The White House has confirmed that President Obama will personally come to Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, and the capital is gearing up for the visit, including the massive security arrangements which will have to be made.

The presentation will be made at a ceremony at the Oslo City Hall on December 10th, and the security will be a challenge.

However, Oslo Mayor Fabian Stang bids the US president heartily welcome:

- Clinton has visited us earlier, and I am sure that  the police and the municipal authorities will solve that problem in a good way, Stang says.

Oslo police Chief Anstein Gjengedal admits that he wishes he had more time to make his preparations, and that he needs more money. He forecasts even stricter security than during Clinton's visit in 2003.

(NRK)

Rolleiv Solholm