Guessing as someone who has very little clue about Scandinavia:
Why have the Norwegian dialects diverged so much
A rugged and wast geography tends to isolate people, this leads to greater drift between local dialects? Sweden is big too, but I think Norway is much more mountainous?
Why can Norwegians understand Swedish but Swedes have a hard time understanding Norwegian?
Norwegians are used to listening for a wide range of dialects, Swedes not so much?
Why has Norway stayed out of the European Union?
What's the point of joining for a small yet well of country? If you're big like France and Germany you can guide the EU your way, if you're small but less developed like Spain, Portugal, all the new members, you hope for increased wealth. But if you're Norway, why join?
Why is the English influence of the Norwegian language more noticeable in the capital than elsewhere?
The capital has a bigger economy, more trade, more people's work requires English, more tourists, even the non-UK and non-US tourists are more likely to communicate in English, more entertainment overall, and this means more foreign entrainment - music, movies - in English.
Why have the Norwegian dialects diverged so much
A rugged and wast geography tends to isolate people, this leads to greater drift between local dialects? Sweden is big too, but I think Norway is much more mountainous?
Why can Norwegians understand Swedish but Swedes have a hard time understanding Norwegian?
Norwegians are used to listening for a wide range of dialects, Swedes not so much?
Why has Norway stayed out of the European Union?
What's the point of joining for a small yet well of country? If you're big like France and Germany you can guide the EU your way, if you're small but less developed like Spain, Portugal, all the new members, you hope for increased wealth. But if you're Norway, why join?
Why is the English influence of the Norwegian language more noticeable in the capital than elsewhere?
The capital has a bigger economy, more trade, more people's work requires English, more tourists, even the non-UK and non-US tourists are more likely to communicate in English, more entertainment overall, and this means more foreign entrainment - music, movies - in English.