I grew up in post-war Norway, as you know.  We were betwixt and between, but fear of Russia is not something I remember as an issue when I grew up, at least not in my family.

Still...I remember the front page of Aftenposten when Stalin died - his face filled the front page.  I was just a girl, but glad that he was dead, I remember.  So I must have been told that he was 'not a nice man':-).