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Switzerland's Niels Hintermann celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill race, in Kvitfjell, Norway, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Niels Hintermann wins downhill as Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt finishes 7th. U.S. has six in top 20

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Norwegian soccer player Mounir Hamoud during the elite series match between Bodø/Glimt and Strømsgodset at the Aspmyra stadium in Bodo, Norway, on June 16, 2019. The Norwegian soccer federation said Tuesday Feb. 13, 2024 that Mounir Hamoud, who played on Norway's youth teams, has died of a cardiac arrest at age 39.(Mats Torbergsen/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Former Norway youth international Mounir Hamoud dies after cardiac arrest at age 39

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A police officer in the center of Bodø, Northern Norway, during extreme weather, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Residents of central Norway awoke to scenes of havoc and homes without power Thursday, following the country's most powerful storm in more than three decades. (Per-Inge Johnsen/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway’s most powerful storm in over 30 years rips roofs off houses, cuts power

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Convicted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik sits in the makeshift courtroom in Skien prison on the second day of his hearing where he is requesting release on parole, in Skien, Norway, Jan. 19, 2022. Breivik, the Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in 2011, will try for the second time Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 to sue the Norwegian state for allegedly breaching his human rights. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB scanpix via AP, File)

Norwegian mass killer attempts to sue the state once more for an alleged breach of human rights

By Mark Lewis - Associated Press

A group of Norwegian unions says it will act against Tesla in solidarity with its Swedish colleagues

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From left: Terje Halleland (Progress Party), Aleksander Oren Heen (Center Party), Marianne Sivertsen Naess (Labour Party) and Bard Ludvig Thorheim (Conservative Party) give a joint press conference on the deal on extraction of seabed minerals made between the governing party and two large opposition parties, in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. (Terje Pedersen/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Lawmakers in Norway make a deal opening up for deep sea mining in Arctic

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Norway's Erling Haaland, right, and Faroe Islands' goalkeeper Bardur a Reynatrod, left, challenge for the ball the international friendly soccer match between Norway and the Faroe Islands at the Ullevaal stadium in Oslo, Norway, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (Cornelius Poppe /NTB Scanpix via AP)

Man City striker Haaland appears to aggravate ankle injury playing for Norway

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Former Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg participates in the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York, Friday, April 28, 2023. The Norwegian police’s economic crime said Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, it will not investigate the stock trading of the husband of Norway’s former center-right prime minister Erna Solberg during her two tenures in office. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

No police investigation for husband of Norway’s ex-prime minister over stock trades

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Seven activists representing the Sami Indigenous people arrive at the Royal Castle in Oslo for a meeting with Norway's King Harald and Crown Prince Haakon, in Oslo, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Seven of the activists who repeatedly have demonstrated against a wind farm in in central Norway they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer, were Monday received by the Norwegian king. At the center of the dispute are the 151 turbines of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm. (Gorm Kallestad/NTB Scanpix via AP)

7 activists in Norway meet with the king to discuss a wind farm that is on land used by Sami herders

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Newly appointed Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, left, and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store pose out of the Palace after an extraordinary cabinet meeting in connection with changes in the government, in Oslo, Norway, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Emilie Holtet/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway’s prime minister shuffles Cabinet after last month’s local election loss

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FILE - Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt attends the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, on June 21, 2023. The political careers of two of Norway’s most powerful women are under threat after it was revealed that their husbands were dealing shares behind their backs. Anniken Huitfeldt, the current center-right foreign minister, and the former conservative prime minister, Erna Solberg are having to answer why they were making decisions in office that could potentially have enriched their spouses. (Hannah McKay/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Their husbands’ misdeeds leave Norway’s most powerful women facing the consequences

By Mark Lewis - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un examine a launch pad during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

North Korean arms for Russia probably wouldn’t make a big difference in the Ukraine war, Milley says

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A Norwegian air force F-16 fighter lands at a Turkish air base in the Central Anatolian Turkish city of Konya on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004. NATO-member Norway will donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine whose forces are embroiled in a difficult counteroffensive against Russia, Norwegian broadcasters NRK and TV2 said Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

NATO-member Norway to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, becoming third country to do so: Reports

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Southeast Norway hit by floodwater, Friday Aug. 11. 2023. More evacuations were being considered Friday in southeastern Norway, where the level of water in swollen rivers and lakes continued to grow after days of torrential rain. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB via AP)

More evacuations considered in Norway where the level in swollen rivers continues to rise

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Japan's players celebrate after Hinata Miyazawa scored their third goal during the Women's World Cup second round soccer match between Japan and Norway in Wellington, New Zealand, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Miyazawa scores her 5th goal of Women’s World Cup as Japan beats Norway 3-1 to reach quarterfinals

By Steve McMorran - Associated Press

Norway players celebrate after Philippines' Alicia Barker, bottom, scored an own goal during the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between Norway and Philippines at Eden Park stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Norway moves into the knockout round at Women’s World Cup with 6-0 rout over the Philippines

By Zach Allen - Associated Press

Norway's Ada Hegerberg warms up before the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between Switzerland and Norway in Hamilton, New Zealand, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Hegerberg was pulled out a little after the kick off. The match ended in a 0-0 draw. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Ada Hegerberg is out for Norway’s key match against the Philippines at the Women’s World Cup

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Norway's Guro Bergsvand gestures during the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between Switzerland and Norway in Hamilton, New Zealand, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Switzerland and Norway draw 0-0 at Women’s World Cup, leaving Group A up for grabs

By Luke Vargas - Associated Press

Philippines' Sarina Bolden reacts after scoring her team's first goal during the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between New Zealand and the Philippines in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/John Cowpland)

Philippines shocks co-host New Zealand 1-0 for its first win at the Women’s World Cup

By Steve McMorran - Associated Press

New Zealand's Hannah Wilkinson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Women's World Cup soccer match between New Zealand and Norway in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Cornaga)

New Zealand opens Women’s World Cup with a 1-0 upset over Norway on emotional 1st day in host nation

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press