Norway’s research spend, Nokia, Danish funding council…

This week in Nordic in brief: Norway’s research spend drops; Nokia’s Copenhagen office becomes science park; Success rates plummet at Danish funding council; Innovation gets boost in Norway; Denmark’s PhDs feel lonely and isolated.

Norway’s research spend drops

Norway’s R&D spend fell by 0.7 per cent in 2010, the Norwegian Association of Researchers said on 31 October. The 42.8 billion kroner (€5.5bn) spent on R&D in Norway last year was a nominal increase of 800m kroner on the previous year, but a 0.7 per cent drop after inflation was taken into account.