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April 23, 2012 05:11 pm GMT

Is Norway Leaving Its Tech Startups Out In The Cold?

visit-norway-fjord_1575871cI am regularly reminded of the amazing innovation coming out of the Nordic region. Countries like Sweden, Finland and even tiny Denmark regularly punch above their weight, producing global companies like Spotify, Rovio, Tradeshift and Everbread. But there remains one country which seems bizarrely content not to engage nearly as much with the global tech scene, and that's Norway.There's a huge irony here. The web browser Opera started out in 1994 as a research project within Telenor, Norway's main telco. If they'd played it right we would be continuing to talk about Opera, rather than Chrome, Safari or Explorer these days. And there remains a few bright sparks on the horizon like the innovative Bipper, founded by Silje Vallestad. But take a look at the stats and they are disappointing.

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