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Svindal and Mikkelsen race in the fjords

Rally driver Andreas Mikkelsen and Olympic champion skier Aksel Lund Svindal recently joined forces to test their speed and skills in stunning

28/07/2015

Norway

Norway: fourth anniversary of attacks in Oslo and on Utoya

It is four years since the attacks on a government building and a youth camp on the island of Utoya claimed the lives of 77 people and changed

22/07/2015

World

Summer holidays: making the most of the big break

School’s out for summer! The words every student longs to hear as the academic year drags on. It means weeks of down-time and relaxation; long days

10/07/2015

Cinema

Heart-warming doc will make you smile and want to play volley-ball

This week’s choice is ‘The Optimists’, a Norwegian documentary film which will touch you, make you laugh and make you want to play volley-ball

29/05/2015

Norway

Norwegian cruise ship runs aground off Bermuda

A Norwegian Cruise Line ship has run aground on a reef as it was leaving Bermuda.The Norwegian Dawn was returning to Boston with 2675 passengers and

20/05/2015

Norway

The cold war in the Arctic

Russia said on Monday its deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin had every right to visit Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, near the North Pole, despite

21/04/2015

Sport

Jansrud wins overall downhill title

The men’s downhill title went to Kjetil Jansrud, who kept his composure to clinch the 10th World Cup win of his career and the seventh this winter

18/03/2015

Sport

Gravity: Kristoffersen breaks 4-month famine while Fenninger is on the brink

Welcome to Gravity our weekly programme dedicated to downhill skiing. Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen, who won the first slalom of the season, tasted

15/03/2015

Sport

Severin Freund makes it three-in-a-row on the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo

Severin Freund clinched his third successive win on Saturday, this one on the imposing Holmenkollen. The large hill World Champion sealed victory in

14/03/2015

Norway

Woman miscarries after boyfriend secretly gives her abortion pills

13/03/2015

Sport

Reichelt clinches World Cup downhill in Norway

Austria’s Hannes Reichelt produced yet another flawless run to claim his second straight World Cup downhill victory in Norway on Saturday. Fresh from

07/03/2015

Norway

Norway: Muslims form protective 'Ring of Peace' around synagogue

Around Oslo’s synagogue it was called a ‘Ring of Peace’ – more than 1,000 Muslims offering symbolic protection for Norway’s Jewish community. A human

21/02/2015

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A spectacular Northern Lights show for aurora hunters

17/02/2015

Sport

Ski jump: Fannemel breaks world record again

Norway’s Anders Fannemel cleared 251.5 metres to break the ski jumping world record for the second time in as many days in Vikersund. The 23-year-old

15/02/2015

Sport

Prevc breaks world record in Vikersund

Slovenia’s Peter Prevc produced a stunning performance to break the ski jumping world record in Vikersund, Norway. The 22-year-old cleared 237.5

14/02/2015

Sport

Slovenia take top spot in Willingen

Peter Prevc produced a stunning performance to lead Slovenia to victory in the latest round of the Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen on Saturday

31/01/2015

Sport

Jansrud wins shortened World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel

Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud overcame poor weather conditions to clinch a shortened version of the classic men’s World Cup downhill on the Streif course

24/01/2015

Sport

Jacobsen's 2015 off to a flyer after Four Hills win at Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmish-Partenkirchen provided the spectacular backdrop for the second World Cup of the Four Hills tour. Norway’s Anders Jacobsen got his 2015 off to

01/01/2015

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Magnetic midnight in Norway

30/12/2014

Sport

Kjetil Jansrud wins men's super-G in Val Gardena

Norway’s Olympic super giant slalom champion Kjetil Jansrud won his fourth World Cup race of the season at Val Gardena on Saturday. The 29-year-old

20/12/2014