This rule only applies in the countryside.
Never in town, in elevators, hotels, coffee shops, etc.
Norwegians need to have the opportunity to escape to greet a stranger.
They will think you are weird if you greet them without a reason when they are not in nature.
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This is one of the 100 Unwritten Norwegian Social Laws presented in our new book "The 100 Unwritten Norwegian Social Laws"
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Read more about our amazing Norwegian friends in our other Social Guidebooks to Norway written by Julien S. Bourrelle
