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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
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The Norwegian Inferiority Complex
"Having played little brother to Sweden for almost 200 years, Norway suffers from a slight inferiority complex. Sweden has twice as many people, a third as large land area (with less mountain plateaus), more successful artists (ABBA springs to mind), a more impressive history, Volvo and Saab. And, let's face it, Norwegians have always payed much more attention to Sweden and Swedes than the other way around.
A result of this is the strong focus on everything Norwegian and a patriotism that borders on the ridiculous. Very important to Norwegians and disappointingly (to Norwegians) unimportant to foreigners are the following facts:
The paperclip is a Norwegian invention
The aerosol can and the cheese slicer are Norwegian inventions
Cross-country skiing as a sport originated in Norway and slalom is a Norwegian word
a-ha is a Norwegian band
The first man to the South Pole (Amundsen) was a Norwegian
The first Europeans in North America were Norwegian Vikings6
The Nobel peace prize is awarded in Norway
Ford Motor Company's electric car 'Think' is produced in Norway
Every time Norway is mentioned in the international press it is big news in Norway, and Norwegians are very disappointed when they discover that foreigners they meet don't all memorise every mention of Norway in the papers. And they will take it as a grave insult if a foreigner confuses Norway and Sweden in any way. If you have to guess whether something is Norwegian or Swedish, go for Norwegian. If you're wrong, the Norwegian will still be annoyed, but not so much as if you had erred in the other direction."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A803422
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Winston
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Danmark
Mar 1999
time: 06:20
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I remember from back when I watched TV, that stories of extremely, OUTRAGEOUSLY, patriotic Norwegian news items or sports commentary would occasionally make the news here, much to the amusement of everybody.
Like that time in the 1980's when you beat England on Wembley. That commentator's euphoria at the final whistle is something I will never forget, if I live to be a hundred.
Or during the Lillehammer Olympics (I think) when NRK made a little "special" about how Sweden never took any medals anymore. Tongue-in-cheek of course, but they were actually right... 
Also I think to this day, there's a very distinct difference in watching e.g. televised national football matches, depending on whether it's Norwegian/Danish or Swedish. The Swedish commentators are much more relaxed and matter-of-fact about the whole affair, almost bordering on being boring listening to. Not so with Norwegians or Danes, to say the least. 
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Gangerolf
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huuhh
May 2001
time: 06:20
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Watching football or skiing, I often find myself muting the TV because the commentators get so incredibly fired up. Sometimes it's funny, other times it's just annoying.
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Originally posted by Winston
Like that time in the 1980's when you beat England on Wembley. That commentator's euphoria at the final whistle is something I will never forget, if I live to be a hundred.
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You mean this? http://www.nrk.no/dynasx?p_lenke_id...59&mswmext=.asx
Your boys took a hell of a beating! Maggie Thatcher! Vi er best i verden!
According to the BBC, this is the finest example of sports commentating ever.
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Very well.
*extends hand and offers to buy Gangerolf one, that's ONE Tuborg the next time he's in Copenhagen, as well as carry him most of the way back to the ferry afterwards* |
Thank you. I'll buy you a Ringnes if you're ever in Oslo.
Actually, I was given some free tickets for the ferry (Danskebåten, as it's called here) but that's for Frederikshavn or maybe it was Hirtshals. A great chance to stock up on red sausages, dansk leverpostej and beer, but a very scary place (if you're sober, which I probaby won't be).
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Winston
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Danmark
Mar 1999
time: 06:20
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Damn! This thread should be topped for all eternity for the sake of that link you posted Gangerolf! I have to figure out how to save that to my drive.
Absolutely hilarious.
Transcripted for our foreign friends here:
"There's the whistle, there's the whistle. Norway has beaten England, 2 to 1 in football. We are the best in the world. We are the best in the world. We've beaten England, 2 to 1 in football. It's absolutely unbelievable. We've beaten England. England, the home of giants. Lord Nelson. Lord Beaverbrook. Sir Winston Churchill. Sir Anthony Eden. Clement Attlee. Henry Cooper. Lady Diana. We've beaten them all. We've beaten them all. Maggie Thatcher, can you hear me. Maggie Thatcher, we have a message for you, right now during the election campaign. We have a message for you. We've taken England out of the World Cup qualification in football. Maggie Thatcher, as they say in your native tongue, at the boxing bars round Madison Square Garden in New York, "Your boys took a Hell of a beating. Your boys took a Hell of a beating." For Maggie Thatcher. Norway has beaten England in football. We are the best in the world."
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He was the Viking who discovered America.
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