Oslo’s Munch museum has opened a highly acclaimed exhibition that offers insight into a little-explored side of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch: His close engagement with nature. Better known for his portrayals of anxiety and other human emotion, Munch also delved into landscape art and insisted that people are not separated from our natural environment, but […] The post A new natural way into Munch’s art appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

More sellers and buyers entered Norway’s weak housing market last month, and real estate brokers claim it picked up after a very chilly winter. More people are attending open houses, they claim, and there’s a better balance between supply and demand. “Quite a lot of homes have been listed for sale,” Grethe Meier, managing director […] The post Housing market perks up appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

Norway’s central bank kept interest rates steady on Friday and several economists no longer think they’ll be lowered later this year. Others think the country’s weak currency, meanwhile, is undergoing an identity shift, from being a “petro-krone” to one influenced more by Norway’s financial wealth than its oil. Norges Bank’s committee on monetary policy and […] The post Weak ‘krone’ didn’t spur rate hike appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

Shootings, stabbings, gang violence and drug seizures have become commonplace in Norway over the past few years, especially in the capital. The country’s left-center government hasn’t been willing to boost funding for more police in Oslo, but public outcry may force the rural-oriented Center Party to alter its priorities. Oslo experienced another major scare late […] The post Demands rise for more police in Oslo appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

The controversial Norwegian track and field coach Gjert Ingebrigtsen has responded to his indictment for family violence this week with a poem on social media. His medal-winning sons may not take kindly to his use of a song text that suggests he’ll “rise like the day … unafraid” and he’ll “do it a thousand times […] The post Ingebrigtsen mounts a poetic defense appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

The Norwegian government announced Tuesday afternoon that it wants to boost its military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine this year by nearly 50 percent, from NOK 15 billion to NOK 22 billion (USD 2 billion). The increase, however, disappointed Norway’s own Ukrainian support organization, and opposition politicians indicated they also want to offer more. Prime […] The post Norway disappoints Ukraine supporters appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

… if not all over, at least in some parts of Southern Norway. After one of the longest and coldest winters in decades, cherry blossoms like these near the National Library in Oslo are a welcome sight. Norwegians have even begun celebrating Hanami, the Japanese tradition of enjoying the blossoms during a short but very […] The post Spring starts bursting out … appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

The cost of a plastic bag at the grocery store in Norway jumped last year to NOK 4.25 but is now set to rise again. The bag fee is aimed at further reducing their use. The retailers’ own environmental fund (Handelens Miljøfond) doesn’t think plastic bag consumption has declined enough. Now a punitive fee of […] The post Plastic bag fee to rise again appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

After years of accidents and complaints sparked tighter regulation of electric scooters, Oslo’s new Conservatives-led city government now wants more of them, along with some deregulation. That’s bound to spark more angry public debate. They’re called elsparkesyklene in Norwegian, a name that’s often blamed for allowing them to be operated much like sykler (bicycles). There were […] The post New city government wants more electric scooter use in Oslo appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

Norwegian police continue to face an unusual wave of stabbings and shootings so far this year. The latest involves a man in his 50s, who’s been charged with stabbing a 12-year-old boy who was on his way to school in Moss, about an hour’s drive south of Oslo. The boy suffered several knife wounds but […] The post More stabbings and shootings appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more