I'm not surprised actually. In part we subsidize them.
They have the North Sea oil fields to boost per capita income. They have a nearly homogeneous western culture, so their crime rate is probably very low. They don't have much in the way of defense expenditures. Except for weather (too bloody cold) its almost paradise.
But isn't this is also the place where a judge at a rape case involving a Muslim rapist said that Norwegian women need to start considering the mores of Islamic men when they dress ("put on your burkha, wench.")?
"But isn't this is also the place where a judge at a rape case involving a Muslim rapist said that Norwegian women need to start considering the mores of Islamic men when they dress ("put on your burkha, wench.")?"
In UN parlance, that's considered respect for other cultures :p