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New York Times
11-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Manchester City close to agreement to sign Sverre Nypan from Rosenborg
Manchester City are close to reaching an agreement to sign Rosenborg midfielder Sverre Nypan. The 18-year-old has been pursued by a host of clubs but is now on course to join City. Subject to personal terms being finalised, it will be a record fee for a player from the Norwegian league. Nypan is expected to go out on a season-long loan to continue his development. Advertisement City were not among his suitors in January, when a number of other teams from around Europe pursued the Norway youth international. He was wanted by Arsenal, Aston Villa and Girona — also part of the City Football Group (CFG) umbrella — but they became resigned to losing out. Arsenal hosted Nypan but could not persuade the teenager and he chose to stay until the summer. Villa went to Norway to present their vision, only for a deal to elude them. City then entered the race, convincing Nypan and his family on a switch to the Etihad Stadium. Nypan has already played 70 senior games for Rosenborg, who sit third in the 2025 Eliteserien after 11 games, and is a Norway Under-21 international. By Sebastian Stafford-Bloor Nypan jumps off the page. After Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard and Antonio Nusa, Norway has another mighty prospect. Nypan grew up in Trondheim, playing academy football locally for Nardo FK, before joining Rosenborg in 2022. They are the town's biggest club and, historically, the most successful side in Norwegian football. Nypan was training with their first team at 14. He was a Norwegian under-21 international a year later. He may not have been young enough to displace Odegaard as the youngest player in Eliteserien history — the Arsenal captain was 15 years and 118 days when he made his first appearance for Stromsgodset in 2014 — but his progress is no less remarkable. Eight goals for Rosenborg during the 2024 season and a team-leading six assists helped him quickly capture the national interest. Direct comparisons with Odegaard are tempting and not unreasonable, but Nypan is a more all-round midfielder. He can pass, carry, create and score goals, too, but tends to occupy more areas of the pitch. Nypan is more of a No 8, less of a No 10, and plays with fewer flourishes. (Mark Scates/SNS Group via Getty Images)
BBC News
06-06-2025
- BBC News
Court sentence doctor to 21 years in prison for raping im patients
One court for Norway don sentence one doctor to 21 years in prison on top accuse say e rape and sexually abuse dozens of women, for one case wey shake di Scandinavian kontri. Di court find di former doctor guilty of 70 counts of rape and sexual assault. Court also convict am of 82 counts of abuse of im position as a doctor, Norwegian media report. Almost all di offences happun during medical examinations wey Oga Bye carry out on im patients wen e dey work as physician for di small town of Frosta - one very small community of fewer dan 3,000 residents, near Trondheim for di west coast of Norway. Court also ban Oga Bye from practising medicine and order am to pay compensation. Warning: dis tori contain details wey fit turn some pipo belle. Di court work on di long indictment, wey include allegations wey cover nearly two decades relating to 94 women, according to Norwegian media. Oga Bye plead guilty to some of di crimes, and dem free am on some of di charges. Addressing di court for Trondheim on Friday, Judge Espen Haug tok say di case dey "very serious" and dem describe Bye actions as "absolutely unacceptable". "Di defendant actions happun for place and setting wia pipo suppose feel safe," Judge Haug tok. "Im actions don undermine public trust for di health service and for doctors in general." Di 55-year-old defendant stand on im feet, and e appear calm and unmoved as dem hand down di maximum sentence. Di judge later ask di courtroom to sit as e take more dan one hour for am to read di judgement out. Health authorities bin first alert di police to concerns about Bye for August 2022, and dem charge am a year later. Bye bin secretly install one camera for im office, Norwegian media report. Police discover di scale of im offences afta dem review hundreds of hours of footage. Dozens of women, reportedly between di age of 14 and 67, from di small, rural community bin come forward. Di earliest complaint bin date back to 2004, di most recent from 2022. Central to di case na di methods Bye dey use for medical examinations. Ova four months, di court hear details of non-consensual touching plus inappropriate pelvic examinations wey Bye conduct. Dis acts constitute rape under Norwegian law, wey differentiate between penetrative and non-penetrative rape. Di court also see say Bye use non-medical equipment, like deodorant, during dis exams, wit no justification for doing so. Di defence attorneys bin ask for lower sentence of around 17-18 years as Bye plead guilty to di rape of 21 victims. Prosecutors tell public broadcaster NRK say dem dey okay wit di verdict and go review di outcome bifor dem consider any appeals. Bye lawyer also say dem go take some time to read di verdict properly bifor dem decide weda to appeal.
BBC News
06-06-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Norway: Doctor Arne Bye jailed for raping and assaulting patients
A court in Norway has sentenced a doctor to 21 years in prison for the rape and sexual abuse of dozens of women, in a case that has shocked the Scandinavian GP Arne Bye has been convicted of 70 counts of rape and sexual assault. He was also convicted of 82 counts of abusing his position as a doctor, Norwegian media all of the offences took place during medical examinations that Bye carried out on his patients while he worked as a physician in the small town of Frosta - a tiny community of fewer than 3,000 residents, near Trondheim on the west coast of was also banned from practising medicine and ordered to pay compensation. Warning: this story contains details some may find court had deliberated over a lengthy indictment, which included allegations spanning nearly two decades relating to 94 women, according to Norwegian pleaded guilty to some of the crimes, and was also acquitted on a number of the the court in Trondheim on Friday, Judge Espen Haug said the case was "very serious" and described Bye's actions as "absolutely unacceptable". "The defendant's actions happened in a place and setting where people are supposed to feel safe," Judge Haug said. "His actions have undermined public trust in the health service as well as doctors in general."The 55-year-old defendant stood on his feet, appearing calm and unmoved as the maximum sentence was handed courtroom was then asked to sit as it took more than an hour for the judgement to be read authorities had first alerted the police to concerns about Bye in August 2022, and he was charged a year had secretly installed a camera in his office, Norwegian media reports. Police uncovered the scale of his offences after reviewing hundreds of hours of of women, reportedly aged between 14 and 67, from the small, rural community came forward. The earliest complaint dated back to 2004, the most recent from to the case had been the methods Bye used for medical four months, the court heard details of non-consensual touching and inappropriate pelvic examinations conducted by act constitute rape under Norwegian law, which makes a distinction between penetrative and non-penetrative was also shown to have used non-medical equipment, such as a deodorant, during these exams, with no justification for doing defence attorneys had sought a lower sentence of around 17-18 years as Bye had pleaded guilty to the rape of 21 told public broadcaster NRK that they were satisfied with the verdict, and would review the outcome before considering any lawyer also said he would take some time to read the verdict properly before considering whether to you have been affected by any issues in this report, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.
Times
30-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Times
Scandinavia's artiest city now has a fascinating new museum
In February a rainbow appeared above the streets of Trondheim and it has stayed there ever since, come rain or shine. It's an artwork by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone that spells out the words 'our magic hour' and it acts as a rather cheery beacon for the new PoMo museum that sits beneath it. In the past few years Norway has been busily opening new museums. Oslo unveiled a hulking architectural stack on the harbour front dedicated to the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 2021, with the grandstanding National Museum, which includes a room devoted to the first version of Munch's The Scream, following a year later. Last year a private collection of Nordic modern art was given a dramatic home in the form of the tubular Kunstsilo, a former 1930s grain silo in the southern town of Kristiansand. PoMo, though, feels altogether more personable (£13; In Trondheim's much-loved former main post office — the name comes from Posten Moderne, or modern post office — it's the first museum crafted by the French-Iranian architect and interior designer India Mahdavi, who worked alongside the Norwegian architect Erik Langdalen. Step inside the pistachio-green art nouveau building, built in 1911, and you're met with a luminous white colonnaded space in which giant worm-like sculptures bend and contort, while a cluster of green balloons floating by the skylight resemble plant cells. A gallery shop to one side glows salmon pink, the items on its shelves carefully colour-coordinated; another bright statement is provided by a tangerine spiral staircase that unfurls between the floors. I pass through rooms of Irving Penn still lifes, Catherine Opie nudes and Andy Warhol's Mao, and another that shows contemporary works alongside Piranesi prints and a golden, Afro-haired sphinx by the Brooklyn-based artist Simone Leigh. It's a little random at times but that's often the nature of a private collection: much of the art here was purchased over many years by the museum's founders, Monica and Ole Robert Reitan. There is, of course, work by Munch: a series of bright lithographs set against dark blue walls. And the title of the first of its temporary shows (the museum will stage two each year), Postcards from the Future (running until June 22), nods to the building's history. The exhibition gathers personal perspectives from artists including Louise Bourgeois (via the dangling male figure of Arch of Hysteria) and Katharina Fritsch (via a series of pop arty single-colour holiday images). An 'in between' corridor, soundproofed in black fabric, is intended as a contemplative space. Here I sit on a bench and ponder an inflatable artwork bouncing in the breeze outside, created by the Kuwaiti artist Monira Al Qadiri, who was inspired by a petrochemical molecule. One of PoMo's aims is to help to reset the gender balance by devoting a minimum of 60 per cent of its acquisitions budget to female artists. Right at the top is the cosiest spot in the building. Set amid the eaves, the library is a wood-lined space that resembles a forest cabin or treehouse, its A-frame ceiling covered in a gorgeous patina of wood-blocky prints in pastel pink and green — salmon and squid, seeds and oak leaves. It's a place in which to hole up with an art book and take in the view over the city. 'I was inspired by the folk art I'd seen around Trondheim, which I hadn't been expecting when I first visited,' Mahdavi tells me. 'You tend to think of Scandinavia in terms of its minimal design but there's a lot of craft here.' The architect describes colours as her friends, creating positive vibrations, and says she drew on the palette she saw while walking the streets here: the pinks of salmon and painted doors, the orange of its historical warehouses. 'I was surprised by all the barn reds and mustardy tones,' she says. 'Colour blocks are a real part of the heritage. And the crisp light you get here is just incredible.' • 11 of Europe's best cities for art lovers Despite being Norway's third-largest city, Trondheim is a small town in comparison with many British cities. With Mahdavi's words in mind, I walk around and spot a kaleidoscope of higgledy wood-timbered houses. Crossing the Gamle Bybro bridge into the cobblestoned Bakklandet district takes me over the River Nidelva, the water reflecting the sweet-shop colours of the 18th-century wharves, which now contain cafés and independent shops. At the bottom of a steep hill is the world's only bike lift, a funicular-like track invented in the 1990s, and an unusual concrete sculpture of a huge vintage radio with a man peeking out. The radio is a memorial to Otto Nielsen, an intriguing figure whose career took him from cabaret artist to radio presenter and resistance fighter. Europe's northernmost medieval cathedral, which happens to also be one of its most beautiful, glows soft green from the soapstone it was carved from, its copper steeple etching the sky. Inside are pink granite tiles and a stained-glass rose window that casts an ethereal light over the soaring contours of the vaulted roof. A continuing restoration project, it was built over the tomb of St Olaf, the Viking king (much of 11th-century Trondheim was funded by pillaging forays to England) who converted Norway to Christianity. Latter-day pilgrims can pick up a little wooden effigy of his head for about £35. PoMo isn't the only show in town. It forms part of Trondheim's art quarter, alongside the artist-led KUK gallery (free; and the more traditional Trondheim Kunstmuseum (£12; The latter is not to be confused with Kunsthall Trondheim, which opened in 2016 in a former fire station with a mission to show contemporary artists from around the world. During my visit, the Canadian Turner prize nominee Sin Wai Kin was featured with a witty, time-bending multimedia satire (free; All the galleries are part of the Hannah Ryggen Triennale, named after the radical artist who started weaving anti-fascist tapestries in the 1940s. While Trondheim has carved out a reputation for its contemporary art, it's not the only reason to come here. There are harbourside saunas, including one in a wartime bunker, and a strong music tradition. You can drop by for a craft ale at Bar Moskus, where the owner spins records and local bands take to the tiny stage (drinks from £7; or head to the Rockheim museum, with its section on Norwegian dark metal and a cantilevered roof that changes colour at night (£12; • Read our full guide to Norway And the city's food scene is just as creative as its art one. The renowned local chef Heidi Bjerkan recently closed her Michelin-starred restaurant Credo to concentrate on a new project in Oslo but others are forging ahead. I stop by for a glass of natural wine at Fagn, whose menu includes a beef tartare sandwich and woodruff ice cream (three courses from £45; I also pull up a seat at the chef's table at Speilsalen, a fine-dining restaurant set in the former ballroom at the Britannia Hotel, Trondheim's grandest place to stay, for a champagne lunch of king crab and fennel, and mountain char and gooseberry (from £102). On the other side of PoMo, the Nye Hjorten theatre has just been renovated and has a suitably theatrical bistro, Olga's, serving oysters and lobster rolls (mains from £17; 'Over the years Trondheim has been referred to as the capital of technology and a football city,' says Wil Lee-Wright, who moved here from the UK in 2010 with his Norwegian wife, Ida, and now helps to run Tollbua restaurant. Its chef, Christopher Davidsen, has since won a Bocuse award for dishes such as pollock with verbena and fermented lemon (set menus from £58; 'But I think its art and culinary identity are the most credible.' I make a note to return in August for the Trondersk Food Festival, which showcases the region's incredible seafood and cooking skills. • 10 of the best places to visit in Norway On my final day I take the vintage Grakallbanen tram that trundles up to the hills around Lianvatnet Lake, where locals swim in the summer and snowshoe and ice fish in the winter. Looking down at the colours of Trondheim below me it feels like a pretty magic hour — not just for me but for the whole Jordan was a guest of the Britannia Hotel, which has B&B doubles from £200 ( and PoMo, which has tickets from £13 ( Fly to Trondheim
CTV News
27-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
A cargo ship that ran aground in Norway, narrowly missing a house, is being towed to a nearby harbour
The container ship NCL Salten is pulled from the ground and taken back at sea in Trondheim, Norway, Tuesday May 27, 2025, after the 135-meter-long ship ran aground in the Trondheimsfjord outside Byneset last Thursday. (Jan Langhaug/NTB Scanpix via AP) OSLO, Norway — A cargo ship that ran aground in a Norwegian fjord and narrowly missed a house, was pulled back into open water and was being towed to a nearby harbour on Tuesday — five days after the spectacular accident. A tugboat hauled and refloated the NCL Salten off the shore of the Trondheim fjord in the morning hours. The vessel was being taken to the nearby harbor of Orkanger. Norwegian broadcaster NRK quoted Ole T. Bjørnevik, the general manager of the tugboat company tasked with the refloating operation, as saying that it 'went better than expected.' Containers had been unloaded from the ship ahead of the refloating. The ship ran aground early last Thursday. No oil spills were reported, and none of the 16 people aboard was injured. The on-duty navigator, the ship's second officer, has been charged with negligent navigation after he allegedly fell asleep on duty. The Associated Press
