Law of Jante
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Introduced by the Dano-Norwegian author Aksel Sandemose in the 1933 novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks (En flyktning krysser sitt spor), in which Jante is a small Danish town where nobody is anonymous.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- A social code in Scandinavian countries that opposes individualism, ambition, and vanity.
Translations
[edit]Law of Jante
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