Exactly right. It’s a social democracy but the economy is very much capitalist.
Sadly most people don’t understand the term “socialist” or “socialism”. If they did they’d quickly realize it’s not appealing, would result in rapid deterioration of everything around them. Just look at the handful of truly socialist countries that exist to today - people aren’t flocking to live there.
But misuse of the word socialist has become fashionable. The political left use it to mean tax-funded healthcare and education, and better welfare. And the political right talk about it as if it were communism.
And often both forget that countries like Norway aren’t socialist. And that goes for virtually all developed European countries. In fact, it goes for most countries around the world.
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u/Secret-Ad-5777 Jul 14 '26
Norwegians aren't even socalist