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 An Oslo court on Monday sentenced Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit's son to four years in prison on two counts of rape and other offences, in a high-profile scandal that has rocked the monarchy. https://www.thelocal.no/20260615/son-of-norways-crown-princess-sentenced-to-four-years-in-rape-trial Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:17:02 +0200 son-of-norways-crown-princess-sentenced-to-four-years-in-rape-trial Three Swedish citizens have been fined 8,000 Norwegian kroner each after throwing stones across the border to Russia. https://www.thelocal.no/20260612/three-swedes-fined-in-norway-for-throwing-stones-at-russia Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:07:47 +0200 three-swedes-fined-in-norway-for-throwing-stones-at-russia A Norwegian appeal court on Wednesday overturned a lower court's decision to release the son of ailing Crown Princess Mette-Marit ahead of the June 15th verdict on 40 charges against him, including rape and assault. https://www.thelocal.no/20260609/norwegian-court-orders-release-of-ailing-crown-princesss-son-ahead-of-verdict Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:27:25 +0200 norwegian-court-orders-release-of-ailing-crown-princesss-son-ahead-of-verdict A Norwegian court has blocked the extradition of the founder of a human rights group helping migrants to Greece where he was wanted over human smuggling charges, his lawyer said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.no/20260517/norway-court-blocks-extradition-of-migrant-activist-to-greece Sun, 17 May 2026 11:06:07 +0200 norway-court-blocks-extradition-of-migrant-activist-to-greece Norwegian police said Saturday that they had arrested 27 people at a gathering organised by a criminal biker gang in Oslo. https://www.thelocal.no/20260517/norway-arrests-27-at-oslo-biker-gang-gathering Sun, 17 May 2026 10:54:18 +0200 norway-arrests-27-at-oslo-biker-gang-gathering Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit's son Marius Borg Høiby, charged with raping four women and other acts of violence, is due to receive his verdict on June 15th, the Oslo court said Monday, May 11th. https://www.thelocal.no/20260512/verdict-for-son-of-norways-crown-princess-due-in-june Tue, 12 May 2026 10:13:23 +0200 verdict-for-son-of-norways-crown-princess-due-in-june Norway's interior security service, PST, announced on Thursday, May 7th that it had arrested a Chinese woman suspected of spying on Norwegian satellite data. https://www.thelocal.no/20260508/norway-arrests-chinese-woman-for-spying-on-satellite-data Fri, 08 May 2026 11:11:10 +0200 norway-arrests-chinese-woman-for-spying-on-satellite-data Norwegian police will cooperate with their French counterparts in an investigation into top diplomat Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rod-Larsen, suspected of alleged corruption over their ties with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.thelocal.no/20260428/norway-police-cooperate-with-france-on-epstein-probe Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:43:00 +0200 norway-police-cooperate-with-france-on-epstein-probe Police in Sweden stopped a 14-year-old boy on Tuesday, April 14th, after he stole a bus in Norway and drove it over 180 kilometres across the border. https://www.thelocal.no/20260414/teenage-boy-steals-bus-in-norway-and-drives-180km-to-sweden Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:41:31 +0200 teenage-boy-steals-bus-in-norway-and-drives-180km-to-sweden Morten Wold, Vice President of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget), has announced his immediate resignation after being stopped for driving under the influence during the Easter break. https://www.thelocal.no/20260410/norwegian-parliaments-vice-president-resigns-after-drunk-driving-incident Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:45:40 +0200 norwegian-parliaments-vice-president-resigns-after-drunk-driving-incident A huge shipment of Nestle's crunchy KitKat chocolate bars was stolen in Europe, the brand said, warning that the heist risked causing shortages in stores right before Easter. https://www.thelocal.no/20260329/over-12-tonnes-of-new-kitkat-chocolate-range-stolen-in-europe Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:14:52 +0200 over-12-tonnes-of-new-kitkat-chocolate-range-stolen-in-europe Three people suspected of involvement in causing an explosion outside the US embassy in Norway's capital Oslo have been released, their lawyers said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20260320/norway-frees-three-suspected-over-us-embassy-explosion Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:51:51 +0100 norway-frees-three-suspected-over-us-embassy-explosion Crown Princess Mette-Marit opened up about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in a long interview with Norwegian public broadcaster NRK on Friday morning, saying she felt 'manipulated and deceived' by the sex offender financier. https://www.thelocal.no/20260320/norways-crown-princess-manipulated-and-deceived-by-epstein Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:21:01 +0100 norways-crown-princess-manipulated-and-deceived-by-epstein Defence lawyers for the son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit called Thursday for him to be acquitted of charges of raping four women, and sought an 18-month sentence for lesser offences. https://www.thelocal.no/20260319/defence-seeks-acquittal-for-norway-princesss-son-for-alleged-rapes Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:57:30 +0100 defence-seeks-acquittal-for-norway-princesss-son-for-alleged-rapes Prosecutors in Norway called Wednesday for the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Marius Borg Hoiby, to serve seven years and seven months in prison for offences including raping four women. https://www.thelocal.no/20260318/prosecutors-seek-seven-year-jail-term-for-norway-princesss-son-for-rapes Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:51:45 +0100 prosecutors-seek-seven-year-jail-term-for-norway-princesss-son-for-rapes Norwegian police said Wednesday that three brothers had been arrested on suspicion of a "terrorist bombing" over a weekend explosion at the US embassy in Oslo, that caused minor damage but no injuries. https://www.thelocal.no/20260311/three-brothers-arrested-over-us-embassy-blast-in-oslo Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:27:55 +0100 three-brothers-arrested-over-us-embassy-blast-in-oslo An explosion that rocked the US embassy in Oslo in the early hours of Sunday may have been an act of terror, local police said, while stressing that they were also investigating other possible causes. https://www.thelocal.no/20260308/no-injuries-reported-after-explosion-hits-us-embassy-in-oslo Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:47:49 +0100 no-injuries-reported-after-explosion-hits-us-embassy-in-oslo Norway has arrested a 17-year-old youth suspected of a jihadist-inspired plot to bomb a NATO site in the Scandinavian country, the NRK broadcaster reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20260228/norway-arrests-teen-suspected-of-plotting-is-inspired-attack Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:38:56 +0100 norway-arrests-teen-suspected-of-plotting-is-inspired-attack Norwegian police have opened an "aggravated corruption" investigation into former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.thelocal.no/20260206/norway-police-investigate-ex-pm-jagland-over-epstein-links Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:49:25 +0100 norway-police-investigate-ex-pm-jagland-over-epstein-links Norway is in the eye of the storm, not just because of Marius’ ongoing trial, but also because more high-profile Norwegians are being named in the newly released Epstein files. Here are some of the key people now under scrutiny. https://www.thelocal.no/20260205/who-are-the-norwegian-names-in-the-newly-released-epstein-files Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:15:21 +0100 who-are-the-norwegian-names-in-the-newly-released-epstein-files