Norway Don’ts

• Don’t think that you are special.
• Don’t think that you are of the same standing as us.
• Don’t think that you are smarter than us.
• Don’t fancy yourself as being better than us.
• Don’t think that you know more than us.
• Don’t think that you are more important than us.
• Don’t think that you are good at anything.
• Don’t laugh at us.
• Don’t think that anyone of us cares about you.
• ‚ Don’t think that you can teach us anything.

Norway Do’s

• Do play along when Norwegians tell you about their extra special traditions, even if you have exactly the same thing in your own country.
• Do act impressed when someone tells you about that night they drank four beers.‚  That’s a lot and “a big problem” in Norway.
• Do learn Norwegian
• Do visit the country.
• Do take a class at the local college, preferably one you’re interested in (i.e., not Norwegian).