Norway rated world’s best place to live, again
Once again Norway has taken the honour of being named best country in the world to live in, heading off Australia and Iceland to win for the second co...
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Scandinavians are all immigrants say Swedish researchers
According to Swedish researchers, all Scandinavians are descendents of immigrants who were believed to have first arrived in the region somewhere betw...
Saami against Canadian mining project
Saami people have claimed that a proposal by a Canadian company for gold-mining in Sweden’s northeast violates their UN-recognised human rights and wi...
Funeral for famous Finnish brewery
Last week saw a small crowd hold a funeral procession to commemorate the closure of the famous Pori Brewery. The last rites were administered to a bee...
A Night of Culture in Denmark’s capital city
Copenhagen’s annual Night of Culture festival takes place around mid-October in the heart of the city for people from all over the world to attend and...
A seven year old murderer at large!
Even though dead for over 1000 years, Egill Skallagrimsson becomes alive in Reykjavik Excursions tour guide Kalli´s narration. Kalli´s real name is Ka...
Obama confirms visit to Copenhagen
The US President Barrack Obama will join with a group of influential fellow Americans to attend this week’s International Olympic Committee meeting in...
Sami reindeer herders to be given more freedom under new proposal
A government appointed work group has declared that the indigenous Sami population of Sweden should be granted further freedom to undertake activities...