Norway gives Sámi names to distant star and planet as part of the 100th anniversary of the International Astronomical Union ~space astronomy Article 315 words 6 votes
Telenor has picked Sweden's Ericsson as the key technology provider for its 5G telecoms network in Norway ~tech Article 78 words 4 votes
Magnus Carlsen, the world's best chess player for the last decade, is on the brink of reaching the top in another game – fantasy football ~games.tabletop Article 732 words 12 votes
'A present from Norway and it's dead' – Christmas tree unites London in dismay ~life Article 748 words 8 votes
The world's biggest gingerbread city is on display in Bergen, adding a dash of sugar and spice to Norway's Christmas celebrations ~food baking Link 6 votes
Radar uncovers the remains of a Viking ship, discovered on a farm near a medieval church at Edøy in Norway ~humanities.history Article 353 words 7 votes
Norwegian convicted of spying in Moscow says he was wrong to trust an intelligence officer who recruited him to pass on payment for secrets about Russia's submarine fleet ~misc Article 4 votes
Only two road traffic deaths per 100,000 inhabitants were reported in Norway in 2019, making it the best-performing country for road safety ~transport Article 466 words 10 votes
Ukraine has become the 100th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration – a Norwegian initiative to make schools safer even during war ~life education Article 745 words 10 votes
Magnus Carlsen won't count Norway league games in record streak – world champion calls them 'Tivi-esque' in dig at Sergei Tiviakov ~games.tabletop Article 678 words 8 votes
From January, jet fuel suppliers in Norway must blend 0.5% of biofuel in all their aviation fuel – a policy Oslo hopes will lead to lower CO2 emissions ~enviro Article 557 words 7 votes
Norwegians are eating less sugar than at any time in the last forty-four years – annual consumption per person has fallen by more than 1kg a year since 2000 ~food diet Article 516 words 12 votes
From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square ~life Article 207 words 7 votes
Never mind how many electric cars are sold there – Norway has to change tack and end prospecting for new oil reserves ~enviro climate change Article 884 words, published Nov 12 2019 8 votes
Oslo studio Metric creates Norway's new banknotes, telling the story of life along Europe's longest coastline ~design Article 283 words 6 votes
Climate campaigners are taking Norway's government back to court to oppose its plans to open the Arctic for oil drilling ~enviro climate change Article 736 words 7 votes
Oslo's city council wants the Norwegian capital to have an official name in Sámi ~humanities.languages Article 300 words 4 votes
The value of Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, grew to a record ten trillion Norwegian crowns ($1.09 trillion) on Friday ~finance economics Article 343 words 7 votes
The European Union, Iceland and Norway agree to deepen their cooperation in climate action ~enviro Link 11 votes
Women in Norway have the best quality of life according to the latest Women, Peace and Security Index ~life.women Article 462 words 6 votes
An armed man has been arrested after he stole an ambulance and drove into a family in Oslo, injuring two babies ~news norway.oslo crime Article 399 words 5 votes
Karl Ove Knausgård is to become the sixth contributor to the Future Library, which collects works by contemporary authors that will remain unread until 2114 ~books libraries Article 519 words 9 votes
Oslo Municipality's Water and Sewage Administration has offered a useful tip to reduce water waste – it's OK to pee in the shower ~enviro water.waste Article 395 words, published Oct 14 2019 9 votes
More bad news for Norwegian Air as the airline loses Norway's biggest single customer contract to domestic rivals SAS ~transport Article 415 words, published Oct 14 2019 4 votes
Matpakke – How to pack a Norwegian sandwich, the world's most boring lunch ~food Article 1573 words, published Oct 7 2019 15 votes
Thousand year old 12cm-long iron arrowhead was found high up in the mountains near Eidfjord in Norway ~humanities.history Article 513 words, published Oct 10 2019 4 votes
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been named one of the most important projects in the world over the last fifty years ~science biology Article 244 words 9 votes
Norway decides against participation in NATO missile defence system ~news norway russia politics Article 216 words 7 votes
Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth – The Oslo Architecture Triennale celebrates ideas over new products ~design architecture Article 870 words 8 votes
Norway's fifth and newest Unicef ambassador is 15-year-old Penelope Lea – the second-youngest ambassador of all time and the first climate activist to be chosen ~enviro Article 346 words 8 votes
Norway's massive wealth fund got the go-ahead to sell oil and gas stocks worth $5.9 billion ~finance business Article 8 votes
AFC Bournemouth's striker Joshua King on his Black history tattoos, the impact of visits to Gambia and teaching his son to take nothing for granted ~sports.football Article 1239 words, published Sep 27 2019 4 votes
Tencent will acquire 29% of the shares in Funcom, becoming the largest shareholder ~games Article 580 words 8 votes
France believes state aid to budget carrier Norwegian Air was partly to blame for the bankruptcy of Paris-based XL Airways and will seek EU intervention ~transport Article 287 words 3 votes
Norway does not plan to block China's Huawei Technologies from building the country's 5G telecoms network ~tech Article 396 words 5 votes
Norway's public backlash against onshore wind threatens sector growth and prompted wider calls for a regulatory overhaul ~enviro energy.renewable Article 646 words 4 votes
Norway will pay $150 million to Gabon to battle deforestation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions ~enviro conservation Article 433 words 11 votes
Norway's last coal miners fight for survival against climate policy ~life work Article 526 words 6 votes
When Oslo's first floating sauna was banned by port authorities, its owners took it on the run, sparking a public craze ~life Article 1509 words 7 votes
Erling Haaland, the Norwegian beast ripping up the record books ~sports.football Article 1146 words 6 votes
A bronze cauldron dating back to the Roman Age has been unearthed in a burial cairn in central Norway ~humanities.history Article 491 words 10 votes
Childlike sex dolls are a violation of Norwegian law, the Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark test case ~news norway law Article 310 words 12 votes
European regulators have ordered immediate checks on recently delivered versions of some Airbus helicopters after a crash in Arctic Norway last month ~transport Article 281 words 7 votes