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The oil fund isn't a Nordic Thing™, it's norwegian. We in the rest of the nordics don't even have (significant amounts of) oil.
by Nullabillity 1y ago
The oil fund isn't a Nordic Thing™, it's norwegian. We in the rest of the nordics don't even have (significant amounts of) oil.
- pnw 1y agoYes, Denmark, Sweden and Finland combined don't even have 20% of the Norwegian fund. Norway is basically the Saudi Arabia of Europe.
- lillecarl 1y agoNorway is basically anything but the Saudi Arabia of Europe. The ONLY thing that is similar is that they both have oil and natural gas in their territory. It's a gross comparison.
- throwawaymaths 1y agoWell they do both have monarchs! Though the royal palace in Oslo is a public park. As I was strolling the park, to my surprise I attended a quick fanfare as the king left his palace and his driver (I presume) almost ran over a dumb kid that darted in front of the royal sedan. then at the end of the royal avenue, at the foot of the most glorious mathematician sculpture, the royal sedan turned a corner directly into rush hour traffic, which his highness had to endure just like the rest of us commoners.
- s1mplicissimus 1y agoWhat a lovely anecdote, I've been to the royal park in Oslo once and it's gorgeous! As an Austrian, I personally prefer to look at my royals in the catacombs of St. Stephens Cathedral though ;)
- quesera 1y agoI was 100% of the impression that GP was comparing petroleum resources, and explicitly not climate, traditional dress, or human rights.
- lillecarl 1y agoFlew straight past me somehow, that's on me! How they spend their oil resources is also quite different. :)