What characterizes Norwegian culture?
“Norwegians are more self-centred than other people.” … Wow!
It’s not my answer. Its said in the book “Norway- society and culture” by Eva Maagero and Birte Simonsen. I was presented this book quite long ago by the international student councelling center after more than one year working for the International student union but i havent touched it until now :|. I wish I had read it when i was in Norway so that i would notice and understand more about Norway and maybe collect more interesting things to say now.
I don’t affirm that the above conclusion is true or false and for sure as a student who lived there for 2 years, had full of eagerness to discover the local people and culture, i will say my opinion later. However, it’s surprising to see Norwegians acknowledge themselves as the “more self-centred people! Wow…
To be honest, not many international students i know like Norwegians although they love Norway. One of my good Norwegian friends K. who was quite popular in the international student community admited that he was different from other Norwegians. Another Norwegian friend J. told me that he didn’t like Norwegians :))! There are some reasons explained for the unfavourite. I will detail in an upcoming post.
But in my case I have known quite a lot of amazing Norwegians. Some of those enthusiastically showed me the characteristics of Norwegian culture through big events such as Christmas, New year and even through daily routines. I am keen on all aspects of international culture so i’d love to come back to this subject in some next posts.
my cutie Mira was “self-centred” in Bergen this summer 
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