Etymology

Law of Jante

Today it means: A social code in Scandinavian countries that opposes individualism, ambition, and vanity. Full definition →

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The story

Introduced by the Dano-Norwegian author Aksel Sandemose in the 1933 novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks (En flyktning krysser sitt spor), in which Jante is a small Danish town where nobody is anonymous.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.