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JimmyB (he/him)

Love the self awareness of this hilarious little book - seen in last year

The front page of a hardback book title The Social Guidebook to Norway, An Illustrated Introduction, with 4 simple cartoon heads below, the first 3 identical with simple hair, eyes neutral flat mouth and the words below Happy, Sad, Angry. The 4th has a big smile and Drunk below it. The author below Julien S. Bourelle
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Sammi

@JimmyB Have one for Sweden as well... Just changed the country. adlibris.com/se/bok/the-swedes

AdlibrisThe Swedes : A Happy Culture of Scandinavia<p>This is  "The Swedes", your Social Guidebook to Sweden  It takes you through an illustrated Swedish journey.  This book is not about typical Swedish behaviors.  It is about behaviors that are peculiar to Swedes.  Foreigners will fast forward their adaptation.  Swedes will learn how their behaviors may be perceived. </p><p>The author,  Julien, is a rocket scientist with a passion for Scandinavians. He lived in a variety of cultures, speaks four languages and held a number of important board positions. He helps businesses and governments to better benefit from diversity. He also holds lectures, courses and workshops that bridge cultural gaps. He is known from Norwegian national TV and TEDx. He was handed the TOP 10 award by HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway for his outstanding contributions.  </p><p>«Great insight to the Swedish culture. Julien uses humor cleverly and makes us think you see you own behaviors from the outside!» <br>- Pierre Jansson, CEO Frogner House  </p>
JimmyB (he/him)

@SamanthaJaneSmith Yeah - it occurred to me that it could be adapted for a fair number of countries... The Swiss could fit too on occasion.

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Sammi

@JimmyB The guy who wrote the books is apparently an inspirational speaker..... I suspect he is Danish...

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JimmyB (he/him)

@SamanthaJaneSmith The little bits of snark we see between the Scandis are hilarious from a distance. I loved the Ikea move to name their shitest products after Danish towns for eg. Just fabulously funny. And the reaction showed a bunch of otherwise good neighbours taking each other way too seriously.

I'm in and we have exactly the same with our friends across the water in . Big level of snark there too. Also very funny to a blow-in like me!

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