Ironic!
It is also interesting that few realize that another Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, was first to the South Pole, while everybody remembers Scott who died in the attempt.
Just think how many remarkable people little Norway has produced, Ibsen, Greig, Hennie, Hyerdahl, among others.
Norwegians are remarkable adventurers and explorers, but the country is also infected with a very bad case of envy-based socialism (if I can't have X, neither can my neighbor). Norways claims in music (beyond Grieg) and literature (beyond Ibsen and Asbjornsen) are a little thin.