TV-aksjonen raises 251 million kroner

Oslo news from the past 48 hours: TV-aksjonen raised 251 million kroner, according to Aftenposten on Sunday 18 October at 21:00. In Oslo, NRK Stor-Oslo promoted a solidarity exchange project, starting from a simple paperclip, to support the fundraiser (NRK Oslo). The Local Norway also reports that the train strike in Norway has ended after one month.

Oslo news: TV-aksjonen and the NRK Stor-Oslo initiative

Aftenposten reports that TV-aksjonen received 251 million kroner on Sunday 18 October at 21:00. This national result also concerns Oslo county, where the regional public broadcaster ran its own fundraiser. NRK Stor-Oslo launched an exchange starting from a paperclip offered on its morning show. The idea revisits the project by Kyle MacDonald, a Canadian known for trading a red paperclip for a house in 2006 (NRK Oslo).

The local operation progressed through jam, clothing, and a synthesiser from jazz musician Bugge Wesseltoft. The synthesiser ended up with Kathrine Hovland. She explains that the operation was first carried out for a very good cause (NRK Oslo). NRK Stor-Oslo states that the goal is to give as much as possible to this year's TV-aksjonen. The source does not give the amount raised by this channel for now.

The project fits a practice developed on social media: users seek to trade everyday objects for higher-value items, such as a car or a house. NRK Oslo points out that Kyle MacDonald made this mechanism famous in 2006. For NRK Stor-Oslo, the format here serves a charitable cause. The channel says the exchange started with a paperclip offered during the morning show, then evolved until Friday via jam, clothing, and the synthesiser. No other details about the people involved or the value of the objects are provided in the source.

In Oslo county, the initiative illustrates how a local newsroom can support a national fundraiser with a participatory format. The project runs until Friday, according to NRK Oslo. This is not a typical donation appeal: the mechanism relies on successive exchanges of objects, with a rising symbolic value. Bugge Wesseltoft's synthesiser is the latest stage cited by the source.

Transport: train strike ends

The Local Norway reports that the train strike in Norway has ended after one month. The source gives no detail on the lines affected or on the terms of resumption in the available headlines. The end of the strike is presented as national news, with no specific indication of the impact for Oslo passengers.

The Local Norway's headline does not specify a publication date. It is therefore attached to the covered period with no figures or testimonies added beyond those in the source. The strike lasted one month, according to the outlet. No direct link with TV-aksjonen is established by the sources. For Oslo readers, this news concerns the national rail network, though the source does not detail the local consequences.

📌 Local briefs

A couple in their thirties is being prosecuted for obstruction of justice and corruption. They are accused in particular of faking illness to avoid serving a sentence. The couple is said to have already defrauded another couple of more than 30 million kroner, according to NRK Oslo.

The Local Norway also asks whether families in Oslo avoid neighbourhoods where non-Western immigrants live. The headline provides no further data in the available sources. The newsroom adds no figures or testimonies not found in the sources.

Sources: NRK Oslo, Aftenposten, The Local Norway — Period: 18 October 2026 and 19 October 2026