Directed by Petter Næss Starring: Rupert Grint, Florian Lukas, Stig Henrik Hoff, Sondre K. Larsen, Kim Haugen Premiere: 3 March 2012, Norway For the last decade, Ron Weasley (‘Harry Potter’, actor Rupert Grint) has battled some of the most dangerous… Read More ›
Fædrelandsvennen: Southern Norway’s biggest newspaper, online edition: Firefighters and police called when two trash cans were on fire. Around 11:00 PM Saturday, two flaming trash cans were observed in Skippergata in Kristiansand. The Fire Department arrived quickly and put out… Read More ›
In May 1997, the inhabitants of the fjord village Bjørke in Hjørundfjord, Western Norway, became strongly provoked when the national telephone company Telenor was about to remove the only public phone box. They already had lost the local grocery and… Read More ›
(Photo: Jan-Petter Jørgensen) The inhabitants of Kvænes in Troms could hardly believe their eyes on the morning of New Year’s Eve: Overnight, the beach was full of dead herring, Nordlys writes. No one knows for sure what’s happened in the popular… Read More ›
Ski jumping is regarded as Norway’s national sport. The picture is from Holmenkollen Ski Jump, Oslo. Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the… Read More ›
Norway’s Meteorological Institute has described hurricane Dagmar, which ripped across Norway, Sweden and central Finland on Christmas Day as possibly the third worst windstorm to strike the country in the past 50 years. The winter storm produced gusts reaching 145… Read More ›
Do you remember these guys? The Norwegian National Curling Team led by skip Thomas Jansrud that won the silver medal in Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, only defeated by Canada. Most people probably have forgotten how the team performed on the… Read More ›
Marie Hansen and the other residents at a nursing home in Oslo did not get Christmas Dinner on Christmas Eve. Contractor ISS has apologized for the incident. – We have made a mistake and we apologize. We will do everything… Read More ›
Hell is a village in the Lånke area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village of Hell has become a minor tourist attraction because of its name, as visitors often have their photograph taken in front… Read More ›
People have traveled along the Norwegian coastline with “Hurtigruten” since 1893. The journey is known as “The World’s Most Beautiful Sea Voyage”. Now everybody can travel along in the world’s longest TV program! Spectacular fjords, midnight sun and genuine Norwegian… Read More ›
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