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Hundreds airlifted off tilting platform

An accommodation platform off the northwest coast of Norway was being evacuated on Wednesday after it started to tilt in the early morning hours....

King Harald honoured King’s Bay victims

King Harald, the president of the Norwegian Parliament, Dag Terje Andersen, and Labour Minister Anniken Huitfeldt were among those taking part in a memorial...

Ex-police chief caught speeding

Anstein Gjengedal, the former chief of police in Oslo, got off easily when he was pulled over for excessive speeding last month. Now he's...

Several injured after fire on board jet

Nearly 30 Norwegian tourists on their way home from southern Turkey were injured when they were forced to evacuate their chartered flight after fire...

New York-bound flight forced to return to Oslo

A United Airlines flight from Oslo to New York experienced engine trouble Wednesday morning and had to return to Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen,...

Emergency crews rescued young American

A 23-year-old man from the US thought a trek up one of Norway's most distinctive mountain peaks, Gaustatoppen, would amount to a quick afternoon...

Stranded men saved themselves

Two workers stranded overnight on a power line high above a Norwegian fjord finally managed to save themselves on Tuesday after helicopter rescue efforts...

Men left hanging over Nordfjorden

Two men who'd been carrying out repair work on power lines high over the Nordfjord in western Norway remained stuck in their small basket...

Fire’s smoke forced major evacuation

Smoke from a fire at a recycling plant outside Stavanger forced the evacuation Tuesday morning of thousands of people, including employees at the headquarters...

Estonians killed in mysterious car accident

Two young men from Estonia have been identified as the victims of a dramatic and, police note, mysterious car accident earlier this week. Their...
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