Norway - culture smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture, paperback/linda march

Description Culture Smart Norway steers you through social and professional encounters, enabling visitors to establish real friendships and business partnerships.

Tips on meeting and communicating make socializing a pleasant experience, and chapters on customs give a glimpse inside a Norwegian home.

The book also describes how the Norwegian commercial world operates--vital information for anyone doing business with one of the worlds wealthiest nations.

The need to survive on a difficult, isolated terrain and in harsh climates forged a people who are hardworking and self-sufficient.

On first meeting, the Norwegians are serious, polite, law-abiding, and hardy.

They are also very private, and getting to know them takes time.

But when visitors are able to see behind that fa ade they will meet the friendly, fun-loving, family-oriented people hiding on the other side.

About the Author Linda March is a writer interested in issues affecting expatriate families.

She lived in Stavanger, Norway and was on the Board of the Womens International Network (WIN).

Margo Meyer is an American researcher, translator, and writer who now lives in Asker, in the greater Oslo region.