IN slightly chilly conditions where Scandinavian sunshine barely prevented a shower of hailstones, a group of about 50 Norwegian and Irish enthusiasts, decked in Baileys Emerald green top hats, and led by a lone piper, marched through Karl Johan Gate to Oslo City Hall.
Accompanying the tricolour was a banner calling for the release of Roisin McAliskey.
On the steps of City Hall, overlooking the Oslo Fjord, Senator David Norris, who is visiting Oslo to acquaint the Norwegians with James Joyce, gave a short and spirited oration.
St Patrick's Day celebrations continued throughout the weekend, with music sessions in the many Irish pubs which have recently sprung up in Oslo.
As part of its monthly cultural programme, the historical and ethnographic museum showed Flaherty's Man of A ran.
A lecture on Irish gold and its links with Viking jewellery was enlivened by a display of Irish set dancing.