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New security role for King’s Guards

Norway's King’s Guards were set to become tin soldiers, guarding the palace and the royal residences in their decorative plumed bowler hats and appearing...

War memorial full of errors

A group of Norwegian World War II resistance fighters known as “Pelle-gruppa” (the Pelle Group) was officially recognized last month, more than 70 years after...

Women recruited for special forces

The Norwegian military's special commando unit (Forsvarets spesialkommando, FSK) was sending out letters this week to 2,000 women chosen from around the country after...

New light shines on historic fortress

At the darkest time of the year in Norway, the country's defense establishment has finally been able to shine some new light on the...

Norway may stay in Afghanistan

UPDATED: Norway's new defense minister, Ine Eriksen Søreide, spent the weekend visiting Norwegian troops in Afghanistan and evaluating whether to extend their mission. Søreide...

War heroes win overdue honours

 After being all but ignored for more than 70 years, members of Norway's World War II resistance movement known as "Pelle-gruppa" (the Pelle Group)...

Spy news can sour Russian relations

As revelations of US spying continue to leak out of documents distributed by defected American Edward Snowden, some of them may cause conflicts for...

‘Poor routines’ led to Hercules crash

Last year's crash of a Norwegian Hercules military cargo plane on its way to Kiruna in northern Sweden has been blamed on a combination...

Oscarsborg, Høyblokken on preservation list

Norway's state agency in charge of historic preservation (Riksantikvaren) has targeted the historic fortress of Oscarsborg, the area around it and, farther up the...

Frigate berthed for its spare parts

One of the Norwegian navy's five new, expensive frigates has been permanently berthed at the Haakonsvern naval base in Bergen where it serves mostly...
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