Drone report at Oslo Airport, concerning employment trend for engineers, and care urged on frozen water. Here’s the news from Norway this Monday.
Oslo Airport runway closed after reports of drone
The eastern runway at Oslo Airport was briefly closed yesterday afternoon due to reports of a possible drone sighting.
Police were informed of a possible drone in the airport’s airspace by Avinor, the company which operates Oslo Airport.
“We have observed and detected a drone within the restricted area at Oso Airport,” press officer Karoline Pedersen told NRK.
“We have had a period of quite heavy traffic, so expect small delays,” she added.
Police searched for the drone’s operator but stated around 2:30pm, when the runway had reopened, that neither a pilot nor a drone had been found.
Large number of engineers struggle to find work
The unemployment rate for engineers has been rising since last year and could get worse, according to the trade union for the sector, Norges Ingeniør- og Teknologorganisasjon (Nito).
The number of newly-qualified engineers without a job doubled in 2025 compared to the year before, news wire NTB writes.
“We see more clouds on the horizon here. I’m not sure if you need to use the word ‘crisis’ yet, but we are concerned,” Nito president Kjetil Lein told NTB.
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Norwegian Red Cross urges caution on ice
The Red Cross has urged the public to prepare well and take precautions when walking on frozen water, amid current freezing conditions across Norway.
“If you’re uncertain whether it’s safe to walk on the ice, it’s certain that you shouldn’t do it,” Red Cross Norway’s head of communications for the Vestfold and Telemark regions, Bjørn Hjalmar Andersen, told NRK.
The current very cold weather has seen the surface of some lakes and streams freeze over, but the ice can be too thin to walk on safely.
Andersen added that s ice picks should be carried to make it easier to get out if you fall into water.
Another piece of advice is to use a bore to check the depth of the ice.
“If it is 10 centimetres thick or more, that starts to make a difference,” he said.
The latest weather alerts can be checked on the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET)’s live website Yr.