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I'd say it's wrong. There are more than 200K Swedes currently residing and working in Norway. Not only young people working no-skill jobs for $140 a day, but al
by Rastafarian 15y ago
I'd say it's wrong. There are more than 200K Swedes currently residing and working in Norway. Not only young people working no-skill jobs for $140 a day, but also many scientists, IT pros/developers, managers, entrepreneurs.
I've lived and worked in both countries and while Sweden feels like one of the rich US states or parts of EU, Norway has out of this world standard of living. Can give you countless examples.
A neighbour of mine was a single father of three children, the government (NAV) was paying his rent, bills, other expenses, vacation(!), etc. for almost a year. That was social help not based on previous taxes or income.
Most Norwegians (IMH experience) who are serious about gaming would work one year and live the next year on the extremely generous unemployment benefits provided by NAV.
- vetler 15y ago200K swedes? Do you have a reference for that number? I've heard lower numbers. Here's an article (in Norwegian) from 2009 saying it's just under 80 000: http://www.hegnar.no/personlig_okonomi/article391433.ece http://www.hegnar.no/personlig_okonomi/article391433.ece
- anghyflawn 15y agoYep, 200K sounds a bit too many: Statistics Norway shows under 70K Scandinavians (not just Swedes) as of 01/01/11 http://ssb.no/emner/02/01/10/innvbef/tab-2011-04-28-08.html http://ssb.no/emner/02/01/10/innvbef/tab-2011-04-28-08.html You probably have to add some commuters, but they will hardly change the big picture.
- swah 15y agoWhat do you mean when you say "scandinavians in Norway"? If "Scandinavia is a region that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden" that doesn't make sense...
- anghyflawn 15y agoThis is Statistics Norway's overview of immigrants by country of origin. So this means that people from Scandinavian, or rather Nordic, countries other than Norway (i.e. Denmark incl. the Faroes and Greenland, Sweden, Finland and Iceland). I can't find a more detailed breakdown right now.
- Rastafarian 15y agoYeah, numbers got messed in my little brain. It's 200K Pakistanis and 80K Swedes.