When SVT Nyheter asked the Norwegian Prime Minister's office for an interview in early September, the answer became clear.

Absolutely, but it will not be physical.

But must be done on video link due to Norway's strict quarantine rules.

The Norwegian economy is recovering rapidly.

While Swedish unemployment is rising to record levels, Norwegian has halved since last spring.

Counteracted the spiral

According to Erna Solberg, the relatively generous compensation systems are an important explanation.

- It has contributed to us not having a downward spiral that backfires in an economy.

When people lose jobs, they lose revenue and they spend less money and then lose even more jobs.

In Norway, we may have counteracted that spiral, says Erna Solberg.

The various Norwegian crisis packages end up with a total of up to SEK 200 billion this year, even though some are loan guarantees that are not fully utilized.

A large part of the support comes from the Norwegian Petroleum Fund.

An example of support is that the Norwegian government has purchased flight services from SAS, Norwegian and Widerøe.

- At one point during the pandemic, it was the small Norwegian airline Widerøe that flew the most in all of Europe.

That was because we paid for it, because it is part of our public transport now, says the Norwegian Prime Minister.

Got import infection

In Norway, it has recently started to shine red.

In several areas, for example, infection rates are higher than in Sweden.

Local outbreaks have occurred in Bergen and Fredrikstad.

- We got some import infection after the summer from people who traveled to countries that were not open.

Since then, the attitude towards being in quarantine has become a little more relaxed, says Erna Solberg.

The strict corona strategy that Norway has had, how sustainable is it in the long run?

- The future will show.

But so far it has also looked financially correct, says the Prime Minister, who also points out that she thinks it has been "very stupid" that there has been an aggressive international battle between Norway and Sweden in terms of strategies.

- There is also currently relatively little difference between our countries, says Erna Solberg.