Welcome to Sweden! Meet the TikTok-famous Swedish ice swimmer who loves (very) cold dips with rubber ducks and FROZEN LOLLIPS
The idea of taking a dip in ice-cold water would leave most people cold. But for the Swedish TikTok sensation Erik Fellmanit’s a case of icy coming, icy going.
He plunges into icy water in his local partially frozen swimming lake almost every day, every winter. He even relaxes during his rubber duck dives and sucks on popsicles.
Plus, he only wears shorts and a T-shirt during the snowy 15-minute walk there.
Erik documents his swims on TikTok, with his shockingly cool videos earning him a total of 21.9 million likes on the app and more than 310,000 followers. “Welcome to Sweden,” the 38-year-old says in a popular clip as he emerges from the glacier water.
He tells MailOnline Travel about his icy adventures: ‘I feel the cold. I’m just not cold.’
Erik Fellman, 38, enjoys a dip in a partially frozen lake just outside Stockholm all year round and documents his swims on TikTok. He spoke to MailOnline Travel about his icy adventures
Erik relaxes during his dips with rubber ducks and sucks on ice lollies. His shockingly cool TikTok videos have earned him a total of 21.9 million likes on the app and more than 310,000 followers
Erik reveals he can spend up to 20 minutes in the icy waters of Huvudsta Strandbad, a community swimming lake outside Stockholm.
He even swims there at night – and lights candles on the ice.
Erik explains that he has “always had a lifelong tolerance for the cold,” but says he started cold diving five years ago because he wanted to swim all year round.
Dr. Naheed Ali out www.sleepbubble.com explained that cold immersion “retrains our physiology for resilience and promotes deeper sleep.”
Erik reveals that it does indeed help him sleep at night, but adds: ‘People say that ice swimming has many health benefits, and that may be true, but I’m not sure. I hope that’s the case, but even if it wasn’t, I’d still do it.”
How long do you have to stay there?
Erik says: ‘You shouldn’t try to break records.’
He continues, “Just get to know your own body and how it reacts when it comes into the cold water.”
Erik sometimes takes candles with him to accompany his nighttime swims
Erik walks to his local swimming lake in shorts and a T-shirt. He reveals that the icy swims help him sleep at night
He shares some tips with novice ice bathers, saying, “Don’t do it alone and mMake sure you bring plenty of clothes.
‘And the best way to warm up afterwards is to exercise. I get my temperature up by walking home. If you sit still, you don’t get so warm.’
For more from Erik, visit him here on TikTok – www.tiktok.com/@fellman85