• China tourists found dead by 1973 Iceland plane crash site
  
  Police in Iceland tell the BBC autopsies will take place next week to find out the cause of death.
  BBC News.  Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:38:32 GMT.
• Rare Chance in 2020 to See This Classic Danish Masterwork
  
  At the Portrait Gallery, a new show gets at the visual heart of competitive camaraderie roiling within artist colonies
  Smithsonian.  Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000.
• Spotify Leads Streaming With Custom Pet Playlists, Dog Podcast
  
  This week the Swedish audio-streaming brand announced the launch of a new podcast for dogs left home alone, and a new platform feature that allows users to create playlists for pets.
  By Andrea Zarczynski, Individual Contributor.  Forbes.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:14:22 +0000.
• Equinor (EQNR) Wins 23 Production Licenses in NCS, Norway
  
  Equinor (EQNR) receives production licenses in the Norwegian Continental Shelf to be able to utilize its current infrastructure for lucrative development.
  Zacks Equity Research.  Zacks.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:04:00 GMT.
• Letting 'slower' passengers such as those with children board aeroplanes first really is faster
  
  Researchers led from Norway used space-time geometry techniques to explore the factors that lead to a speedy take-off or an agonising delay on the tarmac.
  Daily Mail.  Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:13:08 GMT.
• How coworkers impact the value of your skills
  
  New research uncovers the importance of teams and coworkers in shaping productivity, earning potential, and stays of employment. The research analyzed data from Sweden. ...
  Science Daily.  Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:55:02 EST.
• What's on TV: Tuesday, January 21
  
  New Scandinavian Cooking shows no signs of exhausting its titular remit.
  Sydney Morning Herald.  Wed, 15 Jan 2020 23:00:00 +1100.
• Norway repatriates Isis-linked woman and children from Syria
  
  Norway said Tuesday it was repatriating from Syria a woman linked to the Islamic State (Isis) group and her two children, one of them reportedly seriously ill, citing humanitarian reasons.
  The Local.  Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:22:11 +0100.
• Study: Tinder, Grindr And Other Apps Share Sensitive Personal Data With Advertisers
  
  Researchers in Norway say the data-sharing appears to violate European data privacy laws. In the U.S., groups are asking state and federal regulators to investigate whether the practices are illegal.
  Bobby Allyn.  NPR.  Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:03:23 -0500.
• Peter Madsen: Russian artist marries Danish submarine killer
  
  A Russian artist defends her marriage to Peter Madsen, jailed for murdering journalist Kim Wall.
  BBC News.  Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:14:15 GMT.
• Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, Finland transfer humanitarian aid to Donbas
  
  A ceremony marking the transfer of humanitarian aid from volunteer organizations of Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Finland to the population of Donetsk and Luhansk regions has taken place in Kramatorsk on January 13. ...
  Anastasia Shepeleva.  Kyiv Post.  Tue, 14 Jan 2020 12:28:57 +0000.
• 39 tourists who were trapped on Iceland glacier rescued
  
  Tourists were rescued from a glacier in Iceland.
  ABC News.  Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:47:55 -0500.
• Norway to Take 600 Migrants Evacuated to Rwanda From Libya
  
  Norway says it will take 600 asylum-seekers as the Scandinavian country wants to stop the sometimes deadly smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea.
  Voice of America.  Thu, 09 Jan 2020 05:55:08 -0500.
• This is the new Radisson Red Reykjavik
  
  Radisson Hotel Group is extremely proud to reveal the design concept for the brand new Radisson RED Reykjavik. This new city hub, the first ever Radisson RED in Iceland, is set to open its doors in 2021. ...
  Hsyndicate.  Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:00:36 +0200.
• Canada breezes to world junior gold-medal game against Russia
  
  Canada scored three times before Saturday's world junior hockey semifinal with Finland was four minutes old in cruising to a 5-0 victory that sets up a mouth-watering gold-medal showdown with Russia on Sunday.
  CBC News.  Sat, 4 Jan 2020 15:45:29 EST.
• 2020 Volvo XC60 T8 Polestar review: Excellent but exorbitant - Roadshow
  
  In many ways, this Scandinavian crossover is a delight, but the as-tested price seems a bit hard to justify.
  Craig Cole.  CNET.  Tue, 31 Dec 2019 10:00:00 +0000.
• New Number of Votes in AB Volvo
  
  GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Dec. 30, 2019 -- The number of votes in AB Volvo has changed due to the conversion of a total of 441 304 Series A shares to a total of 441 304 Series B shares. ...
  PR Newswire.  Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:25:00 +0000.
• Kevin Spacey accuser Ari Behn admitted 'bad' drinking habit before he died by suicide
  
  Ari Behn, the former member of Norway's royal family who accused Kevin Spacey of sexual assault, confessed to suffering from a bad drinking habit years before he committed suicide.
  Melissa Roberto.  Fox News.  Thu, 26 Dec 2019 19:51:22 GMT.
• Climate crisis means a race to save Sweden's reindeer
  
  It has been a race against time to bring in the reindeer from their summer grazing grounds in Lapland's mountains, but Per-Martin Kuhmunen, a 39-year-old traditional Sami herder, is triumphant.
  Irish Independent.  Sun, 22 Dec 2019 07:00:00 +0000.
• Teen activist back at Swedish parliament, where it started
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) - Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is back where her campaign started - on her perch outside the Swedish Parliament. ...
  Washington Times.  Fri, 20 Dec 2019 05:52:50 -0500.

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