>>18924330Norwegian culture, and perhaps genetics is a mixed bag. In my experience most Norwegians are very conforming, but a small subset of Norwegians are very independent, creative and industrious. Many of them leave Norway and historically, Scandinavia have commonly expanded their influence outwards, especially in their our good times; language, genetics, trade, missionary movement, foreign aid, adventurers etc.
There is something in that dichotomy between cooperation and communal pressures on one hand, and independence, expansiveness and risk-taking on the other that makes up a central aspect of Norwegian culture.