[MNJohnnie]

We have everything and that is basically all we have. The meaning of life is to do difficult things," professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen told newspaper Dagsavisen. That is his explanation for Norway, regularly rated the best place in the world to live and one of the planet's richest nations, only finishing 14th in a study of world happiness.

Interesting article from the same paper. Guess Socialist Perfection does not equal happiness. Really got to read this article. IT is funny as heck. Basically the people quoted are congratulating themselves on how great Norway is and scratching their heads why no one else seems to agree. Then there is this little gem. Guess maybe the official unemployment numbers are a little suspect

Aetat believes that unemployment has decreased in the past year, and is currently at 3.4 percent, but SSB disagrees, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports. Norway's official statistics bureau says that unemployment has risen to 4.7 percent, 100,000 people. Researchers and analysts

[tomjohn77]

For more then the hundred time Norway is Not Socialistic. Anybody that even uses Norway as an example of socialism and its wonders are wrong. We have private kindergartens, some private schools, our postal service is ran after the law of market, private clinics, private drug stores, stores in general I can go on..