Politics Buzz Denmark's Thomas Buch-Andersen thought it was kind of sweet that Obama said his country “punches above its weight.” Then he realized that the president was saying the same thing to pretty much everyone.
Culture Buzz You are listening to the percussions of Baard Kolstad. He owns the streets of Oslo.
America needs to wake up. There is a butter shortage in Norway, and Christmas is right around the corner. (via bestweekever.tv)
Poignant picture of a polar bear encountering an Icebreaker ship in Norway. This is a great image, but it's also so sad.
The Occupy Wall Street movement has finally arrived in Norway. So far it consists of one man only: 27-year-old Simen Spikkeland, who's set up camp outside Oslo Stock Exchange. It's hard to fight the system in a country with free health care and virtually no unemployment.
This is gorgeous. Since 22nd of July 2011 most of the articles about Norway have been about the terrible terrorism attack that took place at Oslo and Utoya. This video shows a quite different picture of Norway, the beautiful Hardanger Fjord in the Western part of the country. Take the time to honor the victims and the next of kin, and remember that Norway is still a strong (perhaps even stronger than before) democratic country, and that fact will never change.
Culture Buzz Disturbing. In order to better reconstruct his horrific shooting spree, Oslo authorities returned Anders Breivik to Utoya Island. A police spokesman later said Breivik showed no remorse as he detailed his cold-blooded execution of 69 people, mostly teenagers.
Culture Buzz Hege Dalen and Toril Hansen have rightly become national heroes in Norway after they rescued 40 fleeing teens from the massacre on Utoya Island. Using their boat, they made multiple trips into the waters around Utoya where Anders Breivik was murdering 69 people and ferried as many as they could to safety. Bullet holes later discovered in their boat indicate Breivik fired upon them. There's been some concern among the gay community that their story hasn't received the attention it should because they are a married lesbian couple. Let's see if we can't rectify that. (via talkaboutequality.wordpress.com)
Culture Buzz From Courtney Stodden to the tragic Norway massacre, we're recapping the top stories of July 2011. Stories ranked in ascending order of viral views and are not a reflection of sociological impact.
Culture Buzz After the bomb set by Anders Breivik exploded in downtown Oslo, Line Nersnaes was briefly turned into a human unicorn. Nernaes was working in an office building near the blast site. A 12-inch wooden splinter was propelled by the explosion through her chin and up through the top of her skull. Miraculously, the spike missed her brain and only caused superficial damage. Nernaes is fine and already back to work. (via msnbc.msn.com)
Culture Buzz Here's what Morrissey had to say about the Norway massacre at a concert in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday. (via telegraph.co.uk)
Senior advisor at the Ministry of Justice Line Nersnæs was injured by a 10-inch splinter buried in her head during Friday's bombing. Wednesday she was back in her office working on next year's budget, having received 27 stitches. If you want to know a little bit about how good can overcome evil, what she's woring on is a plan of action to combat domestic violence. Think about that for a bit. Full story (in Norwegian) here.
Culture Buzz Anders Behring Breivik is probably having a nice laugh about the fact that he'll be serving his time in one of the cushiest penal systems in the world. (via newser.com)
Politics Buzz Not enough facepalm in the world. Beck continues his attempt to drag society back into the Dark Ages kicking and screaming by declaring the Norwegian shooter Anders Behring Breivik is right and that “multiculturalism doesn't work”.
Culture Buzz Anders Behring Breivik appeared in court today where he confessed to the bombing and shooting spree that left at least 76 dead in Norway. While he confessed to the wholesale slaughter, he plead not guilty, saying his actions were necessary to save Europe. According to his manifesto, Breivik was hoping to spur an anti-Muslim revolution with his actions. Breivik has claimed that there are two other cells in his network, which he has modeled after The Knights Templar. A judge has ordered Breivik to spend four weeks in solitary confinement as the investigation into his crimes unfolds.
Culture Buzz Anders Behring Breivik has been identified as the man in police custody who is believed to be responsible for the bombing in Oslo that killed at least 7 and the shooting rampage at a youth camp on Utoya Island that has left at least 85 dead. Breivik is 32 and known to have right-leaning, nationalist, anti-Islamic views, although an actual motive remains unknown. Officials believe he acted alone.
Norway is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Norway.
A bomb exploded in an Oslo, Norway Governmental building this morning. At least two were killed, but many were injured. I'm sure we'll have more as it comes out.
Ten-year-old Tord Korsvik quickly became a rising YouTube star thanks to his pop and lock dance that left ‘Norway’s Got talent’ show judges almost speechless. The judges on this show are annoyingly animated.
A death-defying jump sets a new world record. Professor Spash jumps into 12 inches of water from over 35 feet at the University of Science and Technology in Norway.
The Norwegian curling team won an impressive silver medal at the Winter Olympics, much thanks to their magic pants. Rather than resting on their laurels though, they've come up with even better ones for the upcoming World Cup.
A mysterious blue light was seen spinning and expanding over Norway last night. General consensus is the aliens have come to punish us for airing Jersey Shore.
Norwegian artist Jens Werner Andersen painted his house to match the classic Burberry style. Looks like a counterfeit to me.
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A lot of people have a sudden interest in Telemark skiing, and have taken to the internet to find out more information on the sport.