Perhaps, under certain circumstances, Norway would feel more threatened by Nazi Germany than it did in OTL, and would need them for defense. If the Nazi invasion plans were somehow uncovered before they were put into action, Norway would take the threat more seriously. These could be paid for via access to oil reserves off of Norways coast (if they were accessible around 1930-1940). The carriers might also be needed to protect drilling operations offshore. You may be wondering why Norway would prefer carriers over a large force of seaplanes; this may be because seaplanes, though they would be a hindrance the Kriegsmarine, would be sitting ducks to the Luftwaffe. However, CVEs with multi-role fighters could put up more of a fight (the planes would be more capable in combat); this could perhaps buy Norway enough time to receive help from the Allies. Perhaps the small carrier(s) could defeat an invasion force in a Battle off Samar-esque victory, as I stated before.
They did and they were in the process of ramping up the Airforce to that having orders in the US for some 40 P-36s and a squadron of floatplanes.
Also AA was to be improved.
Edit: found this in an old thread of mine:
Thing is that Norwegian airforces had the following aircraft in the pipeline:
Hawk 75 fighters: 19 delivered but not operational, 5 enroute and another 36 for delivery.
Caproni light bombers: 15 for delivery.
He 115 torpedobombers: 6 for delivery.
Douglas 8A light bombers: 36 for delivery.
Northrop N-3 reconnaisance: 24 for delivery.
Already at hand was 12 Gladiator fighters, 4 Caproni and 6 He 115.
Taking the performance of the Hawk 75 in French use into consideration the Norwegians would be quite well off given some extra time for preparation.
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