News from Norway

Armed Police will be present at Constitution Day celebrations across the country on 17th May. No specific threat has been identified. The security and emergency response measures that were carried out in Oslo last year will...

Police in the Norwegian city Trondheim joined in the hype surrounding the final season of Game of Thrones by having some fun on social media. We don't yet know if Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen or Cersei...

The opposition Labour party has withdrawn support for oil drilling in Norway's Lofoten islands, creating a significant parliamentary majority against exploiting the unique area. The Norwegian Labour party leader Jonas Gahr Støre announced at the party's...

Northern lights hunters in the north of Scandinavia got more than they bargained for last weekend when an incredible light show lit up the night sky. Locals and visitors to northern Scandinavia are no strangers to...

Norwegian officials have agreed to give back thousands of artefacts removed from Easter Island by one of the country's most famous explorers. During his Pacific expeditions in the 1950s, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his crew...

NTNU has developed a new method for catching drones that fly at high speed. The method can be used on ships, oil platforms and other places where fixed-wing drones aren’t able to land. Most of the...

The Viking Sky made it to shore after a remarkable rescue operation that captivated the world. Now, it's time to ask questions. Following the daring rescue of nearly 500 passengers from the stranded Viking Sky and...

Footage taken by passengers and shared on social media shows the horrifying conditions on the stranded cruise ship and during the rescue. The incredible story of a cruise liner stranded in the ocean during high winds...

Oil helped Norway build up a massive one trillion dollar investment fund. Now the fund is dumping oil stocks. The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, which manages one trillion dollars of Norway’s assets largely generated from...