{"id":25434,"date":"2022-08-22T22:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T22:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/?p=25434"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:21:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:21:50","slug":"who-is-erik-grankvist-and-how-legit-is-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/who-is-erik-grankvist-and-how-legit-is-he\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Erik Grankvist, and How Legit Is He?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25434\" class=\"elementor elementor-25434\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-732fbbc6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"732fbbc6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Admit it. At some point, you have thought of how nice it would be to take a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk\/blog\/what-makes-breaks-civilisations\/\">break from civilization<\/a> and live in the woods in a simple <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">log cabin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Young <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swedish<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> YouTuber <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik Grankvist<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> took this feeling more seriously and built a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">log cabin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swedish<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> woods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many people, particularly YouTubers, have ventured into the quiet woods and built homesteads like the <a href=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/deep-south-homestead\/\">Deep South Homestead<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/off-grid-with-jake-and-nicolle-who-are-they-and-are-they-legit\/\">Jake and Nicolle<\/a>. But <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik Grankvist<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is unique in that he built his cabin in the ancestral method, using no automatic tools or <a href=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/where-to-install-a-ev-charging-station\/\">vehicles<\/a>. Moreover, Erik was just 18 years old when he started work on his cabin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s get to know <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik Grankvist<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and his channel a little better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more Youtuber reviews, click <a href=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24240e9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24240e9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Erik Grankvist YouTube Channel\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa07a45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fa07a45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik joined YouTube on September 22, 2012, but has been sharing videos about building an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shopsolarkits.com\/search?q=off+grid&amp;type=product\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">off-grid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> log cabin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since 2019, when he graduated from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">high school<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was 18 years old when he set out with just a <a href=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/best-solar-backpacks\/\">backpack<\/a> full of simple tools to build the cabin <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">full time<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, without any <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previous experience<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He had started studying what he calls \u201cthe <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">old arts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d from his grandfather and mentor, \u00c5ke Nilsson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74138a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"74138a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Erik-building-his-log-cabin.webp 434w,https:\/\/ecotality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Erik-building-his-log-cabin-254x300.webp 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Erik-building-his-log-cabin.png\" height=\"512\" width=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecotality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Erik-building-his-log-cabin.png 434w, https:\/\/ecotality.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Erik-building-his-log-cabin-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25436 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  > <\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a48e599 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a48e599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik building his <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">log cabin<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b823a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71b823a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik shares videos about several aspects of a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">log cabin build<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as wood peeling, log splitting, birch bark roofing, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the years, he has shared almost 50 videos of building and surviving in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swedish wilderness<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The videos have a total of about 103 million views. His channel has gained significant popularity in the past couple of years, reaching over 870,000 subscribers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0b031f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0b031f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Erik Grankvist on Other Social Media\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-339bba7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"339bba7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik is also available on Instagram and has an admirable 36,000+ followers. He also has a Facebook page with close to a thousand followers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e59d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57e59d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Erik Grankvist Merchandise\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e52832d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e52832d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik Grankvist<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has a cool logo that says \u201cThe Great Outdoors\u201d and sells merchandise with it, including hoodies, coffee mugs, and masks, mainly in white and black.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find his merchandise on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.com\/erik-grankvist\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.com\/<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">erik-grankvist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He is also an ambassador for the outdoor clothing brand RevolutionRace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cece29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cece29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where Is Erik Grankvist Located?\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9171fa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9171fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik hasn\u2019t shared his exact location, but he mentions his <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">log cabin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forests_of_Sweden\">forests of <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweden<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d Erik lives in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the log cabin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with his dog, Barr.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e0477 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16e0477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Erik Grankvist Top Videos\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2030641 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2030641\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the videos in Erik\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one-man traditional log cabin series<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are pretty popular, but the following are the highest-viewed:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BBX5qh09OIE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Year Alone in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forest of Sweden<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building Log Cabin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Like Our Forefathers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A compilation of all the main clips from his year building <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the log cabin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this video ranks at the top with a staggering 34.5 million views.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v8FVVpRvWi4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Years Alone: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building Log Cabin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Like Our Forefathers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Erik\u2019s second year\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">log cabin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> video takes second place in his most viewed videos.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uYb46XmHyZ0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Spent 200 Days Prepping Secret Underground Food Storage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The third most popular video on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik Grankvist<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s channel is about preparing an underground chamber for food storage.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347b749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"347b749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-349807f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"349807f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A young lad building a complex <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">log cabin<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the wilderness is not just fascinating; it\u2019s also useful for those who are looking to repeat the experience for themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik\u2019s videos are well-made, and although we would have liked him to talk some more about the process, we love the simple, minimal process videos. 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