It is likely a bit more nuanced than that. Likely for most families you do not need to go back many generations to find a farmers origin. For those it was not

It is likely a bit more nuanced than that. Likely for most families you do not need to go back many generations to find a farmers origin. For those it was not unusual to have some kind of cabin in the hills (4 walls and a roof, not much more than to keep the weather at bay) used for hunting and such. So the idea of having a cabin to retreat to is ingrained. In recent years though it seems to have taken on a bit of a caricature of itself as monied interests have taken to build clusters of "cabins" that are as well equipped as full on houses and selling them. You may liken it to tract housing. And most of these are not bought with straight up money, but debt. One thing to note is that most of the top entries on the happiness list also are up top on the list of household debt, where housing and similar loans make up a big part. Most of the nations, Norway included, is likely to have their own variant of a "subprime crisis" sooner rather than later.