Report: Norwegians open to non-native immigrants (just as long as they stay out of the neighborhood)

So Norway doesn't mind the immigrants...as long as they keep out of sight. How naive for a country to think it can embrace multiculturalism yet somehow be immune from multiculturalism's effects.


from "No immigrant neighbors, thanks," Stine Barstad, Afterposten

Norway has a reputation for the utmost political correctness, but more than every other Norwegian would prefer not to have immigrants as neighbors.

The report "Future Living" from Prognosesenteret (The Prognosis Center), an analytical firm for the construction and property market, asked 2,000 Norwegians how they lived and how they wanted to live in the future.

Two questions asked for an assessment on whether the respondent was most at home in multicultural circles, and if immigrants should residentially integrated as well as possible with ethnic Norwegians.

Over half agreed in maximum integration but only two out of ten felt they would be at home in such surroundings.

Trend analyst and social anthropologist Gunn-Helen Øye at the Prognosis Center said the result was notable but not surprising, and reflects the "Norwegian duality" - the combination of political correctness with a preference for this to happen elsewhere.

The study revealed that people under 30 are most likely to say they thrive in a multicultural setting, with 25 agreeing and 40 percent neutral. The next age group up, 30-39, are most skeptical, with 38 percent disagreeing with such a thought. (more)


Also, anyone care to guess why Norwegian youth have the most-favorable opinion about multiculturalism in Norway? Could it be that countless lessons and lectures about tolerance have left their mark?

By inviting a surplus of immigrants, we all thought we were opening the doors to multiculturalism and cross-cultural understanding, too; instead, we opened the doors to Islamification and the disintegration of national community. That is the reality. Don't be fooled by the flowery language of multiculturalism.