The Law of Jante (2015)

(theparisreview.org)

33 points | by NaOH 7 days ago

4 comments

  • oliculipolicula 3 days ago
    >[royal family is exempt]

    They don't return to this because it's from a book..

    But lemme guess, it's because the royals are an impersonal institution? Like ABBA. (If you wonder how the Swedes can square jantelagen and their fascination with US-style star power..)

    Jante* is for individuals

    Related historical question to ponder is why the political position of peasants in Scania were largely unchanged post-Reformation (ie after the Counts Feud) as compared to their cousins in the South.

  • soupspaces 6 days ago
    • brudgers 6 days ago
      Notably of the law and not the article.