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Alhazred posted:Prominent Norwegian politicians: Incidentally, back in 1969 then-Prime Minister Per Borten had some journalists come to his farm for an interview and let himself be photographed like this: 
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McCloud posted:Why did anyone think this would be a good idea? No idea, but apparently Borten would often play up how "folksy" and down-to-earth he was. Another amusing anecdote: A couple of days after the photo was taken, queen Elizabeth II (then on an official visit to our country) and then-king Olav V visited the farm as guests of the Prime Minister. The Daily Mirror ran the photo with the caption "Now the Norwegian Prime Minister is ready to receive the Queen."
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Extreme0 posted:https://twitter.com/DavidCoburnUKip/status/755102430623326210 About as accurate as saying that Scotland is a stripped plaid British dun Republic of Peacenicks and Hippie drips. Seriously, Norway and Sweden both do a brisk export trade in weapon systems and military command and control gear, and the Nordic countries all contribute to various "international operations", like in Afghanistan, anti-piracy efforts off the Horn of Africa, bombing Libya a while back and so on. And "Hippie Drips" sounds especially funny considering how materialistic the bulk of the population is.
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eightpole posted:My dream job is to be a bartender on Svalbard. How do I get this? You could try contacting the hotels and bars/restaurants listed here: http://www.visitsvalbard.com/en/Frontpage
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Zero Gravitas posted:How much booze can I get in the duty free on the way to Norway? Maximum 1 liter of anything over 22% alcohol:http://www.toll.no/en/goods/alcohol-and-tobacco/quotas/
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Latin script is apparently incomprehensible to them anyway. Else writing "Murmansk" twice on this sign would be unnecessary:
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SplitSoul posted:Also, Islam Karimov literally boils people alive and tortures prisoners for praying. It's probably not legal under international law to deport people there. How does he do that from beyond the grave?
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evil_bunnY posted:Definitely checks out Fun fact: back in the 1700s and 1800s there were several waves of Finnish immigration to Finnmark, and even today the population of that particular fylke is on the bottom of most national rankings having to do with education level, average life span, cardiovascular diseases, alcohol abuse and so on. Not to mention the fact that their original homeland apparently was so awful that moving to Finnmark seemed preferable.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Glad torsk! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijk8GQZP1pA
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MiddleOne posted:I still can't over that Norway's second biggest town is named The Mountains. https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen#Byens_navn
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Zudgemud posted:Denmark has been ruled by German kings and nobility for so long that actually joining Germany proper would make little difference. Does that go for us Northern folk as well? And should the Swedes join France?
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His Divine Shadow posted:He should be careful asking for what he deserves, might be that begins with a G and ends with -ulag. More like HuKA. Gulag is short for Glavnoje upravlenije ispravitelno-trudovykh lagerej, in the blue-yellow tongue "Huvudstyrelsen för korrektions- och arbetsläger", so should be shortened HuKA.
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