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Norwegian delicacies foreigners can't stomach
Norwegian cuisine is generally sneered at by the country's Scandinavian neighbours. This is unfair, as some of it is very tasty. Here is a list The Local has put together of 15 dishes foreigners find particularly challenging.
Knausgård savages the 'Cyclops' Swedes
Norwegian literary star Karl Ove Knausgård has launched an extraordinary attack on the Swedes, damning them as a race of narrow-minded “Cyclops” who cannot tolerate ambiguity, have no understanding of literature, and are “full of hate and fear”.
Why Jens Stoltenberg is a natural choice for Nato
That Jens Stoltenberg, a staunch member of Norway's left-wing Labour party was put forward to the Nato leadership by Angela Merkel, the most powerful figure in Europe's centre right, says a lot about his broad appeal.
'Sketchy' Sochi slope takes new Norway victim
Norwegian snowboarder Kjersti Buaas has been sent to hospital in Sochi after a bad fall on the now notorious slopestyle track at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park near Sochi. INCLUDES VIDEO.
US envoy wants to make 'second impression'
George Tsunis, the would-be US ambassador to Norway who made headlines last week with his catastrophic senate hearing, has told The Local of how impatient he is to set the record straight.
Norway uni to offer dog sled course
The Arctic University of Norway is to offer Europe's first ever university course in dog sledding, starting from the winter of next year.
Reindeer get reflectors to stop car crashes
As many as 10,000 reindeer in northern Norway are to have their horns decorated with special biodegradable reflector cuffs to stop them being run over by motorists.
Problem cannabis use is genetic: study
Problem cannabis use is overwhelmingly the result of genes rather than upbringing or lifestyle, a new twin study carried out by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health has concluded.
Elk found frozen solid in Norwegian lake
An elk has been found frozen solid in the middle of a a lake near Bodo in northern Norway, after the ice apparently cracked beneath it as it was trying to cross.
GALLERY: How the Vikings changed English
The Local's look at the Old Norse words that entered the English language after the Viking longships arrived in the 8th Century, emphasises just how much violence and destruction they brought in their wake.
Nearly 300 new species found in Norway
Nearly 300 completely new species have been discovered in Norway over the last four years, as the country tries to discover and catalogue every species of animal and plant within its borders.
Norway data helps target US drones: spy chief
Data collected by Norway's intelligence services in Afghanistan is used by US and Nato forces to target controversial drone attacks, the organisation's head has revealed.
'My gingerbread village is bigger than yours'
A battle has broken out between Bergen and New York over which city has constructed the world's largest gingerbread village.
Norway researchers in cancer breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Oslo have invented a new technique which potentially massively broadens the range of cancers which can be treated with cutting edge immunotherapy.
Norway wants Viking sites on UN list
Norway's government is lobbying to get three Viking ship burial grounds and a viking quarry classified as Unesco World Heritage sites, hoping that this will help draw more tourists the country.
Typical worker in Norway earns most in world
The typical worker earns a higher salary in Norway than in any other country in the world, with Norwegian wage earners taking home more than double the median per-capita global income, a Gallup survey of household incomes published on Tuesday has revealed.
INTERVIEW: Putting every book online for free
US publishers might see the benefits of putting their catalogues online for free if they travelled to Norway, where every book ever published will soon be available at the click of a mouse, the man leading the country's digitisation process has told The Local.
Norway spied on Russia for the NSA: Dagbladet
Norway's intelligence services work with the United States to monitor Russia, targeting its oil and gas industry and military operations in the Arctic Kola peninsular, Norway's Dagbladet newspaper has reported.
GALLERY: Goat saved by dare-devil climbers
A runaway goat stranded for three weeks on a cliff above a Norwegian fjord has been rescued after local climbers mounted a dare-devil operation.
Norway to Sweden: Can we rent out your prisons?
Norway has asked to lease out prison spaces from its neighbour Sweden in a bid to end a shortage of cells which police complain forces them to release criminals.
GALLERY: A fox and dog's amazing friendship
Norwegian photographer Torgeir Berge was out in the woods with his dog Tinni one morning last summer when they stumbled upon a young fox. The dog and the fox gradually became the best of friends in a process Berge documented in an incredible series of photographs, which he plans to turn into a book next year.
News site slammed for Haakon divorce rumours
A Norwegian news site has been slammed for publishing rumours that Norway's Crown Prince Haakon is set to divorce his wife Mette-Marit.
VIDEO: Lynx mum filmed with cubs near Oslo
Wildlife cameras hidden in the forests south of Oslo have caught rare footage of a female lynx and her two cubs roaming just 100 metres from a nearby farm.