Tag: World War II
War hero’s triumphant return
After being subjected to vandalism and even theft, a bronze statue of wartime resistance hero Gunnar Sønsteby has been repaired and relocated, to a...
War memorial full of errors
A group of Norwegian World War II resistance fighters known as “Pelle-gruppa” (the Pelle Group) was officially recognized last month, more than 70 years after...
Sailors finally win wartime salute
A series of novels about a fictional Norwegian seafarer during World War II is topping bestseller lists in Norway, and finally giving the country's...
War heroes win overdue honours
After being all but ignored for more than 70 years, members of Norway's World War II resistance movement known as "Pelle-gruppa" (the Pelle Group)...
German bunker halts housing project
Construction crews preparing the grounds for a new housing project at Ganddal in Sandnes, western Norway, suddenly dug up a large German bunker from...
War hero’s statue damaged again
A statue of Norwegian war hero Gunnar Sønsteby has now been removed from its base at Solli Plass in Oslo, after it was found...
Museum launches artworks probe
Officials at one of Norway's leading art museums, the Henie Onstad Art Centre just west of Oslo, are now investigating the origins of 18 of...
Still heroes, after all these years
Thursday marked the 70th anniversary of what some call Norway's proudest moment during World War II, when Joachim Rønneberg and nine other Norwegian resistance...
Museum caught in painting dispute
A valuable painting by French artist Henri Matisse, now claimed to have been stolen by the Nazis during World War II, has been hanging...
Police apologize for deportation
Norway's new director of the state police has issued an official apology for his department's involvement in the deportation of Jewish residents in 1942....
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