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The best podcasts for learning and perfecting your Norwegian

1 day ago | thelocal.no | Richard Orange

Language learning podcasts Norsk for beginners This podcast was started by Marius Stangeland back in 2020 when he was 22 and studying to be a history and English teacher. Now 27 and working on a PhD at the University of Oslo, he's still at it, with nine seasons of ten or more episodes in the bag. The most recent episode, on the Norwegian Viking-era explorer Eirik Raude, was released this January.
Is it illegal in Norway for pedestrians to cross at a red light?

2 days ago | thelocal.no | Robin-Ivan Capar

While it's widely known that running a red light as a driver is illegal, fewer people are aware that Norway is among the very few countries in the world where pedestrians are actually permitted to cross on a red signal, under certain conditions.
Today in Norway: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday

2 days ago | thelocal.no | Robin-Ivan Capar

US-led NATO exercise Swift Response kicks off in Indre Troms The multinational military exercise Swift Response officially began on Tuesday at Bardufoss in Indre Troms, northern Norway, marking the start of a large-scale training operation involving around 7,000 troops from NATO allied countries. The exercise, led by the United States, is taking place across Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden.
How does being in the EEA (but not the EU) affect life in Norway?

3 days ago | thelocal.no | Richard Orange

Norwegians have rejected EU membership twice, despite both of the leading parties on the centre-right and centre-left—the Labour Party and the Conservative Party—campaigning strongly in favour of joining during the 1972 and 1994 referendum Rather than give up, though, successive governments have responded by signing three other agreements - none of which were put to a referendum - which have entwined the country as closely with their European neighbours as possible.
Today in Norway: A roundup of the latest news on Monday

3 days ago | thelocal.no | Richard Orange

Norway to hand over leadership of the Arctic Council to Denmark Norway will end its two years leading of the Arctic Council on Monday, formally passing the baton to Denmark at a meeting in Tromsø. The 14th council meeting will take place in Tromsø, and Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (Ap) will, among other things, meet Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, who will take over as chair of the council on behalf of Denmark.
Fresh inflation figures good news for Norway’s interest rate outlook

6 days ago | thelocal.no | Frazer Norwell

Annual inflation in Norway between April 2025 and the same month last year was measured at 2.5 percent, figures released by the national data agency Statistics Norway on Friday showed. “It was especially the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages that contributed to the drop in the growth rate,” section manager Espen Kristiansen said of the figures. Food prices fell two percentage points from March to April this year, but were only 3.1 percent higher than in April last year.
Today in Norway: A roundup of the latest news on Friday

6 days ago | thelocal.no | Frazer Norwell

Støre had ceasefire conversation with Zelensky and Trump Norwegian PM spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump on Thursday in regards to a possible 30-day ceasefire. Støre made the call along with the Finnish President Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb, as heads of state were in Oslo for the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a joint security cooperation between ten nations from Northern Europe.
Sunshine and dry weather forecast for Norway's May 17th celebrations

1 week ago | thelocal.no | Richard Orange

With over a week to go until the biggest street party of the year in Norway, and probably Scandinavia's too, the forecasts are starting to firm up. Oslo, the city where most of the action happens, is expected to have sunshine until 2pm and temperatures of about 15C, according to Norway's national forecaster MET Norway. This means near perfect weather for the children's parade, which starts at 10am at the main gate of Akershus Fortress, and ends at Rådhusplassen at around 1.30pm.
What workers in Norway need to know about the 'fagbrev' certificate

1 week ago | thelocal.no | Frazer Norwell

What is a fagbrev The fagbrev is a Norwegian trade certificate awarded to those who have completed vocational training through a mix of practical work and education. It is called a craft certificate, or a journeyman’s certificate in English. Someone who holds a fagbrev is considered a certified skilled worker, or fagarbeider in Norwegian.
Five things Norway should do to attract foreign researchers

1 week ago | thelocal.no | Richard Orange

The Research Council of Norway announced last week a 100-million-kroner (about $10-million) scheme to attract top international researchers. "Academic freedom is under pressure in the United States, and it is an unpredictable situation for many researchers in what has been the world's leading research nation for many decades," Norway's higher education minister, Sigrun Aasland, said in a statement.