Norwegian police are trained to keep calm and prevent increased aggression. It's just nonsense to beat up drunk people as long as they are not harming anyone but themselves. Great reaction!
Similar to British police in that regard, they're trained to de-escalate a situation mostly. I've never had the police here mistreat me, not that I've been arrested a lot. Then again I've always been polite.
To compare to the US! American cops have around 5 to 7 month education before going into service. Here in Norway it takes 3 years and with a tight screening. They run a insane physiological program to test your limit of what you can take before you snap. They evaluate you from that. There are plenty of good cops in America, but the bad seeds would not pass the first month at a Norwegian police academy.
