14 Bizarre And Fascinating Facts About Life In Norway You Probably Didn’t Know

To some this may seem overly socialist, but in fact guarantees diversity in arts!

Excellent idea - supporting and promoting home-grown authors at the same time

What is quality control? I only ask because I hate banning books such as Tom Sawyer & Diary of Anne Frank.

Love the no tax on books!

Imagine a country that cares about the arts. Maybe after DT is voted out? He hasn't done anything for the arts since he was elected.

Now, THAT is a good idea! It's much better than what we are doing, handing down a $27 trillion debt to our decendents. .

Many politicians in the U.S. are obsessed with how they can grab public wealth for themselves.

The same thing COULD have happened in my country but the country's leader at that time had brought the place to it's knees and the money is simply used to keep the country afloat now..

Wrong. We only use 3% of the profits, not the fund itself. And more than half the size of the fund comes from re-investing in stocks and companies, rather than the oil itself. The fund owns around 1,5% of every stock in the world. And its not for the next generation, its for all future generations.

The USA would sure benefit from pointers from Norway.

Look how beautiful that is...

I bet that photo was taken during the three seconds of summer they get up there...

As seen in the other entry here, just be sure to a) bring much money, as living costs are tremendous, b) be prepared for very long, very cold, and very dark winters, and c) bring firearms and braveness to fight off polar bears.

But you are not allowed to die there.

Please tell me how to get there with my 5 cats. Need very little space.

I'd give him kudos if he had left he "Look at me! I'm your PM! suit at home."

Looks like he is wearing a uniform.

Well, the idea is to return as many people as possible to society, and to treat even those that will not return humane. This trait is a stark contrast to e.g. the US. I believe this way of being humane in the end is even more beneficial to the ones being humane than even to the inmates. If we even treat our enemies with dignity, we eventually become happier people.

"notorious serial killer finally put to justice in jail" guard's wife: finally! what a horrible person. guard: he's not too bad. only tried to kill me a couple of times.

To anyone who is complaining. This year, during the bloody pandemic, we were advised to stay home and not go out. A lot of us have a bit more than a tv and a shower at home, but we are all whining how hard it is to not go to the cinema, a restaurant, the nail salon, hairdresser, pub, club, garden party... Now imagine this for years. And say again that it's too comfortable. And remember, not every prisoner is there for killing infants and kittens.

my retirement plans are to work in that prison. I work in a prison now and it is NOT like that, you do anything with inmates like play a sport or any activity that isn't previously sanctioned will get you put under investigation for being compromised. It makes me wonder what the recidivism rate is in Norway and how many officers are compromised due the "closeness" I see it being beneficial but I also seeing it go very very wrong

In the very unlikely event that I should ever be sentenced to prison, I'm gonna ask the judge to outsource me to Halden prison. .

It's slang for "crazy" in Texas, too.

I lived in texas for 5 years. Right now, THEY ARE CRAZY!

I see no problems with this as a Texan

In Poland we use "Meksyk" (Mexico) for crazy but also if we are overwhelmed with work to be done.

Hey, we in the USA, do and think the same.

This is only half the truth. In Norway, there is much more transparency when it comes to financial matters. You will receive a pre-filled out tax report that in many cases includes everything that would need to be included already. Cash is used less and less, and for example paying for craftsmen in cash is not possible but for very small sums. What sounds like a privacy nightmare works the other way around, too. The state is working more transparently than elsewhere and most people trust the state. For those interested in this topic, I recommend reading into "the nordic model".

So, if you live a frugal life and save up money for a nice car you immediately fall under suspicion?

*fredagstaco

*Texas about Tacos

We forgot to tell them it's Taco TUESDAYS!

Do they have Mexican restaurants? I always joke that I can't live in a country without good Mexican restaurants, too depressing.

That's where I'm gonna go open my taco stand