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Conservative &#39;Iron Erna&#39; is Norway&#39;s New PM
 Norway's New PM: 'Iron Erna' 
Sep 9, 2013 7:24 PM CDT

Norway's New PM: 'Iron Erna'

Conservative Party's Erna Solberg will likely form coalition with anti-immigration party

(Newser) - Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg—nicknamed "Iron Erna"—will become Norway's new prime minister as the leader of a center-right coalition government likely including an anti-immigration party. Preliminary results from the oil-rich Nordic country's parliamentary elections shows the Conservative Party got 26.8% of votes, the...

Hot Find in Norway: 1.6K-Year-Old Sweater

As melting snow in Norway threatens other artifacts not yet found

(Newser) - Apparently climate change isn't as bad as we thought . Thanks to melting snow in the Norwegian mountains, archaeologists have uncovered some pretty cool artifacts, including bow and arrow fragments and a really well-worn tunic more than 1,600 years old. It's the "first glimpse of the kind...

Norwegian PM Goes Undercover as Taxi Driver

Jens Stoltenberg says it's the 'one place people really say what they think'

(Newser) - Norway's prime minister has come up with a novel new way to poll his constituents: going undercover as a taxi driver. For one day in June, Jens Stoltenberg dressed in an Oslo taxi driver uniform, got in a cab, and started picking up unsuspecting passengers. "It is important...

Mass Murderer Breivik's Next Step: College Student?

He applies to University of Oslo, with prison's blessing

(Newser) - Those who thought Anders Behring Breivik got a ridiculously light sentence of 21 years for murdering 77 people in Norway will be just thrilled to hear the latest development about him: The unrepentant anti-Islamic extremist has applied to Oslo University, and the school is considering, reports the Local . Breivik's...

Sunless Town&#39;s Plan: Hang Mirrors on Mountains

 Sunless Town's Plan: 
 Hang Mirrors on 
 Mountains 
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Jul 27, 2013 12:07 PM CDT

Sunless Town's Plan: Hang Mirrors on Mountains

Rjukan, Norway, lives in shadow for 5 months of the year

(Newser) - The 3,500 residents of Rjukan, Norway, live in shadow for five months every winter, thanks to surrounding mountains that block the sun —but this year, they'll have at least one cheery spot when the shadows start to descend in September. The town square will be lighted via...

Three Arrested Trying to Kidnap ... Themselves

Young Norwegians busted for blackmail

(Newser) - If only these kids watched more American TV crime procedurals, they'd know this old trick never works. Three young Norwegians—two women 18 and 21, and a man, 22—were busted trying to stage their own kidnapping and blackmail their families into giving them money for their own release,...

Must-See Reality TV in Norway: A 134-Hour Ferry Journey

 Must-See Reality TV 
 in Norway: A 134-Hour 
 Ferry Journey 
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Jun 22, 2013 7:04 AM CDT

Must-See Reality TV in Norway: A 134-Hour Ferry Journey

Half the country tuned in

(Newser) - Norway's idea of reality television is a little different from America's, according to the Wall Street Journal . Hit shows in recent years include: the view from a camera mounted on top of a train on a 7-hour journey; 18 hours of salmon swimming upstream; a 30-hour nonstop interview...

Oslo&#39;s Weird Problem: Not Enough Garbage
Oslo's Weird Problem:
Not Enough Garbage
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May 4, 2013 1:13 PM CDT

Oslo's Weird Problem: Not Enough Garbage

Waste-to-energy plants running out of stuff to burn

(Newser) - Oslo has got a problem a lot of cities would love to share: a major shortage of garbage. Around half of the Norwegian capital is heated by garbage-burning power plants, but with recycling rates very high, the plants simply can't get enough of the stuff, the New York Times...

Help Wanted: Polar Bear Spotter

Remote Norway region needs someone to warn scientists

(Newser) - If you passed on the job posting for a manager at Stonehenge , the AP has another weird help-wanted ad to consider. It seems Norway's remote Svalbard region needs an official polar bear spotter this summer. The idea is to keep your eyes peeled for bears, then yell like crazy...

Bieber Concert Prompts Town to Change Midterms

Schools in Alesund, Norway, didn't want to compete with his concerts

(Newser) - Say what you will about Justin Bieber' s recent troubles , but he's still quite popular—popular enough to cause one entire town in Norway to change its school exam schedule. Alesund is about eight hours away from Oslo, but the school district still expects low attendance at five of...

Teacher Gets Fired for Letting Kids Taste Blood

Students pass plate around during 'sharing time'

(Newser) - A Norwegian school teacher put a new twist on show and tell by bringing a blood sample to class and letting students taste it, Gawker reports. The unnamed teacher brought a vial of her blood from a doctor's visit, and poured it on a plate for students to touch...

8 Hours of Wood Burning Enthralls 20% of Norway
8 Hours of Wood Burning Enthralls 20% of Norway
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Feb 24, 2013 7:00 PM CST

8 Hours of Wood Burning Enthralls 20% of Norway

Primetime TV special also included 4 hours of wood chopping

(Newser) - Only in Norway: A primetime TV program featuring four hours of people chopping wood, then eight hours of that wood burning in a fireplace ran this month ... and 20% of the population watched some part of it. Not only that, but the program, called National Firewood Night, inspired quite a...

Horse Meat Found in UK School Lunches

Scandal also spreads to Norway

(Newser) - Looks like UK schoolkids are among the many who have been unwittingly eating horse meat . DNA tests have found horse meat in cottage pies sent to 47 Lancashire schools. Officials believe only a "minute" amount of the rogue meat was actually consumed by children, and say the meat isn'...

Big Boozing Puts Marriage on the Rocks

Divorce rates highest if woman drinks much more than man

(Newser) - 'Til booze do us part? A new study out of Norway says that drinking and marriage don't mix—especially if the woman is doing the heaviest drinking, reports the Los Angeles Times . After looking at nearly 20,000 married couples, researchers found heavy-drinking couples had a divorce rate...

Cheese Fire Closes Norway Tunnel—for Days

Truck was carrying caramelized goat cheese

(Newser) - Motorists trying to use a road tunnel in Norway's far north have had their way blocked by 27 metric tons of burning goat cheese for nearly a week, the BBC reports. A truck driver abandoned his load of brunost, a highly caramelized brown cheese, after noticing it was on...

Swine Flu Shot May Have Caused Kids' Narcolepsy

795 European recipients of GlaxoSmithKline drug report illness

(Newser) - Children across Europe have been developing narcolepsy at increased rates since 2009—and experts fear the crisis may be linked to a GlaxoSmithKline swine flu vaccine. The incurable sleep disorder has surged in Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, and Britain, experts say, and it can take a devastating toll: Reuters recounts...

22 Hostages Still Missing in Algeria: Report

...as standoff between military, militants continues

(Newser) - After the Algerian military launched an attack on militants holding hostages at a gas field, numbers remain hazy, but Reuters reports that the whereabouts of 22 of those hostages—14 Japanese and eight Norwegians—remain unknown. Algerian special forces continue to surround the site, a local insider tells Reuters, adding...

Early Reports: 35 Hostages Killed in Algeria Crisis

Many had already escaped, according to earlier reports

(Newser) - Some 35 hostages and 15 Islamist militants in the Algerian crisis have reportedly been killed in a helicopter attack launched by the Algerian military, reports the AP . Those numbers, however, were released by the militants, who also announced that seven of the 41 hostages taken, including two Americans, are still...

EU Accepts Peace Prize Amid Protest

Former winners, local demonstrators slam award

(Newser) - The European Union officially received the Nobel Peace Prize today in an Oslo ceremony attended by some 20 EU leaders, including Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, and UK deputy PM Nick Clegg. The prize committee applauded the EU's efforts toward peace in Europe after World War II, and called leaders...

Breivik Whines: I'm Served Cold Coffee

Norway mass murderer also upset that he doesn't get enough candy

(Newser) - Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik isn't done complaining about his life in prison : Now he says prison officers are trying to drive him to suicide in conditions he describes as "a mini Abu Ghraib," with strict security regimes and unpredictable guards. What makes it so Abu...

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