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Norway faces growing economic difficulties, prime minister says


    OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian economy faces growing problems as oil prices fall and the global economy is hit by uncertainty over growth, Prime Minister Erna Solberg told a news conference on Wednesday.

    "The Norwegian economy is not in a crisis, but we have challenges and they are larger than we've seen until recently," Solberg said.

    "These are turbulent times with global economic uncertainty and the Norwegian economy is impacted by that and by the drop in oil prices," she added.

    (Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Alister Doyle)