Law of Jante
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.
Proper noun
Law of Jante
- A social code in Scandinavian countries that opposes individualism, ambition and vanity.
Translations
Law of Jante
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