No Ken,
It's because the Norwegians now have first-hand experience of the capability and the enormous potential. It simply isn't a "PowerPoint jet" to the countries who own and fly them. Regardless of the criticisms levied at the Program, the jet on the ramp is impressing its pilots, most of whom have significant previous experience in the same jet types that the F-35 is "supposedly" inferior to, overall.
Or, the entire NOR government and people are Lockheed "shills" and are doubling down on the so-called Sprey "Lemon".