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Ryanair threatens to drop Norway routes

Norway's controversial new tax on airline seats, meant to discourage flying, has now upset Ryanair along with other carriers serving Norway. The low-fare Irish...

Critics blast new climate tax report

A so-called "green tax commission" has met a torrent of criticism after presenting a long list of proposals for new taxes and fees aimed...

Debate takes off over airline tax

Cheap airline tickets to New York and other destinations, airport expansion plans and the government's proposal to impose a new airline tax per seat have...

Tax lists reveal politicians’ fortunes

Jonas Gahr Støre, the former Norwegian foreign minister who now leads the Norwegian Labour Party, remains Norway's wealthiest politician. His personal taxable fortune, most of...

Few Norwegians made own fortunes

Norway's royal family is far from alone in its members' inheritance of power, position, privileges and wealth, all of which has recently become controversial once again....

Tax lists released, snooping reduced

Norwegian tax authorities have once again made public what millions of taxpayers in Norway actually paid in tax last year, along with the taxable...

Røkke ‘richest’ on latest tax lists

Kjell Inge Røkke, the industrialist who grew up in Molde and made his initial fortune fishing off the west coast of North America, emerged this year as...

Tax reform wins cautious welcome

The Norwegian government's proposals for tax reform have been relatively well-received in Parliament, also by the minority government coalition's two support parties. A spokesman for the...

Higher tax for having fun

Norway's conservative coalition government claims it's lowering taxes for the majority of Norwegians, but it's going to cost more to drive and have some...

‘Rimi-Hagen’ comes out of the closet

Stein Erik "Rimi" Hagen, who made his fortune establishing the Rimi grocery store chain in Norway, has long been one of Norway's wealthiest and...

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