News about Norway

Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has become member of the UN High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing. The group was recently appointed by the UN Secretary-General, to mobilise the financing promised for efforts against climate change during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December. Read more

The world’s largest wind turbine is to be built in Norway. Innovative technology will make the production of renewable energy far more efficient. Read more

At 8:30 pm 27 March 2010 Norway will plunge into darkness, joining in the world’s largest visual climate change campaign. Read more

The people of Norway chose Anette Sagen, Norway’s top woman ski jumper, to inaugurate the new Holmenkollen ski jump facility. Try the ski jump for yourself in the link below. Read more

At the Ice Music Festival in Geilo, the timing of the concerts is set by the moon and the music takes its resonance from the weather. Innovative use of nature’s own materials is front and centre at this one-of-a-kind music festival. Read more

Norway has much to offer tourists in the winter: snow, mountains, fjords and the unique culture of the Sámi people. We invited Audun Pettersen, one of the people most actively involved in Norway’s tourist industry, to tell us about some of the activities he would recommend. Read more

Twenty years after the Samediggi (the Sámi parliament) was established, the number of individuals registered as part of the Sámi population has risen from 5 500 to almost 14 000. Read more

The Norwegian related company, MARIS Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, was given the Minister's Innovation Award from Singapore's Ministry of Transport on 10th November 2009. Mr Bhupesh Gandhi, Director Asia Paific, was presented with the award in recognition of the contribution towards the project "Wireless Broadband Maritime Services at Sea". More information about MARIS can be found at Read more

Norway takes third position in the World Economic Forums annual Global Gender Gap Index. Read more

After nearly three decades together, Norway’s most renowned pop group is splitting up. Read more

The fjords of Norway have once again been crowned the world’s top travel destination in the annual survey of National Geographic Travelers panellists. Read more

During a ceremony in Oslo on 10 December, President Barack Obama received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. Read more

On 29 September, President of the Norwegian parliament Thorbjørn Jagland was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Now he intends to modernise what he describes as the world’s most important human rights organisation, and make it more effective. Read more

• The Norwegian Government proposes new legislation on offshore renewable energy
• Gore calls melting ice a global wake-up call
• Norwegian positions towards Copenhagen
• Copenhagen 2009: Norwegian positions and climate change strategies
• Norwegian Climate Policy
• Norwegian Climate Policy: Carbon Capture and Storage
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On 14 September, the Labour Party, Socialist Left Party and Centre Party received the majority of votes in the national election, giving them a mandate to govern for another four-year period. “We will focus on securing jobs, renewing and improving the welfare society, and playing an active role in climate issues,” says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Read more

The world’s first full-scale floating wind turbine – known as Hywind – was officially opened on 8 September off the southwest coast of Norway. “This is an important step towards creating a new Norwegian energy industry at sea,” declared Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen. Read more

• Norway wins Eurovision!
• Langlo’s North a “standout winner” at Tribeca
• British director Peter Brook wins Ibsen Prize
• The International Ibsen Scholarship 2009
• Great enthusiasm for Norway’s new Opera House at home and abroad
• A Norwegian-Nepali view of the Himalayas

The New York Times writes about Norway’s response to the financial crisis and the Norwegian Government Pension Fund, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, ability to buck the tide. Read more

 “I am pleased that Norway has now been elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council. Our work now begins in earnest. During the next three years we will participate actively in the Council. We will take our share of responsibility and work systematically to promote human rights,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Today Norway was elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council Read more

The travel guide company Lonely Planet has ranked Norway’s northernmost territory as one of the world’s most exciting travel destinations for 2009. Read more