So Norwegian government became strong because co-ops showed that they have competence and the government does not? This story does still not sound very logical.

So Norwegian government became strong because co-ops showed that they have competence and the government does not? This story does still not sound very logical. I know that in Finland the radicalization that had lead to a bloodbath in civil war in 1918 was mended during the next two decades by a land reform where the poor tenant farmers were able to buy out their own plots and become independent farmers. The Communist leaders escaped to Russia where they were later mostly purged by Stalin. The rising fascist rebellion in Finland in early 1930's was suppressed by enforcing rule of law. By the time Soviet Union (in pact with Nazis) attacked in 1939, lots of (formerly) poor people felt they had something to defend, so even the sons of red-hot revolutionaries held their place in the line against attacking Soviets.