Driving To & In Norway

[David87]

I fancy going on holiday to Norway in September next year, but I want to drive as I think it'll be quite fun and you'd see loads of things you otherwise wouldn't on the way. Thing is, I believe ferries direct from the UK stopped in 2008, so has anyone driven there recently and which route did you take? The Visit Norway website says get a ferry from Harwich to Denmark and then from Denmark to Norway, and all of these seem to dock in the South of the country, mainly either in Oslo or Kristiansand. Thing is, I'd also like to see the Northern Lights etc. up in the North in Tromsø, but this is a massive 1,200 mile drive from Oslo. Is there any kind of overnight car ferry that'll do the journey for me?
Please feel free to tell me it's a stupid idea and that I should just fly like everyone else, but this is PH, so I hold out some hope someone else will have done it and have some advice!

Also, what are the road conditions going to be like in mid-September? The average temperatures, even up North, don't seem too cold at that time of year.

• Edit* meant to put this in the travel section rather than GG. Oops.

Edited by David87 on Wednesday 17th November 20:18