Living with Norwegians is packed full of the things you should know and do when moving to Norway. Click on any of the sections below for a sample.
- WELCOME TO NORWAY
- WHAT TO PREPARE AND PLAN
- Test norway a few times
- Join an expat Facebook group
- Finding a job in Norway
- Navigating UDI
- Getting Your D number
- Finding housing in Norway
- Forwarding your phone number
- Keeping a postbox back home
- Stock up on meds and vitamins
- Transferring money across borders
- Netflix and chill with a good VPN
- GETTING SETUP
- Getting to know the glory of duty-free
- Setting up a Norwegian cell phone
- Setting up a bank account
- Getting your Vipps on
- Dressing like a Norwegian
- Understanding the Law of Jante (Janteloven)
- Getting healthcare
- Learning the Norwegian language
- HOW TO GET AROUND
- Rules for sitting on public transportation
- From the airport in style (and speed)
- Getting a Norwegian driver’s license
- Buy a Tesla
- Rules for using an elevator in Norway
- LIVE LIKE A NORWEGIAN
- Get your tax card
- Go cross-country skiing
- Try brunost
- Attend a nachspiel
- Make tacos on Friday night
- Get koselig and light a candle, or two, or twenty
- Do a dugnad
- Go to the hytte
- Pitch a tent anywhere thanks to allemannsretten
- Try snus
- Eat a Kvikk Lunsj on top of a mountain
- Attend a julebord
- Watch “Grevinnen og Hovmesteren” on Christmas Eve
- See the northern lights
- See a fjord
- Jump in a fjord, preferably a very cold one
- Buy a douchebag
- Try smalahove
- Become an atheist (or at least act like one)
- Make fun of the Swedes
- Celebrate May 17
- Play Kahoot!
- Become a Norwegian citizen
- SURVIVAL GUIDE
- Making friends in a shy country
- Get care packages sent from home
- Sleeping with Norwegians
- Go shopping in Sweden
- Eat a Grandiosa pizza
- Go out in the sun, even if it’s winter
- Take your vitamin D
- Go to syden!
- Know the mountain weather rules (fjellvettreglene)
- CLOSING
- GLOSSARY
The book is full of rich color illustrations for each section. Here are some examples:
