they have dug up dirt on the husband of the former prime minister and current leader of the conservative party - Erna Solberg. there is suspicion of insider trading - that he used his marriage with Solberg to make money in the stock market - and there is also evidence that suggests that he attempted to conceal it. Solberg's story appears to be changing over time. this only emerged after the municipal elections.

we like to say that Norway doesn't have corruption, but it's more accurate to say that it has a little bit of it.

there is definitely a lot of cronyism/nepotism, but nobody used to care about that. it was excused because the country is small and connected.

it's hard to make friends in Norway, because people rely on their existing networks so much, so that's basically a part of the culture here.