So the character who is being interviewed in this clip...i think his name is bjarn (the idiot who ran the petrol station in the night shift)...when he is speaking swedish...does he have an icelandic accent?..and how does swedish sound when spoken by somebody from iceland?
And by the way Gunnigis thankyou for your answers..they are very informative...:-)
@635mikeyb His name is Georg Bjarnfreðarson (so he's the son of Bjarnfreður, his mother, which is rather unusual since most Icelanders have their fathers names, but since his father is unknown, he uses his mothers (and is pretty proud of that). See "Icelandic Names" on Wikipedia ).
All of the actors in this scene are Icelanders, which either do live or have lived in Sweden (including Jón Gnarr (Georg), which is now the mayor of Reykjavík). Most of them sound like the natives, but if you ask a Swede, he would claim that some of them are from Finland, at first...
@635mikeyb Not a silly question at all. The answer is no, but it's relatively easy for an Icelander to learn Swedish and vice versa.
Thousand years ago, it is said that everyone spoke the same language, called "Old Norse". Check for it on Wikipedia. Look for "Scandinavian languages" as well.
Both Icelandic and Swedish derive from Old Norse, but Icelandic is pretty much the same as Old Norse. So in a way you can say that Swedish derives from Icelandic. :-)
It sounds like many of them are Icelanders.. except a few.
bjorinn 6 months ago
1:01 NO U!!
lol
Fransinn3 6 months ago
So the character who is being interviewed in this clip...i think his name is bjarn (the idiot who ran the petrol station in the night shift)...when he is speaking swedish...does he have an icelandic accent?..and how does swedish sound when spoken by somebody from iceland?
And by the way Gunnigis thankyou for your answers..they are very informative...:-)
635mikeyb 7 months ago
@635mikeyb His name is Georg Bjarnfreðarson (so he's the son of Bjarnfreður, his mother, which is rather unusual since most Icelanders have their fathers names, but since his father is unknown, he uses his mothers (and is pretty proud of that). See "Icelandic Names" on Wikipedia ).
Gunnigis 7 months ago
All of the actors in this scene are Icelanders, which either do live or have lived in Sweden (including Jón Gnarr (Georg), which is now the mayor of Reykjavík). Most of them sound like the natives, but if you ask a Swede, he would claim that some of them are from Finland, at first...
Gunnigis 7 months ago
silly question....can icelanders and swedes understand each other?
are the 2 languages similar enough?
635mikeyb 7 months ago
@635mikeyb Not a silly question at all. The answer is no, but it's relatively easy for an Icelander to learn Swedish and vice versa.
Thousand years ago, it is said that everyone spoke the same language, called "Old Norse". Check for it on Wikipedia. Look for "Scandinavian languages" as well.
Both Icelandic and Swedish derive from Old Norse, but Icelandic is pretty much the same as Old Norse. So in a way you can say that Swedish derives from Icelandic. :-)
Gunnigis 7 months ago
And by "everyone", I meant everyone in Scandinavia (Finland does not count).
Gunnigis 7 months ago
what language are they speaking...swedish?
i assume the subtitles are icelandic...
635mikeyb 9 months ago
@635mikeyb Yes, it's Swedish. :-)
Gunnigis 9 months ago
i saw the night shift and loved it...i hope the day shift comes on british tv soon
635mikeyb 9 months ago