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War memorials listed in new register

For the first time, all of Norway's roughly 3,000 war memorials have been compiled in a new register that soon will be available online....

Stars come out to honour Nansen

A year of memorials honouring Norwegian explorer and statesman Fridtjof Nansen was reaching a climax on Monday as royals, celebrities and even the secretary...

Museums get new names

Three museums that are part of the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum are getting new names in connection with the university's 200-year anniversary...

Munch director still hopes for new museum

The director of Oslo's famed but inadequate Munch Museum says he's not giving up hopes that a new museum will still be built on...

New Munch Museum loses support

Oslo's conservative city government coalition was split after one of its members, the Progress Party, backed out of an earlier political agreement to support...

Revealing Munch’s genius at work

As they carefully rolled out a huge, historic canvas at the Munch Museum on Thursday, even the museum's art experts seemed to be holding...

30 Viking graves found in Setesdal

Thirty graves believed to originate from the Viking period have been discovered in the valley of Setesdal, southern Norway. The major discovery earlier this...

Rough seas at two famed museums

Both the Norwegian Maritime Museum and its neighboring Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo have been navigating through stormy seas the past year, rocked by financial...

Tradition lives on at Folkemuseum

MUSEUM GUIDE: Norway’s capital is full of museums, and they’re often in the news. We’re following that news, and aim to focus regularly on...

Oslo’s developing waterfront, in a photo collage

Oslo has been undergoing massive waterfront redevelopment for years, and for better or worse. Some argue the city is being walled in with large...
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