A very nice and interesting take on experiencing Norway. As for the part about norwegians being somewhat cold, introverted and distant - that is a cultural aspect which is often misunderstood. It's not that we dislike people, or communication in general, it's that we respect each others' private space. We simply do not want to bother anyone. I live in Oslo, and on the train-commute in and out of the city (even when it's packed) it's mostly completely silent, with the exception of occasional groups of youths chatting. People sit on their own, and enjoy the peace. If someone was excessively bothering anyone or was being hostile though - Norwegians do not sit idle. In that aspect, we're a very righteous people. We care for each other, even if it's at a respectful distance - and in silence.

As a person of colour who has visited Norway i really appreciated the Norwegian way of life. Genuine and very aware of their identity which made them proud to be Norwegian. Would go back there any day.

Nice video. You mention that we're using many english words here in Norway. Yes that's right, words like PC, video and other modern english words, but... Today's lesson 😀😀😀: Here's some info🙂.. About 2/3 of the english BASIC language are words with Norwegian (scandinavian) origin. This because when the first vikings invaded Lindisfarne in England 8th of June , 793ad the english language did not exist. It developed from celtic/Germanic to what's called englisc (old english) throug out the centuries when the vikings were there. Words like sky, land, man, gras, hair, house +++++++ comes from the vikings🤘 Cheers from Stavanger, Norway.

"Det va itj nå usmak, nei!" Directly translated it means: "It had no awful taste." It's actually an endearment to the chef, meaning the dish was really, really good! :D

Herlig! Her er du alltid velkommen. Håper du holder deg frisk og rask, spesielt i disse dager. High five fra Oslo.

Loved the rattkjelke reference. Had one of those as a kid and we used to play pressekonk during winter, which basically meant we were racing full speed down hill on the street we lived, 4-5 side by side, while trying to kick and/or squeeze the other racers out and into the ditch, a bush or pile of snow.

I really enjoyed your video. I was born in Oslo, moved to the U.K. when I was 2 years old, and moved to the US 36 years ago. I never learned much Norwegian, though I did understand a lot and can still pick up some of it. I would love to move back there. We always said "Takk for maten" at the conclusion of every meal as well!!

Good man! Learning the language shows respect and interest and will open doors that normally are shut to strangers. I've experienced the same in Germany and France - two countries and languages that I love. I had several penpals in the US of A as a young man, and in the 90's I and an army colleague visited him in California. The hospitality was first rate! Fond memories :)

What an interesting monologue. Thank you.

Så interessant og hyggelig å høre din historie :-) Varme hilsener fra Oslo:-)

Love from Norway! I like how you were talking about re-learning the language because of the different dialects, they change a lot. Especially where I come from, a little town called Tromsø where the dialect changes almost every island, and there are lots of them over here

11:49 as you explain how we incorporate English words you use the word "husband" which comes from the Norwegian word "husbonde". England adopted the word "husband" from the Vikings.

I love norway🇧🇻😊😊from thailand🤭🇹🇭

I LOVED YOUR STORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD even though I am not Norwegian . We love and adore people like you who do not 'place them self about us rather ONE of us.

what an inspiration! Greetings from a 26 yrs old Austrian

Love from Norway!

Tusen Takk for the memories from Norge.

I love these Norwegian cultural videos. I've been trying to learn a language all my life with little to no success, until I started giving Norwegian a shot because it's my favorite European country. Not that I'm good at it at all, but I've progressed further with it than any other I've tried. Anyway, I'm fascinated by Norway and the language. I'd love to meet others who speak it and learn more. I'm located in Utah.

Jeg skulle til å kommentere på engelsk, men så kom jeg på at nei, det er sikkert hyggeligere å få tilbakemeldinger på norsk ☺️ Du har en rolig og behagelig framtoning og jeg setter veldig pris på den varmen du viser landet vårt. Dette var en utrolig koselig video å se. Det er spennende å høre hvordan andre opplever oss. ☺️

Thank you for visiting/living in Norway. I really enjoy listening to people from other places describe how they felt staying here. Your´e norwegian is really good btw:)

That is a beautiful story you told! Thank you

Greetings from Norway! Really nice of you to learn our language - and I think you gave a very accurate account of our country. I even learned one or two things myself. Håper du har det bra, og pass på deg selv når du reiser rundt i verden i disse pandemitidene! 👍

Nice to hear your experiences about living in Norway :) Thanks for sharing!

I actually had Mormon missionaries at my door.. They were so friggin' polite they almost managed to convert me ^^

Dette var en hyggelig mann, og han snakket så fint om Norge. Jeg ønsker han alt godt som tenkes kan.

Utrolig gøy å høre din fortelling. Du har også en veldig god og varm utstråling. Håper du får flere anledninger til å besøke Norge :) Hilsen fra Ålesund

Du snakker bra Norsk 👏👍

I watched Lillyhammer so I'm all learned up.

This is the most accurate video I've seen about my home country, very honest and refreshing :)

Høn is a location in Asker. Well, a stop on the local commuter railway line, basically.

I stumbled upon your post this morning and I love your description of the Norwegian culture and idiosyncrasies. I think you sre right on the money ! Veldig kjekt å høre at du fremdrles snakker så godt norsk. Du har en veldig bra uttale og tydeligvis et godt grep på ortogragien. Jeg bor i Stavanger, nærmere bestemt på Austre Åmøy, en av byøyene rett nord for Stavanger. Jeg husker veldig godt at deres misjonærer kom å ringte på døren for å dele deres tro og budskap. Min mor sa alltid velkommen, kom inn, så skal dere få spise med oss. Vi er ikke så interessert i budskapet, men er veldig interessert i å snakke med dere og få deres synspunkter på Norge, Amerikansk politikk og høre hvor dere kommer fra. Det var interessant og de guttene som besøkte oss kom av og til tilbake på middag eller bare en kopp te og en prat. Tror at de lengtet hjem og syntes det vsr koselig å bli invitert inn i vår familie for en liten stund. Mor var veldig opptatt av det at dere var unge gutter, langt vekke fra deres mor og far og at dere skulle få en trivelig stund hos oss. Det var spennende for meg som liten gutt å treffe Amerikanere. Dette var på -60 tallet, men det var vel stort sett det samme som skjer i dag med deres misjonærer til Norge. Jeg gjør det samme som mor og far gjorde, men det er dessverre sjeldent at misjonærene kommer helt ut her, da det er en god times busstur for å komme ut til vår øy, som har landforbindelse via undersjøisk tunnell fra Randaberg. Jeg gleder meg yil å følge deg videre ☺

Greetings from Norway :-)

I was there as a teen in 1981. I did my best to memorize several sentences and basics like counting, greetings, etc. Got to Oslo and EVERYONE spoke English and in my experience almost insistant on it. I was a little disappointed and threw away my book on Norwegian. Then we went a few hours NNW and it was the opposite, with very few speaking English. Obviously much older now and all I can remember is how to identify myself and how to ask someone what their name is. Norway is pretty great and I would love to return someday.

Takk for en interessant video. :-) Din norsk er veldig bra.

Next time, you should go to Kautokeino and chat with the Sami. The Sami is an indigenous people located in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. We live all over the country, but it's easiest to find us further up north in Finnmark.

I live in Narvik. you speak good Norwegian language and tell a lot of nice things about Norway.

Hilser fra Norge. Flott video!

Very interesting video, and so fun to hear how much you love our country. Just a comment: No, we don't see the northern lights almost every night above the arctic circle (I live up north so I know). They mostly appear in cold, clear nights, and are less common than most seems to believe. It's important that tourists understand this, going up north doesn't guarantee experiencing it.

Hei. Det var veldig hyggelig å høre din historie, om dine opplevelser i Norge. Hyggelig å høre fra andre som har hatt ei opplevelse av Norge, om deres syn på vårt levesett. Er selv fra Trondheim, men har flyttet ut til kysten av Trøndelag med min kone for 1 år siden. Ønsker deg alt godt, og hils fiskeklubben fra en glad fritids -fisker . Ha det bra

Lilyhammer is a Norwegian-American television series starring Steven Van Zandt

♥️ the vid. Ty

Wow, you are speaking very good norwegian. God bless you. 🙂

I miss your stories, D!

Guess you was living in bodø or on andøya. Great story hope you come back some time.all the best from Norway

Hello from Norway. :) I think you were spot on about how norwegians are. Maybe except from the thing with the shoes........that is what we say about the finnish people. :D But if they get a bit to drink, they actually look you in the eyes and talk to you. :D

Love from norway❤️

Im glad you like norway:D

I feel that Norway and the Norwegian people spiritually embodies alot of values that might feel similar and maybe abit ''nostalgic'' to Americans, the majority of Norwegians have been living ''the American dream'' for atleast 30 years, if not 40.

good pronunciation :)

Hi there, Marius from Oslo here. I grew up in Bærum (born in 1960) Next house to us there was a coloured Amrican family living in a appartment for a few years seccond half of the 60 ties - the father was a USAF Sargent. Theire son became a playmate, if my memory serves me right his name was Sam (not entirely sure of the name). Anyone you would know who are ?

An really accurae and well-descripted video about us(Norwegians). But just to educate people who doesn't know😌 (how u didn't learn this at some point in your life baffles me,, anyway) When he say "basically like Alaska" about the northern part of Norway(Nord-Norge). Its like that all over the planet, above the polar circle. I know this seems like unnecessary thing to mention.. but somehow people don't always think longer than to the tip of they're nose. I got friend. Good friends which I see as I intelligent. But still they talk about the polar circle as if we only have them in Norway. Kinda like they get surprised when they found out that northern parts of Russia and north America also has midnight sun in the summer and the opposite in the winter. Like: "wow, they got that too?" And in like: "hello, earth's calling home. Of course they do. The polar circle stretches out around the whole northern part of the planet. Just like the equator does at the middle of our planet." "Ahh oh yeah that makes sense"... daaaah 😂🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

Hi. I and my wife have been to the USA many times, (have family in Spokane) and on one trip we visited a place called Poulsbo outside Seattle, and there they had a cafe where old Norwegians meet. It was many Norwegian inspired things to see in Poulsbo. I also know there to be a place like that in Seattle. Washington state is by far the most beautiful State in the USA if you ask me. Too bad "everyone" travels to New York, LA, or San Francisco. I've been there too, and it's not that much to brag about. Maybe because I'm a nature loving person. Love from Norway. (Skien)

0:55 Uuuuh.. That's in northern Norway. In Bærum where I'm from and Oslo, we see the sun all the year around :)

Love from NORWAY ! 🤗🇦🇩🇳🇴🕊 Special experience in this BIG WORLD. Since you get some of this country, no matter where you go in the world, you will miss that. That was my problem since my fist visit to Norway in 2002.You get some, you loose some. I am latin and I miss some in the social life. Your Norwegian language sounds GREAT. I live around ÅLESUND. Value Norway and it's citizens. Special country!!! LOVE NORWAY, TOO!!! 💞🇳🇴

FUN FACT FOR THOSE WHO DIDNT KNOW. Many words from the english/ american language hails from Scandinavia. That is why He/ you would kinda know some words ( the rest you dont get, is is due to our melodic language. which most countries dont ihabbit)

Tusen takk for hyggelig video om Norge :D Du virker som en kjempe flott kar.

Norsk og engelsk språk har en ganske lik oppbygging. Til forskjell fra andre språk har vi ikke verbet sist i setningen. Eksempel: "Ich habe ein Buch gelest" (tysk) , "I've read a book", og "Jeg har lest en bok". Det er kanskje derfor at nordmenn syns det er lett å lære engelsk, og vice versa.

Nortern Lights is not very common in Bærum/Oslo. Must have been lucky that winter, or traveling to northern parts of Norway.

Thank you for the video, I am American Citizent living in London Uk 🇬🇧, I am think about to move to Norway 🇳🇴, could you please tell if I can find a job there and what I need to do to move there please. Thank you 🙏

I love Norway too🇳🇴🥰

There's one Norwegian vowel I find hard to explain in text to an English speaker ; the o in bok (book). Your way of saying o is more like our å. And double oo is more like our u. Can't find an English word the has our o sound. The closest is the the sound at the end of the ow diphtong, as in now or how, or even in low or crow.

I met someone driving a Ford Mustang in Moss, but I wonder if it was this guy?? American plate.

Let's not forget about. Brunost!

Jeg er ikke Norsk men jeg elsker Norge. Dessverre, jeg kan snakker bare litt Norsk.

Hello from narvik😊 My neighbour was mormon and had missionaries staying every summer.

His norwegian is very good :)

I resided in Norway in 1972-73. Most interesting and enjoyable-albeit strange part of my youth. I visited for a week in 2015 and the changes did not impress me. Alienated.🏹 Why missionaires to Norway? The Norse seemed Christian enuf to me.

Elsker landet mitt ❤️❤️❤️

I've been interested in traveling to Norway ever since hearing Angelina Jordan sing....

Hehe! Love from Norway to You!❤️🇳🇴Kan du norsk? Can You speak Norwegian

Such a revelation when an english-speaking person really bothers learning another language. And culture. Impressive.

The rak you talk about is a "rattkjelke" it is called in norwegian and have nothing to do with rats hehe

Maybe i could move there if i open a mexican restaurant that specializes in fish tacos.

I like how he didn't mention Danish, since that is a different level of difficulty.

Du snakier veldig bra

I live in Norway (jeg bor i Norge)

Klem fra oss🇳🇴

❤😊🇧🇻

Yeah.. ;)

De unge i Norge bruker engelske ord i omtrent 10-20 % av det de sier, i alle fall mine barn og deres venner. Det er tydelig at de daglig snakker mye med folk fra andre deler av verden når de "gamer world wide". Artig å høre en amerikaner snakke om hvordan de opplever Norge og nordmenn.

11:30 Laptop [ computer ] is English; bærbar[ datamaskin ] would be Norwegian.

классный канал - спасиБог...

Heia Norge!

Hei Reidar, he du kjøpt deg ny gjødselspreidar? Basically the same as - "Yo, sup dawg?"

Norge❤️🇧🇻❤️

Prøv lutefisk med brunost

Do all you Norway guys wear black leather coats like in Lillyhammer? Rick from Kansas, USA.

Hahaha, as a Norwegian I can confirm that your opening joke is very true XD

Bra norsk! :D

Koselig fyr. Det er ikke helt riktig å si at vi har mange ord fra Amerika, men. Etymologi. Nice guy. Though, he's not completely right in saying we've got a lot of words from the Americas. Ethymology.

"Iskrem" is maybe an Americanized version. Ice cream is just "is".

😎✝🙏✔💖

When did this guy live here? The 70's? The 80's? I don't recognize this society he's describing.

Interesting perspective. But we only have three countries in Scandinavia: Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Finland is not a Scandinavian country.

Norway actually has two languages, even if they are very similar

BRUNOST!!!

You don't Love Lutefisk? Have an downvote , ) lol

Hvem var din ledsager i Narvik på din misjon? Hva heter du? Mitt navn er Terje Olsen fra Drammen. Du finner meg på Facebook. Ta kontakt.

FY

This edit was horrible, you seen every like 3 seconds it was edited because something wasnt right. Could never get past that.