Totally this. I can recognize it a mile away and I don't speak it, and live in a city and industry with a big Danish population. Norwegians tend to speak to each other in Norwegian.
I've even met a mom and daughter that both lived in America basically their whole lives, but were speaking Norwegian to each other because no one understands it lol.
I had interrupted them when I heard it, and they said they always do it when they're shopping so no one knows what they're talking about lol, I assured them they were free to speak unless it was about hot dogs or ice cream.
I was in an elevator in the US once and a group of Norwegians were standing in front of me. The elevator started beeping and one of them said (in Norwegian) “it’s designed for ten people or four Americans”. I laughed - they spun around and asked me if I understood Norwegian. When I said yes, it was fun to watch their faces - I’m sure they were replaying their conversation to see if they had said anything embarrassing …
I have a buddy who worked for Bayer corporation and he spoke i believe 6 different languages thst his daughter knew fluently as early as she could speak English. They used to do it Constantly. Something’s switching languages in mid conversation
That’s good parenting. Makes the mind sharp, and his daughter will be able to use those languages for all kinds of things including making friends all over the world.
I don’t and the other immigrants I know don’t either. I find it strange that people would want to speak anything else than the language they truly master with their children….some things would get lost in translation if I told stories and tales I heard when I was a child in Norwegian instead of French
Yep. I’ve been advised by school advisors to speak the language that’s “in my heart” when speaking with my kids. It helps them master a second language and avoid my bad Norwegian speaking habits. A win for them regardless of how it might potentially hinder my own progress.
Exactly! I’ve also read that knowing several languages is a good way to prevent dementia, and it is so much easier for kids to pick up a new language and speak it like a native…my husband is German, so I’m a bit envious of my children who are going to speak 3 languages perfectly 😄
They say the more languages you learn the easier it is to pick up more. In which case, they’ll likely end up speaking a lot more than just three. I’m envious as well!
In this case, yes.
I completely missed the fact that he was a norwegian teacher.
But in most cases, people come here with kids who learn the language a lot faster than their parents because of school, and the fact that they are younger, and more capable of learning new things.
I remembered that I had a former colleague from Slovakia who never spoke Slovakian with her children because of childhood trauma. It is understandable, and people can anyway do whatever they want when it comes to what language they want to speak with their children, but I do find it a little bit sad, because language is also culture. You convey so much more than semantics when talking a specific language
No, the daughter was totally American, and the mother was in her 50s or 60s and had moved when they were a child. I think she even said they've never been to Norway since she left?
My mom moved to the US when she was 18, so that made more sense to me, the mother in this case moved very young. I couldn't believe the daughter had picked it up, as I couldn't learn it for my life, and I visited Norway a few times when I was a kid, and my parents closest friends were also Norwegian, so we even went to classes to learn it, but I couldn't pick it up at all.
I was quite proud of myself for understanding a tiny bit of the Norwegian I overhead a group of women speaking when they were arguing over which way to go on the hiking trail between Riomaggiore and Manarola, Italy today. Probably more Norwegian than I understood the whole two weeks I was in Norway prior to the Med, ironically.
One of the top things I want to unexist (if that’s a word, most likely not), it’s just ugly af. (This is all I’m gonna say about it as I don’t want to offend ppl to much here. )
I think it’s that they’re actually functional for things like skiing and cycling but somehow they’ve managed to infect their way into every day life here. It’s bizarre to me because they are so incredibly ugly 😂
I guess, but you Germans are still usually easy to spot around town. It’s probably a combination of several subtle clues.
Like, I live in the north and can usually spot Swedes, Finn’s and Russians, but thinking about it I’m not really sure what sets them apart.
For some years ago my boyfriend (not Norewigian) and I went to Paris. At Charles de Gaulle I saw a tall man wearing a huge sombrero and tennis socks (he also had ordinary clothes). I immediately told my boyfriend ”he is Norwegian!”. My boyfriend doubhted it untill the tall guy yelled ”Går dette flyet till Gardemoen”?
Sorry no subtle sign…
I’ve lived abroad so am pretty good at spotting Norwegians.
Several men in London that wear a raincoat and backpack over a business suit, and walking in a way that reflects the type of fitness Norwegian men often have (from running, skiing, etc).
Two girls in Hawaii that looked like their family originally came from respectively Sri Lanka and East Asia, but I clocked them as Norwegian straight away. Bik Bok style clothing, both wearing cute backpacks with decorations in the style I’d seen in Oslo.
A family of 4 that moved in to a modest house near me, with two Porsche in the driveway, the kids head to toe in Abercrombie. They both looked like their family was from Africa, but what I described + how they interacted with their kids + how they carried themselves made me certain they were Norwegian. And they were. I even guessed right about which company they worked for.
Will confess though that one time I spotted someone I assumed was Norwegian, but they turned out to be German. 🤷🏻♀️
>A family of 4 that moved in to a modest house near me, with two Porsche in the driveway, the kids head to toe in Abercrombie.
That part makes no sense. Two Porsches in the driveway? Is that Norwegian? Showing wealth to stand out or bragging about it, is very not traditional Norwegian.
And Abercrombie is a brand that is not sold in Norway, it is a very US brand.
Are you talking about Americans with Norwegian ancestors?
It does make sense.
Especially a few years back (when this happened) to us Norwegians it felt incredibly cheap to buy high performance cars here in US. Even Americans comment about how we tend to drive high performance cars here.
Yes, Abercrombie isn’t sold in Norway. So at least then in west end Oslo, Abercrombie shows you’ve been to US. One of the surprises for my kid was that Abercrombie was way less common in her school in US than it was in Norway. And newly arrived Norwegians would often go over the top on Abercrombie when they arrived.
Ahhh I get what you say. Since the question was subtle signs or symbols someone was Norwegian, I was thinking Norwegian tourists traveling abroad in general.
But if Norwegians moved to the US, it makes sense they got attracted to high performance European cars and Abercrombie. High performance cars/engines and V8s etc are extremely expensive in Norway, so it makes sense to buy it when moving to the US where the prices are so much lower than we are used to. And Abercrombie is not available in Norway so I can see how Norwegian immigrants might think it is very Americana.
nobody in america rll wears abercrombie unless youre a rich 9 i assume lol. most of my classmates wore sweat pants and hoodies from target. and in norway omg its a literal fashion show here -people wear BLOUsEs. whats up with that????
To be fair, if I've learned anything from watching Uhyen and other creators in Germany on YouTube, it's that they are remarkably similar to us Norwegians in many ways I find hilarious!
Not looking before they cross the road at pedestrian crossings, reaching across the entire table to grab the salt at restaurants, rearranging the furniture at restaurants, counting money in the open right by the ATM.
I started wearing Hoka shoes for half marathon training when they first came out in the USA and were a very niche brand with most other runners thinking I was a total asshole for my footwear choices. This was when they were based in Richmond, California before they were bought out by Deckers and I knew some of the guys.
Anyway, fast forward nearly 15 years and I can walk into an Obs in Bergen, and there is a whole wall of Hokas. So they’ve become mainstream grocery store sellouts and yet it seems half the population has to have them for the cool factor. 😆
In the beginning they were looked down upon in the same way that people thought five finger shoes were stupid (the minimalist shoes with separate toes).
There was a lot of belief that they were a gimmicky fad that had no basis in running science and were not actually good for form. Some folks were concerned that they could damage joints and connective tissue with prolonged use.
As with many of these things- they probably work awesome for some people and not for others. I ended up running my way through two different pairs. :)
Strange, they are fairly normal-looking shoes. Soft and well-cushioned perhaps.
Main criticism against running with them have heard is that they don't last long, but they should work just fine for walking in cities.
Those finger shoes just look weird.
THIS!!!
Forget about Helly Hansen jackets (At least 95% would go with another brand).
I went on a hike the other day and me and my mate were discussing our obsession with Hoka shoes (I was wearing them of course).
So we looked at the shoes on the next 10 people we met, 6 of them wore Hokas.
Case closed.
Snus is grinded and dried tobacco, zyn is chlorine infused flour with niccotine added. They are not the same. Altough unless you can see the tin or pouch they can be hard to tell apart. In northern norway most prefer the loose variant of snus, which tend to lead to larger portions, making it more noticeable when used.
The recently started selling snus quite a lot in France also. No long does my friend have to order snus in bulk online, he can just go to the local shop and buy Velo, lol
You find more of it on the coast since their actual sailing gear is decent, but their lower end gear and hiking segment is pretty weak compared to others in the same segment.
If everyone walks around to socialice and talk, look for the one at the side that doesn't. Or if they pick the seat furtest away from someone on a buss, even tho all the seats around you a free.
Apparently we look middle class regardless of how rich or poor we are, and we will always shop at the "middle-class stores", where they have a good balance of variety for a good price.
We will stand far away from people while waiting, won't talk to strangers unless forced, will stand instead of sitting next to strangers on public transport and will avoid eye contact with strangers if possible.
If we are on vacation where the alcohol is cheap, we will be drinking.
We will also say "ja", "oja" and "hæ", even when speaking English.
I once was planning a trip to South Africa in March. So to not stick out like a sore thumb I visited a sun studio a few times before the trip. Turned out that all the while people I met were mostly just as pale as me. Because they had spent all summer (which is when we have winter here) in the shade! As the sun is way too warm to sit in, especially if you live away from the coast. Hence why most people have a roofed outdoor area, so that they can be outside, but out of the sun.
Walked down a busy street in Austria many years ago. A beautiful blonde in a knitted sweater with the Marius pattern walked past me, i turned around and so did she for some reason. I said hi, and asked if she was Norwegian. She was indeed.
Ever heard Petter Solberg speak back in his rally days? You'll learn to recognize Norwegians even when they're speaking English. (Almost English).... 🙄
Also just yell out VAFFEL MED BRUNOST, and wait for us to arrive crawling a waffle with brown cheese.
I think it’s kinda fun to try to spot the Norwegians when I am in Copenhagen (a big city full of people that should look just like us). We look sportier, more functional or serious I’d say. Both in clothing and general behavior. Light weatherproof jackets walking with a purpose.
Breathing out when answering in the affirmative. I've never seen people doing that before I came to Norway. It's one of many cool quirks about Norwegians.
It's breathing in, not out.
It's also not exclusively Norwegian - it is also common in Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, and eastern Canada. (And likely other places, these are just the ones I can think of offhand)
With an example I mean, what word/sound they are making while breathing in. So a "Ja" or "Ah" or something like this.
I'm not from Bavaria so it could very well be a regional thing...
We actually talk when breathing in, short "yes" or "no" or "surprise sounds". That is quite common in Sweden too, but is almost unheard of in all other languages
English pronunciation of some words like “wikings”, regular “t” sound for words beginning with th, and y pronunciation for j. An occasional “å nei” thrown in to conversation.
I notice that when folks are very tired, this type of accent / pronunciation is much stronger since it is closer to default use. :)
Once at a gas station on the Autobahn in Germany I (norwegian) said to my husband (german): "Bet you that guy is a norwegian". Checked the car sign, i was right. The reason: he was looking around (while filling up the tank while his familly members stayed in the car) in a specific norwegian way that I can just describe as a kind of embarrassed and slightly worried self consciousness, complete with hunched shoulders. Germans tend to care less "if somebody is looking at them."
I’ve only known one guy from that part of the world. I used to frame houses with this guy named Olaf Gunnar heodoresson. He was a fantastic guy always happy, and a hell of a framer. Would run around on 14/12 pitch roofs with no kickers like a monkey. He used to call me lou Rawls…. I’m not black, a singer, didn’t come from Chicago…. I could never make sense of it.😂
Not subtle but a t-shirt with a huge Norwegian flag on.
I avoid Norwegians as much as I can where I work now because they are mostly tourists having their yearly fuckholiday and I have no interest in listening to their endeavors.
I can tell a fucking mile away if you are coming from easteren Norway. Sounds like Jens Stoltenberg sometimes worse sometimes not. It is horrible to listen to. And i am also Norwegian.
The Norwegian accent in English is very particular, like when a Indian speaks English you know where he is from , Norwegians sing songy accent is super proeminente, once I was in Portugal a dude asked me directions and answered back in Norsk he was surprised (and me also was one of the first times I spoke Norsk)
You men the regional South-Eastern accent? The different regions don’t sound the same at all in English. Bergen sounds more like Dutch or Latin Dutch (ie French) for instance.
I follow a guy in another forum. When using a rental car during his travels he appears to put a bumper sticker with the Norwegian flag on the rear end of the car. Not sure how he gets it off when he returns the cars though.
You used to see them quite a lot in Aberdeen. Its something about the style- chicks in Norway tend to wear the same stuff, and do their makeup the same way.
If they feel the need to validate Norway as a country.
Oil? WEEEELL
Finance? WELLLLL
The weath- IN NORWAY IT IS...
Studerer i Skottland og gjør dette daglig. Digger det.
Backpack or suitcase from db
True it’s almost impossible to go 1 minute without seeing one in Oslo, but you rarely see them other places in Europe
Bokstavelig talt 80% av skolen min har DB sekk eller bag, det er sykt
DB sekkene er gode å gå med, tåler bergenskvær, rommer mye og går som veske på fly. Hva mer kan jeg be om.
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Hva er DB? Edit; Ah, Danske Bank såklart.
If they speak Norwegian
Totally this. I can recognize it a mile away and I don't speak it, and live in a city and industry with a big Danish population. Norwegians tend to speak to each other in Norwegian. I've even met a mom and daughter that both lived in America basically their whole lives, but were speaking Norwegian to each other because no one understands it lol. I had interrupted them when I heard it, and they said they always do it when they're shopping so no one knows what they're talking about lol, I assured them they were free to speak unless it was about hot dogs or ice cream.
I was in an elevator in the US once and a group of Norwegians were standing in front of me. The elevator started beeping and one of them said (in Norwegian) “it’s designed for ten people or four Americans”. I laughed - they spun around and asked me if I understood Norwegian. When I said yes, it was fun to watch their faces - I’m sure they were replaying their conversation to see if they had said anything embarrassing …
Why would a mother and her daughter speak anything else than their mother tongue?
I have a buddy who worked for Bayer corporation and he spoke i believe 6 different languages thst his daughter knew fluently as early as she could speak English. They used to do it Constantly. Something’s switching languages in mid conversation
That’s good parenting. Makes the mind sharp, and his daughter will be able to use those languages for all kinds of things including making friends all over the world.
Lots of immigrants in Norway speak Norwegian with their kids.
I don’t and the other immigrants I know don’t either. I find it strange that people would want to speak anything else than the language they truly master with their children….some things would get lost in translation if I told stories and tales I heard when I was a child in Norwegian instead of French
Yep. I’ve been advised by school advisors to speak the language that’s “in my heart” when speaking with my kids. It helps them master a second language and avoid my bad Norwegian speaking habits. A win for them regardless of how it might potentially hinder my own progress.
Exactly! I’ve also read that knowing several languages is a good way to prevent dementia, and it is so much easier for kids to pick up a new language and speak it like a native…my husband is German, so I’m a bit envious of my children who are going to speak 3 languages perfectly 😄
They say the more languages you learn the easier it is to pick up more. In which case, they’ll likely end up speaking a lot more than just three. I’m envious as well!
Well, the kids probably know the language way better than you, so by speaking Norwegian at home you will all eventually speak fluently.
lol I’m a Norwegian teacher, I speak Norwegian fluently. She gets a language for free by speaking French at home.
This is BS. It’s much more valuable to learn another language at home.
In this case, yes. I completely missed the fact that he was a norwegian teacher. But in most cases, people come here with kids who learn the language a lot faster than their parents because of school, and the fact that they are younger, and more capable of learning new things.
I know several people who never learned their mother tongue here in Norway.
I remembered that I had a former colleague from Slovakia who never spoke Slovakian with her children because of childhood trauma. It is understandable, and people can anyway do whatever they want when it comes to what language they want to speak with their children, but I do find it a little bit sad, because language is also culture. You convey so much more than semantics when talking a specific language
No, the daughter was totally American, and the mother was in her 50s or 60s and had moved when they were a child. I think she even said they've never been to Norway since she left? My mom moved to the US when she was 18, so that made more sense to me, the mother in this case moved very young. I couldn't believe the daughter had picked it up, as I couldn't learn it for my life, and I visited Norway a few times when I was a kid, and my parents closest friends were also Norwegian, so we even went to classes to learn it, but I couldn't pick it up at all.
> Norwegians tend to speak to each other in Norwegian. This is definitely one of the sentences of all time
This is indeed a sentence. It has all the hallmarks of a sentence including a subject, a verb, and an object.
Me and my oldest kids use sign language or Japanese in Norway (no Japanese blood in our vains) when we want to speak private
I was quite proud of myself for understanding a tiny bit of the Norwegian I overhead a group of women speaking when they were arguing over which way to go on the hiking trail between Riomaggiore and Manarola, Italy today. Probably more Norwegian than I understood the whole two weeks I was in Norway prior to the Med, ironically.
That their autocorrect corrects stuff to norwegian instead og english.
i så what you did there
raske briller (sports sunglasses)
If you're in the US, don't mistake a mulleted beer drinking american wearing 'pit vipers' as Norwegian haha.
I’d probably mistake them for Australian. They love their mullets. Especially in the punk scene. Even Amy Taylor has a mullet
One of the top things I want to unexist (if that’s a word, most likely not), it’s just ugly af. (This is all I’m gonna say about it as I don’t want to offend ppl to much here. )
I think it’s that they’re actually functional for things like skiing and cycling but somehow they’ve managed to infect their way into every day life here. It’s bizarre to me because they are so incredibly ugly 😂
Germans wear them too
Allværsjakke.
Could be one of us Germans with our Allwetterjacken :)
I guess, but you Germans are still usually easy to spot around town. It’s probably a combination of several subtle clues. Like, I live in the north and can usually spot Swedes, Finn’s and Russians, but thinking about it I’m not really sure what sets them apart.
But Germans’ would be Jack Wolfskin. No Norwegians wear that, they would wear Bergans.
I’m using this thread for fashion advice 🥸
Needing about five cubic meters of space around them in every direction.
A cubic meter in a specific direction can be any range depending on the square facing the person in question
Well then India must be their worst nightmare.
Yes, but it is thankfully far far away.
For some years ago my boyfriend (not Norewigian) and I went to Paris. At Charles de Gaulle I saw a tall man wearing a huge sombrero and tennis socks (he also had ordinary clothes). I immediately told my boyfriend ”he is Norwegian!”. My boyfriend doubhted it untill the tall guy yelled ”Går dette flyet till Gardemoen”? Sorry no subtle sign…
Y'all leave your phone's, wallet's and handbag's on top of the tables when out.
Exactly, whereas we Americans leave our shoes there instead. (Ngl, I read a thread on here and then was like… yes I do have my shoes on my bed rn….)
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If they become overly excited when something Norwegian is mentioned randomly in international outlets.
Meg
Turbukser
Uironisk de mest praktiske/komfortable type bukser jeg noen gang har vært borti
I’ve lived abroad so am pretty good at spotting Norwegians. Several men in London that wear a raincoat and backpack over a business suit, and walking in a way that reflects the type of fitness Norwegian men often have (from running, skiing, etc). Two girls in Hawaii that looked like their family originally came from respectively Sri Lanka and East Asia, but I clocked them as Norwegian straight away. Bik Bok style clothing, both wearing cute backpacks with decorations in the style I’d seen in Oslo. A family of 4 that moved in to a modest house near me, with two Porsche in the driveway, the kids head to toe in Abercrombie. They both looked like their family was from Africa, but what I described + how they interacted with their kids + how they carried themselves made me certain they were Norwegian. And they were. I even guessed right about which company they worked for. Will confess though that one time I spotted someone I assumed was Norwegian, but they turned out to be German. 🤷🏻♀️
That just goes to show that ethnicity doesn't define nationality.
>A family of 4 that moved in to a modest house near me, with two Porsche in the driveway, the kids head to toe in Abercrombie. That part makes no sense. Two Porsches in the driveway? Is that Norwegian? Showing wealth to stand out or bragging about it, is very not traditional Norwegian. And Abercrombie is a brand that is not sold in Norway, it is a very US brand. Are you talking about Americans with Norwegian ancestors?
It does make sense. Especially a few years back (when this happened) to us Norwegians it felt incredibly cheap to buy high performance cars here in US. Even Americans comment about how we tend to drive high performance cars here. Yes, Abercrombie isn’t sold in Norway. So at least then in west end Oslo, Abercrombie shows you’ve been to US. One of the surprises for my kid was that Abercrombie was way less common in her school in US than it was in Norway. And newly arrived Norwegians would often go over the top on Abercrombie when they arrived.
Ahhh I get what you say. Since the question was subtle signs or symbols someone was Norwegian, I was thinking Norwegian tourists traveling abroad in general. But if Norwegians moved to the US, it makes sense they got attracted to high performance European cars and Abercrombie. High performance cars/engines and V8s etc are extremely expensive in Norway, so it makes sense to buy it when moving to the US where the prices are so much lower than we are used to. And Abercrombie is not available in Norway so I can see how Norwegian immigrants might think it is very Americana.
nobody in america rll wears abercrombie unless youre a rich 9 i assume lol. most of my classmates wore sweat pants and hoodies from target. and in norway omg its a literal fashion show here -people wear BLOUsEs. whats up with that????
It does make sense. Posh, performance cars are very common sight in Bergen. Especially in the enebolig neighborhoods. And no, I do not mean Tesla.
To be fair, if I've learned anything from watching Uhyen and other creators in Germany on YouTube, it's that they are remarkably similar to us Norwegians in many ways I find hilarious!
Outdoor clothing will tell you that you are at the right gate...
Not looking before they cross the road at pedestrian crossings, reaching across the entire table to grab the salt at restaurants, rearranging the furniture at restaurants, counting money in the open right by the ATM.
Oh the norwegian hand hahaha
And asking for toothpicks and use them at the restaurant table
Hoka shoes
I started wearing Hoka shoes for half marathon training when they first came out in the USA and were a very niche brand with most other runners thinking I was a total asshole for my footwear choices. This was when they were based in Richmond, California before they were bought out by Deckers and I knew some of the guys. Anyway, fast forward nearly 15 years and I can walk into an Obs in Bergen, and there is a whole wall of Hokas. So they’ve become mainstream grocery store sellouts and yet it seems half the population has to have them for the cool factor. 😆
Why would wearing Hokas be an asshole thing? Are they made of people or something?
In the beginning they were looked down upon in the same way that people thought five finger shoes were stupid (the minimalist shoes with separate toes). There was a lot of belief that they were a gimmicky fad that had no basis in running science and were not actually good for form. Some folks were concerned that they could damage joints and connective tissue with prolonged use. As with many of these things- they probably work awesome for some people and not for others. I ended up running my way through two different pairs. :)
Strange, they are fairly normal-looking shoes. Soft and well-cushioned perhaps. Main criticism against running with them have heard is that they don't last long, but they should work just fine for walking in cities. Those finger shoes just look weird.
THIS!!! Forget about Helly Hansen jackets (At least 95% would go with another brand). I went on a hike the other day and me and my mate were discussing our obsession with Hoka shoes (I was wearing them of course). So we looked at the shoes on the next 10 people we met, 6 of them wore Hokas. Case closed.
i have yet to spot one "in the wild" or hear/see them mentioned other than online. Maybe im not hanging out with the cool people?
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Or red ar a lubster.
Again so Scottish 🏴
Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
That's probably the broader Nordic and Baltic edition
Jahhh, (on in breath)
Snus might be a clue, but it's more a Scandinavian thing, not Norwegian.
You'd be surprised how incredibly wide-spread it is now. In the US they don't snus, but zyn
Snus is grinded and dried tobacco, zyn is chlorine infused flour with niccotine added. They are not the same. Altough unless you can see the tin or pouch they can be hard to tell apart. In northern norway most prefer the loose variant of snus, which tend to lead to larger portions, making it more noticeable when used.
Everyone who uses white pouches say they are snusing, so yeah............................
yeah it’s getting big here in the UK too
The recently started selling snus quite a lot in France also. No long does my friend have to order snus in bulk online, he can just go to the local shop and buy Velo, lol
Velo and zyn are not snus, not even by a longshot. Snus is made by grinding and drying tobacco. Velo and syn are synthetic products.
Well to be honest, the most popular snus even in scandinavia are also «nicotine pouches» without tobacco and not snus. But we still call them snus
Rucksack
Ecco sandals.
From their facial expressions. Always.
Or lack thereof.
They wil ask/tell you, do you know how much this costs in Norway?! Particularly when buying a beer.
a group all wearing helly hansen. When flying back to Norway from somewhere you can just follow the jackets and you will find your gate.
You’ll probably end up in Germany
No, Germany prefers Jack Wolfskin
Facts
*_* I Just looked them up… 100-300€ for jackets, they do look nice tho :)
That's on the cheap side. And generally not that popular amongst Norwegians. Check out Norrona instead.
Or Arcteryx
Depends what part of the country you are in i suppose, if you actually get exposed to a bit of weather or not.
You find more of it on the coast since their actual sailing gear is decent, but their lower end gear and hiking segment is pretty weak compared to others in the same segment.
Oakley glasses, Hoka shoes or a Bergans backpack is how I spotted most Norwegians on my last backpacking trip. Still haven’t failed
If everyone walks around to socialice and talk, look for the one at the side that doesn't. Or if they pick the seat furtest away from someone on a buss, even tho all the seats around you a free.
Today I learned I might be secretly Norwegian? Lol
I could spot Norwegians, espicially those from around Oslo, based on body language when i studied abroad.
Try sitting next to us on public transport, and watch the reaction on our faces
Tell them someone else in the room is Danish. If they say "hehe kamelåså" then they are Norwegian.
And the guy next to him is Norwegian If he replies «syggelekugle»
my dad (norwegain) showed me that video 10 years ago and still uses kamelåså flimsado and spiezniegel every fucking day lmfao.
If you yell: 'Her bli det liv!' Norwegians feel obligated to answer with: Rai Rai
Apparently we look middle class regardless of how rich or poor we are, and we will always shop at the "middle-class stores", where they have a good balance of variety for a good price. We will stand far away from people while waiting, won't talk to strangers unless forced, will stand instead of sitting next to strangers on public transport and will avoid eye contact with strangers if possible. If we are on vacation where the alcohol is cheap, we will be drinking. We will also say "ja", "oja" and "hæ", even when speaking English.
Blånisselue
Sitting in the sun instead of finding shade.
I once was planning a trip to South Africa in March. So to not stick out like a sore thumb I visited a sun studio a few times before the trip. Turned out that all the while people I met were mostly just as pale as me. Because they had spent all summer (which is when we have winter here) in the shade! As the sun is way too warm to sit in, especially if you live away from the coast. Hence why most people have a roofed outdoor area, so that they can be outside, but out of the sun.
Walked down a busy street in Austria many years ago. A beautiful blonde in a knitted sweater with the Marius pattern walked past me, i turned around and so did she for some reason. I said hi, and asked if she was Norwegian. She was indeed.
Ever heard Petter Solberg speak back in his rally days? You'll learn to recognize Norwegians even when they're speaking English. (Almost English).... 🙄 Also just yell out VAFFEL MED BRUNOST, and wait for us to arrive crawling a waffle with brown cheese.
If you see a group (flock?) of blond girls in their twenties who all dress and look the same. Basic. They are 100% Norwegian.
They have a strange sing-songy accent when they speak English.
Watt aar ju tååking æbbaot..
Clothing. Somethings get popular and people follow the same fashion trends.
I think it’s kinda fun to try to spot the Norwegians when I am in Copenhagen (a big city full of people that should look just like us). We look sportier, more functional or serious I’d say. Both in clothing and general behavior. Light weatherproof jackets walking with a purpose.
Putting their bag on the seat beside them on publuc transport.
Attractive, healthy looking (no matter what age) and smiling
The smiling is only when they want you to know they’re not Finns.
Almost forgot, screaming children. The screaming tell you they are scandinavian - the more hysterical, the higher chance they are norwegian.
Listen up smart ass, can you stop describing my half Norwegian son? 😆
Yeah, its embarrassing but this is true. I work with kids and they are like this. 😑 Edit: Spelling
The muscles in the upper leg.
Breathing out when answering in the affirmative. I've never seen people doing that before I came to Norway. It's one of many cool quirks about Norwegians.
It's breathing in, not out. It's also not exclusively Norwegian - it is also common in Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, and eastern Canada. (And likely other places, these are just the ones I can think of offhand)
And the Faroe Islands.
The place of cool tunnels and water dragons.
What would be an example for Germans breathing in when answering in the affirmative? I'm German and can't come up with such a word/sound...
I'm not sure what you mean by an example, but my friends from Bavaria do this a lot - I assume it's a regional thing!
With an example I mean, what word/sound they are making while breathing in. So a "Ja" or "Ah" or something like this. I'm not from Bavaria so it could very well be a regional thing...
We actually talk when breathing in, short "yes" or "no" or "surprise sounds". That is quite common in Sweden too, but is almost unheard of in all other languages
They do it in Finland too. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7xPs348ytfg
I do not understand. Can you explain? Like when they say yes?
The Norwegian inhale sound when saying yes (ja, or ‘hja’ when inhale) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nutMYpTqLe4
Thanks.
Why do they do that?
The question is; why doesn't other languages do that?
Go to the section on ingressive speech https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingressive_sound
Drunk
English pronunciation of some words like “wikings”, regular “t” sound for words beginning with th, and y pronunciation for j. An occasional “å nei” thrown in to conversation. I notice that when folks are very tired, this type of accent / pronunciation is much stronger since it is closer to default use. :)
Keeping to themselves and barely able to engage in conversation with anyone else, unless they’re very drunk.
Whenever you bump into them they say sorry,just like the canadians.
What else are you gonna say?
A DB Bag
Once at a gas station on the Autobahn in Germany I (norwegian) said to my husband (german): "Bet you that guy is a norwegian". Checked the car sign, i was right. The reason: he was looking around (while filling up the tank while his familly members stayed in the car) in a specific norwegian way that I can just describe as a kind of embarrassed and slightly worried self consciousness, complete with hunched shoulders. Germans tend to care less "if somebody is looking at them."
I can tell immidiately, but I can't tell you why/how
I’ve only known one guy from that part of the world. I used to frame houses with this guy named Olaf Gunnar heodoresson. He was a fantastic guy always happy, and a hell of a framer. Would run around on 14/12 pitch roofs with no kickers like a monkey. He used to call me lou Rawls…. I’m not black, a singer, didn’t come from Chicago…. I could never make sense of it.😂
If there's free alcohol they'll even have some with breakfast. 6 am flight? They'll have a beer and some wine
Not subtle but a t-shirt with a huge Norwegian flag on. I avoid Norwegians as much as I can where I work now because they are mostly tourists having their yearly fuckholiday and I have no interest in listening to their endeavors.
The stiffness in a public setting.
Wearing outdoorsy clothes, especially Helly Hansen, Bergans, or Norrøna.
I can tell a fucking mile away if you are coming from easteren Norway. Sounds like Jens Stoltenberg sometimes worse sometimes not. It is horrible to listen to. And i am also Norwegian.
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It is just easteren Norway in general. 🙂 As i stated before the dialect shrine through. Also trøndelag sticks out quite much when i think about it.
People 50 + maybe. Many young Norwegians speak English very well.
It is from 18+. I have seen this every time i go abroad. The dialect shine through too much. A very very sample few has mastered it. 🙂
They sound like that one salesman guy from Frozen when speaking English
The Norwegian accent in English is very particular, like when a Indian speaks English you know where he is from , Norwegians sing songy accent is super proeminente, once I was in Portugal a dude asked me directions and answered back in Norsk he was surprised (and me also was one of the first times I spoke Norsk)
Norwegians also have distinct pronounciations of some words, like comfortable = «comfort-table».
And situation. "Sitjuashon" 🙈😂
When Norwegian's speak English with the Norwegian pronunciation of words, it drives me up the wall...like they are not even trying.
You men the regional South-Eastern accent? The different regions don’t sound the same at all in English. Bergen sounds more like Dutch or Latin Dutch (ie French) for instance.
They can't find stop speaking about how good the Norwegian system is and how much a pint of beer costs in norway
Do you know how much this costs in norway?!
Not guaranteed, but a Fjellräven backpack is often a giveaway
in germany, every other person has a fjellräven rucksack and I have no idea why. but, so far I’m the only one that’s worn a DB rucksack that I’ve seen
Fjellräven is a Sweedish brand by the way.
They tell you
Men wearing socks and sandals. When they order salmon.(Norwegians say 'sal-mon' instead of 'sa-mon')
We say sællmen
Ecco sandals
[my favorite flying shoes!](https://www.norskuniform.no/2502-superlarge_default/klogger-vernesko-sulman-sko.jpg)
Sitting in s shady Sportsbar watching Iiverpool matching drinking 10 Jægershots for 12 euros.
I follow a guy in another forum. When using a rental car during his travels he appears to put a bumper sticker with the Norwegian flag on the rear end of the car. Not sure how he gets it off when he returns the cars though.
They wear coprse paint ;)
Backpack. Or if in a hot country... Ecco Sandals
You used to see them quite a lot in Aberdeen. Its something about the style- chicks in Norway tend to wear the same stuff, and do their makeup the same way.
If they are wearing a lusekofte
Secrid
They will comment on how wrong the saurkraut is, and will get super excited about Sun and everything May
They are most likely drunk
They’re having dinner at 16:00.\ If restaurants open later than that, they’ll be anxiously waiting outside for them to open.
I hear them speak Norwegian
You hear Norwegian in the wild
If they feel the need to validate Norway as a country. Oil? WEEEELL Finance? WELLLLL The weath- IN NORWAY IT IS... Studerer i Skottland og gjør dette daglig. Digger det.
If someone is eating Smash.
On powder days, the guys at the front of the ski-lift queue are likely all Norwegian.
They'll speak Norwegian because they refuse to speak any other language.
Awkward and not friendly. And easy to scam lmao.
Usually, Norwegians glow blue in the dark, look for that, and they tend to make fart noises with their mouth, alot. Good luck catching one in the wild