Characteristic counter-culture followed by European country, but not Norway (9)
I believe the answer is:
trademark
'characteristic' is the definition.
(trademark is a kind of characteristic)
'counter-culture followed by european country but not norway' is the wordplay.
'counter culture' becomes 'tra' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'followed by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'european country' becomes 'denmark' (Denmark is an example).
'but not' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'norway' becomes 'n'.
'denmark' with 'n' taken away is 'demark'.
'tra'+'demark'='TRADEMARK'
(Other definitions for trademark that I've seen before include "Registered company symbol" , "distinctive characteristic" , "Distinguishing feature" , "Registered sign of a manufacturer" , "sign of concern" .)