Norway’s King Harald V finally seems to have made an effort to clarify the lines of royal responsibility within what Norwegians call Kongehuset, literally The Royal House. The move comes after criticism around Princess Martha Louise’s commercial exploitation of her title and the arrest of Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s son, Marius Borg Høiby. It’s been an […] The post King Harald tidies his ‘Royal House’ appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

A new survey shows historically weak support among Norwegians for their monarchy. Only 40 percent disagreed when asked whether Crown Prince Haakon should be Norway’s last king, and calls are rising for his sister to either give up her title as princess or for their father, King Harald, to take it away from her. The […] The post Support for the monarchy falls appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

NEWS ANALYSIS: Weeks of turmoil around Norway’s royal family were reaching a climax during the weekend, with the controversial second wedding of King Harald’s now-middle-aged daughter to a self-professed American shaman. Meanwhile, the king’s wayward step-grandson was allowed to fly off to Italy, even though he’s been charged with assault, vandalism and making threats while […] The post Quiet at home as royal circus climaxes appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

Flight attendants at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) had to go on strike for them, but have now won many of the standard pay and benefits held by other workers. That prompted them to call off the strike they’d called last week, and disrupted SAS flights could start running again Tuesday morning. “We are now both satisfied […] The post SAS strike over, workers won appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

Norway’s Labour-led government unveiled its proposal for what it called a “new, updated and wide-ranging abortion law” that’s more in line with current practice and social values. It expands the rights of women to opt for an abortion from 12- to 18 weeks into a pregnancy, and guarantees that health care personnel have a legal […] The post Government proposes new, more liberal abortion law appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

Police in Oslo confirmed Friday that they’ve expanded the criminal charges against Marius Borg Høiby, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit. He’s already charged with assaulting a female partner and trashing her home, and now he’s also accused of making threats and stealing a scooter. His latest victim underwent lengthy police questioning this week, as have […] The post Charges expanded against royal son appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

An intense power struggle is widely believed to be behind the sudden but not unexpected resignation late Thursday night of Olaug Bollestad, leader of Norway’s Christian Democrats Party (Kristelig Folkeparti, KrF). The drama that played out through the summer lent credence to political commentators’ claims that the party is no Sunday School. That’s often said […] The post Drama swirled behind the resignation of the Christian Democrats’ party leader appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

Two sisters from the Oslo suburb of Bærum who traveled to Syria in 2013 have now been indicted for their alleged participation in the Islamic terrorist organization IS. Prosecutors claim the younger of the two sisters, who were age 16 and 19 at the time, tried to start a military training camp for women while […] The post Sisters indicted for ties to IS terror appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

Avinor, the state-owned company in charge of running Norway’s airports, faces higher costs for technology improvement projects that have left it with budget overruns. It thus needs more money from airport users and the state. Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) has reported how several major ongoing projects have exceeded both time and budget estimates. Among them […] The post Airport projects boost costs appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more

NEWS ANALYSIS: Millions have been spent on lawyers’ fees, consultants, executive pay and other costs tied to Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)’ emergence from bankruptcy protection, while Norwegian flight attendants claim they haven’t had a raise for 12 years and work longer days than ever. On Friday they went on strike, in a move that can ground […] The post Struggling SAS faces new strike appeared first on Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no ..read more