| "The Norwegian is an individualist. He thoroughly despises everything that does not mean freedom or which tastes of force. He is awake to everything new, for personal and social development and improvement—but nature and the necessary style of life have also made him thoughtful, and he can perhaps seem cautious in making decisions. He is slow in moving, but when he does move, then he is thorough. He has a friendly disposition, is open and hospitable. If he gives his word, then he feels in honour bound to keep it.
"As nature changes in the various parts of the country, so also does the temperament. In the smiling, friendly south country, the average type is lively and light hearted, furthest north dreaming and introspective, in the west the farmer is quick in thought and deed, and in the broad districts of the east he is slower, but solid and powerful when he first decides to move." — Norway Calling, Oslo: Mittet & Co., c. 1947, pp. 9-10.
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