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For a country with a high level of education, GDP per capita and standard of English, I've always thought modern Norway punched rather below its weight in terms of recognisable world figures. Most of the ones the person on the street has heard of will be from over 100 years ago. Like Finland it feels like Norway has a bit of a navel gazing attitude when it comes to culture, and a lot of it doesn't escape past the borders. The most famous living Norwegian I can even think of is probably Anders Breivik, which is obviously not great, followed maybe by Magnus Carlsen. I don't think I could even name five without resorting to Google, and I'm relatively worldly. Do Norwegians think that's a fair assessment, do they care about that? Or prefer it like that, even? Yet I could name a bunch of 19th century and early 20th century Norwegians. It feels weirdly backwards - Norway is more prosperous than it ever was back then, so why the cultural drought (if you aren't into metal or crime fiction, I mean)?
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Siivola posted:
When somewhere is so sparsely populated, people know pretty much everyone I guess.
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