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Royal Norwegian Navy Sailor Accounted for from World War II (Sigurd Arvid Nilsen)

Article 27/11/2024

The Norwegian War Graves Service announced today that Ordinary Seaman Sigurd Arvid Nilsen, 23, killed during World War 2, was accounted for on 14 November, 2024. An official headstone will be erected on his grave in Flateyri, Iceland.

Jean-Luc Marion, who has been invited to give the first Fosse Lecture, pictured looking into the camera with a pipe in his hand.

The Fosse Lecture will be given by Jean-Luc Marion

Press release 25/11/2024

The French philosopher and theologian Jean-Luc Marion has been invited to give the first Fosse Lecture, and the German translator Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel has been awarded the Fosse Prize for Translators in 2025. The Fosse Prize will be among the largest of its kind in the world.

Karianne O. Tung

Norway to Host IGF - The World’s Largest Forum for the Future of the Internet

Press release 11/11/2024

The United Nations has invited Norway to host the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in 2025 – the world’s largest forum on Internet governance.

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Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February 2022. On this page you will find content about the war in Ukraine and its consequences for Norway.

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