Wasn´t that answered in post 24? If Norway ahistorically manages to stay independent it should have no aid in turning protestant because historically it only turned protestant after it fell under the reign of its protestant neighbors’. A player still can turn protestant by using the game mechanic for that.
(IMO)If Norway manages to stay independent it should indeed have aid in turning protestant. The Wiki article used as an argument is lacking of the historical and geographical context needed to understand Norway’s position in the early years after the reformation. First of all Norway didn't have any university at the time. Every noble in Norway was educated abroad, mostly in Denmark. So the archbishop of Norway, referenced in the aforementioned post was already fighting a losing battle. He was already in disputes with the nobility, and had a weakening powerbase.
Well as Norway tried to stay independent from its dominating neighbors’ Sweden and Denmark with the last catholic archbishop fleeing the land when the Danish took over that rather strongly shows to me that Norway would not have endorsed its enemies religion when staying independent.
Well here is a mix of religion and independence. The archbishop tried to stay independent and fight the reformation. He lost the due to nobles turning against him on religious grounds and he lost because nobles didn’t want to fight the new Danish king. So if you would; Norway would have imploded into Protestantism before it would have given in to the Danish throne. This would have taken a lot longer though. A war between Norway and Denmark would have had a nationalistic underpinning not a religious one.
What I would have liked to see AI do if Norway chooses to break away from Denmark in 1536 is a Norwegian civil war with a good chance that nobility installs a new protestant king. Becasue the king wants money, and a good way of getting it is by taking church land. One must understand that the conversion of Denmark for instance, had more to do with a powerstruggle between the king and the church than religious aspects.
I know that it is completely possible to turn Norway protestant via the game mechanics but I feel the arguments given that Norway "should" ahistorically stay catholic are too weak. Norway’s position was so interlocked with the Danish one that it is hard to imagine that Norway would not have followed their conversion.
I have played Norway a number of times. And the first thing I do is to cancel the vassalization from Denmark. From then on out it's ahistorical. And it’s pretty hard to imagine that Norway would have stayed a catholic outpost in the north while Denmark, Sweden and England converted; the major trading partners of Norway. You can say that it would have stayed catholic like Ireland, but Ireland is an island who didn't have the sort if influences Norway had.
The question regarding religion becomes somewhat different if you play historical up to the point that Denmark subsumed Norway or if you go ahistorical right away. If one chooses to go ahistorical right away as Norway one should have a conversion like the one in Denmark and Sweden game wise. If one plays historical up to the point Denmark historically subsumed Norway one should first encounter a war with Denmark. Following a defeat it should be game over. Following a win or a white peace Norway should be thrown out in a religious civil war with a good chance that the protestant sides win.
But since we are discussing ahistorical outcomes, it's impossible to be certain of nothin but our uncertainty.
(/IMO)
I have one question I haven’t found out yet. If Norway conquers Denmark and choose to stay Norwegian, do all of the "Danish" leaders get transferred to the Norwegian leader files? Because some of the "Danish" leaders were actually born in Norway. And if one choose to stay Norwegian, does the "Danish" events becomes Norwegian events, or do one have to choose to become Denmark to get the events?