The four-day week trend

The Trøndelag / Trondheim news of the past 48 hours: a 28-year-old accountant has accepted a four-day week at full pay, school absenteeism figures are down for the first time since the pandemic, and a Trondheim resident was decisive in Bodø/Glimt's victory over Dortmund. Meanwhile, a fire at a flour mill in Spongdal mobilised the emergency services, and an investigation is continuing after a projectile was fired through a window in Tanem.

Economy — Trøndelag / Trondheim news: the four-day week appeals

Ulrik Lager, 28, works as an accountant in one of Norway's largest firms. He has accepted a position at the young firm Sanna, which offers him a 30-hour week spread over four days, at full pay (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

This setup is only possible, according to the company, thanks to artificial intelligence. Ulrik Lager says he initially had doubts: "I wondered how it would work in practice. But after talking to the company, I understood how it would work, and that it was an opportunity I couldn't pass up," he explains (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

The part of his work that he entrusts to AI requires, he says, little thinking capacity. He is happy to give these tasks over to artificial intelligence. The question of work-life balance is also part of the local debate: Adresseavisen ran a piece on Tuesday evening about a worker for whom it is "totally out of the question" to stay in a job where he barely sees his children (Adresseavisen, 14 October).

Education: school absenteeism falls

School absenteeism figures are down for the first time since the pandemic (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim). The government is announcing new rules on absenteeism, precisely because the rate has fallen.

The measure does not meet with universal approval. The students' organisation Elevorganisasjonen believes it works for students who have resources, but not for those going through difficulties, reports NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim. The debate therefore turns on the real impact of the new rules on the most vulnerable students.

Sport: a Trondheim resident decisive for Bodø/Glimt

On Wednesday evening, Bodø/Glimt secured a victory over Dortmund, and a Trondheim resident was decisive in the result (Adresseavisen, 14 October, 21h). The performance was picked up by the regional press the day after the match.

Culture and memory: Asgeir Persøy faces Henry Rinnan's legacy

Asgeir Persøy was 12 years old when he was spat on for the first time. It was 17 May, and the person who did it was an adult. "I didn't tell anyone. I just followed the river and went for a walk," he says (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

Born six years after the end of the war, in Levanger, in Trøndelag, he was not spared the shame attached to his uncle, Henry Rinnan, one of the best-known collaborators of the German occupation. Several hundred people were tortured and dozens killed by him and the Rinnan gang. He was executed after the war, in 1947.

"The worst thing I did was introduce myself. Often, I'd say my name was Olsen, Jensen, Henriksen. I wouldn't say my name was Rinnan," he says. At home, he had been told not to read what was written about his uncle (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

📌 Local briefs

A fire broke out at a flour mill in Spongdal, in Trondheim. The fire started in a grain dryer; police announced the blaze was under control at 18:05. No one was injured, but the emergency services were expected to continue work into the evening (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim). Adresseavisen revisits two grain dryers that burned at the same time, a sequence that has given rise to theories (Adresseavisen, 14 October).

In Tanem, near Trondheim, a projectile went through the living-room window of a family home. Several children were present. A man in his fifties is the target of the investigation, and Kripos is involved in the technical work on the projectile and the weapon, in particular to determine whether the shot can be linked to a firearm (NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim).

Adresseavisen also reports that legal action has been brought against a restaurant in Trondheim (Adresseavisen, 14 October, 20h), and that a local player sees the lack of going-out venues as "a huge opportunity" (Adresseavisen, 14 October, 19h).

Sources: NRK Trøndelag / Trondheim, Adresseavisen, The Local Norway — Period: 14 October 2026 and 15 October 2026