GOD JUL! (Norwegian for Merry Christmas.) Just questionable taste in gifts.

A weathered wooden outhouse with a heart cut into the door, on the Mandal coast at sunsetPhoto, digitally enhanced

Somebody called Norway a ‘shithouse country.’

We took it as a compliment.

The most worthless piece of Norway you'll ever be proud to own.

No mortgage. No neighbours. No plumbing.

Legally worthless. Emotionally priceless.

1 people have already paid good money for nothing.

Hand-certified in Mandal. Allegedly.

For centuries the world sailed past this corner of southern Norway. Timber traders. Privateers. Shipwrecked strangers. Even a future American president.

In September 1809, John Quincy Adams, later the sixth President of the United States, put in at Kristiansand, just up the coast, on his way to Russia. He found around 400 American sailors stranded there, their 36 ships seized by Danish-Norwegian privateers. He did not use the outhouse. It would not be built for another 162 years.

In 1971 somebody built a small wooden outhouse on the point.

In 2026 somebody called Norway a “shithouse country.”

We took it as a compliment.

Read the whole, deeply unnecessary story
The sea and a small island at sunset, seen through the heart cut into the outhouse doorPhoto, digitally enhanced
The Mandal coastline at sunset, seen from the cabin near the outhouse, with a sailing ship on the water

The shittiest view in Norway.Seen from the loo in Mandal.

Photo, digitally enhanced
Sunrise over a snowy Norwegian fjord, with mist on the water, pine trees and pink heather on the rocks

Norway. Breathtaking fjords, priceless views, and one deeply worthless outhouse.

Illustration

The procedure

Three steps to nothing at all.

  1. 01

    Choose your grade of nothing

    In the Dirt or Gold Edition. Both equally worthless, one considerably shinier.

  2. 02

    Name the proud non-owner

    Yours, or a loved one's you wish to quietly baffle. Preview it before paying, like a sensible adult.

  3. 03

    Receive nothing, instantly

    A PDF and a personal QR code, emailed the moment payment clears. Frame it. Explain it. Regret nothing.

The damage

Location, location, humiliation.

Norway has a sovereign wealth fund worth over $2 trillion. You can have a certificate.

One payment. USD, taxes included. No shipping, as there is nothing to ship.

Sample In the Dirt certificate
Sample

In the Dirt

Entry-level nothing. Still more dignified than crypto.

$19USD, taxes included, dignity extra

  • A personalised PDF bearing your name, or the name of someone you're about to confuse
  • A unique certificate number, never to be reused, much like your dignity
  • A QR code to your very own verification page
  • A share image, for informing people who did not ask
  • Instant delivery by email. Nothing has never arrived faster.
The sensible choice, somehow
Sample Gold Edition certificate
Sample

Gold Edition

All the worthlessness. Now gold-plated.

$39USD, taxes included, dignity extra

  • A Gold Edition PDF with a gold crown on the royal poop seal
  • A unique certificate number, individually unremarkable
  • A QR code to your very own verification page
  • Your name in the Hall of Proud Non-Owners (optional, tick a box at checkout)
  • A gold share image, for maximum unsolicited bragging
  • Instant delivery by email. Gold arrives no faster, but looks better doing it.

Founding Owner: the first 1,000 Gold certificates get a “Founding Owner” mark and a number from #0001 to #1000.

999 Founding numbers left. Then they are gone, like the Vikings.

Go gold. Own nothing. · $39

Gold Edition owners may be invited to have their name burned into the wall, free of charge, when we open wall burning in summer 2027. A thank-you bonus, not part of the purchase, not guaranteed.

A humorous novelty gift and collectible. It grants no ownership, property rights, shares or financial return of any kind.

The wooden outhouse with the heart door, under fresh snow at dusk with a lit lantern

GOD JUL!

The Shit House Country's Language

(Norwegian for Merry Christmas)

No translation needed. Just questionable taste in gifts.

The Norwegian Christmas gift that requires no wrapping, shipping or explanation

The perfect gift for someone who has everything. Now they have nothing, too.

  • Instant delivery.

    Order at 23:59 on Christmas Eve. Still on time.

  • No assembly.

    No batteries. No regift guilt.

  • Guarded by a nisse.

    Allegedly. He does not take questions.

Winter edition. Illustration based on our photo

The document

Paperwork of tremendous unimportance

Print-ready A4, crisp on paper and on a phone. A unique number, an issue date, a wax seal of a crowned poo, and a QR code that leads to a page confirming, officially, that you own nothing.

Bronze crown for In the Dirt. Gold crown for Gold. Rank matters, even at the bottom.

See your name on nothing
Sample In the Dirt certificate
Sample
Sample Gold Edition certificate
Sample

Ordbok

A short Norwegian dictionary for proud non-owners

Utedo/OO-teh-doo/n.
An outhouse. The national monument nobody asked for.
Kos/koos/n.
Sitting in the dark with candles, admiring very little. Now available as a certificate.
Hytte/HIT-teh/n.
A cabin with no plumbing that Norwegians pay a fortune for. You get the same experience for $19.
Janteloven/YAHN-teh-loo-ven/n.
The rule that you are not special. Owning nothing officially is the loophole.
Brunost/BROON-oost/n.
Brown cheese. Unrelated, but Norwegians will ask.
Takk for kjøpet/tahk for SHUR-peh/phr.
“Thanks for your purchase”. We say it with a completely straight face.

Wall of Fame

The Hall of Proud Non-Owners

Inspect the full hall
  • Jens Prøvekanin

    SH-000001 · Founding Owner #0001

FAQ

Fair questions. Unfair answers.

Asked by real people. Answered with a straight face.