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Ticket sales slip for Birkebeiner

Norway's legendary annual Birkebeiner ski race over the mountains may be losing some of its allure. Two months after tickets for next year's race...

Coop will uphold Northug deal

Troubled Norwegian cross country skier Petter Northug was relieved on Thursday, after grocery chain Coop decided to uphold their sponsorship deal. Northug's future looked...

Northug cuts ties with support team

Norwegian cross-country skiing champion Petter Northug has fired his entire coaching and management team at the behest of his major sponsor, supermarket and hardware...

Northug admits to drunk driving

Petter Northug, one of Norway's most high-profile champion skiers and sports heroes in recent years, admitted Sunday evening that he was the one driving...

Skier Northug’s car demolished

An expensive Audi A7 sedan belonging to Norwegian skiing star Petter Northug roared though a rotary intersection in Trondheim on Sunday, tore down road...

Skiers’ last hurrah, runners’ first

Tens of thousands of Norwegians flocked outdoors in the brilliant sunshine over the weekend, not least to take part in some of the biggest...

Easter likely to become snow-free

A final spring skiing spree in the mountains remains the much-hyped and traditional way for Norwegians to spend their long Easter holidays. Climate researchers...

Last Easter free of snowmobiles

Anti-snowmobile activists warned this would be the last peaceful Easter in the mountains before more than 100 municipalities can introduce public snowmobile licenses next...

Tragic end for experienced skiers

Rescue crews found the bodies of four experienced ski tourers missing since Monday afternoon after a large avalanche in the Sunndalsfjella mountains in Møre...

Resorts count the cost of poor season

Eikedalen in Hordaland closed before Easter for the first time in 30 years, while in other parts of Norway record snowfalls have extended the...

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