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 ...
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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...
Most Norwegians against child wedding a Muslim
Two-thirds of Norwegians would not be happy if their child decided to marry a Muslim, revealed the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDI). Th...
Lucky fish in Norway too big for fisherman’s boat
A Swede fishing in neighbouring Norway caught a halibut so big that it would not fit in his boat so instead jumped into the water to get a picture alo...
Oslo receives world’s biggest elk statue
The biggest elk structure in the world has arrived in the Norwegian capital Oslo, with the 10-metre-tall animal 30cm higher than its Canadian counterp...
Danes have affection for Norwegians but not so for the French
A new Danish government survey has shown that when it comes to foreigners, the Danes like Norwegians the most and French the least. On 17 May, Norwegi...
Lucky escape for bell-ringing Norwegian church thief
A burglar in Norway escaped with a small amount of money and the remote for the bell-ringing system despite setting off the bells on the way out. Nord...