Birgit Maixner: ‘Place names are like fossils in the landscape. They tell us stories about the past – if we know how to interpret them’
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Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner achieves his boyhood dream to win the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska
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Norway's prime minister will hold a separate press conference for children to answer their questions about the coronavirus pandemic
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How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero – after years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019
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Five Picasso murals in Oslo are at the center of a major controversy – the murals are scheduled to be moved in the name of preservation
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Henning Larsen has revealed plans for The Arctic University Museum of Norway, which will evoke a cascade of glass beacons on the coast of Tromsø
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Norwegian Air crew were shut out of hotel over cash fears – Gatwick hotel asked for upfront payment from lossmaking low-cost carrier
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KEiiNO - Black Leather (ft. Charlotte Qamaniq) (2020)
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Norway's new F-35 scrambled for first time to meet Russian anti-sub aircraft – by 2025 all F-16s will be retired and a new fleet of fifty-two F-35s will be fully operative
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Norwegian Air shares plummet as coronavirus hammers travel sector – shares have fallen 70% in under a month as analysts point out weak cash reserves
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Norway adopts initiative for sustainable mining – TSM requires mining companies to annually assess their facilities' in areas including energy use and greenhouse gas emissions
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Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund will exclude four companies for their vast emissions of greenhouse gases, or at least put them on probation to force them to change
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How Norway made a more humane prison
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund made a 19.9% return on investment last year, earning a record 1.69 trillion Norwegian crowns ($180 billion)
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Eight candidates have applied to head Norway’s sovereign wealth fund – board prepares to decide who should steer the global portfolio through a time of transition
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Norway's three-time Eurovision representative Jahn Teigen has passed away at the age of 70
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Greenpeace asks Norway's supreme court to rule on Arctic oil – a case that could block the petroleum industry's expansion plans
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Erling Haaland brings freshness to a game in thrall to pixels and profit – teenager's goal against PSG was a perfect reminder that football is meant to be enjoyable
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Two German tourists killed in Arctic avalanche – part of a guided snowmobile tour of the island of Spitsbergen in Norway's Svalbard archipelago
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Viaplay has ordered ‘Delete Me’, a Norwegian form series skewing young adults and headlined by cast of up-and-comers
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Norway's Eurovision Song Contest national selection has been plagued by controversy, after an online vote was replaced by a jury
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Man accused of storming a mosque in the Norwegian capital of Oslo, after murdering his step-sister with a hunting rifle, has been charged with murder and terror offences
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Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2020 - Grand Final - songs and results
Tonight ten songs competed to represent Norway in Eurovision. Akuvi - Som Du Er Didrik & Emil Solli Tangen - Out of Air Kristin Husøy – Pray for Me Liza Vassilieva – I Am Gay Magnus Bokn - Over...
Tonight ten songs competed to represent Norway in Eurovision.
Didrik & Emil Solli Tangen - Out of Air
Rein Alexander - One Last Time
(I couldn't find tonight's performance for all of these, so some of them are from the semi-finals.)
The winner was Ulrikke with her song Attention, which will go on to represent Norway in Rotterdam. Did we make the right choice? Let's hear your opinions in the comments!
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Erling Haaland has won the Bundesliga player of the month award for January – despite playing less than an hour of football in the month
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Now even Norwegians are skiing indoors – a country that's symbolic of mountains, snow and winter sports adapts to a warming world with its first indoor-skiing center
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Kvelertak - Rogaland (2020)
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KEiiNO - Dancing In The Smoke (2020)
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Russia alarmed by US Air Force visit to Norwegian island of Jan Mayen – squadron visited the island in November to test the airfield
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Norway to extradite Islamist preacher Mullah Vahid Krekar to Italy, where he has been sentenced to prison for leading a jihadist network
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Crossing Antarctica solo – Børge Ousland's lonely journey across the ice
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Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2020 semi-final 5 - songs and results
Tonight was the fifth semi-final of the Norwegian Eurovision national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that...
Tonight was the fifth semi-final of the Norwegian Eurovision national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that automatically qualify for the grand final.
Tonight four songs from Northern Norway competed for a spot in the grand final:
The qualifier was Liza Vassilieva with her song I Am Gay, which will face 9 other songs in the grand final on the 15th of February. One of the automatic qualifiers was also presented during the show:
Previous semi-finals:
Semi-final 1 (Southern Norway) - songs and results
Semi-final 2 (Eastern Norway) - songs and results
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Norway, western Europe's largest oil and gas producer, announced on Friday it was increasing its ambition to cut carbon emissions
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov requests a meeting with Norwegian authorities to remove limitations on Russian activity on Svalbard
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Mayhem and mishaps during Norway's gruelling Femund dog sled race – Robert Sørlie won the race and captured his thirteenth title
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Norwegian company sues state over risky spy recruitment in Russia – intelligence agencies' clumsy approach to recruiting informants had caused the company financial loss
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Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2020 semi-final 4 - songs and results
Last night was the fourth semi-final of the Norwegian Eurovision national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that...
Last night was the fourth semi-final of the Norwegian Eurovision national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that automatically qualify for the grand final.
Last night four songs from Western Norway competed for a spot in the grand final:
Oda Loves You - Love Who We Love
Nordic Tenors - In This Special Place
The qualifier was Magnus Bokn with his song Over The Sea, which will face 9 other songs in the grand final on the 15th of February. One of the automatic qualifiers were also presented during the show:
Ulrikke Brandstorp - Attention
Previous semi-finals:
Semi-final 1 (Southern Norway) - songs and results
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Teenage sensation Erling Haaland continued his incredible record for new club Borussia Dortmund after he netted a brace in the team's 5-0 thrashing of Union Berlin
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Norwegian Dag Johan Haugerud's 'Beware Of Children' came away the biggest winner at the 43rd Göteborg Film Festival, scoring the best Nordic film prize
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Norway's modern-day drama Ragnarok is now streaming on Netflix
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The launch of the Green Flyway research project between Røros, Norway and Östersund, Sweden marks a world-first test area for electric flights
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The opening of the long-awaited Munch Museum in Oslo has been postponed until the autumn due to delays in the building process
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Match on dating app Tinder helps rescue camper trapped in ice in northern Norway
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Toyota has a history of creating misleading electric vehicle ads, especially with its 'self-charging hybrid' ad campaign – Norway has now banned the campaign
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Svalbard: Minute By Minute – Norway's state-owned NRK is about to air its longest and most ambitious show yet
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Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2020 semi-final 3 - songs and results
(For the previous two semi-finals, it didn't occure to me that the Danish national selection is also named Melodi Grand Prix, so from now on I'll be adding the country to the title.) Last night...
(For the previous two semi-finals, it didn't occure to me that the Danish national selection is also named Melodi Grand Prix, so from now on I'll be adding the country to the title.)
Last night was the third semi-final of the Norwegian national selection (Melodi Grand Prix). This year there are 5 semi-finals, one for each region of the country, plus five songs that automatically qualify for the grand final.
Last night four songs from Middle Norway competed for a spot in the grand final:
The qualifier was Kristin Husøy with her song Pray For Me, which will face 9 other songs in the grand final on the 15th of February. One of the automatic qualifiers were also presented during the show:
Previous semi-finals:
Semi-final 1 (Southern Norway) - songs and results
Semi-final 2 (Eastern Norway) - songs and results
edit:
Found a better video of Sie Gubba.
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Norway's PM Erna Solberg named one of her top lieutenants to the key position of finance minister as her new minority government prepares to navigate a hostile parliament
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Oslo may see just fifty days of snow deeper than 30cm in 2050, down from eighty days today and 140 days in 1900
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Greenpeace loses Norway Arctic oil lawsuit appeal – Oslo appeals court approved Norway's plans for more oil exploration in the Arctic
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Tencent announces offer to acquire full ownership of Funcom
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Belarus started importing oil from Norway on Tuesday after Russia, its main oil provider, suspended supplies earlier this month
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