A lot of the rest of the world thinks the Nordic countries are a monolithic thing. Kelly sent me a couple of articles titled Norwegians & Swedes — What’s the Difference? and Norwegians & Swedes — What’s the Difference? Part II. My kudos go out to the blog author. They were very fascinating posts. I considered my own knowledge of the Swedes and Norwegians of my personal acquaintance, but I don’t know enough to confirm or deny any of this. I do know the Finns are a culturally very different from either group. It makes one think how easy it might be to talk past someone of even greater cultural distance than Norwegians and Swedes.
Betty Blonde #467 – 04/26/2010
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