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Norway goes to the polls
Norwegians go to the polls on Sunday and Monday to decide whether to give governing Labour a shot at...
Elections, oil fund, bulldozers and the wrong kind of sand – the week in Norwegian news
Norway’s parliamentary elections are drawing close, and so is the race between the main contenders. Meanwhile, Oslo’s trams have...
The book that changed Norway’s view of immigrants
In 2010, a book came out in Norway that transformed the way people looked at paperless immigrants. The author,...
Son of Norway’s Crown Princess charged with 4 accounts of rape – what now for the royal family’s reputation?
Marius Borg Høiby became an overnight celebrity age 4 when his mother, Mette-Marit got married to Norway’s Crown Prince...
A month-long heatwave and pilots struggling with GPS interference – all in a week’s news in Norway
I summed up the week in news from Norway for Monocle on Sunday, and although it is the height...
The multiple challenges facing the indigenous Sami in the Arctic North
The Arctic is facing multiple challenges, from rapid climate change to militarisation and a geopolitical battle for resources. No one feels...
Norway shock win and a falling out over that boat
A 3-0 win at home over Italy all but secured Norway’s national football team’s place in next year’s World...
Why Norwegians have no “Tesla shame”
While Tesla sales have been plummeting in Europe in the wake of Elon Musk’s machinations in the Trump administration,...
The man who snoozed while nearly getting crushed by huge vessel
A man in Norway slept through a massive container ship crashing into his garden just metres from his house....