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The video is spot on, however that won't stop the far right Neo Nazi scum from condemning it, which they are in Denmark.Cultures and peoples don't exist in hermetically sealed vessels, walled off from one another. All cultures are full of borrowed ideas and practices. Cross-pollination of cultures is what creates new cultures all the time.
Almost all cultures are a snapshot, a moment in time for a people or a nation. Over long periods of time cultures change radically or evolve slowly into something new and different. A modern Swede has almost nothing in common with farmer/herder Jomsvikings from the 9th Century. So in the long run all cultures don't exist for any length of time as they are always transforming and evolving/changing.
In these two senses the OP's cited video is spot on.
Cheers.
Evilroddy.
Funny thing is.. Swedish meatball is based of a Danish meatball which I belive came from the Byzantine Empire/Roman or something like that. Only reason Swedish meatballs are as famous as they are, is because of the Swedish Cook on the Muppets.
While Scandinavians have a lot in common, it is no different that any country or region. Danes from the capital have different traditions than people from Jutland. Good example, a Southern Jutland tradition at weddings is to cut off the grooms sock toes. Only place it happens. Swedes are different in the North vs South, Lapland vs non Lapland and so on. There is no real "Scandinavian culture" per say.
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