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 At the height of the Second World War, when Norwegian refugees first sought sanctuary in Sweden, they were sent back. The tide turned in the last years of the war, as Sweden reversed its policy, accepting these refugees. So what happened next? https://www.thelocal.no/20190509/how-norwegian-war-refugees-changed-swedish-politics Thu, 09 May 2019 13:34:58 +0200 how-norwegian-war-refugees-changed-swedish-politics Tree rings and forest composition provide unlikely evidence of a WWII battle which sought refuge off Norway's northern coast. https://www.thelocal.no/20180412/how-norwegian-trees-have-revealed-the-story-of-germanys Thu, 12 Apr 2018 13:18:41 +0200 how-norwegian-trees-have-revealed-the-story-of-germanys The daughter of a Norwegian resistance fighter has had her father’s wedding ring and pocket watch returned 70 years after the Gestapo arrested him and sent him to a concentration camp. https://www.thelocal.no/20120713/wedding-ring-returned-70-years-after-nazi-arrest Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:57:00 +0200 wedding-ring-returned-70-years-after-nazi-arrest As Norwegian fighters battled the Nazis in Narvik, Sweden let Hitler’s army use its rail network to transport much larger numbers of troops than previously realized to the strategically important port, a new book reveals. https://www.thelocal.no/20120604/norways-wartime-leader-hated-sweden-for-nazi-help Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:12:00 +0200 norways-wartime-leader-hated-sweden-for-nazi-help