Scalloway honoured by Norwegian prime minister
SHETLAND’S deep connections to Scandinavia could not have received greater recognition than the first ever visit of a Norwegian prime minister to the isles on his country’s National Day.On the second day of his visit on Thursday, Jens Stoltenberg said he had accepted an invitation to open the new Scalloway Museum because of the islands’ strong historic links with Norway, particularly during the Second World War.
For four years until 1945 Shetland was the base for the heroic Shetland...
