Law of Jante
Code of conduct assumed to describe Nordic countries
Law of Jante
The Law of Jante (Danish: janteloven [ˈjæntəˌlɔwˀən, -lɒwˀ-]) is a fictional code of conduct whose name is now used colloquially to denote a social attitude of disapproval towards expressions of individuality and personal success. Invented by the Danish-Norwegian author Aksel Sandemose, it has also come to represent the egalitarian nature of Scandinavian countries. The "Law" was first formulated as ten rules in Sandemose's satirical novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks (En flyktning krysser sitt spor, 1933), but the attitudes themselves are older. Sandemose portrays the fictional small Danish town of Jante, modelled upon his native town Nykøbing Mors in the 1930s, where nobody was anonymous, a feature of life typical of small towns.
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