Molte persone che vivevano vicino alle montagne hanno sviluppato una cultura distinta e unica dalle aree vicine (ad esempio Tibet, Caucaso, Paesi Baschi ecc.) ma la Norvegia è molto simile ai fratelli scandinavi nonostante un’enorme differenza geografica, perché?
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No, because we live on the coast, not in the mountains themselves. It’s not like Tibet or Hunza or any place like that.
Just consider how much easier transport is when you have the ocean and don’t have to transport goods over mountains.
Most people here don’t live in the mountains, so instead, they developed a more coastal identity that’s closer aligned with that of the other Northern countries/regions that heavily relied on sea trade for most of history.
We’re mostly farmers and fishers. My family is all farmers going back centuries. The mountains were just something to get around
Depends on who you ask …
Depends where you live.
I grew up on the west coast so we consider ourselves more coastal people first and mountain people second.
When I lived in the Innland region people considered themselves more farmland and forest people first.
But there are several areas where people definitely consider themselves mountain people first and foremost.
But in general most Norwegians consider themselves a sea nation first since it has always been from the sea we have gotten most of our trade, food and naval history.
Well yes, definitely. You won’t see it much in the big cities, but for rural areas and smaller towns, which means most of the country, are filled with outdoors people, and more casual people that aren’t particularly outdoorsy still have much more knowledge than your average city-dweller of how the wilderness works, casual survival skills, and so forth. As a result, Norwegian culture is literally dripping with mountain vibes, and I’m surprised you can’t see it. Ever heard of skiing, perhaps?
No, just oil-people
My grandparents had a farm high up in the mountains in Telemark, and my other pair of grandparents came from the coast.
I bet genetically we all have mountains farmer ancestors, but probably mostly costal
We are traditionally much more a fishing and sailing people. Along the coast there are thousands of places where we have been living and fishing as long as we have lived here.
80% of the population in Norway lives 10km from the sea…
No, but the Danes think we are. They have a special name for us.
Danes consider norwegians fjell monkeys
They consider themselves fjeldaber
Some Norwegians are mountain people. Most are coastal people. A rare few are both.
We’ve got more in common with the dutch than we do tibetans
Not many of us live in the actual mountains. It’s in the coastal flats, low inlands and valleys where people live.
We’re also far from the equator so winters are long, and it’s almost impossible to farm, or do anything but hike up in the mountain because of permafrost. Mind you, the hiking possibilities are great 😃
I think i can answer you from another perspective. I come from Macedonia, the second most mountainous county in Europe and have lived and spent time in Norway. I’m amazed how similar we are despite being so far away from each other and only because of the mountains. We live in smaller towns, we have cozy mountain cuisine and dishes, different dialects again because of the mountains and small towns, rain, snow, although they’re individualistic they’re definitely more caring for their friends and families like us again i think because the mountains and the small societies made them to be and many more.
But i have to agree with some of the comments, their feeling of identity of being a coastal county is stronger. But I’m surprised how much mountains can affect the societies we live in.
I mean, there is more of a relationship with the mountains here Then what you’d see in the rest of Scandinavia. But almost the entire population lives on the coast so that’s still is what the Norwegian culture is predominantly tied to. We do have a bunch of Sæter dotted all over the place up in the mountains especially here on the west coast. Basically Farmland halfway up mountains where is more flat. Farms built cabins for when animals graze up the mountain.
Mountain people as in living in the mountains? No
Mountain people as in loving to hike on them? Yes
When I visited one of my cousins said to me, “You will be surprised to learn we come from mountain people.” My ancestors were copper miners! We visited Røros and Hessdalen and saw the home my great great grandfather was born in. It wasn’t very populated up in those mountains, though.
As many mention here: most people live along the coast. What I haven’t seen anyone mention yet is that we are surrounded by mountain-landscape at the same time… Living by the coast will still give you access to hilly terrain if you live from the south up through the west, and there are a lot of fjords and valleys where you live between mountains.
More people of the fjord than people of the mountain, really.
Those mountains are why norwegians are fit.
It’s just workout walk to the store and back.
mountains mainly shaped how drastically different our dialects can be, i think.
Most people live along the coast, if anything we are coastal people. Strong sailing traditions in Norway and we are still huge in shipping. The main concentration of people live around Oslo, with places like Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim and Tromsø having a fair chunk of people too. All of them close to water.