racist is believing one race is better than another.
@@kakap0788 Ahh okey, good info there. Just curious now; How many people would be 1.4% as Swedish-Americans then? xD
Wow! Thank you for doing this video! I have been so fascinated with these things. I have been wanting to move to Sweden to work in the music industry.
I think both of you pronounce very well! And I understand that en/ett is very confusing because there are no rules❤️ Love your channel!
Thanks Frida :)
Prices are high in restaurants so the servers get paid a wage that they can live on; in the US servers and people in restaurant business are paid poverty wage.
I really enjoyed this video as a very patriotic Swede.
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I am Canadian, I visited Stockholm twice in 2023. it actually really beautiful place, the food ,especially their transportation system is absolutely fantastic, except you guys have fewer hours of day light in the winter.
There is a reason why we pay so much taxes. A lot of benefits in the end and it’s a security. When I lived in the states I wasn’t fond of the healthcare system there. Thank god I had travel insurance.
Come to Gothenburg and I’ll show you the best burger place in town/country 💫
coming😊
I hope you mean Tugg :D
The reason why taxes are hard to do in U.S. is because H&R Block and TurboTax pay Congress members to not pass the law that would make IRS do the taxes for you where you just sign like in Sweden. It's a profit for those corporations because corporations are in charge there.
Sad but probably true! I'll admit American politics can be really frustrating.
I think it's more about no politician wanting to be responsible for ALL the taxes. Because the word taxes is such an anathema in the US, it's seen as a political death sentence to take the whole thing on.
Corpos are in charge everywhere brah
Dee Dee. I am sure that the government workers in Sweden are well paid. BTW. What % of Swedes work for the govt?
OMG! I’ve always wanted you guys too meet each other! Totally a dream come true😂👌😊😂😂
4:00 In the US you are pretty much on your own though; I wouldn't mind higher taxes if I didn't have to worry about anything.
This is what I keep saying. For the people who are freedom-first, let them have America with all of the cons of being freedom-first. But for the people who think, act, basically are Swedish, please, make the move to Sweden were you are actually wanted and cared for!
@@emridatla3886 I'd trade palces with anyone in America. This country has went to shit for a long time.
A man charting is own course is not for everyone. Certainly not for those looking to have their hand held their whole life. You can thank American's being "on their own" for almost every modern convenience you enjoy. We get shit done, while Europeans are still waiting in line to ask their government-mommy for permission.
Thank God, the Wright Brothers didn't have to ask any overlords for permission to conquer flight and change the whole world for the better.
No, we just do it. Maybe, be grateful for America instead of shitting on it. Your life has been directly affected by Americans being "on their own", and for the better.
Our attitude:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety or Security, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."- Benjamin Franklin.
You would give up liberty just so you do "not having to worry"? Unreal.
I don't know any MEN, who think like you. Take hold of your own destiny and be responsible for it. It might be dangerous at times, but at least we are alive and are actually living life. Fear is a liar.
@@JoshDub78 Sure, not everybody wants to be an entrepreneur though. I'm quite alright with businessmen being rewarded with all the wealth they can collect after healthcare and education is fully covered by the wealth the working class creates, entrepreneurs can collect the... shall we say "excess wealth." You may disagree, but at the end of the day you are part of a minority, and whose will should prevail? That of the majority, or that of the minority?
@theadam22 I bet it's not nearly the same, Seattle is overrun with homeless people.
I’ve been watching both of you b4 this video lol... and now you meet each other. This is a dream! LOL
That's awesome! He's a fun guy to hang out with
Me too!😁 love their channels
Our love for alcohol I think stems from the time when we had vikings, when it is dark half the year you have to have some good times with alcohol.
1/3 of your pay for what you get as a Swedish citizen!? Seems like a bargain! For what we get in America OUR taxes are too high!
and what are the benefits ?
Not for the half of the population that doesn't pay any taxes
actually, you pay closer to 52%. the 1/3 it only the part you see when you do your taxes
Everyone pay too much in taxes; it would be ok IF the money was used for what they are supposed to be used for but you know politicians .... they are as corrupt here as they are in the USA or in any other country for that matter.
@@thomashanner4172 What does it mean when you say "used for what it's supposed to be"...regarding our taxes.
As far as taxes, you're actually paying much more of your salary in America via health insurance and higher education costs. For example, if you pay $500/month in insurance premiums and also have high deductibles, you may actually pay more than you would with a 33% tax bracket. Also, Sweden has a far superior infrastructure system, so you either don't need to drive, and/or your car won't be destroyed by horrible roads.
It’s expensive here, but medical, school , school lunches ,university , dental up to 23 years old are free .. think you have to think about that .🇸🇪
In America you don’t pay high taxes but you do pay for healthcare and university. Which is like taxing you 40% of your income.
What happens if you compare taxes to American health insurance copay and so on debt for education sick pay holiday pay.
I disagree with the racist-thing. As a first generation immigrant in Sweden I would definitely not approciate racistic comments / discussing the opinions of a racist. It is not about being honest, it is rude and stupid. I as much refuse talking/listening to racists as to people who claim that the Earth is flat.
I'm so happy to be enjoying getting a bachelor in criminology and eventually getting a PHD in the future without worrying about crippling debt. I'm also happy that my father and mother with health issues can get their medicine easily, paying barely anything for it and getting the help they need if they choose to get it (why wouldn't they?). Sweden is not perfect at all, still has alot of negatives. But compared to many countries (like for example the U.S.), we are extremely privileged.
Sweden is the best country in the world with its all positives and negatives ❤
PROTEIN COFFEE???? IM MOVING TO SWEDEN ADIOS
That's the main reason I'm still here 😂
im guessing the protein-trend will blow over soon thou, get it while its hot ;)
I am from Sweden and I was kind of surprised when I saw protein coffee at the supermarket ICA about half a year ago.
I was like "...what?" and decided to give it a try, and it tasted pretty good actually.
I think it was a cappuccino taste.
@@reallivebluescat Why would it and why do you think it's a trend, you mean like the sugar trend?
Im swedish and i started drinking coffe when i was 4
I was 14, he was 19 when I left home to live with him. I was still at school, he was working. We were young but not irresponsible. I think our parents new that so nobody interfered. Young sexuality does not need to be forbidden but enlightened and responsible. We were taught about clitoris and orgasms at the age of ten in school. We were taught everything about pregnancy, periods, condoms and whatever ... even masturbation :) The healthcare also have free birth control options and the youth receptions won't tell your parents either.
14 is still very very young to be moving out to live with an older guy. I don't know you or your circumtances so that might have been the best for you at the time and I do not judge you in any way, but generally 14 year olds are not mature enough to make those kinds of decisions. Even with the sex ed ;)
@@HappySwedishPancake I agree, it is early, way too early. And I can't really say weather I was mature like a 20-year old or not. I was quite independent though. Not long ago we humans were considered to be young adults at the age of 15. Today I think things have gone way to far and we call young adult kids to they are in their late twenties. I am 53 now and looking back, would I have done it again ... Yes, I think I would have but had I been given the chance to live with another adult, like in a foster home and perhaps work as an apprentice with a carpenter or something that would have been a better idea for me. What I really want to say is that young girls have a huge need for strong, male adults as well as young boys. There need to be a difference between young sexuality and young female relationship with older guys. The danger is not the sex itself but the the need of an adult male role model in combination with sex. At least that's what I think. It is difficult to analyze your 14 year old self but I think I did what was right for me.
@@jimjackle6282 Yes, I think it is more strange that we kall young adults kids up in their 30ies. Sexuality blooms in puberty and I reallt don't understand the need from adults to control young sexuality. Sex should be fun, playful and done with care among young people like yourself. The adults should take their responsibility to talk about protection, saying no to things you don't want to do, being careful with the person you do it with. Love and education.
But forbidding sex for butting adults ...? That is just cruel.
Bosis - I'm actually 3 years older than you, this is not my current picture. I grew up in the same era as you, and know what you're talking about. You're right, the young people today have to be more careful. When we were younger, we didn't have aids to worry about. In the US back then, it wasn't quite as liberal as Sweden, and they didn't teach sex education in the schools. We were still having sex, but had to educate ourselves about the birds and the bees, as they used to call it. LOL.
@@jimjackle6282 thats true. Aids came to be a real threat in the late 80-ies and early 90-ies in Stockholm and then I was an adult in a stable relationship away from Stockholm. Some things were better before ❣️
I love that the two of them are completely different so that viewers watching from America have one side they relate to
Thank you :) I've been considering emigration from the US, the company for which I work is international and a transfer would be possible. I lived in Canada for a few years and have been in a state of partial culture-shock since I returned to the US in 2012 and I no longer feel that my own ideals regarding what should be "normal" are in line with American "norms", particularly since 2016. I was raised in California, so when I hear a Texan echo back to me my own observations, I know I'm not just reacting out of despair.
I am moving to Göteborg in a few months. Lived in Massachussetts and Arizona but I am done with the states at this point.
Hi! so glad you are loving sweden!
the "Nu går jag och fiskar" and "jag går och fiskar nu" i think it is a bit difference in it in different situations... "nu går jag och fiskar" could be that you have had enough of what you were just doing and you are stating something that people shouldn't try to change. the "jag går och fiskar nu" is more like a way to let someone know you are about to go fishing.
Nooooo Rambles. Sorry, but you are wrong (trust me: I am a teacher in swedish as a second language). The swedish language has almost a strict word order. We use it in order to vary the sentences: we do not want to start every statement with a subject (jag, hon, pennan...). You can however change the meaning by using your pronunciation with 'sentence stress' (satsaccent på svenska) but in written language it has the exact same meaning. :)
The Scandinavian language is less strict than English, but more strict than e.g. Czech. These are all SVO languages, subject-verb-object in basic sentences, but in more complex sentences Scandinavian has some more flexibility than English, like in this sentence that can be ordered two different ways, and that flexibility is generally used for emphasis.
The natural word order in Czech is not all too different, but as each noun's role in a sentence is determined by its case, it has a lot more flexibility than more analytical languages like Scandinavian and English.
@@Matildavux I have no idea what the heck you're trying to argue. Of course "jag går och fiskar" och "nu går jag och fiskar" are accurate ways of speaking and communicating different things.
"Jag går och fixar det med en gång" is how we speak.
How people speak dictates how language is used, not grammar and archaic rules.
Tjej was originally slang from Romani chib I believe but now it's the preferred word for girl. Language changes.
Just shut up.
Jag argumenterade inte. Jag förklarade att betydelsen inte ändras när man sätter "nu" först i meningen Nu går jag och fiskar i jämförelse med Jag går och fiskar nu. De betyder samma sak om du uttalar dem neutralt. Det handlar alltså inte om grammatik utan pragmatik - alltså hur språket används i dagligt tal. Jag undervisar i svenska som andraspråk så jag vet vad jag snackar om och försökte hjälpa till. Jag hoppas att du kan pröva att vara snällare och inte skriva otrevligheter till dina medkommentatorer. Allt du läser är inte åsikter. Ha en fin kväll @@helmaschine1885 !
Hi! I like it! I was a student at Stockholms Universitet waaaay before you-two were born! It was fun to go back with you. Will be in Sweden summer 2020! Good luck to you both.