Tomas Alfredson’s recently released film adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s bestselling novel The Snowman closely captures, in its slow, quiet intensity, the bleak essence of Nordic Noir. This article was ...
Norwegian Culture Blog
Oslo Biennial Planned for 2019
A new art biennial is set to further boost Oslo's growing reputation on the global art scene. Oslo's Agency for Cultural Affairs is organising its first art biennial, scheduled to open in May ...
A Norway Mystery: Jeanne Matthews Interview
Bonereapers is a murder mystery set in the hostile environment of Svalbard. We chatted to author Jeanne Matthews about the book. One of the fringe benefits of writing a guidebook for a major ...
Nikolai Astrup: Norwegian Painter
It's only in the last few years that the colourful work of the Norwegian painter has become known outside of Norway. Although both artists are expressionists who used lurid colours to record ...
Think you know about the Vikings?
Learn the truth about the Vikings with a free audio course. How much do you really know about the Vikings? What is fact, and what is fiction? In a series of 36 vivid lectures by an honored teacher ...
The Wave: Norway’s First Disaster Movie
A tsunami in a Norwegian fjord? Seriously? Well, as the trailer for Bølgen (The Wave in English) states: Det har skjedd før. Det vil skje igjen It has happened before. It will happen ...