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NATO chief visits on farewell tour

It will be nearly another month before Norway's former prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, can finally move home again. He was back in Oslo this week, though, on his last official visit as secretary general of NATO. Stoltenberg was making courtesy...

Politicians add to the ranks of Norwegians taking sick leave

The numbers of Norwegians out on sick leave have reached their highest level in 15 years, according to new numbers from state statistics bureau SSB. Politicians and other state officials bemoan both the resulting lack of productivity and its costs...

Fears rise that the popular white whale ‘Hvaldimir’ was murdered

Two animal rights organizations suspect that the friendly and popular white whale known as Hvaldimir, who swam into Norwegian waters five years ago, was intentionally shot and killed over the weekend. They have filed charges in a bid to...

King Harald tidies his ‘Royal House’

Norway's King Harald V finally seems to have made an effort to clarify the lines of royal responsibility within what Norwegians call Kongehuset, literally The Royal House. The move comes after criticism around Princess Martha Louise's commercial exploitation of...

Support for the monarchy falls

A new survey shows historically weak support among Norwegians for their monarchy. Only 40 percent disagreed when asked whether Crown Prince Haakon should be Norway's last king, and calls are rising for his sister to either give up her...

Quiet at home as royal circus reached its climax

NEWS ANALYSIS: Weeks of turmoil around Norway's royal family were reaching a climax during the weekend, with the controversial second wedding of King Harald's now-middle-aged daughter to a self-professed American shaman. Meanwhile, the king's wayward step-grandson was allowed to...

SAS strike over, workers won

Flight attendants at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) had to go on strike for them, but have now won many of the standard pay and benefits held by other workers. That prompted them to call off the strike they'd called last...

Government proposes new, more liberal abortion law

Norway's Labour-led government unveiled its proposal for what it called a "new, updated and wide-ranging abortion law" that's more in line with current practice and social values. It expands the rights of women to opt for an abortion from...

Drama swirled behind the resignation of the Christian Democrats’ party leader

An intense power struggle is widely believed to be behind the sudden but not unexpected resignation late Thursday night of Olaug Bollestad, leader of Norway's Christian Democrats Party (Kristelig Folkeparti, KrF). The drama that played out through the summer...

Struggling SAS faced new strike

NEWS ANALYSIS: Millions have been spent on lawyers' fees, consultants, executive pay and other costs tied to Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)' emergence from bankruptcy protection, while Norwegian flight attendants claim they haven't had a raise for 12 years and work...

Grocery giants hit with huge fines

The Norwegian Competition Authority has finally cracked down on the highly profitable companies that control 95 percent of Norway's notoriously high-priced grocery stores. Rema, Coop and NorgesGruppen were slapped with fines totalling NOK 4.9 billion on Wednesday, after being...

Royals keep waving amidst scandal

Norway's King Harald, Queen Sonja and their son Crown Prince Haakon were the only members of their troubled royal family on the balcony of their palace in downtown Oslo Tuesday. They opted to review a traditional drill corps performance,...

Weak krone sparks debate

Norway's unusually weak currency, the krone, strengthened a bit on Monday but remains a problem that's made many Norwegians feel poorer. The government refuses, though, to set up a so-called "krone commission" that could bind the krone to the euro,...

Norwegians still shopping in Sweden

Norwegians spent NOK 583 million more shopping in Sweden during the first half of this year than they did last year. That's up nearly 13 percent from cross-border spending during the same first-half period last year, as Norwegians seek...

Satellite launchings made history

Two satellites launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California last week are being hailed as "historic" for Norway's own space program. They'll be able to provide full broadband coverage in the Arctic and much better weather reports,...
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