No-confidence motion against councillor North

Oslo news over the past 48 hours has been dominated by a no-confidence motion against urban development councillor Anita Leirvik North and a decision on anonymous grading in Oslo schools. MDG has announced a no-confidence motion over Røa bad; Aftenposten reports that anonymous grading is becoming a permanent regulation in Oslo schools.

Local politics: Oslo news on Røa bad

MDG will table a mistillitsforslag against urban development councillor Anita Leirvik North (Høyre) on Wednesday 21 October. The party justifies the move over the Røa bad case, saying the councillor failed to protect the municipality’s rights and residents’ interests, according to the MDG group on Oslo City Council. The group also believes she has not given the council coherent explanations about the matter (NRK Oslo).

Group leader Einar Wilhelmsen says the case concerns western Oslo (Oslo vest), where there is no public swimming pool. “She has not given the council explanations that hold together,” he says in NRK Oslo’s columns. The wording places the Røa bad issue at the centre of a debate about political responsibility in Oslo, beyond the management of a local facility alone (NRK Oslo).

NRK Oslo also describes the Røa bad case as an example of Oslo vest being left without a public swimming pool. The issue therefore concerns not only a facility project, but also residents’ access in this part of Oslo county to a public facility. MDG links this situation to the councillor’s responsibility for urban development and is asking the council to impose a political sanction (NRK Oslo).

Anita Leirvik North responded by saying she acknowledges MDG’s initiative. She disputes the party’s account of what happened in the case. The councillor has not considered resigning, even though she announced her withdrawal from Oslo politics after next year’s elections. She still wants to work on urban development, including by speeding up permitting and building more (NRK Oslo).

Schools: Anonymous grading becomes permanent in Oslo

Aftenposten reported at 03h00 on 21 October that anonymous grading is becoming a permanent regulation in Oslo schools (Aftenposten). The measure will apply to written assessments twice a year in 10th grade and in final-year upper-secondary subjects (Vg3). Full implementation is scheduled for spring 2027. The news is listed among the day’s Oslo headlines as Oslo county adjusts how its schools operate.

The report’s headline indicates a lasting measure: this is no longer a one-off pilot scheme, but a permanent system for Oslo schools (Aftenposten). At this stage, the source does not identify the schools involved or give detailed reasons for the decision. Its publication at 03h00 places the announcement among the topics covered early this Wednesday by the Norwegian local press (Aftenposten).

Aftenposten’s headline links the decision to Oslo schools, meaning Oslo’s municipal education system. The report is dated 21 October at 03h00, placing it within the 48-hour period covered by this Oslo news review. It provides no figures on the number of pupils or schools affected (Aftenposten).

📌 Local briefs

The trial of 7 men accused following a violent home robbery opened on Tuesday at Oslo tingrett. According to NRK Oslo, a family with 2 young children and a grandmother was held up and robbed on 5 August 2025 in Haugerud, an Oslo district; a man reportedly arrived at their home posing as a Foodora delivery driver before the father was struck and pushed inside (NRK Oslo).

The first day of hearings featured videos of the incident, NRK Oslo reports. Police describe the case as extremely serious because of the robbery’s brutality and the presence of young children (NRK Oslo).

Sources: NRK Oslo, Aftenposten, The Local Norway — Period: 20 October 2026 and 21 October 2026