Congrats, Nick. First Elin Nordgegren escapes from Tiger Woods and returns to Norway (or is it Sweden?). Now your friend want to escape the Morg. They call that a "twofer" here in the states...
My elder daughter (21) is currently on a 6-month student exchange studying Maths in Oslo, and she's loving it.
She says that Norwegians are very shy, very polite and... ski all the time!
Coming from Paris, she particularly likes the idea that the Metro takes you right to the foot of the ski slopes, instead of dropping you in some run-down suburb.
I love Norway too - I spent part of one summer there visiting my cousins while in college. Wonderful people - wonderful country. I'd go back in a heartbeat.