kung karl ja, men det var vanliga svenka och finska män som vann dom där slagen, genomförde kampanjerna och dog i massor av druvhagel och fältsjuka, hylla dom!
I wish Carolus Rex could become alive so he could charge with his caroleans and wipe out all the muslims and our government. So our Sweden can be free and glorious as it once was!
My favorite Swedish King The greatest king of his time patriot briliant general and great statesman he made the Empire great again and try to save it from ruin alas he died on field of battle withoud saving the empire even so he should be remember for his deads and in more personal level his ideals and ethics!
Remamber !!! A year 1700, the swedish army called Karoliner, were the worlds best trained and helthy army, not even russia itself could beat up sweden !
King Karl XII lost the war because he was attacked from three different ways, Noway denmark, Sachsen, polen, and russia were at war whit sweden at the same time ! I think King Karl XII was one of the historys most skilled battlehero ! without Karl XII i think sweden would not be a freee nation today !
och något som ej kommer att högtidlighållas när Sverige o Norden blivit en Muslimsk utpost
Men det blir väl ingen större skillnad när det handlar om att minnas vår storhetstid jämfört med hur det är idag, när Liberalismen gjort oss till en grå massa av losers
Ja man kan inte göra annat än att skämmas över sina landsmän idag, vad har Sverige blivit? 200 år av fred har gjort oss till ryggradslösa förlorare. Det är svårt att tro att karolinerna och vikingarna är våra förfäder. Fikusar och veklingar låter mera troligt.
Nej fy fan jag mår illa av att se stolt svensk historia för att det påminner mig om hur äckligt allt är idag.
Karl XII, en stor man med många missöden, att han dog i Norge var ju helt random, han blev skjuten av norrmän förvisso, men det var druvhagel, från ca: 500m, helt omöjligt att skjuta träffsäkert då.... Druvhagel är hagel som skjuts med kanon, myten om knappen är helt omöjlig, kolla på en bild av Karl XII hålet i hans huvud skulle aldrig komma från en liten knapp. Norska en del nationalister säger dock att det var en prickskytt... hahaha.
Den blodiga knappen hittades nära Karl XII och det visade sig att knappen kom från Karl XII:s uniform han hade i Turkiet. Den knappen hade självklart kunnat göra den skada Karl XII fick när han blev träffas och självklart har jag sett bilden.
Myten om en knapp är inte alls så dålig, vad dom har hittat är en turkisk uniforms knapp med samma storlek som kulhålet i hans huvud, och om man läser på om karl den XII så spenderade han flera år i turkiet så om myten med knappen är sann så sköts han utan en nära kompis.
Man behöver inte läsa på för att ha råkat höra att han drog till Turkiet efter Poltava, men knapp-myten är inte speciellt trolig, det kanske inte är sant att han blev träffad av druvhagel, men någon knapp tror jag inte det var.
satans bra Fucking good this is history long live you for this song and fotos reeally good . Thhanks (tack ska du ha om du er från skandinavien) peace and love zebba
Not Carolus XII, Carolus Rex XII ..Gustav II Adolf was a great king 2..sweden had alot of great Kings back in the times..we must be proud of that..cheers
If anybody is worthy of sitting at the table of Odin in Valhalla, it must be this king of Sweden, Carolus XII.
Imagine a king that fights for his PEOPLE in almost 20 years of perpetual war, against horrible enemy odds. Giving up all personal comfort and sacrifiseing himself totally for his men. THATS a true king.
Yeah, and he was the last king in WHOLE of Europe that fought side by side with his soldiers and not standing behind his soldiers, Carolus was always where the fight was the most bloody. He was natural born warrior, and he as a little boy wanted to go to battle side by side with his father.
Riktigt bra video! Karl XII var vår beskyddare. Utan hans framgångar hade Ryssland, Danmark-Norge och Sachsen-Polen erövrat oss och delat upp vårt land i bitar.
You've done a really fine job here. The music may not be the same time-period as the subject, but I think it suits it & compliments your awesome collection of pictures.....I totally enjoyed this video.Thanks for sharing it.
Yes, I agree. It's true that ,sometimes, a modern piece of music "works" better for a scene than one of the "appropriate" time-period"......maybe it's because the audience's ears are more accustomed to modern music & respond better to it???
han är ej död, han blundar: hans blund ett sekel var. Böj Svea, knä vid griften, din störste son göms der. Läs nötta minneskriften, din hjeltedikt hon är.Med blottadt hufvud stiger historien dit och lär, och Svenska äran viger
Ingen Svensk kung har någonsin hetat Charles, det må så vara att engelsmännen vi kalla honom vid det, men namn översätts inte enligt mig, han är döpt Carl och skall kallas vid antingen sitt riktiga namn Carl eller Kalle dussin. ;) bra film förövrigt
Om huruvida man ska översätta namn eller ej är inte din sak att bestämma. Nuförtiden översätts inte namn (påvens undantaget), men man gjorde det förr. Därför är det korrekt att skriva Charles, Carlos, Karol, Kaarle eller Carlo om man skriver på engelska, franska, spanska, polska, finska, italienska etc.
Are you sure? I was sure I also read that Hitler recieved some kind of statue/model on Charles XII. But you might be right, it would make more sense to use Gustav II Adolf.
It would have been pretty ironic if it was Charles XII though :)
Yes i'm sure, Hitler took part in the "celebration" ( honoring) of Gustavus death at Lutzen, in 1932. There he said the famous qoute; "Gustavus was the greatest german that has walked this earth"
Svenska män och kvinnor, som i den tyske ledaren och folkkanslern Adolf Hitler se Europas räddare, vilja ge uttryck åt sin djupt kända hedersbevisning och tacksamhet. Vi förbinda med denna hälsning en erinran om vår store konung Karl XII, som i sin hårda historiska kamp var besjälad av samma anda, vilken vi svenskar också förnimma i Eder världshistoriska insats för Stortysklands grundande och Europas vidmakthållande."
Men vad vill du bevisa när du citerar dessa ord? Inte bara svenskarna utan nästan alla i Europa beundrade Hitler på den där tiden.Till och med Churchill sade om honom 1938 i det britiska parlamentet "I have always said that if Great Britain were defeated in war I hoped we should find a Hitler to lead us back to our rightful position among the nations."
He deafeted three Countrys and destroyed the Russian army at Narva. He was an excellent leader, But a bad bad Diplomat. He should have marched toward Moscow after Narva. Or made peace with Russia after the fall of Schasen.
Russia offered peace with good terms after Narva, but Carl XII refused. It was only sensible option. Then he destroyed his army in Russia very similar way as Napoleon and Hitler did later. Russia has been a graveyard of great conquest armies during war history. It is a cruel land with huge size, long distance and icy cold winter. Russia has been real nightmare envinronment for nearly every conquest army from west. The greatest generals of Russia are huge land area and that famous winter.
The peace threay Russia offered after Narva, was to have Estonia. Which we off course didnt accept, ANd yes, Russia have allways been saved by their climate, and their tactic "Sorched earth Tecnic". Without their climare, Russia would have been defeated long ago, since their people aint that strong in war. They are many, But their way of thinking doesnt work in war.
Estonia? I did not now that? I understand well that it was imposible to accept. Anyway it was a huge scale war strategy failure to march Russia. It is allways much easier to defend own areas (troops well supported) than attack inside hostile foreign area, especially when that area is Russia. I can´t understand why Carl XII did not kick Russians off from just by russians occupied St Peterburg area. He had no patience to wait Russian army´s attack and fight against them on own area or near it.
Yes indeed. But i think Charles XII should have moved hes army straight toward Moscow, and Force Tsar Peter to stand up an army to face the Threat. Then we would have had an Possibility to crush them and maybee kill or take Tsar Peter as prisoner.
But then again, Sweden still had Poland/Schasen left to defeat.. But in my point of view Russia still was the greatest threat.
Napoleon marched to Moscow and won nothing. He had to leave Moscow, becouse it was impossible to maintain his army there surrounded by hostile Russian troops during winter without enough food etc army maintain stuff. Russia´s army only waited that Napoleon´s army is weak enough and then started to attack against it. Moscow is only a city in Russia. Coquering Moscow does not mean that Russia is conquered or Tsar surrenders after it or even is willing to negotiate about peace treaty.
You seem to forget that Moscow was a spiritual city to the russians in this time. Peter the Great had just started to reform Russia when the Great Northic War broke out, and he had the majority of the nobles and citizens against him. If Moscow would have fallen, Peter whould have faced sever consequences because of his unpoularity with the nobles and citizens. If Charles II had taken Moscow after the Battle of Narva, Peter the Great would most likey have been assassinated by his own troops.
Swedish field marshall Jakob De la Gardie attacked from Novgorod to Moscow and occupied it 1610. "He was called "lazy" becouse he stayed there quite a long time with his army. He occupied Novgorod even 6 years. Though at that time Swedish army occupied Novgorod and Moscow, it was impossible to keep those cities permanently or win Russia totally, though Russia was weaker than during Tsar Peter´s reign. The peace treaty of Stolbova 1617 then was guite good for Sweden. Never underestimate Russia.
Yes, one should absolutely never underestimate Russia. But Charles II had a chanse to go for Moscow and maybe even capture Peter the Great, and without him Russia would have returned to its former retarded state where Sweden would have had no problems to dominate them, taking a small piece of Russa from time to time. But he never did, and instead he turned towards Poland-Saxony who were far weaker than Russia.
Yes, but the difference is, the Tzar Alexander had Saint Petersberg to fall back on. In fact, the Russian Imperial gaurd was stationed at St Petersburg and not Moscow. Charles XII could still have a huge bargaining chip with Moscow, seeing as it was the only city in Russia with much (or any) significance.
I'm talking Alexander the First and Napoleon. When Napoleon took Moscow, the Russians simply left and took safe refuge in St. Petersburg. Peter I did not have that luxury, so capturing Moscow would have been the nail that sealed Russia's fate had Charles not been so glory hungry.
The Russian campaigns strategic goal was to take Moscow you know, but the russians burned thier crops and villages in wall like matter infront of Moscow, so the army seperated and eventualy starved, forceing the battle at Poltava and the campaign was lost. Charles was glory hungry in the way the we woudnt term peace until his enemy was totaly defeated, he coud have made peace whit russia after Narva.
Not true, the Russians would only agree on a peace where they got a port to the Baltic, which was without any doubt completely unacceptable terms, what was then the point of 100 years of warfare and countless of Swedish lives if we gave up our "Dominum Maris Baltici" just like that? Charles only fought for the Empire, and did so after being attacked, he was the last true hero king. All shit about it being his fault that the empire fell is utter bull shit.
@k1lkenny Quoterar Karl här "I have resolved never to start an unjust war but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies". Hade hans filosofi varit att skapa fred eller hålla sig till att försvara sitt land så hade nog den svenska stormakten överlevt ett bra tag till för att slåss en annan dag. Karl var nog den bäste kung vi kunnat haft vid ett sådant krig, men hans benägenhet att total besegra sina fiender led till ruin. Han kunde också gjort fred efter Poltava.
Every morning, I jump-start myself out of bed, feeling overwhelmed by the sheer fact that I own a magnificent Volvo, live in a house better built than anything found abroad and enjoy babes out of this world.
Once, many hundred years ago Sweden was a strong nation with powerfull army. (during that time finnish guys fought in that army). Then came that muddle-headed teenage king Carl XII without any sense of political realism. He had military leadership skills on battlefield, but he had no any kind of strategy or common sense. Since Poltava swedish army began to be a joke on battlefield with idiotic coward generals mad kings and idiotic war strategies. The war 1808-09 was enough for finnish people.
The war 1809-09 lead to the Counquest of Finland by Russia. And Sweden gained Norway. The reason Sweden lost Finland to Russia was because Russia attacked Sweden without any Declaration of war and caught us by Surprise.
And Charles XII was a Great Leader, but a bad Diplomat.
Carl XII was a skillfull general on battlefield, but he had no wider war strategy skills like good general have. Battles are only short periods during wars. He destroyed his army in Russia (Poltava). His war strategy was senseless and unrealistic. Carl XII had no any kind of statesman skills/diplomatitc foreign policy skills to be a king. The 1809-09 war was a totall military failure too. Real reason was mad king Custav IV Adolf and totally incompetent Swedish army leadership/coward generals.
(error) I meaned 1808-1809 war, which was the final sunset of the Swedish Empire after about 100 year decline since Poltava 28.6.1709. Swedish war strategy during 1808-1809 was one of the most senseless war strategies ever during war history, king was mad and generals were cowards who did not want to fight. Of cource that war was a totall failure. It was easy for finnish people accept tsar Alexander I´s offer to be a half indenpendent parlamentar Grand Dutchy under Russia´s protection.
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Yeah...typical swedish thinking. There is no war, if there is no war declaration, lol :)
I do not wonder why the Swedish Empire collapsed :) Swedish army escaped same speed as Russian troops moved, the King of Sweden Custav IV Adolf was mad and gave all the time senseless orders. Swedish generals were cowards and totall idiots without any sense of war strategies. Of cource all that happened becouse there was no war declaration. We did not want to be anymore part of that kind of decline kingdom.
well, Swedens Army in Finland consisted mostly of Finns, While the Swedish well disciplined ones were in Sweden to protect the borders against Denmark-Norway. And i agree on that Gustav was a Crazy king. But he was overpowered by the Generals later anyway,
Military strategy orders from Stockholm were clear. The order was retreat to Sweden and there was totally unrealistic plan to reconquer Finland later. Döbel began to fight agaist those Swedish orders from Stockholm and won his battle. Finnish origin soldiers were really angry for their leading army officers who ordered retreat all the time instead of fighting for Finland. People in Finland army included lost totally their since Poltava/russian occupation weakened trust towards Sweden forever.
Sweden was strong during the era of the Swedish Empire. After Poltava began then decline of that northern kingdom, which once ruled whole Baltic sea area, some important North Germany´s areas included. People in Finland are proud of that era of military honour and great war victories when finnish soldiers fought bravely in that glorious army. But you can not deny the decline and collapse of the Swedish Empire since Poltava. The war 1808-1809 was then the sunset of weakened Swedish Empire.
The era was different, Russia was actually wuite good organised during the Napoleon war. Sweden had bad Generals and leaders, Cronstedt was a good Naval commander, But a Coward at land since he gave up Svea Fortress to the Russians without a Fight. ANd gave the Russians free passage to invade Finland from the West through the sea.
During the Great Northern War Sweden were actually quite close to win the war. Charles XII did a good work.
Men det är något som är poppis att säga, lite wendela-aftonbladet "stolt fotbollsmamma med klös"-stilen. Jag som själv jobbar inom ämnet ser självklart på din sk historia lärare som en ganska ovetande och gärna "provokativ" person som hellre följer pöblen än historieböckerna.
Ja, om han vill att Sverige skulle vara lika svagt som typ estland eller något annat liknande fjuttland. Men det är väl önskedrömmen för dessa Sverigehatare...
Anser han att Ryssland, England, USA och Kina skulle agerat på sådant sätt på 1940 talet? Bara ge bort allt som Tyskland och Japan ville ha bara för att undvika krig?
Pacifism är den farligaste störningen en människa kan ha. För det inbjuder alla andra att utnyttja den naiva pacifisten.
Haja, så vad har han emot Sverige då? I Sverige så var ju alla män helt fria och representerades i Riksdagen. I de andra länderna så levde ju folket under feudalistiskt förtryck, speciellt i Ryssland och Polen.
Så om man ska jämföra det stora nordiska kriget med ww2 så är det Sverige som är de fria västländerna och de som angrep Sverige de onda nazisterna...
Kanske är den okände diplomaten som står till höger om kungen på en av bilderna ovan min släkting, greven Samuel Barck? Det var ju bl. a. han och Arvid Horn (kavallerigeneral) - bägge riksråd - som tog makten över Sverige efter kungens död 1719!
He was killed at Fredriksten fortress right? I think I remember seeing a monument for him there. No wonder Sweden never managed to capure it, it is huge and perfectly placed.
The Siege was almost captured, The Swedes had captured all of the strong fortications surrounding the fortress, the swedish trenches was just one hundred meters infront of the main fortress.
The Swedes were more then the Local militia defending the fortress.
The Danish commander himself said that he was only able to hold the fortress for another few days. Had the King not been killed, Frederiksten would most certainly had fallen and Norway would probably have faced Swedish occupation.
Mera...Kapten Georg Gagge (dansk adel) - min förfader - tjänstgjorde under Karl XII och var bl. a. med om slaget vid Poltava. Han blev krigsfånge sedan och kom tillbaka till Sverige och Åland efter många år (hade ett gods där: Germundsö). Karl XII var en stark kung och ledare men han hade också dåliga sidor.
By the way I'm no Russian I'm Serbian but I like both Swedes and Russians.Russians wouldn't be the same without Swedish blood from the old times.Russians and Swedish should be friends!
I no he was not stupid,but he did not seem to understand politics of that time,Sweden was first Baltic power and had the strongest army,but he didn't found any allies and waged a war against Denmark,Poland,Saxony,Livonians,Russia,Prussia...to much.
Charles? His name was Karl, why change the name? :o
Hexaron 1 month ago
Sverige vakna!
MrDale29 2 months ago
Are there any movies about him?
GentlemanGhost1 2 months ago
kung karl ja, men det var vanliga svenka och finska män som vann dom där slagen, genomförde kampanjerna och dog i massor av druvhagel och fältsjuka, hylla dom!
hejsvejk 3 months ago
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Det är okunnigt och felaktigt att framställa honom som en krigshetsare.
Som tonåring ställdes alla stormakter omkring honom emot hans rike.
Det han gjorde var inte bara moraliskt riktigt, det var realpolitiskt oundvikligt.
Jag vill inte se Ryssland, Danmark, Litauen eller Polen stå i lågor, men om de anfaller Sverige får det nog bli så.
Man kan utmana Sverige i fotboll, basket, ishockey. OK. Om man gör det i krig är man närapå sinnessjuk.
scholion 4 months ago
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scholion 4 months ago
En verdig hyllest til en fantastisk konge!
HenrikNeslow 5 months ago
Its make me to be a proud swede, Especially at 2:55
TheSwedishPatriot 1 year ago
"Titans" from the movie "Alexander"... But i have to say it fits him pretty well
Galentw 1 year ago
I wish Carolus Rex could become alive so he could charge with his caroleans and wipe out all the muslims and our government. So our Sweden can be free and glorious as it once was!
LEVE SVERIGE!!
JGBGW 1 year ago 3
mighty
Brajagare 1 year ago
Karl XII saved the swedish nation !
musplattann 1 year ago 4
sweden saviour in our memories!
aurgelmer123 1 year ago
the Good!
aurgelmer123 1 year ago
You can't feed a russian army whit give them balticum the would (when they had the chanse) propaly countinue and take finland to.
musplattann 1 year ago
My favorite Swedish King The greatest king of his time patriot briliant general and great statesman he made the Empire great again and try to save it from ruin alas he died on field of battle withoud saving the empire even so he should be remember for his deads and in more personal level his ideals and ethics!
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago 5
deeds*
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago
Without Karl XII i think sweden would not be a freee nation today !
musplattann 1 year ago 3
Ah, nevermind. Found it, if anyone that wonders its Vangelis Titans.
tyskbulle 1 year ago
Whats the name of the song? Ive been looking all over for it.
tyskbulle 1 year ago
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Nordost44 1 year ago
What a great video!
And what a great king!!!
Nordost44 1 year ago 4
Leve fornstora dagar!!.
Primetime2088 1 year ago
Leve fornstora dagar!!.
Primetime2088 1 year ago
very nice video about a great period of Sweden, it's army and Great King ;-)
Lancier10eRegiment 1 year ago
Remamber !!! A year 1700, the swedish army called Karoliner, were the worlds best trained and helthy army, not even russia itself could beat up sweden !
King Karl XII lost the war because he was attacked from three different ways, Noway denmark, Sachsen, polen, and russia were at war whit sweden at the same time ! I think King Karl XII was one of the historys most skilled battlehero ! without Karl XII i think sweden would not be a freee nation today !
musplattann 1 year ago
His name is not King Charles XII, I'ts Kung Karl XII
musplattann 1 year ago
cool video
jeremyabq 1 year ago
finns det något vackrare än caroliner
Howler54 1 year ago 4
Well, whatever you can say about Charles..
He sure made the cowards pay a hefty price for ganging up on us. Pathetic, it was.
ScilusVacilius 1 year ago 4
Karl XII var en av de största! Dock inte att förglömma... hans far var större. Karl XI! Ärat vare hans namn!
skitkjell85 2 years ago 5
Halvt nästan förnedrande att översätta Karl till Charles.
Fredrikbb 2 years ago 7
Självklart menar jag DET germanska raseriet*
Johanssonism 2 years ago
Den germanska raseriet finns fortfarande kvar!
Precis som när Arminius slaktade romarnas elit-legioner med hjälp av bönder så ska vi krossa förtryckarsystemet!
När germanerna fick nog brakade helvetet lös!
Johanssonism 2 years ago 12
ja, det finns för många unga friska män i Sverige idag. Om hälften av oss dog nånstans så skulle detta vara ett bättre land att leva i.
lonbowo 2 years ago 4
förrädarätten bernadotte fick makten.
Tungurknifur 2 years ago 5
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You failed to note that he was a HOMOSEXUAL
ErnstZwindle 2 years ago
There's no proof of that.
coolthing100 2 years ago
Det var då det!
och något som ej kommer att högtidlighållas när Sverige o Norden blivit en Muslimsk utpost
Men det blir väl ingen större skillnad när det handlar om att minnas vår storhetstid jämfört med hur det är idag, när Liberalismen gjort oss till en grå massa av losers
Hell Seger
Balian62 2 years ago 8
Ja man kan inte göra annat än att skämmas över sina landsmän idag, vad har Sverige blivit? 200 år av fred har gjort oss till ryggradslösa förlorare. Det är svårt att tro att karolinerna och vikingarna är våra förfäder. Fikusar och veklingar låter mera troligt.
Nej fy fan jag mår illa av att se stolt svensk historia för att det påminner mig om hur äckligt allt är idag.
Dorkus89Malorkus 2 years ago 13
Håller fullständigt med.
joonte1010 2 years ago 4
Fan jävligt bra sagt, det stämmer verkligen. politisk korrekthet och etnomasochism genomsyrar svenska folket idag
StyrbjornStarke 2 years ago 5
Det där med knapp/druvhagel är b.s, alla vet att det var en SCUD-robot.
Johanssonism 2 years ago
Karl XII, en stor man med många missöden, att han dog i Norge var ju helt random, han blev skjuten av norrmän förvisso, men det var druvhagel, från ca: 500m, helt omöjligt att skjuta träffsäkert då.... Druvhagel är hagel som skjuts med kanon, myten om knappen är helt omöjlig, kolla på en bild av Karl XII hålet i hans huvud skulle aldrig komma från en liten knapp. Norska en del nationalister säger dock att det var en prickskytt... hahaha.
Agrikultur 2 years ago
Sista meningen blev konstig men ni förstår nog.
Agrikultur 2 years ago
Från nära håll hade en "liten" knapp kunnat göra stor skada.
joonte1010 2 years ago
Det är en myt och det är allt den är. Knappen man hittat låg långt ifrån där Karl XII dog.
Om du inte sett bilden på Kalles kranium så borde du göra det...
Agrikultur 2 years ago
Den blodiga knappen hittades nära Karl XII och det visade sig att knappen kom från Karl XII:s uniform han hade i Turkiet. Den knappen hade självklart kunnat göra den skada Karl XII fick när han blev träffas och självklart har jag sett bilden.
joonte1010 2 years ago
Myten om en knapp är inte alls så dålig, vad dom har hittat är en turkisk uniforms knapp med samma storlek som kulhålet i hans huvud, och om man läser på om karl den XII så spenderade han flera år i turkiet så om myten med knappen är sann så sköts han utan en nära kompis.
Tolle91 2 years ago
Man behöver inte läsa på för att ha råkat höra att han drog till Turkiet efter Poltava, men knapp-myten är inte speciellt trolig, det kanske inte är sant att han blev träffad av druvhagel, men någon knapp tror jag inte det var.
Agrikultur 2 years ago
Svenskar! Svenskar! Svenskar!
joonte1010 2 years ago
Med svenskerhår
keglelaila 2 years ago
Nice work! Many Finns wer Carolins as well. They fought very bravely for Sweden!
pirunvasara666 2 years ago 20
Wasnt Finnland and sweden the same country at that time??
xystro 2 years ago 11
Yes but Finns have always been Finns with their own language and culture.
pirunvasara666 2 years ago 4
Yes, Finland was the eastern part of Sweden.
SakariTenhunen 2 years ago 5
Yes for 700 years...
Ragnartheshaman 2 years ago 3
Yes ! Therefore Russia couldn´t with us . :-))))
moema45 2 years ago 2
yes, and many thank you's for that, brothers.
Borin81 1 year ago
satans bra Fucking good this is history long live you for this song and fotos reeally good . Thhanks (tack ska du ha om du er från skandinavien) peace and love zebba
zebba1965 2 years ago
which music is this? whats the name of the group or orcester?
bobban777 2 years ago 3
Titans - Vangelis, Choir, Orchestra :)
EpiiioN 2 years ago
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1 : 10 wow a childs drawing huh?
FreeeeS 2 years ago
A very gifted child i can hardly draw sticky figures :D
vitnos3 2 years ago 2
lol
FreeeeS 2 years ago
I dont think you could draw better.
Morran09 2 years ago
fuck you!
FreeeeS 2 years ago
HAHAHAHA! i think it was coolthing that made that, haha!
Noahwig 2 years ago
to bad, Sweden wont ever be what it was. But we must remember our proud history, not just the hero kings, the soldiers aswell.
kaffeflingor 2 years ago 5
Not Carolus XII, Carolus Rex XII ..Gustav II Adolf was a great king 2..sweden had alot of great Kings back in the times..we must be proud of that..cheers
Dethstarz 2 years ago
Dominus Protectus Meus!
RomaVictor73 2 years ago
CAROLVS REX SVECIAE!!!
17461771 2 years ago 15
If anybody is worthy of sitting at the table of Odin in Valhalla, it must be this king of Sweden, Carolus XII.
Imagine a king that fights for his PEOPLE in almost 20 years of perpetual war, against horrible enemy odds. Giving up all personal comfort and sacrifiseing himself totally for his men. THATS a true king.
THordasson 2 years ago 45
He can sit with Gustav II Adolph at Odin's great table in Valhalla. Those two men were absolutely remarkable.
roopr 2 years ago 14
I doubt they will since they were christians
vikingablod1016 2 years ago
Meh! Details! lol
roopr 2 years ago
Yeah, and he was the last king in WHOLE of Europe that fought side by side with his soldiers and not standing behind his soldiers, Carolus was always where the fight was the most bloody. He was natural born warrior, and he as a little boy wanted to go to battle side by side with his father.
Zhyperos 2 years ago 4
@THordasson What a hero he was
angrysamoan666 1 year ago
@THordasson Wasn the king christian?XD
ImperialGuard9001 4 months ago
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hsjokvist 2 years ago
whats the melody for this Video
vitnos3 2 years ago 6
Vangelis - Titans
hsjokvist 2 years ago 2
Riktigt bra video! Karl XII var vår beskyddare. Utan hans framgångar hade Ryssland, Danmark-Norge och Sachsen-Polen erövrat oss och delat upp vårt land i bitar.
bjorinn 2 years ago 15
Great warrior king.And good video.
AlexiusComnenus1 2 years ago 16
WHAT IS THIS SONG? :)
emokiller3 2 years ago 3
Whats the music ( english name ) plz tell i like it
DarthNithilues 2 years ago 6
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Vangelis - Titans
hsjokvist 2 years ago
Vår stolta Kung Karl XII avlade avkommor
utan äktenskap! Karl XII blod rinner i våra stolta Svenska landsmän ! ; )
beoargentocorp 2 years ago 4
hur tänker du nu?
wilhelme94 2 years ago 2
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Ja det undrar jag också ... Om något "gökade" han väl med Horor i andra länder eftersom han mestadelen av sitt liv var utomlands och krigade.
jakobthenpp 2 years ago
Källa?
jwillborg 2 years ago
Det är vel synbart när du ser våra stolta,starka, vackra Svenska män och kvinnor! <3<3<3<3<314/88<3<3<3<3<3
beoargentocorp 2 years ago 6
fan vad bra synd ayy karl XII var en så missförståd kung bara för att han förvarade riket hela sitt liv och inte gifte sig tror folk att han är bög
vilken tacksamhet...
wilhelme94 2 years ago 14
You've done a really fine job here. The music may not be the same time-period as the subject, but I think it suits it & compliments your awesome collection of pictures.....I totally enjoyed this video.Thanks for sharing it.
ggmorvaj 2 years ago 8
The Music fits in perfectly, I think the Music fits more for the Gundpowder age then the ancient age.
joonte1010 2 years ago 3
Yes, I agree. It's true that ,sometimes, a modern piece of music "works" better for a scene than one of the "appropriate" time-period"......maybe it's because the audience's ears are more accustomed to modern music & respond better to it???
ggmorvaj 2 years ago
Thank you
coolthing100 2 years ago
No,please don't thank me......you earned the compliment, totally.Excellent video.
ggmorvaj 2 years ago 7
jättefin musik, den passar verkligen in :)
Ragnartheshaman 2 years ago 2
Än bor i Nordens lundar den höga anden qvar,
han är ej död, han blundar: hans blund ett sekel var. Böj Svea, knä vid griften, din störste son göms der. Läs nötta minneskriften, din hjeltedikt hon är.Med blottadt hufvud stiger historien dit och lär, och Svenska äran viger
sin segerfana der.
jimmyn89 2 years ago 11
Ingen Svensk kung har någonsin hetat Charles, det må så vara att engelsmännen vi kalla honom vid det, men namn översätts inte enligt mig, han är döpt Carl och skall kallas vid antingen sitt riktiga namn Carl eller Kalle dussin. ;) bra film förövrigt
Serviceteknikern 2 years ago
Om huruvida man ska översätta namn eller ej är inte din sak att bestämma. Nuförtiden översätts inte namn (påvens undantaget), men man gjorde det förr. Därför är det korrekt att skriva Charles, Carlos, Karol, Kaarle eller Carlo om man skriver på engelska, franska, spanska, polska, finska, italienska etc.
Svebicum 2 years ago 2
Charles XII was once called the greatest germans(ic) of all time by Hitler - Good or bad, well I let you be the judge. :)
MrMugg 2 years ago
Actually that was Gustav II adolf
coolthing100 2 years ago
Are you sure? I was sure I also read that Hitler recieved some kind of statue/model on Charles XII. But you might be right, it would make more sense to use Gustav II Adolf.
It would have been pretty ironic if it was Charles XII though :)
MrMugg 2 years ago
Yes i'm sure, Hitler took part in the "celebration" ( honoring) of Gustavus death at Lutzen, in 1932. There he said the famous qoute; "Gustavus was the greatest german that has walked this earth"
coolthing100 2 years ago
Hitler did actually recieve a statue of Karl XII.
Svenska män och kvinnor, som i den tyske ledaren och folkkanslern Adolf Hitler se Europas räddare, vilja ge uttryck åt sin djupt kända hedersbevisning och tacksamhet. Vi förbinda med denna hälsning en erinran om vår store konung Karl XII, som i sin hårda historiska kamp var besjälad av samma anda, vilken vi svenskar också förnimma i Eder världshistoriska insats för Stortysklands grundande och Europas vidmakthållande."
jimmyn89 2 years ago 2
Men vad vill du bevisa när du citerar dessa ord? Inte bara svenskarna utan nästan alla i Europa beundrade Hitler på den där tiden.Till och med Churchill sade om honom 1938 i det britiska parlamentet "I have always said that if Great Britain were defeated in war I hoped we should find a Hitler to lead us back to our rightful position among the nations."
Turksarebarbarians 1 year ago
@coolthing100 haha are you serious?
swedo88 1 year ago
He deafeted three Countrys and destroyed the Russian army at Narva. He was an excellent leader, But a bad bad Diplomat. He should have marched toward Moscow after Narva. Or made peace with Russia after the fall of Schasen.
joonte1010 2 years ago
Russia offered peace with good terms after Narva, but Carl XII refused. It was only sensible option. Then he destroyed his army in Russia very similar way as Napoleon and Hitler did later. Russia has been a graveyard of great conquest armies during war history. It is a cruel land with huge size, long distance and icy cold winter. Russia has been real nightmare envinronment for nearly every conquest army from west. The greatest generals of Russia are huge land area and that famous winter.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
The peace threay Russia offered after Narva, was to have Estonia. Which we off course didnt accept, ANd yes, Russia have allways been saved by their climate, and their tactic "Sorched earth Tecnic". Without their climare, Russia would have been defeated long ago, since their people aint that strong in war. They are many, But their way of thinking doesnt work in war.
joonte1010 2 years ago
Estonia? I did not now that? I understand well that it was imposible to accept. Anyway it was a huge scale war strategy failure to march Russia. It is allways much easier to defend own areas (troops well supported) than attack inside hostile foreign area, especially when that area is Russia. I can´t understand why Carl XII did not kick Russians off from just by russians occupied St Peterburg area. He had no patience to wait Russian army´s attack and fight against them on own area or near it.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
Yes indeed. But i think Charles XII should have moved hes army straight toward Moscow, and Force Tsar Peter to stand up an army to face the Threat. Then we would have had an Possibility to crush them and maybee kill or take Tsar Peter as prisoner.
But then again, Sweden still had Poland/Schasen left to defeat.. But in my point of view Russia still was the greatest threat.
joonte1010 2 years ago 3
Napoleon marched to Moscow and won nothing. He had to leave Moscow, becouse it was impossible to maintain his army there surrounded by hostile Russian troops during winter without enough food etc army maintain stuff. Russia´s army only waited that Napoleon´s army is weak enough and then started to attack against it. Moscow is only a city in Russia. Coquering Moscow does not mean that Russia is conquered or Tsar surrenders after it or even is willing to negotiate about peace treaty.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
You seem to forget that Moscow was a spiritual city to the russians in this time. Peter the Great had just started to reform Russia when the Great Northic War broke out, and he had the majority of the nobles and citizens against him. If Moscow would have fallen, Peter whould have faced sever consequences because of his unpoularity with the nobles and citizens. If Charles II had taken Moscow after the Battle of Narva, Peter the Great would most likey have been assassinated by his own troops.
onlypeaceindeath 2 years ago 2
Swedish field marshall Jakob De la Gardie attacked from Novgorod to Moscow and occupied it 1610. "He was called "lazy" becouse he stayed there quite a long time with his army. He occupied Novgorod even 6 years. Though at that time Swedish army occupied Novgorod and Moscow, it was impossible to keep those cities permanently or win Russia totally, though Russia was weaker than during Tsar Peter´s reign. The peace treaty of Stolbova 1617 then was guite good for Sweden. Never underestimate Russia.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
Yes, one should absolutely never underestimate Russia. But Charles II had a chanse to go for Moscow and maybe even capture Peter the Great, and without him Russia would have returned to its former retarded state where Sweden would have had no problems to dominate them, taking a small piece of Russa from time to time. But he never did, and instead he turned towards Poland-Saxony who were far weaker than Russia.
onlypeaceindeath 2 years ago
Yes, but the difference is, the Tzar Alexander had Saint Petersberg to fall back on. In fact, the Russian Imperial gaurd was stationed at St Petersburg and not Moscow. Charles XII could still have a huge bargaining chip with Moscow, seeing as it was the only city in Russia with much (or any) significance.
JakobvonEugene 2 years ago
Alexander? You mean Peter I. What era are tokin' bout?
FreeeeS 2 years ago
I'm talking Alexander the First and Napoleon. When Napoleon took Moscow, the Russians simply left and took safe refuge in St. Petersburg. Peter I did not have that luxury, so capturing Moscow would have been the nail that sealed Russia's fate had Charles not been so glory hungry.
JakobvonEugene 2 years ago
The Russian campaigns strategic goal was to take Moscow you know, but the russians burned thier crops and villages in wall like matter infront of Moscow, so the army seperated and eventualy starved, forceing the battle at Poltava and the campaign was lost. Charles was glory hungry in the way the we woudnt term peace until his enemy was totaly defeated, he coud have made peace whit russia after Narva.
tyskbulle 2 years ago
@tyskbulle
Not true, the Russians would only agree on a peace where they got a port to the Baltic, which was without any doubt completely unacceptable terms, what was then the point of 100 years of warfare and countless of Swedish lives if we gave up our "Dominum Maris Baltici" just like that? Charles only fought for the Empire, and did so after being attacked, he was the last true hero king. All shit about it being his fault that the empire fell is utter bull shit.
k1lkenny 2 years ago 36
@k1lkenny Quoterar Karl här "I have resolved never to start an unjust war but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies". Hade hans filosofi varit att skapa fred eller hålla sig till att försvara sitt land så hade nog den svenska stormakten överlevt ett bra tag till för att slåss en annan dag. Karl var nog den bäste kung vi kunnat haft vid ett sådant krig, men hans benägenhet att total besegra sina fiender led till ruin. Han kunde också gjort fred efter Poltava.
tyskbulle 1 month ago
I don't consider him dead.
Every morning, I jump-start myself out of bed, feeling overwhelmed by the sheer fact that I own a magnificent Volvo, live in a house better built than anything found abroad and enjoy babes out of this world.
Sweden is THE strongest nation on Earth.
scholion 3 years ago 4
Once, many hundred years ago Sweden was a strong nation with powerfull army. (during that time finnish guys fought in that army). Then came that muddle-headed teenage king Carl XII without any sense of political realism. He had military leadership skills on battlefield, but he had no any kind of strategy or common sense. Since Poltava swedish army began to be a joke on battlefield with idiotic coward generals mad kings and idiotic war strategies. The war 1808-09 was enough for finnish people.
GBOY69GAY 3 years ago
The war 1809-09 lead to the Counquest of Finland by Russia. And Sweden gained Norway. The reason Sweden lost Finland to Russia was because Russia attacked Sweden without any Declaration of war and caught us by Surprise.
And Charles XII was a Great Leader, but a bad Diplomat.
joonte1010 2 years ago
Carl XII was a skillfull general on battlefield, but he had no wider war strategy skills like good general have. Battles are only short periods during wars. He destroyed his army in Russia (Poltava). His war strategy was senseless and unrealistic. Carl XII had no any kind of statesman skills/diplomatitc foreign policy skills to be a king. The 1809-09 war was a totall military failure too. Real reason was mad king Custav IV Adolf and totally incompetent Swedish army leadership/coward generals.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
(error) I meaned 1808-1809 war, which was the final sunset of the Swedish Empire after about 100 year decline since Poltava 28.6.1709. Swedish war strategy during 1808-1809 was one of the most senseless war strategies ever during war history, king was mad and generals were cowards who did not want to fight. Of cource that war was a totall failure. It was easy for finnish people accept tsar Alexander I´s offer to be a half indenpendent parlamentar Grand Dutchy under Russia´s protection.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
off course it was :S Since Finns have closer connection to Russians.
The only Coward in that war was Cronsdeth, otherwise we had some great Generals like Döbel.
The reason the war was lost was because of Russias invasion without any Declaration of war.
joonte1010 2 years ago
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Yeah...typical swedish thinking. There is no war, if there is no war declaration, lol :)
I do not wonder why the Swedish Empire collapsed :) Swedish army escaped same speed as Russian troops moved, the King of Sweden Custav IV Adolf was mad and gave all the time senseless orders. Swedish generals were cowards and totall idiots without any sense of war strategies. Of cource all that happened becouse there was no war declaration. We did not want to be anymore part of that kind of decline kingdom.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
well, Swedens Army in Finland consisted mostly of Finns, While the Swedish well disciplined ones were in Sweden to protect the borders against Denmark-Norway. And i agree on that Gustav was a Crazy king. But he was overpowered by the Generals later anyway,
joonte1010 2 years ago
Military strategy orders from Stockholm were clear. The order was retreat to Sweden and there was totally unrealistic plan to reconquer Finland later. Döbel began to fight agaist those Swedish orders from Stockholm and won his battle. Finnish origin soldiers were really angry for their leading army officers who ordered retreat all the time instead of fighting for Finland. People in Finland army included lost totally their since Poltava/russian occupation weakened trust towards Sweden forever.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
Ur trying to make Sweden look weak with ur comments? It was not Swedish soldeirs who lost the battles, The finns did.
joonte1010 2 years ago
Sweden was strong during the era of the Swedish Empire. After Poltava began then decline of that northern kingdom, which once ruled whole Baltic sea area, some important North Germany´s areas included. People in Finland are proud of that era of military honour and great war victories when finnish soldiers fought bravely in that glorious army. But you can not deny the decline and collapse of the Swedish Empire since Poltava. The war 1808-1809 was then the sunset of weakened Swedish Empire.
GBOY69GAY 2 years ago
The era was different, Russia was actually wuite good organised during the Napoleon war. Sweden had bad Generals and leaders, Cronstedt was a good Naval commander, But a Coward at land since he gave up Svea Fortress to the Russians without a Fight. ANd gave the Russians free passage to invade Finland from the West through the sea.
During the Great Northern War Sweden were actually quite close to win the war. Charles XII did a good work.
joonte1010 2 years ago
Härligt klipp för en fosterlandvän och historia-älskare!
"I med- och motgång, lika sin lyckas överman"
ankarspel 3 years ago 8
Fantastiskt bra!! Vad heter musiken?
Kronstadtsuperior 3 years ago
Min historielärare kallar Carl XII för sveriges största loser
NFTB94 3 years ago
Men det är något som är poppis att säga, lite wendela-aftonbladet "stolt fotbollsmamma med klös"-stilen. Jag som själv jobbar inom ämnet ser självklart på din sk historia lärare som en ganska ovetande och gärna "provokativ" person som hellre följer pöblen än historieböckerna.
shlick 3 years ago 3
Ge honom en historielektion då.
Scurck 3 years ago 3
det skulle inte spela någon roll han är typ imot krigarkungar i överhuvudtaget
NFTB94 3 years ago 3
Så han skulle ha föredragit att Sverige lade ner sina vapen när vi blev attackerade av Danmark, Ryssland, Polen och en bunt tyska stater samtidigt?
Scurck 3 years ago 5
han sa att sverige skulle utan större problem kunnat ge ifrån sig hela baltikum , finland och dom skånska landskapen för att undvika krig
NFTB94 3 years ago
Ja, om han vill att Sverige skulle vara lika svagt som typ estland eller något annat liknande fjuttland. Men det är väl önskedrömmen för dessa Sverigehatare...
Anser han att Ryssland, England, USA och Kina skulle agerat på sådant sätt på 1940 talet? Bara ge bort allt som Tyskland och Japan ville ha bara för att undvika krig?
Pacifism är den farligaste störningen en människa kan ha. För det inbjuder alla andra att utnyttja den naiva pacifisten.
Scurck 3 years ago 17
tror inte eftersom han kallar Hitler för mes och säger att det var tur att han stoppades
NFTB94 3 years ago
Haja, så vad har han emot Sverige då? I Sverige så var ju alla män helt fria och representerades i Riksdagen. I de andra länderna så levde ju folket under feudalistiskt förtryck, speciellt i Ryssland och Polen.
Så om man ska jämföra det stora nordiska kriget med ww2 så är det Sverige som är de fria västländerna och de som angrep Sverige de onda nazisterna...
Scurck 3 years ago 4
ja det har du rätt i, men det stora nordiska kriget fick tillskillnad från WW2 ett sorgligt slut
NFTB94 3 years ago
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Tänk vad din historielärare har rätt. Skulle vilja trycka din lärares hand.
Zoller 3 years ago
hehe ok
NFTB94 3 years ago
Han borde verkligen skämmas i så fall.
Kronstadtsuperior 3 years ago
One of my ancestors fought in that war! Carl Johan Nyberg!
But he later got killed because of hes wounds he got in the battle of Poltava, and diead at prison.
Im really proud that one of my ancestors fought in the Great Northern war as a hard Carolean! ^^
joonte1010 3 years ago 7
Kanske är den okände diplomaten som står till höger om kungen på en av bilderna ovan min släkting, greven Samuel Barck? Det var ju bl. a. han och Arvid Horn (kavallerigeneral) - bägge riksråd - som tog makten över Sverige efter kungens död 1719!
Vänligen
Ulf Sawert
Caecarulf 3 years ago 3
Nej? kom igen.. Om du hade haft någon sån förfader så hade du upptäckt det ganska enkelt när du gjort släktforskning..
joonte1010 3 years ago
Som joonte1010 skrev, du skulle kunna ta reda på det lätt.
shlick 3 years ago
He was killed at Fredriksten fortress right? I think I remember seeing a monument for him there. No wonder Sweden never managed to capure it, it is huge and perfectly placed.
Mablod 3 years ago
The Swedes was just about to storm it, it was just a matter of time, Charles died some hours before the final charge.
coolthing100 3 years ago
Well I think it's impossible to say what the result might have been, but the fortress was sieged 6 times and never captured.
Mablod 3 years ago
The Siege was almost captured, The Swedes had captured all of the strong fortications surrounding the fortress, the swedish trenches was just one hundred meters infront of the main fortress.
The Swedes were more then the Local militia defending the fortress.
coolthing100 3 years ago
Sweden have captured even bigger and more well protected Citys then Fredriksten through all our Wars.
As coolthing100 wrote, We were just about to attack it when our King got killed.
joonte1010 3 years ago 3
The Danish commander himself said that he was only able to hold the fortress for another few days. Had the King not been killed, Frederiksten would most certainly had fallen and Norway would probably have faced Swedish occupation.
Svebicum 3 years ago
Nice video...great music!
Ulf Sawert
Caecarulf 3 years ago 2
Är du släkt med Kungafamiljen?
joonte1010 3 years ago
Ja, jag tror det. Jag tror att Karl XIV Johan var min mormors morfars far.
Ulf Sawert
Caecarulf 3 years ago 5
Mera...Kapten Georg Gagge (dansk adel) - min förfader - tjänstgjorde under Karl XII och var bl. a. med om slaget vid Poltava. Han blev krigsfånge sedan och kom tillbaka till Sverige och Åland efter många år (hade ett gods där: Germundsö). Karl XII var en stark kung och ledare men han hade också dåliga sidor.
Ulf Sawert
Caecarulf 3 years ago
Jävligt fin video!
jimswe 3 years ago 5
Another nice, informative video of the coolest King Sweden ever had!
jettbugg 3 years ago 9
By the way I'm no Russian I'm Serbian but I like both Swedes and Russians.Russians wouldn't be the same without Swedish blood from the old times.Russians and Swedish should be friends!
2236LKB 3 years ago
Nevermind,good video.I respect Carolus XII
2236LKB 3 years ago 5
I no he was not stupid,but he did not seem to understand politics of that time,Sweden was first Baltic power and had the strongest army,but he didn't found any allies and waged a war against Denmark,Poland,Saxony,Livonians,Russia,Prussia...to much.
2236LKB 3 years ago 2
Thanks!.
He could wage war against all of these nations, he had the best army in europe at the time, although his russian invasion was simply...stupid.
coolthing100 3 years ago
He should allied himself with Russians,give them entrance to the sea, and he could conquer Europe then
2236LKB 3 years ago
That would never work.
He should have waited to invade russia, "Let the ruskies come to me"
coolthing100 3 years ago
He didn't even attack Russia,he defeated them in Estonia and then turned back on them.Then the Russians truly came.
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that would never work
coolthing100 3 years ago