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Ljot Swanhild
About
Ljot Swanhild is an active VTuber, an independent creator. Presents as Female. Maintains a presence across YouTube / X (Twitter). Has built an audience of 27.1K subscribers on YouTube, 5.7K followers on Twitter. Known for gaming, music content. Often tagged with retro, surreal. Debuted YouTube: 2022/12/18. Designed with 3d modeler by edenmnnnnn, png artist by Another Pixel Artist 森. Personality: Ljot typically makes short skit videos featuring herself and the other Swanhilds hanging out. Lore: Her YouTube channel was created on 7 December 2022, and her Twitter account was created in December 2022. Notable detail: Her name means "Ugly Swan Warrior" in Old Norse. Their profile includes an introduction video, a 5-image gallery.
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Personality
Ljot typically makes short skit videos featuring herself and the other Swanhilds hanging out. The other Swanhilds include Schatten, Large Creature, and Normie Barista. Additionally, she makes heavily edited "espresso edit" videos that feature constantly changing scenes and flashes of color in a retro style, creating a psychedelic atmosphere. Her videos often feature fast-paced music and abstract thoughts. She also creates DJ sets, and gaming videos where she tries to find glitches and bugs.
Misc. characters
Other characters that occasionally appear include Zardoz Swanhild: a decapitated floating head of the Ljot model in reference to the movie Zardoz, the Aphex Twins/Aliens: a pair of Ljot model but with blank eyes, Ljot Swanhild (PNG): the PNG version of Ljot Swanhild.
Background
Her YouTube channel was created on 7 December 2022, and her Twitter account was created in December 2022.
Her first video was released on December 18, 2022, a 43 second video of her playing Session: Skate Sim and showing off funny glitches.
Likes and dislikes
- Her favorite anime/manga is Girls' Last Tour.
- Her favorite games are Session: Skate Sim, Train Sim World 4, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x, and other simulator games
- Her favorite character is Sonic.
Miscellaneous
- Her name means "Ugly Swan Warrior" in Old Norse.
- She speaks German and English.
More Info
Ljot Swanhild
Ljot has medium-length blue-green hair with light and dark spots and a checkered pattern. She wears a school sailor uniform, sometimes replacing the skirt with camouflage cargo pants. Occasionally the skirt model and cargo pants model are treated as separate characters who interact with each other.
Schatten Swanhild
Schatten is short, wears a school outfit, has black hair, and talks in a gravelly voice. She first appears in "Shadow the Swanhild" where Ljot finds her in the mountains which is Schattens home. Her name "Schatten" is German for shadow in reference to shadow the hedgehog. She is known for her bad temper however, despite that she is rather empathetic often coming to a mutual understanding with others after initially being put off. She likes broccoli, stones, bats, and snow. She is in love with Normie Barista.
Large Creature Swanhild
Large Creature is tall, also wears a school outfit, has bright teal hair, and talks in beeps and boops. It first appears in "swanhild creature in the mountains" where Ljot and Schatten find swanhild sightings and investigate in the mountains to find it. Ljot is the only character who can understand Large Creatures speech and later starts to learn the language herself. Large Creature is referred to by other characters with it/its pronouns. Large Creature is known for being introverted and merciful. She likes artichokes, guayusa tea, shinkasen 700 series, and giraffes. Notably does not like coffee like the other Swanhilds.
Normie Barista Swanhild
Normie Barista is similar in height to Ljot, also wears a school outfit, and has lime green hair. She first appears in "Normie Barista" where Schatten tries to order an espresso from her. Normie Barista works at the Cafe Sunshine Happy which replaces the previously used street espresso stand seen in earlier videos run by the PNG version of Ljot Swanhild. Normie Barista holds annual beach festivals that no one other than Schatten attends (because they are in love). She also is a hairdresser.
2023
On 13 January, Ljot released a video using her new png design.
On 18 February, she released a video using her new 3D model.
2024
On 23 November, Ljot released her first original song Espresso Acid to YouTube.
On 9 December, she released her first album Espresso Wanderweg EP.
2025
On 25 March, Ljot released her second album Schatten & large creature soundtrack.
On 27 August, she released her third album Barista Erlösung.
2026
On 20 January, Ljot released her fourth album Swanhildcore Nachtklub tracks Vol.1.
Albums
- Espresso Wanderweg EP (Digital)(self produced)
- Schatten & large creature soundtrack (Digital)(self produced)
- Barista Erlösung (Digital)(self produced)
- Swanhildcore Nachtklub tracks Vol.1 (Digital)(self produced)
Phenomenon
- Ljot's videos have sparked a reaction from her viewers. Videos have been released analyzing her video style and its significance.
- On 30 November, 2024, YouTuber Crunchybagels released a video talking about his four favorite unhinged VTubers. One of which is Ljot. He explains Ljot's content as "sh*tposts dedicated to her niche interests." He goes on to call Ljot "the world's first postmodern VTuber."
- On 15 January, 2025, YouTuber graylink released a video further explaining Ljot.
Media
- Ljot Swanhild - YouTube channel
- ljotswanhild - Twitter account
- ljotswanhild.bsky.social - Bluesky account
- Ljot Swanhild - Bandcamp