Local restrictions imposed after the recent rise in Covid-19 infections has forced two Diversnight events in Norway to be canceled. Diversnight organizers urge everyone to follow local guidelines.

Norway – and the World – has another nudibranch species. The recently discovered Dendronotus yrjargul was found by divers in Trøndelag and has been described by experts at the Norwegian Museum of Science and the University of Moscow.

Nudibranch expert Torkild Bakken at the Museum of Science in Trondheim was surprised when underwater photographer Erling Svensen e-mailed him this image. It shows a species never before been found in Scandinavia.

After a few years and studies of hundreds of specimens, a group of scientists based in Bergen, Norway has published the description of a new nudibranch species – Polycera norvegica.

The Norwegian government and health authorities have announced that the border will open for tourists from Schengen and EEA countries from 15 July, on the condition that the COVID-19 infection level is under control in the countries in question.

Low-cost airline Norwegian is opening seven new direct routes to Norway this spring, giving European divers even easier access to the spectacular diving on the Norwegian coast.

On December 16th, 1944 the German freighter MV Ferndale and rescue steamer Parat was sunk by allied aircraft on the Norwegian west coast. Today, the twin wrecks count as the perhaps most iconic dive site in Norway.

Three divers had a spectacular encounter in the Ørstafjord on the Norwegian west coast when returning from a dive on the wreck of S/S Radbod – a giant squid eggball.