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@sigrunwestrus68 Год назад

I was born in Norway during the war and remember very well the years Norway had to recover from the war. For some years you needed food stamp for a lot of products, but we were never hungry. We had lots of fish, potatoes, carrots and during the summer we collected litres and litres of berries in the forrest. My father didn't have a car before 1962, but we had a boat. The hole summer we more or less lived on the boat, sailing from one island to the next. Swimming, fishing, sunbathing (I come from the very south of Norway, where the climate is very mild) and we lived a simple but wonderful life. The schools and education was very good and after some years, Norway was back on its feet and people could afford having a fridge, washing machine and a car. My life change when I met my husband. He was Dutch and after some years working in Norway, Finland and Denmark, he was offered I job in the Netherlands that he couldn't refuse. That meant an enormous change for me. We had two small kids and I didn't speak one word of Dutch. But...I learned fast and soon I had a wonderful life in The Netherlands. Every summer we went back to Norway and enjoyed being together with my family, boat life and the nature of Norway. Is Norway expensive? Yes! But,- if you live and work in Norway, you have a very good salary. Could I live in Norway today? No! I don't have a Norwegian salary. I still visit Norway, but I couldn't afford living there. Now I live partly in the Netherlands and partly on Crete, where I have a house high on cliff above sea. Somehow it reminds me of Norway. When I visit Norway today, i love to be there during the winter. I have more than enough sunshine on Crete.

@beam3819 Год назад

Hei. Det var en fin beskrivelse du gav. En jeg har hørt av mi mor og far og slekta forøvrig. Jeg bor i Kristiansand og er veldig glad i sjø og sommer som de fleste. Jeg har slekt Holland med det er langt tilbake i tid da en Hollandsk skute gikk på skjær utenfor Flekkerøya of siden bosatte seg i posebyen. Jeg har øy hoppet(loffet) mye i Hellas og ønsker deg og din mann mange fine sesonger i sola. GB

@sigrunwestrus68 Год назад

@@beam3819 Tusen takk! Jeg skal ha en tur til Kristiansand i desember. Gleder meg!

@americangirlreacts Год назад

what a lovely story. Thanks for sharing. gonna have to check out Crete. Sounds beautiful.

@Luggruff Год назад

Cool story! I'm Norwegian myself and also live in Crete, but I'm far younger (36). Moved here about 4.5 years ago and within the first week I knew this would be my forever home - simply because of the fact that the typography is so similar to Norway, but with better climate. The only negative is that winters are much much colder in Crete than in Scandinavia. Of course, it's a matter of poor insulation. I live in a modernly renovated apartment with well insulated windows, but that does not help when it's concrete walls through and through. And ironically, the Greeks apparently invented insulation.. go figure why they don't use it.

@sigrunwestrus68 Год назад

@@Luggruff Concrete house here as well, but they did use good insulation on the roof and I have floor heating. When winter comes, I put my thermostat on 23 degrees (I can't stand being cold inside) and it just stays like that. I'm lucky!

@larsyvindgrindrud8341 Год назад

My wife is now in hospital. She was picked up by an ambulance, she was given a private room, receives world class medical treatment and good food Whatever happens to her and how long she will stay in hospital we are guaranteed that we wil not pay a penny. All this is not depending on an insurance plans. To be a resident of Norway is enough to receive 100 % coverage.

@jarls5890 Год назад

Gasoline prices in Norway is currently hovering at around USD 10 per US Gallon. Unlike the US and Venezuela it is taxed like crazy and is not subsidized.

@GeirArneMoi Год назад

Actually it was 10 USD for a while but right now it is more like between 8 and 9 USD per gallon. One US gallon (not to be confused with the larger British gallon) is equal to 3,7 liters and we pay about 20 - 25 NOK per liter for petrol. 20 NOK per liter should be 74 NOK for one US gallon and these days a dollar is worth about 10 NOK so that translates into 7,5 USD per gallon. There was a time this spring when fuel cost close to 30 NOK per liter and that would come to 110 NOK - or 11 US dollars - for one US-sized gallon. And still Americans complain.

@americangirlreacts Год назад

@@GeirArneMoi I feel so bad for you all having to pay that. The price of our gas prices is hurting a lot of people right now, so I cant even imagine.

@Youtube_Stole_My_Handle_Too Год назад

@@americangirlreacts Without taxation, the gas price could be $2/gallon. 3/4 of the price at the pump is taxes.

@GeirArneMoi Год назад

@@americangirlreacts Dear American Girl, this is one of those moments..In Norway we all feel so sorry for you poor Americans, to us most of you live in sheer poverty without any law to protect you from being fired without a real good reason, your earn almost nothing and therefore work two jobs, no payed vacation (we MUST take 5 weeks every year or else your employer is in trouble with the government), no time off when you give birth - that's really insane - and the state does not help you if you slip and slide out of work, people kill themselves rather than try to cure cancer because the treatment is too expensive even for very many with health insurance. And the average American is 10% heavier than the average Norwegian, you live ten years shorter than us... I mean, girl, feel sorry for me just because the price of petrol seems high to you? The whole point of this discussion is to make you Americans aware of the fact that you are 100% slaves to the big corporations and have the same buying power today as you had 50 years ago - here we have three times more to spend than 50 years ago. I do feel sorry for 330 million people tricked and fooled by smoke and mirrors to think of themselves to be lucky to be slaves working themselves to death - if you had known anything about other countries you would have known enough to at least try to keep it a secret that you are born and raised in the US of A. We know that most of you have a living standard we would not accept for our criminals. You know that to Europe the average American is a talking machine devoid of knowledge and culture and we know that for instance Detroit has a higher child mortality rate than most of Africa. You need to understand that your ways are far inferior to our ways so that you could understand the difference between socialism and democracy on the one hand, and capitalism and fascism on the other... A socialist wants to make earnings and fortunes more equal so that none should go hungry and none should waste food. Somehow you Americans manage to find the idea of a more equal society based on trust, sharing and caring for each other as something to hate!? People are strange said Jim Morrison, but David Bowie said it straight out: "I'm afraid of Americans".

@eivindkaisen6838 Год назад

@@americangirlreacts This explains - but only to a point, there are other factors too - why about 90% of new cars sold are electric or hybrids. The plan is to stop sales of petrol/diesel cars in 2025. At least ost one brand has already stopped selling them (Hyundai), others are soon to follow.

@Kelsea-2002 Год назад

I grew up in Germany, but I also love Norway.At the midnight sun in summer, I was already in the far north of the country.In 4 weeks I drive for the first time in winter with my camper van to the Arctic Circle, where I will stay for 5 months.Once you have seen this wild beauty, you will always come back.

@americangirlreacts Год назад

Safe travels friend. I hope to one day see!!!

@MaxGamingLV Год назад

As an emigrant into Norway from Latvia. I was in the hospital at the age of 19 in the urologist section and after surgery. I don’t think i even had to pay for the surgery and stay at the hospital for 3 days. Only thing i had to pay for was pharmacy stuff. Taxes, while they are high, they are high for a reason.

@jeschinstad Год назад

Gasoline is expensive in Norway as there's an approximate $3,5us tax per gallon. This pays for roads and bridges and these days also incentivizes going electric. One in six cars in Norway are electrc and almost 70% of all new cars are electric. As for health care, I really can't imagine what it must be like to be an American. I heard a story about a woman who had an accident and when someone wanted to call 911, she begged them not to, because she couldn't afford the ambulance. That's so heartbreaking. The idea of having to pay for an ambulance, is so foreign to me, but when I hear that you can be charged thousands of dollars, that's just terrifying.

@TaurionMartell Год назад

fuel prices are shockingly high elsewhere too. as a norwegian i like to complain about the prices at times. but its pretty insane going on vecation and seeing the fuel being the same price as home, but all the people earn 1/4th the salery

@tiggergutt70 2 месяца назад

I moved to Norway for 30 years ago, I have been several times to the hospital and it NEVER costed me a single dime (and no need for some private insurance). When I hear about the "US health system", it sounds quite unfair, stressfull and scary. As we want to believe here, good health is a right, not a privilege.

@JohnnyRoscoe01 Год назад

If I was in need to complain about something I surely could find a few things, but as it is, when I Wake up in the morning and realize where I am, I feel grateful. Grateful that Iˋm born in the best country in the world. Even with high dental fees and expensive fuel for the car, I am grateful. Thank you for the video. 😃🇳🇴

@borgejohnsen Год назад

I'm Norwegian. I can verify that the nature here is extremely beautiful

@americangirlreacts Год назад

It has to be true then. haha

@perperald21 Год назад

You have no idea, the US and Norway have similar laws abliut minerals and petroleum (oil from underground ao undersea). IN Norway , and most of the US states it is not the owner of the property, but the one with a mining permit that gets the oil.

@jarls5890 Год назад

Dental is unfortunately NOT covered by public health (some exceptions). Also - it is not usual to have dental covered by your employer or have insurance for this. However - it seems to me that the cost of going to the dentist is fairly reasonable here. With my dentist the usual checkup with xrays and a cleaning - costs me USD 90. Earlier this year I had a wisdom tooth that needed extraction. It was a simple extraction (no surgery) - but with plenty local anesthesia. That cost me a grand total of USD 180 (including xrays and anesthesia). Just a few weeks ago I felt a strange sensation in my stomach. Felt like constipation. No appetite. Bloated. Tender abdomen. No sounds from the abdomen. But nothing painful. After the third day (without eating or going to the toilet) I tried to eat - and it came straight up. I then decided to see my doctor. He sent me with ambulance straight to the hospital after a brief examination. Turned out I had a burst appendix with full on inflammation of the abdomen. Over 2 hours of surgery - and a 6 day stay in the hospital with massive doses of antibiotics. This is a serious condition that will kill you if you do not get treatment. At the hospital I had my own room, with bathroom and shower. Including a flat screen TV with plenty of channels, free wifi....and big windows (the entire wall was a window) where I could watch some silly cows play and graze all day. What I paid? $20 at my local doctor. Zero at the hospital (I did not even meet anybody who would talk about money - a nurse came in and said - "you are ready to go home - get dressed"...and I walked out.). $15 at the pharmacy when I was back home for the follow up antibiotics I was to take at home. PS! We do not use USD as currency...I have converted to USD from current exchange rates.

@agffans5725 Год назад

Denmark here, yes, it's a bit strange that dental work is only partly covered if at all, I will say though, that it's still cheaper than in the USA. I recently got two gold crowns (dental caps) for the total price of $1,872 for them both and all included (preliminary dental work and fitting, x-rays, dental gold jewelry made by a specialist, receiving them in a jewelry box with a personally signed official certificate, guarantee and the final dental work).

@oh515 Год назад

Dentistry is free until the date you turn 19.

@Elssi Год назад

TL;DR

@hape3862 Год назад

Gas prices in Norway are the highest in Europe, despite having so much oil. They have also the highest percentage of Electric Vehicles.

@xXTheoLinuxXx Год назад

Because electricity is cheap compared to a lot of other countries.

@lpdude2005 Год назад

No. Gasprices in Norway is the same as in EU. Many countries are even more expensive.

@lpdude2005 Год назад

@@hape3862 Norway has a slightly different system to most countries - prices change throughout the day and today I bought petrol for NOK. 19.93 - Euro 1.92. It is true that Poland is lower - but then they also have considerably less purchasing power. Sweden, the Netherlands are the most expensive today - Norway is in 7th place

@EricvanDorp007 Год назад

Thx for showing this upload, greeting from the Netherlands to Norway...would never see this video without this channel...

@SverreMunthe Год назад

In the beginning he references some guy that traveled Norway. Just to clarify: Norway was one of the most educated countries in the world by the second half of the 1800s. As to the economy it was actually not as bad as is said, but rather about average. For some reason many people, even Norwegians has played on Norways inferiority thing, probably because there wasn't many studies on it, and people watched poor farmers in photos, and remembered their grandparents stories from Norway. In addition Norwegians love to seem like the most humble people in the world, which they aren't when you get to know them. 🤪

@havtor007 22 дня назад

"Norway was one of the most educated countries in the world by the second half of the 1800s." Source of this is what? Because that is not what history books say. "As to the economy it was actually not as bad as is said, but rather about average." This is factually inaccurate. Norway was below average and would be considered a 3rd world nation at the time. Maybe you are confusing Norway with Sweden sweden at the same time had twice the amount of GDP as norway. Norway was on GDP a third world nation until 1950s.

@SverreMunthe 22 дня назад

@@havtor007 Skoleloven av 1889 fjernet nærmest analfebitsmen i Norge, og gjorde at de aller, aller fleste barn fikk et minimum av utdanning. Hvilken andre land hadde noe tilsvarende på samme tid????!!!! Her er litt om den norske økonomien. www.forskning.no/historie-okonomi/knuser-myten-om-det-fattige-norge/1591717 Og så er det på tide at du slutter å tro på myter og heller undersøker litt før du kommer med idiotiske utsagn!!!

@GEBSOS Год назад

I'm from Norway, and the price for petrol is normaly 2-2.4$ per liter and diesel is 2.2-2.6$ per liter

@Labbepus 10 месяцев назад

I'm from Norway, and the price of gas has gone up lately. But most ppl drive electric here. Price of gas for a car is about 2 dollars per liter. (Metric)

@americangirlreacts 9 месяцев назад

I don't see electric cars very often. It would of been smart if we made that a think sooner than later. Times are about to get real rough. I cant wait to visit norway. :)

@KjetilBalstad Год назад

1 liter of diesel last time I visited the pump was about $2,41, that's about $11 per gallon. But Norway always had expensive fuel, and cars. These days more than 90% of new cars sold are fully electric.

@chioz Год назад

Sorry to hear about your medical bills issue. A family who arrived here like a year ago from Florida said the us medical system is the main reason for them moving here. They work online so they manage pretty easy. For the us people, you seem to have much higher social skills 🤠, but can really just speak for myself....and a few guys i know 🙃

@martinstensvehagen9161 Год назад

medical bills like you have in america are a almost unique american thing. no country in the EU or europe has like you have there

@karstenhoff9158 24 дня назад

Some lies are repeated so often that they become a "general knowledge". By the time Norway got it's constitution in 1814, the literacy rate was higher in Norway than in Sweden. By the time norway gained independence (1905) the literacy rate in Norway was >95%. Neither was Norway poor. Since the industrial revolution, Norway has been in the top half of European countries economically. Oslo was the first capital in Europe to get electric street lighting..

@joachim2464 Год назад

Teeth and dental is actually something that is expensive here in Norway as well. But for most orher health concerns private economy is not a problem. You pay small fees for visiting doctor, but once you go over 300 dollars pr. year all is free. And major surgeries are covered.

@truxton1000 10 месяцев назад

Norway was never really a poor country compared to the rest of Europe and of course not compared to the rest of the world. Already 120 years ago and before that Norway was in the top ten of GDP per capita in Europe, and of course also in the world as Europe then was clearly the richest area of the planet. The reason for this is quit simple, a culture that was disciplined and was early in educating the population. Already in the 1700’s Norway made a law about education for everyone. So this video is wrong saying that Norway was poor, it was not…!

@havtor007 22 дня назад

Why do several people say this LIE? " Already 120 years ago and before that Norway was in the top ten of GDP per capita in Europe" This is 100% FALSE period. Norway until 1950 was on the list of Third world nations. Can you tell me where you have this information from because this is just plain wrong.

@truxton1000 22 дня назад

@@havtor007 Google it, all the information is out there. Could have given you links but this site does not allow it. Already 120 years ago around year 1900 Norway had the longest average life expectancy of all nations on the world, third world?? Don’t make me laugh. Also Norway was the in the top ten nations in the world in terms of GDP per capita, again, Google it.

@truxton1000 22 дня назад

@@havtor007 If you Google: “The wealth of a nation, Norways road to prosperity” you will find an article written by Ola Grytten. In that you will find that the myth that Norway was poor before the oil, or before 1950’s is absolutely not true. Whoever believe that Norway was “poor” is totally wrong. For example not only had Norway the longest average life expectancy 120-130 years ago, but also Norway had the largest merchant ship fleet in the world.

@baunax Год назад

Economics have figured out that when the oil fund reached 1 trillion dollar (4 years ago) the fund will last forever. At least as long money is used in the world.

@sailingviking7885 5 месяцев назад

It is an unfortunate myth that Norway was such a poor country back in the 1800s. It was not. Much of the clue to Norway's success was actually what happened in 1814 when Norway got rid of the feudal system, which the other Scandinavian countries have maintained to this day. Although Norway was not excessively rich, the country was far from a "poor" country as many of the European countries were. Around 1900, Norway was among the richest countries in Europe. At that time, Norway had the highest life expectancy in the world. Norway was also a technologically leading nation, with Hammerfest in Finnmark becoming one of the first cities in Europe to have electric street lighting. The first cinema performance in the world was in Paris, and the second was in Christiania in 1896. At this time, Norway also had the world's highest literacy rate. Norway was early on with the right to vote for women and was also culturally far ahead, compared to several other countries at the time. The Norwegian farming and fishing culture quickly established itself and the population was seen by foreigners as honest, hardworking and perhaps a little cautious. The latter was probably due to the fact that the population was limited and lived scattered in an elongated country. Unfortunately, the original Norwegian culture has been diluted as foreign immigrants have brought with them good habits and less good habits that stand in stark contrast to what "was" known as Norwegian culture. The biggest reason why Norway currently has such a good economy is a reflection of how the original Norway thought and behaved. The question is whether the many who have been attracted to the country for economic reasons are, in the long term, willing to follow the lines laid down by the "Norwegian generations" on whose shoulders they stand. Unfortunately, it may appear that this is not the case and that the original Norwegian culture is a thing of the past. RIP Norway.

@jakobcarlsen6968 Год назад

The film you are reacting to doesn't mention that Norway has a rigid system when it comes to negotiations between employers and the workers. You can only go on strike when the negotiations break down and negotiations are very 2nd year. So employers are "guaranteed" two years of "calm" at a time. Strikes are rare in Norway, if you compare to other European countries.

@nummulite99 Год назад

What is missing from this doc is how Philips tried to con Norway out of its oil and gas resources. Before Ekofisk proved the North Sea chalk play, Philips offered to take ALL the available exploration license acreage for a measly 160K dollars a month, acting like they were doing Norway a favor. Fortunately the Norwegians were able to see the greater potential to society. If they’d signed that agreement looking for short-term (but certain) benefits, there would be no oil fund. All that money would be sitting in the bank accounts of US oil executives.

@IHBTube Год назад

It is expensive, but it is partly due to carbon taxes in order to insentivise the transition to electric vihicles

@norXmal Год назад

We've always lacked proper land for agriculture, if I remember correctly, only 3% of the land is fit for agriculture, while only 30% of that is grown for that purpose while the rest is feed for animals.

@throfur3489 2 месяца назад

For medical bills we only pay up to 279 dollars ish, after that it's free the rest of the year. I've had an EEG, an MRI scan, weekly doctor visits and trying out of different medications. After the initial 279 I'm no longer paying, and even if I wasn't at the limit when I took my MRI or EEG it would still only be like 20-30 dollars.

@tcn9939 8 дней назад

1 gallon is 3,78 liters. You pay 4.07$ for one gallon (At the time of the video), which translates to 42.6NOK per gallon (10,48NOK is 1$). Today in Norway one liter of gas costs 21,49NOK in Norway. So, we would get 2 liters gas for the same price as you get 3,78 liters (One gallon). For 1 liter we pay 2$, for 2 liter we pay 4$, for 3 liter we pay 6$ and for 3,78 liter (One gallon) we would pay 7,75$. So there is a reason EVs are popular and not Ford F-150s or big suburbans with alot of horsepower. If i would import a 40.000$ gas car to Norway i would pay around 40.000$ in taxes also. And for an EV i would pay 2500$. (So its not just the gas price).

@thorstent2542 Год назад

Here in Germany the people ask:"Why we do it not like Norway?" This was the answer. Give us a 1000km long Wall of high mountanis, which sucks the rain and I build you a on cheap renewable Electric based economy

@eckligt Год назад

And in Norway, we ask: Why do we sell Germany green electricity if they use it to replace nuclear instead of coal and gas?

@thorstent2542 Год назад

@@eckligt That's a religion thing. The Green Party mythology based on the fight against nuklear power in the 1970ties. We know in this time the risk of CO2. I made my driving license 1983 and my first drive was a journey from Berlin to Graz. We was 5 people in a Opel Kadett. Never quicker than 90 km/h. All this go lost and since the 1990ties I realy hate the Green Party of Germany.

@eckligt Год назад

@@thorstent2542 Good, we agree! There is an organisation promoting nuclear in your country, called Nuklearia e.V. I also recommend the podcast and youtube channel Decouple. They have done several episodes on Germany's and Europe's energy situation.

@MrSolenoid Год назад

The price of 95 octane in Norway is around $95 per gallon. So please don't complain about the prices in the US ;) -Bob living in Norway

@rabbagast Год назад

Divide by 10. The prices vary from day to day. A year ago the price varied between $6.5 - $7.5 per gallon, and diesel usually a little less than gasoline. Nowadays the price vary between $8 - $10 per gallon. And almost half of it is federal fees, one way or the other.

@user-ww2eu8jy1c 11 месяцев назад

I had a look at the fuel prices today. It was around 25 NOK a litre. You are selling by gallons. Not excactly shure if it's 3,8 or 4.someting litres. Depending if it's US or UK gallon. You do the math on fuel prices in Norway

@ronnyskaar3737 Год назад

Here in Norway gas is much more expencive than in the US. Around 8-9 dollars pr gallon. It is true that Norway produces and sells gas, but it is sold on a global market, not given to norwegians. The profit is invested by a public fund of which parts, together with taxes, are used for schools, healthcare and so on, benefiting the whole society, not just gasbuyers. By the way most new cars are electric.

@Idkwtf255 Год назад

Per liter nok 27,75(USD 2,42) per gallon nok 93,69 (USD 9,15) about that much it costs for fuel today it was one day it costed 30kr per liter

@Depreuz Год назад

e det der etter skatt eller e det det som sto på det der pris skilte ved sia av bensin stasjon? her sto det 23,99kr per liter

@akyhne 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, Norway is pretty good with skiing and snow. Despite a population of only around 5 million, they are the most winning nation on the planet, at the Winter Olympics.

@TheShabaa 23 дня назад

At the moment we pay 7,40 $ pr gallon. Norway do not only make money on oil, but also on data and weapons.

@larsandreassen1961 Год назад

Dentalcare is free up 'till you are 18 years old. It is very expensive if you neglect the "cheesy" as a kid.😁

@oh515 Год назад

Dentistry is free until the date you turn 19. Not a huge difference, but good to know.

@AsusAsus-cp5cd Год назад

what i mis in this videos, is the influence of cartoon magazines on the population. Donald Duck magazines was introduced in Norway in 1948, imagine around then year old kids in a poor nation raised in frugality, starting to read about Scrooge Mcduck. When oil was doscoverd in 1969, thousands of them would have a 20 year long education from the Scrooge Mcduck school of finance.

@wrecknor 2 месяца назад

Diesel prices today 4th of July 2024 is 22 NOK/Liter translated to 7.65 USD pr Gallon. Gas is slightly higher.

@nixxonnor Год назад

A US gallon (3.79L) of petrol (or "gas") costs about US$ 8.50 these days. A few months ago it cost more than US$ 11

@americangirlreacts Год назад

I am so sorry. Best regards to you

@Strykehjerne Год назад

Currently.. diesel. The heavy "gas" you buy in gallons, is at 23 nok pr litre.. I think that's almost 10 dollars a gallon I think.. you'd all perish at those prices.. or have a revolution. We're kind of.. able to cope. Electricity is equally high. But - that's due to a reversal of laws regarding keeping our national resources off the hands of the whims of the international market. BTW, This is a good video on wealth in Norway, as it's one of the first to mention how well we were doing on international trade and how large our commercial fleet was before the oil. (We did kill a lot of whales, too, but.. there was a market for it , oil and fat etc then too..)as an American you probably know of NCL and royal Norwegian cruises... That's just a tiny bit of what is left of the fleet. Maersk is Danish, and larger these days.. but we were always people who went to sea. Today it's just a rig, that is taller than a skyskraper, underwater, and our oil is extremely high tech demanding and not the type you find in a back yard and can stick a staw into to get rich quick.. we never had a boom and bust economy like the USA gold rush and land grabs, but a seasonal one, that was fragile and always needed to be tended to for sustainable and lasting survival.. I think our economy is the result of hard ecology, and no available Amazon forest or similar endless supply to exploit rapidly

@WebForFutureINCMainOfficeCAUSA 4 месяца назад

ALL Oil and GAS is owned by the Norwegian state, so 1 liter of Benzin fuel is 0.8$ and Diesel 0.6$

@MsFuruodden Месяц назад

We had free health care before we found oil.

@sebastianbergstl4423 Год назад

gallonprice of gas here is around 7-8 usd / gallon. 25% of that is salestax. 81% of the rest is goverment income (for the fund) and the rest is shared between stakeholders. rich, but expencive. all medical expences are free, unless its elected, dental is NOT free unless ure under 18 yo, or on welfare. education is free, domestically and in many cases internationally as well. meaning US college tuition is covered by the state if u want to study there, and medical bills are free, also abroad. almost all of this is covered by incometaxes. oilmoney is saved in the fund.

@CATOGUSTAVSON 24 дня назад

Gasoline, or bensin as we call it, is around USD10,25 per gallon as of 15 August 2024.

@michinwaygook3684 9 месяцев назад

Dentistry isn't covered under universal health care in Norway; I actually don't know any countries that cover dentistry under their universal health care plans. There are exceptions in Norway for people like the special needs, just like in Canada, but for the most part the average Norwegian does not have dentistry coverage. That said my friend that lives in Norway did get some coverage from the government for his dentistry needs but he fell under one of those exceptions. I lived in Norway as a child in the 80s. It was a wonderful country even back than. It did have a silly film censor board when I lived there, but they got rid of that shortly after I left; no correlation to me leaving and them getting rid of it :) Swedes typically vacation in Norway because their geography is so beautiful. Sweden is in the foothills.

@Zamazamar 4 месяца назад

About the price of Gas today( April 17 2024) : $7.22 per gallon ( 21NOK/l) [I drive EV obviously] About your health issue: In Norway the mouth is not covered by National Health ; that is for cavities it is your own pain... The fine details are much more complicated: my wife has an issue requiring dental surgery which is not caused by caries, and then 70% is covered. For the rest of th body it is relatively uncomplicated: A few years ago my Quadriceps ligament snapped, and I had surgery with 2 days in hospital: Cost for me, about $30 --- Thus it is not 100% free for adults, but we have a policy that tries to navigate between inviting people so see the GP for a sore throat, and encouraging them to come if they have serious ailments. - Obviously impossible to make perfect. Most of the European countries now have equivalent health coverage, but they vary from country to country in Detail. The most "american system" is in Switzerland, however there it is illegal to not have a health-insurance, and the insurance company cannot stop the coverage ! We are not super rich, but as some others americans have been surprised about: they got a visit from a Norwegian guy. (Normal, isn't it ?) but the guy had a normal job as cashier in a supermarket/groceries store. Anyone with that kind of career would not be able to afford travel if coming from the USA!

@svenhaheim 3 дня назад

The idea that Norway was extremely poor before the oil is a long since debunked myth Norway has been one of the richest countries in Europe for hundreds of years.

@geirvinje2556 10 месяцев назад

1/4 of all cars in Norway are EV's. But, normal gas (95 ) E10 is $1,9 litre.

@americangirlreacts 9 месяцев назад

If i converted that right, that would be around $3.80 a gallon here which equals about the same

@Halli50 Год назад

Norwegian petrol prices are insane compared to 'Murican prices - which is part of why electrical cars are so popular in Norway. The other part of the equation is the fact that Noway has plenty of renewable hydro-electrical power to charge them! One downside: Norway had the misfortune of laying multiple "extension cords" to Europe, thus connecting themselves to the European electricity market - an now the price of electricity is becoming ridiculous as well. Norway may be an expensive country for visitors but Norwegians are, on the whole, paid a living Norwegian wage - so life is good! 'Murican visitors are bound to find the change in the pace of life shocking - the scenery is insanely beautiful but roads are SLOW, the pace of life is leisurely, secure, safe and ENJOYABLE - after all, this is the country that invented "Slow TV" and the motto is really "what's the rush?" By the way, I am NOT Norwegian and not partial as such (I'm Icelandic). On the other hand, the Nordic countries have a pact that allow any of us to move to, live and work in any of the other Nordic countries with minimum hassle. Seeing that the Nordic countries regularly score at the top of every global metric imaginable, we are in pretty good shape.

@josteinjostein4408 Год назад

Norway is basically just one big mountain 🤣 if you ever fly on a airplane to Europe look at the flight map, Norway is just one big gray mountain while the rest are green :P

@joemama-zb9co Год назад

it costs roughly 25-28nok per liter for gasoline and 24-26nok per liter for diesel, that'd be around $2.60-2.40 per liter or $9.84 per us gallon. though these values are by no means 100% accurate and it depends on where in the country you live

@gudmundursteinar Год назад

It's not rich in agriculture. All these nice green places are covered under 2 meters of snow during winter. The climate is most like the Alaska Panhandle.

@gudmundursteinar Год назад

Price of gas per gallon is well over 12 dollars per gallon.

@imortaliz Год назад

filled diesel today on my car and it was 2.1 usd per liter so close to 8 usd pr gallon. 140 usd for a full tank

@americangirlreacts Год назад

I hope you work close to home.

@imortaliz Год назад

@@americangirlreacts I work in construction, i have a electric van company car. So that tank will last me 3-4 weeks

@Mr.ShahSefi90 Год назад

According teeth bills, the norwegian government doesn't support it. Because the government says that teeth aren't a part of the body. So it's same expenses like other part of the world.

@americangirlreacts Год назад

What in the world. Teeth are optional i guess.

@enits1981 Год назад

Yes, apparantly. There also is no insurance option for dental care. You pay the full amount. That work you said your mother need on her teeth is easily 10.000$ in Norway. At least. Also, medical care is basic, adequate if you have a broken leg or arm or pneumonia or something easily diagnosed and treatable. Chronic illness or mental problems on the other hand - no help. There’a little to no competancy on complicated issues. You can see someone in private practice, but - you pay the full amount. No options for insurance.

@Boggbo 11 месяцев назад

@@enits1981 Thats not right, if you got pyree you get help. They pay about 50%of your end Bill

@emeursing Год назад

Regular gasprices for cars in The Netherlands are about $8.25 /US gallon. Diesel costs about $9.00 /US gallon.

@norXmal Год назад

From what I gathered, it's around 8.195$ per gallon or 2.196€ per litre.

@StigOveRuud Год назад

1 Liter of Diesel cost 23 Krones here in Norway today. That is about 2.21 USD. Or 8.4 USD pr/US Gallon.

@Mimer6 Год назад

It is the same throughout western Europe. Health care is paid for with taxes. In Sweden, it costs $12 to visit the doctor. Regardless of the type of healthcare you receive. This is the same price if you get some pills or and you get a heart transplant. And Healthcare in Europe is much cheaper than the USA because it is not made for money investors who want to have as much profit as possible, but it is made for the patients to get the best possible healthcare.

@th825hag Год назад

On average 25.5 per liter.for diesel. 1 us gallon is 3,785 liters

@akrama432 Год назад

The price of gas is 2,21 usd

@fn8382 Год назад

0.264 of a gallon is 3.785 liter and one liter is 25 kroner or 2.41 usd . 10.55367 gallion it cost around 50 usd .

@janingesundet7562 Год назад

Disel oil is about 2.5 dollars pr Liter now and a bitt less for petrol

@vegarhl Год назад

We had a well functioning democracy in Norway before we found the oil, The Norwegian people were poor and fighting hard against the climate, it was more us than me thinking and we still have that to some extent today. We are socialist enough to make captiliaism work, in many ways the most well functioning communist country in the world . We thought ahead with oil funds and sensible finances, and not as a lottery millionaire living here and now . But the most important thing of all.....we were not ruled by religion and especially not a Muslim religion , but Christianity is not much better.

@ellinor7369 Год назад

Today diesel is approximately 20 Norwegian kroner per litre which is considered high. It is relative because people here may make more money than the average American??.

@geirvinje2556 Год назад

To fix the knes i think it will cost $35. And we have a price cap on healt are $350. But, we are struggling to get the prices down on tooth care.

@Dennan Год назад

its same here in sweden, even if i have to do an operation or whatever , it only cost like 10-20 dollars

@Ove_Bjerknes Год назад

To day we pay around 23NOK pr. Liter gas. Yes, i,m from Norway. (8.2 dollar pr. Gallon)

@pigedehekkan Год назад

It costs about 30$ for 1kg of gas in Norway. 1 litre of petrol costs about 2$, and 1 litre of diesel is about the same.

@americangirlreacts Год назад

😳

@StianJenssen 3 месяца назад

Gasoline prices in is not a huge problem any more. 80%+ of new cars are electric.

@Karl-Benny Год назад

The Money from Oil did not go into one pocket like it does in USA And Australia

@americangirlreacts Год назад

Thats unheard of. I have a feeling its going to get much worse

@OleJanOuff Год назад

Dental work is not free in Norway. But health is, at a low fee. Hospital an ambulances are free. The same with education, including university, no fees. But you have to pay for your cost of living. So living in Norway is good, compared with other countries. But the same can be said about Sweden and Denmark. Gas price for today is about 8 dollars for a gallon.

@ingernordhus1650 Год назад

Yes,we Are arich nation,but the best in Norway is the polititical system. We Are a real democracy. Our elections Are not like amercans. You do nothave to be personally rich to be elected. Our national assembly containes members from all social classes.

@Last_Dance Год назад

Dental treatment is (strangely enough) not part of the "public health" here in Norway, so we have to pay for dental treatment ourselves (but children under 18 are covered). But this, and free school meals for children, are evenly up for consultation in the government (typically in government elections where parties have promised more than they can keep..). Otherwise, we are pretty much covered in the health sector.

@ahsolberg1978 Год назад

10 usd pr us gallon is normal now in 2022

@frankieshankly5368 Год назад

Lovely :)

@ellinor7369 Год назад

Agree Norway is beautiful and kind!

@americangirlreacts Год назад

Thank you for the comment!

@Nannestadboy Год назад

Gas today in Norway is about 23 nok per liter... And its about 3,78 liter in a gallon.... Do the math 😆

@leodahood2150 Год назад

Before covid the gasoline was about 17 Nkr pr. litre then it dropped to 11-12 Nkr pr. litre..now its roughly double price,depending on where you live. Converted to US-dollar pr gallon it should be around 9,5-10 US-dollar pr gallon. Btw the fairytale that 70% of all cars in Norway are electric is just that,a fairytale. New cars sold might be 70% electric,but Norway has one of the oldest carparks in the World. I remember when average age was 17 years old cars, I think average is down to 12-13 years now,but still pretty old.

@GeirArneMoi Год назад

Norwegians pay 8 dollars per US gallon of fuel for cars, but then again 90% of new cars sold are now electric and no one should wonder why..

@GeirArneMoi Год назад

And to stop the automatic critisism: we get electricity from renewable sources: hydro power plants produce 90% of what we need and the rest comes from wind farms and even solar power.

@americangirlreacts Год назад

Thats craaazy.

@KyrreStalsberg Год назад

I'm Norwegian and yes it is very expensive here as stated several times in the comments. About 60-70% of everything i make is payed back to region and state in the form of taxes, VAT and fees. This goes to education, hospitals, the unemployed and so on. The problem is when this is taken advantage of, i.e people not wanting to work. Another problem is the huge public sector, especially politicians and consultants etc.. There are to many working in public sector compared to private sector. Our system is great, but it needs balance, ethical people and 0 corruption (we fail here as well sadly).

@gautearefjord Год назад

The point is that the oil does not stop tomorrow. Norway will be producing oil for 30 more years. Then the Norwegian oil found will be 50 Trillions....

@shad89girl47 Год назад

it is about 7.8 dollars pr liter of gas

@rubenhavik4026 Год назад

Petroleum is about 8.70 USD per gallon in Norway

@tsviper Год назад

norwegian gass prises are today 7.43 dollar pr gallon

@americangirlreacts 9 месяцев назад

That's a lot more than what we pay for here. I guess i should be grateful

@beam3819 Год назад

Norway is rich in natural resources. I modern time; oil, wich one man, J.Evensen regulated so that oil companies had to pay huge taxes to the state of Norways. Oil revenues layd the foundation for our rich nation after the rebuilding( Marshall plan:)) after WW2. What made us rich was a political system and a cultural belief system based on the prinsipal of equality and justice. The Marshall plan was gifted us from USA. Thank you so much :))

@ragnarkisten 9 месяцев назад

Tips for tourists: commit a crime in Norway, and you'll end up in prison, with better accomodation than most hotels in third world countries.

@Dolce_Far_Niente Год назад

its a beautiful country and very expensive

@PerChristianVeberg Год назад

Your sources seem to forget or ignore shipping, (and a few aspects I'll leave aside). More efficient than trains or any other transport. Norway has exported dried cod for more than a thousand years, and imported grain for as long. (We imported flint from Denmark during the Stone Age). It is claimed that Norway was neutral during BOTH World War. During WW1 yes, but during WW2 Norway had one of the largest merchant marines in the World, and it was the most modern one. 145 million tons (unsure if metric or imperial) were transported on Norwegian ships. Close to 25% of all transatlantic transport. First Allied general to defeat German troops was our very own Gen Fleischer, and the first version of the Enigma machine was taken by a joint British-Norwegian commando raid by Company Linge on Måløy.

@americangirlreacts Год назад

Very interesting. Ill definitely do some more videoa on this

@PerChristianVeberg Год назад

@@americangirlreacts You could also check out the raid on the Heavy Water plant at Rukjan. Norway made heavy water that the Germans used for their nuclear research. Norwegian saboteurs blew it up.

@paradoxregina 9 месяцев назад

18:30 Dental, ah, alas, in Norway dental is not considered healthcare after you turn 18, and we are uninsured for dental. All of that is out of pocket I'm afraid.

@aronandreas Год назад

You are welcome to visit, I live in Bergen, let me know when you are ready to visit

@albaboss7995 Год назад

everything you say is true if you see it from another planet..if you live in Norway yourself, you will see that things are not what people think...the reality is that the state is rich and the people are debt slaves..

@ahkkariq7406 Год назад

True.

@larsjohnsen9999 Год назад

you dont wanna know the price of gas here

@mariusholtergrvdal7386 Год назад

Price here is about $10 for a gallon

@americangirlreacts Год назад

Oh my!! So sorry you are going through that. How do they expect people to do that.

@evanflynn4680 Год назад

Dental services advice for people from the United States: Look elsewhere. Both Canada and Mexico have made businesses out of providing healthcare for US citizens who can't afford it in the US. Mexico especially, has built holiday resorts attached to or near medical service providers so you can get your medical care and have a nice resort to relax and recover in afterwards. Take a vacation, get your dental surgery done, relax at a lovely resort and get back home spending less than just the dental surgery in a US hospital. Hell, when it comes to major surgery, it's cheaper to fly to Spain, get the surgery, spend two weeks recovering and fly back than it is to just get the surgery in the US.

@americangirlreacts Год назад

This is sooo true.

@Kermit198007 3 месяца назад

One US Gallon is 8.3 us dollar now in Norway 🇳🇴

@americangirlreacts 3 месяца назад

😯God bless you my friend!! Thats craaazy

@Youtube_Stole_My_Handle_Too 9 месяцев назад

Damn, when will adblock work with a video inside a video?

@emilivar4558 Год назад

Gas in Norway in 2019 was about 7.5 dollars per gallon, but in modern day I'd say it's most likley closer to 9-10 dollars per gallon, at the least. Also, the healthcare feels amazing. I know that no matter how bad I get, or what surgery I need I will NEVER risk my economic wellfare, or anything. Knowing that if it's life threatening or a need to get help, I know I will get it for free, or at a MAX for any medical profesional help no matter will be no more than 30 ish bucks. Visiting here is honestly a must for most, as a Norwegian i never understood what people meant by Norways beauty before I travlled around the world, and realised just how beautiful the country I come form and live in is. Now, if you or anyone else reading this wishes to visit, visit more than just Oslo, and don't expect to go Oslo to Bergen to Trondheim in a weekend trip, so plan well, visit smaller places and the more "country" places to see most of Norways beauty, and PLEASE rember that while Norway is rich and beautiful we are EXPENSIVE, a nomral dinner at a resturant (nothing fancy) can be expected to be at the lowest 20-30 bucks, and if you want to have some good food or more traditional norwergian food, expect to pay upwards of 60-100 buks per meal. And if you visit in the winter, pack clothes and pack so you can wear them in layers, our winters aren't the same as in France, or England or even most of the US. Even in some of the hottest parts of Norway it will easily drop to -13 degrees celcius or 8,5 fahrenheit, and further up north during winter you can well find places reach even down to -30 to - 40 degrees celcius or -22 to -40 fahrenheit.

@americangirlreacts Год назад

Wow

@xillianto Год назад

At this moment, gas price is around 8$ for 1 gallon..

@americangirlreacts 9 месяцев назад

wow, hopefully its got a bit better since you wrote this.

@xillianto 9 месяцев назад

Price is the same still, and have been for almost 1 1/2 year

@martinstensvehagen9161 Год назад

Norwegian gass is not cheap. Gass in the US is less. because we use prizes to influence the people. aka you drive when you have to not just because. Also electric cars have overtaken gass cars in new buyed cars now by 80% ish