I'm Norwegian, live in Norway (Bergen) but moved from the UK four years ago for a job (althoigh we moved to Alta for nine months before here). I am originally from Oslo.
I have the oppurtunity to move for my job. It would be a two and a half year move with oppurtunities for an extension or permanency afterwards. The places are Tromsø, Stockholm, Oslo, Stavanger, Gothenburg and Malmö.
I have three DC. My middle son is disabled. My eldest is also hearing impaired, but only moderately so. Where we live now, there is good care and provision. My DC grew up knowing Norwegian, and because my brother was deaf, so I knew it before they were born, they are fluent in NSL too. If moving to Sweden, my aim would be to start talking Swedish from essentially now, because they rely on lip reading a lot (as most people don't know NSL, and the dialects are slightly different too). So moving to Sweden would also mean learning STS, so we would be learning two languages by moving which would be challenging. My DC are generally quick learners but I'm not sure that it would be worth it?
So I am leaning towards Tromsø or Stavanger- probably Tromsø for the adventure? I don't know, but Norway. But if we moved to Sweden, Stockholm seems very expensive overall however a friend in Liljeholmen is moving back to the UK, so has offered to rent out their apartment at a lower cost, although it would still cost more than Gothenburg or Malmö.
And then I could just stay put or move to Oslo. Oslo is lovely but we go there fairly regularly to see my family and I don't see what, in particular, we'd benefit from iyswim.
DP is caught between Stockholm/Tromsø/staying put. I'm leaning between Gothenburg/Tromsø/Stavanger. So we haven't even got a short list. Realistically, if we can't agree, we would stay where we were- Bergen is absolutely amazing. But I think we are lucky to have such an oppurtunity and I think it could be a great experience.
I don't want anyone to make a decision for me, but give me some ideas/perspective- or ask some questions so we can work out what we want?
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Skogkat · 23/12/2013 13:12
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