Aalesund wins the derby

The Møre og Romsdal news over the past 48 hours puts football in the spotlight: Aalesund won 1-4 away at Kristiansund in Eliteserien, a county derby with direct stakes in the relegation battle. On the economic front, the annual fishing quota negotiations between Norway and Russia open on Monday in Istanbul. On Sunday, the national TV-aksjonen collection drive also takes place, in which 45 of 357 municipalities have given up collection boxes.

Sport: Møre og Romsdal news from the Aalesund–Kristiansund derby

Aalesund travelled to Kristiansund on Saturday for the Møre og Romsdal derby in Eliteserien (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

With seven matchdays left in the season, the two clubs are now five points apart (NRK Møre og Romsdal). On the women's side, Molde lost to Haugesund in Toppserien (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

Fishing: Norwegian–Russian quotas, first in-person meeting in six years

The annual quota negotiations between Norway and Russia for the year 2027 are set to begin on Monday and are being held this year in Istanbul, Turkey (NRK Møre og Romsdal). It is the first time in six years that the delegations are meeting in person, with exchanges having taken place remotely in recent years. The Minister of Fisheries and the Sea, Marianne Sivertsen Næss (Ap), explains the choice by a desire to better resolve certain outstanding technical and administrative issues.

"It is clear that this is more demanding than during the 50 years when we had the fishing agreement with Russia," the minister told NRK. The fishing agreement is one of the very few remaining points of contact between the two countries, relations with the eastern neighbour having been fundamentally altered after the outbreak of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

Communities: in Giske, an island municipality near Ålesund, the end of collection boxes

The national TV-aksjonen collection drive, held on Sunday for the benefit of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC Flyktninghjelpen), is taking place this year without collection boxes in 45 of the country's 357 municipalities (NRK Møre og Romsdal). In Giske, an island municipality in Møre og Romsdal close to Ålesund, Helene Gabriela Libia Støylen has taken her children out on the field, box in hand, year after year. This time, it is over: the municipality has collected through other means for several years.

"I think it is really a shame," she told NRK. "In Giske, we have a lot of wonderful, committed people who show up year after year." She believes municipalities can organise both a digital and a physical collection, and that the boxes remain useful: "Many people stay home and are not digital."

A wedding on a ferry, on a shipping route in the Sunnmøre district

Kristin and Jon Anders are getting married on the water, and the place is no coincidence (NRK Møre og Romsdal). Jon Anders's father was a skipper on a fishing vessel; Kristin's father was a captain on a ferry. Both have passed away. The ceremony is therefore planned on a ferry, with a plan A, a plan B, a plan C and a plan D.

The reserve ferry can indeed be put back into service, and forecasts call for rain and wind over Sunnmøre, which would move the ceremony inside (NRK Møre og Romsdal). Kristin's father worked for many years on this route, and she often went up to the wheelhouse with him. If the weather allows, the blessing will take place in front of the spot where her father held the wheel. The sun finally shone: "It was absolutely fantastic," the couple told NRK.

📌 Local briefs

Cabin fires at Emblemsfjellet. Two cabins burned at Emblemsfjellet, in Ålesund, on Thursday evening and during the night from Thursday to Friday; police have described the fires as suspicious and do not rule out that they were set deliberately (NRK Møre og Romsdal). A full investigation has been opened and door-to-door inquiries were carried out this weekend; private individuals and businesses with cameras in the area are asked to preserve footage from the last 24 to 48 hours, without a fixed guard but with an increased police presence, according to operations chief Jan Arild Austnes.

Fire alarm at Blindheimsfjellet. Shortly before midnight, during the night from Saturday to Sunday, police and firefighters were called out to Blindheimsfjellet, in Ålesund, following a report of a mountain fire; patrols and a drone found nothing and police are certain that no fire took place (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

Public order in Ålesund and Molde. Nine people were removed from an event at the Sparebanken Møre Arena in Ålesund, including a man in his late teens reported for violence (NRK Møre og Romsdal, Sunnmørsposten, Romsdals Budstikke). Three men were moved away from Ålesund city centre after a fight was reported, and a patrol prevented a brawl in Molde, where a man in his twenties was removed.

Sources: NRK Møre og Romsdal, Sunnmørsposten, Romsdals Budstikke, The Local Norway — Period: 17 October 2026 and 18 October 2026