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‘Rimi-Hagen’ comes out of the closet

Stein Erik "Rimi" Hagen, who made his fortune establishing the Rimi grocery store chain in Norway, has long been one of Norway's wealthiest and...

Stave church moves back home

A 122-year-old copy of a Norwegian stave church that was moved to the US from where it was built in Orkanger, outside Trondheim, is being...

Scenic cemeteries are the new parks

Despite recent controversy over tourists found camping in some of Norway's scenic graveyards, residents themselves are increasingly using local well-tended cemeteries as an alternative to parks. The resting places of...

Bergen police launch hunt for church arsonist

Police in Bergen fear they may have another church arsonist on their hands, after someone tried to light a fire at a back entrance to...

Catholic Church denies wrongdoing

Catholic Church officials have apologized for any misunderstandings, but maintain they have not received an undue amount of state financial support in Norway and...

‘Unhappy’ bishop denies fraud charges

Bishop Bernt Eidsvig, the top official of the Catholic Church in Norway, has formally denied charges that he and other leaders of the Catholic...

Catholic diocese raided in Oslo

UPDATED: Norwegian police raided the offices of the Catholic Church's diocese in Oslo on Thursday, and charged the diocese, Bishop Bernt Eidsvig and the church's...

MPs muster support for stave churches

Alarmed that some of Norway's historic stave churches may be sold or closed, a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party says his colleagues...

Doors may close at stave churches

An acute lack of funds may force the sale or closure some of Norway's historic stave churches. The association that owns and operates eight of...

Police probe cathedral vandalism

Police questioned a man suspected of throwing stones at the stained glass windows of the cathedral in downtown Stavanger late Sunday night. He vigorously...
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