Originally Posted by
Oslohiker
You get used to it. You just have to bring a few emergency items. You have to bring some wool mid-layers anyway. You will have kind of solitude anyway. You will meet other people, but very few trails are even close to be crowded.
I hardly carry any water at anytime. You don't need to. Most of the time I just have 1 dl or 2, or nothing at all. I just find a stream to drink at (they are never far between). I almost never use (or bring) any water treatment equipment. It is clean and taste fabulous. I know some do it when there are a lot of lemming, but I don't. You get a way with a 4 kg pack, and just food for the hours you walk that day, to the next hut.
But in Norway you have to have real hiking boots. Very seldom you get away with trail runners.
Mosquitos are not a big concern. During the day time they mostly don't hassle you. But there are areas that are bad. Inland in Northern Norway can be hellish. Mostly you're not bothered (elsewhere). If you tent at night you need to protect yourself....