Well, he does that because he says that Norways relationship with Europe is special, but he forgets that Iceland have the same relationship with EU, (as have the other EFTA-countries, thats Liectenstein and Switzerland).
Also, Norway is one of the richest countries in the world, and a lot of the people on Iceland, have Norwegian anchestors, from the Viking-age, but still, Iceland has to borrow money from Russia and the EU.