When the Swedish journalist Peter Letmark tried to track down a housewife for a series on 21st-century parents in the newspaper Dagens Nyheter recently, he […]
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Icelanders Challenge Thinking on Ancient Lewis Chessmen
Two Icelanders have challenged traditional scholarly thinking about the 800-year-old Norse Lewis Chessmen, suggesting they were made not in Norway, but in Iceland. Read more […]
Iranian Lawyer Says He Fled to Norway
A lawyer who defended a woman facing death by stoning in Iran said he fled to seek protection from his country’s authorities. Read more CompleteIranian […]
Chinese Separatists Tied to Norway Bomb Plot
Officials said one of the men was a Chinese Uighur, and all three arrested supposedly belonged to a group that advocates separatism in China. Read […]
‘I Curse the River of Time,’ Per Petterson’s Lost Soul
The Norwegian novelist Per Petterson’s new novel doesn’t have the same historical sweep as his best seller “Out Stealing Horses,” but it is just as […]
Norway Power Plan Upsets Nature Lovers
Critics of construction plans in Norway say pylons would mar majestic mountain landscapes. Read more CompleteNorway Power Plan Upsets Nature Lovers
China Cancels Meeting Over Nobel Peace Prize
China abruptly called off a meeting with a Norwegian minister in retaliation for Friday’s award of the Nobel peace prize to an imprisoned dissident. Read […]