The ancient and modern worlds collide when The Norwegian archaeologist Sigurd Svendsen finds the true meaning of the secret runes found in the Oseberg ship. Genre: Action-Adventure Original title: “Gåten Ragnarok” (The Riddle Ragarok) Director: Mikkel Brænne Sandemose Writer: John… Read More ›
The Chinese thought their film classic “Pan si dong” from 1927 was lost – until the National Library of Norway found a copy of the unique silent film in their collection. – It was a very exciting discovery, says Maria… Read More ›
Season 4, Sundays at 8:00 pm on TVNorge. For the fourth year in a row, twelve Norwegian-Americans get to experience their native country for the first time. In the popular TV series “Alt for Norge” (English: Everything for Norway) the… Read More ›
North Sea deep-sea diver Peter, played by Aksel Hennie, dreams of being the first diver at 500 m depth at the very beginning of the Norwegian oil adventure. With the Ekofisk oil field discovery by Phillips Petroleum Company in 1969,… Read More ›
Viking warriors illustrated by Norwegian concept artist Stian Dahlslett © Warner Bros has made a preemptive acquisition of King Harald. The movie will be written by Mark L, Smith and produced by DiCaprio (and possibly star), and his Appian Way… Read More ›
Namsos, Anette Broteng Christiansen, ThorNews Do you remember your first meeting with the Star Wars Empire – joy, excitement, beyond imagination? For the Norwegian concept artist Stian Dahlslett (36) the meeting with the star warriors became essential for his whole… Read More ›
Today, most Norwegians born in the 1960s and 70s still have nightmares about one special TV-program from their childhood. The black and white puppet show Pompel og Pilt is considered the only surrealistic television program that has frightened an entire… Read More ›
The readers of Empire magazine – the world’s biggest movie magazine – bestowed major prizes on the best of the best at the Jameson Empire Awards, held at the weekend in London’s Grosvenor House hotel. The Norwegian movie “Headhunters” –… Read More ›
– The Beatles are famous for protecting their music, says Beatles fan and one of the most respected music journalists in Norway, Finn Tokvam. One year ago, Kon-Tiki-directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg announced that they were planning to make… Read More ›
ThorNews is happy that finally a “Viking-series” that seems promising is produced. Two episodes of the nine-part TV series (Season 1) have now premiered on the History Channel. “Vikings” has been criticized by Norwegian historians due to some historical inaccuracies… Read More ›
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