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Quisling’s bunker opened for public

Another remnant of troubling history from World War II emerged from years of decay in Oslo this week, when the former bunker used by...

Veterans won fresh D-Day memories

PHOTO FEATURE: The elderly Norwegian veterans who traveled to France in early June to take part in D-Day memorials came home this time with...

Norwegians hailed in D-Day memorials

Norway was an occupied country during the dark days of World War II but played an official role nonetheless in the pivotal D-Day invasion...

Norway to open war treason archives

The head of the National Archives of Norway, Ivar Fonnes, announced this week that he'll be opening up long-sealed files on the state's court...

WWII mines exploded in Oslofjord

Norwegian and Swedish defence mine sweepers blew up five unexploded World War II-era mines outside Nesodden in the Oslofjord on Wednesday. It's estimated more...

Museum returns stolen painting

One of Norway's leading art museums has brought to a close one of the most uncomfortable and disturbing chapters in its history. The Henie...

World War II treason suspects named

The names of more than 16,000 Norwegians suspected of treason during the Second World War have been published in a controversial book. While the...

Wartime FBI spying revealed

A stash of historical documents has revealed that the US' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) spied on Norwegian diplomats who were in the US...

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...
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