Most Norwegians continued as before. They called themselves Lutherans, signalling both faith and heritage – a link to the ...

"Perhaps a billion silver dirhams flowed into Scandinavia and the Viking world between 800 and 950," says Gullbekk. That ...

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Acting as guarantor for a giant loan to Ukraine would significantly enhance Norway’s standing within the EU, according to ...

"They wanted the blue sky back," says Heggelund. The authorities listened. Air pollution is now monitored nationwide, and ...

Native American children were sent to boarding schools. When they returned home, many no longer felt part of their ...

Maričić kept pushing himself by repeating: 'just ten more seconds.' "Then I pushed myself again, little by little. After 20 minutes it suddenly became easier," he says. That gave him the confidence he ...

We have asked archaeologists to share their most exciting finds. Summer is peak season for archaeological excavations, and this is when many significant discoveries are made. Sometimes, years of ...

"It has never been worse," says Torbjørn Forseth, senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. Released just days before the start of the annual salmon fishing season, VRL’s ...

Therese Foldvik holds up a small, faded book, bound in leather. Inside are fragile, yellowed, handwritten pages where secrets of the past have been recorded. This particular book is an ancient magic ...

One day in 2019, the beluga whale Hvaldimir was discovered near Ingøy in northern Norway. It had a camera harness on and was very sociable, according to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK. The ...