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How Norway Finally Got the Upper Hand in Its Ancient Rivalry With Sweden

Tabnabs · 2012-12-12 15:02:55

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http://www.slate.com/articles/business/dispatches/2012/12/swedish_migrant_workers_and_norwegian_oil_wealth_have_reversed_the_centuries.html

When the Norwegian cross-country skier Petter Northug beat his Swedish rival across the line at the 2011 World Championships, he used the opportunity to taunt Sweden about the low value of the Swedish currency. The Swedish media, on the other hand, lament the fact that Swedes are reduced to literally peeling bananas in Norway—albeit for outsized salaries of about $23 an hour.

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#2 12-12-2012 11:27pm
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I doff my hat, Norway is an amazing place and in many aspects better than Sweden.

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