Category: News
‘In winter, if you surf for two hours, you can’t feel your fingers’
article sourced from TheLocal.no Far from the sun-kissed beaches of Rio de Janeiro and Ipanema, Brazilian surfer Gil Ferreira plunges into Norway’s icy waters to ride over the dark swells…
New Year’s Resolution #1 – home-made lunch
I don’t know about you, but one of my resolutions this year is to make sure that I bring my own lunch to work every day instead of wasting money…
BREAKING NEWS – Dual Citizenship bill being presented to Parliament.
article sourced from Norwegians Worldwide This is very good news for Norwegians living abroad. Hanne K. Aaberg, Secretary General of Norwegians Worldwide, about dual citizenship finally being presented to parliament.…
Wolf campaigners boycott sheep meat in Norway
article sourced from The Local.No In the next step of an already controversial argument, animal rights activists in Norway have begun boycotting local sheep meat in protest at a new…
Norway’s beerfully hot summer
Warm weather has coincided with record sales of beer and bottled water in Norway, but fewer soft drinks are being consumed. Sales of beer increased by just over three percent…
Norway and other sovereign wealth funds pledge to help fight climate change
Six sovereign wealth funds pledged on Friday to fight climate change at a meeting hosted by Emmanuel Macron, as the French president pushes his “make our planet great again” message.…
Norway following Australia’s lead in banning branded packaging for tobacco products.
A law change that comes into effect on July 1st will require all packaging on cigarettes and snus in Norway to be entirely neutral. Selling the tobacco products in non-standardised…
The first electric plane takes flight in Norway
Minister for Transport Ketil Solvik-Olsen will be on board as Norway’s first electric aircraft makes its first journey on Monday. Avinor, the owner of the aircraft and Norwegian airport operator,…
Geothermals for Gardermoen?
While almost every other news provider is freaking out about Russia threatening Norway over an increase in US troops on Norwegian soil, yours truly thinks that it’s better to have…
Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”…artworks of passion and loss.
While it comes as no real surprise to anyone that there are more than 4 versions of Munch’s “The Scream” given that there are already 4 completed and well-known versions…