(a report) Norway From the very start of the Russian invasion Norway has been providing a significant assistance to Ukraine. Now, after more than 17 months of war, it has become a heavy burden for Norwegian economy. There is a global economic crisis, and oil prices are low. To affordContinue Reading
It’s a mild winter morning in the Arctic Norwegian town of Alta, but at the Altta Siida kindergarten, it’s a hub of activity. Outside, snowsuit-clad children run and play in the snow. The grounds are dominated by the school’s lavvu, a traditional Sami shelter. Inside, reindeer skins line the ground aroundContinue Reading
A Norwegian naval officer was found guilty on Monday and sentenced to a two-month suspended jail sentence for negligence leading up to the 2018 collision between a warship he commanded and an oil tanker in which the military vessel sank. Building a replacement for the lost Helge Ingstad frigate wouldContinue Reading
Norway is aggressively promoting all things electric. While the air is cleaner and the electric grid remains in tact, not everything is perfect in Norway — and charging is still a pain. If any country can figure out easy EV charging, it really ought to be Norway. The country isContinue Reading
A record number of super-rich Norwegians are abandoning Norway for low-tax countries after the centre-left government increased wealth taxes to 1.1%. More than 30 Norwegian billionaires and multimillionaires left Norway in 2022, according to research by the newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv. This was more than the total number of super-rich peopleContinue Reading
The Wagner military group defector Andrej Medvedev will be returned to Norway from Sweden, Swedish police confirmed on Friday. On Thursday evening, the Russian human rights activist Vladimir Osetshkin announced that Medvedev had been arrested in Sweden. According to Oseshkin, Medvedev took the bus to Gothenburg because the price ofContinue Reading
“Being Norwegian is just like being Finnish, but without the drunkenness.” This is how the popular Norwegian social media account helgi.and.erlend describes the differences between the two Nordic nations in a video captioned “Gotta love the Finns”. In the background of the video, as if to emphasise the point, aContinue Reading
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö meets on Wednesday with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Störe. The foreign and defence ministers of all three countries, including Pekka Haavisto (Green) and Mikko Savola (Cen) from Finland, will also participate in the mini-summit. The three-way Nordic conference willContinue Reading
TRONDHEIM, Norway (2/20/23) – Celebrating one-half century of training together last week, Norway and the Minnesota National Guard further strengthened ties by formally pairing in the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program. The addition of Norway to the 30-year-old, 100-nation security cooperation program adds a Nordic country withContinue Reading
After a long period of consideration, Norway has decided to buy new tanks. A total of 54 Leopard 2 tanks are to boost Norwegian defence capability. The first ones will be delivered in 2026. The deal with manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann includes the possible acquisition of another 18 Leopards, Jonas GahrContinue Reading
Sweden
1,222,892
Denmark
529,210
Lithuania
484,537
Norway
300,013
Latvia
259,215
Estonia
226,304
Finland
197,476
Iceland
18,896