Top 10 AMAZING Facts About NORWAY
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- Welcome to Top10Archive! Viking festivals, great food, humane prisons and the most Winter Olympic medals to boot. What’s not to love about Norway? We’ll dive into 10 Awesome Facts About Norway in this video! Know of any other interesting facts about Norway? Have an idea for a future Top 10? Let us know in the comment section below!
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10. Norwegian Cuisine
9. Viking Festivals
8. Inventions
7. Cost of Living
6. No More Wal-Mart
5. Oh, Christmas Tree
4. The Knighted Penguin
3. Luxurious Prisons
2. I can’t believe we ran out of butter
1. Winter Olympic Champions
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Fun fact about Norwegians: We have a serious recognition complex. You may likely notice how happy Norwegians get every time they're mentioned by other countries, or how proud they can get when people say nice things about their countries. This is very likely because of the fact that Norway had long lacked an identity due to being in union with both Denmark and Sweden. It's only 110 years since Norway became truly independent for the first time in hundreds of years. Because of this, it would seem like the Norwegian population subconsciously feels that there is still something to prove. This is why we absolutely hate being mistaken for Swedes too. Go figure.
***** Only people who dont have any experience with Scandinavians mistake Norwegians for Swedes. I have never been to any Scandinavian country, but I have met Scandinavians, and that little bit of experience has enabled me to distinguish, in most cases, Norwegians, Swedes and Danes. I dont know if you are aware of it, but you all look slightly different to each other. Also, the mentality is not the same, which additionally enables people to make distinctions between the three groups. For example, I can usually distinguish a Norwegian girl from a Swedish or Danish one. Finally, I must say once more that your Norwegian girls are the best as compared to the Swedish and Danish ones. Greetings. :-)
MrLeo751 Thank you for that. I would very much agree that we generally look different from one another, but you would be surprised at how often foreigners (particularly Americans) tend to mistake us for Swedes. Where are you from, friend?
***** Well, forget Americans. They have a very poor understanding of people outside the US. I am from Serbia. You probably dont know this, but before the 9th Century your Norwegian Vikings colonised tha Balkans, where they were welcomed by my fellow Serbs. The Serbian name for Vikings is 'Varyazy'. Occasionally we discover Viking gold over here. We also have blond kids, compliments of your Vikings. Beautiful kids. Norwegians are very popular over here. There are also Serbs working in Norway. Greetings. :-)
MrLeo751 That's very interesting. Thank you for sharing that with me. I am not very surprised though, as contrary to popular belief, the vikings were usually a very peaceful people. You probably know this, but they were often a lot more interested in exploring and trading than the plundering a pillaging that they are so well known for. They particularly got very well along with cultures that were very different from their own. The men of the north held a very deep respect for all things different, which is quite different from most other European countries at the time.
***** I know that Vikings were also excellent traders. Some years back a Finnish genetisist explained to me the movement of Vikings. I was surprised, since I knew almost nothing of that. The problem is that Viking history is not tought in schools, and people only know superficial facts about them. For example, I didnt know that the Norwegian king Harold Hardrada served in the Balkans as a knight before he became king of Norway, which was a pleasant surprise. Hope to visit Norway some day. Greetings. :-)
Facts about norwegians:
We love to brag on youtube videos about norway
I can relate to this.
they trying to prove so hard
Alle nasjoner skryter av seg selv på RUclips med en gang sitt land har positiv omtale i en video. Vi er ikke noe dårligere/bedre/særere/dummere enn andre på selvskryting. Du legger bare bedre merke til det når det gjelder Norge.
***** Mhm.
Hell yeah
Who else here lives in Norway? B-)
Me!
Meeee🙈🙈
me
me! Hate hate hate molde by😄
me
I am from Norway and I am proud of my little but beautiful country. The nature is wonderful and I highly recommend a visit to Norway if you haven't already been there.
Cilie Braathen Norway is beautiful (from Sweden)
Foxy i'm from Latvia and right now i am in Norway, its very beautifull country
Just make sure you bring Tons of Money. a Bottel of 12.oz Beer in the store is 6.US.$.
*Norway*, The way to heaven!
If you want to go to heaven then Jesus is the way. But if you met Jesus in Norway, congratz!
***** you just want to get norways money norway are the richest land in the world.
***** It doesnt matter what USA did in the past. And what they were. What they and Norway is now, that is what matters!
Btw: I didnt know Faroese people has such a temper, bout swearing in comments and stuff... geez
+turbofritz2 UGH JUST SHUT UP. YOU'RE PROBALY HEALOUS FOR NORWAY BEING MORE POPULAR AND BETTER THAN THE FAROESE ISLANDS.
**JEALOUS
I started learning Swedish, but then people started calling me a pewdiepie fan boy, so I switched to learning Norwegian
+Ultron well, if you learn norwegian the sweeds will understand you, if thats what you're aiming for :P
+lactarius 77 The Danes will as well. It's a great language if you want to communicate with most scandinavian people with 1 language (excluding english of course). In Norway there are 2 forms of written language, but the most common one "Bokmål" resembles danish script, so you can read danish as well if you learn "Bokmål" as your writing script
Lakes
i know, i speak and write both bokmål and nynorsk.
+lactarius 77 you cant speak bokmål ore ny-norsk they can only be writen
dead shot
yes you can
*facepalm*
You missed a fact, when you showed the Statue Of Libery i thought you were going to mention that is was made by copper from Norway. Yes thats right, France bought the copper from Norway.
Did you know that Amsterdam is built upon wood from Norway?
i knew it, because I`m from Norway.
not suprising since we got alot of it and they don`t
Who cares ?
Obama said the Statue is offensive to muslimes, so it'll go down in a matter of years
LOL
What other interesting facts do you know about Norway?
Top10Archive we are not expensive wee have more mony cuzz of oil things cost more then and wee earn much more mony then u guys from america
Potet Kongen us Scottish are just across from Norway....The north sea! We help you guys with oil cuz our oil boats and rigs in the north sea
i know all, cuz i am norwegian...
The copper in the statue of liberty came from a Norwegian mine caled Visnes, near my home town Haugesund.
Top10Archive oh i was on the viking festival 2016 xd
You people that live in other countries for example in England, USA, France etc. must think that Norway/Norwegians and Sweden/Swedish hate each other, but actually is the complete opposite we are actually needed for each other Norway without Sweden and Sweden without Norway would never work here in Norway it is a tradition to take trips to Sweden when we want to save money in case some grocerys are to expensive here in Norway and in Sweden it is a tradition for them to come over to Norway to get well paid jobs and girls since actually many Norwegian Girls find Swedish people attracting so Norway and Sweden could have never lived without each other.
maybe, but I don't think so
I like both countries! I want to go over there!
Actually sweden and norway are friends
yep
Who would serve beer and wait tables for us if the Swedish people go home?
Ahh, I just love Norwegians :">
Charriza May Mendoza Lasanas One big problem with us Norwegians is that like most Scandinavians, are very shy and not very open. Generally we can be a boring people.
Love you too! 😘 ✋😆
I'm from Norway!😘
Thank you! I am norwegian
Sweet Fruit Overpriced food, gasoline/diesel, electricity and pretty much everything, doesn't make it the best country to live in...
The way he pronounce pinnekjøtt, I'm dead.
Pinnekjøtt
Pinnekjøtt
Jeg har en amerikansk venn som sa painikjot
Lemini 2-3 I know xD
and Ole Einar Bjørndalen hahah
Can't wait to move to Norway. See you in december, my Scandinavian brothers and sisters
Where are you going to live here?
Dennis Elstad Hønefoss :)
Mr. Smith good luck, gotta have some **hrrm** loads of money on hand
Mr. Smith I someday hope to go to Denmark
I live in Norway and pinnekjøtt is asom!!
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Top10Archive Very nice video! Here is a tip of $25 via ***** :)
Top10Archive you forgot about the russ graduation, 3 weeks of drinking and partying BEFORE the exams (ends on our constution day)
celebrating finishing 12/13 years of school
Grandiosa tastes like cardboard!
Wolfga what did you say about Grandiosa?D:
WoZe TricKs IT'S TASTES LIKE CARDBOARD WITH PLASTIC ON IT!!!
I feel honored :)
I think it's also worth to mention, that while our prisons are kept to
a high standard, they are also heavily focused on rehabilitation.
As such, the re-incarceration rates are very low.
We're glad you enjoyed the video :) That's exactly what prisons are supposed to be.. Very few people need to spend the rest of their lives in prison; most prisons in the United States make inmates even more criminal - the U.S system is made to get people to become permanent criminals. The vast majority of people can be rehabilitated.. Our hats are off to you Norwegians ;)
Top10Archive I absolutely agree (with you and with ColdNorwegian). I'm an American (in Texas) and some of my Norwegian friends asked me what I thought about the outcome for Anders Behring Breivik. They were comparing what his punishment would be if he lived in Texas. To sum up our discussion, I pretty much told them what you're saying. I think the system in the U.S. is completely backwards. I told them, our way is obviously not better. The whole system in the U.S. needs to be rethought out.
ColdNorwegian I am an Norwegian too. The prison system is a joke! It may sound nice and humane on paper, but we don't get any justice. There is almost no punishment for rape, voilence, robbery, childabuse and so on. But if you don't pay your taxes, the government throws you in jail for sure.
People come from other countries and do alot of crime because they know they'll not get punished. And if they go to prison, the standard is higher than many hotels. The law-abiding citizens like me, who have a full job are the real loser here. We get no justice, have to pay sickening amount of taxes to keep half the population on welfare. It's not fair!
Hypercube1729 While I am appreciative of how well our government takes care of us, I have to agree on this. There are a lot of flaws. You do not get as "rewarded" for having a higher education and making a lot of money as you do in the states, because you have to pay an insane amount of taxes just because... well, just because you make a lot of money. And I have seen young, healthy people who mooch on welfare just because they don't feel like working. And they do more than OK, practically sucking money from the tax payers. It's like constantly giving a treat to a puppy for pissing inside the house, you get nowhere. It's really not ideal, seeing as there's a lot of people who get sick and deserve their welfare after years of working hard. And you will most likely get more time in jail for stealing a purse than for raping a young girl... yeah, not gonna go further on that topic. Sometimes Norway is too much of a good guy, and should give more back to the people who deserve it instead of pissing it away on lazy, criminal freeloaders.
CallMeEuphoria I couldn't agree more. The ideology may sound humane on paper, but it's not fair.
The system punishes hard work and success (by huge amount of taxes), and they reward laziness (by giving huge amount of welfare) and there is almost no punishment for crime (by almost no prisontime, luxurious jails etc.)
Who are the loseres in this system? It's the regular law-abiding citizens with full time jobs like you and me. We have to pay for this system.
why do sweeds crawl in the supermarket?
they are looking for low prices
Haha
Lukas RiFe they look after low prices
Lukas RiFe nope we don't look after low prices because we have low prices
Tru ^^
Lukas RiFe that's a Norwegian joke!
Like hvis du er norsk
Viktor Engene jeg er norsk😏
🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
I’m from Canada, and haven’t tried to learn Norwegian but I think I know what that says 😂
It Says “ Like If You’re From Norway “
*Just In Case*
HYLL BRUNOST
Norway is one of my most favorite countries in the world :)
(No I'm not Norwegian and I haven't been there yet :/)
+Sora Gamer you have to go it's great summer and winter so much too see :)
+suggarachel its winter in the north, down here its just rain and wind :(
Vision
its snowing now :)
+suggarachel now its not snowing
+Mr. Andersen Up here in Narvik it is.
As a Norwegian, I must say this. FUCK GRANDIOSA PIZZA!
Everyone I know hates it. Seriously.
Grandiosa is fucking awesome. Dont lisent to this moron.
Grandiosa is considered a cheap made pizza in Sweden, most people rather go to a pizzeria and eat a freshly made or just call in to get it or have it delivered. On the other hand a pizza in Norwegian cost around 3 times as much as a pizza done in Sweden.
Grandiosa is one of the worst pizzas.
ciao wutang Thankfully, I have and it's like eating a slice of heaven!
Kristoffer Fagerbækk Well if you're alright with eating greasy cardboard, then who am I to judge.
Big One is better ;)
So wait... Norway has both a lower crime rate AND more comfortable prison cells than the United States?
Something's not adding up here...
This is because we actually reform the inmates by having a working prison system. In other countries like the US its the opposite. You create criminals by having a bad prison system..
Brian Lambert Isnt that stupid racism Thing over yet..
Cameron, here's a hint. It has nothing to do with the prison conditions.
+MrTron It does, Norway's prisons aren't made to punish people, but to rehabilitate, and it obviously works since they have one of the lowest crime rates, and the lowest incarceration rate.
Japan's prison system is pretty harsh, yet they also have one of the lowest crime rates. The incarceration and recidivism rates have little to do with the prison system and much more to do with societal problems.
Lik hvis du er Norsk!
OSTEHØVEL!
Isak Fumero Muren I can kind of Understand what you are saying! “Like if you are Norse”
@@evafirehill2732 Kynna og Mysna.
Nei det vil jeg ikke
okey
I lost track after #3, the prison cells being more luxurious than hotels. why? I think Norwegians don't hate each other that much. They even treat their criminal inmates with respect and love. And don't forget, Norway has the highest number of atheists in the world. it looks like the more religious you are the more sadistic you'd become.
omg i could not agree more with you mate.
***** why? what difference does it make? aren't I correct that i'm assuming you Norwegians don't hate your criminals as we do in the US? you Norwegians treat your inmates the way Sheriff Andy treated his prisoners in the classic Andy Griffith Show. which is cool by me. a little kindness with inclusion usually has a better result than too much hate and violence on criminals. if i'm not missing something here.
TheOne TheOnly what are you trying to say?
TheOne TheOnly do you think osama bin laden crashed a plane in obamas garden because he hates jesus?
***** what do you mean?
Amazing country. Greetings from USA :)
I've always wanted to check out Norway. If I'm moving to a different country Norway would be my first pick
da fack?
Daiae actually that's really rude and I would want her/him here!😑
Daiae and how do you know he/she does that?! You just judge people witch is really mean!😠
+Daiae The problem is that you guys allow everyone in your country. don't let Syrian's and libyans and people from those shitty countries in and you will be safe. middle eastern Arabs are not bad however they are rich and they can help your country..same as Iranian's .most of them aren't rich but they are harmless af
Daiae To be exact with you,overall you guys shouldn't allow Islamist's in your country . they pretend that they are the real Muslims but then the rape woman's like wtf. there is lots of them here in Turkey and also they are everywhere these days.from US to Australia you can find them everywhere.Eu countries should learn from Middle Eastern countries in accepting refugees. there rules are extremely hard and also they don't allow everyone in. that's the reason why they improve so quickly. and i'm Iranian too .
heia Norge ! :D
I was very shocked by Norway being the most expensive place to live in the world! What a beautiful country and I plan on someday visiting Norway and my ancestors there in Oslo and Bergen.
This video mentions the statue of liberty but doesn't mention that the copper came from a mine in Norway!
Lol
+Jeffrey Robshaw Indeed. From a small island called Karmøy.
+Jeffrey Robshaw Also they do not mention about the fact that Norway kidnaps children.
+2Crisi Mihai dafuq bro?
+2Crisi Mihai The country itself don't, childcare does from Norwegian families mostly not that much from immigrants. They earn up to 1 million on every kids they place in a fosterhome
JUST KNOW THAT KVIKKLUNSJ IS NOT A KITKAT!!
Yes, it's far superior to Kit Kat.
Sara Marie Fosse kvikklunsj har mye bedre sjokolade
Kvikk Lunsj er mye bedre!
edvin lio q
Eleven Tails der har du rett
#ElskerDegNorge!♥️♥️♥️♥️
Ja!! :D
+The Croatian Piano Show // ESC Croatia :)
Norge er best pga noobwork
+TheWaterBeast Gaming norsk Nei.
Den er veldig godt land.
bonus fact: Norway is the world's fourth richest country
***** en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
Not true. Besides that, a country, that got rich by oil should have not really be proud of that.
***** Norway is the world's richest country per person
weltarchiv4
No one said we were proud of being rich because of oil, never met anyone here in Norway showing pride of something they had nothing to do with. Not our fault we`re a filthy rich country of viking-heritage in which I have never even needed to lock my front door at night
But the most developed.
With the most insane taxes. Bonus fact. All the wealth is held by the greedy Norwegian government....
Norway is such a nice country to visit. I love Bergen!! :) The things I like the most about Norway are the nature and culture.
Yes realy l also likethe nature and culture
Love Norway. Have been there a couple of times and love the friendly people. Was in Oslo once in June and was amazed at the street life and entertainment very late into the night during the twilight.
I wanna go!😍I love Norway
No wonder your channel is sprouting. Soothing voice, and quality content. Keep it up ;)
KrizzOnSS Thanks!! That means a lot :)
Top10Archive Yeah, I thought it was going to be some buzzfeed nonsense. Plainly laid out, no fluff. Nice presentation. Kept me listening.
Michael Meredith Thanks! We strive very hard to be different than Buzzfeed.. We lean more towards education, not videos like "Peoples reactions watching an elephant eating poop out of another elephants butt". lol
Top10Archive Buzzfeed is a worthless no-life stupid channel, don't compare your educational channel to them plz :)
Ha Ez Thanks! That means a lot to us xD
My grandparents are Norwegian and they moved to Canada during WWII. I was born and raised in Canada but I'm proud of my Norwegian family origins!
Finally A positive comment!:3
FroztyFredster Thank you so much!
Hans T Holm Thanks!!!!
I hope one day to live in Norway, amazing people, I love all of Norwegian traditions
Thanks for the information. I really need this in school 😊😊
Norway and Finland are the best Scandinavian countries to me. Just saying.
ciao wutang it is very much Scandinavian due to its history connected with Sweden before Finland became an independent nation.
Sonia Khatri Finland is not a Scandinavian country, Scandinavia consist of Norway, Sweden and Denmark. It is however part of the nordic countries ;)
Kaipax No!
I am from Norway and Danmark, (and one of best friends is from Findland) and Findland is not a part of Scandinavia. It is a part of "Norden" together with Island, but only Sweden, Denmark and Norway are Scandinavian countries. :D
Mats Thorrud It is written "Island" in Scandinavia! :D
5 - The copper used in the statue of liberty is from Norway
You forgot to mention that Norway known for Black Metal :)
Sant...... Veldig sant
I was waiting for that amazing fact as well but never mentioned.
I'm german but my mum comes from norway and I'm so proud to be norwegian! It's my favourite country
Funfact:
the Copper from the statue of liberty came from Haugesund, Norway :) Yourewelcome
Awesome! Didn't know that :)
jeg viste heller ikke det :)
Sykt Kult!
Haha we norwegians are awesome xD
Bjørn Stensvoll Nei det sier du ikke:)
The best TV series about Norway - Lilyhammer :)
Lilyhammer is a real place is Norway, also called lillehammer
Yes I know, also XVII Olympic Winter Games in 1994 was there :)
Dwarf Absinther I knuw, Me was dere
Yes, I am from Lillehammer, actually.
The way he said pinnekjøtt😂😂
You remind me a lot of Morgan Freeman! Proud to be norwegian :-)
Thing is, u cant 420 blaze it in norway :(
Dank memes I know, sad af
it is sed #NordNorge
ME TO!
+Noah Norsk GamiNG same here boys
Source: Native Norwegian in his late 30's living all his life in Norway.
Many foreigners have an exaggerated romantic impression of Norway. Here's some facts to adjust that picture.
Comments to fact 10:
Grandiosa is very low quality food, and very unhealthy, the sales of grandiosa has plunged as more and more people have realized this.
Source: e24.no/naeringsliv/selger-mindre-frossenpizza-grandios-fabrikkene-maa-permittere/20364677
While there's wild game in Norway, the majority of people buy food in super-markets, but the focus on healthy foods have increased the latest years.
Comments to fact 9:
The viking festivals. I've barely heard of these my entire life. And I do not know anyone that ever went to those. Besides, viking means "thief", and the original vikings were pure savages that raped, murdered and plundered foreign territory. This is nothing to be proud of. Also, helmets with horns were not used by the original vikings.
Comments to fact 7:
Studies at university is not free of charge. At first sight it might seem so, but it's state financed through the numerous taxes that you have to pay throughout your lift. In addition you can finance your studies with a loan from "Lånekassen", but most of that needs to be paid back with interest. So while education system is quite good, it's not free as in free beer.
Comments to fact 6:
Norway is not a good protector of the environment. The government is just like any other government, this means that money is prioritized over anything else. Please google the latest debacle about search for oil in the delicate northern areas of Norway.
It's true that on the surface Norway claim to not invest in unethical industries and companies, in reality that's not happening, and we're also a substantional contributor in the arms industry, Norwegians just don't like to talk about that loudly. Norway sells weapons worth billions each year. Source: no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsk_v%C3%A5penindustri
Comments to fact 5:
Norway originally sent Christmas trees to Rotterdam, Reykjavik and London. However we stopped sending to all of them except London. Source: www.osloby.no/nyheter/Oslo-vil-kutte-julegran-gaven-7529478.html
This is for strategical and economical reasons.
Comments to fact 4:
The knighted penguin? This is a complete non-event. Never heard of it, and seeing it mentioned as a fact about Norway is very weird. Also the rest of the names that's presumably knighted seems to have taken place in Scotland/England. For example Bill Gates was knighted in England by Dronning Elizabeth. In Norway nobody cares about these titles, and if you came and flaunted one, most people would just shrug their shoulders. Elton Jon was also knighted by Queen Elisabeth II, this also in England. The penguin, Nils Olav, lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was knighted by british general mayor Euan London in 2008. The only association this penguin has to norway is that it is "adopted" by the norwegian army because lieutenant Nils Egelien took a personal interest in the penguins at the Edinburgh Zoo. I don't see how this fit's into a "facts about Norway video", as barely anyone in Norway has ever heard about this.
Comments to fact 3:
Luxury prisons. Those calling a prison glamouros and luxurious are misguided and uneducated. Prison sentence is about removing your freedom, and there are different levels of sentencing. Some has more freedoms than others, but in general,the focus is on rehabilitation, so when the prison sentence is done, ideally the prisoner should re-enter the society as a useful resource. This is best done by education and helping the prisoner to reform. Norway has a much larger success for reformation than the US. It's true there's no death penalty, but as for life sentences, these are usually 21 years, and sometimes prisoners are released before that because of good behaviour, however there are some prisoners that are kept for prolonged time as long as they are deemed a threat to society, so in that regard the life sentence is effective.
Comments to fact 2:
Butter shortage. Exaggerated media storm. Was barely noticed for most people.
Comments to fact 1:
While Norway has many good winter sportsmen and women, it's an undisputable fact that due to Norway's resources and the miniscule size of many winter sports, Norway do have an unfair advantage.
As for anyone holding Norway in high regard, yes there are many great things about Norway, but if you start digging, you will learn that there are many things that's not that great as well. One very serious shortfall is that of political correctness, for instance it's considered tabu to critisize multiculturalism. Norwegians in general also are shy and are hesitant to speak up in fear of social condemnation and retribution. They're often quite uptight and serious and is easily offended. Because of the weather, the general attitude and mood usually does not soften up until summertime.
Norway is also the most corrupt country among the nordic countries:
www.thelocal.no/20131203/norway-most-corrupt-in-the-nordics-report
The state bueracracy is staggering, and you're set for a very hard time and not necessarily fair treatment if you're lucky enough to be the victim of a state agency. The arrogance of said bueracracy is mind-boogling, and even when it makes a wrong it most often claim it's not.
The planning of making roads and building anything noteworthy takes a very long time. Sometimes 20-30 years only to plan making a road. The health care system, the child protection service system, the legal system, and the welfare system all come with their unique challenges and problems, which you hopefully never will experience.
Norway is also known for having a rather inhuman policy in regards to asylum seekers. As often humans who have made roots and even had children and made themselves ingrained in a local society are expelled after having their case tried for years and years, and then they often do not even have time to plan, and are sent to a foreign country on short notice.
The police is a chapter for itself. They're like a state in the state, and as an ordinary citizen you need to comply or else face the consequences. The police have a free card to do in essence whatever they want. There are no checks and safeguards in place. Normal everyday crimes are not priortized, and this is a huge problem, esp in the citites.
The multiculturalism experiment is not successful and has led to continued social unrest and conflict.
As a citizen, the government will not listen to you. The only way to be heard is to start a pressure group or organization and make connections with the "right" people, and then broadcast your message over and over again. If you contact a governmental agency by e-mail or normal letter, expect months before you receive an answer, and more often than not, the answer just refers you to another state agency. Ie. bureacracy.
When state employees makes mistakes, even those in very high positions, there are very seldom consequences. Usually, if the offence is severe, they're simply put somewhere else in the same organization, and as in most other countries, it's about who you know, not what you know in regards to positions. Officially this will be denied, but reality and official policy is not always the same.
Most municipalities fails horribly on service to the inhabitants:
www.nrk.no/livsstil/kommunene-med-best-og-verst-service-1.11287277
Although it's the full time job of all municipality employees to serve inhabitants, most do not take their job seriously, as when you get a municipality job, you're mostly set for life, you're elevated above the citizens and you can work as little as you want with barely no consequences for your job.
Take care, enjoy Norway!
Viking festivals are pretty common in north of norway. Just so you know.
kraftsportNO
Learn your history before opening your mouth - please !
Kn Ba If you have a complaint, you should add an argument to the discussion. Insults without arguing in a civilized manner is the conduct of a savage.
Wildsky, What the fuck are you talking about? I live in the north of norway, never seen a so called "Viking Festival", and i do not know anyone who has been to one either. Do you even live in norway
KraftsportNO, i have to agree with the very most of your posting.
Holy shit, reading the wiki page for Nils Olav made me laugh out loud.
Born: Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland
Allegiance: Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Service/branch: Norwegian Army
Years of service: 1972 - current
Rank: Colonel-in-Chief & mascot
Unit: Hans Majestet Kongens Garde
He's the fanciest animal I've ever heard of.
Congratulations to Norway for staying out of the EU. The Brits have now joined you, and pretty soon the whole EU is going to disintegrate. Looks like Norwegian Vikings are the smartest of all Vikings. They have the best girls too.
The brits "have joined us"? As if. It's not even clear that they actually will leave the EU, and much less what kind of deal(s) they'll get if not. IMO Norway chose the worst of all possible relations by basically giving up our self-determination for access to the free market, but without a right to vote and, more importantly, speak, in the EU parliament and other institutions.
In my view, Norway, Sweden and Denmark should have all been in the EU and worked together. We have a lot in common culturally. Combined, our purchasing power is considerably greater than the size of the populations (about 19 milllion people combined) suggests, and we'd be an economic power comparable to Spain or so.
But instead we've chosen to be in the hallway, trying desperately to influence decisions in spite of not being members. Both Europe as a whole and we are worse off because of it. And 95% of all legislative changes in Norway are now Stortinget (parliament) rubber stamping EU regulations. Idiotic!
dojohansen123
You must be joking. Last year the EU Central Bank started printing 1,1 TRILLION euros backed by NOTHING. All the major EU banks are in trouble. It's not a question if the EU will disintegrate, but when.
Really? What's your source?
dojohansen123
Where have you been living ? In a cave ? Where do you get your news ? From CNN ? From Fox News ? What I have written is common knowledge.
Indeed. It's a good leftist country. The country with the highest human development index is social democratic Norway. Dominated by the Norwegian Labour Party for years. StatOil, which is mostly publically-owned, is the most successful company. See "Norwegians become crown millionaires as sovereign wealth fund hits benchmark". And more than 50% of Norway's workforce are part of trade unions. Social democrats know how to use resources well. In Britain, Thatcher wasted North Sea Oil's revenue on tax cuts for the wealthy. See "Thatcher and North Sea oil - a failure to invest in Britain's future". But that won't change the mind of her dim-witted apologists. A good move of Norway to stay out of the neoliberal EU that destroyed Greece with right-wing austerity.
BLACK METAL
I knew I wasn't the only one to think about black metal while watching this! \m/
notquitemytempo 😈
black metal = finland
Jaeger233 Finland is more of a Death Metal country
Varg vikernes
The electricity fact is wrong. Norway's production of electricity is 99% hydroelectric. We actually produce more hydroelectric energy than the total consumption. The problem is that production peaks is the spring and summer (when the snow melts and fills up the dams), but consumption peaks in the winter. So in the spring we sell the excess energy to other countries. In the winter, when consumption peaks, we can't produce enough electricity, so we purchase nuclear electricity from Sweden. So basically, we produce more hydroelectric energy than the total consumption, we just need a big ass battery to save it for the winter in order to become 100% clean.
Heh, I remember the butter crisis... We had to import butter from other countries...
Its Pinnekjøtt time again... YUMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! :D
Jeg hater pinnekjøtt XD
HVORDAN KAN DU HATE PINNEKJØTT? DET ER DET BESTE SOM FINNES XD
pinnekjøtt er livet
Aleks Jeg også hater pinnekjøtt xD
Og lutfesk
The way you pronounce pinnekjøtt is hilarious XD
Hvor mange av dere onanerte til denne videoen? :)
Jeg!
Hva i Helsingfors?
+Mathias Hake-Steffensen LOL!😍
Beste chatten evahh!
Njæ. Men jeg fikk jævlig lyst til å voldta og plyndre
+eric mb faen genius man! haha ja med litt olje så går det ;)
ALL HAIL SIR NILS OLAV
All hail the penguin!
+Henning Elvestad yus
POONGUIN
+SomeRandomGuy :P WHAT KIND OF HYSTORY DO THEY TEACH IN SCANDINAVIA AREA ?You are so bizarre.. I thought that the Christians monks had taught something to the Nordic population....but the real fact is completely different. The Nordic population forget that 6 o 7 generations ago they were so primitive as the current unknown tribe in Amazonia or Congo in AfricaThe History of Scandinavia and 99% of the posts are in English... VERY FUNNY... Are You ashamed of your language ?
You have ZERO background ( Like the black people in USA ) ... I can understand your choice to discuss in English rather than in your native- mother tongue language….. You have nothing to be proud of.. .. you have nothing to boast about.. no contribution to any civilization neither something else.. as numbers.. Philosophy.. Stone made building.... Law.. Roads...Science...Algebra.. Geometry... Mathematicians.. Inventions.... Arts ( Music Painting Sculptures and so on )
To me (and 95% of the Italians) ...Vikings and bingo-bongo population of deep Congo in Africa were at the same intellectual level... maybe the Vikings were more primitive and very close to wild animals. And perhaps they were cannibals.
Why you don't accept the true fact that Scandinavian population was so primitive and wild compared Italian people .
Your bis grandfather used to live in a cavern in the forest.... My bis grandfather used to live in a palace along “Canal Grande” channel in VENICE..Do you see the difference?
...YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE HYSTORY... How can you be proud of the primitive and wild Vikings ? Ask some English with culture ( very few ) why Shakespeare set most of his plays in Italy to depict Italian ( and not English ) society from Roman EMPIRE to REINASSANCE... And the remaining Shakespeare ‘s novels set in England have a lot to do with Italians and Italy.. At Shakespeare time London had only 20 o 30 stone made houses.. while in Scandinavia there were still the cannibals and tribe.. as in Africa..
nikilauda1221 Shut up, In 6-7 generations ago we were Vikings who conquered many places, if that’s not history, idk what is.. maybe painting?
thanks for a quick teach
HAHAHAH I LOVED HOW U SAID PINNEKJØTT
OH IM DYING
when you talked about the statue of liberty, I was super excited! I was waiting for "the materials used to build it, came from Norway!" yey! finally someone with knowledge!....and then you went on talking about a tree..sigh...
Sorry :( Yes, most of the material from the statue did come from Norway.. Sorry we left it out!
Hehe i live on an island called Karmøy.
Thats where the copper for the statue of liberty comes from and it also has Harald Hairfairs biggest viking farm (village???) on it, and they have rebuilt the farm (village????) and people can visit and sleep there. xD
Marius Aase Harald Fairhair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mrtweet81 ??
Harald Fairhair not Harald Hairfair. You are thinking in norwegian sentences...
oh.. i get it.. my bad xD
Marius Aase no its not Harald hairfairs dosnt have is biggest viking farm there
it's really my dream to go Norway.. i so love watching the fjords.. such a beautiful natures..
dejlig video :)
i am norwegian, and Grandiosa is actually the worst pizza made in Norway. they got on 120 place of 120 on a competition about norwegian pizzas. i just hate it, it tastes horrible.
KickerZz FotballHD Did you remember to take it out of the box? It might help
Don't you accept other peoples tastebuds?
I don't think many norwegians like frozen pizza. Much better with f.eks Peppes Pizza, Dolly dimpels. That's what i call the best pizza in the world.
Grandiosa is the worst pizza in Norway
KickerZz FotballHD Norwegian here! I admit it is not the best pizza in the world but late when you dont have time to make any food it actually taste pretty good to me :D
KickerZz FotballHD but it's cheapXD
Most of this video I was going "we are? We do? Really????" I learned more about my own country than I did during ten years of school
I'm just passing by here to say... Norge. Jeg elsker dig.
deg**
Gjennomført Dig, på dansk.
Gillar också lille bror Norge o även syrran Danmark ja fins två till men dom är dom tysta och försiktiga !!
+Mats Svensson lillebror, eg trur du tar feil der.
:) kanske vem vet ? kan ha fel jag är inte mer än någon annan
:) inget illa menat halv bror Norge och lilla syrran Dk
Wow😍 Very Beautiful Place.
i want to be there in norway and experience the beautiful culture.
There is no need to be racist. And the raping part; yes, it happens. But I guess it happens in your country too!
+simmsr801 i hope not
+Olve | TheSvæger are you talking to me?
Jan Aleksander Johannessen i still want to visit norway one day and i am into nature thing and photography so i guess i am away from this maniacs.
ging embradura Absolutely :)
The cheese sliser is called ostehøvel in Norwegian ;)
Lol....
The best part of Norway is the women
No everyone is fat xd
Ikr im a real hottie
Lix Yt_ Haha, no XD
So basically you are telling us that if we are going to get arrested we should get arrested in Norway.
DaebakMonkey yup
or maybe ask to be transferred there
who else clicked on this video because they are norwegian exept me?
Ariel Håvik I did xD
vel hei hei XD
Ariel Håvik Hi there :-)
J E G E R H A L T N O R S K O G H A L T A M E R C A N sorry for my bad norwegian
+Ariel Håvik Jag är svensk och ville bara se vad som var så bra med västsverige.
Number one awesome fact should have been that Norway has consistently been ranked as the best country to live in ranked by HDI.
It has good healthcare yes.. Im norwegian and i want to move to a warmer place :) shall we switch country? :p
madsen339 Jeg bor også i Norge :)
Tom Dakota Filler'n hehehe :)
Jeg også!
madsen339 Don't move to Canada that's for sure....Canada (besides British Columbia) is brutally cold....
It's so fun to watch this when you are from, and live in Norway!
0:30 i actualy laughed when you said "pinnekjøt" (sorry for bad spelling) but cool video!❤
I don't think we've had walmart in Norway. Maybe I'm wrong
+Tone Lundefaret i think we just invested in Walmart, not acualy had in Norway, but the "oilfund" invested in them.
aaah right
+Tone Lundefaret That's good . Walmart is bad for the people of Norway. They pay slave wages and keeps downward pressure on wages here in the U.S. Norwegians are way too smart for that....
for Julius M. Yeah I like to think that we are. However, we still take advantage of cheap labor sources. There's always room for improvement, everywhere.
+Tone Lundefaret The less American consumer "culture", the better.
You forgot to mention that Friday is the national taco day in Norway :D
Yea
I would love to see one of those viking festivals
I'm norwegian, and i just wanna say thanks for making a video about Norway. :D
We just love Grandiosa.
Nope, some of us prefer proper food - not paper with some cheese!
I don't like Grandiosa either...
Big one er mye bedre! :D
No Name sant :D
Grandiosa tastes (im not kidding) like carboard with cheese on it.
I know this might be outrageous for many of you but one of the things i really like about living in Norway is the immigrants.
i come from Norway love this country💓
MOST Noregian do not go to sweeden to buy groceries, some people do but its just in vacations
Norway had the most amount of vikings, poeple thougth sweden had vikings but nah only 10 precent ish
Qwerty_9 NORWAY IS THE REAL VIKINGS!💙🇳🇴⚔️🗡 Olav Den Hellige=Olav Haraldson er en SARPING! Jeg er en sarping💙 Sarpingene er best💙💙💙💙💙🇳🇴🇳🇴💙⚔️
Norge er best
Bladhull vlogs, vi er bitte lit gla i lande våres ser jeg?
Qwerty_9 Norway had a lot of muscles in that time 💪
Norge er best🤗
most Norwegians drives to Sweden for food! hahaha.... In southern parts there might be a percentage who do the wodoo that you do :)
I mean/meant that MOST of us do NOT drive to Sweden. Mkay?
thomas olderdal not to buy spesific food but to buy drinks etc
Olav Amh yeah! That's what I meant. the southern parts of Norway buy tobacco and booze+party hard. maybe some meat if on offer...
thomas olderdal nah... jeg gjør ikke det
edvin lio ikke jeg heller... 😊
Hvorfor i faen snakker vi, her?
i am from norway XD Nice vid :)
Right On
Lik hvis du er Norsk! ;)
Most people in Norway will not travel to Sweden for groceries, though perhaps most have done so at one time or another, and a small percentage of people do so quite regularly. It would be quite the drive for most people, and also quite time consuming, if one were to drive the relatively long distance for food, etc.
Norge is a great country, i have respect for such states. Greetings from Greece
Nice song buddy
omfg its so funny hearing him trying to spell Norwegian words ;D
Oh and with the life sentences. We dont officially have one since the highest sentence is 21 years, but before they can be released they have to go through a psycological checkup that will decide if the prisoner walks or not
This video was amazing! I haven't done a lot of research myself, so some of this is new to me, even as a Norwegian... hehe :P really good work :) and yes... we eat a lot of pizza...... xD sometimes we have pizza 2-3 times a week lol :o
Ahahaha i loved how u Said pinnekjøtt
As a second generation Norwegian-American, I'm not so sure I find high petrol prices, Norwegians shopping in Sweden for affordable groceries, high butter prices, and luxurious jails so "awesome". Interesting facts, yes, "awesome", not as much. What I *did* find so awesome is the fact that the country values its natural resources enough to resist commercial enterprises that have little regard for them. Ja vi elsker dette landet!
Why do you mean by " They value their natural resources enough to resist commercial enterprises" ? could you explain it better please?
What I was saying is that it would appear that Norway places a greater importance on protecting their natural resources rather than making money from profitable entities that have been known to cause harm to the environment because of their practices.
im norwegian :D
I do
Well tell me why?
kristian jirasek what do you mean?
Why do Your Care? Is it funny? Do You know him? R u gay?
Ummmm. What?
this was a nice vid im norwegian and i saw that was norway food,ppl,and all :)
Pinnekjøtt is the best 🤤 It’s also usually served with tyttebær! This is one of the main reasons I look forward to Christmas everywhere lol
I am from Norway and Grandiosa tastes like cardboard with cheese on top
+krokkofant pyse hahaha true, fatter ikke at folk spiser papp med ost
Yay!!! Im from Norway:-)
:-(
+Jonas Haaland sorry it's just a jealous American, hi from Greece. Jonas!
+Axel Axl cool if you didnt know im from norway :)
+Jonas Haaland And no one gives a damn bout that.
+Illuminati m8s you did!
Norway in the wonderful country and very nice nature.