The Danes pounce on any evidence of Norwegian laziness. They love to hear stories of migrant workers from Sweden manning Norwegian fish-processing factories, for instance, or waiting in their restaurants. “I went to Oslo, and not once was I served by a Norwegian waiter!” is a common refrain among Danes returning from the Norwegian capital (there are 35,000 Swedes working in Norway, tempted by wages of up to $47 per hour for semiskilled work in shops, and so forth). One story in particular that has gladdened many a Danish heart concerns a number of Swedes working in a Norwegian processing
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