to theBuckWheat and the rest of you:
Please, make your own research and from that your own points about the Norwegian society and its social democratic system! Copy these tips and base your opinions from what information you can gather from all sort of different sources (Warning: If you are a facistic/monoethnic person like the madman 22.07.2011 in Oslo and Utøya, this might be difficult for you as it will strengthen the lack of logic in such ideologies).
Check the reliability of your sources,
compare the information first gathered with 2nd hand opinions,
go wide to get an overview and in detail to get a depth,
think historically and be at presence,
try see and listen from different perspectives,
and act according to how you would like others to treat you
If this way of thinking is too new and farfetched for you, start with just a few examples: What have been found in connection to what might be the first human appereance on the northern hemisphere ? How/When/Why did people go north ? How is the contemporary society, who´s living in Norway today, what are their origins, political views, hobbies, work, food, way of living etc..? Find differencies and similarities. Compare Norway to other places with historical-geographical-social-political similarities. Research left and right angled political views, tabloid headlines, intellectual articles, study science, religions, economics, and whatever subject you find available, talk with Norwegians in Norway and abroad and foreigners in and outside Norway-and when youre a bit more enlightened-it might be interesting to continue a discussion in this forum.
