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Sculpture stirs resistance debate

Seventy years after they helped liberate Norway from the Nazi German occupation, members of the resistance organization known as Osvaldgruppen (The Osvald Group) have finally...

Norway loses last Auschwitz survivor

Norwegian government officials were among those mourning the loss over the weekend of Samuel Steinmann, the last survivor of the 532 Norwegian Jews who...

The king’s defiance, and chaotic escape

As Norwegians recalled their wartime history this week, attention turned to the chaotic escape of Norway's king, crown prince and government from Nazi German invaders...

Norway recalls its loss of freedom

April 9 is no day of celebration in Norway but the country was set to mark it this year on the 75th anniversary of its...

Solberg drops trip to Moscow memorial

In the latest sign of frosty relations between Norway and Russia, Prime Minister Erna Solberg won't be taking part in ceremonies in Moscow marking the 70th...

Norwegians thirst for ‘Heavy Water’

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) set yet another record on Sunday evening, when 1.2 million viewers sat down in front of their televisions to watch the latest episode...

Sealed treason archives to open

National archives containing court files from Norway's postwar trials into Nazi compliance are about to be opened, after having been sealed for 70 years. Information on...

Northerners cling to open border

As Norwegian and Russian officials gather near their shared border in the northern Norwegian city of Kirkenes this weekend, local residents fervently hope they'll "break the...

Northern Norway’s grief remembered

Norway's late King Olav V called it the greatest castastrophe in Norwegian history since the plague devastated the country in 1349. This week marks 70...

Hamsun’s meeting with Adolf Hitler

A controversial meeting between Norwegian author and Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun and Adolf Hitler in June 1943 is the subject of a new book published in...
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