top of page
Search

Norwegian Humor, Sage Advice and Other Myths NAC-135

There is a book that I highly recommend entitled “Scandinavian Humor & Other Myths” by John Louis Anderson. I have given away more copies of that book than I can remember to help non-Scandinavian spouses to understand our unique psyche. Whether it is our jokes, puns, or sage advice, I think working with them is worth the effort to appreciate who we are. Scandinavians love to laugh at themselves and whatever culture they happened to have been dropped into.

I guess every culture has its quirks. For example, I tease my mostly English American wife that English humor is so dry that you have to add a cup of water to reconstitute it to finally figure out what was so funny.


Read More Here:



Recent Posts

See All
NAC-172 Viking Row

Norway has qualified for the World Cup in soccer only four times (1938, 1994, 1998, and now 2026). In each of those previous events, Norway did not achieve what it has done this year. To qualify this

 
 
 
NAC-171 The Russian Threat

Russia is in trouble in Ukraine. A three-day war has turned into a huge embarrassment and nightmare for Russia. But I don’t think the West can afford to underestimate their threat. As in World War II,

 
 
 
NAC-170 US Presidential Libraries

I seem to stumble on topics to write about by accident. I was reading about the new presidential library honoring our 26 th president, Theodore Roosevelt, when I discovered the library was being desi

 
 
 

Comments

Home

Privacy Policy

Blog

Terms of Use

© 2023 by Mantle of Praise Consulting Co. All Rights Reserved

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST

Thanks for submitting!

bottom of page