I am currently trying to book a trip to Scandinavia, and the Lonely Planet is only of limited help. I usually have a guide book to hand when booking my trips (I get away for about 8 weeks of the year on average) and find them useful to give an overview.
This guide however is of limited use. The index has missing references and incorrect page numbers for the references that are there. They also provide you details of what to do but no details on how to arrange e.g. getting from Bergen to Oslo by train which is supposed to be one of the most beautiful train journeys in the world.
I have come to a point where I am going to purchase a different guide book to finish my booking, which is rather annoying.
I have giving the rating of 3 stars as the city guides are reasonable and details on train journeys have been helpful.
Overall - disappointment of a usually very good series.