The Christmas Eve tradition of hiding brooms to prevent witches from using them is associated with Norway.
The custom belongs to older Norwegian Christmas folklore surrounding julaften, or Christmas Eve. According to the belief, witches or other supernatural beings might appear during the holiday night and steal brooms—or use them for flight—so households put their brooms safely out of sight.
Norwegian Christmas celebrations have deep roots in the older Scandinavian jul season. Christmas Eve is the central celebration, with the main meal, gift-giving, and other household preparations taking place on December 24. The broom custom is best understood as a folkloric superstition rather than a universal modern practice followed by every Norwegian family.
It is easy to confuse Norway with Denmark, Sweden, or Iceland because all share related Yule traditions and folklore. The specific broom-hiding story, however, is conventionally presented as a Norwegian Christmas Eve custom.