https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed We now know who to blame for Jo Nesbø scaring the living daylights out of millions of readers with his blood-drenched crime thrillers. https://www.thelocal.no/20171116/norwegian-crime-writer-nesb-faces-up-evil-in-new-nordic-chiller Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:16:21 +0100 norwegian-crime-writer-nesb-faces-up-evil-in-new-nordic-chiller International festivals. Award-winning libraries. Picturesque book towns. There is plenty to appeal to book lovers visiting Norway, says our travel editor Marie Peyre. https://www.thelocal.no/20170314/norway-for-bookworms-books-literature Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:34:25 +0100 norway-for-bookworms-books-literature A small town in Norway has broken the Guinness world record for the longest chain of books toppled as dominos. https://www.thelocal.no/20150702/norway-town-breaks-world-book-domino-record Fri, 03 Jul 2015 01:17:56 +0200 norway-town-breaks-world-book-domino-record Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has opened up for the first time about her father's alcoholism, saying that it has been "one of the hardest things" in her life. https://www.thelocal.no/20140403/mette-marit-opens-up-on-fathers-alcoholism-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:06:00 +0200 mette-marit-opens-up-on-fathers-alcoholism-2 Crown Princess Mette-Marit has launched a two day literary train voyage down the West coast of Norway, stopping off at along the way to read to children and encourage them to take out books from the library. https://www.thelocal.no/20140401/princess-takes-special-book-train-down-norway-coast-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 18:44:00 +0200 princess-takes-special-book-train-down-norway-coast-2 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. https://www.thelocal.no/20131217/interview-the-man-making-norways-books-free-online Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:30:00 +0100 interview-the-man-making-norways-books-free-online