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's Daniel Andre Tande won the second round of the Four Hills ski jumping event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday ahead of Poland's Kamil Stoch and Austrian Stefan Kraft. https://www.thelocal.no/20170102/norways-tande-jumps-into-2017-with-four-hills-win Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:02:02 +0100 norways-tande-jumps-into-2017-with-four-hills-win With Norway's ski season already on, here's a look at of why so many eager skiers choose the Nordic country to practise their favourite winter sports. https://www.thelocal.no/20151126/where-to-enjoy-the-ski-season-in-norway Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:34:48 +0100 where-to-enjoy-the-ski-season-in-norway A stone-age rock carving of a figure on skis - one of Norway’s most famous historical sites — has been vandalised in what a local politician has described as “a national tragedy”. https://www.thelocal.no/20160729/youth-vandalises-norwegian-rock-carving Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:24:09 +0200 youth-vandalises-norwegian-rock-carving Warmer winters with less snow will have major financial implications for a variety of industries, according an expert panel that examined the impact of climate change on Norwegian winter sports. https://www.thelocal.no/20160310/future-snowless-winters-will-cost-norway-dearly Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:22:35 +0100 future-snowless-winters-will-cost-norway-dearly Can it really be true? Are tourists from flat Denmark better and more active skiers than Norwegians? https://www.thelocal.no/20160309/say-what-danes-are-better-skiers-than-norwegians Wed, 09 Mar 2016 10:45:23 +0100 say-what-danes-are-better-skiers-than-norwegians Two Danish men who were reported missing by their family were found alive and well in the Jotunheimen National Park in central Norway in the early hours of Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160218/missing-danish-skiers-found-safe-in-norway Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:59:48 +0100 missing-danish-skiers-found-safe-in-norway In-form Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal has been ruled out for the season after suffering a serious knee injury in a dramatic crash during the prestigious World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.no/20160125/norways-svindal-out-for-season-after-kitzbuehel-crash Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:27:22 +0100 norways-svindal-out-for-season-after-kitzbuehel-crash Aksel Lund Svindal powered to victory in the men's super-G on Friday to extend Norway's unprecedented dominance in the men's World Cup, with 13 wins from 20 races so far this season. https://www.thelocal.no/20160122/svindal-extends-norways-dominance-at-kitzbuehel Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:59:28 +0100 svindal-extends-norways-dominance-at-kitzbuehel Aksel Lund Svindal and his Norwegian teammates on Thursday put the finishing touches to their preparation for Kitzbuehel's World Cup downhill, the alpine skiing equivalent of the Monaco Formula One race. https://www.thelocal.no/20160121/norway-hopes-for-success-at-downhills-formula-one Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:09:29 +0100 norway-hopes-for-success-at-downhills-formula-one Stein Eriksen, a Norwegian credited as the founder of modern skiing, died on Sunday at his home in Utah, the ski resort he was long associated with said. He was 88. https://www.thelocal.no/20151228/norwegian-ski-legend-stein-eriksen-dies-at-88 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:27:40 +0100 norwegian-ski-legend-stein-eriksen-dies-at-88 The world's largest indoor ski centre is to be built just ten minutes drive from Norway's capital Oslo after the project got given the go ahead. https://www.thelocal.no/20150911/norway-builds-worlds-largest-indoor-ski-centre Fri, 11 Sep 2015 22:45:28 +0200 norway-builds-worlds-largest-indoor-ski-centre Norwegian superstar Marit Bjørgen on Saturday won her fourth Olympic title and became the most successful female Norwegian Olympian in history, after taking the first cross-country skiing gold of the Sochi Games in the women's skiathlon. https://www.thelocal.no/20140208/norways-bjrgen-makes-history-with-fourth-gold Sat, 08 Feb 2014 16:22:35 +0100 norways-bjrgen-makes-history-with-fourth-gold The rescue of an elk from a swimming pool led the news on Norway's TV2 network on Sunday. The Local has obtained an exclusive picture record of the operation. https://www.thelocal.no/20131111/gallery-norways-giant-elk-rescue-operation Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:06:00 +0100 gallery-norways-giant-elk-rescue-operation An unfortunate young elk spent hours trapped in an empty swimming pool on Sunday, before a major operation, including eleven firemen, two fire engines. and a special animal accident officer, hauled it to safety. https://www.thelocal.no/20131111/elk-saved-from-pool-after-huge-rescue-effort Mon, 11 Nov 2013 10:35:00 +0100 elk-saved-from-pool-after-huge-rescue-effort A Norwegian cross-country skier caught up in an avalanche on Mont Blanc has died of his injuries, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20120430/norwegian-skier-killed-by-france-avalanche Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:40:19 +0200 norwegian-skier-killed-by-france-avalanche Norway's Marit Bjørgen on Sunday lifted the World Cup Nordic Skiing trophy, winning the final 10km pursuit race in Falun, Sweden. https://www.thelocal.no/20120319/bjoergen-skis-to-third-world-cup-title Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:57:45 +0100 bjoergen-skis-to-third-world-cup-title Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the super-G World Cup trophy in Schladming, Austria on Thursday, as Italy's Christof Innerhofer took the victory in the discipline's last race of the season. https://www.thelocal.no/20120315/norways-svindal-wins-super-g-world-cup-trophy Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:24:10 +0100 norways-svindal-wins-super-g-world-cup-trophy A Swedish singing quartet is wowing Scandinavia with a tongue-in-cheek a cappella ditty extolling the sundry manly virtues of Norwegian cross-country skiing giant Petter Northug. https://www.thelocal.no/20120302/hes-as-handsome-as-a-greek-adonis Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:34:38 +0100 hes-as-handsome-as-a-greek-adonis English-language lyrics for Swedish group DEO's song of praise to a Norwegian ski legend. https://www.thelocal.no/20120302/petter-northug-a-cappella Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:14:37 +0100 petter-northug-a-cappella Danish skiers are 100 times more likely than their Norwegian counterparts to come a cropper on the piste, according to figures from insurer Tryg. https://www.thelocal.no/20120222/norwegian-skiers-100-times-less-clumsy-than-danes Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:15:45 +0100 norwegian-skiers-100-times-less-clumsy-than-danes