American Reacts to Norwegian Stereotypes (True or False?)
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As an American I am familiar with some of the stereotypes of Norway. Today I am very interested to see what Norwegian think about some of the most common Norwegian stereotypes and whether that believe they are true or false. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
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I think this issue with having few friends is a bit misunderstood. Where we use the term 'friends', in the USA you say 'close friends'. What you call just 'friends', we call 'acquaintances', or a 'close acquaintance'. We often have a cup of coffee with close acquaintances, but it doesn't quite have the same open tone as we have with friends.
Also, it's not that we're not social in social settings. But when you're alone sitting on the bus or going to work, you just want to relax and get to where we're going in peace. Random interactions are just disruptive.
That's why Norwegian tourists usually like how open americans are when they go on vacations there. They are not going to work, it's a vacation where you want to interact and experience things.
This is my experience at least :D
Finland can be considered a bit similar to Norway in social interaction. When I took a cargo ship from Antwerp to Finland last year, there was a Finnish joke about covid still circulating.
-- The world health authorities told everyone in the world that they needed to stay two meters apart for health reasons. The Finns respected this, as did most people around the world.
When the pandemic came to an end, they were told that this measure was no long necessary.
"That's great! Now we can go back to three meters!"
😂 Fans bra
We have this joke in Norway as well, except our normal distance is five metres! 😂
I'm actually kinda surprised you haven't noticed the drinking stereotype, because I feel like alcohol is heavily associated with Viking culture, which on this particular topic kinda extends into modern Scandinavian culture.
Our drinking habits is also part of the reason why the alchol sale is so strict (we literally have a monopoly in order to have more control on alcohol sales).
"Little Saturday" is mostly a student thing. Pubs in University towns had slow traffic on Wednesday evenings, so they lowered the prices/started happy hour, and the rest is history.
When we start building our careers and establish families, social drinking will become more of a rare treat for most of us. Focusing on work and raising young kids is so exhausting, we'll just stay home and relax on most weekends.
In Norway, we define the word "friend" differently. I'm friendly with some of my neighbors and people at work, but they're not my friends. They are people I know and like, and have a chat with when I run into them - for instance - at the grocery store. In the US, everybody seems to have 200 "friends" because they count their acquaintances and everyone in their social environment as friends. Friendships are not defined by temporary convenience to the same degree here. I've had some of those, and I hardly ever miss them when they move or get another job or whatever it may be. It was fun while it lasted, but they never really got to know me that well. When I need to talk openly about difficult things, I'll turn to the close, longtime friends who really, really know me, understand who I am, and accept and love me - flaws, oddities and all.
Don't talk to me on Torsdag 😂 hard time in the morning at school
@@tst6735 I'm too old to have been a hungover student myself, but I have heard a lot of stories about MISERABLE Torsdag mornings.🥴 Happy hour is definitely over at that point! 😂
You've obviously never lived in Bergen (like I did for 20 years) if you think this is the Norwegian stereotype :) They, and the Tromsøværinger, are species of Norwegians even Darwin never fully categorized :)
Would you be interested in getting a package of various Norwegian foods like brunost and Chocolate, and then making a video of trying them?
He dont look at comments
I don't think he care that much, to be honest.
Sorry. Idk why he makes these videos, let alone operate separate channels with fake last name for each of them. But the more I watch him, the more I realize that this guy doesn't actually care. It's all an act. He clearly watches the videos before reacting to them, and I don't think he ever reads his comment section on either of his channels. Really weird.
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@@FelixTheEvilHousecat he read the comment
@@monicanyhus5064 No, he doesn't.
I think we put the word friend a little higher here in Norway then in America. When people says friends in these interview they clearly mean people they thrust and can share secrets with and just call up anytime. But we can still can have big friend groups with close acquaintances from school, work or someone you have just met a night out or at a hobby. But a typical Norwegian do not overshare about themself and their personal life to people they do not thrust or know, which probably is why we are seen as closed off...
But people are usually really friendly if you approach them the right way. We are kind of like the New Yorkers of Europe😅
No. Americans still have actual friends. But to them it's "regular friend" and "real friend". Whereas here in Norway, we don't really have this concept. We're either good friends or associates. Nothing in between.
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@FelixTheEvilHousecat
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- I do agree, but I also disagree with you on that statement.
It's rather subjective in nature...
For me personally, there's 'Very Close Friends', 'Friends', 'Acquaintances', 'Strangers', 'People I can't stand' and lastly 'People I downright HATE!'.
Like I said, this is subjective...
So it's very likely that it's different for someone else.
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The few times here in norway a stranger talks to me I love it! I find it very refreshing actually 😅🤗 So I think I would love it in the US 😁
Same. I wish we could be more like America. In many ways actually. Not just the social aspect. But I think some of the American states got it right. If you exclude the crazy commercial states (New York, Illinois, California), I think America has a lot to offer. It's a shame that these are the states that come to mind, because they really are the most angry, sad and depressing. I for one love the southern states such as Georgia, Oklahoma, Idaho, Texas and Kentucky. People from these states tend to be very much down to earth and friendly.
Agree. I like friendly openness
You see, what Norwegians these days call "personal space" is actually an old instinct called "out of sword reach"..
Having a real friendship is time consuming. If you have too many, then you simply don't have time to nurture proper friendship with any of them.
It's exactly *because* Norwegians enjoy using alcohol as a social lubricant that our government is trying to get alcohol consumption under control with heavy regulation.
Norwegian alcohol culture has involved getting drunk (as opposed to southern European sipping alcohol with the food) since all the way back during the bronze age...
A 3 000 year old habit is a bit tough to shake...
Although it's not due to a lack of trying.
Various Christian denominations in Norway has waged a war on alcohol pretty much since Christianity arrived at our shores...
Personally I'm a tea totaler.
To be honest, it really depends where you come from. Where I come from, we are both open and social, as a family and in the circle of friends and we like to gather whenever we can. And everyone usually knows who most are in the community🙂 I live only 45 minutes outside Oslo, but it's "seen" as a outskirt area. I lived in Oslo area for 2 years and a few other cities throughout my life span, and there its much different, people are more stressed, they like more space, and they usually dont even know who therye neighboure are. its pretty sad in my opinion, but of cource, as you say, we cant all be alike 🙂
"The circle of friends" is what makes it hard for those outside the circle to get new friends.
What Americans call friends, we Norwegians call acquaintances.
More than a quarter of a million Norwegians visit the USA every year. Out of a population of 5 533 582.
Wednesday is traditionally called Little Saturday for many reasons. Far back in time it was the night we cleaned the house and then had a feast for Tor and his wife (in folk tradition Frigg), whose day it is after sunset (the next day began at sunset). And drinking and toasting is the way we celebrate things. The women used to bathe and groom eachother on Little Saturday because there would be a lot of intimacy with boyfriend or husband at bedtime, the same way everybody did for intimacy Saturday night imtimacy *and* for church on Sunday. Farm life was hard so both cleaning and sex life was losely regulated this way basically everywhere. The Wednesday grooming among women is still practiced some places.
I moved to Oslo to study when I was 19 - so most of my friends are from the time at the university. Those who live in Oslo and study in Oslo - they keep more of their childhood friends.
its not just that norwegians like our own personal space, we also dont want to infringe on your personal space.
9:37 that is norwegian friends right there, out drinking. it is a bachelor party. notice how they are jovial and close to each other.
and yeah, wednesday is called little saturday. it is in the middle of the week and opposite saturday. its a nice day to go out and grab a few beers, without there being too crowded.
Is something about how one defines what a friend is to. Someone who steps up when you need him, and you trust. Then I think the list of "friends" that an American has shrinks considerably ;)
Men that control their emotions is a good thing, we're not very emotional but more stoic, calm and collected.
The women in Norway are much more emotional..
We are reserved, we are not cold. Once you get to know us you'll really get to know us, but before that we are not going to invest energy into a person we might not see again.
The term "friend" seems to be different for you in the US than for us in Norway, a friend here is someone you trust completely and we don't collect many, quality over quantity.
PS: The guy that says "impolite" means "direct", we are direct and it can come of as rude to some people, but that's just how we are, like the Dutch people we don't like to waste energy on making things "nice", we just say it like it is.
I'm inclined to think these stereotypes apply to most of Europe. They certainly sound very Dutch to me. Especially the part about friends. It really is extremely difficult to make friends here in the Netherlands because almost all friendships go way back, since school days. People don't have the time or inclination to spread themselves thin or investing in something they actually don't need or don't know for sure will work out well.
Very practical and efficient.
However, this doesn't mean they are cold or rude. Quite the opposite actually: open and friendly.
It is challenging for foreigners though trying to navigate the invisible distance.
Hehe 😂 Greetings from Norway❤
Little Saturday was when the maids had their only day off, so it's a long tradition for partying.
Guaranteed the unsociable ones saw the camera and ran. 😂
No, real Norwegians don't need to go to mountaintops, that was the pasttime of the English aristocracy who came over the North Sea to go to mountaintops.
Alcohol? Norwegians drink the least alcohol in Europe.
Norwegians in general do enjoy the American customs and ways, as long it is for a month. I personally find the American way to superficial, though I have stayed for a year at the most.
And then I noticed I spent much more time alone by the end of my stay than in the beginning, and I started taking greetings literally, just for my own fun. When some person working in a store greeted me by asking : -How are you? I answered like this: -Glad you asked Miss, I have been feeling som pain in my legs lately, and my headache is getting worse, and my girlfriend has just left me......
Typicallythey then would answer:- Oh, I am sorry to hear that,Sir, how can I help you with your automotive shopping today Sir? (I was here in a carpart store)
I'm Norwegian myself and what the man with white t-shirt said does not vote at all regarding kind and polite and the smile he was talking about it's so untrue! They are so disrespectful many of them arw so so stubborn and the craziest part if all that is that they snap if they don't get things their way. How many times have I walked up to a completely random passerby to ask a simple question and been turned away? so many times! i do remember i ask someone not long time ago and her excuse was that she were late to a job meeting🤔 and that she was un a rush but as soon she walked past me she walked prety normal without aby rush! My point is that they are not polite, kind and they will reject you to help! There's also so many other things that they don’t dare to talk about because that’s a stereotype that the don't want anyone to know about! They have either multiple faces or two faces whether you want to belive or not. In front of you they will show you their kind side but as soon you leave them they will talk shit about you with others and if it happens that you coming back they will turn on their "polite" side and show you what you want to see from them! I hope u understand what am trying to say!
They will talk so much shit also if you live here and cant speak the language!
As a Norwegian who’s spent some time in Denver CO… I can confirm it’s draining to be in the US 😂
If you are an open and talkative, social Norwegian person, you will be surprised how open people can be back to you, if you just start talking to them... The same as this interviewer experiences...
We're not cold because we're closed off - we're closed off because it's cold outside. Especially during winter.
I'm American and it took me 5 yrs for my Norwegian friend to trust me. He still must drink a bit to talk with me.
I am really more an American in the sence that i can start to smalltalk with people i dont know. and i like to compliment alot. Do i see something i like i tell them. That is my personality. People think im weird. ive been told that alot. And i LOVE it. it means im original and beeing myself 🤩
Closed of is a negative. We have alot of bad mental health as can be a factor or a consequence if you will of that. And yes, our alcohol consumption is a high one to. May also be a factor or consequence of this. But we are learning. 😅 For instance we are actually on the task of overlooking the "jantelov"😆 Witch is good. However more and more people cant seam to get the handel of the difference between arrogance and good self confidence. This last one i see all over the world now. 😀 Makes me that much happier to meet a guy with a good self confidence and still a good person.😆
I love little Saturday. Also a lot of places with two for one etc. 🍺
It is so easy that we have space enough to like space. :) Just a little place to feel calm. When are you coming to Norway Tyler. I have invited you so many times, but never got a answer. Have a great week 1 thing. When we drink, we can be to much. Then we are open up all drains. Not only fun if you are out to relax
Unfortunately Norwegians being this closed off is something i've come to hate about the country. That being said it varies a lot from place to place obviously. You're going to find most of the stereotypical answers in Oslo. Where i grew up i didn't hear about Jante loven once. A lot of it is embedded into the culture there still. In smaller towns these aspects of norwegian culture is quite toxic imo. It just end up feeling like nobody actually wants to be there. These smaller places don't have these big cultural hotspots for people to gather and meet. Bars are getting more and more expensive so people just party at home. Neighbor culture here can be quite good but mostly if you have children. It's a great place to live if you're an introvert for sure.
i think prolly myself also would like the friendlyness and kindness of the us even i am self a bit introvert but i can be both... and rofl yes we have wensday as little saturday xD
I must have Norwegian in my blood as I have most of those traits. Of course My heritage is German and I am 1st generation in Canada so maybe it is.
It is difficult to make friends in Norway. They usually have friends from before, and don't need more, so often you find that there are gangs that have stayed together since primary school. Therefore, it is often difficult to make new friends in Norway. But then there are those who are open to new friends too, but it often takes a long time, but as they say, what really is a friend? For Norwegians, a friend is someone you can talk to about most things and who can help you, and you can help back. Someone you can really trust 100%. Someone who will always be there for you, and there aren't that many of them. Especially among men, this is not typical, while women often have such friends, at least one or two. I myself think that many men would like to have one or two such friends, but then we men are supposed to be so tough, so we don't need such friendships. I think men are less dependent on such friends, they mostly just want to belong to a group of friends. So even though togetherness is important, the real friends are often few and far between, especially among men.
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The alcohol prices are not much different than Canada.
I just pause in between to comment as a norweigan myself. True we like more personal space, but also can be polite and smile. And we can be abit closed off, as general being careful. But depends where you from and how big city is at times. Some norweigan be loud and swear like no tomorrow lol. About the drinking, we talk about everyting. Give us drinks and we do talk and talk, you might get bored at the end lol. Most enjoy drinking, but to serten age, as my view. Pass 30 and it gets less. There is 2 sort of friends in that matter, normal friends and drinking friends. But moslty true few close friends, even to just have one. Winter its big deal there, with all sport. Many of us stuck to tv watching ALOT. Hiking is something normal to do, I did all the time as a kid. Brunost, got serten flavor that normal cheese dont. Taste is as I can call it, abit bitter sweet. We dont talk so much, but can be alot staring at ppl. We sit eat out, just look around. But i think its abit false we drink so much. Also Wenday can be drinking day. And friday is the real drink day. Saturday the hangover day. Yes we call it little saturday true fact. We drive to sweden for cheap beer. Very commen where I live.Ty for the fun video!
It is true, but if you just start talking to a norwegian, they will all be polite and open. But most will not start the conversation
On alcohol consumption, Norwegians have stereotypes about Norwegian stereotypes. We drink way less than for example US, which is kind of strange as we are allowed to start drinking at age 18, compared to 21(?) in the US. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita
What the hell? They present us as all drunks!? I barely drink, so it's extremely hard to get me to warm up to people. I don't mind
the girl who liked the american way of being is one of those people who likes attention, you will always find that in any country, but for example me i would go and get annoyed until i told the persion to shut up
Have you thought about that she may be one of those people who likes people?
@@Ridiculina i se wat you say, but dont misunderstand when i say "fake" conectione, becose how its always talked about that american talk with stranger ore that its kind of only for self confor, and say how easy to get friend in usa, you "smile" to them and you are friends, and get the same thing, wat in hard sitoatione when you realy nead friends, you dont have al thos friend you cal them in usa, you will alwayse have some, and say norway the fake friend will hapendd her to but feal its less. (sorry now i know its bade Englishe)
I think it's time for you to visit norway soon, I'd love to show you around Bergen, which i live just outside of
I'm not saying that he wont... but they (I believe him and his brother) have a bunch of these channels, covering their own Nations or areas.
@@Telruin oh, fascinating. I didn't know that
i love how he says norwgians are reserved people standing there in a unicorn skirt .. Say what you will about norwegians but we got a great sence of humor
Alcohol in Sweden are almost half the price.
I must be Norwegian!
Little Saturday is a thing from the past. Nowadays ppl with kids have shared custody of their children, but some years ago it was normal that the dad had the kids every wednesday and every other weekend. So the single mothers would have an opening wednesday evenings to go out, and many did, and these women were the target for adventurous single men, therefor nameing wednesday little saturday.
At first you have to recon that scandinavia is at the same latitude as Alaska!
That means.. we goes in a hibernating stage half of the year.. wich means fewer social meetings.. half of the years!
But there is no trouble to get new friends, you only need some of this things, own a cabin in the mountains, like skiing, own a snowmobile, and like to fish on frosen lakes!
Its this.. one get friends that share the same living conditions.. so its more about neigbours with children in the same age as yours, and one become a volontary leader at the local sportclub!
And then at summer.. its where everything happens, did you miss to get close friends at winter, all your not so close friends are gone, they is at there family cottage, or celebrate with there close friends!
We are just to polite to other people, that is why we looks like we are closte of. We dont want to be rud to other people. Shy is comon.
You need too have a bottle of vodka with you when you going too the city,for people too talk with you hehe
Imagine having to talk more than once a week. that seems exhausting, I could never move to the US.
Americans would think norwegians are hard core alcoholics. Just as norwegians think of the finnish.
I met my friends through gaming
When Norwegians get drunk they become Americans 😇🤣🤣🤣
Ohhh there are many unpolite people in Norway, spesial among younger people, but also among adults. But some unpolitness is culture. In north people say what they mean, straight from the heart, if you are from north they know what you mean, and that is just the way you say it. In south that is unpolite to say, and they would think you are a very unpolite person. I miss that younger people show older people respekt, like you rise and give your seat on the bus. If they caree heavy stuff, you help. If you see they strugel with getting rid of snow, you stop and help. I learn that from my parents, and they would be very disapointed on me if they heard I didn't help. But it was nice to help, and when you was finnish they invited you in for a cup of tea or coca cola, and they told stories from their life. I learned alot about worldwars, how life was on the sea and to have respect to mother nature.
I'm apparantly not Norwegian at all :D
Running out of topics?
Hey! If you wanna see the Face of Uncomfirtable, put your hand on a Norwegians arm or shoulder when you talk to them xD TRUE STORY..! I am one..!
Of course we drink here!!! In the winter to survive the cold and the darkness. In spring to celebrate that we actually did survive winter. In the summer to celebrate that it IS warm and sunny (the few days it doesn't rain) and in fall because we are getting close to winter agan. I's a survival mechanism!! :D
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@user-we7vk5zg7l
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Nooo don’t stop the video 🥹
Regarding alkohol in Norway!
There are a ekstensive cottage industri produsing and smuggeling!
A storry says that, in some komunitys, if you Ask for where to get alkohol, the locals wil point at a house, and you Ask if that is where you can by some, the answer will be, no that is where the pastor lives, so that is where there are none!
yes this guy looks really fake.he got numerous alias from canada,uk,japan etc. i think youtube has to look into this. his videos needs to stop.creepy
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@terjerendalsvik5461
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- To be fair, it's not that uncommon for people to have multiple channels here on 'TH-cam'...
I've followed quite a lot of channels over the years and quite a few of these people have started up separate channels to compartmentalize according to the topic at hand.
Like f.e. one for each country that Tyler has started learning stuff about is definitely not unheard of now days.
Some people have f.e. one channel for 'Gaming', one channel for 'TV and/or Movies reactions', one channel for 'Music reactions' and one other channel for 'Vlogs'.
Heck, some people even have separate channels for 'Makeup', 'Clothing', and 'Workouts(and Diets)'.
So why should 'Google'/'TH-cam' be concerned about this, they thrive on this trend...
The more places they can post ads, the better, 'cause it adds up to more money in the long run.
False profiles and scammers on 'Social Network Services' like 'FaceBook' is a way bigger concern for people than this here trend on 'TH-cam'.
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@Don_Coyote
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- Ok, so I do agree with you that people who do these types of video reactions should at least be upfront and honest about having watched something beforehand.
I can neither confirm nor deny these allegations, since naturally I wasn't there at the time...
Yes, rehearsing and acting a certain way is sadly a very common occurrence on 'TH-cam' and it has been this way for pretty much the whole time since the service was first launched back in the day.
Genuine, honest and not over-acted channels and/or videos are few and far between...
Of course, how much this affects their content and viewership thereof in a negative way highly depends on context.
Reactions should preferably be as honest and genuine as possible.
This is true and I totally agree with you there.
As for the part about him not reading comments, like I've already pointed out under another comment here...
Until 'Google'/'TH-cam' decides to add a 'Comment Read' notification system to the functionality of this here service, there is simply no way of knowing whether or not he actually reads comments.
Just because he doesn't reply to comments doesn't in any way, shape and/or form mean that he doesn't take time to read comments under his own videos when he clearly takes time to read comments under other people's videos.
You also say it doesn't seem like he cares about what he is watching, granted it has become more and more centered on the money making aspect of having a channel these days.
But I'm gonna give him the benefit of doubt and say that him wasting his time on stuff that has no meaning to him at all context wise seems more than a little bit farfetched to me to be completely honest.
I personally think that he does care and has an interest in this stuff, but the downside of pre-screening is the lack of genuine emotion to something 'NEW' when he records said reaction video.
Of course, to what degree this presents itself depends heavily on context...
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Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh most are false tbh (put the tbh creature here)
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If you really care about Norway and Norwegian culture so much, how come you stop the video almost half way through? And how come it always seems like you've seen the videos before you react to them? Almost as if you're not being real. Hmm. Very interesting.
yeah he looks creepy
$52 is not that much!
Just around two hours salary for most Norwegians!
and say you are on disability insurance from the state, which means you have an injury that prevents you from working, 3 hours of work would be 52 dollars if you could work, the money you get then will vary slightly depending on what you worked before you got the injury
I agree. No issues. I don't look at the price. I buy!