LIVING IN NORWAY // 10+ Surprising Facts About Norwegian Life and Culture
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- Living in Norway // 10+ Surprising Facts About Norwegian Life, Culture, Food & Language!
Living in Norway vs USA. Living in Norway as an American. Interesting facts about Norway.
#Norway #Norwegian #Norge
The Scandinavian Janteloven that you spoke of is in essence the philosophy about having a ''humble mindset'', rather than the ''I am bigger, better, faster and stronger than you.'' that you might see glorified in American culture. It's about viewing another human being as your peer and equal, regardless of social status, or any status in general. We are culturally not very fond of bragging, show offs and people who believe themselves to be ''larger than life, and the center of attention in the universe''.
@Cedric Milo Stop trying to scam people.
@Zachariah Reign Stop trying to scam people.
The bit about Norwegian losses in WWII isn't accurate. In total less than 11,000 Norwegians were killed. The reason for the low population density in Norway is the lack of arable land combined with a large scale emigration from Norway to North America between 1825 and 1920. Around 800,000 people emigrated, which is quite a lot when compared to a population of 2.2 million in 1900.
And Norway was able to withstand the nazi invasion the longest period of time about two months.
Hey There! Sorry if that seems inaccurate! I am just repeating what I was told about WWII while I lived in Norway, and when we attended a short seminar at the WWII museum in Oslo. Thank you for helping to Clarify!
and that about half of norway moved to america and that over half of norway died in the black death so over all a lot of people died and or moved from norway through pretty utch the entirety of norwagian history like scotland, ireland, iceland greenland, america, newfoundland england and more
Janteloven isn't about not being special.
Norwegians are not opposing you being special. But more about putting yourself abow everybody else.
A norwegian saying goes ;
"Let everyone be blissful in their own (way of) faith".
So don't jugde norwegian people by how infrequently they attend church service.
We all know that the creator and our ancestral spirits are everywhere.
A church is a place for social gatherings such as christenings. Confirmations. Weddings. And funerals....
Most norwegian people do not subscribe to religious submission.
It's not in our dna.
We know we must rely on ourselves and our better judgement to cope with all challenges in life.
Please don't tell people to grab the life buoy of spiritual salvation if their lives seem less spectacular.
Or without obvious direction.
We're all equal.
Please don't scare people with purgatory.
Or limbo.
The moment we die, we'll go towards the light.
Where our beloved departed and ancestral spirits await us.
That place has a lot of names.
Please don't insist on ownership on that place....
It's for everyone.
There is an old saying, that ''the Norwegian church is in the middle of the forest'', meaning that, you don't have to go to an actual church to feel the presence, spirit and marvel at the grand creation, what better place to do that but in the very heart of it, aka surrounded by the forest.
You guys are inspirational❤️ Disse tekstene skal jeg ta vare på😊
@@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551
Spot on ! 😇
@@worldsmistress6408 ''The Norwegian Church'' is in nature, with natural surroundings, with the sight of tall mountain tops, fjords, trees and all that nature has to offer, with the sound of running water, rivers, birds and wild animals. What better place to observe and feel the presence of the grand spirit of creation than to marvel and be one with the very natural creation itself, life and wilderness. Much love to you my friend from Norway, may the spirits guide you wherever the winds may take you.
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131
Crime rate comparisons are grossly simplified. I think its best demonstrated by the fact that our police doesnt carry guns.
Lutefisk is made through storage in lye not lime. Not many Norwegians like it - in fact. It's probably more for "old" people.
It's the only "traditional" meal I have yet to try. I don't see the point.
You have to add the extras like bacon and even mustard, Norwegians dont eat Lutefish alone.
@@ruinert That's true - but I do not like it - like most of norwegians
@@lpdude2005 I like it. but I dont love it..
That's because you haven't had it properly served; cooked potatoes, lutefisk, sirup and bacon with bacon grease on top, add a dash of root and pea stew on the side, and a dash of shredded brown cheese on top. I just get water in my mouth just thinking about how my family serves the meal, especially around christmas times. Mustard on the side too is a must.
As a Norwegian, I would say it is very rare you see an American who gets our culture. Keep being a curious dude. What a great job.
"You gotta try it once!" Norwegian born and raised, never tried lutefisk in my life. :p
lutefisk: a lot of norwegians don´t eat it, and have never tasted it, so can foreigners please just skip and ignore it
"Wha'chu gonna do? You gonna steal my SKULEBULLE?" Roflmao, good one. Love how you pronounced that.
Love me some skulebulle ;)
skolebolle er riktig ord :-)
As Norwegian I thank you for a honest video, and I think you really caught a lot of this country's essence. I am glad you had a positive experience for most, its all natural that you find some downsides, we are after all humans too.
And actually I want to thank you especially for the wizdom and advice at the end, that should be every humans rings in the water that they believe in something and thus have a goal in life that brings them forward and thereby we pull each other forward by constantly remind each other of that.
Also thanks for the service you did here and know that America are generally concidered to be the saviors of Norway during the ww2 you told a litle about.
Your Norwegian could be polished but I hope you will visit another time, and next time will be much easier since you now understands our mentality and speaks our language better than a lot of people that been here for many years. If you should come back, you are certainly welcome into my home if it fits your plans. God bless, thru your words It shone thru that you love God and the creation.
Note: "Skjedde" is actually a third thing, the "Skj"-sound
Skjedde=happened, past tense :)
Fantastisk ! Du har dybde og kunnskap og innlevelse !
We felt your video was really helpful. THank you!
Great guy telling honest storys . Welcome back to Norway!
An American criticising the Norwegian health care!? He must have misunderstood something very fundamental.
Would you like to tell me more about what you mean?
@@EzekielDeMille Basically we have a fully state funded health care system that provides equal care whoever you are whilst the USA one is simply put for the rich. Now you have poorer poor people and richer rich people so the gap is even bigger than it could potentially even be here. We treat everyone the same because its our view on humanity.
Well, I can't deny that is the goal! However, in my case I paid the same amount I would have in an American clinic, and I feel as if the service I received could have been garnered from Wikihiw as well as a medical professional.
This is of course anecdotal, ans I am sorry if my experience has in anyway been offensive in the video.
Tusen takk, god forklaring på oss! Hilsen fra Bergen!
Thank you very much, god explaining on us Norwegians! Greetings from Bergen!
Hi .thanks I find this .i really want to work at Norway but I dont know how?.I Love Norway .
My grandmother was a redstocking, delivering radios, radio parts and newspapers to the resistance
I appreciate your knowledge of etymology btw
Kebab meat is in, at least scandinavia, beaf, the origilal is made of lamb but that dident work out, we are not really uesd to eat lamb here
In scandinavia we dont need minimal wage becouse we have strong unions that set the standards,
Welcome to Norway and enjoy your stay :)
Great message at the end. You don't need to belive in THIS thing, but belive in SOMETHING.
I am not religious, but i do recognise the benefits of a community built around a common faith.
Faith can provide purpose, meaning, assemblance. Many things we as humans need for a happy living.
The food is good i love it too
In re us not having minimum wage: That's true, kinda. Legally there's no minimum-wage ... but there are per-career minimum-wages, that are higher than the US' and that are set by the unions that work across fields and with the employers (so that we can increase wages without being issues with export-industries)
Yeah, I was about to say that too. There is no governmental minimum wage, but the unions in Norway are something different from the US. They will just shut an industry down, if they don't get their way. Going on strike is serious business here. We'll post people outside a business and keep others from getting in. So if there's a strike, your business cannot do business, believe you me. :')
@@hecatommyriagon655 shut an industry down? If LO wanted they could basically shutdown the country (though ofc that'd force arbitration)
Oh I completely agree! But the fact that it is not set by Government officials is a big deal to most Americans, so I bring it up. Thank you for clarifying about the Unions!
i hadn't heard of the bergen light festival, but i hope to experience it if i can move there in about 2 years. the lutefisk is pretty notorious, though.
The heavy water was produced in Rjukan that is located in south east of Norway. There was a sabotage on the factory and the ferry transporting the heavy water at the lake Tinnsjø.
You could try to look for a film, "Heroes of Telemark" with Kirk Douglas. Much of the Norwegian resistance were planned from our exiled king and government. Norwegian resistance had camps in Scotland and Shetland for "gerilja" training.
You speak Norwegian well. I understood everything. 😀
Holth was my institute teacher. One of the smartest people I know 🙂
Great to see what an American thinks of us. You have a good explanation for us Normans. 😀 Greetings from Norway.
The exchange rate is actually quite favorable towards Americans right now. I was in the US around 10 years ago, and the exchange rate was about 5 kroner/crowns for 1 dollar.
I live in Hamar. Such a small city we might actually have crossed path on the street.
"I think when you get to areas where the population density is comparable to the United States, the crime rate also becomes comparable."
LOL WHAT? Using a random city the size of Oslo:
Population of Albuquerque, New Mexico: 559K
Population of Oslo, Norway: 634K
Murders in Albuquerque 2020:
76
Murders in Oslo 2020:
2 (two)
(31 murders in all of Norway 2020)
😂 I like the guy in this video, he seems like a really nice person, but at the same time I'm getting a bit of a... "Republican vibe" from his impression of life in a Social Democratic country. Please forgive me, sweet wonderful person in the video, if I'm totally off. 😂😂
Christmas ribs from pigs 3-5 kilos are mostly used on Christmas Eve
Yes it is a awesome language you so nice 😌
And when it comes to WW2, or any other war...the US have not have anything happen on their mainland, except for Pearl Harbor since the 1860's. Both of my grandfathers fought the Germans in WW2. All the wars the US have fought have either been abroad or civil wars.
skolebrød is godt they are delicious, I eat it for breakfast sometimes.
Regarding the population of Norway, the black death also killed off 2/3 of the population.
Opinions on lefse?
He's a Burger and Fries kinda guy. Kebab served in most places across Europe!...........We believe is Lamb.
i like you in live in Norway i'm a viking and some in Christmas food in the east has ribs with medister cakes AND Christmas sausage +++ good SAUCE POTATOES AND RABBIT FOOD carrots and broccoli and+ good beer and red wine and aquavit Merry Christmas 2021
Fåreslår at du løfte arman å prøve å smil for å vårrå sikker på at du itj har slag..
❤😊🇧🇻
8:27: IDK if I agree with that, I mean I can read Peter Dass' (yes that surname is funny in Norwegian, because he was a priest and his surname is now slang for a toilet) poetry from the 1600s. Is it different? Sure, but it's still legible.
I like you’re video! 🤗 I’m from Hamar, or very close by. I believe your take on Norways culture is the closest I’ve heard among CZcams videos! Great job!
19:30 or Gaelic ...
Norwegian pedigrees are are more mixed than many norwegians are aware of. First of all the "vikings" mixed with many different people all over Europe getting many different mixed offspring, plus the practice of taking "slaves" with them home that gradually would mix up the genepool. Before the viking age there were also most likely extended trade and travelling that led to migration in different directions. Later in history, norwegians have always been a travelling and seafaring people with migration is both directions. The mixing may be less than other areas of the world, but still enough so that there are no norwegians that have only the Scandinavian strand of genes.
A lot of people are also mixed with sami and "tater" people. The tater used to be a traveling culture with origins probably from the south east of Europe. Another side of the story is not really about culture. Most people who came here assimilated into the local culture. Since a thousand years ago, norwegians started assimilating into the broader european culture until we today are mostly part of the "integrated west". The modern culture is mostly "western" in it's own Scandinavian flavor. There is definately a disitinction between Scandinavian "way to be", but the distinctions have been fading for centuries. Still there are some distinctions that we hold on to very firmly because we think they are superior. Like our sense of equality, and that all humans have equal value, beyond classes and gender.
Happy u experiance norwegian blizzard. So called american blizzard is light snow for us norwegians... Allways funny to watch tv about blizzard in usa... Good video about us norwegian
One kind of food in northern norway is gammelfesk (old fish) because the fish is probably a year old but it is stored with a lot of salt so it dont rotten. You should try it(I'm a northern Norwegian 🇳🇴)
Are you from finnmark or one of the places that are called northern Norway but is not in the north and more in the middle
@@kpe6600 im from The tromsø area
@@garudaos so not very North but a bit North
@@kpe6600. I live in Northen Norway in a town call Bodø. 👍
I find it a little funny. Sometimes you say Bergen in a very American way and then sometimes it’s more of a Norwegian way closer to the proper pronunciation.
Well, like 0.3 percent of us use the word "skjede" 😂 mainly doctors over 60 years old😅
you of USA says good of Norway i like )
En Marius-genser må strikkes for hånd av ull, du har en zip-lock genser. Sikkert polyester. :(
And by the way...horse meat can be VERY good! ;)
Lutefisk er godt!! :) Men det er mange i Norge som ikke liker det også.
I’am from Norway and lived there
Me too
😛😄
@@13teenn ok
It was not the resistance in Tromsø or Tronhjem that prevented the Nazies from getting heavy water for the nuclear bombs.
The heavy water is/was in Rjukan in Telemark county, and it was the resistance there that prevented the Nazies from getting this.
Also the number of people who was killed during the second world war has nothing to do with it being few people living in Norway, only around 1 100 people was killed, and that had little to non inpact on the population level.
Bro, læs dæ opp på kompani linge
Lutefisk is not made with lime, but lye :P
it might have been horse, we do eat horse here to
....The meat is Lamb or Chicken.... There's no legends too it.. BUT there is a joke that the bad places use Rat meat.. Kebab Rolls are awesome!
kan du lese norsk?
Det kan jeg 😁
Not quite true about the ww2 point of the video, the Norwegian didn't know they were getting invaded before they sunk blűcher and they didn't know if the ships were either german or british so they took a wild guess and shot either way if the convoy of ships were british or not.
And Quisling didn't do much to lead to the downfall of norway to the germans he just got set up to be a puppet state leader by the germans.
And the germans suprised attacked in bergen, Stavanger, and paradropped airport bases before the main invasion came
Det smaker dritt
life after death? FOR VALHALL
Løft HAMMEREN!
Lam
røme is sour cream. yes meters of snow is commen in mid and nord of norway. even doe am norwigean sj, sjk and sk sound so simeler. i recemend the fjords at the summer. if your wondering yes norway was nutrel in ww1 and ww2. food in norway isnt that expensiv becouse of norwigean are richer then your averige american. 116nok now is 11,6usd. i love norway, and norweaign prisons are the best in the world for many reason
What? Norway was definitely not neutral in WW2!
@@sunnythomassen6499 yeah untile hitler invaded norway
Pardon me, but is english your mother tongue ??? 😨
Your spelling is barely readable....
Du taler fremragende norsk.. Imponerende! Sagt af en dansker.. Jeg kan ikke høre, at du ikke er indfødt nordmand.
Mange takk du!
400 kr a week,oh you lived like unemployed do in norway,must have been bad food.
What are you on about? At the very lowest you'll get about 1500-2000/nok per week after rent, utilities etc.
@@mynewname7830 he said they have 400 nok a week what are you on about ?
Well, I felt like we ate okay! I like to cook, so it wasn't so bad.
@@tyntmensant5226 Si du er helt uten arbeid så får du mer enn 400kr av NAV i uka..
@@EzekielDeMille Glad to hear! :) It's absolutely doable, I was merely questioning him over saying "400NOK/week = living like an unemployed", which just isn't factual. But thank you for sharing your experience in Norway, and hope to have you back soon my friend!
I agreed england is better
@Herly Hatlem Nielsen ok sorry finland?
Ps kabab in Norway is often made of dog meat . Norwegians dont eat that
For noe tull.
Når jeg dør skal jeg til himmelen og være med Gud.