Can you explain why only Norway in Northern Europe has outstanding results in the Winter Olympics?

Denmark is not as cold as Beijing in winter. It only snows up to your ankles and it basically melts immediately. Sweden has snow but not so many mountains, so I basically just light a bunch of candles in winter and become a qualified hibernating hamster, or let myself go to Southeast Asia. There is snow in Finland and there are some mountains in the north, but the people there are social-phobic and don’t like to participate in group activities. This leaves Norway, which has snow, mountains, and money, so basically why you see that Norway is more eye-catching among these four countries.

There is no snow in Denmark, and there are not that many mountains in Finland. Sweden is actually not bad, but Norway has a tradition of skiing and has good mountain conditions. If you look at Norway's medals, they are mostly related to skiing, especially cross-country skiing. Norway's cross-country skiing is similar to China's table tennis, and similar to the Dutch skating.

On the one hand, Norwegians living in mountainous areas have passed down their extreme love for ice and snow activities from generation to generation. On the other hand, Norway makes full use of its natural advantages to create a mature industrial chain for the development of ice and snow sports.

In the mainstream sports powers of Europe and the United States, except for skating and snowboarding, which are relatively popular, most snow sports are unpopular challenges that few people care about. As the origin of various skiing events, Norway has unique geographical and climatic conditions. The government actively introduces sponsorship and encourages the development of clubs. Not only is alpine skiing and cross-country skiing extremely popular, but it also participates in winter skiing events every year. The total number of people involved in the movement is not small. As a "big country" in Northern Europe, Sweden has a population nearly twice that of Norway. However, people's choice of sports is also more diversified. In addition to traditional ice and snow sports, more people are interested in other sports.

So far, in all previous Summer Olympics: Sweden's president has won 503 medals, including 148 gold medals. The Norwegian championship has won 163 medals, including 62 gold medals. Compared with Norway’s strong investment in winter sports, the distribution of Swedish sports is closer to the norm in most countries.