Norwegian inmate surfs out of prison
A convicted sex offender managed to escape from an island prison in Norway on a surf board, paddling to the mainland with the help of a plastic shovel...
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Oslo bishop will refuse to marry same-sex couples
Oslo’s newest bishop has revealed that he would refuse to wed gay or lesbian couples should the situation arise. Per Arne Dahl, one of the Norwegian c...
Rape revenge attack lands Norwegian woman in jail
A Norwegian woman has been handed a five-month prison sentence after asking two friends to attack her then boyfriend as payback for raping her in 2013...
Norway named world’s second best in terms of reputation
Norway is second only to Canada in terms of country reputation, according to a recent report by Denmark-based Reputation Institute. Based on a survey ...
Police fired just two shots in Norway in 2014
Only two shots were fired by Norwegian police throughout the whole of last year, with neither of them killing or wounding anyone, revealed recent stat...
Artist Haukur Halldorsson meets Norway’s king
Icelandic artist Haukur Halldorsson met with King Harald of Norway and his wife Queen Sonja during a recent trip to the Scandinavian country’s remote ...
New Norwegian oil field discovered
Wildcat drilling in the North Sea has revealed a new oil and gas reserve potentially worth 9.3 million barrels, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, t...
Norway’s women football team in mockumentary to highlight sexism
The Norwegian women’s football team have taken part in a mockumentary to highlight the struggles female players face in a game dominated by their male...