WI: Communist Norway

Inspired by this video:
Now I just have to see it. What are the ramifications of the rare possibility where Norway turns Communist(Soviets take over Trondheim and Bergen, say, with submarines from Murmansk during WWII)?
 
Where is Sweden in all of this? I would imagine that the easiest way for the Soviets to get to Norway would be through Sweden (presumably if they were allied to or occupied by Germany). If they had somehow remained independent I could see them either openly joining NATO, or going hard-core neutral.
 
Major fighting in the north basically stopped by November 1944. If the Soviets had really pushed, then maybe they would be able to take Narvik in an overland campaign backed by flanking amphibious assaults as OTL. No way do they launch an amphibious attack by submarines (!!!) as far as Trondheim.

Now, if relations between east and west sour immediately for whatever reason, then perhaps a People's Republic of Norway with its capital in Narvik could emerge, but that's about it.
 

Redbeard

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Would be very difficult to run. Not only are the Norwegians rather headstrong vs. any central government but unless Sweden is also a communist regime it will be very difficult to keep the Norwegians inside Norway. And even with Sweden "under control" there are so many seagoing vessels in Norway and so many with skills to sail them, that Norway may still turn up empty one morning. You could of course try to confiscate all seagoing vessels but that would remove a major profession and make the country a resourcedrain.
 
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