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Melgaard trims an unconventional tree

PHOTO FEATURE: Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard offered his own unique way of launching the holiday season in his homeland's capital during the weekend. At...

New Ibsen theater won funding

Among "goodies" offered by the Norwegian government in its state budget proposal for next year is an allotment of NOK 8 million (USD 1...

Museum launches search for stolen Viking jewelry

The University of Bergen's Historisk Museum has posted photos online of some of an estimated 400 items stolen from its storage rooms earlier this month....

Oslo museum projects in exclusive exhibition

Two Norwegian museums currently under construction have made it into an exclusive exhibit of international projects viewed as being the museums of the future. Both the...

Munch paintings bound for Japan

One of Japan's largest industrial firms, Idemitsu, has financially supported Oslo's Munch Museum for many years. Now the museum will be giving something back to...

Knausgård offers a new look at Munch

One of Norway's most internationally prominent authors, Karl Ove Knausgård, has put together an exhibit of works by the country's most famous artist, Edvard Munch, in a...

Property tax bills spark more outcry

Several cultural institutions and humanitarian organizations are the latest to be hit by new property tax bills from the City of Oslo that they...

Outgoing museum director gets golden handshake

Norwegian state officials normally frown on lucrative executive pay deals and severance packages but now find themselves as party to one: Audun Eckhoff, the...

Dane takes on big museum job

The board of Norway's National Museum in Oslo has selected a new director from Denmark. Karin Hindsbo was tapped not only to lead Norway's...

Munch’s ‘Scream’ mystery solved

A mysterious smudge on the Norwegian National Gallery's versions of Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream has plagued art experts for years. Was it intentionally...

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