December 20 – Oslo's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has received an early boost after a review by external experts failed to find "any major weaknesses" in the initial plans.
With any Norwiegan public project totalling more than 750 million kroner ($122 million/£75 million/€89 million) subject to external reviews, the study was undertaken by consultancy agency DNV GL, along with contributions from AF Advansia and the Centre for Applied Research at Bergen University.