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More poor children in Norway

Not everyone in Norway is facing a happy holiday season, despite the country's relative economic affluence. Oslo-based research foundation Fafo estimates around 100,000 children...

Welfare agency allowed to snoop

Politicians and ordinary citizens alike were unhappy to learn last week that state welfare agency Nav has a legal right to probe welfare recipients'...

More state funds for elder care

Norway's left-center coalition government is handing over another NOK 1 billion for elder care, after recent criticism that it wasn't doing enough for the...

Who’s the daddy of childcare?

COMMENTARY: Norway's maternity and paternity leave benefits rank as the most generous in the world, sparking debate both at home (over new proposals to...

‘Welfare system worth higher taxes’

A vast majority of Norwegians support paying even higher taxes than they already do, if it will preserve their country's social welfare state. Fully...

Sick leave level drops sharply

Norwegians seem to be feeling better, causing a sharp drop in sick leave. The sick leave rate hasn't been lower in nine years and...

Finance fathers mind children most

Fathers in Norway are taking advantage of state welfare measures that help them play a bigger role in their children's lives. Six out of...

Norway best in world for mothers

A new international survey gives entirely new meaning to Norway's standing as a "motherland." It's now ranked as the best place in the world...

Oslo apologizes to abused children

City officials in Oslo closed a painful chapter in the capital's history this week, as it wrapped up a four-year effort to make amends...

Experts present their sick leave cure

A group of health care and labour experts handed over their recommendations for lowering sick leave costs to government ministers on Wednesday. Prime Minister...
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