Among the world "Yante's law" transmitted to Denmark known as "happy country"

BySusanne Nilsson

It was announced in March 2017World happiness degree report 2017 edition, Norway ranked first, Denmark ranked second, Sweden ranked tenth and Scandinavia all ranked in the top ten. Second place, Denmark is a country that seems negative as well, such as "high taxes", "dark and gloomy climate in winter" and "many experiences of losing in war compared to other countries", but the people are happy What I feel is that "Jante LawIt is believed that the existence of "nothing to do" is affected not a few times.

To Be Average Is to Be Happy: A Lesson from the Danes | World of Psychology
https://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/09/27/to-be-average-is-to-be-happy-a-lesson-from-the-danes/


This "rule of Yante" is the rule of 10 articles coming out in the novel "A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks" written by Akusa Sandemuse of the author in 1933. All contents are as follows in the form of turning to "myself".

1: Do not think that you are a special existence
2: Do not think that you are as efficient as a man
3: Do not think you are wiser than a man
4: You should not be conceited that you are better than a man
5: Do not think you are more familiar than people
6: Do not think you are more important than people
7: Do not think you are excelling something more than people
8: You should not laugh at people.
9: Do not assume that someone will help you
10: Do not think that you can teach something to people

Through the dimension of "knowing that it is ignorance", it's like a movie "Full metal jacketIt is a content that makes you feel like being seriously angered by Hartman seriously appearing in "

According to the World of Psycology, people are said to "reach at least about an average" by saying "You are in a lower place than the average" like this, so that it aimed at that It seems that you can be satisfied even if you get an average life. In other words, it seems happiness is beyond expectation, so it is easy to feel happiness if the expected line is low.

However, there is also the idea that the way of receiving "the law of Yante" is opposite. "Law" is divided into 10 categories, but the contents pointed out are almost the same, denying the speciality · excellence of "you (= reading this)", but this is the "author of the novel It is pointed out that there is a tendency to think like this against the successful people as the tendency of the Danish citizen. "

Japanese Station: Jante's Law Jante Law
http://nagomistation.blogspot.jp/2011/08/jante-law.html


According to the blog "Washing Station" which pointed out, it seems that it is reflected from the Danish people of modern times that it is an old value. However, the author of Washi Station initially felt it was a good thing, "I express humility as a commandment to myself." Although it may be different from the author 's intention, there may be people who encourage you to receive it as 10 courts of self - regulation.