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I'm a Norwegian (born mid '80s) and feel like this is a rare window into my country's past. A lot of what I have learned at school and trough other typical sour

• Broken_Hippo 10y ago
  Most recent immigrants only know the oil-fueled side of Norway, actually. I'm one of those, and found this reading absolutely fascinating. I'm probably also somewhat lucky - my Norwegian mother in law and extended family fill me in on some history. I did speaking practice in a nursing home, and learned quite a bit from some of the residents, and had a few language teachers that taught a broader view of Norwegian history in class alongside language. I read some passages to my spouse (Norwegian) and he found some parts outright funny, though he agreed with some as well.. though, our perspective probably is slightly different as we are from the previous decade.
• vintermann 10y ago
  It's quite interesting. I've read some Bjørneboe, and I already knew about the case this author refers to (where a young delinquent was choked to death by a drunk off-duty policeman, and avoided conviction), so I knew these things used to be a lot worse. I guess the establishment of SEFO in 1988 helped quite a bit. Still it's kind of surprising to see Norway described as having a huge blue code/police brutality problem.