Why Norway, Denmark, and Sweden have different retrecnchment results despite all being social democratic welfa

Question

Why does Norway, Denmark, and Sweden have different retrecnchment results despite all being social democratic welfare states? what other factors or events have caused this difference and is there any data to prove this point?

Answer 1

In Sweden and Denmark, the official reasons for implementing the new welfare reforms, with their elements of workfare, were high unemployment rates and increased public spending.23 In Norway, however, the economic situation has been quite different. After experiencing some recession at the beginning of the 90s, economic growth has been high and unemployment figures low, thanks partly to oil
and gas revenues. In Norway, then, the justification for the new reforms has partly been financial concern for future generations, i.e. future challenges, and partly a concern for the work ethic and the dissolution of personal responsibility

Answer 2

I would look at the rising price of oil and the fact that Norway and to a lesser extent Denmark is an exporter of oil and Sweden in a importer.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ene_imp_kt_of_oil_equ_percap-kt-oil-equivalent-per-capita