Thousands of new Norwegian citizens filled Oslo's Spektrum arena on Sunday to be formally recognised and welcomed even though they lived in Norway for years, in one of many annual citizenship ceremonies

Cocaine use in Oslo has tripled in the past four years and the city Oslo has the highest cocaine use of all Scandinavian cities taking part in the EU Drug Agency study, an analysis of wastewater from sewage systems in over 100 European cities

Oslo recorded a temperature of 16°C at the end of last week; skiers complain about the lack of snow on neighboring hills and mountains, where it has been raining instead of snowing

Labour Party, deeply troubled lately, now has the highest support of all 10 parties in Parliament; Labour’s leader Støre has a chance to return as PM in the September election after the most stunning turn of events in Norwegian political history

Almost 90% of all new car sales in Norway involved electric or hybrid cars last year, and the numbers continued to grow in the new year