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Climate concerns don’t halt travel

Millions of Norwegians are officially off for Norway's long five-day Easter holiday weekend that began on Thursday, with more than half of them out...

Sunny holiday week settles over Norway

It's highly unusual when the weather forecast charts for most of Norway are covered by suns, with the exception of some clouds in the...

Robbers resort to matchsticks

Police in Porsgrunn, southwest of Oslo, think local bands of burglars are casing out homes to check for long-term absence with the help of...

NSB teased in April Fool’s Day jokes

A few Norwegian transport operators celebrated April Fool's Day on Monday by claiming they were changing their names - all in a humorous jab...

‘Winter holiday’ is the new Easter

The first week of Norway's traditional winter holiday began on Monday, but with temperatures well above the freezing point even in many mountain areas,...

New Year fireworks injure 16

Despite lots of warnings over the risks of setting off private fireworks, and bans on them in central urban areas, 16 people suffered severe...

New Year’s babies in Tønsberg and Elverum

Norway's New Year's babies arrived at 12 minutes past midnight on January 1st, in both Tønsberg and Elverum. A total of five babies were...

Solberg’s speech ‘catered to KrF’

NEWS ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Erna Solberg was widely seen as trying to appeal to the Christian Democrats Party (Kristelig Folkeparti, KrF) in her annual New...

Monarch calls for better behaviour

King Harald V dutifully refrained from expressing any political opinions in his annual New Year's address to the nation. He seized the opportunity, though,...

Happy New Year from Oslo to you

The sun actually shone over Oslo on New Year's morning, in contrast to the storms lashing other areas of Norway. With the hope of...

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