Swedish conformism

Jantelagen - the Jante Law - is a code of down-to-earth conformity formulated by Danish/Norwegian author Aksel Sandemose in the 1930s and is still very much alive, at least in small towns in Scandinavia. The “law” derives from his novel "En flygtning krysser sitt spor" ("A refugee crosses his tracks"), and takes place in an small town called Jante. The book is about the ugly side of Scandinavian small town mentality, and the term has come to mean the unspoken rules and jealousy of such communities in general.

The ten commandments of Jante are:
1. Don't think you are somebody.
2. Don't think you are as good as us.
3. Don't think you are smarter than us.
4. Don't think you are better than us.
5. Don't think you know more than us.
6. Don't think you are more important than us.
7. Don't think you will ever be anybody.
8. Don't think you can laugh at us.
9. Don't think anybody gives a damn about you.
10. Don't think you can teach us anything.

Hopefully the law is getting weaker nowadays, as the world gets smaller in the name of globalization.