Introduction The banking crisis in Norway had many features common with banking crises elsewhere. However, some aspects of the resolution methods differed from those used in other crises. In this chapter we discuss some of the typical features of the Norwegian banking crisis in order to see what general lessons can be learnt from the Norwegian case. A list of these features is followed by a description of the course of events before, during and right after the crisis. Moreover we address the following questions: What was the role of bank behavior and regulation? Were macroeconomic developments important in contributing to the crisis? Was the Norwegian crisis severe compared with crises in other countries? What were the objectives underlying the government bank rescue operations? Why did the resolution methods applied in Norway in some aspects differ from those applied in other countries? What was the cost to tax payers? And after comparing the recent crisis to previous Norwegian crises, what lessons can be learnt for the future, and what principles should be adhered to in crisis resolution? Much of the discussion in this chapter draws on the main contributions from the Öve succeeding chapters.