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Bergen International Festival can open

A slimmed-down version of Norway's annual Bergen International Festival is getting ready to open to both live audiences and those clicking in digitally. Events will be held indoors and outdoors, after organizers struggled to satisfy Corona-related restrictions. "We've had some...

New ‘MUNCH’ ready to receive its art

The long-awaited moving process from Oslo's old Munch Museum to the brand-new museum simply called "MUNCH" is about to get underway. After lengthy delays, not all of them Corona-related, the new museum will finally open to the public this...

Norway loses a ‘national treasure’

Jahn Teigen was mostly known as a pop singer, perhaps even a laughable one at that, not least when he dressed up in skeleton costumes or green tights. He became all but immortal for scoring zero points when representing...

Generations of readers hail ‘mormor’

Norwegians young and old are fondly remembering Anne-Cath Vestly, an author who pioneered children’s books from the child’s perspective and became a sort of national grandmother in the process. She would have been 100 years old this month. In numerous...

MGP winner keeps her eye on the prize

Amidst all the turmoil, anger and scandal following state broadcaster NRK's voting system breakdown at the MGP national song contest Saturday night, Ulrikke Brandstorp claims she's still thrilled that she was named as the winner. She thinks all the...

Scandal envelopes Eurovision run-up

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) named a winner Saturday night to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest this spring, but her victory was bittersweet. A "scandalous" breakdown of NRK's system for voting by the public meant that a back-up jury...

Norway grabs the literary spotlight

Norway's biggest and most expensive promotional event ever was finally playing out in Frankfurt this week, after months of preparation. The country has spent tens of millions of kroner to be the so-called "guest of honour" at the Frankfurt...

Bodø wins as a ‘Capital of Culture’

The Norwegian city of Bodø has become the first city north of the Arctic Circle and outside the EU to become a European Capital of Culture, in 2024. Civic boosters in Bodø have been celebrating, after attracting the biggest...

Oslo Culture Night celebrates 15th anniversary

It's the only night of the year when residents can gain access to special and historic buildings, enjoy museums that stay open late or take part in lots of special events from walking tours to street festivals. Oslo Kulturnatt...

‘Culture shapes a democracy’

Norway's government minister in charge of culture, Trine Skei Grande, said she felt like it was her birthday, Christmas and the 17th of May (Norway's national day) all at once: For the first time in 15 years, she'd be...

Artistic spat ends in ‘compromise’

A leading Norwegian art critic attacked the new head of Norway's National Museum last week, claiming Karin Hindsbo "lacked competence" within both the art profession and management. Hindsbo had decided against buying a piece of art that critic Lars...

Skavlan loses viewers back home

Norwegian talk show host Fredrik Skavlan quickly zoomed to Scandinavian stardom when his show that started on Norway's NRK, Skavlan, also started being carried several years ago by Swedish broadcaster SVT1. Now he's losing viewers back home in Norway,...

‘Last hurrah’ for the National Gallery

It's perhaps only fitting that the artist behind Norway's "national painting" of a mountain in Rondane is featured in what will be the last exhibition at the National Gallery in Oslo for a very long time. When the Harald...

Duck and cover! Donald hits Oslo

Calls for even more diversity at the international football tournament Norway Cup this week were at least fictionally met with the arrival of the world's most famous ducks. A recent issue of Donald Duck & Co, a comic book...

‘Norge Rundt’ celebrates 40 years on the air

One of Norway's best-loved TV programs, Norge Rundt (Around Norway), was celebrating its 40th anniversary on the air this week. State broadcaster NRK was due to air a special two-hour show Friday evening, promising highlights from the series and lots...
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