But regarding how the pucks didn't make it to Norway. It's an east-end inner city labour class sport in Norway. Don't know why it catched so hard in Sweden and Finland, where it is almost at a Canadian level. From reading up a bit, it seemed there was a flying start from bandy. And bandy was much bigger in Finland (which was a Russian colony to 1917) and accidentally in Sweden (where they often has alot of Finnish immigration too, don't know if that's something to do with it.). It seems it got a late start, the national association wasn't founded before 1934. And then someone started building up hockey in Norway in the 30's, at a time almost other sports had it, and Norway was a contender in soccer. Then the war came, and all sport was under siege (... the war in Norway was about the soul of Norway, it wasn't really on the frontline, and even sport was in it... -ending up being outlawed by the nazi occupiers. ).. And that brings us to the late fiftys before anyone could even think of investing in hockey-rinks... actually, WW2 rationing lasted to the 60's in Norway. And then Norway was massively out of the race. And there wasn't much building... ever. At this point, hockey was something they did in Sweden.
Well, my take on why hockey is small in Norway.