Norwegians were indeed a different people then.
During WWII, thousands of Jews were spirited out of occupied Norway.
King Haakon VII was a heroic figure who refused to flee from the Blitzkrieg until he had to in order to evade capture, and led a government-in-exile in London.
Collaborators were relatively few and Vidkun Quisling was Norway’s most infamous traitor and was later hanged.
The Norwegian national character survived Nazi invasion. But it has been compromised by Islamic invasion. The anti-semitism alone is appalling.
It goes against my custom as a descendant of Swedes to stick up for a Norwegian, but when Quisling radioed to Norway’s ships that they should return to Norway or a Nazi controlled port, not a single one of them did, denying their use to the Nazis. Quisling was a quisling, but there were many Norwegians who did the right thing when it wasn’t the easy thing.
Did you hear about the Swede who was mistaken for a Norwegian? He had just gotten out of the hospital after a long illness.