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The same is true in every major scandinavian country. I think it's a case of several factors conspiring: 1. There are more swedes in scandinavia than there are
by krig 15y ago
The same is true in every major scandinavian country. I think it's a case of several factors conspiring:
1. There are more swedes in scandinavia than there are any other nationality.
2. Young people move to the cities to find work.
3. Youth unemployment rates are high across scandinavia.
4. Ease of mobility across the scandinavian cultures. Olso in particular is close to sweden, and swedes understand norwegian with very little effort (and vice versa).
Thus, you have young swedes moving into all of the larger cities in scandinavia, including Stockholm, Malmö and Gothenburg.
- mbesto 15y agoand swedes understand norwegian with very little effort (and vice versa). Debatable ;) But yes transitioning from Swedish to Norwegian and Danish is much easier than say, French to Italian.
- geon 15y agoAnd if all else fails, there is allways english. My reply to another thread a while ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2910005 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2910005
- forza 15y ago"3. Youth unemployment rates are high across scandinavia." No, there's a clear difference between Sweden/Finland and Norway/Denmark. http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z8o7pt6rd5uqa6_&met_y=unemployment_rate&idim=country:se&fdim_y=seasonality:sa&dl=en&hl=en&q=arbetsl%C3%B6shet+sverige#ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=unemployment_rate&fdim_y=age_group:y_lt25&fdim_y=seasonality:sa&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country_group&idim=country:se:no:dk:fi&ifdim=country_group&hl=sv&dl=sv http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z8o7pt6rd5uqa6_&...
- krig 15y agoI'd say the data backs my statement with the exception of Norway, but yes, especially high in Sweden and Finland.