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Norway for one has a huge number of government industries either wholly or partly owned:Those quotes seem to be correlation and assumption, not proof of causation.
I wonder what the relative levels of trust in government are in those countries.
Before you can convince people to pay higher taxes for more public goods you have to make them trust the government to spend it well. Did the Nordic countries waste so much money on nationalised industries?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government_enterprises_of_Norway
Some examples are:
Argentum Venture capital
Avinor Airport operation and airspace control
Baneservice Maintenance of railway infrastructure
Bjørnøen Real estate
Central Norway Regional Health Authority Healthcare
Eksportutvalget For Fisk Marketing
Electronic Chart Centre - Cartography
Enova SF 4 Petroleum and Energy Marketing
Entra Eiendom Real estate
Flytoget Railway company
Gassco Natural gas pipes
Gassnova Research
Industrial Development Corporation of Norway Industry
Innovation Norway Innovation
Kompetansesenter for IT i helse- og sosialsektoren Information technology
Kings Bay Research
Mesta Road construction and maintenance
Nationaltheatret Theater
Nofima Research
Norfund Investments in developing countries
Norsk Eiendomsinformasjon Real estate database
Norsk Tipping Lotteries and gambling
Northern Norway Regional Health Authority Healthcare services
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation Television and radio channels
Norwegian Social Science Data Services Research
Norwegian State Housing Bank Banking
Petoro AS Manages the State's Direct Financial Interest in the petroleum industry
Posten Norge Postal services
Rehabil Manufacturing
Secora Maintenance of coastal infrastructure
Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority Healthcare services
Statkraft Electricity production
Statnett Electricity lines
Statskog Forestry and real estate
Staur Farm Farm
UNINETT Telecommunications
University Centre in Svalbard Research
Venturefondet Venture capital
Vinmonopolet Retailing of alcoholic beverages
Vy Railway company
Western Norway Regional Health Authority Healthcare services