Tourism slowed in 2017
After several years of record high tourism, the tourist flow slowed considerably in 2017. However, the main reason there is a standstill is to Norwegian…
2017
Growth in borreliosis
2017 could be another record year for borreliosis due to tick bites The number of registered cases of severe borreliosis after tick bites is currently 430…
Fall in housing prices in December
Fall in housing prices continued in December Housing prices dropped by 0.5 per cent in December, adjusted for seasonal variations. For 2017 as a whole,…
125 children adopted from abroad in 2017
125 children were adopted from abroad into Norway in 2017. This is one less than the year before. This is shown from the numbers from…
At least 199 asylum seekers lost their residency due to lying
In 2017, at least 199 asylum seekers who had been granted residency in Norway have been found to have lied. TV 2 has obtained the…
13 people died in aircraft accidents in Norway during 2017
During 2017, 13 people died in aircraft accidents in Norway. In 2016, the figure was 14, which is significantly higher than during previous years. …
80 journalists killed this year
So far this year, at least 80 journalists have been killed while doing their job, the international journalist organization IFJ states. The organization International…
Record year ended with five new lottery winners
Five people became millionaires after the last lottery draw in 2017. In total, 284 people have become lotteries in the course of this year. …
Approaching a new record for seafood exports
In two weeks, the figures for seafood exports will be presented for 2017. If exports of fish in December follow the rest of the year,…
Influenza (flu) outbreak in progress across the country
The flu outbreak has started in all regions of the country and the flu vaccine that was administered will have a low to moderate effect,…
Warholm goes from 100th to 1st in one year (and a short minute)
Karsten Warholm was awarded the prize of Norway’s largest sports star by VG newspaper after winning the World Championship 400m hurdles. Last year he was…
Over 50,000 have been granted residency in Sweden this year
The number of people receiving residence permits in Sweden is still at a very high level, reports SVT Nyheter. The red-green Swedish government sharpened…
Christmas week in Oslo 2017
Suggestions for things to do in Oslo from 25 December to 1 January. The week of Christmas is admittedly an unusually quiet time in Oslo,…
Norway machine keeps rolling…into the final
Germany 2017: Title holders unstoppable against 2015 runners-up. Just under 12,000 fans witnessed a handball masterclass from Thorir Hergeirsson’s Norwegian team as they ripped…
Norway undertook 417 forced expulsion in November
The police transported 417 people from the country in November. 146 of them were involved in one or more criminal proceedings. So far this…
Norwegian seafood exports for 2017 exceed last year’s level by a clear margin
Norway exported 286,000 tonnes of seafood worth NOK 9 billion in November. Volume increased by 25 per cent, while export values remained on par…
Peace prize winners praised by torchlight and banquet
Peace Prize Winners ICAN leader Beatrice Fihn and Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow were hailed with torch lights in Oslo Sunday. In excess of 2,000…
The Nobel Lecture given by The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2017, ICAN – Beatrice Fihn
Your Majesties, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Esteemed guests, Today, it is a great honour to accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf…
Busy Peace Prize Day for 85 year old prize winner
Today, Setsuko Thurlow receives Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of ICAN. She was 13 years old when the Americans dropped the atom bomb over Hiroshima.Since…
92 people have died in drowning accidents so far this year
92 people have died in drowning accidents so far this year So far this year, 78 men, twelve women and two children under seven have…