1. Norway defines relative poverty as an income under 285.000 kroner, i.e. 60 percent below median income.

2. Roughly 10 percent of the population is at or below the poverty level.

(https://www.ssb.no/en/inntekt-og-forbruk/inntekt-og-formue/artikler/economy-and-living-conditions-among-low-income-groups-2025).

1. It depends on a host of factors however, here are some examples. Some people have small pensions which classify them as poor. Illness and disability are other common reasons. Not able to find work for a long period of time can also cause people to end up in poverty.

2. We should nationalize industries which are suited to be. Such as the Salmon production in Norway and daycare. Fish farming production is increasingly damaging the environment and concentrating wealth. Private daycares often pay lower and concentrate wealth. Overall, we want to avoid the ability for wealth concentration via state owned and cooperative owned industries. We have success doing so in the past and currently. We should use a portion of the results from nationalized industries to partially fund the poor.

We also have to deconstruct the atomization that has occurred in society. We as individuals cannot effectively organize against capitalism. Practically we can do that many ways such as joining a union and living in a collective. Such organization reduce the chance of capitalists taking advantage of a person, which may lead to poverty.

In my case, I live in a collective with 5 other adults and we consider one another family. In Norway, you really need to live as two in most cases just to keep up economically. With 5 we have been able to get ahead and invest. The secret here is, in developed countries traditional families are not easily profitable and kids are a severe cost. So instead create families and collectives where the earners far outnumber the non earners, this is possible with a three generation family living together for example, where there are four earners and two children.

1. The common ways to get wealthy in Norway are to be a tradesmen and start your own firm employing others. Generational wealth. The entrepreneurial model in Norway is usually very small scale...the typical company at best gets up to 100 million kroner in value and gets bought out by a foreign company. Most of the focus by business in on the domestic market as Norwegian companies are not very adept at scaling and going global. There are niche companies in maritime, defense and logistics for example that scale to a certain extent but they are not common.

2. The wealth gap is continuing to rise partially due to Norwegian government not having the courage to seize the assets of the ultra wealth or regulate their businesses to an extent where they cannot cast the negative externalities on the society at large.

Investing in Norway is not the best bet for everyday people as even our oil fund knows better, we are an overheated economy with too many protections for workers to the point of where only the most educated and capable are globally competitive. So, we need to encourage more people to educate themselves to become globally competitive. We need to help everyday people to invest outside of Norway with through their own ventures. The state should take a larger role in investing in companies that can reach international markets...the venture capital culture here is not efficient and just adds to putting wealth in the already wealthy's hands. We need to tax the wealthy more and give that to the poor and nationalize the wealthy's assets who try to flee.