Tag: accidents

Problems rise around foreign truck drivers

Police in Norway are sounding alarms over what they call a hazardous driving culture among foreign truck drivers. Many from eastern European countries have...

Woman killed while rafting

On the same day that a local rafting firm in Dagali advertised rafting as "No risk, no fun," a woman in her 20s from...

Hot, dry weather sparks campfire ban

All it took was two weeks with no rain for the forests around Oslo to get so dry that local fire authorities decided to...

Racer caught speeding, too

Crown Prince Haakon isn't the only Norwegian male celebrity to be caught speeding lately. Long-distance skiing star Anders Aukland lost his driving license last...

Fire forced evacuations

At least 80 Norwegians were among those evacuated when fire broke out inside a hotel in the popular and low-cost resort area of Sunny...

Traffic fatalities blamed on men

Fully nine out of 10 fatal automobile accidents in Norway can be blamed on male drivers  who took too many risks or were driving...

Tourists overrepresented in accident statistics

As thousands of foreign tourists stream into Norway for the summer season come warnings that they're overrepresented in accident statistics. Germans out fishing are...

Museum aims to raise sunken ship

Officials at the Stavanger Maritime Museum are laying plans to raise their historic sailing vessel "Wyvern," which sank in a storm in the Baltic...

Historic vessel sinks off Sweden

UPDATED: Swedish maritime authorities reported Thursday morning that an historic Norwegian vessel home-ported in Stavanger had started taking in water and later sank in...

Svalbard cruise passenger killed

An American cruiseship passenger in her 60s was killed and three others  injured when a rubber inflatable boat that was carrying them closer to...
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