Gunnar H. Gundersen has around 300 different mousetraps in his collection. This is ten of his favorites. (Photo: Benjamin A. Ward, HiOA) Professor Gunnar H. Gundersen at the Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA) has collected and… Read More ›
The Norwegian Red Cattle is well-known for their perfect hides and skins. (Photo:Anette Broteng Christiansen / ThorNews) Nearly every second cow in Norway becomes luxury handbags. Norwegian farmers earn 16 dollars per square meter rawhide, and the same leather piece… Read More ›
Celebrates: Milliner Mona Strand has made extraordinary hats for 20 years. (Photo: Nils Petter Aaland) “She entered the store wearing a floor-length gown, hood and large sunglasses”. Mona Strand has made hats for royalties and American superstars. This year she… Read More ›
Between shops, offices and apartments in the center of Trondheim, Norway’s only jeans factory is situated. Jens Olav Dankertsen is the creator behind the all-Norwegian concept Livid Jeans. He is originally from Volda, but moved to Trondheim to study. There,… Read More ›
Jærstol is a chair from Rogaland County with wooden frame, straight back and seat woven from reeds or straw. It can be made with or without armrests, in addition to smaller chairs suitable for children, and a rocking chair version…. Read More ›
A few years ago, you could buy this chair for a few dollars at a flea market. Now, it is sold for several thousand dollars. What happened to the Norwegian Musling Chair? The trend started four or five years ago,… Read More ›
At the most there were hundreds of shoe factories in Norway. Today, there are only a few left – including Aurland Shoe Factory located in Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane County, famous for its lace-less shoes with a “little secret”. The… Read More ›
The Norwegian design trio Moods of Norway reveals that they have started a new clothing collection for cool kids. Moods designer Simen Staalnacke tells the newspaper BA that they have started the design work and that the clothes will be… Read More ›
This is the new Draco 26 SR, a fast bowrider that continues the tradition of the Norwegian shipyard in Flekkefjord. (Photo: Båtmagasinet) Windy Boats presents Draco SR 26 during the world’s largest indoor boat show “boot Düsseldorf” in Germany that… Read More ›
The present 100-krone note is portraying Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962), opera singer and first director of the Norwegian National Opera. The new banknote series will feature the sea as the theme, reflecting its importance for Norway’s business sector and economic prosperity…. Read More ›
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