Well Norwegians are probably over represented than their share of the world population would suggest:

1. Northern Europeans tend to speak excellent English. Flawless English is the norm, anyway much better than people from my native countries.

2. Northern Europeans tend to have excellent technical skills compared to the world average.

While both points help y’alls participation in HN, I think point 1 is the most important of the two. I rarely encounter comments from native Japanese or Koreans, even though their populations are much larger than Norway’s. Typically the commenters have since moved to the US. I do, however, encounter non-IT ppl on HN that are very curious (and typically have interesting backstories). I especially enjoy the occasional comments from diesel mechanics.

But you also have a strong observational bias. While the probability of seeing a Ferrari isnt too low the P of seeing two Ferrari’s next to each other is very low... unless you happen to be driving one of the two Ferraris. Add to that that a car lover (ie Norwegian) is much more likely to notice the Ferrari (other Norwegians).

Well Skinkestek is pretty hard to miss for other Norwegians. It means “Ham steak” in my language. :D Which reminds me... I have some in the fridge. Gonna roast it this weekend. Yum!