"Despite the pandemic having put its mark on 2020, it has been yet another good year for the fund," Central Bank Governor Oeystein Olsen said in a statement. The fund is managed by a unit of the central bank.
"However, the high return also reminds us that the market value of the fund might vary a lot going forward," he said. ($1 = 8.7208 Norwegian crowns)
(Reporting by Gwladys Fouche, editing by Terje Solsvik)

Pictures from downtown Oslo, Norway. A man walks by the central bank of Norway, home to the The Government Pension Fund of Norway, a stabilization fund that may be the world's largest sovereign wealth fund. (Photo: Bloomberg / Kyrre Lien)