Norwegian cinema’s star is on the rise of late, thanks to a number of critically acclaimed titles finding an audience outside of Scandinavia. Here, we take a look at some of the best-loved films of ...
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Norway Calling Bond, James Bond
The production team behind Daniel Craig's last outing as the iconic British secret agent want to film in Norway. After the departure of director Danny Boyle, Bond 25 is back on track and producers ...
22 July on Netflix
Streaming now on Netflix, 22 July is a chilling dramatisation of of the 2011 terror attacks and the struggles of the survivors. The movie is the work of British director Paul Greengrass, someone with ...
Nordic Noir
The genre of dark crime stories with bleak Scandinavian settings has a huge following around the world. The upcoming release of Wisting based on the books by Jørn Lier Horst is the latest in a long ...
The Quake: Disaster Strikes Oslo
Disaster returns to Norway with Skjelvet (The Quake), a follow up to the 2015 movie The Wave. For anyone that enjoyed Bølgen (The Wave), you’ll be delighted to hear that disaster has returned to ...
How to Do Environmental Art Right
36 permanent sculptures make up the Artscape Nordland collection, spread out across hundreds of miles of rural northern Norway. This article was originally published at The Conversation by Rachel ...
The Snowman: Nordic Noir With a Hint of Dirty Harry
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 ...
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 ...