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 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 Norway on Saturday inaugurated a memorial to the victims of neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik's 2011 massacre, made up of 77 bronze columns representing each of the dead. https://www.thelocal.no/20220618/norway-inaugurates-utoya-massacre-memorial Sat, 18 Jun 2022 20:34:50 +0200 norway-inaugurates-utoya-massacre-memorial A Norwegian court on Monday ruled against opponents of a national memorial to the victims of a 2011 massacre on Utøya island, saying its benefits outweighed the traumas it might revive. https://www.thelocal.no/20210208/626795 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:57:28 +0100 626795 He rescued terrified youths fleeing the bullets of a fanatical killer. A decade later, Terje Lien is fighting to stop a memorial to the victims. https://www.thelocal.no/20210114/why-norwegian-neighbours-are-opposing-memorial-of-utya-massacre Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:12:35 +0100 why-norwegian-neighbours-are-opposing-memorial-of-utya-massacre Legal action by local residents has resulted in suspension of work to install a memorial to the victims of the 2011 terrorist attack on the island of Utøya. https://www.thelocal.no/20200925/norway-utya-memorial-construction-halted-by-lawsuit Fri, 25 Sep 2020 19:35:11 +0200 norway-utya-memorial-construction-halted-by-lawsuit Right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who murdered 77 people in Norway's worst peace-time killing in 2011, has applied for parole, his lawyer said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20200916/norway-killer-breivik-seeks-parole-lawyer Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:07:42 +0200 norway-killer-breivik-seeks-parole-lawyer Today marks nine years since terror attacks on the island of Utøya and in Oslo claimed 77 lives. https://www.thelocal.no/20200722/hate-takes-lives-norway-marks-ninth-anniversary-of-july-22nd-attacks-with-socially-distanced-memorial Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:56:17 +0200 hate-takes-lives-norway-marks-ninth-anniversary-of-july-22nd-attacks-with-socially-distanced-memorial Norwegian police said Monday they had arrested two men for spraying a swastika on a memorial commemorating the 2011 July 22 twin attacks in which 77 people were killed. https://www.thelocal.no/20190723/utoya-memorial-defaced-with-swastika-on-anniversary-of-attack Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:08:58 +0200 utoya-memorial-defaced-with-swastika-on-anniversary-of-attack U – July 22, this year’s film about Anders Breivik’s 2011 massacre, is one of three contenders to be put forward for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. https://www.thelocal.no/20180829/utya-film-shortlisted-for-norway-oscar-entry Wed, 29 Aug 2018 17:07:32 +0200 utya-film-shortlisted-for-norway-oscar-entry A memorial for the victims of the July 22nd, 2011 terrorist attacks on the island of Utøya and in Oslo was unveiled on the seventh anniversary of the tragedy on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20180723/norway-unveils-utya-monument-on-day-of-remembrance Mon, 23 Jul 2018 21:06:09 +0200 norway-unveils-utya-monument-on-day-of-remembrance Norway's right-wing government could resign this week if the justice minister loses a no-confidence vote after she triggered outrage among survivors of a 2011 gun massacre, media reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.no/20180318/norway-government-may-fall-on-ministers-no-confidence-vote Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:31:14 +0100 norway-government-may-fall-on-ministers-no-confidence-vote The survivors of Norway’s 2011 terrorist attack on the island of Utøya are more likely to suffer from migraines as a consequence of their trauma, research has shown. https://www.thelocal.no/20171214/utya-survivors-more-prone-to-migraine-research Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:57:25 +0100 utya-survivors-more-prone-to-migraine-research A film about the July 22nd terror attacks carried out by right wing extremist Anders Breivik in Oslo and on the island of Utøya will be produced by streaming giant Netflix. https://www.thelocal.no/20170823/netflix-wins-rights-to-make-film-of-norways-july-22nd-terror-attacks Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:09:12 +0200 netflix-wins-rights-to-make-film-of-norways-july-22nd-terror-attacks Norway's government said Wednesday that a controversial memorial for the victims of Anders Behring Breivik's 2011 terrorist attack would be rethought, in order to avoid an embarrassing lawsuit by local residents. https://www.thelocal.no/20170621/controversial-utya-massacre-memorial-to-be-rethought Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:01:42 +0200 controversial-utya-massacre-memorial-to-be-rethought The youth wing of Norway’s Labour Party (AUF) and a support group for the families of Utøya victims have proposed moving the controversial ‘Memory Wound' memorial in order to avoid a legal battle. https://www.thelocal.no/20170209/new-location-proposed-for-contentious-utya-memorial Thu, 09 Feb 2017 12:30:57 +0100 new-location-proposed-for-contentious-utya-memorial The Norwegian government has offered to replace a controversial Utøya memorial in an effort to appease local residents. https://www.thelocal.no/20160915/norway-offers-to-scrap-controversial-utya-memorial-design Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:11:15 +0200 norway-offers-to-scrap-controversial-utya-memorial-design The man slated to be Norway’s next Prime Minister has joined the chorus of senior European politicians breaking with convention to condemn Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate. https://www.thelocal.no/20160805/norway-labour-leader-calls-trump-deeply-disturbing Fri, 05 Aug 2016 19:13:42 +0200 norway-labour-leader-calls-trump-deeply-disturbing The youth wing of Norway’s Labour party on Thursday opened its second summer camp on Utøya island since 2011’s horrific massacre with a tough call for more radical policies ahead of next year’s election. https://www.thelocal.no/20160804/auf-gets-radical-in-second-utya-camp-since-massacre Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:05:48 +0200 auf-gets-radical-in-second-utya-camp-since-massacre Norwegian PM Erna Solberg addressed the nation on Friday as Norway marked the fifth anniversary of a right-wing fanatic’s hateful terrorist attack. https://www.thelocal.no/20160722/norway-pm-time-does-not-heal-all-wounds Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:11:41 +0200 norway-pm-time-does-not-heal-all-wounds Five years after its worst attack since World War 2, Norway sees its liberal and open values as intact despite the horrific massacre of 77 people by rightwing fanatic Anders Behring Breivik. https://www.thelocal.no/20160721/norways-open-values-intact-5-years-after-breivik-attack Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:28:28 +0200 norways-open-values-intact-5-years-after-breivik-attack