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 The Norwegian Nobel Institute on Thursday, April 30th, announced that 287 nominations had been submitted for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. https://www.thelocal.no/20260430/norwegian-nobel-institute-receives-287-peace-prize-nominations Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:26:43 +0200 norwegian-nobel-institute-receives-287-peace-prize-nominations A potential leak that preceded the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was "highly likely" the result of espionage, the Nobel Institute told Norwegian media on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.no/20251012/possible-nobel-leak-was-likely-espionage-report-says Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:33:52 +0200 possible-nobel-leak-was-likely-espionage-report-says The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. https://www.thelocal.no/20251010/norwegian-nobel-committee-awards-peace-prize-to-maria-corina-machado Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:22:27 +0200 norwegian-nobel-committee-awards-peace-prize-to-maria-corina-machado Imprisoned women's rights campaigner, Narges Mohammadi was honoured by the Norwegian Nobel Committee with the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran. https://www.thelocal.no/20231006/jailed-iran-rights-campaigner-narges-mohammadi-wins-peace-nobel Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:43:08 +0200 jailed-iran-rights-campaigner-narges-mohammadi-wins-peace-nobel Norwegian author Jon Fosse, whose works are in Nynorsk, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and is an all-rounder whose writing is defined more by form than content - what is not said is often more revealing than what is. https://www.thelocal.no/20231005/who-is-norways-nobel-winning-author-jon-fosse Thu, 05 Oct 2023 18:15:56 +0200 who-is-norways-nobel-winning-author-jon-fosse The Swedish Academy on Thursday awarded the Nobel literature prize to Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse, whose plays are among the most widely staged of any contemporary playwright in Europe. https://www.thelocal.no/20231005/norwegian-playwright-jon-fosse-wins-nobel-literature-prize Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:40:07 +0200 norwegian-playwright-jon-fosse-wins-nobel-literature-prize Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve his country's conflict with bitter foe Eritrea, the Nobel Committee said. https://www.thelocal.no/20191011/norway-ethiopian-pm-abiy-ahmed-wins-nobel-peace-prize-as-swedens-greta-thunberg-misses-out Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:31:56 +0200 norway-ethiopian-pm-abiy-ahmed-wins-nobel-peace-prize-as-swedens-greta-thunberg-misses-out Why is there no maths prize and is it true Alfred Nobel dabbled in poetry? Five facts about the Nobel Prizes to break out at parties. https://www.thelocal.no/20191007/how-to-talk-about-the-nobel-prize-and-sound-like-you-know-your-stuff Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:04:42 +0200 how-to-talk-about-the-nobel-prize-and-sound-like-you-know-your-stuff An unusual 2019 Nobel season kicks off today with much speculation about possible contenders for the six prestigious awards. https://www.thelocal.no/20191007/whos-going-to-win-the-nobel-prize-here-are-the-top-favourites Mon, 07 Oct 2019 09:27:31 +0200 whos-going-to-win-the-nobel-prize-here-are-the-top-favourites Bookies are tipping Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg for Norway's Nobel Peace Prize next week, while the Swedish Academy is hoping to redeem itself after years of scandal. https://www.thelocal.no/20191003/could-greta-thunberg-really-win-the-nobel-peace-prize Thu, 03 Oct 2019 09:39:03 +0200 could-greta-thunberg-really-win-the-nobel-peace-prize It's easier to lose a Nobel Prize than to win one. https://www.thelocal.no/20180929/1001-ways-to-lose-a-nobel-prize Sat, 29 Sep 2018 05:14:17 +0200 1001-ways-to-lose-a-nobel-prize Norway’s parliament on Friday voted in favour of allowing Labour party candidate Berit Reiss-Andersen to continue as a Nobel Committee member. https://www.thelocal.no/20171208/not-fair-says-carl-i-hagen-as-parliament-puts-stop-to-nobel-committee-dream Fri, 08 Dec 2017 14:28:25 +0100 not-fair-says-carl-i-hagen-as-parliament-puts-stop-to-nobel-committee-dream Carl I. Hagen, the controversial former leader of Norway's anti-immigration Progress Party, on Thursday saw his chances of joining the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize fade. https://www.thelocal.no/20171207/norway-populists-nobel-committee-bid-appears-blocked Thu, 07 Dec 2017 19:49:21 +0100 norway-populists-nobel-committee-bid-appears-blocked Norway’s parliament will rush through a vote on a rule that could block former Progress Party leader Carl I. Hagen’s nomination to the Nobel Committee. https://www.thelocal.no/20171204/norways-parliament-to-take-decisive-vote-for-hagen-nobel-ambitions Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:22:28 +0100 norways-parliament-to-take-decisive-vote-for-hagen-nobel-ambitions Carl I. Hagen, the influential former leader of Norway’s populist Progress Party, is prepared to relinquish his position as a deputy MP in order to be accepted to the Nobel Committee. https://www.thelocal.no/20171122/populist-politician-hagen-prepared-to-resign-from-parliament-role-to-join-nobel-committee-report Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:26:14 +0100 populist-politician-hagen-prepared-to-resign-from-parliament-role-to-join-nobel-committee-report Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, who has represented Norway’s Progress Party on the Nobel Committee since 2000, said new candidate Carl I. Hagen is unsuitable for the role after the party voted to replace her on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20171116/norway-nobel-committee-member-criticises-hagen-nomination Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:55:11 +0100 norway-nobel-committee-member-criticises-hagen-nomination Norwegian populist party the Progress Party has proposed that influential former leader Carl I. Hagen replace Inger-Marie Ytterhorn as its representative on the Nobel Committee. https://www.thelocal.no/20171115/norway-populist-nominated-to-nobel-committee Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:24:18 +0100 norway-populist-nominated-to-nobel-committee Nuclear disarmament group ICAN won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb as nuclear-fuelled crises swirl over North Korea and Iran. https://www.thelocal.no/20171006/anti-nuclear-campaign-ican-wins-nobel-peace-prize Fri, 06 Oct 2017 13:30:45 +0200 anti-nuclear-campaign-ican-wins-nobel-peace-prize Praised to the skies and bearing great hopes, they went on to disappoint the world: as the case of Aung San Suu Kyi shows, Nobel Peace Prize winners have not always lived up to expectations. https://www.thelocal.no/20170929/norway-nobels-shining-stars-who-lost-their-lustre Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:50:01 +0200 norway-nobels-shining-stars-who-lost-their-lustre Pakistan's teen Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai burst into tears Thursday at the sight of the bloodied school uniform she was wearing the day the Taliban shot her. https://www.thelocal.no/20141212/malala-weeps-at-sight-of-bloodied-school-uniform Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:21:15 +0100 malala-weeps-at-sight-of-bloodied-school-uniform