TRONDHEIM, Norway — Also known as the Old Kings’ Road, St. Olav’s Way is one of the northernmost pilgrim trails in the world. Stretching 400 miles, the medieval pilgrimage route starts in the ...

He started from the bottom, now he's here. Well, at less than three feet tall, Brigadier Sir Nils Olav is still kind of at the bottom of the Royal Norwegian Guard. But the king penguin, who lives at ...

Nils Olav inspects the Kings Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. (Mark Owens/Ministry of Defence) Sir Nils Olav III is a king penguin, but only holds a ...

Olav Andres Leite, 92, passed away peacefully on August 8th, 2025, in Simsbury. Born in Bergen, Norway, in 1933, to Karl and Mimmi Leithe, he had two younger brothers—Kåre Leithe and Arne Leithe. Both ...

FILE - 95 year old businessman and billionaire Olav Thon, right poses for a photo with Sissel Berdal Haga, after their wedding at Hotel Bristol in Oslo, Friday, June 21, 2019. (Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix ...

The United States Marines have their bulldogs and the Army has their mules, but the Norwegian Royal Guard has a mascot a little more accustomed to colder temperatures: Nils Olav, a King Penguin who is ...

BRECKENRIDGE — Olav Pedersen has helped blind men see. While miracle worker isn’t on the list of his many talents, he has shed light on skiing — a sport long thought to be off limits to the blind and ...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Olav Thon, a billionaire entrepreneur recognizable for his bright red cap who went from selling leather and fox hides in his youth to build one of Norway’s biggest real estate ...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Olav Thon, a billionaire entrepreneur recognizable for his bright red cap who went from selling leather and fox hides in his youth to build one of Norway's biggest real estate ...