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They all sing to win, but Norway's contestant in this year's Eurovision Song Contest claims she's "extremely satisfied" with her 5th place in the extravaganza's final during the weekend. It was Norway's best showing in 10 years. "I'm absolutely delighted,"...

Hedvig Moe was acting leader of Norway's domestic intelligence agency PST until Beate Gangås took over full time in December. Now Moe is leaving PST (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste) for a new job at a major Oslo law firm, with a few...

The 77-year-old Norwegian who formerly headed the International Biathlon Union (IBU) for many years has been indicted on corruption charges. Authorities accuse Anders Besseberg of accepting bribes in the form of expensive watches, hunting trips and prostitutes. Charges first made public...

Lise Klaveness is best known in Norway as the "brave" and "outspoken" president of the country's national football federation NFF. She didn't manage to break the glass ceiling at the male-dominated European federation (UEFA) this week, but she's not...

Odd Petter Magnussen has been seeking justice for the death of his daughter Martine since she was found lifeless in the cellar of a fashionable apartment building in London 15 years ago. Now the wealthy young man she was...

Questions have been raised this week over how a police officer who was sentenced to 21 years in jail for corruption could suddenly be released, at least temporarily, because he was "unfit for imprisonment." Speculation is flying that Eirik...

Funeral services were held in both Moscow and Oslo this past week for convicted Norwegian spy Arne Treholt. The former journalist, politician and diplomat was long viewed as one of the most controversial Norwegians since World War II. Treholt, who...

UPDATED: Norway's young justice minister, Emilie Enger Mehl, has finally responded to criticism over her presence on the social media platform TikTok, and for installing it on her government mobile telephone. Like other platforms, TikTok demands lots of information...

Norway's phenomenal downhill racer Jesper Saltvik Pedersen could come home to Norway with no less than four new gold medals around his neck plus a bronze. His winning streak at  the World Para Alpine Ski Championships at Espot in...

Hedvig Hjertaker of Bergen has become the youngest woman to ever ski alone to the South Pole. The 28-year-old adventurer arrived at her goal after 49 days trekking across the frozen continent. Her manager Andre Fjærestrand Bratli confirmed her arrival...

Kirsti Bergstø, a 41-year-old left-wing politician from Northern Norway, is poised to take over as leader of the counry's Socialist Left Party (SV). That can also force the Labour- and Center parties' minority government coalition to take a wider...

UPDATED: Therese Johaug took over as Norway's reigning ski queen after Marit Bjørgen tried to retire from the sport. Now Johaug has also "retired" and following in Bjørgen's tracks by having a baby, in addition to various business and...

Norwegian chess star Magnus Carlsen was being hailed once again this week, after a dramatic year that ended with new World Championship titles in both rapid and blitz chess. That leaves him with a total of 15 World Championships...

John Carew was one of Norway's most internationally successful football players and then launched a career in acting. Now he's facing a long intermission after deciding not to appeal a 14-month jail term for tax evasion. "He's chosen to accept...

NEWS ANALYSIS: Atle Antonsen was long one of Norway's most high-profile comedians, but few are laughing after it emerged that he'd fired off a barrage of racist comments against a well-known Norwegian-Somalian woman in a bar in Oslo. Now,...