In Norway, the richest Scandinavians are debating how to get $2.2 billion

Excluding its giant piggy bank, Norway's budget deficits amount to more than 7 per cent of gross domestic product

The richest Scandinavians are having a budget dispute involving Norway’s worst terrorist and a capsized warship.

The row started after Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg proposed an “under the line” budget item to cover the estimated 19 billion kroner ($2.2 billion) it will cost to replace a navy frigate that collided with a tanker and ran aground last year and to resurrect the government offices destroyed in Anders Behring Breivik’s 2011 terror attack.

Solberg, trying to create room for tax cuts and other budget priorities in the years ahead, argues that these unanticipated costs shouldn’t be counted in the regular