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Norway is mixed market capitalist, like most developed countries. They do have a strong welfare system, though. I'd imagine it's similar in the other countries in the list you mention too, but I'd have to see what they are.
The majority of wealth — excluding homes — in Norway is held in its sovereign wealth fund. This fund is invested in a diversified set of foreign and domestic industries. If we can’t call a country in which the majority of wealth is held in collectively owned means of production, socialist. What even is socialism?
Wealth is definitely a strong element. It's easy to forget that socialism is just democratic ownership of the economy, not just "workers owning the means of production" because that forgets all the people who can't work. In addition, these elements add to Norway's status as a mixed economy with market socialist elements:
When you compare these to China, you'll notice that a so-called communist country gets beaten on many of these in relative terms, which is a strong case for Norway being quite socialist (obviously they also have capitalism hence the "mixed economy" part, before someone goes "well actually")