Norway has closed schools, universities, gyms, and placed restrictions on cafés, bars, and restaurants. But as private individuals, while encouraged to work fr

Norway has closed schools, universities, gyms, and placed restrictions on cafés, bars, and restaurants. But as private individuals, while encouraged to work from home if we can, we are free to go where we please (except no spending the night in your cabin in the mountains). Our public spaces are open, shopping centres are open, quite a few cafés are also open. If we leave the country we have to go into 14 days quarantine. Our death rate per unit population (3) is a lot lower than, say the UK (23), even though we are free to move about and they are not. So lockdown is not always as effective as might be hoped and also not always necessary. Local conditions mean a lot, not all populations are willing to behave responsibly even when the law demands it, while some merely need to be told what is necessary.