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Literature Prize 2016
Nominations for the Nordic Council Children and Younge People’s Literature Prize 2016. The national members of the Adjudication Committee for the Nordic Council Children…
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Language, history, museums, music and the Norwegian year.
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Imran Saber charged with fraud of Munch lithograph
Police have arrested Imran Saber and another person for receipt of stolen property of the Munch lithograph “History”, which was stolen in 2009. The picture was found on…
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Magic Ice Bar Oslo – A Unique Attraction
Welcome to an enchanted atmosphere, a magical adventure! You will find Magic Ice Located in the heart of downtown Oslo near Grand Hotel and Hotel Bristol. Inside you…
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“Lion Woman” may be chosen for the Cannes Film Festival
Vibeke Idsøe’s screen version of the Erik Fosnes Hansen’s novel “Lion Woman” may be chosen to take part in the film festival in Cannes which opens May 11, trade…
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Church silver from Honningsvåg found in Marseille
Under 2. World War II German soldiers burned down Honningsvåg and emptied the Church of all silver. Now some of it is on its way back after it appeared at an antiqueshop…
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Things to do in Oslo during Easter
Easter in Oslo offers everything from heavy metal to skiing or children’s activities. Below we provide some suggestions for things to do in Oslo during Easter. For a…
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The Gathering 2016
This year’s website is primarily in Norwegian. However, we wish all our international visitors welcome, and we have gathered the most important information here. When…
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Stolen Nazi book treasure was recovered after 65 years
Books from the witch library of SS head Heinrich Himmler have been found in a warehouse outside Prague, among the books are thousands of Norwegian Masonic books that…
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PST-defeat voted World’s best legal ruling in 2015
The prestigeous US university Columbia has voted filmmaker Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen victory over PST Supreme Court the legal ruling of the year for 2015. The annual prize…
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Fewer children in Norway are baptized
Almost 900 fewer children were baptized in 2015, compared with the previous year. The proportion baptized last year amounted to 57.8 percent of the children born in this…
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The Vikings of Norway’s oldest throne
For 3000 years Vikings and chieftains controlled the strait Nordvegen – the shipping lane that gave Norway its name. Ever since the time before the Viking Age, Avaldsnes…
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Swedish church gets millions in support from Norway
The Swedish church in Oslo gets 90 percent of its revenue from the Norwegian government. From Sweden they get nothing. With over 22,000 members and 900 per member, the…
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Church introduces Vipps payment of collect
Security is the main reason why Uranienborg Church in Oslo now adopt mobile payment to collect the collect. – The most important thing is security. Now we don’t have to…
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Oseberg Documents may get on UNESCO list
The Norwegian UNESCO Commission has ruled that the drawings, photographs and diaries from the excavation of the Oseberg ship is one of two Norwegian candidates to get on…