These Are The 10 Scandinavian Dog Breeds

The Scandinavian region is part of northern Europe, which is universally known to consist of three countries: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Yet some argue that other areas, like Iceland, should be considered Scandinavian for geological reasons. No matter the actual landmass of Scandinavia, there are several dog breeds known to originate from the area.
Scandinavian dogs are typically hard-working and loyal, and they’re efficient when it comes to handling tough terrain and extreme weather conditions.
Many Scandinavian dogs were bred to hunt wild animals and manage domesticated livestock. In this video, we have listed the Top 10 Scandinavian Dog Breeds.

00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Broholmer
01:23 - Hamiltonstovare
01:48 - The Finnish Lapphund
02:22 - The Icelandic Sheepdog
02:59 - The Finnish Spitz
03:27 - Karelian Bear Dog
03:59 - The Norwegian Lundehund
04:34 - The Norwegian Elkhound
05:02 - The Swedish Vallhund
05:33 - The Norwegian Buhund
06:07 - Question

[thomasrocker]

I have a 3 year old Norwegian Elk Hound. He is the absolute sweetest dog I've ever owned. And he is very intelligent. He still gets in trouble every once in a while, but he's so smart he puts himself in time out.

[MysticLia]

This video should be called Top Nordic dog breeds

[mikrokupu]

You are including Finnish and Icelandic breeds, so why not to use the title "Nordic Dog Breeds"...?

[winston]

I've had four Norwegian Elkhounds, and have seldom found them to be particularly suspicious of strangers. They are fine family dogs, sensible watchdogs, smart, beautiful, and charismatic.

[zandraling]

I love the Swedish Jämthund (Swedish elkhound). Part of my childhood was spent in Jämtland and this was one of the most popular dogs for hunting. Such gorgeous dogs.

[elvirajanson]

Youv’e missed out the swedish elkhound (jämthund), Lapsk vallhund, Swedish herding dog

[anne-britmarkel]

First, Scandinavia is only Sweden, Norway an Denmark. The Nordic countries are Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland.
Secondly, several nordic breeds are missing in the list🙂

[ulflyng]

4:46 Norwegian Elkhound do not hunt "Elk". They hunt "Elg"~ moose

[jamthundguyuk]

I have a Jämthund aka Swedish Elkhound which is used to hunt Moose and is the Larger cousin of the Norwegian Elkhound.

[Il_Bruno]

Geographical intro where Finland has never been mention, then Finnish dogs appeared...

[valtterifani]

When I was younger, I had a Norwegian Greyhound and German Shepherd mix. The girl otherwise looked like a gray deerhound but had the head and personality of a German Shepherd. It was the easiest of all 3 dogs to train. In the morning, when you let it out, it could be 2 hours without being seen in the yard, but every time you whistled or shouted at it, it only took a minute before it came to see what was going on.

[jakobfredriksson]

"Here's Scandinavia!"
- Ignoring Finland
"These dogs are probably the most popular Scandinavian breed around the world"
- Talking about The Finnish Lapphund


:D

[eugeneward]

Daily groom of a Norwegian elkhound could prove harmful, they have oils in their fur that are essential to healthy skin and coat that over grooming (daily grooming) could disrupt... don’t make “informative” videos if the info isn’t correct😬 or could be potentially damaging. Also they shed biannually if they shed year round their diet is off or you’re over grooming and their natural oils are lacking. They also due to the oils in their fur do not need baths (maybe once a year) and almost never have a nasty “dog smell” to them. Norwegian elkhounds deserved way higher praise in this video.

[asgerswedishvallhunds]

Thank you for using an image of my boy taken from my website. (Swedish Vallhund)

[edlara]

I have a Karelian Bear Dog named Thor. He is going on 12 YO and is the best family and outdoor companion.

[bariksayan]

Norwegian Elkhound is My Favourite Dog

[kallebirgersson]

I miss the Danish-Swedish Farmdog on the list though. A smallish dog, reminiscent of a Jack Russel terrier

[holly]

We have a Norwegian Elkhound and we love him so much he’s the sweetest guy.

[Dearmylove_i]

Sooo um a lot of these dogs are from Finland yet Finland wasn’t included as part of Scandinavia in the intro? Right.

[bordercollie]

Swedish valhund is definitely my favourite on this list.