This is maybe just for a conversation about looking for a job in Norway. Here is my situation: I am from China. I was an embedded systems engineer working with software/firmware/hardware development for 5 years at one of the world's biggest electronics companies. Now I'm in the last year of my PhD in Norway and have been looking for my next job here for more than 6 months.

I have applied to around 70 positions now. The positions I applied for were very aligned with my experience and skills (working language is English), and I prepared my CV and cover letter carefully for each of them. But sadly there were only 3 of them gave me a chance to have an interview. Most, Most, Most of them had nothing to update except for "we appreciate but unfortunately...". Sometimes I felt frustrated and disrespected when those perfectly matched positions became silent and then sent a template refusal letter.

How do you guys feel when you are tortured by job hunting?

PS: I have PR now, so the VISA is not a problem, and I speak a little Norwegian and would like to learn more. (But indeed, a little is not enough, and this language is very hard for an Asian mouth 🤔 )

I recently saw this review of a really weird and creepy children’s show about talking boats that was inspired by Thomas the Tank Engine and originated from Norway. Since then I’ve been wondering if the franchise is still popular over there.

hi it's me again :) is there anyway i could get assistance purchasing a book off a site that doesn't ship to the US?

Hei! Swede here. I'd normally just write this in Swedish since most of you would understand it, but English it is on this sub :)

In Sweden, a billionaire tax is a hot topic right now, and the left in particular is pushing for one. We abolished our wealth tax in 2007, and Norway is often held up as proof that such a tax works.

A new NBER study recently looked at your tax increases. According to it, some of the very richest did move abroad, but wealth tax revenue still rose by just over 70% between 2021 and 2024. The emigration only took a small bite out of that increase.

But numbers are one thing. What do you Norwegians think?

Have you noticed any effects from some of the richest moving to Switzerland?

If I researched correctly, in Norway it's not just billionaires who pay, but everyone with wealth above a certain threshold. How do people feel about that?

Would you rather keep, lower, scrap or raise the tax?

Is there anything we Swedes tend to miss when we use Norway as an example?

Are there any other positive or negative impacts?

Study (NBER): https://www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Article (Dagens PS, in Swedish): https://www.dagensps.se/privatekonomi/ny-studie-norge-har-tjanat-pa-extra-skatt-for-miljardarer/

I'm an exchange student in Trondheim and I have been here since August. Before I came here I was warned by my landlord that I'm gonna need my winter coat from the end of september. But so far I've been fine with a T-shirt and a sweater over it (or the rain jacket, my constant companion up here). So I'm wondering, is this autumn unusually mild or was my landlord exaggerating? It was a bit colder on a few hikes around Dovrefjell, but I guess it makes sense that it would be a bit milder along the coast.

I recently read that many Norwegians understand Swedish better than Swedes understand Norwegian due to Swedish effectively operating as another Norwegian dialect. How true is this in your experience, and how easy is Swedish for you?

Would be cool if you said the region you come from as well to see if there is any pattern.

Tak!

I tried IKEA and møbelringen, to no avail.

I want a big deep comfortable sofa that feels like it's firm but filled with feathers and I can lounge on comfortably, and with a sjesalong I can cuddle up with my partner and watch films. It's been hard to find something that comfortable. I want a corduroy or velour fabric in a mustard yellow or green. But I'll take anything comfortable. My friends all have the same generic couches but I'm never super comfortable. Anyone know of some mythical deep, snuggly couch?

Nesten lys over Sunnmørsposten alpene sett fra jobben i Ålesund

Northern lights from tonight at Skjervøy. The last photo is from my balcony