Also, there have been attempts at national and regional levels in Norway to ban beggars from the streets, or move them on. this article's a bit old now, but there are still local communes which actively harass beggars/ rough sleepers:

Homelessness In Norway

Scandinavia is often highlighted as an area of the world that has everything sussed, but as someone who's spent 5 years living in Norway, 13 years working for a Norwegian employer, travelled extensively around Sweden, Finland and Denmark and who speaks the language, it has similar problems to other places, which are only somewhat alleviated by the type of social structures prevalent there.