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Easter sunshine only up north

Norway headed into a five-day Easter holiday weekend on Wednesday with rain pouring down in Oslo and wet, cloudy weather dashing dreams of spring...

Easter exodus underway

Norwegian cities started to empty out on Friday, as residents headed into the Easter week and its unusually long string of official days off....

World Cup winner heads home

Norway's Petter Northug celebrated confirmation of his status as the world's best cross-country skier on Sunday by accepting some public accolades, but then shifting...

Aukland wins second ‘Birken’

Norwegian marathon skier Anders Aukland won the elite class of Saturday's annual Birkebeiner ski race, popularly known as "Birken." It was the second time...

Birkebeiner race sets new record

The build-up and pure hype went on for months, and this weekend's annual Birkebeiner ski marathon set a new record even before its start....

Businesses compete to be sponsors

After last weekend's successful World Championship preliminaries at Oslo's new Holmenkollen sports complex, companies are lining up to be sponsors. Fears that the finance...

Sun shone on Holmenkollen

Oslo officials could hardly have hoped for a better grand opening weekend for the new Holmenkollen winter sports complex. The sun came out, crowds...

Holmenkollen ready for action

After years of planning, arguing, celebrations and budget scandals, the new Holmenkollen Ski Jump was set to receive thousands of sports fans and athletes...

Svindal best-liked at the Olympics

Downhill racer Aksel Lund Svindal took three medals at the Olympics in Vancouver, one of them in gold, and clearly won a place in...

Children set to take over Frogner Park

As many as 8,000 young skiers are expected to turn up in Oslo's Frogner Park on Sunday, for what's billed as the world's largest...
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