"The climate of Norway is more temperate than could be expected for such high latitudes. This is mainly due to the North Atlantic Current with its extension, th

"The climate of Norway is more temperate than could be expected for such high latitudes. This is mainly due to the North Atlantic Current with its extension, the Norwegian Current, raising the air temperature; the prevailing southwesterlies bringing mild air onshore; and the general southwest–northeast orientation of the coast, which allows the westerlies to penetrate into the Arctic." - Wikipedia Norway's average low temperature in January is only -5C (23.5F), so it isn't as cold as Sweden and Finland and isn't anywhere near as cold as Canada's prairies which get down to -50C in the winter. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Norway#Weatherboxes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Norway#Weatherboxes