The Arctic fox population in the Nordic region is slowly recovering. In less than 30 years, the number of individual Arctic foxes in Sweden, Norway and Finland has increased from between 40 and 60 to between 400 and 500 today, reports SVT Jämtland.
SwedenTherese Johaug easily achieved her goal. Despite injury problems, the former Norwegian long-distance star ran the half marathon at the World Championships in Copenhagen in 1:08:43, breaking the dream limit of 1:10 for the first time.
SportsOne person has died in a fall accident at Romsdalseggen in Romsdalen in western Norway.
WorldNorway's late King Harald V has been buried in a coffin that binds carbon dioxide, the Norwegian royal family announced.
WorldNorwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre congratulates Magdalena Andersson (S) after it became clear that the red-green parties had won a majority in the election.
Swedish politicsShe was nominated for an Oscar for "Sentimental Value" and has previously won awards at Cannes. Now Norwegian star Renate Reinsve takes on British women’s rights activist Mary Wollstonecraft. "I was very moved by her fate," she says.
TV & filmNorway national team captain Ståle Solbakken was furious that the World Cup players had been allowed to go straight on holiday instead of being celebrated in Norway.
SportsAli Namdar, identified as a top figure in the Foxtrot criminal network, has been arrested in Morocco. The 21-year-old is suspected of having incited young people to commit a large number of violent acts in Sweden and is believed to have advanced in the network after the arrests of other Foxtrot leaders.
CrimeLast season, no one knew what “The Game” was about. But this year’s locked-in participants did, and they knew what they were saying yes to. Everyone had seen the program, so we started making deals right away, planning and coming up with strategies, says Katrin Zytomierska.
EntertainmentNorway's national team captain Ståle Solbakken is dismissive of the Swedish national football team. Graham Potter takes the Norwegian slight in stride. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, the Swedish national team captain tells TT.
FootballBan social media for children under 13 and make Canada the EU's first "associate member state." The promises came from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her annual State of the Union address.
WorldA person is seriously injured after being stabbed at a high school in Oslo, Norwegian media report.
WorldSupport for Mette-Marit as Queen of Norway has increased, a new survey shows.
WorldAuthor Balsam Karam is awarded this year's Per Olov Enquist Prize for the novel "Dark Matter" in 2025, according to a press release.
EntertainmentThe Norwegian Parliament's website has been partially down since 3 p.m. A Russian hacker group claims to be behind the outage.
World politicsNorwegian mountain biker Knut Røhme is suspected of doping. Røhme has tested positive for a banned substance, the Norwegian Cycling Federation says in a press release.
SportsIn a letter to tech giant Meta, the Norwegian government expresses "clear expectations" that the company will introduce stronger protections for children and young people using social media in Norway.
WorldPrincess Astrid of Norway has died, the Norwegian court has announced. She was the sister of the recently deceased King Harald and was 94 years old.
WorldNeither the captain nor the pilot noticed that the cargo ship Misje Verde had hit anything. The captain believes that the pilot is responsible for the accident, while he himself has general responsibility for what happens on the ship, he says at the trial over the accident outside Tjörn. He is being released from custody pending the verdict.
SwedenTen men are sentenced to prison for taking part in illegal wolf hunting in Norway. Two of them are sentenced to 17 and 18 months in prison respectively for shooting a wolf. They are banned from hunting for life.
WorldThe number of asylum applications fell in the first half of 2026 to the lowest level in five years, the EU asylum agency EUAA announced.
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