Tax rates in Norway are average. Education is free. Health care is rated in the top three internationally. (BTW USA is last)
This from OECD in 2022.
In Norway, the average single worker faced a net average tax rate of 27.3% in 2022, compared with the OECD average of 24.6%. In other words, in Norway the take-home pay of an average single worker, after tax and benefits, was 72.7% of their gross wage, compared with the OECD average of 75.4%.
