Norwegian (here I'm talking about bokmål, the most often-used variety of Norwegian) is a language spoken by about 5 million people in Norway, and is extremely similar to the languages Swedish and Danish. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

A Norwegian pro-whaling lobby says a new study shows that harpooning the giant mammals is less damaging to the climate than farming livestock. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A couple of Norwegian soldiers on a mission in Kosovo made a great parody of the Beach Boys song Kokomo. picked by Kevertje 2 years ago

A Norwegian political party has chosen its candidate for a local election in Sarpsborg -- a man who has been dead for a year and a half. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The vessels were probably damaged in a storm and abandoned on the waterfront at Larvik. Over the years, the area filled in, and the wreckage was buried. The wreckage was being taken this week to Larvik Museum. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Musician Terje Isungset has been carving his chilly instruments from ice for the past 20 years. Many moons ago, the budding percussionist, not content with experimenting on stone and glass, decided to use what was available around him, and being Norwegian that happened to be ice. More here picked by suebe 12 months ago

An assortment of black t-shirts with all sorts of brooding fonts and metal-ly sounding words... but when translated into English, the shirts say "Pregnant", "Hairdryer", and "Earwarmers". At the bottom of the main page, they own up to their tomfoolery, saying (loosely translated): "This site was made as a joke to fool foreigners." Apparently, they've already... read full post picked by bingo 8 months ago

The wreck of a British warship sunk by the Germans during World War Two, killing more than 100 men, has been discovered on the bottom of a deep fjord in the north of Norway. HMS Hunter went down on April 10, 1940, in the Ofot fjord outside of the Arctic port of Narvik during the first of two battles between the British and the Nazis, during which several other ships were sunk and never seen again ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Norwegian courts set drunken driving fines based on income and personal wealth.*

*Seems fair to me picked by bingo 6 months ago

Thanks to Norwegian podcasts, you can now download a series of documentaries that include the Fab Four's songs. Only catch, the podcasts are in Norwegian.

*starts up Norwegian language CDs* picked by suebe 11 months ago

Norwegian base jump goes wrong when parachute malfunctions and ends in a tree. picked by PulsisX 1 year ago

The fictional Norwegian Blue parrot - famed as the star of Monty Python’s iconic dead parrot comedy sketch - appears to have once really existed. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Nils Olav already has medals for good conduct and long service. He made honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King's Guard in 2005. And on Friday he was knighted.

Not bad for a 3-foot tall penguin. picked by MayhemIsBeautiful 1 year ago

The cocoa will bring the warmth and life back to you on a cold winter day.
Could it also be so good it will bring the dead back to life? picked by wonderwizard 12 months ago

Is that a python in your pocket, or...? picked by jie 1 month ago

A Norwegian church used lemon-flavoured cola instead of water in a baptism ceremony after its taps were temporarily turned off because of freezing temperatures. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

The wreck of a Royal Navy destroyer has been found in a Norwegian fjord, 68 years after she sank during battle. picked by topofall 2 years ago

The release of software from a firm run by a notorious Norwegian hacker is likely to cause waves in the music and film download world. picked by keroberos32 2 years ago

A thin, battery driven ring which can be drawn onto the penis should be able to produce the same effect as potency stimulating pills. Is 75% of all email traffic now going to be spam for |\|0Rw361A|\| P3|\|15 R1|\|65 instead of \/1A6RA? picked by makri 3 years ago

Count down the days 'til Christmas with Golfing Santa Calendar picked by suebe 2 years ago