Northug weary of his own celebrity
February 7, 2012 ·
Petter Northug, Norway’s sometimes surly skiing star, reportedly is getting tired of his celebrity status at home. The coach of the men’s cross-country ski team is worried Northug may cut his...
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Karlsnes wins Eurovision wildcard spot
February 7, 2012 ·
Lise Karlsnes, former lead singer in a band that once toured with the legendary Norwegian rock group a-ha, will be competing to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest after all. She won a coveted...
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Svendsen saved Norway’s honour
February 6, 2012 ·
Emil Hegle Svendsen won the 27th World Cup victory of his biathlon career at Holmenkollen in Oslo over the weekend, and thereby was hailed for saving the honour of Norway’s biathlon team.
Emil Hegle...
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‘Lilyhammer’ sets new NRK record
January 26, 2012 ·
A new television series starring Steven Van Zandt finally started running in Norway on Wednesday, after a lot of local media hype and unexpected delays. The show, called “Lilyhammer,” ended...
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Royal representation in Davos
January 24, 2012 ·
Norway will be royally represented, both literally and figuratively, at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that started this week and lasts through Sunday. Crown Princess Mette-Marit...
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Teen wins first step towards Eurovision
January 22, 2012 ·
She was the youngest of all the participants and she won the most votes: Nora Foss Al-Jabri, the teenage Norwegian singer with a grown-up voice, topped the first of three semi-finals in Norway’s...
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Royal heir turns eight as mom ‘tweets’
January 21, 2012 ·
Flags were flying on Norway’s public buildings on Saturday, as Princess Ingrid Alexandra celebrated her eighth birthday on January 21. Meanwhile, her mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, could “tweet”...
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Sverdrup’s name ‘taken in vain’
January 21, 2012 ·
Johan Sverdrup, often viewed as the “father” of Norway’s parliamentary system and even its democracy, has now had an oil field named for him, but not everyone is pleased about that. Some...
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Top politician forced to be a pedestrian
January 21, 2012 ·
One of Norway’s most high-profile, veteran politicians, Carl I Hagen, won’t be allowed to drive for the next six months. Police seized his driver’s license after Hagen hit two pedestrians...
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Trade Minister still in hot water
January 12, 2012 ·
Norway’s newly bearded government minister for business and trade, Trond Giske of the Labour Party, kept making waves this week over his botched attempt to block the sale of the country’s biggest...
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Norwegian lands top SAS post
January 11, 2012 ·
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) hasn’t had any Norwegians in its top management for nearly two years, even though Norway remains a part-owner and generates half of SAS’ income. Now, though, Norwegian...
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Johnson calls massacre reports ‘misleading’
January 11, 2012 ·
Hilde Frafjord Johnson, the Norwegian special envoy for the UN to South Sudan, says there’s no foundation for reports that 3,000 persons were massacred in South Sudan last week. She called reports...
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Swimmer and skier won big at home
January 9, 2012 ·
He looked quite a bit different in a tuxedo instead of a swimsuit but there was no mistake about who won Norway’s most coveted athletics prize over the weekend. Star swimmer Aleksander Dale Oen was...
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Norwegians lost Tour de Ski
January 8, 2012 ·
Both Petter Northug and Marit Bjørgen ended up losing their chance to win the overall Tour de Ski on Sunday, although Bjørgen did better than Northug. She placed second once again behind arch rival Justyna...
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She did it again! Northug did not
January 5, 2012 ·
Norway’s undisputed ski queen Marit Bjørgen logged another victory in the Tour de Ski on Thursday, narrowly beating her arch rival Justyna Kowalczyk of Poland and boosting her chances of winning...
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