Janteloven

English translation: Jante's law, Jante law

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Danish term or phrase:Janteloven
English translation:Jante's law, Jante law
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

08:02 Nov 27, 2009
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Danish term or phrase: Janteloven
Can anyone give me a link that fully explains the context of "The Danish Jantlelov", please?
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Jante's law, Jante law
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Jante Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Jante Law (Danish and Norwegian: Janteloven; Swedish: Jantelagen; Finnish: Janten laki; Faroese: Jantulógin) is a concept created by the ...
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jante's.law
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The foremost reason can be described by Jante's Law. Jante's Law comes from the Norwegian/Danish author Aksel Sandemose's novel, "En flygtning krysser sitt ...
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 16:30
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Mange tak for linket og forklaringen. Med venlig hilsen Lisbeth
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4 +1Jante's law, Jante law
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Summary of reference entries provided
Here it is
Vanda Nissen
Here is a link...
William [Bill] Gray

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Jante's law, Jante law


Explanation:
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Jante Law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- [ Traduzir esta página ]
The Jante Law (Danish and Norwegian: Janteloven; Swedish: Jantelagen; Finnish: Janten laki; Faroese: Jantulógin) is a concept created by the ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jante_Law - Em cache - Similares -
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jante's.law
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The foremost reason can be described by Jante's Law. Jante's Law comes from the Norwegian/Danish author Aksel Sandemose's novel, "En flygtning krysser sitt ...
www.waste.org/~xtal/red/jante.html - Em cache - Similares -

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 16:30
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Grading comment
Mange tak for linket og forklaringen. Med venlig hilsen Lisbeth

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anita Girard-Skarstein: jantelov uttrykk for småskåren, tarvelig mentalitet, formulert i 10 punkter (Janteloven) av A. Sandemose i romanen «En flyktning krysser sitt spor» (1933): bli offer for janteloven Etym.:til Jante den danske småby hvor bokens hovedperson vokste opp
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Reference comments


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Reference: Here it is

Reference information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jante_Law
http://www.waste.org/~xtal/red/jante.html

Vanda Nissen
Australia
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
Note to reference poster
Asker: Tusinde tak for hjaelpen :-)


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  William [Bill] Gray: Sorry, Vanda, I was still writing when you posted! :)
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  -> No problem, Bil:=
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Reference: Here is a link...

Reference information:
Once again, you will probably have other offers in Danish, but this is a start!


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jante_Law
William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Tusinde tak for hjaelpen :-)

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