Norway do suffer from a mild form of Dutch disease unfortunately. The oil industry dominate new investment. Although a lot of that is high tech solutions and c

Norway do suffer from a mild form of Dutch disease unfortunately. The oil industry dominate new investment. Although a lot of that is high tech solutions and can probably be used in other sectors, especially in related areas such as marine and shipping solutions, but they do not invest very well in any other area. Some new companies are successful (Fast,Trolltech,Kongsberg,etc) but it is more in spite of the investment available. The VC, general investment and interest is barren if you compare the buoyant start up market in Denmark, Sweden and Finland. I am worried about the state of affairs in 20-30 years if they not e.g. follow Finland's post Nokia incubation assistance etc. (IMHO as a Norwegian living in the UK).