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 New series about an American in Norway is popular on both sides of Atlantic A new Norwegian-American TV series is making quite a splash on both sides of the Atlantic, and the entertainment world is taking note. The show is called “Lilyhammer,” a gripping fish-out-of-water story set in Norway and starring “The Sopranos” mainstay [...]  NRK’s brand-new animated comedy web series will give an insight into what the royal family does behind closed doors. Together with Marit Synnøve Berg, Gustav Nilsen voices one of the characters in the series. Although they are currently making a living by poking fun at Norway’s monarchy, the humorists feel a close relationship with [...]  After a two-year hiatus, popular Norwegian band Donkeyboy releases “City Boy.” It has been a while since we’ve heard anything from the Drammen-based band Donkeyboy, which in 2009 debuted with the album Caught In A Life. Their two hit singles “Ambitions” and “Sometimes” dominated Norwegian airwaves for some time afterward. At one point the [...]  Crown Princess Mette-Marit spent the weekend in Miami to open the new Seamen’s Church, which was named after her, and therefore has not had a chance to watch the program that aired on Sunday evening. Nearly one million Norwegians saw the first part of the NRK-portrait of Crown Princess Mette-Marit on Sunday evening. Herself, [...]  Is it too early for humor in connection with the events that took place on July 22nd, 2011? NRK doesn’t think so. Tonight a humor program, Trygdekontorer, presents its caricature of the blogger “Fjordman,” whose blog posts Anders Behring Breivik claimed were an inspiration to him. The season premiere of Trygdekontoret will, in fact, [...]  More than 2.5 million people tuned into NRK to watch the MS Nordnorge sail from Bergen to Kirkenes Staff Compilation Norwegian American Weekly Are you worn out by a fast-paced life but lack a vacation budget? Take a five-day cruise along Norway’s scenic fjords, all free and streamed live on Norwegian public television. Norwegian [...]  Norwegian actor, director and film critic/journalist Pål Bang-Hansen died on March 25, aged 72. One of Norway’s most used child actors – he had his break in Arne Skouen’s Gategutter (1949) – Bang-Hansen was set to become an architect or art historian. Instead he went to film school in Rome. Between 1966-1979 he made [...] Norwegian company helps in the city of Fargo, North Dakota, while the city waits for a one hundred year flood for the second consecutive year. They set up a Norwegian flood protection system that this hard-pressed city has not seen before. “Large areas are already flooded, and trees have gone down, “says chairman of Norwegian [...] The former Iranian consul in Oslo says he has applied for political asylum in Norway Former Iranian Consul General Mohammad Reza Heydari says he resigned from his position earlier this month to protest the Iranian government’s use of violence against demonstrators that left at least eight people dead. Heydari told the Norwegian broadcaster NRK that [...] Suzann won the “Female Athlete Of The Year” prize at NRK’s Idretssgalla 2010 (Sports Gala 2010) ceremony in Lillehammer on Saturday. She beat the other nominees biathlon competitor Tora Berger, snowboarder Helene Olafsen, swimmer Ingvil Snildal and cross country skier Kristin Størmer Steira after a year when she won The Canadian Open and scored two [...] |
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