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One arrested after mosque fire in Sweden
Charged with first-degree arson NTB Scanpix / Norway Today One person has been arrested and charged in connection with the fire in the main Shiite mosque in Sweden on…
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Swedish Children’s Film awarded
The Swedish film ‘Room 2013’ received the main award during the Children’s Film Festival in Kristiansand on Saturday. ‘Room 213’ is directed by Emelie Lindblom. The jury…
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THE STATSRAAD LEHMKUHL – Tall Ships Races 2017
JOIN THE TALL SHIPS RACES 2017 ON THE STATSRAAD LEHMKUHL FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE FROM TURKU (FI) TO KLAIPEDA (LT)! TALL SHIPS RACES 2017 – RACE 2 TURKU –…
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National Congress of the Christian Democrats in 2017
The Christian Democrats (KrF) say no to regional operation of hospitals One of the biggest debates at the National Congress of the Christian Democrats (KrF) this weekend…
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Norwegian short film reaches the top at New York Film Festival
The Norwegian short film, ‘Odd er et egg’, has been named the best animated film during the Tribeca New York Film Festival. The film was directed and produced by Kristin…
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Crown Princess appointed as ambassador of literature
Crown Princess Mette-Marit was Wednesday appointed as Ambassador for Norwegian literature abroad. The nomination took place during the input conference on Norway being…
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Europe’s largest wooden church restored with Norwegian money
Europe’s largest wooden church in Swidnica in Poland is brought back to its former splendour thanks to Norwegian money. The restoration has taken three years. – It’s a…
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Documentary on Ubaydullah Hussain to the world’s largest festival
The documentary film ‘The Norwegian Islamist’, about Norwegian Islamist Ubaydullah Hussain, has its international premiere at the documentary film festival ‘Hot Docs’…
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Fewer and fewer are given names which contain the letter ‘Å’
This year we celebrate a hundred year centenary of Norwegian spelling revision, but the names spelled with a Nordic character are losing ground. It was a century ago…
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Star pianist must withdraw from Bergen Music Festival
The Chinese pianist, Lang Lang, was supposed to be one of the draws at this year’s festival in Bergen, but must cancel because of problems with one arm. On the advice of…
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Want the verb ‘vippse’ added to Norwegian dictionaries
– No problem, according to University lecturer. Before long ‘vippse’ (vipps can be translated as suddenly, immediately) might find its way into Norwegian dictionaries as…
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Music streaming continues to grow in Norway
2016 was a good year for the Norwegian music industry, with a 6.9% increase in total sales. The main reason for the sales growth is a clear increase of music streaming.…
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The Norwegian Aviation Museum
Norsk Luftfartsmuseum is the Norwegian national museum of aviation. The museum is located in Bodø in the North of Norway in a building shaped like a giant propeller, and…
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