What are the taboos of Norwegians?

(1) Number taboos Norwegian businessmen taboo “13” and “Friday”.

It is disgusting to think that these are numbers and dates that portend unfortunate disaster. Especially if "Friday" and "13th" happen to be on the same day, then this day is called "Black Friday" and people will try to avoid activities on this day.

(2) Color taboo Norwegian businessmen are usually cautious about the use of black.

They usually wear black as the color of their mourning clothes. In the event of a funeral, they are accustomed to wearing black clothes, black ties, black scarves, etc. They believe that black looks serious, and its use in funerals can express mourning and respect for the deceased. Norwegian businessmen advocate red, especially in clothing, which is the most popular. Girls' coats and children's ski jackets are mostly red, and even the trims of men's felt hats are mostly red. Norwegians generally believe that red reminds people of the red sun and gives people a feeling of warmth. They also like green and blue, thinking that green symbolizes good luck and blue symbolizes beauty. Norwegian women especially love brown. Most people are willing to try to make their skin brown. They often use brown to decorate themselves and communicate with each other. Comparable.

(3) Pattern taboos Norwegians do not like traditional Chinese landscape patterns, lady patterns, and patterns with big red flowers.

They hate word patterns and do not like religious symbols and patterns such as sickles and hammers appearing on product packaging. Norwegians are happy to see heather patterns and river bird patterns. They call heather the national flower and respect the river bird as the national bird. They also like abstract patterns and are used to using Christmas flower patterns on gift packaging and floral and wheat ear patterns on wine labels.

Norwegian customs and habits are very strange. The most popular color in Norway is red. Girls’ coats, children’s ski jackets, or men’s felt hats all have red trim.

Norwegian people’s diet is mostly simple. They eat scones for Christmas dinner. In daily life, he likes to eat seafood, sausages, smoked fish, sauerkraut and various dairy products.

Norwegians have a peculiar etiquette, which is to keep a fixed distance when talking to others. It is considered that the best and customary distance between the two parties talking is about 1.2 meters. Otherwise, going beyond or less than the customary distance of the people of that country will be regarded as impolite, which will dilute the atmosphere of the conversation or cause unpleasant formality.

Punctuality is a special custom among Norwegians. Failure to be punctual is not only rude, but also considered breach of trust. If you cannot be punctual for some reason, you should call first to explain the reason and obtain understanding.

Norway is taboo about “13” and Friday, so don’t talk about “13” and Friday. It is also a Norwegian custom not to wear a hat indoors. Don't scare the riverbirds, as they are Norway's national bird. Norwegian people love this bird very much, and the government prohibits catching or harming river birds.

If you are visiting for the first time or are invited to attend a family dinner, it will be very welcome if the guest can bring a bouquet of flowers or candy as a gift to the hostess. During the meal, the guests should toast to the host, but only when there are less than 6 guests. If there are more than 6 guests, they cannot toast to the hostess, because if all the guests toast to the hostess, she will undoubtedly get drunk. . When leaving the table, be sure to formally apologize to the hostess.