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Bomb and shooting in Norway 23 Jul 2011 | 08:41 am
A short recap of what has happened in Norway today: A (car) bomb went off in Oslo at 15:25, targeting government buildings. The official numbers are 7 dead and 15 badly injured, plus a huge amount sm...
Eurovision 2011 13 Feb 2011 | 09:58 am
The artist representing Norway in the Eurovision final in Düsseldorf, Germany, this year is Stella Mwangi, with her song “Haba Haba”.
You have searched for… #2 2 Feb 2011 | 12:26 am
Here are some answers to search strings that bring people to this site, when the info they are searching for is not present. “education program in norway called russ” It’s not an education program, ...
Visiting Kristiansand 31 Jan 2011 | 05:46 am
Kristiansand is a city with almost 70,000 inhabitants located on the southern tip of Norway, in Aust-Agder county. If you visit Kristiansand you may want to visit these attraction: - The previous Coa...
Lompe and lefse 30 Jan 2011 | 07:47 am
Lefse is a soft flatbread that is a big part of Norwegian food heritage. Lefse is made out of potato, milk or cream (or lard) and flour, and cooked on a big hot slab called a griddle. You need special...
Birken 25 Jan 2011 | 01:11 am
Birken, or Birkebeineren are three annual sporting events, mostly for regular people, a run, a cross country ski race, and a mountain bike race, that are made to honour an historic event, the rescuing...
You have searched for… 24 Jan 2011 | 10:15 am
The search engines have found this site, and I get a lot of traffic from them now. Mostly people have searched for info about Maria Amelie, which is still in Norway (probably being sent out tomorrow o...
TV License 18 Jan 2011 | 09:05 am
A TV License is a tax that Norwegians (and some other unlucky citizens) pay to watch or own a television. It is used to pay for the national “public broadcaster”, called NRK in Norway, which is simila...
Norwegian ownership 17 Jan 2011 | 02:04 am
The Norwegian government has a huge fund, which is best known as “oljefondet”, that translates to “the oil fund”, but really has the really boring name “Statens pensjonsfond”, which translates to “Gov...
Maria Amelie arrested in Lillehammer 14 Jan 2011 | 07:08 am
Maria Amelie, a former Soviet Union citizen, who came to Norway 7 years ago was arrested yesterday, by no less than 8 police officers, and is now in custody awaiting deportation. She was arrested in ...
