I thought they were tipped in lutefisk or is that just a Minnesota-Norwegian
thing???

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"Anders Tørneskog" > wrote in message
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> > Anders,
> > Do you know how servers are usually paid, pre-gratuity, in Scandinavia?
> > brian
> Sure, found easily official figures from 1 October 2004 saying average
> monthly salary for waiters, bartenders including the maître d' - is
> 20.000-22.000 NOK, which would be 3300-3600USD.
> Direct comparison with US salaries is a futile exercise, however - levels
of
> taxation and prices are very different.
> It makes more sense comparing to industrial wages which in Norway would be
> about 28.000 NOK a month, i.e. 4600USD.
> Salaries in Sweden are about 20-30% lower, but so are the prices.
> Anders
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