Which country in europe has the most nationalistic/patriotic people?
May 20, 2025
Poland? Albanian?
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I might be spitballing but perhaps (in any order and for different reasons): Serbia, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, maybe Kosovo
Fun fact: when god created earth he gave albania all countrie but albania nice countrie so she share it
Poles I’ve known haven’t been really patriotic
Finns are generally considered as patriotic and willing to fight for their countries, but I’d imagine (and seems like) the Balkans have, or at least used to have, strong will
Hard to say because you’d have to be familiar with most European countries.
Having grown up in Finland, visited the US extensively and lived in a number of European countries I’d say Finland is pretty high on the list. As a child I didn’t notice how embedded patriotism is in Finnish culture. It’s nowhere near as explicit or expressive as in the US, but comfortably more than your average European country I’d say.
There is a difference between pretending to be “patriotic” and actually being patriotic.
Yes us Albanians have many pretenders.
I feel like the Irish are a good candidate as well. They seem almost as nationalistic as the Albanians/Kosovans.
Norwegians are also very openly patriotic – though to be fair, they do have a lot of things going for them when it comes to anything from economy and natural resources, to sports, and to beautiful nature and people.
Us Swedes are really quite nationalist as well, in the sense that we often think that we are best everything, and that the way we do things is always the right way. We don’t like to say it out too loud though, as bragging is seen as crude and conceited. It’s enough just knowing that we are the best.
I found Italians weirdly patriotic tbh, when I lived in London they kept complaining about the UK and how everything was better in Italy, omitting the fact that they left Italy because of its shit economy and old fashioned attitudes to plenty of things.
I’ve been a lot in Estonia and have a lot of friends there. They are very patriotic, especially compared to Swedes. I imagine all countries that was liberated in a time where people alive still remembers that time, are generally very patriotic.
There’s still a lot of hostility towards Russians in eastern Europe for the same reason.
In Finland they’re very proud of their independence from Sweden, but by now we’re very friendly towards each other and since Swedish is an official language in Finland there’s no hostility (except the occasional conservative). Maybe that will be the future for Russia and the former Soviet states, but it will take a lot of time and change in Russia first.
From what I’ve witnessed:
In no particular order
•Poland
•Russia
•Ukraine
•Turkey
•Georgia
•Ireland
•Scotland
•Romania
But by far the most, as they base their entire personality around it, Albania.
Find it weird no one is mentioning the Dutch here. Maybe it’s because I’m Belgian and the bar for being patriotic is pretty damn low for us, but I find them almost as chauvinistic as the French at times.
Most nationalistic: Russia – they currently invade another country for their nationalist reasons
Serbia and Turkey would be a close second and third.
most patriotic: Ukraine – defending their country against all odds and doing so successfully
Poland would be a rather close second
Apart from Balkan or Eastern European countries already mentioned, I find the Swiss, Dutch and Danish to be extremely patriotic and proud of their country (and a bit xenophobic, too).
Patriotic and nationalistic to me are two different things. Each country has both, especially now nationalism is on the rise. That said I will go with the French. When I studied there as an exchange student they even made us study their constitution. They refuse to speak any other language, even though they can and they genuinely believe most things in France are better. I’ ve been living in the Netherlands for 10+ years and no one here forces foreigners to speak Dutch (TBF I think they should), no one claims Netherlands is heaven on earth (only when comparing to Finland). The French I meet here always claim “in France is different, better”, even though they have been living in NL for years.
We have some very patriotic and nationalistic people, but I’d say that the majority doesn’t really care
At most they just don’t want to be a German(or whatever the country that the politicians say it is now) puppet.
If you don’t mean “right wing/fascist nationalism”, I’d say Ireland has a fair shot. Irish people have a very strong national identity and value our culture a lot. Most Irish people are raised with a strong sense of nationalism and national identity being important. Irish culture is very deeply ingrained — most Irish people grow up exposed to gaelic sports, traditional music, Irish dancing, etc. It’s just not (universally) seen as “to the exclusion of everything and everyone else”.
I think it’s a tie between Hungary and Serbia. It’s funny, when you think about it… the most economically unstable countries, and the ones Western Europeans tend to not want immigrants from, are always the most nationalistic ones 🤷♂️
Many people insult the netherlands, including the dutch. But there is no one who defends their country like the dutch
I must say as a Pole I am patriotic.
I think it’s worth remembering what nationalism used to mean. It meant to care about your nation, to put the good of the nation above you. The part of putting others below, thinking your nation is the best is chauvinism. it just got used more elsewhere, and nationalism gain those traits.
Patriotism is a uniting force. In Poland in the last 250 years we needed a lot of that. Since 1989 we are truly free but still in the light of current events behind our eastern border, a uniting force is needed.
I’d say the Polish are up there anyway. Grew up with lots here in Ireland and been there more times than I can count. Great people in general and very proud of their history. And tbf they’re after becoming and economic and military powerhouse again after 100 years of German/Nazi and Soviet subjugation
Ireland.
Their entire national identity is based around obsessing over England/the English, and they seem weirdly proud about it/lacking in self-awareness at how small it makes them seem.
Legions of young Irish men talking about how much they hate the English while spending their weekends cheering on Liverpool or Manchester United.
Nationalism and patrionism don’t necessarily have anything to do with each other. I’d say we Finns are generally extremely ready to defend the country, but we aren’t very nationalistic. Then there’s all bark no bite kind of countries.
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There are many countries in Europe that are nationalistic, but one that stands out to me (and might surprise some) is Norway. In my experience they are by far the most nationalistic compared to other Nordic countries.
Sometimes it almost seems like they still have a bit of a chip on the shoulder over having been ruled by Sweden and Denmark for a lot of their history. Like they still feel like they have something to prove, even though it is already obvious to pretty much everyone that they have built a nice country for themselves.
(Denmark and Sweden are also both very nationalistic, but they are not so open about it as Norway)
Germans have the odd combination of being extremely nationalistic in that they think Germany is better than basically every other country (except with begrudging acceptance that the Nordic countries do some things better), while simultaneously being not patriotic at all.
This only became noticeable to me after I lived in other countries for some years.
Despite the stereotype, Germans are quite patriotic/nationalistic about a lot of things. Just look at the comments under any video which dares to call white bread, which is often toasted, bread, instead of toast.
Or just in general when Germany is mentioned.
“The German way is always correct, everyone else is doing it wrong. ”
“We’ve always done things this way, why change?”
Norwegians are very nationalistic, which might surprise many but it is true.
In what other European countries is it common to put down 5000€-10.000€ on a [national costume](https://images.app.goo.gl/rBcVaJouH2hs1867A) (bunad) simply because it represents where you’re from and shows everyone how proud of a Norwegian you are.
Norwegians aren’t nationalistic in the “our people are the superior race of people” kinda way, the resistance against Nazi ideology was high after all. They’re nationalistic in the way that they’re proud of their history and heritage, they know how hard the struggle for independence and self determination was, and that no matter how modern they get there are certain ancestral cultural traditions they will never let go of, and that they know that Norway is objectively one of the best places to live.
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I might be spitballing but perhaps (in any order and for different reasons): Serbia, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, maybe Kosovo
Fun fact: when god created earth he gave albania all countrie but albania nice countrie so she share it
Poles I’ve known haven’t been really patriotic
Finns are generally considered as patriotic and willing to fight for their countries, but I’d imagine (and seems like) the Balkans have, or at least used to have, strong will
Hard to say because you’d have to be familiar with most European countries.
Having grown up in Finland, visited the US extensively and lived in a number of European countries I’d say Finland is pretty high on the list. As a child I didn’t notice how embedded patriotism is in Finnish culture. It’s nowhere near as explicit or expressive as in the US, but comfortably more than your average European country I’d say.
There is a difference between pretending to be “patriotic” and actually being patriotic.
Yes us Albanians have many pretenders.
I feel like the Irish are a good candidate as well. They seem almost as nationalistic as the Albanians/Kosovans.
Norwegians are also very openly patriotic – though to be fair, they do have a lot of things going for them when it comes to anything from economy and natural resources, to sports, and to beautiful nature and people.
Us Swedes are really quite nationalist as well, in the sense that we often think that we are best everything, and that the way we do things is always the right way. We don’t like to say it out too loud though, as bragging is seen as crude and conceited. It’s enough just knowing that we are the best.
Depends on how you define those terms, I guess. How many European countries celebrates their national day every year [like this](https://g.acdn.no/obscura/API/dynamic/r1/ece5/tr_1200_1200_s_f/0000/nett/2024/5/16/15/NTB_FeNsoPL0wZ4.jpg?chk=2DE620) in every town all over the country?
I found Italians weirdly patriotic tbh, when I lived in London they kept complaining about the UK and how everything was better in Italy, omitting the fact that they left Italy because of its shit economy and old fashioned attitudes to plenty of things.
I’ve been a lot in Estonia and have a lot of friends there. They are very patriotic, especially compared to Swedes. I imagine all countries that was liberated in a time where people alive still remembers that time, are generally very patriotic.
There’s still a lot of hostility towards Russians in eastern Europe for the same reason.
In Finland they’re very proud of their independence from Sweden, but by now we’re very friendly towards each other and since Swedish is an official language in Finland there’s no hostility (except the occasional conservative). Maybe that will be the future for Russia and the former Soviet states, but it will take a lot of time and change in Russia first.
From what I’ve witnessed:
In no particular order
•Poland
•Russia
•Ukraine
•Turkey
•Georgia
•Ireland
•Scotland
•Romania
But by far the most, as they base their entire personality around it, Albania.
Find it weird no one is mentioning the Dutch here. Maybe it’s because I’m Belgian and the bar for being patriotic is pretty damn low for us, but I find them almost as chauvinistic as the French at times.
Most nationalistic: Russia – they currently invade another country for their nationalist reasons
Serbia and Turkey would be a close second and third.
most patriotic: Ukraine – defending their country against all odds and doing so successfully
Poland would be a rather close second
Apart from Balkan or Eastern European countries already mentioned, I find the Swiss, Dutch and Danish to be extremely patriotic and proud of their country (and a bit xenophobic, too).
Patriotic and nationalistic to me are two different things. Each country has both, especially now nationalism is on the rise. That said I will go with the French. When I studied there as an exchange student they even made us study their constitution. They refuse to speak any other language, even though they can and they genuinely believe most things in France are better. I’ ve been living in the Netherlands for 10+ years and no one here forces foreigners to speak Dutch (TBF I think they should), no one claims Netherlands is heaven on earth (only when comparing to Finland). The French I meet here always claim “in France is different, better”, even though they have been living in NL for years.
We have some very patriotic and nationalistic people, but I’d say that the majority doesn’t really care
At most they just don’t want to be a German(or whatever the country that the politicians say it is now) puppet.
If you don’t mean “right wing/fascist nationalism”, I’d say Ireland has a fair shot. Irish people have a very strong national identity and value our culture a lot. Most Irish people are raised with a strong sense of nationalism and national identity being important. Irish culture is very deeply ingrained — most Irish people grow up exposed to gaelic sports, traditional music, Irish dancing, etc. It’s just not (universally) seen as “to the exclusion of everything and everyone else”.
I think it’s a tie between Hungary and Serbia. It’s funny, when you think about it… the most economically unstable countries, and the ones Western Europeans tend to not want immigrants from, are always the most nationalistic ones 🤷♂️
Many people insult the netherlands, including the dutch. But there is no one who defends their country like the dutch
I must say as a Pole I am patriotic.
I think it’s worth remembering what nationalism used to mean. It meant to care about your nation, to put the good of the nation above you. The part of putting others below, thinking your nation is the best is chauvinism. it just got used more elsewhere, and nationalism gain those traits.
Patriotism is a uniting force. In Poland in the last 250 years we needed a lot of that. Since 1989 we are truly free but still in the light of current events behind our eastern border, a uniting force is needed.
I’d say the Polish are up there anyway. Grew up with lots here in Ireland and been there more times than I can count. Great people in general and very proud of their history. And tbf they’re after becoming and economic and military powerhouse again after 100 years of German/Nazi and Soviet subjugation
Ireland.
Their entire national identity is based around obsessing over England/the English, and they seem weirdly proud about it/lacking in self-awareness at how small it makes them seem.
Legions of young Irish men talking about how much they hate the English while spending their weekends cheering on Liverpool or Manchester United.
Nationalism and patrionism don’t necessarily have anything to do with each other. I’d say we Finns are generally extremely ready to defend the country, but we aren’t very nationalistic. Then there’s all bark no bite kind of countries.
TÜRK MİLLİYETÇİSİYİM ARKADAŞ🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🇹🇷💥💢☝🏿💢☝🏿🐺💥☝🏿🇹🇷🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥💢🇹🇷❓🔛🔝🇹🇷🔥🗣️BEN TÜRK MİLLİYETÇİSİYİM ARKADAŞ🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🇹🇷💥💢☝🏿💢☝🏿🐺💥☝🏿🇹🇷🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥💢🇹🇷❓🔛🔝🇹🇷🔥🗣️BEN TÜRK MİLLİYETÇİSİYİM ARKADAŞ🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🇹🇷💥💢☝🏿💢☝🏿🐺💥☝🏿🇹🇷🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥💢🇹🇷❓🔛🔝🇹🇷🔥🗣️⚠️⚠️🖲🖲TURKEY MENTIONED🖲🖲⚠️⚠️🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷⚠️⚠️🖲🖲TURKEY MENTIONED🖲🖲⚠️⚠️💪💪💥BE READY FOR DANGER 🥵🥶💪😎😎😍😍💯💯🇹🇷🇹🇷RULER ULU ÖNDER MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATÜRK BAŞ KUMANDANIMIZ😎😎❤️🔥❤️🔥🌹🌹🌹🐺💥💢RAHHHHH💢💥💢💢😘🤏😍🤨🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷I LAVA TURKEY😘😘💪💪🥶🥶💢💢THE ENEMY FEARS HIM👆🤲😎😎😎🖲🥶T IS DIFFICULT TO BE A TURK BECAUSE YOU FIGHT THE WORLD BUT IT IS MORE DIFFICULT NOT TO BE A TURKISH BECAUSE YOU FIGHT THE WORLD 🖲🖲🥶💥✔️💯😎😎😎😎🐺💢💥💥💥💯💯🌹🌹🌹🌹⚠️🖲🥵🥵DANGER IS COMING🥵🥵🖲⚠️🤯🤯😈😈💢💯💯😎😎😎TURKIYENİN KAHRAMANI ATATÜRK 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🌹🌹😘WHAT THE FUCK IS ECONOMY🥶😘🐺🤲🤲👆ATA🌹🌹🌹😘🐺🐺🐺🐺💢💥💯💯AUUU TURAN🐺🐺🐺💢💢😍⚠️WORD LEADERBenim TR auuuuuu BEN TÜRK MİLLİYETCİSİYİM ARKADAŞ🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🇹🇷💥💢☝🏿💢☝🏿🐺💥☝🏿🇹🇷🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥💢🇹🇷❓🔛🔝🇹🇷🔥🗣️BEN TÜRK MİLLİYETCİSİYİM ARKADAŞ🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🇹🇷💥💢☝🏿💢☝🏿🐺💥☝🏿🇹🇷🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥💢🇹🇷❓🔛🔝🇹🇷🔥🗣️BEN TÜRK MİLLİYETCİSİYİM ARKADAŞ🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🇹🇷💥💢☝🏿💢☝🏿🐺💥☝🏿🇹🇷🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥💢🇹🇷❓🔛🔝🇹🇷🔥🗣️BEN TÜRK MİLLİYETCİSİYİM ARKADAŞ🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🇹🇷💥💢☝🏿💢☝🏿🐺💥☝🏿🇹🇷🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥💢🇹🇷❓🔛🔝🇹🇷🔥🗣️BEN TÜRK MİLLİYETCİSİYİM ARKADAŞ🇹🇷🐺🐺🐺🐺🇹🇷💥💢☝🏿💢☝🏿🐺💥☝🏿🇹🇷🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥🇹🇷💥💢🇹🇷❓🔛🔝🇹🇷🔥🗣️
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There are many countries in Europe that are nationalistic, but one that stands out to me (and might surprise some) is Norway. In my experience they are by far the most nationalistic compared to other Nordic countries.
Sometimes it almost seems like they still have a bit of a chip on the shoulder over having been ruled by Sweden and Denmark for a lot of their history. Like they still feel like they have something to prove, even though it is already obvious to pretty much everyone that they have built a nice country for themselves.
(Denmark and Sweden are also both very nationalistic, but they are not so open about it as Norway)
Germans have the odd combination of being extremely nationalistic in that they think Germany is better than basically every other country (except with begrudging acceptance that the Nordic countries do some things better), while simultaneously being not patriotic at all.
This only became noticeable to me after I lived in other countries for some years.
Despite the stereotype, Germans are quite patriotic/nationalistic about a lot of things. Just look at the comments under any video which dares to call white bread, which is often toasted, bread, instead of toast.
Or just in general when Germany is mentioned.
“The German way is always correct, everyone else is doing it wrong. ”
“We’ve always done things this way, why change?”
Norwegians are very nationalistic, which might surprise many but it is true.
In what other European countries is it common to put down 5000€-10.000€ on a [national costume](https://images.app.goo.gl/rBcVaJouH2hs1867A) (bunad) simply because it represents where you’re from and shows everyone how proud of a Norwegian you are.
What other European countries celebrate their national days like [this](https://images.app.goo.gl/LVh7JKrDuGVeFW1SA)?, with so much pride and love.
Norwegians aren’t nationalistic in the “our people are the superior race of people” kinda way, the resistance against Nazi ideology was high after all. They’re nationalistic in the way that they’re proud of their history and heritage, they know how hard the struggle for independence and self determination was, and that no matter how modern they get there are certain ancestral cultural traditions they will never let go of, and that they know that Norway is objectively one of the best places to live.