Index card: University of Oslo

Herring was already a major commodity in the Baltic Sea during the Viking Age.

Ancient bone remains shed new light on herring fishing in the Baltic Sea. Herring was an important commodity 400 years earlier than previously thought. Fishing for...

The Viking Age Museum must be built as planned

Earlier this year, Statsbygg announced that the project could not be realized within the approved budget. The Ministry of Education and Research then commissioned Statsbygg and the University of Oslo to...

The University of Oslo launches a P2 series on Sami history

A new radio series produced by the University of Oslo and broadcast on NRK P2 tells the history of Norway from a Sami perspective. Premieres November 4. Norway has always been a multicultural society. In...