My first post, but feel I need to give some "inside information" about Norway and Norwegians
Alcholic drinks have been hugely important in Norway at least from the Viking age (first Norwegian written history I can think of). A lot of stories about drinking in Norse mythology and we had the Gulating law (900-1300) which regulated brewing. All farms had to brew beer or they would be fined and if they didn't brew three years in a row they would loose their farm. So brewing beer has been serious business
You also had to attend parties where you drank in honor of the gods, and you had to get drunk or the brewer would be shamed for not having strong enough beer. It didn't matter if you were the priest or the police, you had to get drunk. Maybe it's why we still get wasted each weekend
We have a lot of brewing tradition in Norway, but it's mostly local farm tradition and not widely known. I guess much of the reason is that Norway was under Danish and Swedish ruling between 1380-1905 and thus Norwegian tradition was frowned upon. After the unions, christianity, sobriety and a law called ølloven (the beer law) forbade brewing at home unless you made your own malt (1912-1999).
So there was a long period where we had to keep brewing "hidden". I think this partly explains why brewing tradition in Norway is little known to the rest of the world. Another reason could be "janteloven" (google it) which stand strong in Norway.
But today local breweries are popping up everywhere and some of them are making fantastic beer. This have given a spark to local farm brewing and people want to learn more about old brewing traditions.