Cultiva Responds to Online Attacks

The latest news from Sørlandet / Agder over the past 48 hours combines a local governance initiative, a school debate in Arendal and a return to employment in Kristiansand. On Wednesday 4 November, the board of the Cultiva foundation met to formulate a response to online attacks, while members of Arendal Ap have asked their municipal group to reconsider school closures. In Agder county, a young man aged 22 who had been unemployed for four years has also joined a Nav programme and found a job at Avis, in Kristiansand and Arendal (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

Agder News: Cultiva wants to tackle online attacks

The board of the Cultiva foundation met on Wednesday 4 November to develop proposals on how to handle personal attacks and harassment on social media (NRK Sørlandet / Agder). Board chair Kjersti Løken Stavrum told NRK that the aim was to discuss strategies for when these attacks occur. The foundation says it has long experience of personal attacks, harassment, and misinformation about it (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

To inform the discussion, journalist Ken André Ottesen and Susanne Moe from the Agder police district joined digitally as an expert panel (NRK Sørlandet / Agder). According to the board chair, the meeting aimed to better understand how some social media discussions can take a harmful and hurtful turn. Harassment of Cultiva members has continued for several years, NRK Sørlandet / Agder reports.

Arendal Ap seeks to halt school closures

Arendal Ap members voted for a motion calling on mayor Robert Norli and the rest of the municipal group to stop the closure of schools (NRK Sørlandet / Agder). The decision comes after the closures have already been adopted by the municipal council, according to NRK Sørlandet / Agder. The disagreement therefore concerns what to do following a municipal vote that has already been passed.

Local members are asking their elected representatives to reverse the decision, although the source does not specify which schools are concerned or the timetable for the request (NRK Sørlandet / Agder). This is an internal party directive, not a new decision by the municipal council, according to information published by NRK Sørlandet / Agder.

Employment: four years without work, then a job at Avis

Aleksander Piotr, 22, found a job after four years without work (NRK Sørlandet / Agder). He had left high school and was unemployed before joining a new programme for young people through Nav. He now washes and prepares cars at Avis in Kristiansand and Arendal (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

“Previously, I mostly just sat at home and helped my parents. It was very boring. Now I have a job, and it’s good to have something to do,” he tells NRK. The young man was diagnosed with ADD towards the end of his adolescence and explains that he has difficulty concentrating on things that do not interest him. Cars, on the other hand, have interested him since childhood, and particularly washing them (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

Economic life: a bankruptcy case that remains open

Fædrelandsvennen published an article on Wednesday 4 November about a bankruptcy case with claims amounting to 10 million that has not yet been closed. The regional newspaper states that the proceedings remain open, without providing further details in the headline available (Fædrelandsvennen).

The same editorial team also reports that a candidate obtained a position among 70 applicants (Fædrelandsvennen). These two headlines illustrate a local economic life that continues to generate openings and ongoing proceedings in Agder, without the available elements establishing any connection between them (Fædrelandsvennen).

📌 Local briefs

A woman driving an electric wheelchair was hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing in Evje, in Agder; she sustained a head injury, was taken to the emergency department, and was conscious, and the driver lost his licence (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

Kristiansand police are investigating a possible rape that took place at Torvet on the night of 1 November, at around 2 am, and are appealing for witnesses; the case was first reported by Fædrelandsvennen (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

An outbreak has been reported aboard a ship in Kristiansand, with a tense atmosphere on board according to Fædrelandsvennen (Fædrelandsvennen). Employees at a fire station have also expressed concerns for their health in a television feature by NRK Sørlandet / Agder.

Sources: NRK Sørlandet / Agder, Fædrelandsvennen, The Local Norway — Period: 04 November 2026 and 05 November 2026