Norway on the 12 axes
MLPGFree-Market CosmopolitanOpen markets, open minds, open borders for ideas.Norway is typed MLPG, Free-Market Cosmopolitan. The strongest leans are Democratic on authority (-1.00), Liberty on security (-0.95) and Progressive on morality (-0.85). It scores 60 out of 60 on Freedom in the World civil liberties (2025), and judicial constraints on the executive reach 0.955 out of 1 (V-Dem, 2025). Welfare leans Shared (-0.55), with general government spending of 49% of GDP (IMF, 2025). Structure, religion, technology and culture all sit within 0.05 of the centre.
Finland is the closest match at 91%. Both lean Free, Shared, Democratic, Liberty, Progressive, Global and Cooperation. Finland goes further on welfare (-0.80), leans Embrace on technology (-0.35) and leans Religious (+0.45) where Norway sits at the centre on the last two. Norway's foreign policy lean is mild at -0.30. This page ranks Norwegian politicians and historical figures by how close they come to the profile, and you can take the test to see how close you are.
Where Norway sits
- 01Ownership+25PublicPrivate
- 02Markets+50PlannedFree
- 03Welfare-55SharedSelf-reliant
- 04Authority-100DemocraticStrong leader
- 05Security-95LibertyOrder
- LocalCentral
- 07Morality-85ProgressiveTraditional
- SecularReligious
- EmbraceCaution
- MulticulturalNational identity
- 11Trade-65GlobalProtected
- CooperationStrength
Scores come from laws, budgets and institutional indexes, not from polls or the party in power. How country profiles are built
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What is Norway's type on the 12 axes?
Read from its laws and institutions, Norway comes out as MLPG (Free-Market Cosmopolitan). The type takes one letter per family of three axes: Economy, State, Society and World. It describes how the country is governed, not what its people think.
Which countries are governed most like Norway?
On the 12 axes, Finland is closest at 91%, followed by Denmark at 90%. The comparison uses the same country profiles as the country match on your 12 Axes result.