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Stowaway mouse flies to Oslo solo
An elusive little rodent was the only passenger on board a flight from Stockholm to Oslo on Wednesday evening as Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) sought Norwegian mousetrap expertise to snare the ticketless traveller.
Cops cut fine for 'poor' Swedish truck driver
A truck driver fined for having sub-standard brakes was given a hefty discount by Norwegian police who reckoned the fact he was Swedish meant he probably earned much less money than his colleagues.
Doctor under fire after saving woman's life
A doctor at Sørlandet hospital in southern Norway has come in for heavy criticism after giving a woman a blood transfusion despite her written request not to receive the treatment under any circumstances.
Predators behind mass herring deaths: experts
Biologists believe that thousands of herring found dead on a beach in northern Norway last week may have been chased there by killer whales or other predators.
High school pupils on strike over drunk teacher
Pupils at a school in southern Norway have gone on strike in protest against a teacher who allegedly turned up drunk in the classroom, and their school’s failure to take the problem seriously.
Ex-cop in underpants pins down intruder
Police officers responding to a break-in call in southern Norway were much amused to find their bulky former colleague Per Bratteberg sitting astride a woman's back wearing only his underpants and a sheepish smile.
OMG: Eye test blooper on Norwegian news
TV viewers in Norway were left laughing their posteriors off after a serious nightly news show inadvertently used an eye chart teeming with internet slang.
Norwegian motorist drove without licence for 36 years
Police in western Norway were left scratching their heads when a 73-year-old man stopped at a random checkpoint admitted driving without a licence for the last 36 years.
Herder wants Hollywood cash for old joik
A reindeer farmer in northern Norway is claiming a traditional Sami chant used in Hollywood movie The Thing was originally given to him as a gift by his aunt.
Christmas star found in baby’s throat
A Norwegian couple breathed a Yuletide sigh of relief this month when doctors removed a tiny plastic Christmas star from the throat of their 7-month-old baby boy.
Sleeping jury could lead to manslaughter retrial
Norway’s Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking a retrial in the case of a 30-year-old man cleared of manslaughter last month after it emerged that “one or two” jury members had fallen asleep in court.
Butter crisis exposes 'Soviet conditions'
Norway’s butter crisis has prompted severe criticism of the country's dairy system, as consumers grapple with shortages that an Oslo management school dean has likened to conditions in the Soviet Union.
Swedish butter hustlers arrested in Norway
Police in Norway arrested two Swedish men over the weekend as they sought to sell 250 kilos of smuggled butter at 250 kroner ($42) a packet.
Norwegians step up online butter search
The Norwegian word for ‘butter’ has lately become the most searched for term on a popular buy-and-sell website, as an acute shortage of the desirable dairy product threatens to give Christmas a bad taste.
Norwegians bidding for black market butter
As Norway’s butter shortage takes on ever more absurd proportions, one man in Lillehammer claims to have been offered 3,000 kroner ($515) for half a kilo of “almost unused” butter.
Norwegian football players trained with electric shocks
Shocking scenes unravelled before the eyes of Norwegian television viewers last week during a football match between rival television stations.
'Evil' Norwegian child terrifies YouTube users
The maniacal laugh of a Norwegian baby girl has thousands of YouTube users and US news outlets bewitched.
Melting glacier drops Dark Age jacket
A 1,700-year-old coat is the latest artefact from Dark Age Norway to be freed by the fast-melting Breheimen glacier.