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Like its neighbours in Scandinavia, Norway is often held up as an example of social progress, and it regularly ranks as among the happiest countries on earth.
But Nathan John Albury thinks it’s time for a reality check. As an Australian who worked in Oslo three years, he found that while freedom and tolerance are indeed important values there, they don’t really apply to Norway’s immigrants, minorities or indigenous people.
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Norwegian girl.
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Nathan John Albury, University of Oslo
Freedom, social progress and tolerance are Norwegian values, but not everyone there gets to enjoy them equally.
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Health + Medicine
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Politics + Society
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Henrik Bang, University of Canberra
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