Two car dealerships file for bankruptcy in Elverum and Trondheim
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Economic pressures have reached the showroom floor. Elverum Auto and Slatlem Trondheim filed for bankruptcy today, resulting in 30 redundancies; four other Slatlem branches remain in business for now, a reprieve for the staff if not for the wider sector's confidence.
A proposal to drain a local river to produce artificial snow has been met with public disbelief, a plan that residents initially mistook for a joke. Nearby, the market for sporting history proved equally difficult: Michael Schumacher's former holiday home in Trysil finally sold for 23.07m kroner, though only after several price cuts and years of attempts.
Safety remains a preoccupation as police investigate reports of teenagers attacking a patrol car in Troms, while in Vestfossen, a long-running dispute has reportedly reached a level of intensity that authorities fear could end in a killing. Meanwhile, a former Foodora courier says she has stopped using food delivery apps entirely, citing her own experience of the work behind the screen.