how can one country be so devoid of literary talent?

>beautiful
>peaceful
>very high HDI
>great economy
>social equality
Further proof that being comfy prevents achieving literary greatness.

What about Ibsen?

>>9208491
And Hamsun

>>9208478
>Further proof that being comfy prevents achieving literary greatness.
i completely agree

compare this with russian literature, ballet, opera etc.

disgusting

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>>9208430
untrue

>>9208430
>plebposting

Get off my /lit/.

Varg is the greatest philosopher of the 21st century.

By far the best literature of any Nordic country

t.swede

>>9208758
>t.swede
Nice try, norskjävlar.

>>9208504
Yeah. Pan is propably his best work, but he's of course "forbidden" here in germany, because of his liking hitler

>Norwegian literature scene is thriving, greatest contemporary author (Knausgård) is a Norwegian
>meanwhile, Swedish culture is stagnant and hasn't put out a single decent author in 70+ years or so

How can Swedefaggots ever recover from this?

>>9208783
>"forbidden"
Wat?

Hamsun, Ibsen, Knausgård

Enough said

Norway is probably the greatest literary country per capita in the world, only behind Ireland and (possible) Iceland.

>Knausgard is a great author
>Norway is a great literary country
Lmaoing @ all the assblasted nordic cumguzzlers here. Next you'll be telling me Norway has great cuisine, because this one dish is not completely fucking atrocious. Keep pumping oil and know your place, snowniggers.

>>9208838
Norway has great cuisine with world class ingredients. Go watch some of the stuff Andreas Viestad did for BBC.

>>9208430
>5 million people

Honestly, shouldn't even be a country.

>>9208870
found the american
Europe has many low population countries

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>>9208838
>and know your place

Will do.

>>9208889
>"""""""""""""""countries"""""""""""""""""'

Seriously, Iceland is smaller than the town I grew up in. Not surprising they are irrelevant.

>>9208911
you globalists make me sick

>>9208925
I'm not wrong though, the only way for uropoors to be relevant again is to federalize (which is impossible) so they will become more and more of a cultural backwater.

They're so Americanized at this point it's not even funny.

>>9208942
>the only way to be cultural relevant is to lose one's culture

don't think we want to be "relevant", then

>>9208430
Black Metal is literary

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>>9208964
America has culture and is relevant, so relevant, in fact, that everyone else adopts our culture.

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>>9208985
>America has culture

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>>9208430
Torgny Lindgren and Sigrid Undset more than make up for it.

Look at this thread for devoid of literary talent:

>>9202408

>>9209007
>Torgny Lindgren

He's Swedish fampai.

>>9209027
wtf i hate torgny lindgren now

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>>9209036
>anime is based off disney cartoons
hokusai manga?

>>9209036
>Believing in the great man myth
If americans didn't invent the internet someone else would. Alan Turing was british by the way.

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>>9208985
>people *adopt* American culture

mhm

>>9208430
Anonsen ikke si sånt da D:

>>9208989
Best culture

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>>9208478
But those are characteristics of modern day Norway, I mean, 80-100 years ago they were a bunch of snowniggers who only ate potatoes with fish and carrots

How they didn't achieve any literary work or movement that deserves some respect in all that time before the Scandinavian wealthy paradise?

>>9209290
>How they didn't achieve any literary work or movement that deserves some respect in all that time before the Scandinavian wealthy paradise?
lol

>>9209290
>How they didn't achieve any literary work or movement that deserves some respect in all that time before the Scandinavian wealthy paradise?
good work anon, i'm fuming over here

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>>9208790

>>9208430
I like Knausgård :) / Or maybe I just like his edgy literary persona O.o

>>9208790
There is no reason to be hateful or scornful.

>>9208783

Really? To this day?

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>>9208430
> Claims lack of talent
> Never read Hamsun, Falkberget, The Four Great, Undset, Holberg or Gaarder

What the heck, mate.

>>9209548
op here

actually norwegian and have read some from all of these except Holberg.

>>9209571
read erasmus montanus by holberg. protag is basically /lit/ before /lit/

>>9208790
>greatest contemporary author (Knausgård)
...holy...
How is it so many Americans haven't heard of Krasznahorkai???

>>9209576
remember we were told to read it in HS but i never bothered

>>9209576
>>9209576
Erasmus Montanus, Niels Klim's Underground Travels and Jeppe på bjerget.

>>9209583
>Krasznahorkai

MY NIGGA

>>9209348

Is this book actually any good or is it just a meme?

>>9209831
I love it, the way it's sort of in this parallel dimension where everything is shit.
It is funny while it still has this great sense of sadness hanging over it.
The language is great, many of the metaphors he uses are amazingly funny and yet very striking. It is however not an easy book to read; the dialect makes parts hard to understand without reading the notes and the same goes for many of the more obscure references.


I don't really recommend it to people desu since most are put of by the sex and violence and can thus never appreciate its other qualities.

>>9208430
Norwegian "art"

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>>9208891
>what's really happening

>>9209583
Not just america senpai, everywhere in the world people go on not knowing about Laszlo and his overly long sentences.

>>9209007
>tfw a descendent of undset

wh-when can i pick up my nobel prize?

>>9208978
This and Turbonegro.

>>9211069
pleb

>>9208430
si heller at de er 'devoid of literaly talent' i dette århundre.
Vi var ganske "patrician" rundt 18-1900 talle med tenke på hvor få i landet vi er

nå er vi bare en gjeng av whities som ser på 'Skam'

>>9212271
hvor få i landet vi var/ og er nå**

>>9212271
>>9212273
Forstår godt hva du mener, kamerat. Jeg ville kun få et innblikk I hva /lit/ synes om norsk litteratur.

>>9212271
Skam er kino for å være ærlig

>>9212271
skam er bra!111!1
isak og even 4ever<33<3

>>9210931
I dunno, but she is quickly becoming my favorite historical novelist.

>>9212657
>>9212654
roo

>Nordics
How could such a boring and conformist people ever produce good art?

>>9212723
what people are not boring and conformist in your opinion?

A Norwegian girl broke my heart and really ruined my life. She was so beautiful and devoutly fantastic. Her eyes shone like the brightest exploding star.

>>9212729
in comparison to nordics? just about all of them

>>9212754
I would throw your shoe in the sea if I ever saw you in person t bh

>>9210857
>some non white mongrel mixing with an ape is somehow related to norway

>>9212786
no, you would respectfully keep a distance that respected my personal space and stew in anger silently

>>9212786
Oh!!!
I got a Hamsun reference.
Happy day.

>>9212754
nonanswer desu you could atleast come with a couple of examples

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Reminder that Vilde is a slut.