Oh yeah pancakes in America are totally different. What we call a pancake in Norway at least is a lot thinner, kind of like a crepe but not really. You have it for dinner, usually you put blueberry jam or just plain sugar on it, and roll it up. Before pancakes you have something else, pea soup is pretty common.
The thick breakfast pancake with syrup on it doesn't really exist there. My dad used to make it for breakfast on Sundays, since he was an exchange student in Michigan at one point so he picked it up there. All of my friends thought it was really weird (although delicious).
Plus, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will get you weird looks in Norway.