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17-464: The "Law" was first formulated as ten rules in Sandemose's satirical novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks ( En flyktning krysser sitt spor , 1933), but the attitudes themselves are older. Sandemose portrays the fictional small Danish town of Jante, modelled upon his native town Nykøbing Mors in the 1930s where nobody was anonymous, a feature of life typical of small towns. There are ten rules in

34-486: A way of behaving in order to fit in and results in dressing similarly and the types of cars that people buy and buying similar products for their homes. It is commonly stated that Jante Law is for people in the provinces, but commentators have suggested that metropolitan areas are also affected. While the original intention was as satire, Kim Orlin Kantardjiev, a Norwegian politician and educational advisor, claims that

51-685: Is located on the east coast of the island of Mors by the Sallingsund , a sound that separates Mors from the Salling peninsula on the mainland Jutland peninsula in Denmark. It is the largest town on Mors and the island's cultural center. Approximately half of the island's residents live in the area around Nykøbing. The town is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of the Sallingsund Bridge , which connects Mors with Salling across

68-656: Is the largest town on the island of Mors in the Limfjord in Denmark . The town received its charter in 1299 and has a population of 8,941, as of 1 January 2024. It is located in Morsø Municipality and belongs to Region Nordjylland . The town received its charter in 1299. Nykøbing was the seat of the former Dueholm monastery , now part of the Morsland Historical Museum. Nykøbing

85-623: The Law of Jante is taught in schools as more of a social code to encourage group behavior , and attempts to credit it with fueling Nordic countries' high happiness scores . It has also been suggested that contentedness with a humdrum lifestyle is a part of happiness in the Scandinavian countries. However, in Scandinavia, there have also been journalistic articles which link the Law of Jante to high suicide rates . Backlash has occurred against

102-594: The Nazi German occupation of Norway during World War II , he fled to Sweden in 1941 due to his peripheral association with the Norwegian resistance movement . After the liberation of Norway, he moved back and settled in Søndeled . Sandemose published his first book in Denmark during 1923. His most notable work was En flyktning krysser sitt spor (1933). The novel was translated into English and published under

119-647: The Sallingsund. Nykøbing Mors is located 31 kilometres (19 mi) north of the town Skive in Salling and 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the town Thisted in Thy . Located just outside the town on a spit is Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club Ground . The ground has in the past held Women's One Day International matches, including matches for the home national team . Aksel Sandemose Aksel Sandemose (né Axel Nielsen ; 19 March 1899 – 6 August 1965)

136-458: The law as defined by Sandemose, all expressive of variations on a single theme and usually referred to as a homogeneous unit: You are not to think you're anyone special, or that you're better than us. The ten rules state: The Janters who transgress this unwritten "law" are regarded with suspicion and some hostility, as it goes against the town's communal desire to preserve harmony, social stability and uniformity. An eleventh rule recognized in

153-449: The novel as "the penal code of Jante" is: From the chapter "Maybe you don't think I know something about you": That one sentence (the eleventh rule), which acts as the penal code of Jante, as such was rich in content. It was an accusation of absolutely anything, and that it also had to be, because absolutely nothing was allowed. It was also an elaborate indictment, with all kinds of unspecified penalties given to be expected. Furthermore it

170-471: The rules, and in Norway someone even placed a grave for Jante Laws, declaring them dead in 2005. However, others have questioned whether they will ever go away, as they may be firmly entrenched in society. Andersen, Steen: Nye forbindelser. Pejlinger i Aksel Sandemoses forfatterskab. Vordingborg: Attika, 2015. ISBN   978-87-7528-8700 . In Danish Language. Nyk%C3%B8bing Mors Nykøbing Mors

187-550: The rules; he simply sought to formulate social norms that had stamped the Danish and Norwegian psyches for centuries. Although intended as criticism of society in general, some critics in the 1990s argued that the Law of Jante had shifted to refer to personal criticism of people who want to break out of their social groups and reach a higher position. It is common in Scandinavia to claim the Law of Jante as something quintessentially Danish, Norwegian or Swedish. The rules are treated as

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204-447: The title A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks in 1936 by Alfred A. Knopf . In this novel, Sandemose introduced the concept of the Law of Jante , a listing of ten cultural rules which describe a pattern of group behaviour towards individuals common to Nordic countries. He was also an essayist and journalist. For a number of years he had a regular column in the weekly magazine Aktuell . Sandemose

221-420: Was a Danish-Norwegian writer whose works frequently elucidate the theme that the repressions of society lead to violence. Axel Nielsen was born at Nykøbing Mors on the island of Mors in Denmark. His parents were Jørgen Nielsen (1859–1928) and Amalie Jacobsdatter (1861–1926). His father was a factory foreman. He was the second youngest of nine children. He attended Staby vinterlærerskole 1915–1916. His mother

238-729: Was awarded the Dobloug Prize during 1959 and was one of six finalists for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963. Sandemose first married in 1921 Dagmar Ditlevsen (1896–1984); their marriage was dissolved in 1944. He married Eva Borgen (1906–1959) in 1944. After Eva's death he married Hanne Holbek in 1962. Sandemose fathered five children over his lifetime. He was the grandfather of illustrator and children's writer Iben Sandemose . Sandemose died in Copenhagen in 1965 and

255-615: Was originally from Sandermosen at Maridalen in Aker , Norway. He changed his surname to Sandemose in 1921. Sandemose boarded a schooner for Norway at the age of seventeen. He was a sailor and lumberjack in Newfoundland . He worked as a teacher at Nykøbing in 1916 and at Glyngøre in Skive during 1917. In 1930, Sandemose moved to Norway, and lived in Nesodden south of Oslo . After

272-578: Was the place of birth of Danish - Norwegian author Aksel Sandemose and the reputed inspiration for the fictional town of Jante , associated with the Jante Law , in Sandemose's novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks . Søren Larsen and Sons owned a shipyard in Nykøbing Mors. There, the tall ship Søren Larsen was built in 1949. It is a brigantine . She is docked in Sydney, Australia. Nykøbing

289-537: Was useful, depending fully on tone of voice, in financial extortion and enticement into criminal acts, and it could also be the best means of defense. Sandemose's novel described working-class life in the fictional town of Jante. He wrote in 1955, a bit mischievously, that "Many people have recognized [in Jante] their own hometown – this has happened regularly to people from Arendal [Norway], Tromsø [Norway] and Viborg [Denmark]". Sandemose made no claim to having invented

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