Norwegian here who currently lives in the US. About everything in your comment sounds wrong to me, except for the statement that gas is more expensive. English

Norwegian here who currently lives in the US. About everything in your comment sounds wrong to me, except for the statement that gas is more expensive. English has been part of the mandatory elementary school curriculum since 1974, and I would say that pretty much everyone knows English quite well except for a minority of older people in rural areas. Norway being a cold, wintery country is something of a fantasy. The climate is much milder than you might except from the latitude. It's not very different from New England, though summers are not quite as hot.