Her anticipation seems to be a bit salacious. His recondite, profound thinking seems to be a component of his utter boredom with commonalty (as he is used to dealing with more sublime characters in complement to his own). In summation, Norway is a long distance away.. - David Lyga
Maybe the Nordics read more into a person; thus, a physical manifestation is thereby removed from what would otherwise seem to be mildly pornographic to a public unschooled in other than the blatantly sensational. In sum, maybe they react more to the brain and let the naked 'accoutrements' become part of the intellectual and artistic experience.
This queer finds neither offense nor sexual stimulation here. What they are probably saying here is that Nilsen does not need anything other than his 'essence' in order to create. - David Lyga