Urban myth: The Norwegian ship owner Thomas Frederik Olsen (86), aka Fred. Olsen, is the inspiration for Simpsons character Charles Montgomery Burns (104, in most episodes). True or false? Creator Matt Groening gives you the answer. It is claimed that… Read More ›
Season 6: Twelve excited participants are competing to meet their Norwegian family (Photo: TVNorge) Award winning “Alt for Norge” (English: Everything for Norway) is back with twelve adventurous Norwegian-Americans. In the sixth season, the reality program among other reconstructs the… Read More ›
TV studio: Every summer, MS Sjøkurs travels along the Norwegian coast hosting TV show Sommeråpent. (Photo: Sindre Skrede/NRK) Yes, you have read correctly. Not many pleasures in Norway are free, but Norwegian Broadcasting’s (NRK) holiday talk show Sommeråpent is one… Read More ›
Horst Tappert aka Oberinspektor Stephan Derrick. (Photo: The Guardian) In 2012, Yvonne Debald Skjoldhorne moved with two empty hands from Germany to Norway. Without knowing any Norwegian, it was impossible for her to find a job and to earn a… Read More ›
In the film, the main character “R” is a bookworm living in his own world. (Photo: Mikrofilm) The Academy Award-winning Norwegian animation studio Mikrofilm is producing an animation film based on Paul Auster’s “The Red Notebook.” The American writer has… Read More ›
In collaboration with American animation historian David Gerstein, the National Library of Norway found Disney’s first Christmas film. (Photo: National Library of Norway) Film historians believed that 25 seconds was all that was preserved of Disney’s first Christmas film Empty… Read More ›
Our Lady’s Church in Trondheim is the base of NRK’s latest minute-by-minute show. (Photo: NRK) Over two hundred choirs are preparing to perform the Norwegian hymnbook from cover to cover. Starting on Friday 28 November at 12.00 p.m. lasting until… Read More ›
The TV-production “Christmas in Norway” is one of the biggest productions made inside the 950-year-old Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim starring the St. Olaf Choir from Minnesota and the Nidaros Cathedral’s Girls’ Choir. The show was recorded during three summer days… Read More ›
Superstar Jaemin Park will participate in “Norwegian Hymnbook – Minute By Minute”. (Photo: drama.wikia.com) Norwegian slow TV programs such as “Firewood – Minute By Minute” and “National Knitting Night – Minute By Minute” have become international successes as a reaction… Read More ›
Old friends and partners Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt will both appear on “Lilyhammer”. Steven Van Zandt brings along his good friend Bruce Springsteen who is making a guest appearance in the comedy-drama TV series “Lilyhammer” Season 3. “The… Read More ›
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