King Christian IV, built a new city close to the Akershus Fortress, founding modern Oslo. Photo: Visit Oslo/Rod Costa Even today, Oslo can sometimes feel like a provincial city rather than the capital ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's capital Oslo will tighten lockdown measures to combat a sharp rise in coronavirus infections linked to a more contagious variant, the city's governing mayor said on Sunday.

Norways long-standing wealth tax is reshaping the lives of its richest citizens and sparking global debate. Sitting in his ...

Norway is trying to cement itself as a destination for all things Viking. Thor’s Rike (Thor’s Kingdom) in western Norway aims to not only be Norway’s largest theme park when it opens, it wants to ...

New capital requirements could reduce the mortgage loan lending capacity for Norway’s small and medium-sized banks by up to $17.3 billion. Norway’s finance minister, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, faces an ...

A bomb ripped through Oslo's central government district on Friday and a gunman dressed as a policeman then opened fire at a youth camp on a nearby island, killing 17 people altogether, police said.

STAVANGER, Norway (Reuters) - In Norway's oil capital Stavanger, house prices are falling, unemployment is rising and orders of champagne and sushi sprinkled with gold are down - a taste of things to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. For only the third time, a Norwegian city will be crowned as a ...