Tag: immigration in Norway
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Want to integrate in Norway? Participate in the world’s biggest dugnad
What is a dugnad? It is another Norwegian word like koselig, tidsklemma, snus, utepils and ka farsken which are difficult to translate in other languages. At first the word dugnad confused me. “Come to the dugnad in my new home in Nesodden, we will be painting”. Why would we paint in a bunad? Isn’t it a…
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How to be a Happy Immigrant in Norway?
Credit image: Shutterstock license 1. Accept things and people as they areAccept that this is another country with its own culture. Sure, half of what Norwegians do is new and strange to you, but for them that is the norm. It is the same all over the world: people do things in a certain way…
