Swedish builder Peab has won a $300m contract to build the New Bodø Airport in Norway’s Arctic Circle from state airport operator Avinor. Peab will build a new runway, taxiways…

Danish architecture practise Henning Larsen has won a design competition for a 17,500-sq-m music and conference hall in Bergen, Norway. It will work with Rambøll Norge as project consultant. Henning…

The Norwegian Coastal Administration (Kystverket) has picked Danish consulting engineer Cowi as technical adviser for the world’s first ship tunnel. The 1.7km-long Stad Ship Tunnel will cut through the mountainous,…

A 525-sq-m extension to the world’s oldest ski museum, designed by Norwegian architect Snøhetta, has opened to the public. Oslo’s Holmenkollen Ski Museum recently celebrated its centenary. Snøhetta’s design called…

The southern Norwegian coastal town of Kristiansand is about to open a gallery in a converted grain silo. Kunstsilo Nordica, designed by Barcelona firms Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, Mendoza Partida and…

Swedish contractor Skanska has won two building projects worth a total of $185m in southern Norway, one for a data centre, the other for a health and care facility. The…

Norwegian renewable energy generator Statkraft has announced plans to invest up to €6bn on hydroelectric and wind projects. The state-owned company, the largest generator of green power in Europe, plans…

Swedish contractor Skanska and Norwegian civil engineer Syltern have won a contract to build a highway in Norway’s central Trøndelag County. This 15km section of the E6 highway will link…

Norwegian nuclear start-up Norsk Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to the country’s Ministry of Oil & Energy to build a power plant made up of small modular reactors (SMRs).

Europe’s first spaceport opened last week on the remote Norwegian island of Andøya following an 18-month construction period, High North News reports. The facility, which is 300km inside the Arctic…

The Vesterheim Norwegian–American Museum in Decorah, Iowa, has just been given an 8,000 sq m building designed by Norwegian architect Snøhetta. The Commons, as the extension is called, will contain…

The EU’s Innovation Fund has given a €100m grant to Norwegian battery maker Freyr for its $1.6bn Giga Arctic project in northern Norway. Giga Arctic has been under development in…

Five architecture teams have been selected from 32 entries to reach the final stage of a competition to design a music theatre in Bergen, southwest Norway. Located in Grieg Hall,…

Skanska has signed a $423m contract with the Norwegian Road Authority (NPRA) to build a stretch of the E18 highway in Oslo. The 2.3km, six-lane motorway will link the areas…

Egypt yesterday signed a $450m deal with a Norwegian renewables company to build a green methanol plant to produce fuel for ships, Ahram Online reports. The agreement signed by the…

UK-based Haptic Architects and Norway’s Oslo Works have joined forces to plan an ocean-themed attraction in the municipality of Baerum on the outskirts of Oslo. The 45,000-sq-m “Fornebu Brygge” development…

Norway this week opened competitions to develop offshore wind farms in two areas of its continental shelf, the first step in its plan to generate 30GW a year this way…

Officials broke ground ceremonially this week on a new airport in the northern Norwegian town of Bodø, just within the Arctic circle. The $720m airport located about a kilometre south…