Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store on Monday reshuffled his Cabinet after his center-left Labour Party sustained local electoral losses unseen since 1924. Three ministers departed from the Cabinet, while two others were moved to other posts. Among the more notable switch-ups
Jon Fosse, a master of spare Nordic writing in a sprawling body of work ranging from plays to novels and children’s books, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works that “give voice to the unsayable.” Fosse’s work, which is
A family stumbled upon a once-in-a-life time discovery in their yard while looking for a lost earring, uncovering millennia-old Viking treasure. The Norwegian family was using a metal detector in a bid to find a lost earring but instead uncovered a signal
A man arrested in Norway who is wanted by Rwanda for his alleged role in the African nation’s 1994 genocide can be extradited, Norwegian police said Friday. The man in his 40s, who was not identified, was arrested in the Norwegian capital
Princess Martha Louise of Norway has announced the date of her wedding to American shaman Durek Verrett. The princess has been engaged since June of last year to Verrett, who believes himself to be a sixth-generation shaman capable of curing diseases and
After being ordered not to sit on the couch all day by a doctor, Norwegian man Erlend Bore, who picked up a metal detector as part of a hobby, found an ancient gold necklace dating back to A.D. 500. on the island
In the land of mountains and fjords, outdoor life starts early. That’s why as many as 11,000 pre-school kids started their day this week hiking routes around kindergartens in Norway. Dressed in the outdoor one-piece jumpsuits typical of tiny tots in this
A Russian fighter jet intercepted a Norwegian military plane over the Barents Sea on Wednesday, the Russian defence ministry said. It said the Norwegian aircraft, a U.S.-made P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance plane, was nearing the Russian border but turned back
A railway bridge in southeastern Norway that ran across a river swollen by torrential rain collapsed on Monday, authorities said. BaneNOR, a government agency in charge of the Norwegian rail infrastructure, said the central section of the steel truss bridge over the
A Norwegian woman mountain climber and her Nepali Sherpa guide have set a new record by scaling the world’s 14 highest peaks in 92 days, a Pakistani mountaineering official said. On Thursday, Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa summitted K2 on the Chinese-Pakistani