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The 2020 Gjerdrum landslide was a quick clay landslide that occurred in the early hours of 30 December 2020 at Ask village, the administrative centre of Gjerdrum, Norway.It spanned a flow off area of 300 by 700 metres (980 by 2,300 ft) and additionally affected 9 hectares (22 acres) by debris flow.
The village sits about 20 miles outside of Oslo, Norway’s capital, and the natural disaster created a mass of muddy earth scarring the residential landscape. 4 bodies found after Norway ...
The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has just one unsold private property, listed at €300 million—but the Norwegian government is fighting to block its sale Prarthana Prakash July 2, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Pages in category "Missing person cases in Norway" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This is the largest flood recorded in Norway and the valley was particularly affected. 61 people perished. About 3000 houses were totally damaged and some thousand livestock drowned. All bridges disappeared. [15] [16] Lågen rose up to 7 metres (23 ft) above its normal level and covered most of the valley floor. [13]
Five gold figures have been found at a site in Norway. The miniature stamped foils give archaeologists insight into Scandinavian life over 1,400 years ago.
In 2023, Norway had a murder rate of 0.72 per 100,000 population. There were a total of 40 murders in Norway in 2023. [2]According to a comparison of crime statistics from Norwegian Kripos and Swedish BRÅ done by Norwegian daily newspaper Aftenposten, the murder rate of Norway has since 2002 been roughly half that of neighbour country Sweden.
A Norwegian mass murderer has won part of a human-rights case against the government. Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who was responsible for the deaths of 77 people in Norway in ...