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Culture Minister regrets museum call

Norway's Culture Minister, Thorhild Widvey, may have to answer to a parliamentary committee over accusations of interfering with freedom of speech. On Friday the...

Debate over Sami ‘national’ day

Sami national day has been celebrated by indigenous people across Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia on February 6 since the Sami Conference adopted the...

Confirmation course to be offered in English

The popular Norwegian rite of passage known as konfirmasjon, tied to confirmation of religious or human values, is now about to be offered in...

Irony surrounds immigration debate

NEWS COMMENTARY: This man, the leader of Oslo's chapter of the Progress Party and a Member of Parliament, seems to be doing his best...

Music dies hard at Vestfold festival

For more than 20 years, the large Vestfoldfestspillene music festival has been a much-loved tradition for residents of Vestfold County and their many summer...

Weddings become big business

This past weekend,  known as Midsummer in Norway, was one of the most popular weekends of the year to get married, at a time...

Norway warms up to ‘Nordic Cool’

Norwegian commentators may roll their eyes at the expressions "Scandinavian Cool" and "Nordic Cool," but some fairly major media events and exhibitions far beyond...

Babies parked out in the cold

An age-old Norwegian practice of putting babies in their carriages and parking them outdoors to take their naps, also in the middle of winter,...

Lure of ‘marka’ hits UN recruiting

Norwegians' easy access to the great outdoors, combined with good pay and benefits, is making it difficult to convince them to apply for or...

Oslo’s ‘nynorsk’ theater turns 100

Norway's national theater dedicated to the nynorsk form of the Norwegian language is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year with a special program boasting 30 different...

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