American Reacts to Norwegian Culture vs. American Culture
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- As an American I find it absolutely fascinating to learn about the differences between Norwegian culture and American culture. The word culture can mean many different things including language, traditions, food, and even attitudes. That is why I am very excited to see what I can learn about Norwegian culture today. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
05:34 Yeah, I could tell he was a missionary just from his suit and tie. Because he is a missionary, his experiences in Norway might be - and probably is, in many ways - different than if he was a tourist, or a newly-moved foreigner in Norway. Missionaries always wear a name-tag on their outer-most clothing that people immediately recognize them as being missionaries, and this usually changes how the people behave around the foreigners compared to if the same missionary had been wearing casual clothes and no name-tag.
Yeah that channel is LDS, aka Mormons
@@sundhaug92 that's also what I figured just by looking at him, yeah. I've seen LDS missionaries the most around in Norway, and every time I see on on the streets, they are immediately recognizable as missionaries.
As far as I'm concerned he was a suspect the moment I saw him. As we say in The Netherlands, you can recognise them as easily as a white frog in a plate of spinach...
Never met one in Norway, but worked a few weeks in Salt Lake City and got to know some mormons. They certainly have some different customs, but super nice, and didn't try to hard to convert me, aside from giving me the mormon book. I've also been offered that randomly when traveling throughout the US :)
My mum always said: "Ikkje glo på folk! Det er ikkje fint!"(Don't stare at people! It's not nice to do that!) , when i was little and yes, i'm from Norway 😎
I am sixty. First time i saw a black man in Oslo was in 1972. My jaw dropped to the pavement. My mother said: " Don't look at other people like that! What you do are very un polite. How would you like to be stared at by other people?". Norwegians are not cold or distanced. Just well raised and educated.
My mom said it all the way too when I was little, in just the same way. ;P I almost heard my moms voice when I read that line. ;P
Actually we do have guns, a lot considering how small the country is. But what many americans miss is that they are for sports or hunting.
Sometimes the police are allowed to carry their guns when the risk of terrorism is higher than usual. But most of the time it is like he said: locked in their cars
Yeah. It's harder to get weapons legal in Norway, and limited on what kind you can get. But we're still on the top 15 list of weapons/citizen in the world.
Yeah, a lot of hunters here, but not to mention the Norwegian Home Guard. Most of them have weapons at home, haven’t they?
@@Ridiculina Not anymore i'm afraid :(
After multiple instances of Heimevern soldiers killing their families, they aren’t allowed to keep guns at home anymore.
@@Ridiculina Yup. But the moral is to protect. And serius hunter,s dont miss the the target.What it may be..
Easter and Christmas have a fundamentally important factor, light, i.e. the winter solstice and summer solstice. Easter is a milestone in the year's calendar, and a harbinger of the arrival of spring, and thus that summer is soon to come. These are not Christian traditions, but rather anniversaries that Christianity adapted to reduce the influence of pagan culture.
Truth!
Yes. "Easter" is (probably) named after an ancient pagan goddess for the spring. "Eastre".
@Lizzie Lives Yup we all used to be tribal. It's called colonialism and religious brainwash.
This is a myth propagated by memes on the internet. See my comments on the previous missionary video.
@@veridicusmind3722 What is a myth? It is impossible to find your comment on some other video. I'll assume you mean that Jesus is a myth - which is correct.
A thought:
This extremely likeable guy says that the Norwegians who are not interested in hearing/talking about religion say Thank you, but no thank you.
In return, the already religious Norwegians want to talk. So he loses contact with a huge group of the population.
I think you should find some American tourists who don't ask about religion. This way you will get all the aspects about Norway that are not religiously conditioned - and those aspects are far more "Nordic/Norwegian culture and much more interesting, as it is not closely related to the international "Bible language". A language that already has agreed established boundaries and rules from the start.
Investigating the infallible will be far more challenging, but also far more exciting. Then we really can talk about cultural differences. Thank You for good shows!
You've got to understand this... A Kvikk Lunch IS a Kit Kat bar, but the chocolate is vastly superior to the Kit Kat. Norwegian "milk chocolate" is world class!
11:28
He's completely wrong about that one.
Indeed Norway is one of the countries in the world with the most firearms.
However there's strict rules for where and when you may carry one.
And the police for instance is unarmed most of the time.
Still many villages will literally be empty during the hunting seasons...
That's true, pr.capita, We have a lot of private gun ownership. But it is very controlled, and you have to do courses, get approved by local police, and keep the weapons in a safe. A lot of people don't bother to go through it, but alot do. I'm a previous gun owner, but i sold my guns off when i didn't go to the range regulary anymore. As one should. 😊 We only use then for hunting, sports, and recreation. Not self defence.
To be fair, we do have 5-6 weeks summer vacation, but we usually only go abroad for 1 to 3 weeks, with 1 or 2 being the most common. Often we travel to a Mediterranean country, Turkey is very popular for example. The rest of the summer we are on the cabin, redecoration our homes, going on hikes, bading or whatever...
I think it is so interesting and exciting to hear what other people think about my country and culture and traditions . You make a good video. Now spring has arrived in Norway and the snow is now gone and the heat is on its way. Greetings from Norway
Dressed like that? Even in Norway we know they probably comes from Salt Lake City and can say,- not interested before they even open their mouth. Maybe this sounds rude, but it saves a lot of time. 😀
So, there's a lot of American pop culture in Norway, so we don't really have much of a culture shock when traveling to the US, because we know what to expect. We know that it is socially acceptable to talk to strangers, sit next to them on the bus, etc. It's all about what is socially accepted and expected.
I love how obsessed you are with Norway ❤️😂 Come for Christmas! ❄️🎄
He have several channels doing different countrys, with different last name :D
HOLIDAYS: In Norway, we have five weeks at our disposal, which we can take, for example, three weeks summer holiday, one week Christmas holiday and one week Easter holiday. While some would rather have a week's winter holiday since primary schools close for a week in winter, they only have the usual Easter days off instead of a full week. When you turn 60, you get what we call a pension week in addition to the usual five weeks, so you often see grandparents with their grandchildren at the cottage for a winter holiday week. You can also see that grandparents take a holiday together with their grandchildren for a week in the summer before the parents' holiday begins, this because the schools start their holiday a good while before the parents have their joint holiday, which is in July. The schools have a holiday from around 20-23 June, and it lasts until around 15-20 August. How do Norwegians manage to take five weeks holiday without pay? Well, we actually get paid while we're on holiday, because we get so-called holiday money. We get this because we save a whole year of money for next year's holidays. That money is often paid out around 1 May, or right before 1 July. SO then you have to set aside money for the holiday weeks you have throughout the year, you also get more money next year, which is also saved up. Holiday pay amounts to approximately 13% of an annual salary.
The most fun time for foreigners to visit Norway is probably around 17th May because the celebration is so public and different to anywhere else. Often the weather is pleasant, but it is still spring so I remember years it snowed a little even in Oslo.
Christmas Eve is celebrated with a big dinner and opening of gifts and the following day with a whole day brunch buffet with family. Everything including restaurants tend to be closed, so you'll be stuck at some hotel if you're not invited to celebrate at somebody's home.
New Year's eve is a big party and restaurants are open, so many go out to celebrate in their best clothes. There is a lot of fireworks around midnight, but it often starts around 6PM and continues until 1AM in Oslo.
Easter is mostly a skiing holiday where people go into the mountains and stay at their cabins or hotels.
To really see the country I would recommend coming during June, July and August when the weather is good and the days long.
The thing about the mormones that come here to «save us» are så easy to spot 😅
They are usually very nice and polite, but we really not like «forcing» ones religion on us - no mattee how nice they are.
14:15 Kvikk Lunsj is sold all year-round in Norway, but it is basically a staple hiking/skiing chocolate to bring with you.
15:03 Solo is also sold all year-round in Norway, I'm not too familiar with whether it is typically connected with hiking or not, as I prefer Fanta Orange or Fanta Exotic (Both of which, mind you, tastes a lot different - and in my opinion, better - than the American versions), but I do think I have seen advertisements of Solo Orange in connection with hiking in the past.
13:27 The Norwegian calendar has a lot of red days in it, and if I'm not mistaken - which I, for once, don't think I am, - everyone expected to take time-off from work on these red days.
When it comes to Easter in Norway, that comes with four red days, you start off with Thursday, followed by Friday, with normal Saturday that is treated as a Half-Day for businesses and stores (and workers often are allowed to take the day off for an extended and uninterrupted Easter Vacation), which then brings us to Easter Sunday, and it all ends with the fourth red day on Monday.
This is why a lot of Norwegians have time during Easter to travel to their cabins or go on vacation outside of Norway for Easter, as it brings with it so many days off for us in Norway that it makes it possible to do so.
stop staring at me Tyler!
He was (most likely) a LDS Missionary.
Going abroad in Europe is an even less of a deal than an American going to a different state... Europeans go to Mediterranean countries for vacations, like american go to Florida, California or Vegas.
What's facinating to me is the fact that you say, Tyler, that Americans are afraid of how people are going to react when you're being rude. But you also state that you don't care if you're staring and being somewhat rude? Which one is it? I'm asking out of curiosity, and not trying to be rude. I love your videos.
@tyler Walker your make excellent commentary as always!
15:30 No, Norwegians celebrate Christmas on Christmas. They only follow the liturgical calendar where each day starts at sunset. Also, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Quebec, Romania, Uruguay, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland exchange presents at 24. eve. This tradition follows the liturgical calendar for the Christmas celebration where the day begins at sunset.
12:49 ''Go to their hytte'' what he means : Go to their cabin. At least he pronounced it correctly.
Yeah if you get us going we can talk for hours if we are interested. If we are not interested we will tell you so. We are straightforward and honest often to a fault.
16:53 I am fairly certain that the meat he is referring to here would be Pinnekjøtt, this is racks of lamb or mutton that are cured in brine or coarse sea salt.
16:44 December 25th and December 26th (Christmas Eve - First day of Christmas, and Second day of Christmas) are the only red days in the Norwegian Calendar, but because we have such good time-off conditions from work in Norway, a lot of people will take time off from work for anywhere starting December 22nd or 23rd to December 26th or 27th to be with the family. My family generally has three days back-to-back of family dinners starting off either December 23rd or 24th, depending on the schedule of everyone and what fits best, and each day will be at a different family member's home. As for the little things like children getting to open presents in the morning, instead of doing this on the 25th, we would do that on the 24th, and then we'd open the rest of the presents either before dinner the same day, or between dinner and after-dinner snacks.
I find it strange that Americans will stare at you because they don't care what you think about it, and then be worried about what you think if you actually talk with them, so they will not tell you what they actually feels.
Of course we need a week off for easter!
We just had a gruelling week of winter vacation - after five Christmas holidays...
Most of May are holidays, then six weeks summervacation before I finally get some rest at work. 🙄
As a Swede, I know and share traditions with the Normans (Norway). Sweden is a little more secularized than Norway, but I would invite this man every day over Christmas, and every other day. Because we/I are not 'against'. We/I judge the action, not the person or any belief. AND! I love Norway and the people. Men bara norrmän vet vad de använder som karta i öknen ;) Ha de.
04:24 This reaction is so true, in fact, it just happened to me yesterday when I was sitting in my car waiting for my aunt to come so we could go shopping when some random bicyclist came right up against my door and knocked gently on the window.
I didn't ask him if I knew him, but that is what I was wondering to begin with, and I tried to figure out where I would have met the guy before in the past while I was trying to roll down the window of the car.
Turns out he was a complete stranger, and what I guess Norwegians would call a Karen (or whatever the male equivalent of a Karen is) that just wanted to complain about the fact that he was stupidly choosing to pass me by on the road instead of going around me on the side-walk next to the bike-lane I was stopped on.
You see, usually people mind their own business in Norway, even if they see someone do something illegal, they won't confront or say anything to the people doing the illegal thing, they'll just go about their business and act as if nothing wrong happened. But not this guy, he had to confront me about it...
For my 40 hour/week contract here in Belgium(10-6) the number of holidays by law is 42 days. I have 55 this year.
Not going on holiday outside of the country in a year would be a bit weird to me. My parents were an electrician and a nurse and we basically for my entire youth went on 2 holidays every year. A summer and winter one. Spain, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, etc.(in all of those countries you can go for either winter or summer holidays). Summer was for a lot of swimming at beaches and exploring. Winter for for skiing and later on snowboarding for a few hours and A LOT of relaxing. Saunas, massages, indoor pools, etc.
My father would take his bike to save on gas. Mother went to work on her bike for the same reason. We still went on those holidays to 4 star hotels. They were not really negotiable.
3 vacations this year outside the country coming up! Got to explore other countries.
Norway is not very open about others coming to us forcing their religious opinions on others. So we are not a fan of this concept. We say: believe in what u want just dont force your opinions on others. These religious groups coming over to Norway with the intention of spreading their religion… we don’t really like it, we will be polite but honestly say not interested very fast unless already religious. So yeah i can see that foreigners will say we are straightforward or almost rude honest.
We have the opinion of: you do you, so long as u aren’t bothering anyone u can do and believe what u want.
Easter isn't the whole week, its from Thursday to Monday. Those days employers have to pay double and there are restrictions on what can be open, so most shut down operations completely. A lot of Norwegians will take the 3 days before Thursday off too, making the consecutive time off 1 weekend + 1 week + Monday. Not bad for 3 days of PTO.
16:51 What you eat can vary, depends on the preferences of the family, but common food is fried ribs(ribbe), Xmas sausages, meat cakes. There is Julegrøt, which is Christmas porridge, which is actually rise porridge. But rise porridge was a cheap fast and easy food to mak. But it's a traditional Xmas food, but it's common to eat it in other parts of the year, you eat what ever you want right. But certain foods are traditional xmas foods, but you don't have to eat it, eat what ever suits you. But I like a lot of the xmas food.
Some also eat reindeer steak, pinnekjøtt( not sure how to translate it, but it's means stick meat, it's meat from sheep) turkey is also common, just like in USA.
Cooked cod.
As dessert there is also Julekake, which is a Xmas cake, with raisins, some also have other stuff in it.
I don't care about dressing up.
If you search for:
Julemat site:no
You will find lists and pictures and recopies of the food.
Hmm, we do look eachother in the eyes when we talk, but if he was a missionary - then people might be feeling defensive and try not to look him in the eyes, it means go away, I dont want to talk to you. Also we feel it is a little rude to just say "go away I am not interested in your religion, so we try not to make eye contact which is a sign of us not wanting to talk to you.
He's was partially wrong about guns. People are allowed to own guns and gun ownership is not that uncommon outside of the big cities, but it's very highly regulated.
i dont understand why i watch your videos but i do :P
Many women and men were bunad on Christmas Eve and Christmas dag ( 25 des.)we open the Christmas gift at Christmas Eve. In my home we open one package at a time, so we all can see who we got the package from. Many home we open the give At 17.00 the churck bells ring in Christmas
These mormon missionarys are wholesome. Seen a lot of their experiences about the world, even tho i'm not religious - they are just very unbiased.
Please check out the Cabin by Ylvis. Its a great way to learn more about Norwegian cabin life. Would be awesome if you reacted that one. Ylvis is great in general...
15:01 Solo is kind of like Fanta, long time since I had one, but I remember it was tasty.
But Fanta is also made here, but lately it's not been that good not sure why, probably too much citric acid in it, but usually Fanta is tasty, but so is Solo, So don't judge by just one bottle.
This video shows the opinions of mormon missionaries - people in Norway are generally not religious and most would try to avoid them I'm sure. I know I would.
02:22 Ah, yeah, in Norway we are quick to avert eyes when we make eye contact, usually only with strangers, though, but I guess also with people we know, like if we don't want to be recognized and talked to by that person, we avert eyes immediately and hope we didn't get recognized, or that they at the very least don't come up and confront us if they did recognize us..
12:28 4 July is Qeeen Sonja Haraldsen's birthday, so maybe that's what he is talking about.
Maybe he saw a celebration in Oslo, but fireworks are only allowed at new years eve.
The gun law is a blessing, the whole country feels so safe
Do all the familiy come together at the 25th in the morning to eat breakfast and celebrate then? We usually celebrate in the evening with dinner
As a Norwegian, pandemic and other stuff has made us travel less. But finaly, this year I'm going abroad again. 2 weeks in the Caribbean and 2 weeks in Japan. Cant wait :D
I'm sure that on his quest on converting people he was met with a lot of "disrespect" as well, like people telling him to f. off and using other swear words as well.
Intrusive people like him are not really loved by most people here. The Mormons were especially hated when I was a kid. They still kept coming every year :-(
I wish he, or some his bunch would talk about the abuse they encountered as well.
This guy actually seems like a nice, intelligent person though.
In many parts of Norway it is normal to talk to stranger, the person next to you on the buss etc But this is furter North and on the vest Coast.
Western Europe vs USA: Going abroad but whitin Europe is as You go to another state whitin USA. Norwegian going to Spain is like Peolple from Michigan going to Florida.
Where did your interest in Norway come from? Are you living there?
We don’t celebrate Christmas we celebrate Jul😊
Only the christians celebrate Christmas 😊
I love Americans ❤️ 😊 And I would love to talk to, and get to know American tourists 😃😃😃 I would love to show them around in my city. I wouldn't mind them walking up to me on the street and talk to me.....
(Yes..... I'm a Norwegian) 🥰
Another thing.....
What Norwegians have for Christmas Dinner can be very different/regional...
I have never ever had salted meat 🍖 for Christmas Dinner.... 🎄 I guess he was probably stationed in the West..... Western Norway.
06:48 Oh yeah, that is definitely not an exaggeration, I have even heard of people spending half a year in Spain - or other southern (from Norway) tropical countries - for the colder months of Norway, then half a year in Norway for the warmer months of Norway. But three to six weeks is definitely the norm compared to the six months abroad six month's home deal, and people spend those three to six weeks in other countries than the ones he mentioned, it's just that Spain is a very popular destination for Norwegians to travel to.
Norway is nr. 17 of the list of most guns per capita, with the USA coming in at nr. 1. Lots of people hunt, do biothlon or other sports involving guns. But all guns are HIGHLY REGULATED! USA really should try it! It works great 👌🏼
11:15 To clarify, you can have guns, but you need a gun licence, and no crazies get guns and it's not easy to get guns, there are gun/shooting clubs and shooting ranges, and you are allowed to hunt during the hunting season. But police have guns locked in a gun save in the truck of their car, they also have bullet proof helmets, and also have machine guns in the gun save, not only pistols. If there iss a threat with a weapon they of course get the guns out, not like they go in with no guns or protection to a crazy person with weapons, or doing a raid unarmed. but yes patrol is without guns. But they always have guns in the gun safe. But once Detla( kind of like SWAT) is called of course those have guns. But police is allowed to carry guns when there is a terror threat, risk for an attack.
These laws, regulations were implemented to reduce police involved shootings, the numbers are great in Norway. Rarely police involved shootings.
Guns in Norway are big. A lot of weapons. 10% of the population have hunting licence. Competition shooting are also big.
If I could rank the most important days in Norway, it would probably be:
1. 17th of May (Constitution Day)
2. Christmas Eve (not Christmas Day)
3. Easter (hyttetur)
4. New Years Eve (party and fireworks)
Usually people take a week or a half off around Christmas and Easter, and 3-4 weeks off in the summer. We have a lot of public holidays where you usually have the day off anyway:
1. 1st of January
2. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Passover
3. 1st of May (International Worker's Day)
4. 17th of May (Constitution Day)
5. The second day of Pentecost
6. 24th of Desember (usually half day's work)
7. 25th of December (Christmas Day)
8. 26th of December (2nd day of Christmas)
In addition to that you have leave for military service, moving to a different house (usually, but unpaid), civic duties (like political work), funerals and care for dying relatives, education, maternity leave, pregnancy leave and parental leave for the father in addition to the normal sick days (which also includes caring for sick children). It's paid either by the employer or the state.
I tell you, it's worth paying taxes for all that.
"Kvikk Lunsj" is pronounced almost identically (in norwegian) like you would say "Quick Lunch" in english, which is also it's direct translation.
09:45 It's important - I feel - to note that Norwegians aren't like that explicitly to missionaries and missionaries alone, we have a lot of beggars and these rehabilitating drug/alcohol addicts selling Asfalt magazines in various parts of Norway, and they will usually always sit/stand outside of the entrance to stores, beggars sitting with their cups and the Asfalt sellers standing around with a backpack/bag full of unsold magazines. The beggars are generally easy enough, as long as you don't approach them, they'll leave you alone, but the Asfalt sellers will often approach or stop you if you so much as made eye-contact with them, and they'll try to start up a conversation in the hopes of getting you to buy one of their magazines, not all of the Asfalt sellers will do this, though, but generally the rule of thumb for avoiding them if you are not interested is to not make eye-contact, and just do your best to ignore them completely, and they'll leave you alone.
I'm a bit iffy on the matter of honesty, I think it to a greater degree is that we abhorr lies- since this is a much more tenable solution in the day to day, I've never observed somebody calmly deliver an insult in public
I'il readily admit this changes in a private setting, though my point is that generally the rule is to not to knowingly say what's un-true.
Americans say: Nice to meet you, we should get together for a coffee some day and us Scandinavians take it seriously and expect a coffee. haha
This easter i was off work for 11 days, some people get 5-6 days.
just curious - what was it that made you want to have a channel about Norway? Are you a descendant of Norwegians?
14:18 Kvikk Lunsj, Lunsj is pronounced as in english Lunch, but Kvikk is pronounced as kweek.
Usually the U sounds is as you pronounced it, but there are some exceptions, like in this case.
It means Quick Lunch
A bit different taste to KitTak, but tasty, you will likely like it if you like Kitkat.
Regarding the not looking people in the eyes thing - We just get extremely uncomfortable around strangers, and do everything we can to avoid them.
It is an interesting misunderstanding that Norwegians celebrate Christmas on December 24th. We don't. We celebrate Yule, which we call Jul. We don't call that Christmas Eve. We call it Yule Eve. Christmas is on December 25th and the Norwegian word for that is Kristmesse. We've been celebrating Yule since long before anyone heard of Christianity and to me as an atheist, it is a very important distinction, because I want Yule to be for absolutely everyone, whether they're Christian, Muslim, atheist or whatever. The Yule celebration is originally a celebration of the end of darkness, which is a very big thing in Norway. Yule should be for anyone who enjoys daylight.
If a stranger stares at you in your eyes in Norway for a while, we think whats that guys problem.? If the person smiles and says hi. Nobody gets angry by that. Oslo is not the most friendly place in Norway. If you are in smaller places people will be more social. They talk a lot some places.
12:00 New Years as in the night of January First. You have seen videos about how New Years is celebrated in Norway, and you commented on how it is extremely different compared to the USA in that the USA barely does anything to celebrate New Years Eve, while Norwegians will show up en masse at pre-determined spots around the cities and outskirts of the cities to have fireworks displays lasting for several minutes (I think it usually lasts 5 minutes).
12:35 Ah, I forgot to mention that, while people aren't allowed to buy stick-fireworks that you stick into the ground and light the fuse for the firework to rocket up into the sky, people are allowed to buy battery fireworks, tube-fireworks, and all other kinds of fireworks, and because of this, you will probably start hearing fireworks being shot up starting around 8 PM on the last day of December before January first arrives. I'd wager that most of these are probably lit by families with young children that the parents don't want to stay awake too late, but also don't want their children to miss out on the fireworks, because the pre-determined spots for fireworks starting off at exactly 00:00 at night is definitely the main event of New Years Eve for Norwegians.
U can say quick lunch as you would in english, since it is literally said the same way. Just in Norwegian its written kvikk lunsj
I think the shunnig to look in peoples eyes he has been experienced and warned of is more related to the fact that they are Mormons and Scandinavians are a bit awkward when it comes to this religion. I think in mot scenarios we stare as much as anyone. But interacting with a sect very different from our culture, I can understand the Lutheran shunning.
It's about 29% of norwegians who own a civilian firerarm.
Er det virkelig så mange
Those are rookie numbers, got to pump those numbers up!
Ikke 29% nei, bodd her i 32 år aldri sett en gønner
@@feherlofia2165 på min arbeidsplass driver de fleste med jakt. De fleste bønder har også. Så er det de som er i heimevernet og innsatsstyrke, de som driver med konkuranseskyting osv. Blir ganske stor andel til slutt det.
@@feherlofia2165 Det er fordi i Norge bruker man våpen til jakt, noe du aldri har vært på siden du aldri har sett våpen før
Again, we DO have guns...for hunting and sports. I myself have 5, two 22LR, a 308 Sako, a 30-06 Mauser and a 12G. We have a lot of guns in Norway. >But we shoot animals, not people.
We don't look people in their eyes because it's not proper, but we do a glimpse on strangers and our brain is working fast to decide if the person is nice or bad. Their clothes is telling our brain what kind of person you are. Also the face of the person. But I do the opposite of what is banned. I don't mind look people in their eyes. I'm not scared to do it. And some people ask me what am I looking at. You I say. 😅 Why they answer, and I say like you are a good looking guy/girl, you must be popular, or funny or intelligent or something else good. 🤗 I am definitely not social at all, I like to be withdrawn but I'm also very curious and can't help my self for being staring at surtain people's looks or personality disorder or behaviour. Maybe I'm just weird. 😂😂
I think how people react to other people largely has to do with personality type and not so much nationality. The people who are straight forward are mostly of the thinking type (logic) while those (me included as INFP) who are more considerate and empathic are mostly of the feeler type. I do tend to find strangers talking to me about religion to be annoying and I can find it rather rude. So I politely try to remove myself from them careful not to hurt their feelings. And yes I am a Norwegian.
What is with people and these "personality type" things?
You do know that the Myers-Briggs personality types have been completely debunked and are just made-up bs, right?
I think it has a lot with culture as well. Of course, it depends on the individual.
But It's not actually seen as rude if you remove yourself from situations strangers put you in.
So I feel pretty sure when I say more people would be straightforward in that situation in Norway(than in the USA for example), even if they are very sympathetic and/or considerate. It's just that those people are less likely to be annoyed or blame the stranger(be understanding).
So yes, I feel like culture does has a lot to do with it. Again, individuals will vary, but as a whole, people do not consider it rude to say no/remove yourself from strangers coming up to you. Many will even find it ruder if you pretend to be interested when you are not because you are wasting everyone's time(there is a fine line that people will walk on and even cross in different situations if that makes sense).
My point is, in Norway more compassionate people will not have a problem saying "No thanks" or getting out of the situation quickly if they so wish because it is not seen as rude. But there are of course still some compassionate people or awkward people who will find it harder or ruder to be straightforward. It's just less common, like in the USA where that is common.
@@OriginalPuro I don`t know that but I guess that is your opinion, which is ok. You do you. I do me. And from the little you wrote I can see clearly you are a very logical person. I am a very feeling person. I make my decisions on what feels right. Have a nice day ❤
Are you coming to Norway anytime soon? ❤
Come here and live for free if you want to ❤ come spend some time if you feel like it
In Jewish tradition the new day starts at sunset. That is why some countries celebrate Christmas in the evening of the 24th. It's technically the 25th
Another really big day for us is May 17th, which is our constitution day. We are one of the only, if not the only, countries that make our constitution day about our children.
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These people, bless them are mormons... They can bug the best of Americans as they go door knocking. Do respect them though, they do follow the misionary principle. Go and telll them.
As a swede i was tought at a young age that staring was rude.
We don't look at people we don't know much at all if we're not having a conversation with them. We will look them in the eyes then. Prolonged eye contact with a stranger you're not talking with gets really creepy really fast.
11:26 thats false. guns are allowed. But its mostly bolt action rifles/shotguns for hunting. We do also have all types of competition shooting. Population of 5.6 million and 1.2 million registered weapons. Also some police carry weapons now
you pronounce kvikk lunsj almost directly like "quick lunch".
The only difference is we have a tiny v where u have u.
So if u'd say "qvick lunch " ud nail it
Biggest difference: US Americans live to work. We work to live....
he's a mormon that's why he walk around with a bible or whatever in Norway....
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We like americans. We're not so fan of your goverment, though. But an American in Norway are generally met with open arms.
It is really strange to see actual christians, we don't have them here in Norway.
It must be strange being a religious person and then come to Norway which consists of mostly anti-religious people.
lies! ofcorse we have them.
you basing your opinions on Oslo?
@@Drack-eu7xmoutside the Bible Belt in the west, we don’t have many practicing Christian’s no.
As a very straight forward Norwegian person even for being Norwegian. Am I now sure that I cannot go to the United States... I will be deported. 😂
We don’t look at people because that might lead to them coming over and talking to us.
This is how we reject you: sorry, but I have my belife, so I wish you all the best, take care❤
have no guns.... hehe Norway is one of the contries in europe with most guns on private hands per person
Start learning Norsk.
We generally do not hate these missionaries as they are respectful and are easily sent away if we dont want their BS, but I must admit when I was a young atheist clone I could be anything but nice. I mean, not violent or anything that dumb, but agressive, belonging to the anti-theist crowd. However, unlike some others their church is less invasive, at least on the surface. I have no idea what they are like if you invite them to close. Still, freedom of religion and movement, but I am also free to tell them that Satan is lord etc etc ;D
Note; we have guns. Its for sporting but in my region its hunting. Shotguns, rifles, that kind of thing. However, they are very rarely used in crime as having a gun when comiting crime means the police get all the money to catch you.
Hmm, this isnt quit correkt, not 3-6 weeks out of contry, its usaly 1-2 weeks in ect Spain or somthing. And American dont leave the contry? Well the America is a continent as in Europe, to leave for America/Africa/Australia would be a big deal, like you said
My guess this is a mormon missionary. Would be received an other way than other people. Like when Jehovas Witnesses knock on your door. Oh- most Norwegians take vacations within Norway. And many go to more southern countries.
You talk about cabins at around 14 min mark. And you say you have to be rich to have a cabin. Some of us have cabins and some have caravans and RV's. But non of them are huge like what you guys have in America. And yeah some of ours cabins have both electricity and water. But a lot of them have not. And we are not rich, just ordinary families like you Americans. And a typical Norwegian cabin with electricity but not water, but with maybe a water source outside. That is like a basic new car around 42300 dollars or 450000 Norwegian kr.
Preaching relegion to stranger is for non relegious Norwegians considered rude, even to the point of offensive...
I had an accouter with one of those JW's some years ago, from america. One of them, they are always two, come up to me and said, "Do you want me too learn you about life?". I started laughing, not polite I know, but I could not help it, coz he was about 22 years old and totally blind in his childish superstition of that god, his so called son and other stuff that never happened in the bible he was so eager too sell to me and he actually thought he could learn me, a 50 year old, about life? He, an ignorant boy with his silly blind belief? Get out of here, please!
I just waved them off coz I could not stop laughing, it was soo comical too me that an ignorant that know next too nothing outside his fairy tale thought he could learn anyone about life... Most religious don't say that they are superstitious here in Norway, coz they feel, as they should too, that folk looks down on them when they openly emit that they believe in iron age myths over real science.
I wonder how many ppl they (JW) win over by running around bothering ppl with their myths like this...