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NotOK1955 OP t1_j1mx9zb wrote

Reply to comment by Raven3131 in December 25, 1815 - Happy birthday to my 3rd Great-grandfather! by NotOK1955

Thanks for asking. He was born and died in Voss. His first wife (from my lineage) died 1856. He remarried in 1860. Four children from each marriage. Only two remained in Norway, the rest moved to Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In America, the name was changed to Rockne. One of the sons from the second marriage is said to be the famous Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne. Not sure of Erik's financial situation but farming was probably the main income source. From the looks of the family, life must have been tough, if not as cold as we're experiencing right now in the USA. I hope to travel there sometime soon - Voss and Norway look wonderful!

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vrenak t1_j1pdyjo wrote

Bring money, Norway is very beautiful, but if you're not nordic, it's kinda prohibitively expensive.

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tipofmytail t1_j1ph90i wrote

How does it compare to Denmark? I visited from a 3rd world country and found DK to be an quite expensive place.

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vrenak t1_j1phpwz wrote

Price wise, Denmark is the by far cheapest one. So if you struggled with danish prices don't go to Norway.

On different notes: Culturally it's very similar, if you're not nordic you'd just classify the differences as different local quirks. Nature is basically terrain opposites, Denmark is flat with gently rolling hills lots of farmland, interspersed with forests, fjords, heaths, sandy beaches. Norway is rugged mountains with fjords cutting deep valleys, and wide forests on the mountains.

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Wide-Acanthisitta-96 t1_j1ph8p3 wrote

Why is it expensive for non-Nordics only?

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vrenak t1_j1phb35 wrote

It's just normal for us that everything is expensive.

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Wide-Acanthisitta-96 t1_j1phj22 wrote

Got it. Why is it more expensive than say the rest of western Europe?

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vrenak t1_j1pi0yi wrote

Some of it is the high taxes of course, but also higher wages. For Norway in particular their agriculture is extremely limited so they have to import a lot of food, in order to protect what production they do have, there are sky high import duties on most things. And being on the edge of the continent it's not realistic to import everything from places like Spain or Italy with lower production costs, but have to get it from Netherlands, Germany and Denmark which have higher costs, but can provide fresh vegetables.

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