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Law of Jante
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English
Etymology
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
en /ˈjæntə/
Proper noun
law of Jante 1
A social code in Scandinavian countries that opposes individualism, ambition and vanity.
Translations
Law of Jante
Danish: da janteloven
Finnish: fi Janten laki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb jantelov m
Nynorsk: nn jantelov m f
Polish: pl prawo Jante n
Russian: ru
Scottish Gaelic: gd coimhearp a similar principle in Hebridean crofting communities
Swedish: sv jantelagen c, sv jante c
en terms derived from fiction terms derived from toponyms