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law of Jante

idea that there is a pattern of group behaviour towards individuals within Scandinavian communities that negatively portrays individual success and achievement
Legislation code_of_conduct Q823464
law of Jante
Poul Krogsgård · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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law of Jante

Summary

law of Jante is a code of conduct[1]. It draws 649 Wikipedia views per month (code_of_conduct category, ranking #3 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • law of Jante authored Aksel Sandemose[3].
  • law of Jante's image is recorded as Sandemose Janteloven.jpg[4].
  • law of Jante's instance of is recorded as code of conduct[5].
  • law of Jante's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01kcr2[6].
  • law of Jante's has cause is recorded as envy[7].
  • law of Jante's facet of is recorded as Scandinavia[8].
  • law of Jante's Quora topic ID is recorded as Law-of-Jante[9].
  • law of Jante's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Janteloven[10].
  • law of Jante's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[11].
  • law of Jante's Lex ID is recorded as Janteloven[12].

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Works and Contributions

law of Jante authored Aksel Sandemose[3].

Why It Matters

law of Jante draws 649 Wikipedia views per month (code_of_conduct category, ranking #3 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Aksel Sandemose

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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