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 Norway is one of the best countries in Europe when it comes to the acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people, with progressive laws, a strong community and good support. Here are some practical things to know. https://www.thelocal.no/20240110/everything-gay-and-lesbian-foreigners-need-to-know-about-life-in-norway Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:16:23 +0100 everything-gay-and-lesbian-foreigners-need-to-know-about-life-in-norway The leadership of the Church of Norway (Den Norske Kirke) on Monday approved new marriage ceremony rules that will allow homosexuals to be married within the church. https://www.thelocal.no/20160411/norway-gay-marriage-church-weddings Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:52:58 +0200 norway-gay-marriage-church-weddings Per Arne Dahl, the newest of Oslo’s 12 bishops, told the Norwegian newspaper, Tønsbergs Blad on Monday, that he would not officiate at gay or lesbian weddings. https://www.thelocal.no/20150727/oslo-bishop-i-will-not-marry-same-sex-couples Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:36:27 +0200 oslo-bishop-i-will-not-marry-same-sex-couples A councillor from Norway's Labour Party risks being expelled after he argued on Saturday night that gay people who want to get married in church should start their own splinter sect. https://www.thelocal.no/20140422/labour-councillor-faces-sack-over-gay Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:58:00 +0200 labour-councillor-faces-sack-over-gay The Church of Norway has voted not to allow gay couples to be married by its priests in normal church services, in a close-run decision that came as a disappointment to gay rights campaigners. https://www.thelocal.no/20140408/church-of-norway-votes-down-gay-marriage-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 14:36:00 +0200 church-of-norway-votes-down-gay-marriage-2 Norway's bishops will push for gay couples to have their civil unions blessed in church rather than for full church weddings when they meet for their annual synod next year, the country's Lutheran church has said. https://www.thelocal.no/20131018/norway-bishops-step-back-from-gay-church-weddings Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:51:00 +0200 norway-bishops-step-back-from-gay-church-weddings Norway's first woman pastor to enter into a same-sex civil union will quit her ministry to protest against the discrimination gays and lesbians face within the Lutheran Church, she said in an interview published Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20130327/norways-first-lesbian-pastor-throws-in-the-towel Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:22:00 +0100 norways-first-lesbian-pastor-throws-in-the-towel