Riise Tops the Høgre List

The latest Møre og Romsdal news from the past 48 hours: Anders Riise, county mayor of Hareid, tops the Høgre list for the 2027 county council elections. AaFK remain without a guaranteed place in Eliteserien after another defeat on Sunday, and the search following an oil spill in Ålesund has been closed without a cause being identified.

Møre og Romsdal News: Anders Riise Tops Høgre’s List

At the nomination meeting in Molde, Hareid’s county mayor Anders Riise was selected as the first candidate on Møre og Romsdal Høgre’s list for next year’s county council election. Jessica Gärtner from Ålesund is in second place. Ingeborg Ellen Forseth from Molde and Leif Bjarne Ersnes from Kristiansund follow in third and fourth place. Anna Petrine Folland Istad, a member of Unge Høgre from Molde, is in fifth place. Six of the top ten candidates are women (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

This nomination took place in a county with two administrative centres, Molde and Ålesund, where the balance between Hareid, Ålesund, Molde and Kristiansund remains evident in the composition of the list. The presence of six women among the top ten candidates is a factual element of this nomination (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

Football: AaFK under pressure, Vålerenga confirmed for Kristiansund

AaFK still has no guaranteed place in the Eliteserien after another defeat against Lillestrøm on Sunday. Coach Kjetil Rekdal said Sunday’s match had dramatically reduced the club’s chances (NRK Møre og Romsdal). The Ålesund club therefore remains in an uncertain sporting situation as the season draws to a close.

Meanwhile, Vålerenga has confirmed that the match in Kristiansund will take place on Monday evening in the Eliteserien. The fixture, originally scheduled for Saturday, had been postponed at the last minute due to an outbreak of illness in the VIF squad. The club had submitted medical certificates for twelve sick players, raising doubts about its ability to play on Monday. On Sunday morning, sports director Lars Petter Kræmer-Andressen answered “yes” to the question of whether the match would take place. He clarified that the players were on the road to recovery, but that the team would not be at full strength (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

In the women’s game, Aalesund won the silver medal in its first season in the top division. The ceremony took place immediately after the match, despite the defeat against Vålerenga. Captain Mette Muri said it was an “incredibly big” moment and that she had never imagined playing for a team that clinched silver in the Toppserien. She described a group of great friends who work very hard for each other (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

Environment: search ends after the oil spill in Ålesund

The police announced at 17:00 that they had ended their operation after detecting an oil spill in Ålesund. The Coast Guard, the police and the firefighters have withdrawn. “We are stopping here. We have carried out the investigations we thought we could, and we did not go any further,” said operation manager Espen Andrèsen from the Møre og Romsdal police district. He said that no further action would be taken unless new information or new leaks emerge. The Coast Guard completed its search without finding anything that could explain the spill (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

The firefighters concluded that it was not appropriate to deploy floating booms to try to recover some of the oil that had spread. At 15:45, they said the spill seemed to have diminished. Drones were sent in to monitor the area. Sunnmørsposten also published new information about the event in the evening (NRK Møre og Romsdal, Sunnmørsposten).

Local culture and initiative: viral video and welcoming hosts

An Instagram video made by wingsuit flyer Espen Fadnes, originally from Trollstigen, was viewed by 165 million people. Many think it was created by artificial intelligence, but this is not the case (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

At Ålesund hospital, Lise Krogsæter Synnes works as a hospital host. She can walk 12,000 steps in a single morning. “This is the highlight of the week. It is a particular satisfaction to be able to help people,” she says. Together with her colleagues, she welcomes patients and relatives at the entrance. The need for guidance has been significant since the main entrance was moved from the south to the north and a new parking facility was built: many find the hospital unclear and difficult to navigate, and signage can be complicated. “People approach the sign, and then we see who starts looking over their shoulder for help. Most are happy to accept a hand,” she says. Patient Per Arne Sandøy, with a bandaged hand, regularly attends follow-up appointments (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

📌 Local briefs

The latest news from Møre og Romsdal also includes several miscellaneous items. A man in his 70s was taken by ambulance after leaving the road in Sunndal on Sunday afternoon; the police have opened an investigation (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

A man was stopped for drunk driving in Molde on Sunday, as part of a traffic check on Frænavegen; his licence was revoked. Another man in his 30s was arrested for drunk driving in Sunndalsøra during the night from Saturday to Sunday and taken to a doctor for the provision of evidence (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

A man in his 30s was placed in police custody after behaving agitatedly outside a nightclub in Ålesund during the night from Saturday to Sunday; he is reported for disturbing public order (NRK Møre og Romsdal). Sunnmørsposten also mentioned an accident involving three people in a car, as well as increased enforcement of the UP (Sunnmørsposten). Romsdals Budstikke reported that a man was reported to the police after a check (Romsdals Budstikke).

Sources: NRK Møre og Romsdal, Sunnmørsposten, Romsdals Budstikke, The Local Norway — Period: 08 November 2026 and 09 November 2026