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‘Several’ charged in attack on publisher

Norway's state police unit Kripos has charged "several" people in connection with the attempted assassination of William Nygaard in 1993. Nygaard headed Oslo publishing...

Late author defied the literary elite

Margit Sandemo wrote nearly 200 books that sold an estimated 37 million copies, and she long ranked as one of Norway's most popular authors....

Nesbø recovering at local hospital

Jo Nesbø, Norway's multi-talented artist and best-selling author, had to be admitted to a local hospital this week following an "acute illness." It forced...

Norwegian released from arrest for terror financing

UPDATED: A Norwegian man who worked for a French company in Syria was arrested while changing planes at the Charles de Gaulle airport in...

Stoltenbergs delve into family’s loss

Nini Stoltenberg was the daughter of top Norwegian politicians and the sister of a prime minister, who now heads NATO, and a doctor who...

Norway loses a seafarers’ hero

Jon Michelet was a journalist, newspaper editor, local politican, labour activist, TV anchor and, most of all, a best-selling author who won lots of...

Filming re-enacted July 22 terrorist attack

Downtown Oslo was once again the scene of howling sirens, flashing blue lights, armed soldiers and terrified, injured people running for their lives during...

Poor reviews don’t dampen ‘Snowman’ sales

Cinemas in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim are reporting strong sales of tickets for the new film version of Jo Nesbø's crime novel Snømannen (The...

‘The Snowman’s’ meltdown spreads

UPDATED: Norwegian critics' frosty reception of the film version of Jo Nesbø's Snømannen (The Snowman) continued unabated on Wednesday, with national dailies Aftenposten, Dagens...

Norwegian writes porn book for children

"It's bound to spark reaction," commented one reviewer of a new children's book by radical author Gro Dahle. She's tackled uncomfortable subjects before, like...
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