American Reacts to Differences Between Norwegians vs. Americans (Part 2)
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- As an American I know that there are some very significant cultural differences between Norway and America. Today I am very interested in continuing my look at what a Norwegian who has interacted with Americans has observed to be some of the biggest differences between out two cultures and behaviors. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
Love your videos Tyler! Just to clarify: the Police DO have guns, in their cars etc. But normally police officers do not wear guns in everyday service. They would need to get permission to unlock their guns. And in special cases the government will allow police to wear guns due to a threatening situasion. I think culturally Norwegian society is all around safe and has a high trust in both government and amongst people in general. I will never forget the Norwegian societies reaction to the terror attack in Oslo 2022. The reaction, so well spoken by the Prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg said in his speech. "We will meet this terror attack with more openness, more trust and more love for each other". No riots, no violent demonstrations. Just peaceful gatherings where people supported each other in sorrow.
Keep up the good work ur doing Tyler! Love from Norway!
Are you thinking of Anders Breivik's attacks? I think this was in 2011. I remember being dismayed when I read about the reaction of the Norwegian police while he was doing it. It seemed to me that they just could not believe what was happening and they were very slow in reacting. I'm sure if there were another such situation - which God forbid - they would react differently.
@@marieparker3822 That was 2011, two years before all Norwegian police cars became armed.
@@tessjuel it was a terror attack in the summer of 22 aswell. The police are wearing visible guns in Oslo, not in the car.
@@marieparker3822 Not true, The 2011 attack was on a small remote island, it was difficult to get out there quickly. When the police came they went to the wrong place, a lot of confusion and they also got into a boat that was leaking and they had to change it as I remember. That’s why it took over one hour for the police to arrest him.
@@truxton1000 That being said, the police response to the 22nd July attack taught us that the police had bad (ie. non-existing) procedures for how the everyday policeman should handle such a situation. Their procedures then was "Wait for the anti-terror police to come, don't act yourself". Now, they have clear procedures for PLIVO (Pågående livstruende vold) where the first patrol to reach the situation will directly enter and try to neutralize it.
Tayler, take a look at how long the police in Norway go to university to become police officer. Compared to the USA
Honest norwegian: yes we are more open about our options, we do however often care about polite honesty not rude honesty.
So example:
Do you like this song?
No that is not my type, good guitar solo tho… or something.
We say our opinions but there is no need to be rude, so its about being polite but honest.
We Norwegians speak our minds. So if you're asking me if I like a song, or a food, or something, or just ask "How are you?" I will start to actually think about what I think rather than just answer something nice automatically.
Christmas in Norway; Then there is a lot of decorating inside the home, but perhaps not so much outside, we even have a Santa who keeps a candle standing on the stairs and a candle in the hedge. The neighbor also has a light in the hedge. Some have lit trees. But you will find few 10-foot plastic gnomes in the gardens. It's a no no! And yes, those who light up the whole house can quickly end up in the newspaper!
Concering the police, there is a good video on youtube were a officer from LA meets Norwegian police and they discuss/show the differences between the US and Norwegian police, could be worth a reaction ;)
Kind of.
But I was a bit disappointed by that video because he only meet one of the pro gun police officers.
And Norways police officers are split about 50:50 on that topic.
@@Luredreier rly didnt know Norwegian police are 5050 on the gun law here. thats insane. 99 % of the public doesent wanna see any guns
Decorating in Norway is a topic in itself -we do decorate, but it’s not over the top everywhere (that would be frowned upon). Decorating should be nice and tasteful and discreet, quality is much more important than quantity. If my neighbour lit up the entire neighbourhood for Christmas that would really annoy people.
Yes, the police don't wear guns. They have guns in a box with a lock on, in the back in their car. Not very often they have to use their guns🇧🇻Tone from Norway
I always feel more unsafe around police when they have guns do to a threat or something 😅
That's true
@@Cluttered_Mind Having guns around is more unsafe than not having guns around.
I hate it when the police wear guns, it makes me think there's something going on, something dangerous.
Uhm. Police are using guns more and more in Norway. Espacially where crime is higher. Like some of the immigrant filled places.
Do you even live in Norway?
In norway, kids walk to school in all kinds of weather, at winter with a half meter snow, and pitch black outside. When we're like 7 years old
In my first year I had 1,7 km to school, by foot, but not much snow. My wife had 1.6 km on skies in winter. When newfallen snow her mom kept her company making tracks, then returning on her own in the afternoon.
Wery few norwegians go walking for 2h a day, but if you add walking in commuting you may end up with 1/2h per day and often standing in the buss or train.
Almost everybody in Norway decorate for Christmas, but they do it a lot more classy. Not like a coca cola commercial circus. If uvuse a lot of coloured lights and stuff outside, people look at it and say, they must be from a nother nation, or that looks thrashy🤣
Glad you said almost ;)
My neigbhourhood uses nearly only colourful lights, yea some area uses classy white/yellow ish, but for the most part its blinking red,blue,green lights and lights that are shaped like a santa or a reindeer with some text under
@@DraslyThe1 Wow!! 😳 Are you sure you live in Norway?? 😂
@@evebenstad yea, I live in Bergen´s richest neighbourhood ;)
"Coca Cola commercial circus ." Accurate.😂
Correction: She claims Norwegians are very direct and honest about expressing themselves without worrying what others might feel. Not really true. Maybe more so than Americans, but in comparison to other Europeans, like Dutch people, we are very timid and afraid to say something that others could find offensive or insulting. In many cases Americans are more straight forward, especially when it comes to politics and religion.
We also don't walk everywhere like she said. Especially if you don't live in the city you will most likely take the car to go grocery shopping for example. Walking 30 minutes to get somewhere for errands is not the norm.
When people are truthful, it builds trust
In the UK the police don't routinely carry guns either. I found Norwegian people very friendly and helpful when I visited.
Hello UK we realy like wen you visit our country, I think we have a bit of the same mind set in many ways..... like humor and way to handle trouble with a nice sarcastic coment 😊😛
Schools here have lockers too, not the kindergarten and elementary schools, but higher in the chain they do, same with gyms and public pools.
No no no!!! We don't celebrate less!!!!
There are PLENTY of Norwegians who decorate the house like crazy, every Christmas 🥰 And I'm one of them 😂
We also decorate the house for Easter and Halloween..... So Norwegians are not all alike......
Not plenty, some.
Out of 5 million Norwegians, maybe 250 people go full murrican with their decorations.
MAYBE 250..
@@OriginalPuro
You're dead wrong.... I'm talking
"inside the house decorating", not "outside the house decorating."
There are many, many, many Norwegians who decorate the house like crazy every Christmas 🎄
@@nissenusset4134 yes inside, it's very common, outside barely at all.
Just because you’re honest doesn’t make you a good person. You can still be honest in a kind way. Don’t forget that. Too many people here hide behind being honest as a guise to be mean, but having no filter is basically lack of social skills/antennas and boundaries. Maybe even a tad Narcissistic. As a Norwegian I’m told by many fellow Norwegians that I’m dead honest. Famous for it. We don’t sugar coat things, BUT it depends on the situation and the person. Honesty is also about doing it intelligently like having the perfect timing. Don’t just say or blabber out whatever just because. To not consider other people’s feelings may be due to the lack of empathy which is also a sign of Autism btw! There’s a fine line between honesty and being plain mean! What’s more important? Honesty no matter what? Because choose your battles. And we do lock our doors here, as people do steal. Basically outside the bigger cities it’s maybe different as in smaller town or villages everyone knows everyone so a more tight knit community. Not like that in the big city. If you don’t lock your shit up, of course it will be stolen if of any value… also this white Karen is clearly very biased and prejudice. I live in Oslo, our capital city, and I love it here. I’ve lived here since 2011, and I grew up in the suburbs/countryside. It’s a common stereotype to hate Oslo here. Yet the majority of these people either doesn’t live here, or they have prejudice of some kind. Sure if you come from a small quiet town somewhere, you might not like it here regardless, but to say that it’s horrible and to never go here is ridiculous! If it was, people wouldn’t live here nor move here would they? And her English sucks🤣🤣🤣🫣😝🤡
When it comes to holidays such as Valentines and Halloween; I grew up with the stand point of that just being shops ''making up things'' to earn money.
I do belive there is several reasons why it's not a big thing in Norway, but it's clear that money plays a big part of it.
Cheap decorations for one day then toss it the next. It's more often than not mentioned as a ''American/ US'' thing and people generally don't like the ''Begging for candy'' as my grand mother put it. However, we do have "Jule bokk", not as common anymore, where kids used to go door to door and sing songs during Christmas times.
Halloween and Valentines day didn't even exist in Norway when I grew up. The only reason we have it is because of American influence, probably helped along by the trade industry.
@@arnelilleseter4755 Excatly, never been a thing to begin with.
Decorating for holidays
For Halloween norwegians might carve a pumpkin and place it by the front door, if they have young kids we go trick or treating in costumes. Maybe some young adults hold a halloween party for fun.
Christmas we do some lights on our house like maybe lining the roof, but compared to Americans nah then norway had barely no decorations on our houses, just a few lights😅 we do however all have christmas trees and christmas decor inside. Dress up and celebrate with dinner and presants on the 24th.
As for valentine, maybe some cities hang some simple heart lights that glow at night, just in like shopping areas and stores ofc use the opportunity to sell valentine themed stuff but we are very casual about valentines, dont really do anything like that. Maybe as a couple valentines is a good excuse to go on a date but mostly just “oh since it’s valentines might as well” or maybe some give some roses, something like that but that is more new couples.
Where I grew up we left the door wide open 😂 people would just walk right in and ask if my parents were home and if we had coffee ready 😂 we only closed it when we went on holidays. It was never locked tho 😅
To Norwegians it would be unthinkable to give up your honor and turn yourself into a liar just to avoid hurting "someone's feelings" which is an expression that does not exist in Norway. We do not think ourselves responsible for how someone may feel at any one time. We focus on our actions and how they may affect others, because we are deeply empathetic. We do use the word hurt, but then we would ask "såret jeg deg?" meaning "did I hurt you?" not your feelings. Afterall what would you prefer, actually be ok or merely feel ok?
That puts the onus on action, reality and someone's life. So if Norwegians visit the US, say in California, and come across your hordes of homeless people - for us it would be unconceivable merely to bear witness to this phenomena. For the same reason and at no point would we focus on the temporary feelings of the individuals and their decent into hell, but we would make systems taking care of everyone throughout all stages of life. Dignity, respect and honor shouldn't be feelings. They should be the cornerstone of the construction of your soul, looking upwards not downwards.
I like how you put that.
I walk everywhere. I have flextime at work as well so often I walk while checking email, talking to customers or doing meetings on the buss or similar. Modern phones are amazing.
As a Norwegian I remember going to France and seeing armed police officers in the airport and I thought something really bad had happen. But it’s just protocol. The only time I remember seeing police with guns in Norway was right after 22. July.
Vi kjørte med bil til Italia, så like før vi skulle over Appenninene så fikk vi motorstopp på autostradaen.
Så kom en liten politibil, og tre politier sa vi måtte flytte oss.
Vi sa vi ikke kunne fordi bilen ikke gikk, da skulle de tauet oss (de hadde en liten Fiat e.l. og vi hadde en minivan😅)
Mens de sto og fikset med slepetauet så kom en liten lastebil forbi, han tutet noe voldsomt. Han stoppet og hoppet ut av bilen, og da trakk den ene politien opp en pistol og løp mot han og siktet med pistolen. Jeg fikk jo megasjokk😳😳
Etterpå skulle de taue oss, tauet røk og bilen vår rikket seg ikke engang 😂😂
Litt av en opplevelse, gøy i ettertid 👍
To get a firearm in Norway, you have to submit an application for a licence to the police. You have to document why you need it. This can be things like hunting and sports shooting. If you get a license, you can only use it for its documented use. There's also a ban on automatic weapons.
11:13 I used to walk for long stretches of time, like for hours sometimes, and often walk to the store to go shopping, or home from centrum that would take roughly 45 minutes to an hour and 15 minutes depending on how leisurely I decided to walk.
But then I got a car, and ever since then, the most I usually walk is to and from the car, and inside the stores after parking the car.
I get way less exercise done now than I ever did before I got my first car, so the fact that this girl apparently remains active even though she has a car, I find that quite commendable, because I know more lazy people with cars than I do active people with cars.
Haha! Oslo is a "horrible city"?? On the contrary, it's beautiful and laidback, with a wonderful mix of sophisticated urban life and a fantastic natural environment. (The greenest capital in Europe.) You should absolutely include Oslo in your Norway itinerary!
It is full of graffiti, garbage, beggars, drug addicts and migrants. It did not use to be like this.
As an ex-osloencist; Its a lovely city with lots of culture available to the public
Oh & Golden BC is only a 5 hour drive from where I live in Rocky Mountain House, AB. So Golden from Banff is around 2 1/2 hour drive Give or take ? Golden is on the East central side of BC ( beautiful country) Invemere and Panorama are in there too absolutely stunning 💕💕 Just a few ideas if you’re looking for scenic small towns and can’t forget about Canmore on the AB side (used to live in Canmore) sometimes we’ll still go for a day road trip there for dinner & just chill 💕☀️💐🥂 absolutely loved ( Canmore is only a 20 minute drive from Banff on the East side) ok enjoy your day and hopefully you & your loved ones are safe. 🤞👍💐
We do not hike for 2-3 hours a day, but usually walk or bike a couple of hours a day
09:04 Because she's most likely exaggerating, or projecting her own activity level. I personally don't walk around all that often, usually just sit inside day in and day out for the most part. As a child, I messed up my ankles so much that just walking for an hour can - and often will - make my feet hurt for an entire day after, so that also doesn't help much with getting me more active.
Tyler, even British police are for the most part unarmed, just like our norwegian police
Another thing. Life in a country village is very different from for instance Oslo as regards things like locking your door. Safety first even in Norway!
Love your videos! I’m interested in knowing where this fascination with Norwaystarted Tyler?
Scandinavians have been known for centuries to be honest, however, it has become worse these days. But around 1990 I was out partying at a disco and accidentally lost my wallet because I had a hole in my pocket. Someone (unknown) found it and returned it with all the money left. Intoxicated as I was, I put the wallet back in my pocket and lost it once more but got it back again with all the money left.
In Norway people might react on Christmas decoration as Light pollution.
Here me out, the hiking everyday can be true for some places. But there is very normal for norwagians to be fat. We are not in that good of a shape LOL
We love decorating,but maybe with more natural stuff.Like branches,and stuff from the forest,or our gardens.Same with food.As natural as possible,fresh.
Very fun to hear differences between countries. In Norway we have strict weapons laws and only those who have a weapons license who are allowed to carry weapons can use them when hunting during the hunting season. The police occasionally carry weapons but not always, because it depends on terrorist threats or special situations. We have never experienced a school shooting in Norway. All weapons are required to be kept in a lockable cabinet and all weapons must be registered with the police and you must also be a member of a shooting club to own a weapon. The shooting incidents we have had in Norway are illegal weapons. Therefore, very few Norwegians own weapons, except for those who are allowed to.
i just love your videoes! do you know how meny prosent of your wievers is from norway?
I know one she was alright so was very friendly she was living in the uk and I personally as an English woman think it's migical to dress your house and garden up for Christmas or Halloween and to have a party for this time or even valentine day you have to throw the boat out and make an big deal over it to show your partner you care. Same with part one of this video if you interested in someone just tell them you have nothing to lose that person might be waiting for you to ask them
The thing is, who do u want as friends. Yes men that never tell u that ur doing wrong pr the honest dude always pushing u to be better
13:41 I don't think there are people that decorate for other things than Christmas and Halloween, with far fewer decorating for Halloween than for Christmas.
But when I'm talking about decorations, I'm talking about very tame decorating compared to even the more average decorating in the USA, if they even bother to decorate that much.
The most common decorations are the long corded lights, they'd usually stretch them around one or two hedge tree things, a tree or two if they have trees, maybe even on their house itself, and that will usually be about it for the outside decorating.
You hardly ever see things like Santa Clause decoration, Rain Deer and Sleigh decoration, or any other kind of decorations of the sort.
And then if you do see someone that has gone completely nuts with their decorations outside, chances are high that they belong to a foreigner, perhaps even an American.
I remember having seen the house of one of our church's Elder American Missionary Families at the time, the average Norwegian decorations couldn't even begin to compare to the amount of decorations that this family had on display for Christmas, if it had been a Norwegian family, it was like they went "From a scale of 1 to 10, how much should we decorate for Christmas?" and they all just went "100."
Easter is big here in Norway and I´ve seen many people decorate for it, yea its mostly if I walk passed a house and see it in the windows, outside I havent seen anyone decorate for it
@@DraslyThe1 that's what I meant, the outside decorations, not the inside ones. There are far more Norwegians that decorate inside for a variety of occasions and events, than there are those that decorate outside for the same occasions and events. In the USA, whole houses could easily be decorated so much for Christmas, you could barely make out the house itself behind all the decorations, the same goes for their lawns.
@@John_1920 I read your whole comment and you are talking for the most part about christmas and not easter! thats why I did not understand it. I also think it depends on where you live. I live in a very rich neighbourhood, where every christmas theres a war about who got the most christmas lights and decorates xD
8:52 - We are.
I wouldn't say that a song "sucks" to members of the band. I would say something along the lines of "it's not my type of music". Or if it is my type of music and I generally like the music of that band, I would probably say that I don't think it can compare with the cool funkiness of x, y and z better.
And Tyler: Not ALL Norwegians are insanely sporty, and go hiking for hours every day or weekend. We do walk a lot "for no reason", but it's often quite relaxed strolling along.
2-3 hours å day. NO but in The weekend we do that. If not hiking, we are outside.
I am from Norway
:D
Unlike her, I know a lot of ppl that own guns, I have 2 rifles and a shotgun, my mother has multiple rifles, my mother's boyfriend has rifles and shotguns, my father has a few rifles, and so on and so on. But one thing we all have in common is a hunting license or like some of my friends that own guns have an active membership in a gun club and are eligible to own pistols and competition rifles. but it's all very strict, and I think that's a good thing. I think there are almost as many legal firearms in Norway as there are ppl, but to be fair, most ppl that are allowed to own a gun usually have 3 or more firearms. My uncle had 9 guns at the time of his death, so the number of ppl actually allowed to have firearms is probably fairly low I suppose. but idk
Love all of your work 💕🙏🏻 just curious what country your 4th one would be? Or a Uk versus Norway would be or Canada verse Norway?? Food for thought?? Hope all is well in your neck of the woods 🙏🏻 Take care my friend ❤️ I’m from west central Alberta Canada ( Banff & Jasper are literally my backyard I’m very blessed in that respect 💕🙏🏻🥂 the badlands (dinosaur country is only a 4 hour drive) (Drumheller) The badlands are beautiful and always overlooked. Have a wonderful day my friend 💕🙏🏻☀️
Regarding the guns..........we have plenty. I don't remember the exact number per person, but it is quite high ranked in the world. It is usually hunting weapons, but also a lot of handguns. We don't talk about it much, and also not show them to others. It is actually easy to get guns in Norway. Attend a hunting course, then you can get long guns. Be an active shooter at a pistol club for half a year, then you can get hand guns.............as long as you have a clean criminal sheet, and are mentally sane. :)
Hiking
Not everyone hikes everyday - having nature close by makes it easy to go on hikes in the weekends, or like me who has a dog 1 hour daily on dog walks in the forest is normal
We do lock the doors at night, and when we go outside😂
We do NOT celebrate holiday less..what an odd thing to say..😮🙄😄
We decorate maby a little bit less outside the house, but this is up to each person. I know many people here in Norway, who decorate theire house just like an amercian will do🎉
And did she said that we don't celebrate valetine? But we do😂
I think that maybe young people in Norway celebrate Halloween and Valentines, but not the parentgeneration. I'm in my late 30's and have never really celebrated any of them. Maybe a Halloween-party when I was 23, and I put a pumpkin and a small skeleton outside my door, if some children should stop by. Valentines we never actually celebrate. This year my boyfriend gave me a chocolateheart on valentines, just because he was already at the store. 😂
She is living in a big city. If you live rural, like me then there are very few buses.
I think you may have over interpreted the leave your baby to sleep outside thing! Outside yes but not without being able to see them or for instance in your own garden.
You don't have to hike if your Americans just walking around the mall afew time gets you healthy if you do it daily Im from uk and I was with a group we walked around the mall afew time in the morning to get fit before the shops open
Love Oslo ❤
Why would you be hurt if someone don't like a melody you like? If someone asked me about a song, and I hated it. I wouldn't I pretend I liked it. I would just say that it wasn't my style or something like that.
One should add that british police dont have guns either. But police in Norway, at least in Oslo have periods now where they carry guns. It depends on the general risk situation in the country.
Yes, the vast majority of UK police officers are unarmed. If firearms are required they call upon the ARU (Armed Response Unit).
The only police I've seen patrolling with guns have been at the airport.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, and the Ministry of Defence Police are the only three UK police forces that are routinely armed.
Police usually have guns locked away in their cars, but they don't wear guns normally. The guns locked in the cars are normally not used except if there was an armed robbery or something like that. But they train for 3 years at the police academy before they are allowed to patrol.
Instead of carrying a gun, Norwegian Police are taught how to deescalate a situation, so you don't need to use a gun. And if that doesn't work, they do have weapons in a locked box in the dashboard. But they have to call it in, before they use it.
3:54
We definitely come across as rude at times.
10:55
To be fair, US cities tend to not be all that walkable, so walking there is a lot less convenient.
14:21
You're good at other things too.
For instance, you're way friendlier towards strangers.
And it's easier to get a unskilled job in the US...
That gun-thing here in Norway are a city thing. I know aome people never have shoot a gun. But when you get out of the cities...almost every man I know have at least a skotgun and a rifle. Not for self defense, but for hunting. But they have to be in a gun safe. And the ammo has to be in a locked case. :)
I am a Norwegian living in Norway. All police I have met this year has carried a gun. It used to be different tho…
06:58 She's half right. The Norwegian Police, in times of peace and little to no threat against the Country, are not allowed to carry guns on their person.
However, where she is half wrong is that, even in times of peace, the police DO have guns, they are just safely put away in the trunk of their car, only to be taken out of there if they have been shot at. (I am sure there is a little more to that rule than this, but this is as far as my knowledge goes about it)
This is the reason why one of our police officers in Stavanger was shot and killed a day (I think it was his last day) before retirement, he was one of the ones that first arrived at the scene of the NOKAS Bank Robbery in Stavanger Centrum, because Norway was in a state of peace and little to no threat, he wasn't carrying any guns on his person when he walked up the short hill across the old square in front of the bank trying to get there to stop the robbery in progress.
He got, I think, halfway across the square while he was talking to the robbers, before one of them - or more, details are foggy - started shooting at him, and that's when he was finally allowed to grab his gun and start defending himself with it.
But, because he was parked about 492 feet away, he ended up getting shot in the back while he was running for his car to get the gun out of the trunk, he ultimately died from blood loss before - or inside - the ambulance could come get him.
Even after this case, however, I think the gun regulations remained the same for police officers.
Norwegian police does have guns, it is just not standard practice to carry them around for no reason. They are locked up in their cars unless I am mistaken. They 100% do have guns though. It is just not needed to have them on their person at all times.
2-3 hours hiking every single day is not just average behavior. That is more than I have done willingly during the past 10 years. It is boring as hell. "Wow, there is another tree that looks identical to all the other trees. I am so entertained." No. 2-3 hour hike even pr. week is only for those who are specially interested.
What she is saying is for the most part hyper generalized and should not be taken as "that is how it is in Norway." That is a completely subjective experience being shared. It is true for her, but it can be entirely untrue for other people here.
Being very straightforward would also be considered rude here.
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No... Oslo is not horrible, it might feel scary of you come from the sticks and just visit it, jur I have lived here for 25 years and could not imagine liveing anywhere else where everyone watch and is bothered by everything you do. And no, it is not normal to hike 2-3 every day. I know no one that does that.
I could never imagine moving to Oslo. I have lived in many places in Norway, but never in Oslo, and that is the last place I would want to move to. It is possible that I am full of prejudice - just like you.
@@ahkkariq7406Oh, one of those again. Its always the once who's never lived in Oslo who knows the most about how it is to live there
@@88Wern3r Just the same way there are lots of people living in Oslo who have never lived other places, which could never imagine living anywhere else. Some of us prefer living places with other qualities than urban life, with dirty roads and stupid politicians (voted in by the people) thinking it's OK to spend tax payers moneys on chopping down trees to make the city green.
Seems like you got something personal against Oslo. I moved to Oslo 15 years ago, and I know how to appreciate both Oslo and other parts of our nation
@@ahkkariq7406 Btw, I've never got an issue with dirty roads in Oslo, but you know since you lived here right?
I live in Norway. I haven't locked my car in 7 years! I am not even sure if the locks are working!
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Norwegian police normally don't carry guns, but this sometimes changes temporarily, like if they are expecting a terrorist threat; a state of heightened preparedness. Suddenly they'll be armed for a number of weeks.
They always have easy access to guns locked away in their cars anyway. So not so much not having guns as just not normally wearing them. It also reflects on how well they're trained in deescalation and unarmed or baton take downs.
Yea, also if there is an event in the centrum, you often see armed police with mp5´s and other automatic rifles
I think that Norwegians' habit of going for a walk is a good way to keep mentally healthy 😀
Don't fight violence with violence! More guns mean more shots... It's simple! If you don't want violence, don't scare others with guns and terror... Hope the Norwegian people don't become as defensive as the scared American people.
The police in Norway is built up very diffrent. Many states in the US only got months with training or a short to 1 or 2 years at a academy. Here in Norway Police education is a bachelor degree. You need first 3 years with videregående(late highschool-collage) while the police education is 4 years. 1 year in university, second year in the field, third year in university and the forth back in the field. So here they learn more about psychology and learn from the very start that the gun is the last option. Though we have periodes where the police is allowed to carry guns do to possibility of terror attacks. Some politicians are even trying to rearm the police full time do to more criminals and guns use guns in places like Oslo. Outside of Oslo many criminals chose not to use guns do to higher prison time and far more peaceful criminal activity. But the police got a gun in the car at all time, but need permission by the leadership to arm themselves, unless their and other lifes are at risk and we recently armed the police with stun guns.
Now. We dont haiking 3 time every day. Peopel Are working in daytime. In weeking we can be walking in natur fore many houers.
I'm born and raised in Norway.
About 40-50% off everyone i know have guns. Some are military or ex military and done are hunters or members of a gun club.
Police with special training wear handguns and most police cars have automatic weapons in their cars.
I live in Bergen, second largest city and always lock my door.
And walking, I'm in a wheelchair,SOOOO 😂 but i do take cabs several times a week. Which is paid by the county. I get around $5000 a year just for taxi.
They have the weapon locked in a cupboard.
I think it depends on where you live or grow up. I know a handful of people that have hunting rifles locked up in a weapon locker, but the majority of everyone I know, don't have a gun. And if they haven't served in the army, they have probably never touched
one.
Actually they are not automatic weapons.. the police MP5 are semi-automatic, they can't shoot on auto, they have to pull the trigger on all shots. I know, I was baffled about that myself but thats what I have learned.
But yeah alot of people do have weapons, we have to take a guncourse or hunting licence to get to be able to buy a gun, and you have to apply to the police for what weapons you are wanting to buy. Automatic weapons are not allowed to be owned by civilians, and pistols and revolvers are stricter rules to own, you have to be a member of a gunclub to get permission to buy a handgun ... and police have the right to come and check that you store your weapon right and that you actually have the right weapons and owners card.. that the numbers corresponds.
Also, at home your weapon are to be locked down in a steel armorlocker... and ammo stored somewhere else.
@@arcticblue248 Actually they are. They use MP5A2 which are automatic.
And SIG Sauer P320 X as sidearms.
06:38 Yes, sometimes Norwegians are WAY too trusting, that was the major reason why "He who shall not be named" managed to infiltrate a Young Politician Groups Meeting on an island outside of Oslo, dressed as a Police Officer, and then proceeded to shoot at everyone he saw, hurting many and killing some along the way, before he was finally caught by the real police.
Before this event happened, he had also planted explosives on a timer in the Embassy (I don't think it was the Embassy, I just forgot the name of the building) so it would explode while he was far away, and if I remember correctly, none of the explosives were found before they exploded.
What makes this incident even more proof of Norwegians being too trusting sometimes, is that this guy had given the Norwegian Special Forces division of the Police a warning one or two weeks ahead of time, telling them exactly what he was going to do, and giving them ample time to investigate and stop it from happening before he went through with it.
But, instead of following up on the phone call he made, and doing proper investigation into it, they all took it as a prank call and dismissed the potential threat because, to them, it was never a potential threat since they assumed it was a prank call.
If we Norwegians had been even a little bit less trusting of each other, then the police would have followed up on the phone call he made one or two weeks prior to execution of his plan, even if they assume it to be a prank, and would have been able to find enough proof that the threat was, indeed, very real, and stop it from ever happening.
The building was the Primeministers office.
@@EO-McLoud ah, yes. Thank you, I knew it wasn't the Embassy, but the actual name just completely eluded me xD
@@John_1920 you're welcome.
There are people here that have pepperspray, and go to self defence classes or can can fight, and people lock their doors, and some have cameras too.
No smart person leaves their baby behind, that's considered stupid. At least I would.
Thieves usually go for easy marks, what is easy to see and get into or steal. Parking a expensive bicycle unlocked is stupid.
Some are careless, I am not.
Guns in Norway
As for the police. In my youth in the 50-ties no police were seen with arms. Now you see them armed from time to time, and we do not like it. It is a downfall that this seems to be needed. They say the same in UK. They try to continue keeping their police normally unarmed.
Norwegians own a lot of arms, mostly bolt action rifles for hunting. Some also for sports.
When not in use, guns and ammo should be locked into an armoury safe bolted to the wall. You have to apply for a license. To get one for a pistol/revolver you must join a club and show up for practising for at least one year, pass a test in weaponry handling and get a recommendation from the club. You are NOT allowed to arm yourself. That is to bring a weapon to town or at ready in your car. When transported in a car, weapons should be carried in some sort of bag and unloaded in the trunk of your car.
Gun violence.
There are about 0,5 persons killed by the police per year, about the lowest in the world. In the US corrected for population we would have had 20 persons killed by the police.
In private, the numbers are low. Mostly suicide.
So Norwegians do not flash their guns, keep them under bolt and lock and do not shoot one another.
That being said, the Germans had a nasty meeting in 1940 with representatives from DFS, Det frivillige skyttervesen (Sort of civil home guard). Many of whom with skills close to snipers of the time. Marksmanship started i Norway about 1861. In 1893 reorganised partly as a private and civil branch of the army. It was a preparation leading up to the split of the Norwegian-Swedish union in 1905. DFS were not called before 1940.
I guess 90% of children walk to school. We would like to walk if its possible. Car only if nessesery.
We love to decorate for easter and christmas but less more is better.
in norway the police started carrying a gun all the time in 2022. not many people know about it but they carry it all the time everywhere except the police station
UK cops don not have guns too. Speaks volumes of UK I guess, in a GOOd way!!
Normally, police officers aren’t armed (although they had gun boxex in the patrol cars). Since the invasion in Ukraine, police officers have been armed on a daily basis.
Its like a nation of severly honest Jack Nicholsons
Tyler! You gotta start walking! It’s good for you!
6:57 they have guns, but locked in a a gun safe, they also have bullet proof helmets and heavy armor, and machine guns and first aid kid. They have to get permission to use the guns, or if the situation is unavoidable they are allowed to use guns I think, like armed suspect, insane person going on killing spree. Police involved shootings are some of the lowest just few shootings. but USA has hundreds if not thousands.
Norwegian police won't let in gun trigger happy or insane people, you have to pass physical and mental checks, and go trough police academy 2 years and one practice year if I remember it right. And Delta force unit( Swat basically) requires quite high physical strength but doable for sure.
Also in unmarked cars of course. Don't take publish any footage of unmarked police car's licence plates.
norwegian police have guns but they have them in the care and they need promotion to use them. there are some instances that they do carry guns then its everyone in the city ore country depending of the situation. we have exstreamly strict gun/wepon lows. and we like it that way. we are not allowed to carry weapons
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Welcome to Norway :P
I never lock my house unless iam going away for several day. I never lock my car either, I often leave my keys in the ignition, but I do have guns and a dog
Here in the Netherlands they don't have guns either. I always find it shocking to see they have them in America. Mind people here don't own guns.
Ooh, I love how she trashed Oslo.
Why?
@@oerjanmoenjust a troll
Actually now atleast the police in the part of Norway i live in always have guns attached to their belt, because of high terror threat in Europe.
Today, the Norwegian police agency, ordered nation wide armed officers after an event.
This event triggered an elevated state of alert, where the police will be armed, untill further decision.
It's temporary, but no decision about duration yet.
Most of the everyday police in the UK (bar N. Ireland) don’t wear guns.
We gave McDonald, we have Cocacola, Pepsi, we have english name on our buisenesses; hairdressers, cloths, bars, restaurant etc. We have our club of americsn cars, we watch american films, we know all about the Cosby show, Golden ladies, Ghostbusters, Back to the future, Indiana Jones and so on...
Not true at all about the being straight forward. On the Norwegian west coast and in the north, yes, but in and around Oslo and the whole eastern part, not at all!
This is a over exaggeration on how things really is. While police is generally not armed they are more likely to be at some locations and times, and will arm them self depending on the call they are responding to. And i find it wierd that she has never seen a gun, makes me think she lives in Oslo
the police do have guns in norway, afther the Terror Attack, they start having pistols, and they always have assult Rifles in their Car
They do have guns, in the cars. After the terror incident the cops did go with guns for a long period of time.
Norway and America are two very different countries. Crime in America is on a whole different level than in Norway. So it's understandable that in America - not only the police have guns, but citizens too.
Normally norwegian police are not armed. They have a gun in the car, locked down. They need permission from the chief to unlock it. Later years they have temporarily been armed due to hightened terror threat.
It's crazy that you reacted to this video one week before the police were told to have guns.
Du er jo så interessert i Norge så kanskje du skal dra dit
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