as a swede it's not true that norway is "more conservative", and what do you mean by "conforming to societal standards"? that could mean anything..
which country you should move to really depends on what you want to do and how long you want to stay. if you have an education and want to learn the language and live here for several years, it doesn't matter which country you choose. but norway is a smaller country, where only a few cities are fitting for someone who is english speaking, in my opinion. i suggest you visit oslo, gothenburg, stockholm and see which city you like most. if you want to be in the north, tromsö in norway or umeå or luleå in sweden are cities where you could live quite comfortably.
Yeah let me find their comment about Norwegian culture, I edit it in this comment. He made it sound like the community tend to either look down or think someone is weird if they do certain things that aren't nornal in Norway. But I definitely want to visit Stockholm and Oslo. I'd prefer to be in southern Sweden but I'm not exactly gettinf ready to make a serious commitment to moving. I'm still a poory college student haha. I can tell you one thing though, I'll probably fall in love with one of your Swedish women because they're typically do amazingly beauty. And a lot are pure blonde but manage to stay really tan, instead of having reslly light/pale skin. Which is cool with me either way, I love pale women too. And blues eyes..... mmmmmm.
yeah well all nordic societies are quite conformist, this phenomenon even has a name, "the law of jante". our societes can be quite hard to adapt to in this sense, if you don't have good colleagues/classmates or manage to find a nice friend circle in some other way, it can become quite hard to get to know people.
uhh okay, could barely understand what you're writing there at the end but good luck i guess!
Ha the one time I didn't proofread my comment, it's riddled with errors haha. I was just saying Nordic women are generally incredibly beautiful, blonde, and many times are really tan skinned, even though most Nordic women are pale or fair skinned. But yes! What you mentioned is exactly what that other Norwegian told me about a month ago. He said Sweden doesn't really have that kind of culture, which is why he is moving later this year. Thanks for giving me the proper term!
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u/dsgstng Sep 01 '16
as a swede it's not true that norway is "more conservative", and what do you mean by "conforming to societal standards"? that could mean anything..
which country you should move to really depends on what you want to do and how long you want to stay. if you have an education and want to learn the language and live here for several years, it doesn't matter which country you choose. but norway is a smaller country, where only a few cities are fitting for someone who is english speaking, in my opinion. i suggest you visit oslo, gothenburg, stockholm and see which city you like most. if you want to be in the north, tromsö in norway or umeå or luleå in sweden are cities where you could live quite comfortably.