Mollie -- since you quoted part of my post on the other "Norma" thread, let me also say that most Norma instruments I've seen have been Japanese. Apparently the Tombo Co. in Japan did quite a few knock-offs of European instrument designs (though I'm not sure why, since they were making cheap copies of cheap European guitars, such as the Italian EKO's).
However, when searching for info about Normas, I did find some posts on other forums, where the hypothesis was that some of them were built in Europe. Of course, this opinion could have emerged because the instruments were Japanese copies of European designs. It's also conceivable that some of the Normas could have been imported into Europe from Japan, and sold there. In the USA, Norma instruments were apparently imported and sold by an outfit called Strum & Drum out of the Midwest.
Allen Hopkins
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