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Jetski accidents turn fatal again

Maritime authorities are concerned after two accidents involving jetskis (called vannscootere in Norwegian) killed two men in their 30s near Fredrikstand during the weekend....

Lots to be learned from earlier crises

NEWS ANALYSIS: It's almost eerie how Norway has had to mark significant anniversaries of three major crises just in the past two weeks, and...

Polish tourist died in the mountains

Four tourists from Poland ran into trouble while skiing near Hallingskarvet near Geilo last weekend. Caught in bad weather on their way to a...

Avalanche victims lacked location devices

Two German tourists killed in an avalanche on Svalbard Thursday were not equipped with electronic devices that could help them be located under the...

Excavator sets off flood in Oslo

Work crews accidentally dug into a water main at Voldsløkka in Oslo Monday afternoon, sending torrents of water south towards downtown and flooding the...

Rockslide shocks highway officials

A brand-new stretch of Norway's highly trafficked E18 highway around Larvik was hailed as the "project of the year" when it was completed just...

Traffic safety highest in Norway

A new survey by the OECD, the international organization for economic cooperation and development, ranks Norway as having the fewest traffic deaths per 100,000...

Two injured in platform explosion

Two workers on Equinor's Heimdal platform in the North Sea were injured, one of them seriously, when a gas cannister exploded late Thursday. The...

Massive water leak cripples Bergen

Nearly 60 people were evacuated from 10 residential buildings at Sandviken just north of downtown Bergen early Wednesday morning, after a watermain burst and...

Alarms rang before ship lost power

Norway's Accident Investigation Board released a preliminary report Wednesday on the dramatic near-grounding of the cruiseship Viking Sky last spring. It reveals that a total...
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