ABSTRACT

Norwegians like to think of themselves as kind, welcoming, and peaceloving, as illustrated by the handing out of the annual Nobel Peace Prize in the capital Oslo, every December. Many assume that corruption is something that happens elsewhere, in countries far away. Generally speaking, though, in a global context, Norway is not very corrupt, but Norway is the most corrupt among the Nordic countries and has never been as corrupt as after the shift of the millennium (TI, 2002). In 2002, Norway was the World’s 12th least corrupt countries; in 2014, it was a little better, as the World’s seventh least corrupt country, but still, the most corrupt country among the Nordic ones are Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland. Why is this so? How did this country originally filled with farmers and fishermen, with its tiny cities only, turn to corruption? Who gets involved in corruption in Norway, which sectors does it involve, and is public procurement one of them? These are some of the questions that will be highlighted in this chapter.