In Norway, the Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers (NJFF) argues that squirrel hunting should be allowed to continue ...

One of the reasons that emigrants give for moving from Norway is dissatisfaction with the Norwegian health care system.

Researchers believe that the first proper words most likely originated from imitation. “People would try to imitate the sound ...

"Crows, ravens, magpies, and eagles follow the scent, and so do foxes, badgers, and other creatures," he says. Small animals ...

Most Norwegians continued as before. They called themselves Lutherans, signalling both faith and heritage – a link to the ...

"Perhaps a billion silver dirhams flowed into Scandinavia and the Viking world between 800 and 950," says Gullbekk. That ...

We have asked archaeologists to share their most exciting finds. Summer is peak season for archaeological excavations, and this is when many significant discoveries are made. Sometimes, years of ...

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A coin and a brooch with textile fragments. These were the items the metal detector enthusiasts found when they searched the Skumsnes farm in Fitjar on the west coast of Norway last year. Now, ...

Yes, according to researcher Inghild Økland at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO). She explains that decomposition tends to occur faster in a coffin than without one. Økland points ...

“Violence was much more prevalent in Norwegian society during the Viking Age than in Denmark,” Professor Jan Bill at the University of Oslo tells the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK. Bill is ...