In 1938, a partial excavation of a well revealed a man’s skeleton — possibly that of a dead man thrown down the well in the 12th century. Riksantikvaren (The Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage) hide caption
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“The Salmon Eye,” run by Eide Fjordbruck, is an education center located at the mouth of Norway’s Hardangersfjord. It is the world’s largest floating art installation and a vision of the company’s CEO Sondre Eide. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
Deep inside a Norwegian fjord, a dream of farming salmon sustainably
Hvaldimir pictured in Hammerfest, Norway, in 2019. He lived there for much of that year before traveling along Norway's coast and even surfacing in Sweden. Al Armiger/Alamy hide caption
This photo released by the Norwegian Police shows the Viking ship replica, called Naddodd, moored at the quay in Måløy, Norway, on Wednesday, after it capsized earlier this week off Norway's coast. Norwegian Police via AP hide caption
Henrik Christiansen, pictured at a 2022 championship medal ceremony in Australia, is chasing medals as well as chocolate muffins in his third Olympic Games. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images hide caption
Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris (left), flanked by Ireland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, speaks Wednesday in Dublin to announce Ireland's recognition of a Palestinian state. Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store speaks during a news conference in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday. Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz has ordered Israel's ambassadors from Ireland and Norway to immediately return to Israel, as Norway said it would recognize a Palestinian state and Ireland was expected to do the same. Erik Flaaris Johansen/AP hide caption
An archaeologist holds an arrow originally believed to be from the Iron Age on Mount Lauvhøe in Norway. Upon closer inspection, the team determined the artifact is from the Stone Age and is likely around 4,000 years old. Secrets of the Ice hide caption
New Zealand's forward Hannah Wilkinson celebrates after her team won the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup Group A football match between New Zealand and Norway at Eden Park in Auckland on Thursday. Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Hvaldimir pictured in Stad, Norway, earlier this year, shortly before he began his abrupt journey south. Rich German hide caption
The sculpture of the walrus Freya is unveiled in Oslo, Norway, on Saturday. Freya was euthanized by the Directorate of Fisheries in August 2022. Annika Byrde/NTB Scanpix via AP hide caption
This detailed view shows inscriptions on a sandstone rock that's believed to be the world's oldest runestone, inscribed almost 2,000 years ago, making it several centuries older than the earliest known ones. Javad Parsa/NTB/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Red knitted caps were a grandmother's way of saying, "I love you." Jean Marshall hide caption
A view from researcher Kari Leibowitz's bedroom window in Tromsø, Norway in 2015. Kari Leibowitz hide caption
People here live in complete darkness for 2.5 months. Here's how they do it
Police stand guard outside a bar in central Oslo, early Saturday. Norwegian police say two people have been killed and several injured in a mass shooting. Javad Parsa/AP hide caption
Norwegian coast guard cutters are used for rescue, fishery inspection, research purposes and general patrols in Norwegian waters. Nora Lorek for NPR hide caption
A new Iron Curtain is eroding Norway's hard-won ties with Russia on Arctic issues
A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft taxies behind an Osprey carrying members of the White House press corps at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on April 24, 2021. Four Marines were killed in in the crash of a V-22B Osprey in Norway, Norway's armed forces said. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
The Rye Riptides pictured on board the Corwith Cramer before launching in October 2020. Nearly 18 months later, the mini boat was retrieved from an uninhabited Norwegian island with its messages and gifts intact. Sheila Adams hide caption
Norway's Therese Johaug gestures as she wins the women's skiathlon 2x7,5km event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on February 5, 2022. Odd Anderson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Norway is dominating the Winter Olympics. What's its gold medal secret?
Flowers and candles are placed at the scene of an attack on the square, in Kongsberg, Norway, Thursday. Norwegian authorities say the bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town appeared to be a terrorist act. Police identified the attacker as Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, who was arrested Wednesday night. Terje Bendiksby/AP hide caption
Police officers investigate a scene in Kongsberg, Norway, after a man armed with a bow killed several people before he was arrested Wednesday. Hakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Norway is seeing a record boom in sales of electric cars, which far outpace gas and diesel vehicles. Here, an electric BMW drives on the street in downtown Oslo. Sigrid Harms/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
A plan to trap baleen whales in Norway and test their hearing is getting pushback from some scientists and environmentalists who say it is too risky. VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty hide caption
The expedition cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen is moored at a quay in Tromso, Norway, on Saturday. At least 36 crew members from the ship have tested positive for the coronavirus. Ruen Stoltz Bertinussen/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption