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When Jon Fosse receives this year’s Nobel prize in literature in December, it will be collected by a playwright and novelist whose work examines the lives of ordinary people on the outer reaches of society, trying to cope with the challenges and hardships of daily life.

His name had long been on the list of potential Nobel laureates. This Thursday, the Swedish Academy named Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in 1959 on Norway's western coast, the 64-year-old's vast body of work includes plays, novels, poetry,…

As the second in a new series of books is published in English, the writer talks candidly about laying himself and his family bare on the page, and his interest in black metal and transhumanism

It’s that time of the year in Scandinavia when the wind turns colder, the days get shorter and academics in Stockholm and Oslo grab the world spotlight as they announce the winners of the Nobel Prizes

The idea of communing with nature is instilled from birth in Norway. I hiked through a rain-drenched forest to try it myself

Researchers in Norway reveal further analysis of 2022 explosions as well as a detailed timeline of events

The Dutch city of Utrecht holds a ­special place in Sarina Wiegman’s heart. It was here, six years ago, that Holland began their march towards winning Euro 2017 under Wiegman by beating Norway.

Andrei Medvedev held on suspicion of illegally attempting to cross border

A landslide in western Sweden has caused a huge sinkhole on a major highway to Norway, and three people were injured when their cars and a bus skidded off the road