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 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 Norwegian police on Monday published two photos of a suspect they believe was behind an explosion at the US embassy in Oslo at the weekend that caused no injuries and minor damage. https://www.thelocal.no/20260309/norway-police-publish-photos-of-suspect-in-us-embassy-blast Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:24:35 +0100 norway-police-publish-photos-of-suspect-in-us-embassy-blast 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 A Norwegian teenager detained after the killing of an Ethiopian-origin worker at an Oslo hostel also planned an attack on a mosque, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20250828/norwegian-teenager-held-over-hostel-murder-also-planned-mosque-attack Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:02:53 +0200 norwegian-teenager-held-over-hostel-murder-also-planned-mosque-attack Norway's prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Tuesday led a memorial at Høyblokka in Oslo's government quarter to mark the 14th anniversary of the brutal twin terror attack on July 22nd, 2011. https://www.thelocal.no/20250722/a-lot-would-have-happened-in-their-lives-norway-remembers-utoya-victims Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:57:14 +0200 a-lot-would-have-happened-in-their-lives-norway-remembers-utoya-victims Far-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in twin attacks in 2011, on Tuesday asked a court for parole for the second time, a request widely expected to be denied. https://www.thelocal.no/20241119/far-right-norwegian-terrorist-breivik-seeks-parole-13-years-after-attacks Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:46:10 +0100 far-right-norwegian-terrorist-breivik-seeks-parole-13-years-after-attacks Norway's intelligence agency lowered its terror threat level from "high" to "moderate" on Thursday, saying the threat posed by Iran against Jewish and Israeli targets had waned. https://www.thelocal.no/20241114/norway-lowers-terror-threat-level-to-moderate Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:09:50 +0100 norway-lowers-terror-threat-level-to-moderate Norway's public prosecutor on Tuesday asked that the maximum penalty of potentially life behind bars be handed down to the alleged perpetrator of the fatal shooting at Oslo's 2022 Pride festival. https://www.thelocal.no/20240515/norwegian-prosecutor-wants-maximum-sentence-for-oslo-pride-shooter Wed, 15 May 2024 11:18:05 +0200 norwegian-prosecutor-wants-maximum-sentence-for-oslo-pride-shooter Norwegian police have advised that Pride events around the country be postponed after the deadly shootings in Oslo and believe there is good reason to take the seemingly drastic measure. However, some parades and celebrations are still set to go ahead. https://www.thelocal.no/20220628/why-police-in-norway-have-advised-that-pride-events-be-postponed Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:47:50 +0200 why-police-in-norway-have-advised-that-pride-events-be-postponed Norwegian police said Monday that the five victims of last week's attack were killed by a "sharp object" used by the suspect, not a bow and arrows. https://www.thelocal.no/20211018/kongsberg-attacker-killed-victims-with-sharp-object Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:04:12 +0200 kongsberg-attacker-killed-victims-with-sharp-object Norwegian police on Saturday cast doubt on the narrative that the perpetrator of an attack that left five people dead was a serious convert to Islam. https://www.thelocal.no/20211016/norway-police-query-bow-and-arrow-killers-muslim-faith Sat, 16 Oct 2021 21:48:34 +0200 norway-police-query-bow-and-arrow-killers-muslim-faith Norway's intelligence service PST said Thursday that an attack that killed five people the previous day seemed to be an "act of terror." https://www.thelocal.no/20211014/norwegian-security-services-kongsberg-bow-and-arrow-attack-appears-to-be-act-of-terror Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:15:40 +0200 norwegian-security-services-kongsberg-bow-and-arrow-attack-appears-to-be-act-of-terror A 37-year-old Danish national has been charged over the killing of five people in an attack in Kongsberg, southeastern Norway. Here is what is known about the attacker and his possible motive for the killings.  https://www.thelocal.no/20211014/who-is-the-kongsberg-attacker-and-what-was-his-motive Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:47:55 +0200 who-is-the-kongsberg-attacker-and-what-was-his-motive Five people were killed in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday by a man wielding a bow and arrow. Here's what we know so far about the attack, the suspect and his possible motive. https://www.thelocal.no/20211014/kongsberg-bow-and-arrow-attack-what-we-know-so-far Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:42:42 +0200 kongsberg-bow-and-arrow-attack-what-we-know-so-far Norway's prime minister on Thursday called for the country to stand up against the hatred that killed 77 people on July 22, 2011, ten years after the attacks by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik. https://www.thelocal.no/20210722/norway-calls-for-opposition-to-hate-10-years-after-july-22nd-terror-attacks Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:59:38 +0200 norway-calls-for-opposition-to-hate-10-years-after-july-22nd-terror-attacks Ten years after the worst attack in Norway's post-war history, survivors of the Utøya shooting say the country needs to finally face up to the far-right ideology behind the mass murder. https://www.thelocal.no/20210722/ten-years-on-utoya-survivors-call-on-norway-to-address-right-wing-extremism Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:09:25 +0200 ten-years-on-utoya-survivors-call-on-norway-to-address-right-wing-extremism Norway on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the worst attacks in its modern history, as church bells toll for the 77 people murdered by neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik. https://www.thelocal.no/20210722/norway-marks-10-years-since-july-22nd-terror-attacks Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:17:22 +0200 norway-marks-10-years-since-july-22nd-terror-attacks A 16-year-old youth was convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in Norway and participating in the terrorist organisation Isis, by the Oslo District Court on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20210630/16-year-old-jailed-over-terror-attack-plot-in-norway Wed, 30 Jun 2021 14:05:54 +0200 16-year-old-jailed-over-terror-attack-plot-in-norway A 24-year-old man from Norway’s Telemark county has been charged on three counts of being an accomplice in planning terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.no/20210412/norway-charges-man-for-planning-terror-in-denmark Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:59:31 +0200 norway-charges-man-for-planning-terror-in-denmark A woman on trial in Norway for supporting the Islamic State group provided a glimpse this week of life with members of the terror group she said she was unable to flee despite numerous attempts. https://www.thelocal.no/20210304/woman-on-trial-in-norway-provides-glimpse-of-life-under-isis Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:22:47 +0100 woman-on-trial-in-norway-provides-glimpse-of-life-under-isis