FUN FACT: The former king of Norway Olav V was immensely popular because he ruled by example, earning him the nickname "the People's King." When driving was restricted due to the 1973 oil crisis, the king, who legally could've driven, took public transport carrying his skiing gear on his shoulders. When the media asked him how he could even dare to go outside without bodyguards, he responded by saying "I have four million bodyguards," referring to the population of Norway at the time.
That sounds like a great king. But it’s still annoying how people pay so much attention to people with money who say they’re gonna help people but people are every where having terrible problems and nobody’s doing anything.
King Olav was in Stavanger in 1976 visiting Elf Aquatiane, a French Oil company. My sister and I were told he was soon leaving and we would be able to see him. There was only a few people waiting. Soon enough he was exiting and quite gracious. My sister jumped in front of him taking his picture and startling him. He responded with a chuckle. It was a different time then.
In addition to being wealthy, Norway is INSANELY beautiful. Travelling the country from point to point in spring felt like moving through a fairytale land, I'm not kidding. The deep fjord valleys, massive snow covered mountains, dense forests, lush green prairies, crystal-clear rivers, thousands of waterfalls... It's hard to imagine a prettier landscape to me. And most of it is practically untouched by the human hand, with just a few colourful wooden-house villages scattered here and there. Being born in Norway must be like winning lottery on so many levels...
@@osasunaitor yeah that's definitely something that has gotten worse all over Canada. In BC last year, the largest wildfire was larger in size than the whole New York metro area. If you come, come earlier in the year before May.
In practice we're just someone with a normal job. One might expect health care, transportation and so on to be amazing, but there's nothing particularly impressive about life here compared to much of Europe
As a Brit, it’s depressing to hear how a countries leaders had such amazing foresight to ensure their countries prosperity for decades to come. Unlike my countries leaders who have only ensured a death by a 1000 cuts for the UK.
I feel identical about America... I honestly cannot stand how dysfunctional and unaffordable it is here now and it's only getting worse and no one's doing anything about it.
As a Aussie I feel the same. We have been let down by decades of inept Governments. We should have had a sovereign wealth fund as well, instead we allow our resources to be plundered by the mega resources companies with just peanuts going back into the local economy. To make matters worse the Federal Govt has flooded the country with immigrants whilst in the grips of a housing crisis. The golden age of Australia is long gone, we are now in serious trouble with such short sighted policies which just fluff around the edges but doesn’t actually address the situation.
The British government with Thatcher in the lead, made sure to give the already rich, including herself the vast majority of the profit from the gas and oil and extremely little of it to the lower classes. Even if the UK is a democratic country have you always made sure that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I think it is a total disgrace how many people in the UK that live in such poverty as they do. And you will only get more of them the way your politicians run your country. Specially the Tories. And you far from made it any better for you, voting Yes to Brexit. Making your economy even worse.
I lived in Norway for a very short time. I miss it so much. The most beautiful place I have ever been, super lovely friendly people. I actually would do anything to move back there
You did start out very nicely by showing how our fjords and coastline meant sea transport was crucial. The very best way to illustrate this is to look at our road numbering system: It starts at 2! This is a silent acknowledgment that the sea has always been #1, i.e. our main highway.
Except it's not true, route number 1 was used for the road between Oslo and Svinesund before it was changed to European route 6 in the 60s, and then later for a brief period in the 90s for the road between Stavanger and Kristiansund.
The smartest thing Norway did when striking oil was to not go on a spending binge, but to carefully ensure that a) Foreign oil companies could not exploit them and, b) Save the proceeds in a national fund for the inevitable "rainy day", not allowing the sudden wealth to ruin the local economy like the Dutch did. Best of all, the Norwegian nation is just fine with this! Gas/petrol is EXPENSIVE in Norway and people are concentrating on electric vehicles, which makes perfect sense with their abundant renewable hydro-electrical energy supply. We Icelanders are proud of the foresight of our sensible big brother, Norway.
Everything in Norway is EXPENSIVE! It is one of the most highly taxed countries in the world, come here and see how 400cl of beer at the local pup can come to 18$ and 400gam pack of minced meat can come to 10$. There is a reason why Norwegians living close to the border of Sweden flocks there to buy almost all food, alcohol and household products except vegetables. I can go to Sweden and buy 6 months worth of food for a third of my pay check which in Norway would buy me maybe 2 months worth.
@@lukemurray3854yeah. People like to focus a lot on the good without considering the bad. Norway as a country is obviously in a very good state, but cost of living is a big issue there. Even in Finland where we often decry our super high cost of living we still look at Norway prices and say "no thanks". Though admittedly Norwegians also make way more money than us, it was quite popular in Finland to work in Norway on a temporary basis to build up savings.
@@lukemurray3854 Usually "expensive" countries have a workforce that is paid accordingly. One benefit is that virtually everywhere else is relatively INEXPENSIVE, even Sweden.
I've watched lots of videos on your channel and enjoyed them all. This one is the single best that I've watched. I usually don't watch videos this long on YT, but this one worth the time. Regards from Azerbaijan
I think we were really blessed by both the timing of the discovery, the trust amongst the public to their officials, and our politicians simply doing what was in the best interest of all of us. Like, most people at the time had lived through the occupation of WWII, and they knew how tougher times actually were. I think that if this discovery had happened a decade or two later, the story would have been a lot different to what it is.
Ironically we have to thank an Iranian for that decision. Originally Norway intended to copy the American method or sell 50% of ownership and trade with Sweden if they helped us, Sweden said no. Sweden has regretted their decision ever since.
Damn, what a satisfying thing to see a country managing money and resources inteligently. Gotta admit I got a little jealous, but good for them. I hope, naively, that the rest of the world learns something from them someday.
I mean when you have a group of us euros without outsiders and subversive "people" abusing our natural altruism we succeed far more than every other group. There is a reason laws have to be made to hold us back and let lesser people take positions we deserve bc otherwise we dominate every field.
@@davidabest7195 do you really have nothing in your own life to be proud of except this vague sense of belonging to such a non specific generic concept like european? even if so, you do not inherit any of the merits of your ancestors’ deeds, as well as achievements of your co-citizens. Watch the video - it is not about nationality or color, it’s about collective thinking, smart decisions and a little bit of luck.
@@davidabest7195 life is ironic, it’s always the lowest and most useless member of the group does the most chest pounding and calls others “lesser people”
It's sad that the UK has similar resources (see the Woodsmith Mine near Whitby and projects in renewable energy) but what we lack is competent leadership and the national will and foresight to make the most of what we have. There's very much an attitude of "cake today not bread tomorrow".
Norway is such an amazing country. As a Dane, I could easily see myself living in Norway in the future, although the lack of low altitudes might kill me.
Fun fact: The "Volvo Deal" was almost a reality, where Norway offered Volvo 40% stake in exchange for oil rights in the 70s. Only one of the offered areas had gas; none had oil. Rejected by Volvo's shareholders for undervaluing Volvo and overestimating Norwegian oil. Fast forward, Norway's oil wealth soared, now having a $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, while Volvo was bought by Geely in 2010.
It was actually blocked by a pensioner fund with a significant stake in Volvo if I remember correctly. Bad times for Volvo, could have been the worlds most economically sound car manufacturer by a enormous margin.
He didn't get the phosphate findings right, though. It's "only" 2bn tonnes. This has to be extracted from 70bn tonnes of rock. The Economist is the source of this misunderstanding, and Norge Mining has confirmed it was a misunderstanding
How refreshing to see something as inspirational as a society with foresight and morals. The Norwegians have lots of natural advantages but they manage them intelligently, and that makes all the difference. I would love to see the rest of the world learn from this. Thank you for making this video.
Well I think Bernt Anker brothers has something to do with that. Apparently the dude wasted a such a large fortune. That Had it lasted to today. The fortune would be bigger than. Norways oil fund by more then 10 times In today's money.
As a Norwegian, it's super cool to see how we've managed all this. However, and I keep yapping on about this, it's not like this formula can just be copy-pasted onto random countries and VOÍLA, everything is all fine and dandy. It cannot be overstated how much easier it is to accomplish this here where absolutely no one lives. A microscopic population is easier to rule and sort out than an absolute behemoth like the US, which would never find success with the same model for a billion different reasons. This was a great video tho, sweet little free advertising for Norway lmfao
@@Matfridtthe only reason it wouldn't work out in the US is because the elites think they are entitled to 3 out of every 4 dollars made. The only difference is a plutocrat class who sees other Americans as "useless eaters". They think they don't need other Americans hence why they outsourced most good jobs in the 80's and 90's. Nowhere is this more visible than in Beverly Hills one of the richest places in Earth and a couple city blocks over is skid row where people live on the streets in abject poverty
@@Matfridt As much as you,re statement has merit ,I believe the major difference is what,s in people,s hearts .Do polititions act as Christian or just mouth they do ? Hipocricy seems to be the dominant theme ,country to country . Once they,re elected anything goes ,especialy morals or word . And a few ,even now ,want to be king above all others (till they die ) , free from ANY resemblance to Christianity . "only I can solve it ' 'laws don,t apply to Me ' ME-me-me . My wife ,of Norwegian ancestry and Christian , have fantasized about immigrating there ( where her mother was born ) , if for the fact we,re both pushing 80 , but at least our son is young enough to take our place .At least for him at 6 ' 5" won,t feel so different than common heighted people , here . Just sayin'. PS -Canada is perhaps one of the best ( some say best ) countries otherwise and we do love it here ,we,re blessed to be here all said and done . Just wish our country would imitate Norway , in so many instances . Once Norway became a Christian nation ,they have not forsakened Christianity for the possesion obsessed examples too numerus to list . It truly is all for one and one for all like Jesus preached .Love it .
I like how you went from discussing how Gallium to Germanium are quite indispensable for semi conductor production to how Norway has huge phosphate mines just to say "Checkmate China".
6:45 This part is exrremely important to us Norwegians. Trust is a massive part of our culture. In a store you can leave the queue if you forgot something and come back without anyone batting an eye. We trust each other enought to leave our own babies outside un-supervised. I love this country so much, and wouldn't trade living here for anything else.
It will be interesting to see how our society which is built upon trust will develop with increasingly more youth crime in urban areas, most of which comes from immigrant youth...
FunFact: Since Norway is not dependent on the phosphor mining as an income, but Marocco is, Norway and Marocco has started a dialog. When and if Norway start mining phosphor, they have plans to only supply the market with an amount that will not affect prices or take away buyers from Marocco, therefore securing and stabilize the much needed income for Marocco. That is pretty awsome.
You mean ''therefore securing Norway gets the best price possible'' I am Norwegian and this is not to 'help' Morocco.. Like someone else already said. It's more like price fixing.
Basically, Norway's prosperity comes down to long term planning... which is a cultural trait probably evolved over millenia as consequence to its harsh winter weather: basically, in such a climate, if you don't plan for winter, when winter comes, you die... same if you don´t help each-other when conditions get bad... so instead of spending it all now and "hoping for the best" regarding the future as so many countries do, Norway has always planned for the future, and never got its head turned by any "lottery wins"... like a person using their winning at a lottery to invest in their future as opposed to partying, buying expensive cars and so on
I am not Norwegian but I live here in this country. It is not all perfect but this is a country close to being perfect. I may not be Norwegian but I definitely am proud to defend this land that I now call my home. I would never ever dare say anything bad about this country. This country and its people have given me hope and a clear vision to which path I should take. Eventually the purpose of my existence. That in itself is something good to wake up everyday for.
As someone living in Quebec, it strikes me that Norway has the hydro usage patterns (and aluminum factories) of Quebec, the oil/gas resources and soverign wealth fund mechanisms of Alberta, and the fjord-indented, forested, rugged, and mountainous west-facing coast (and hydro capacity) of British Columbia.
Don't forget a very important factor: Norway is a really great neighbor which enables trade routes to be very stable because everyone likes them as a country. /neighboring swede.
@@tomasbeltran04050 For the most part, yeah, especially before they went invasion crazy. We have our conflicts over fishing and they did squeeze us into accepting an ocean border that favored them and they don't really agree with us when it comes to some islands, but for the most part they don't care that much. It probably helps that we have never been part of their empires (it helps that we only got a border with them after the Winter war), our border is tiny and since we haven't militarized our side the fact that it's close to their northern fleet maters less than you might think. After the invasion it has soured quite a bit with sanctions and complaints.
@@tomasbeltran04050 No problem, and I understand why you asked, our relationship with Russia is almost unique, and I really wish Putin would stop wrecking it.
Everyone likes Norway? Norway is a country of 5 million people that have isolated themselves, and kept all of Europe's riches for themselves. Many people rightly point out Norway has been war profiteering from Russia's war, getting filthy rich, while many in mainland Europe and the UK can barely afford their electric bill.
As a Norwegian, this was interresting to me aswell, i didnt know about our country being wealthy for so long, i found it strange though that the fishing industry wasnt even mentioned.
@@DanFreezin I never tried it but I would like to. It looks like our salted "bacalhau" (codfish). Codfish is the only salted fish that we eat here in Portugal.
@@njsferI’m from a small town on the coast of Norway called Kristiansund and every year we have a Bacalao (we say) festival because the town was settled by fishermen from all over (i presume) and it became a long standing tradition on the coast of Norway!
@@armin3057Because they had no wars. Even during World War II, Norway was spared, which could not be said about other countries. They continued to develop while others had to rebuild from the rubble or were absorbed into communism.
Your ability to explain sometihng in excrutiating detail, and then explain what you just explained in the same excutiating detail, is truly unparalleled.
Norway is like this young guy who won the lottery and used his money wisely. He invests it so his children and grandchildren can live comfortably. He stilll goes to work but doesn't have to be stressed.
Too bad it's slowly and steadily being covered and ruined by industry and infrastructure. Only 11,5% of Norway could be considered wilderness in 2018, and the percentage is decreasing at an ever growing, alarming rate. It's a big conflict going on in the country at the moment, now that people have become aware of how extreme it has gotten. 118,500 square meters of nature is demolished EVERY DAY. It's insane, and it makes me sad...
@@aeriumsoft Yeah, it’s been all over NRK (the state channel) for the last month or so. The show Oppsynsmannen with Bård Tufte Johansen does a deep dive to find out how and why this is happening.
@@ConfusedLynx you know norway is pretty big, typically the most damage human population does to nature is the asphalt covering cities and the food crops to supply them, and since there's not that many of us the impact isn't that great. The other big thing is dams which has always been controversial but were mostly built way back. I guess the big question these days is how much damage building out windfarms will cause, and maybe the aesthetics of long powerlines...
It has to be said, that not only does Norway have a lot of its relative power covered by hydropower - it also uses electricity for everything. There are very few gas powered kitchen stoves in Norway - almost no houses are heated by gas. Just about everything in every home is powered in its entirety by electrical power, including heating water, heating houses and cooking.
@@evander2347 oh, yes - absolutely horrific hypocrisy. Norway is responsible (directly or indirectly) for a percentage or two of global co2 emissions anually. Which is crazy considering how few there are of us.
@@evander2347 how is that hypocrisy? There will always be producers of oil. The ones that is using the oil is the problem. If one country stops producing oil, they give more power to Saudi Arabia to control the oil market. A very bad dictatorship warmongering country. I`d rather a peaceful country produce oil, then a corrupt one.
@@Claritism There are countries with less people that are vastly poorer and more corrupt. There's no real correlation between population size, and likelihood political polarization in my opinion.
Had a dear friend move to Norway at the end of 4th grade. This video reminded me of my ol buddy. It’s been 25 or more years but I hope your doing good Erik!
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Was closely tied.... The Norwegian work and social culture has been on a death spiral since the 90s. It's gotten more and more "American corporate" over the past 3 decades.
I’m new to the bandwagon.. but what you’ve built here is super impressive. 45min video on Norway gets a million views per day.. Cable TV eat ur heart out
Absolutely fantastic video!! I must commend the sheer depth of detail in building up the macro picture from pulling together all the micro bits. Definitely one of the best deep dives into a topic I have ever seen! Bravo 👏
hello! I'm curious, was it easy to get adjusted to the social life in Norway in a year, or did you have a hard time as a foreigner? I'm a foreigner in Poland and I'm looking for other options, and since it's hard for me here because of language barriers, I wanted to ask for your opinion.
@@donniedarko6699 It shouldn't be too hard. We're a bit anti social, but we're welcoming to foreigners that come here for work. Many find it charming that you've chosen to come to our little country. If you're comfortable speaking English, you'll find no language barrier, outside the older population (70+) most of us are fluent in English. I've worked with several foreigners, and they've all enjoyed their experience, apart from the difficulty of getting to know the people (takes effort and a bit of luck to get close to a Norwegian, we like our privacy. But it's not impossible).
@@donniedarko6699 it's impossible to socialize in Norway. Norway seems to be quite like Japan (according to what I heard about it) - you are going to stay a foreigner forever whatever you do. It is not pronounced by anybody, but it is just a fact. I live and work here for a year. I don't have even a single Norwegian friend and not even close. Some of my eastern-European colleagues live here for ten years and even more. They have already got a citizenship, the speak fluently Norwegian, even its local dialect, but the situation is the same. One of them told me that once her eldest daughter finds a boyfriend, maybe they will be able to "socialize a bit better here". PS However, Norwegians are very polite, ready to help you in case of trouble and almost all of them speak English very well. They are just extremely self-sufficient.
Norway is a true testimony to being patient, intelligent, and nonviolent and things will usually come around in your favor. As an American and a damn proud one. I admire how Norway is ran. Very smart country. With great people.
Had privilege of visiting norway to meet my best friend believe me i consider him blessed and luckiest person .....i love norway and Norwegians a lot....thier honesty hard work
The Norway economy is by far the worst in Europe. There's a bit more to economics than accumulating artificial wealth. Most foreigners who move to Norway soon learn this the hard way after moving to Norway then realising just how inconvenient living in Norway really is. That's why Norway was voted as one of the worst (52nd our of 53) countries to live in. Do the maths and less of the BS.
You have clearly no idea what you are talking about. Yeah it is known too be very difficault as foreigner too move too Norway because it is very expensive and you should also learn Norwegian to get a job that's the main reason it could be one of the most difficault to-do as foreigner, but we wan't that foreigner can take care of them self and not exploiting our great wealth system. Everyone need too have either savings that's cover the months or years you are going too stay here so if you don't have a job you can still be taken care of your self and if you manage too get a job. Well, that's amazing. That's means that you could learn our language and culture much quicker. We had for some time had people coming here just because we have the best welfare system in the world, but we can't be sending the welfare too anyone who wants too come here that would be making us very broke, very quickly. But if you are getting job and are decent with handle the money most of us can have a great economy. Even i'm as a young disability have income about $2,350 (after taxes) net every month plus i have a small job (10%) beside that, that's makes me another $330 net (after taxes) With all of the money i could be saving about $1,000 in Norway. All though i'm living in a small apartment (40 square meters), 1 bedroom, open living room and kitchen, one bathroom (what more do i need?) with a extremly good deal near Oslo (the capital of Norway), but if i had normal rent i could still be saving about $600 each month. I'm saving now about $1,000 each month as young disability. I would say that's decent. So even though if you are getting any job in Norway you should be okay with that amount because we have indirectly free hospital, free school system. We don't need too worry about the bills because it's already paid trough our tax system and because my income are so low i'm also paying less taxes (23%). Normally it would be from 27% or higher. And if you are making from 1,000,000 nok you have too be paying like 50% in taxes. This is too make it equality income for everyone and not having extremly high differencly income like United States. One other great thing i would say is that it's amazing that our chefs are soo close too the employees. We ain't afraid too speak with them about anything (job related) and nobody is really special. Even though i'm normal employees as waitress the employees are calling me as a chef. I have told them too stop doing that because i'm feeling it's little bit disrespecfull for those who actually are chefs, but when even the shift leader told me that, i was kinda "okay... i'm given up..." When i'm talking about that's nobody are really special is that even though Bill Gates, Elon Musk has visitting us, Magnus Carlsen (lives here) Ole Gunnar Solskjær (lives here) and many of the people that's on television are living a very normaly life. Of course there are few people who would love too see them in real life and go to them if they could see them, but it's nothing like in United States or U.K with the paparazzi. Richest people in the country could most of the scenarios could go with along of rest of us. I don't know how it's for Haaland though, but i bet it's about the same thing with him too but maybe it's more heated up after going too the City and won the tripple? Don't know. @@johnmcmullan9741
@@MrLasox I've been living in Norway for over 10 years. I think I a very clear idea. Have you lived anywhere else? What are you actually comparing with? What important things are you ignoring? Just consider the unfortunate geography and miserable climate. The unpleasant food. Extortionate cost of living. The heroin dealer-like ethics. The shit economy with hardly any career opportunities. I dare you to compare it with other European economies. You could even compare job opportunities online. LOL! Why are you pushing so much BS about Norway? Is it your job or something? I can't think why else anyone would, to be honest. LOL!
I have lived at Norway my whole life. The food is bad. That's the only thing i would say is bad and the geography is also bad, but we as norwegian have low expectations for that with the food. But i'm thinking that we have manage too handle the geography very well lately too handle the fjords and mountains. Miserable climate? Com'on if you can't handle the winter or any harsh seasons. Move out. Hardly career opportunities? Seriosly?! If you were born here and had education for your whole children life you can choose almost whatever you wan't to become. Because it's so low unemployment it's very easy too get a good salary and paid job. Like i said the cost of living is high, but as we all know is that we having great salaries so it's easy for us the norwegian too handle the expensive life style. @@johnmcmullan9741
It's so refreshing to hear of a government that humbly and intelligently make decisions to protect the interests of their people and FUTURE generations. Bravo to those men who made those selfless decisions 👏🙌
Selfless decisions my ass. Just come here and see how 20 cigarettes costs you up to 16$ and a pack of 400grams of minced meat can cost up to 10$. The average glass of beer (400cl) at the local pup can come to 18-20$. Not just one of the richest countries in the world but one of the most highly taxed countries in the world as well. It may sound like heaven from outside looking in but living here with the average wage compared to insane high taxes, electricity, gas and food prices makes it almost the complete opposite of what this video fools you into thinking!
And women too. Ever since she took office and left after her term ended, Erna Solberg has been massively popular as Prime Minister and regular politician.
That was not only fascinating for its own sake, but well worth watching for the relevance of the content in a complex world, not to mention that it was so well presented that I did not even fast-forward through the Brilliant promotion, even though I saw it coming a mile off. Very occasionally I find a sponsor to be actually appropriate for the video content, and yours sure is in this case. I will certainly find time to watch this again... I am sad to admit that I do not retain this much info watching only once.
As a Norwegian i've seen a few videos like this before. Yours however actually has autentic facts, videos and you get all the important parts of the history correct. This must have taken you weeks to research for. Thank you🥰 (just want to add that the government's pension fund can't invest in Norwegian owned firms and is also very stricked about what it invest in. It can't invest in weapons or other bad things, rather it invest in green energy and things like that. Kinda working against it self in a way.)
There is a separate pension fund (Folketrygdfondet) which is funded by everyone's taxes - that fund holds Norwegian stocks, about 5% of the Norwegian stock market in fact. This includes companies like Equinor (oil), DNB (banking), Yara (fertiliser) and also some Scandinavian companies like Novo Nordisk (pharma).
@@odins1eye So very,very ,sad the way Israel is being dictated over by Netinyahoo with his band of misfits in parlament . He,like trump , is up on multable charges ,so as long as he does war his thing ,he,ll avoid procecution .' His ' war is as terrible as 'poopin,s ' in Ukrane . Hopefully the masses can get him out of the president,s office and into a cell ?? 82% of Israelies are vehemitly against him and want him out .Hopefully soon .
Norway, like Sweden, collaborated with the Nazis. It is also a non-diverse country that basically consists of Oslo and its suburbs, is intellectually shallow and has no knowledge industry.
Great video! You did miss a small detail in the Norwegian industry development. The Artificial Fertilizer industry, being able to process Nitrate, a energy intensive industry that spurred the developtment of many of the Hydro electric dams alongside aluminium. Infact the was before the aluminium industrt getting a foothold in Norway. Because it Norway extremely limited agricultural land, there was a heavy incentive to make them as effective as possible, one way was through Fertilizers which was dominated by the natural guano industry, which was expensive but necessary to import. And to not be reliant in this they went into the developt artificial fertilizers which came to dominate the agriculture industry today. Another thing that was also not covered is that Norway also had the most Thorium rich mountains in the entire world. Therr is a movement pushing for Nuclear energy in Norway that wishes to capitalize on this. Making much safer and more effective Thorium reactors that provide enough energy to power the entirety of europe for centuries to come. Norway has the Industry, the education and most importantly, money to developt this if they wanted. But currently its not being prioritised because of Oil and Gas just being a much cheaper alternative with pre existing infrastructure. Hopefully this will change when the Norge Mining decides to develop mines and quarreys for rare earth ad phosphate extraction.
You are missing the point. Thorium is a mineral that we can't mine directly, and the technology for thorium reactors are non existent. Norway is a very small country and we are not even interested in being early adopters for a new technology.
They don't need Nuclear in Norway they have enough energy from hydro much safer rewnewable they even export it. Their Oil is not using for energy more for products and cars which other Europe need because EVs are not selling fast enough, hope it change in the feature and we no need Oil and Gas anymore. Thorium is way more available worldwide than Uranium you have many countrys who can mine Thorium, Australia and America example which i prefer for mines there are enough dead landscap compare to Norways beautiful Nature
@@jrnandreassen3338 there are technology for thorium reactors, and many of them focusing on liquid salt have proven to be extremely safe and more efficient than traditional uranium ones. The reason Uranium eventually won out was simply the dual purpose off Uranium reactors, Energy and Nuclear weapons. Having Thorium fuelled reactors has processes and byproducts that won't allow for nuclear weaponization. And it is because of the limited knowledge of industrialization Thorium for energy use where Norway is poised to be prime candidate to pioneer the usage of this, we have the money, education and resources. If we develop how to utilize this in a cost effective manner, this allows Norway to export this very technology both in the mining and energy sector, gives Norway even more leverage to energy intensive countries as we have a solution to sort out their energy related problems. Especially considering in the green movement front, none of our renewable energy sources are able to meet thr upcoming demands of energy. Nuclear is the only viable alternative. It is afterall just as clean as green energy. There is simply not enough viable rivers and waterfalls, windswept plains and sunny fields to be able to provide a reliable and enough energy output to the ever growing demand.
I’m an American and I don’t get it. Leaders that act wisely and deliberately on behalf of the citizenry? What? Looking ahead and planning for the future? What? Valuing community, opportunity, equity, and equality? What? Sharing the wealth? Now that’s just crazy. Wealth is only for the top 1% right?
@@cimivmy babelfish must be malfunctioning, I'd say the comment was more like a wonderful pan galactic gargle blaster or a gig (at a safe distance of course) by Hotblack and the guys of Disaster Area
We went there on holilday. It felt crazy how calm the country had been before the rain, and how it turned into a monsterous combination of an endless amount of aggressive waterfalls directly after.
There is a story that, the first time that Statoil was filing taxes, the tax form did not have enough space for all the digits in the tax they were gonna pay, so the guy in charge of accounting at Statoil had to walk down to the tax office to figure out how to handle it.
Norway is also the home of a very powerful Olympic Team. They invested in hard science dedicated to human high performance. They've also a rich history with XC Skiing and they've recently become a leader in long distance and 400 hurdles events at the World Class level. Amazing development by a nation that takes pride in being efficient and economical in their pursuit to endure.
And non-arguably, they have the best football player in the world (Brauten), but sucks stiflingly with their national team (female handball team is good though)
I've been training with the world's best winter sports team just for the heck of it. It was fun! And gruelling. OL -94 skate team (they won it all. Amazing!)
True, however they are not quite up there in the biggest sports, but it's not that easy with a small population. But the Scandinavian/Northern European physique is generally very good and just getting better for each generation
In Norway we have also discovered so mush phosphate that it can supply the whole world for 100 years + the Fen Rare earth mineral field that will supply quite a bit of the worlds demands for minerals. Sweden has also struck gold with rare earth minerals in Kiruna so Chinas hold on those minerals will be displased as well :)
Rare earths are really not that rare. They are found all over the world. The processing and refining is very environmentally destructive which is why US closed all its rare earth mines and let China pay the pollution price for mining and refining rare earth. Doubt Europe wants to promote such polluting industries.
The Swedish find could be a political overestimation to encourage Norway to build out Ofotbanen railroad more since Sweden relies on it for iron ore export. Also even if it is 100% true the extraction of rare earth minerals is difficult in developed countries, as it's an extremely dirty and hazardous job no sane westerner would take. Basically cutting 20 years off your life expectancy. That's why China and Morocco can do it, but there would have to be tech advancements to make it possible in Sweden.
@@Vinterloft True, but I don't think it will take them many years to develop very safe ways to extract them. As long as companies see there can be huge profits from it, they will quickly find solutions. The invention and use of robotics and drones are are speeding up extremely fast these days and you can be sure that both Norway and Sweden will make much use of them in their mining industry in a few years.
Chinas hold on those minerals is due to there control of the processing, unless Norway and Sweden also develope rare earth processing industry (which China owns the IP of, like Taiwan controlling superconductors) Norway and Sweden will need Chinese help.
Thank you for the outstanding professional educational and offering a better future. It is an amazing channel and certainly I would recommend everyone to support it's amazing content and work.
Norway is the definition of "Don't get high on your own supply", they already had the hydropower infrastructure so, they were able to sell almost all the Natural gas they produce instead of using a good portion of it themselves. Which meant it was even more profitable.
Fun Fact: Farouk Al-Kasim Farouk Al-Kasim is a geologist from Iraq that moved to Norway in 1968 - just before we discovered oil. He became instrumental in the development of Norwegian oil policy.
@@KimCaspar Just google him, but yeah, he did contribute quite a lot both on regulations and the more technical side, this isn't really in doubt, the guy was knighted for it. Random fact about him: after the invasion of Iraq he helped write the countrys new oil regulations.
Very informative and interesting video. Some of the stuff mentioned after 37:00 that is about Norwegians future is somewhat speculative, some of the resources are not so easy to extract and it will be expensive to do so, if they ever get allowed to do it due to risk of destroying nature. Also future of energy is not yet determined, many speculate that nuclear energy will be the future, with solar on 2nd place. But who knows what the future holds.
8:35 How much electricity? Practically all homes are electrically heated. It's more economical to export the natural gas and oil than using it to heating
@@haarstad88 My (possibly outdated) info is that 96% of the electricity produced in Norway is hydro power, and 98% is renewable. I'm just wondering what those last 2% are. Since I can't think of any. Maybe my numbers are from back when we had an operating gas power plant.
@@Tjalve70 Probably the few trash burning power plants we have, I guess it could be the gas power plants on our oil platforms, but if those counted I suspect it would be more than 2%. Also wind is now about 10%.
FUN FACT: The former king of Norway Olav V was immensely popular because he ruled by example, earning him the nickname "the People's King." When driving was restricted due to the 1973 oil crisis, the king, who legally could've driven, took public transport carrying his skiing gear on his shoulders. When the media asked him how he could even dare to go outside without bodyguards, he responded by saying "I have four million bodyguards," referring to the population of Norway at the time.
That sounds like a great king. But it’s still annoying how people pay so much attention to people with money who say they’re gonna help people but people are every where having terrible problems and nobody’s doing anything.
Leading by example
King Olav was in Stavanger in 1976 visiting Elf Aquatiane, a French Oil company. My sister and I were told he was soon leaving and we would be able to see him. There was only a few people waiting. Soon enough he was exiting and quite gracious. My sister jumped in front of him taking his picture and startling him. He responded with a chuckle. It was a different time then.
Very interesting
Sorry, what was the "fun" aspect of this supposed fact?
Its not actually hydropower, its mountain trolls on spinning bikes
lol, fax
HOLY SHIT MARTINA
Shhhsss... We don't talk about the trolls....
aeioi
Shhhh-don’t reveal their secret. 😅
It's not all glamour. In 2011 we experienced a butter shortage. We sorted it out, thankfully. It's difficult for me to talk about.
Yes, I remember that. It was like hell on earth. 😂😂😂😂
......it was a dark time.
😂😂
How about we trade our useless irish politicians but delicious irish butter mountains for some Norwegian politicians ? No take backs
Don't get me started on Gastromat...
In addition to being wealthy, Norway is INSANELY beautiful. Travelling the country from point to point in spring felt like moving through a fairytale land, I'm not kidding. The deep fjord valleys, massive snow covered mountains, dense forests, lush green prairies, crystal-clear rivers, thousands of waterfalls... It's hard to imagine a prettier landscape to me. And most of it is practically untouched by the human hand, with just a few colourful wooden-house villages scattered here and there.
Being born in Norway must be like winning lottery on so many levels...
we're blessed here in BC (Canada) too. actually very similar typography. please visit if you can.
@@voiciray I wish I could! It's so far away...
How is the issue with the wildfires though? I heard you are having very rough summers as of late
@@osasunaitor yeah that's definitely something that has gotten worse all over Canada. In BC last year, the largest wildfire was larger in size than the whole New York metro area. If you come, come earlier in the year before May.
@@voiciray That's terrible, so much wilderness being destroyed... I hope it won't get worse in the coming years. Thanks for the tip!
@@osasunaitorThe wilderness will easily regrow, the problem is the fauna that gets killed in the fires🥺
as a Norwegian, a 40 min video of about how good we are was very entertaining
Cries in Danish :(
Union again plz?
least cocky norwegian
rart vi får så mye oppmerksomhet
@@ritterspots89swede here, kalmarunion?
If I learned Norwegian, how would a Mexican be treated in Norway?
@@MrAAA004Ikke faen, vi så hvordan det gikk sist gang
Norway is the country which won the lottery but kept the normal job
Very well said
Norway be like "All I do is win, win win! No matter what!" 😂
In practice we're just someone with a normal job. One might expect health care, transportation and so on to be amazing, but there's nothing particularly impressive about life here compared to much of Europe
Excellent, just excellent 😂
And keeps salaries super low so 50% of their people can barely survive
As a Brit, it’s depressing to hear how a countries leaders had such amazing foresight to ensure their countries prosperity for decades to come. Unlike my countries leaders who have only ensured a death by a 1000 cuts for the UK.
UK greenies stopped oil & gas production, North sea oil given away for what, fools running the show.
Yes 5mill Norwegians ethos will go right out the window once they accept the rest of the world to land on there shores
I feel identical about America... I honestly cannot stand how dysfunctional and unaffordable it is here now and it's only getting worse and no one's doing anything about it.
As a Aussie I feel the same. We have been let down by decades of inept Governments. We should have had a sovereign wealth fund as well, instead we allow our resources to be plundered by the mega resources companies with just peanuts going back into the local economy. To make matters worse the Federal Govt has flooded the country with immigrants whilst in the grips of a housing crisis. The golden age of Australia is long gone, we are now in serious trouble with such short sighted policies which just fluff around the edges but doesn’t actually address the situation.
The British government with Thatcher in the lead, made sure to give the already rich, including herself the vast majority of the profit from the gas and oil and extremely little of it to the lower classes.
Even if the UK is a democratic country have you always made sure that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
I think it is a total disgrace how many people in the UK that live in such poverty as they do.
And you will only get more of them the way your politicians run your country.
Specially the Tories.
And you far from made it any better for you, voting Yes to Brexit.
Making your economy even worse.
I lived in Norway for a very short time. I miss it so much. The most beautiful place I have ever been, super lovely friendly people. I actually would do anything to move back there
W human
You can manifest it
What?
Are we friendly? 😭 Everyone seems so cold and standoffish.
@@heavnxbound yeah I loved the people there they were amazing such wonderful people
the day i watch a reallifelore video without the word vast is the day the world ends
Also, the phrase "in the world"
Lol. Get a grip simp
That day, all joy would have left the world
Should probably stop watching them then.
@@LuisSierra42 Wth simp
You did start out very nicely by showing how our fjords and coastline meant sea transport was crucial. The very best way to illustrate this is to look at our road numbering system:
It starts at 2! This is a silent acknowledgment that the sea has always been #1, i.e. our main highway.
Highway # 1 gave the country its name. Nordvegr as the vikings called it, is shortened into today's Norge.
This gave me a great smile!
Except it's not true, route number 1 was used for the road between Oslo and Svinesund before it was changed to European route 6 in the 60s, and then later for a brief period in the 90s for the road between Stavanger and Kristiansund.
@@olnnn I have reported your comment.
@@hepphepps8356good you did so! That buster was trying to sort things out with facts. That's so old fashioned!
The smartest thing Norway did when striking oil was to not go on a spending binge, but to carefully ensure that a) Foreign oil companies could not exploit them and, b) Save the proceeds in a national fund for the inevitable "rainy day", not allowing the sudden wealth to ruin the local economy like the Dutch did. Best of all, the Norwegian nation is just fine with this! Gas/petrol is EXPENSIVE in Norway and people are concentrating on electric vehicles, which makes perfect sense with their abundant renewable hydro-electrical energy supply.
We Icelanders are proud of the foresight of our sensible big brother, Norway.
How can you guys be so cool? No pun intended!
You also jailed the bankers after the global financial crisis. Go Iceland!
Everything in Norway is EXPENSIVE! It is one of the most highly taxed countries in the world, come here and see how 400cl of beer at the local pup can come to 18$ and 400gam pack of minced meat can come to 10$. There is a reason why Norwegians living close to the border of Sweden flocks there to buy almost all food, alcohol and household products except vegetables.
I can go to Sweden and buy 6 months worth of food for a third of my pay check which in Norway would buy me maybe 2 months worth.
@@lukemurray3854yeah. People like to focus a lot on the good without considering the bad.
Norway as a country is obviously in a very good state, but cost of living is a big issue there. Even in Finland where we often decry our super high cost of living we still look at Norway prices and say "no thanks". Though admittedly Norwegians also make way more money than us, it was quite popular in Finland to work in Norway on a temporary basis to build up savings.
@@lukemurray3854 Usually "expensive" countries have a workforce that is paid accordingly. One benefit is that virtually everywhere else is relatively INEXPENSIVE, even Sweden.
I've watched lots of videos on your channel and enjoyed them all. This one is the single best that I've watched. I usually don't watch videos this long on YT, but this one worth the time. Regards from Azerbaijan
Norway is a rare case of an oil state not completely squandering the money
Yep, it's like they won the lottery and decided to keep their day job
I think we were really blessed by both the timing of the discovery, the trust amongst the public to their officials, and our politicians simply doing what was in the best interest of all of us.
Like, most people at the time had lived through the occupation of WWII, and they knew how tougher times actually were.
I think that if this discovery had happened a decade or two later, the story would have been a lot different to what it is.
Ironically we have to thank an Iranian for that decision. Originally Norway intended to copy the American method or sell 50% of ownership and trade with Sweden if they helped us, Sweden said no. Sweden has regretted their decision ever since.
One of the few cases of an oil state that isn't some autocratic monarchy as well.
Nordic culture is less corrupt.
Damn, what a satisfying thing to see a country managing money and resources inteligently. Gotta admit I got a little jealous, but good for them. I hope, naively, that the rest of the world learns something from them someday.
Agree 100%! 👍
I mean when you have a group of us euros without outsiders and subversive "people" abusing our natural altruism we succeed far more than every other group. There is a reason laws have to be made to hold us back and let lesser people take positions we deserve bc otherwise we dominate every field.
@@davidabest7195 do you really have nothing in your own life to be proud of except this vague sense of belonging to such a non specific generic concept like european? even if so, you do not inherit any of the merits of your ancestors’ deeds, as well as achievements of your co-citizens. Watch the video - it is not about nationality or color, it’s about collective thinking, smart decisions and a little bit of luck.
@@davidabest7195 life is ironic, it’s always the lowest and most useless member of the group does the most chest pounding and calls others “lesser people”
It's sad that the UK has similar resources (see the Woodsmith Mine near Whitby and projects in renewable energy) but what we lack is competent leadership and the national will and foresight to make the most of what we have. There's very much an attitude of "cake today not bread tomorrow".
“kinetic energy just sitting there” is a funny phrase.
My favorite is when the narrator said "more easier. "
Kinetic energy is doing anything except just sitting there.
Technically, this is "potential energy", but "kinetic energy just siitting there" works too xD
ikr that's just an extended way to say "potential energy"
he has to reach his word quota somehow
Norway is such an amazing country. As a Dane, I could easily see myself living in Norway in the future, although the lack of low altitudes might kill me.
@@Nordsan haha 😆
Y’all Danes talk like You guys have a potato in your mouth😂
The only problem is that if everything continued like this with (1.4 birth rate), they will get extinct by the end of century
Fun fact: The "Volvo Deal" was almost a reality, where Norway offered Volvo 40% stake in exchange for oil rights in the 70s. Only one of the offered areas had gas; none had oil. Rejected by Volvo's shareholders for undervaluing Volvo and overestimating Norwegian oil. Fast forward, Norway's oil wealth soared, now having a $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, while Volvo was bought by Geely in 2010.
Why would they sell it to China?..
Because ford is incompetent and drove them, jaguar aston martin and land rover into the ground
Fun for Norway, not so fun for Volvo shareholders.
Volvo did some bad business in the 70s 😂
Wasn't around the same time they "sold" cars to North Korea 😅
It was actually blocked by a pensioner fund with a significant stake in Volvo if I remember correctly.
Bad times for Volvo, could have been the worlds most economically sound car manufacturer by a enormous margin.
I'm a Norwegian and this is a very good summary of Norway's economic history. Finally, a summary that got it right.
somewhat good summary of history. but not projection.. when oil/gas disappears there will be a fall considering the borderline useless politicians
Im one too
He didn't get the phosphate findings right, though. It's "only" 2bn tonnes. This has to be extracted from 70bn tonnes of rock. The Economist is the source of this misunderstanding, and Norge Mining has confirmed it was a misunderstanding
Are you a conscript?
But I miss the mention of the 'oilfond' and the financing of oil search, but maybe it's too economical.
How refreshing to see something as inspirational as a society with foresight and morals. The Norwegians have lots of natural advantages but they manage them intelligently, and that makes all the difference. I would love to see the rest of the world learn from this. Thank you for making this video.
Well I think Bernt Anker brothers has something to do with that. Apparently the dude wasted a such a large fortune. That Had it lasted to today. The fortune would be bigger than. Norways oil fund by more then 10 times In today's money.
As a Norwegian, it's super cool to see how we've managed all this. However, and I keep yapping on about this, it's not like this formula can just be copy-pasted onto random countries and VOÍLA, everything is all fine and dandy. It cannot be overstated how much easier it is to accomplish this here where absolutely no one lives. A microscopic population is easier to rule and sort out than an absolute behemoth like the US, which would never find success with the same model for a billion different reasons. This was a great video tho, sweet little free advertising for Norway lmfao
@@Matfridtthe only reason it wouldn't work out in the US is because the elites think they are entitled to 3 out of every 4 dollars made. The only difference is a plutocrat class who sees other Americans as "useless eaters". They think they don't need other Americans hence why they outsourced most good jobs in the 80's and 90's. Nowhere is this more visible than in Beverly Hills one of the richest places in Earth and a couple city blocks over is skid row where people live on the streets in abject poverty
@@noobnoob5072 I'm interested in hearing what you think you know about that. As far as I can tell, that's entirely false.
@@Matfridt As much as you,re statement has merit ,I believe the major difference is what,s in people,s hearts .Do polititions act as Christian or just mouth they do ? Hipocricy seems to be the dominant theme ,country to country . Once they,re elected anything goes ,especialy morals or word . And a few ,even now ,want to be king above all others (till they die ) , free from ANY resemblance to Christianity . "only I can solve it ' 'laws don,t apply to Me ' ME-me-me . My wife ,of Norwegian ancestry and Christian , have fantasized about immigrating there ( where her mother was born ) , if for the fact we,re both pushing 80 , but at least our son is young enough to take our place .At least for him at 6 ' 5" won,t feel so different than common heighted people , here . Just sayin'. PS -Canada is perhaps one of the best ( some say best ) countries otherwise and we do love it here ,we,re blessed to be here all said and done . Just wish our country would imitate Norway , in so many instances . Once Norway became a Christian nation ,they have not forsakened Christianity for the possesion obsessed examples too numerus to list . It truly is all for one and one for all like Jesus preached .Love it .
I like how you went from discussing how Gallium to Germanium are quite indispensable for semi conductor production to how Norway has huge phosphate mines just to say "Checkmate China".
I dont understand how gallium and germanium are related to phosphate either
As a swede I am a bit jealous but most of all happy for Norway! They are paving the way on how countries should operate. Be like Norway.
Be white, blond haired, blue eyed germanic majority? Sounds familiar.
While Norwegians are envious of Swedish innovation and business. 👍
So have a majority of white people with blond hair and blue eyes of germanic origins? Adolf, is that you?
As a Quebecois I'm an admirer of both countries 🤘Hydro 4 life!
@@MrOvipareI’m from onterrible, and wish we could be more like Quebec
6:45 This part is exrremely important to us Norwegians. Trust is a massive part of our culture. In a store you can leave the queue if you forgot something and come back without anyone batting an eye. We trust each other enought to leave our own babies outside un-supervised. I love this country so much, and wouldn't trade living here for anything else.
this is just nordic people in general
@@fidelkva4810also the ones in Malmo? 😅
@@user-ut8gh7ww9y We don’t talk about Malmö or Stockholm…
It will be interesting to see how our society which is built upon trust will develop with increasingly more youth crime in urban areas, most of which comes from immigrant youth...
@@felonymelody4773 Yes, the immigration has definetely gone too far. I hope we don't turn into the catastrophe we now call Sweden.
FunFact: Since Norway is not dependent on the phosphor mining as an income, but Marocco is, Norway and Marocco has started a dialog. When and if Norway start mining phosphor, they have plans to only supply the market with an amount that will not affect prices or take away buyers from Marocco, therefore securing and stabilize the much needed income for Marocco. That is pretty awsome.
It's called price fixing, cartels do the same to ensure the free market doesnt work for the buyer but serves the interest of the seller
I'm half Norwegian, half Moroccan. I'll be the middleman. I won't skim off the top... I swear.. ehm, I swear..
You mean ''therefore securing Norway gets the best price possible'' I am Norwegian and this is not to 'help' Morocco.. Like someone else already said. It's more like price fixing.
@@Borrelaas yep and now norway will own morroco... they will have to do everything norway wants them to do on the world scale
@@BH-gh6qmwomp womp
Basically, Norway's prosperity comes down to long term planning... which is a cultural trait probably evolved over millenia as consequence to its harsh winter weather: basically, in such a climate, if you don't plan for winter, when winter comes, you die... same if you don´t help each-other when conditions get bad... so instead of spending it all now and "hoping for the best" regarding the future as so many countries do, Norway has always planned for the future, and never got its head turned by any "lottery wins"... like a person using their winning at a lottery to invest in their future as opposed to partying, buying expensive cars and so on
Most sane ppl do that, it's just as he said, corrupt or short seighted politians who want immediate wins
Well said.👍
that's insanely racist
Russia does have the same "consequences of winter" yet is not even close to being like Norway. Lol
Long-term planning is not allowed under neoliberal economics, so Norway will be made to repent.
I am not Norwegian but I live here in this country. It is not all perfect but this is a country close to being perfect. I may not be Norwegian but I definitely am proud to defend this land that I now call my home. I would never ever dare say anything bad about this country. This country and its people have given me hope and a clear vision to which path I should take. Eventually the purpose of my existence. That in itself is something good to wake up everyday for.
What nationality are you?
@@NotSure7474 Why do you ask?
Just interested I guess
You're allowed to complain about the shitty roads😂
Lucky you (which I’m pretty sure it’s far from luck and more regarding hard work, learning the language, etc).
Cheers and all the best.
Wow, what an informational video! I listened non-stop for 40 minutes and I have adhd so.. this was so fun
Yet I keep hearing that China, which has 1.412 billion people, is doomed because its population is shrinking.
I agree I also find it hard to watch 40 min videos straight
Look up 'hyperfocusing', you might find it interesting if you have ADHD.
Can you remover any facts from the video? 10 seconds to think about it.
@@Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuckshhjit you mean remember? I remember some stuff yeah
As someone living in Quebec, it strikes me that Norway has the hydro usage patterns (and aluminum factories) of Quebec, the oil/gas resources and soverign wealth fund mechanisms of Alberta, and the fjord-indented, forested, rugged, and mountainous west-facing coast (and hydro capacity) of British Columbia.
Interesting comparison. But land-wise, you’re so much bigger.
@@suzanneemerson2625 Right, I'm not denying that either.
Don't forget a very important factor: Norway is a really great neighbor which enables trade routes to be very stable because everyone likes them as a country. /neighboring swede.
even Russia?
@@tomasbeltran04050 For the most part, yeah, especially before they went invasion crazy. We have our conflicts over fishing and they did squeeze us into accepting an ocean border that favored them and they don't really agree with us when it comes to some islands, but for the most part they don't care that much. It probably helps that we have never been part of their empires (it helps that we only got a border with them after the Winter war), our border is tiny and since we haven't militarized our side the fact that it's close to their northern fleet maters less than you might think.
After the invasion it has soured quite a bit with sanctions and complaints.
@@msuomtv þank you
@@tomasbeltran04050 No problem, and I understand why you asked, our relationship with Russia is almost unique, and I really wish Putin would stop wrecking it.
Everyone likes Norway? Norway is a country of 5 million people that have isolated themselves, and kept all of Europe's riches for themselves. Many people rightly point out Norway has been war profiteering from Russia's war, getting filthy rich, while many in mainland Europe and the UK can barely afford their electric bill.
I thought it's because of Erling Haaland's goal bonuses going straight into the government fund.
Imagine
I'm sure Norway has a way to collect tax on that as well
Didn't his dad move to Switzerland to avoid paying taxes in Norway?
@@Permuhnah, I think the only country doing that is the USA
I think the same for Magnus Carlsen, I wonder if he pays lot of taxes or has offshore to avoid them
As a Norwegian, this was interresting to me aswell, i didnt know about our country being wealthy for so long, i found it strange though that the fishing industry wasnt even mentioned.
He mentioned it near the beginning, but only briefly to segue into how Norway got such a big merchant marine fleet.
Me too, especially because we (I'm Portuguese) eat almost all of the codfish that you fish, but we salt it instead.
@@njsferoh, you don’t like Lutefisk? Also known as salted cod jelly…
@@DanFreezin I never tried it but I would like to. It looks like our salted "bacalhau" (codfish). Codfish is the only salted fish that we eat here in Portugal.
@@njsferI’m from a small town on the coast of Norway called Kristiansund and every year we have a Bacalao (we say) festival because the town was settled by fishermen from all over (i presume) and it became a long standing tradition on the coast of Norway!
Switzerland and Norway just keep winning since the 1800’s
Specially during the 40s😂
I did not think my country was this successful
@@ac1455 Thats right.. Congtatulations having the highest standard of living in the world to Switzerland :) Greetings from Norway
Finally a UA-cam video that actually said the fact that oil only embellished an already thriving economy.
To be fair I didn't really see anyone NOT mentioning that when talking about Norwegian economy
@@Sigthorsson-d4lNot true. Please provide SSB or similar statistics for such an outrageous claim.
genetics is key
Northern Europeans are just better
@@armin3057Because they had no wars. Even during World War II, Norway was spared, which could not be said about other countries. They continued to develop while others had to rebuild from the rubble or were absorbed into communism.
@@armin3057 that statement is bs
Your ability to explain sometihng in excrutiating detail, and then explain what you just explained in the same excutiating detail, is truly unparalleled.
excruciatingly unparalleled*
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It’s because it’s a ChatGPT written script
It's been 6 minutes since playing this and I'm overwhelmed with the sheer amount of information packed into this video so far.
I bet your head exploded after 44 minutes with information? Lol.
@@MrLasox need time to process those 6 minutes, will watch the rest after 2 months.
yeah, no kidding...I was watching at 1.25x and now my brain hurts..
Norway is like this young guy who won the lottery and used his money wisely. He invests it so his children and grandchildren can live comfortably. He stilll goes to work but doesn't have to be stressed.
Norway is one of the most beautiful countries in the world... it's actually unsettling how extreme the beauty is when you're there.
Too bad it's slowly and steadily being covered and ruined by industry and infrastructure. Only 11,5% of Norway could be considered wilderness in 2018, and the percentage is decreasing at an ever growing, alarming rate. It's a big conflict going on in the country at the moment, now that people have become aware of how extreme it has gotten. 118,500 square meters of nature is demolished EVERY DAY. It's insane, and it makes me sad...
det hørtes ikke så bra ut, er du sikker
@@aeriumsoft Yeah, it’s been all over NRK (the state channel) for the last month or so. The show Oppsynsmannen with Bård Tufte Johansen does a deep dive to find out how and why this is happening.
@@ConfusedLynx you know norway is pretty big, typically the most damage human population does to nature is the asphalt covering cities and the food crops to supply them, and since there's not that many of us the impact isn't that great. The other big thing is dams which has always been controversial but were mostly built way back.
I guess the big question these days is how much damage building out windfarms will cause, and maybe the aesthetics of long powerlines...
"it's actually unsettling (...) when you're there."
Unless you're used to it.
I moved to Norway 19 years ago, and that was definitely one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Hi, Mike. 😉
Hi @@-_James_-
you can be one of the two James I know, so I'm going to assume you are currently enjoying the sun in Valencia? 😉
@@DbugII You guessed correct. 🙂
Wholesome thread
@@gladJonasThere are so few people in Norway, that you often bump in the very same people in very different locations :)
This is one of the best UA-cam documentaries I’ve ever seen. A lot of work went in to this. Well done!
Thanks to the Norway's country, people and their leaders, they are all certainly do deserve our respect and gratitude.
It has to be said, that not only does Norway have a lot of its relative power covered by hydropower - it also uses electricity for everything. There are very few gas powered kitchen stoves in Norway - almost no houses are heated by gas. Just about everything in every home is powered in its entirety by electrical power, including heating water, heating houses and cooking.
We are the 3rd biggest exporter of oil though
@@evander2347 we were in the 90's and early 2000s perhaps. Now we're down at 8th!
@@Norralin still a rather glaring hypocrisy imo, but they did ban drilling outside Loften at least.
@@evander2347 oh, yes - absolutely horrific hypocrisy. Norway is responsible (directly or indirectly) for a percentage or two of global co2 emissions anually. Which is crazy considering how few there are of us.
@@evander2347 how is that hypocrisy? There will always be producers of oil. The ones that is using the oil is the problem. If one country stops producing oil, they give more power to Saudi Arabia to control the oil market. A very bad dictatorship warmongering country.
I`d rather a peaceful country produce oil, then a corrupt one.
as someone living in Norway;
Hearing Norway even get mentioned feels like seeing your teacher outside of school.
Og i en video der vi blir forklart at vi er best.
lol
How can I move to Norway???
@@HenricoK91or bicycle
@@jayreagan5999by an viking ark
This was a fantastic tutorial on the topic - fast-moving, dense with information and incredibly educational and informative! Many thanks!!!
Wow. This is fascinating. Never knew any country/government could be this efficient. Thank you for the superb detailed summary
Traveling to Norway has been one of my life’s highlights. It’s beautiful, pristine, rugged, and mountainous.
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...Nice to hear. But you should also try to live here during the dark months.
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Been there to and its Cold and Dark no Sun Half of The year and Women are Boring Ugggly Feminists too ! Be honest Men ! Fact !
I wanna move there and race change to Norwegian
Wow, a state that can actually do long term planning...
due to the culture of its people... =)
@@TainDK Naw, less people = less potential differences in opinion.
It lacks diversity. That is its weakness.
@@tbird-z1r lol. As if
@@Claritism There are countries with less people that are vastly poorer and more corrupt. There's no real correlation between population size, and likelihood political polarization in my opinion.
Had a dear friend move to Norway at the end of 4th grade. This video reminded me of my ol buddy. It’s been 25 or more years but I hope your doing good Erik!
He's good and has 10x your net worth
I know the Erik living in Oslo. He's all good, just had a baby. Don't know the other Erik
@@kenfk3794The other one moved from Oslo to Bodø a few years ago.
They usually dont move back once they have moved there. Go visit him.
This is the sign that you need to make contact with Erik again! He would probably get very happy from hearing from you! 😁
When i was young, i visited Norway in the 80s. I absolutely loved ❤it there. The fyord is unbelievably gorgeous. Bergen is a stylish, beautiful town.
Western world: "Oh no we're running out of a specific resource again"
Norway about to spawn a comically large deposit every single time:
Sounds about right like we knew beforehand. Norway likes to create shortages for more money basically a global corruption to the .market
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¡Gracias!
Seems to me, collective intelligence is also a rare earth source that added to the wealth of Norway. Kudos!
Thanks
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 *🇳🇴 Norway has a small population of about 5.2 million but a large landmass, making it one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe.*
01:09 *🏞️ Only 2.2% of Norway's land is suitable for agriculture, which is comparable to countries like Yemen, leading to limited agricultural potential.*
02:45 *🛢️ Contrary to popular belief, Norway has been relatively wealthy throughout its history, attributed to factors beyond oil, such as maritime culture and geographical advantages.*
08:10 *💡 Norway's extensive rivers and waterfalls, coupled with modern hydroelectric technology, enabled rapid industrialization and electrification by the early 20th century.*
10:18 *⚡ The harnessing of hydroelectric power laid the foundation for Norway's industrial boom, particularly in aluminum production, leveraging its abundant energy resources.*
11:56 *🌊 Norway's pragmatic approach to the hydro industry, gradually securing state control over resources, served as a model for the management of the emerging oil and gas sector.*
15:01 *⛽ Norway's oil and gas exploration began in the late 1960s, leading to significant discoveries like the Ekofisk field, transforming the nation's economy and global standing.*
16:12 *🏭 Drawing from past experiences, Norway established rules ensuring majority state ownership in oil and gas ventures, balancing foreign investment with national control over resources.*
17:30 *🛠️ Norway's expertise in maritime industries facilitated the development of leading companies like Equinor, contributing significantly to the nation's economy and energy sector dominance.*
18:24 *💰 Norway possesses substantial oil and gas reserves, ranking among the largest in Europe, providing a crucial energy supply to both domestic and European markets.*
19:05 *💡 Natural gas presents a logistical challenge for export due to its gaseous state, requiring pipelines instead of container shipping like oil.*
20:27 *🌍 Norway, by 2021, had built 11 undersea gas pipelines to directly supply European consumers, with Norway becoming the EU's second-largest natural gas exporter.*
21:21 *📊 Oil and gas comprised 21% of Norway's GDP and 51% of exports in 2021, establishing Norway as a petro-state, albeit without typical issues of corruption and authoritarianism.*
22:17 *🌐 Norway stands out as a democratic petro-state, unlike most others, with a long history of communal ownership of resources and strong democratic institutions.*
25:32 *💰 Norway established the Pension Fund Global in 1990 to diversify the economy away from oil, investing oil revenues in global markets while capping withdrawals at 3% per year.*
26:55 *📈 The Pension Fund Global is the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, with assets exceeding $1.2 trillion, making Norway a major investor in global markets.*
28:06 *🛢️ Norway, despite modest reserves, became a major oil and gas exporter, with exports surging after the EU reduced imports from Russia due to the conflict in Ukraine.*
29:45 *🌬️ Norway's renewable energy potential, including hydro and wind power, allows it to meet 95% of its electricity demand domestically, freeing up oil and gas for export.*
31:09 *🚗 Norway's incentives for electric vehicles resulted in 88% of new car sales being EVs in 2022, reducing domestic oil consumption and enhancing energy security.*
32:33 *🌍 Norway's philosophy focuses on exporting oil and gas while prioritizing domestic renewable resources, making it energy independent and financially robust.*
38:21 *🔍 China's dominance in rare earth resources poses geopolitical risks, highlighted by export restrictions on critical metals like gallium and germanium.*
39:29 *🌍 Norway's Norgay mining company discovers the world's largest reserve of phosphate, potentially doubling global reserves and challenging Morocco's previous dominance.*
40:24 *💰 Norway's phosphate discovery also likely contains significant amounts of titanium and vanadium, metals crucial for various industries, potentially reducing reliance on China.*
41:46 *🛢️ In addition to oil and gas, Norway is poised to become Europe's largest source of rare earth materials, enhancing the continent's strategic autonomy in technology and energy.*
42:42 *📈 Norway's strategic investments and resources position it for sustained prosperity, leveraging its wealth fund and renewable energy initiatives for long-term growth.*
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also very little diversity
Your type font is too small for this to be useful.
Are you freaking kidding! Smdh@@suzanneemerson2625
It's fascinating to learn about how Norwegian industry and culture are so closely tied.
That's how it is in all countries. Corrupt cultures have corrupt businesses.
Immigration is hurting Norwegian work ethic. There’s less unity
Was closely tied.... The Norwegian work and social culture has been on a death spiral since the 90s. It's gotten more and more "American corporate" over the past 3 decades.
@@mevans4953bullshit lmao
@@prysin8890 I'd say the opposite. Our public sector has gotten more bloated since the 90s.
I’m new to the bandwagon.. but what you’ve built here is super impressive. 45min video on Norway gets a million views per day.. Cable TV eat ur heart out
Every commercial brake is like designed to irritate you before sucking out your soul
@@sjetong UA-cam premium is the only “streaming” service I have / can afford and this comment just reaffirmed that transaction
Bruh cable tv gets way more views and more money.
You're broke.@@judeau9151
Great video! 👍
Thanks!
Where's mine? 😋
This is the power of cooperation and doing what is best for the group. Everyone wins, Norway wins.
Norway mentioned 🇸🇯🇳🇴
NORGE
Makes me want to move back
@@bjarkiengelsson why’d you leave
@@Your_Local_Nerd
Thats what I was thinking. Beautiful country. Beautiful Women. Very nice people..
Warm... er Nice people.
Get me a trabajo por favor I want better life in EVROPA
Vidunderlig video, du er en champ :)
did a 2months bike tour to Norway, man Norway is a gem. chill people stunning landview
Absolutely fantastic video!! I must commend the sheer depth of detail in building up the macro picture from pulling together all the micro bits. Definitely one of the best deep dives into a topic I have ever seen! Bravo 👏
36:43 As someone who lives in Bergen, I'll look forward to more rainy day records.
Crying from Askøy :(
@@patriotgamer6996 Ikkje bedre på Alver heller ;D
More than here in Washington state? Unlikely!
@@patriotgamer6996 I can probably see you from my place in Nyhavn :)
@@marisamartin3664: Norway is further north, so it also gets a lot of precipetation. Bergen especially, with 242 rainy days per year.
Excellent video it answered all of my questions
Well done , instructive, rich , and worth watching . Thank yoiu.
Fun fact, most americans have held Norwegian aluminum in their hands before, as its one of the main provider for apple mobile phones
That wasn’t fun at all
You mean from the Norsk Hydro group? Most of their factories and supply chain is completely outside of Norway
😂@@FLuFFyDawgg
Which comes in handy as the sovereign wealth fund is a major shareholder of AAPL
lie , apple has manufacturing base majorily in asia and asian country are giants in alumunium production
Norway is my favourite country.I worked in Trondheim as a consultant for one year and loved the city and the people.
In your charity, would you gift me $850 out of your consultacy payout? 😋
hello! I'm curious, was it easy to get adjusted to the social life in Norway in a year, or did you have a hard time as a foreigner? I'm a foreigner in Poland and I'm looking for other options, and since it's hard for me here because of language barriers, I wanted to ask for your opinion.
My comment was removed, lol.
@@donniedarko6699 It shouldn't be too hard. We're a bit anti social, but we're welcoming to foreigners that come here for work. Many find it charming that you've chosen to come to our little country. If you're comfortable speaking English, you'll find no language barrier, outside the older population (70+) most of us are fluent in English.
I've worked with several foreigners, and they've all enjoyed their experience, apart from the difficulty of getting to know the people (takes effort and a bit of luck to get close to a Norwegian, we like our privacy. But it's not impossible).
@@donniedarko6699 it's impossible to socialize in Norway. Norway seems to be quite like Japan (according to what I heard about it) - you are going to stay a foreigner forever whatever you do. It is not pronounced by anybody, but it is just a fact. I live and work here for a year. I don't have even a single Norwegian friend and not even close. Some of my eastern-European colleagues live here for ten years and even more. They have already got a citizenship, the speak fluently Norwegian, even its local dialect, but the situation is the same. One of them told me that once her eldest daughter finds a boyfriend, maybe they will be able to "socialize a bit better here".
PS However, Norwegians are very polite, ready to help you in case of trouble and almost all of them speak English very well. They are just extremely self-sufficient.
Great documentary!eye opener
Norway is a true testimony to being patient, intelligent, and nonviolent and things will usually come around in your favor. As an American and a damn proud one. I admire how Norway is ran. Very smart country. With great people.
Thanks. Even Trump wanted more Norwegian migrants to US :)
@@Mosern1977if he wants Norwegian immigrants to come to the US why is he running for president? 😂
all hype
@@craigslist6988should have hade Bernie Sanders as president to attract nordic immigrants
My understanding is that intraparty sabotage prevented him from winning the democratic primary. Never stood a chance.@LasVegar
Had privilege of visiting norway to meet my best friend believe me i consider him blessed and luckiest person .....i love norway and Norwegians a lot....thier honesty hard work
We Brits need to learn from them
Depends on what you mean as hard work? The Norwegians dont work hard in the traditional sense. 7 hour work days all summer. They dont have to
@@mema0005 Yeah our forefathers did the hard work for us.
@@mema0005 Hard work is defined by success, not the hours you invest in without return.
@@doom9603 by your definition, those with inherited wealth are the hardest workers
Wow. Not sure what is more impressive. The quality of this video or the Norwegian economy. Haha. Nice!
I dont like the voice though... sounds like UA-cam spam videos
The Norway economy is by far the worst in Europe. There's a bit more to economics than accumulating artificial wealth. Most foreigners who move to Norway soon learn this the hard way after moving to Norway then realising just how inconvenient living in Norway really is. That's why Norway was voted as one of the worst (52nd our of 53) countries to live in. Do the maths and less of the BS.
You have clearly no idea what you are talking about.
Yeah it is known too be very difficault as foreigner too move too Norway because it is very expensive and you should also learn Norwegian to get a job that's the main reason it could be one of the most difficault to-do as foreigner, but we wan't that foreigner can take care of them self and not exploiting our great wealth system.
Everyone need too have either savings that's cover the months or years you are going too stay here so if you don't have a job you can still be taken care of your self and if you manage too get a job. Well, that's amazing. That's means that you could learn our language and culture much quicker.
We had for some time had people coming here just because we have the best welfare system in the world, but we can't be sending the welfare too anyone who wants too come here that would be making us very broke, very quickly. But if you are getting job and are decent with handle the money most of us can have a great economy.
Even i'm as a young disability have income about $2,350 (after taxes) net every month plus i have a small job (10%) beside that, that's makes me another $330 net (after taxes)
With all of the money i could be saving about $1,000 in Norway. All though i'm living in a small apartment (40 square meters), 1 bedroom, open living room and kitchen, one bathroom (what more do i need?) with a extremly good deal near Oslo (the capital of Norway), but if i had normal rent i could still be saving about $600 each month.
I'm saving now about $1,000 each month as young disability. I would say that's decent. So even though if you are getting any job in Norway you should be okay with that amount because we have indirectly free hospital, free school system. We don't need too worry about the bills because it's already paid trough our tax system and because my income are so low i'm also paying less taxes (23%). Normally it would be from 27% or higher. And if you are making from 1,000,000 nok you have too be paying like 50% in taxes.
This is too make it equality income for everyone and not having extremly high differencly income like United States.
One other great thing i would say is that it's amazing that our chefs are soo close too the employees. We ain't afraid too speak with them about anything (job related) and nobody is really special. Even though i'm normal employees as waitress the employees are calling me as a chef. I have told them too stop doing that because i'm feeling it's little bit disrespecfull for those who actually are chefs, but when even the shift leader told me that, i was kinda "okay... i'm given up..."
When i'm talking about that's nobody are really special is that even though Bill Gates, Elon Musk has visitting us, Magnus Carlsen (lives here) Ole Gunnar Solskjær (lives here) and many of the people that's on television are living a very normaly life. Of course there are few people who would love too see them in real life and go to them if they could see them, but it's nothing like in United States or U.K with the paparazzi. Richest people in the country could most of the scenarios could go with along of rest of us. I don't know how it's for Haaland though, but i bet it's about the same thing with him too but maybe it's more heated up after going too the City and won the tripple? Don't know.
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@@MrLasox I've been living in Norway for over 10 years. I think I a very clear idea. Have you lived anywhere else? What are you actually comparing with? What important things are you ignoring? Just consider the unfortunate geography and miserable climate. The unpleasant food. Extortionate cost of living. The heroin dealer-like ethics. The shit economy with hardly any career opportunities. I dare you to compare it with other European economies. You could even compare job opportunities online. LOL! Why are you pushing so much BS about Norway? Is it your job or something? I can't think why else anyone would, to be honest. LOL!
I have lived at Norway my whole life.
The food is bad. That's the only thing i would say is bad and the geography is also bad, but we as norwegian have low expectations for that with the food.
But i'm thinking that we have manage too handle the geography very well lately too handle the fjords and mountains.
Miserable climate? Com'on if you can't handle the winter or any harsh seasons. Move out.
Hardly career opportunities? Seriosly?! If you were born here and had education for your whole children life you can choose almost whatever you wan't to become.
Because it's so low unemployment it's very easy too get a good salary and paid job.
Like i said the cost of living is high, but as we all know is that we having great salaries so it's easy for us the norwegian too handle the expensive life style.
@@johnmcmullan9741
This was so well put together. Thanks
You’re the best channel when it comes to breaking it down 👍🏾
It's so refreshing to hear of a government that humbly and intelligently make decisions to protect the interests of their people and FUTURE generations. Bravo to those men who made those selfless decisions 👏🙌
Hell no, its not as good as you might think
Selfless decisions my ass. Just come here and see how 20 cigarettes costs you up to 16$ and a pack of 400grams of minced meat can cost up to 10$. The average glass of beer (400cl) at the local pup can come to 18-20$. Not just one of the richest countries in the world but one of the most highly taxed countries in the world as well. It may sound like heaven from outside looking in but living here with the average wage compared to insane high taxes, electricity, gas and food prices makes it almost the complete opposite of what this video fools you into thinking!
And women too. Ever since she took office and left after her term ended, Erna Solberg has been massively popular as Prime Minister and regular politician.
the norwegian government is trying to genocide norwegians
Uhhh yeah no Norways government doesn't do that
That was not only fascinating for its own sake, but well worth watching for the relevance of the content in a complex world, not to mention that it was so well presented that I did not even fast-forward through the Brilliant promotion, even though I saw it coming a mile off. Very occasionally I find a sponsor to be actually appropriate for the video content, and yours sure is in this case.
I will certainly find time to watch this again... I am sad to admit that I do not retain this much info watching only once.
Norway has got to be the luckiest and best managed country that ever existed.
As a Norwegian i've seen a few videos like this before. Yours however actually has autentic facts, videos and you get all the important parts of the history correct. This must have taken you weeks to research for. Thank you🥰 (just want to add that the government's pension fund can't invest in Norwegian owned firms and is also very stricked about what it invest in. It can't invest in weapons or other bad things, rather it invest in green energy and things like that. Kinda working against it self in a way.)
Still, Norway is one of the biggest arms exporters in the world. They are something like nr. 20 on the list.
@@9xqspx6 ...AS long as we don't supply Russia and Israel, I can live with being no 20.
There is a separate pension fund (Folketrygdfondet) which is funded by everyone's taxes - that fund holds Norwegian stocks, about 5% of the Norwegian stock market in fact. This includes companies like Equinor (oil), DNB (banking), Yara (fertiliser) and also some Scandinavian companies like Novo Nordisk (pharma).
@@odins1eye So very,very ,sad the way Israel is being dictated over by Netinyahoo with his band of misfits in parlament . He,like trump , is up on multable charges ,so as long as he does war his thing ,he,ll avoid procecution .' His ' war is as terrible as 'poopin,s ' in Ukrane . Hopefully the masses can get him out of the president,s office and into a cell ?? 82% of Israelies are vehemitly against him and want him out .Hopefully soon .
Norway, like Sweden, collaborated with the Nazis. It is also a non-diverse country that basically consists of Oslo and its suburbs, is intellectually shallow and has no knowledge industry.
My kind of content, as rich in information as norway in resources! You've earned my sub👍
Great video! You did miss a small detail in the Norwegian industry development.
The Artificial Fertilizer industry, being able to process Nitrate, a energy intensive industry that spurred the developtment of many of the Hydro electric dams alongside aluminium.
Infact the was before the aluminium industrt getting a foothold in Norway.
Because it Norway extremely limited agricultural land, there was a heavy incentive to make them as effective as possible, one way was through Fertilizers which was dominated by the natural guano industry, which was expensive but necessary to import. And to not be reliant in this they went into the developt artificial fertilizers which came to dominate the agriculture industry today.
Another thing that was also not covered is that Norway also had the most Thorium rich mountains in the entire world. Therr is a movement pushing for Nuclear energy in Norway that wishes to capitalize on this.
Making much safer and more effective Thorium reactors that provide enough energy to power the entirety of europe for centuries to come.
Norway has the Industry, the education and most importantly, money to developt this if they wanted.
But currently its not being prioritised because of Oil and Gas just being a much cheaper alternative with pre existing infrastructure.
Hopefully this will change when the Norge Mining decides to develop mines and quarreys for rare earth ad phosphate extraction.
question remains: do we have enough engineers etc for this? :D
Seems like we have some issues with oil and gas sector vacuuming them all up
You are missing the point. Thorium is a mineral that we can't mine directly, and the technology for thorium reactors are non existent. Norway is a very small country and we are not even interested in being early adopters for a new technology.
They don't need Nuclear in Norway they have enough energy from hydro much safer rewnewable they even export it.
Their Oil is not using for energy more for products and cars which other Europe need because EVs are not selling fast enough, hope it change in the feature and we no need Oil and Gas anymore.
Thorium is way more available worldwide than Uranium you have many countrys who can mine Thorium, Australia and America example which i prefer for mines there are enough dead landscap compare to Norways beautiful Nature
Arguably, nuclear is safer than hydro, atleast according to deaths per Wh.@@muysli.y1855
@@jrnandreassen3338 there are technology for thorium reactors, and many of them focusing on liquid salt have proven to be extremely safe and more efficient than traditional uranium ones.
The reason Uranium eventually won out was simply the dual purpose off Uranium reactors, Energy and Nuclear weapons.
Having Thorium fuelled reactors has processes and byproducts that won't allow for nuclear weaponization.
And it is because of the limited knowledge of industrialization Thorium for energy use where Norway is poised to be prime candidate to pioneer the usage of this, we have the money, education and resources.
If we develop how to utilize this in a cost effective manner, this allows Norway to export this very technology both in the mining and energy sector, gives Norway even more leverage to energy intensive countries as we have a solution to sort out their energy related problems.
Especially considering in the green movement front, none of our renewable energy sources are able to meet thr upcoming demands of energy.
Nuclear is the only viable alternative. It is afterall just as clean as green energy.
There is simply not enough viable rivers and waterfalls, windswept plains and sunny fields to be able to provide a reliable and enough energy output to the ever growing demand.
I’m an American and I don’t get it. Leaders that act wisely and deliberately on behalf of the citizenry? What? Looking ahead and planning for the future? What? Valuing community, opportunity, equity, and equality? What? Sharing the wealth? Now that’s just crazy. Wealth is only for the top 1% right?
Great vid! I dream of waking up to a day where RealLifeLore posts a video this long on Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Slartibartfast really did nail those fjords
your comment is Vogon poetry
Love it ❤❤
@@cimivmy babelfish must be malfunctioning, I'd say the comment was more like a wonderful pan galactic gargle blaster or a gig (at a safe distance of course) by Hotblack and the guys of Disaster Area
Lol like something out of the infinite improbability drive I was like #42 on the comment as well
@@sullisen this is what I get for searching for eccentrica gallumbits without using an incognito window
Kinda cool how this country is one of the few ones in it’s golden age in the 21th century
Which others would you place there. I say China, gulf countries, Guyana, Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore, Botswana, Azerbaijan, Czechia and Estonia?
perfect balance of capitalism and socialism
I wonder if they'll be the next superpower. Climate change will give them more self-sufficient agriculture.
@@JohnDlugosz it’s a population of 5.5 million people and doesn’t even have a military. Let’s not go too far.
@@davisdelp8131Norway does have a military, it’s Iceland that doesn’t.
We went there on holilday. It felt crazy how calm the country had been before the rain, and how it turned into a monsterous combination of an endless amount of aggressive waterfalls directly after.
This video was _really_ well researched!
There is a story that, the first time that Statoil was filing taxes, the tax form did not have enough space for all the digits in the tax they were gonna pay, so the guy in charge of accounting at Statoil had to walk down to the tax office to figure out how to handle it.
This was hands down one of the best infotainment videos I've ever seen!
How refreshing to see such mature, grown-up and responsible financial and political policies. I wish UK had a few! 🇬🇧
Those very frilly edges are providing a lot for Norway. I feel like the designer should win an award.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. :)
I understood that reference 😉
He did win an award, and his name is Slartibartfast
Great one; maybe your best yet, in all regards. Fascinating subject, deep dive, global perspective, hopeful future... Great one!
i confirm, it’s the trolls
Nah its you and kygo
Why r u here
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They have Trolls in Norway?
@@margosdesarian There is lots folklore involving trolls in norway. Trolls originated from Norway I believe. You can thank Norway for trolls.
Very exhaustive and accurate work. Excellent! ❤
Norway is also the home of a very powerful Olympic Team. They invested in hard science dedicated to human high performance. They've also a rich history with XC Skiing and they've recently become a leader in long distance and 400 hurdles events at the World Class level. Amazing development by a nation that takes pride in being efficient and economical in their pursuit to endure.
And non-arguably, they have the best football player in the world (Brauten), but sucks stiflingly with their national team (female handball team is good though)
I've been training with the world's best winter sports team just for the heck of it. It was fun! And gruelling. OL -94 skate team (they won it all. Amazing!)
@@SteifWood the best player for years have been kevin de bruyne
@@hotdog9262no he is not + he is from belgium. What does it have to do with norway?? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
True, however they are not quite up there in the biggest sports, but it's not that easy with a small population. But the Scandinavian/Northern European physique is generally very good and just getting better for each generation
In Norway we have also discovered so mush phosphate that it can supply the whole world for 100 years + the Fen Rare earth mineral field that will supply quite a bit of the worlds demands for minerals. Sweden has also struck gold with rare earth minerals in Kiruna so Chinas hold on those minerals will be displased as well :)
Rare earths are really not that rare. They are found all over the world. The processing and refining is very environmentally destructive which is why US closed all its rare earth mines and let China pay the pollution price for mining and refining rare earth. Doubt Europe wants to promote such polluting industries.
The Swedish find could be a political overestimation to encourage Norway to build out Ofotbanen railroad more since Sweden relies on it for iron ore export. Also even if it is 100% true the extraction of rare earth minerals is difficult in developed countries, as it's an extremely dirty and hazardous job no sane westerner would take. Basically cutting 20 years off your life expectancy. That's why China and Morocco can do it, but there would have to be tech advancements to make it possible in Sweden.
@@Vinterloft
True, but I don't think it will take them many years to develop very safe ways to extract them.
As long as companies see there can be huge profits from it, they will quickly find solutions.
The invention and use of robotics and drones are are speeding up extremely fast these days and you can be sure that both Norway and Sweden will make much use of them in their mining industry in a few years.
Consolidating resources, technology and expertise might make a pact between Norway, UK and Netherlands worthwhile.
Chinas hold on those minerals is due to there control of the processing, unless Norway and Sweden also develope rare earth processing industry (which China owns the IP of, like Taiwan controlling superconductors) Norway and Sweden will need Chinese help.
"Norway is successful because they cooperate together" rest of the world could learn.
Damn i think selfish is the way for becoming successful like US capitalism explain
@@muysli.y1855lol US wealth is all owned by .1 percent of population unlike Norway
100% true 🇳🇴
Not anymore. Norway is just as corrupt as any other EU country at this point
only works in countries that are relatively ethnically homogeneous.
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Norway is the definition of "Don't get high on your own supply", they already had the hydropower infrastructure so, they were able to sell almost all the Natural gas they produce instead of using a good portion of it themselves. Which meant it was even more profitable.
Fun Fact:
Farouk Al-Kasim
Farouk Al-Kasim is a geologist from Iraq that moved to Norway in 1968 - just before we discovered oil. He became instrumental in the development of Norwegian oil policy.
That name rings a bell....
Documentation?
@@KimCaspar Just google him, but yeah, he did contribute quite a lot both on regulations and the more technical side, this isn't really in doubt, the guy was knighted for it. Random fact about him: after the invasion of Iraq he helped write the countrys new oil regulations.
Interesting
I was a bit let down he didn't mention Al-Kasim. He was instrumental to our discovery of oil
Incredible how much research went into this video. Great content!
Very informative and interesting video. Some of the stuff mentioned after 37:00 that is about Norwegians future is somewhat speculative, some of the resources are not so easy to extract and it will be expensive to do so, if they ever get allowed to do it due to risk of destroying nature. Also future of energy is not yet determined, many speculate that nuclear energy will be the future, with solar on 2nd place. But who knows what the future holds.
8:35 How much electricity? Practically all homes are electrically heated. It's more economical to export the natural gas and oil than using it to heating
97%
doesn`t really matter. as our prices for oil and electricity is virtually the same as the rest of europe
@@hotdog9262 That is criminal.
@@haarstad88 My (possibly outdated) info is that 96% of the electricity produced in Norway is hydro power, and 98% is renewable.
I'm just wondering what those last 2% are. Since I can't think of any. Maybe my numbers are from back when we had an operating gas power plant.
@@Tjalve70 Probably the few trash burning power plants we have, I guess it could be the gas power plants on our oil platforms, but if those counted I suspect it would be more than 2%. Also wind is now about 10%.