Italy began splendidly and overwhelmed all through however in the wake of missing a few awesome risks at an early stage Antonio Conte's men fell behind when Alexander Tettey beat Gianluigi Buffon from separation in the wake of locking on to a headed leeway.
Italy, unbeaten all through, adhered to their assignment and on 73 minutes Roma's Florenzi jumped at the back post to tap the ball past Orjan Nyland, with Graziano Pelle wrapping up the focuses minutes after the fact with a nervy touch to Florenzi's wonderfully weighted traverse Nyland at the 'attendant's far post.
The outcome leaves Italy, beaten finalists at Euro 2012, unbeaten in the gathering and with a four-point pad on Croatia, who beat Malta to climb to second place to Norway's detriment to assert the second programmed qualifying spot.
Conte was enchanted with the win, yet at the same time flummoxed by a UEFA rankings framework that implies Italy won't be seeded for the opposition's draw in the not so distant future.
"We've completed top of the gathering in the wake of giving it everything against Norway," Conte told Rai TV after the outcome, which sees Norway drop into the play-offs.
"I'm sad for Norway, however that is football.
"I'm upbeat in light of the fact that we were unfortunate to go an objective behind and we returned and did our employment.
"We're on the right street. The chaps' state of mind is much more essential than whether we win or not."
He included: "We've completed with 24 focuses. It's hard for me to comprehend why we're not one of the seeded groups."
After their 3-1 win over Azerbaijan on Saturday, Conte tinkered with his strategic development, supplanting the 4-2-4 that worked ponders in Baku for a 3-5-2 that seemed to give the hosts much all the more assaulting ability.
Norway came searching for the stun win that would secure capability yet the guests were ball-pursuing from the start.
Be that as it may, in spite of Pelle and Roberto Soriano both approaching at an early stage, Norway broke the halt on 23 minutes when Tettey volleyed low past Buffon from the range's edge after a free kick from the forgot had been going into his way.
Amazingly, Italy kept up the weight with Pelle gesturing only wide from close in on Riccardo Montolivo's cross while Soriano was close again with a drive that Nyland pushed round the far's base post.
Nyland needed to tip another Pelle header out from under the bar on the stroke of half-time, before denying Florenzi with an extraordinary flying recovery.
Italy continued in comparative manner after the interim, Pelle simply neglecting to reach Florenzi's low cross and afterward Soriano's strike from outside the zone testing Nyland's reflexes.
An equalizer looked only a question of time, yet an undeniably anxious Conte requested various substitutes to warm up.
At the point when Nyland turned out to shut down Eder, the little striker was left in torment and soon supplanted by Sebastian Giovinco.
For Italy, it was a gift. Minutes after the fact the Toronto FC striker discovered space profound on the left half of the zone and delivered an awesome chip crosswise over objective that Haitam Aleesami endeavored to mid-section back to Nyland.
An alarm Florenzi scratched into flame the free ball into the net's back to pull the match level.
Giovinco very nearly got one of his own minutes after the fact when he jumped on a drive crosswise over objective to test Nyland with a horrible strike that the 'manager two-gave over the crossbar.
Italy ought to have had their second when Florenzi completed off an incredible move with Candreva to beat Nyland with a tap-in, in spite of the fact that the objective was mistakenly managed offside.
Yet, at last Pelle was not to be denied, the huge focus forward utilizing the deftest of touches to send a bobbing novice from Florenzi's brilliant conveyance over the outstretched Norway 'attendant in the last minutes.
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