Working Life

• Foreigner who have a good education background can not get a good job, if they have not a good command of Norwegian language.

Everyday Life

• Life is at home may be more than 80 percent.??? I have no idea about the percentage, just try to tell they spend time a lot at home.
• The home is a key context for intimacy. They do not only have houses, they have homes!
• The home is very important. Norwegian culture is home-centered.
• The home is setting not only for family life but also for social life.
• The home in Norway comprises a single family house.
• The hall and living room are the most publc rooms. The parents' bedroom is considered the most private room for outsiders.
• The children have their own rooms, separate from their parents, at a quite early age.
• It is common to own a cottage or an old farmhouse i the rual areas. This can be seen as a second home out in nature.
• Home decoration is a continuour project!

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History

• Norway had been the poorest country in Europe.
• The welfare state in Norway, develped mainly after World War II, is based on the ideas of solidarity, security and equality defined as sameness.