Among the businesses we were able to meet in Oslo was Telenor ASA, a company we have had on and off engagement with for around 15 years. Telenor is the incumbent, integrated telecommunications firm in Norway, with segments in mobile and fixed, broadband, B2B and other digital services such as cloud, serving 114m subscribers. The company was originally founded in 1855 as the state-owned provider of telegraph services, these days it connects customers across four Nordic terri

A recent business trip to Oslo to meet four leading Norwegian companies provides a good opportunity to revisit what we like about corporate Norway and the Norwegian economy. There is a mistaken tendency to see the central Nordic countries as a homogenous block, owing to their cultural and historical links, the use of the same currency2 (save for Finland), and a harmonised flag that is subtly distinct for each country. Norway is an old country with a modern history, achievin