The Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park is a zoological garden and amusement park situated in of Kristiansand, Norway. It is Norway's most frequently visited attraction, covering an area of 60 hectares. Established in 1966, it has been owned by Braganza since 2004.
The Norway Democrats is an anti-globalist and national conservative political party in Norway without parliamentary representation. The party was originally founded as the Democrats, and it bore this name from 2002 to 2010, and again from 2018 to 2023. From 2010 to 2018, it was known as the Democrats in Norway.
Terje Dragseth is a Norwegian poet, author and film director, born in Kristiansand in 1955. Dragseth made his debut in 1980 with his collection of poems titled "Offerfesten". Since then, he's published seventeen poetry collections, and also published poems in anthologies and literary journals. Two books of short stories "Den amerikanske turisten" and Drømmeboka .In 1996, several of his poems written between 1980 and 1995, were published in an anthology, titled "Du. Dikt i utvalg".
The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature is awarded by the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association and has been awarded every year since 1950. The prize is presented to a Norwegian author for a literary work as agreed to among the members of the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association. Since 1978 the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association has also awarded a prize for the best work of children's literature. In 2003 the Critics Prize for the year's best work of translation was established, and in 2012 the Critics Prize for the year's best work of nonfiction for adults was established. For other Norwegian Critics Awards, see Norwegian Theatre Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1939, the Norwegian Music Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1947, and the Norwegian Dance Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1977.
Steffen Hagen is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for Eliteserien side Odd. With 354 top division appearances, Hagen has made the seventh-highest number of appearances in Eliteserien. During his professional career, Hagen has never been sent off or been suspended.
Cinema in Norway has a long history, dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, and has an important stance in European cinema, contributing at least 30 feature-length films a year.
Terje Falk Formoe is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, actor, playwright and author.
The Sproing Award is awarded by Norsk Tegneserieforum (NTF), an organisation to promote interest and understanding for comics in Norway. Since 1987, the award has been presented for the Best Norwegian Strips, a comic strip or comic book by a Norwegian, and Best Translated Strips, an international comic strip/comic book translated into Norwegian. Since 2003, there has also been awarded a Sproing for Best Comics Debut.
Sissel Lie is a Norwegian novelist, translator, playwright and professor in Romance languages and literature at the University of Trondheim since 1992.
The Brage Prize is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation. The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature.
Håvard Rem is a Norwegian poet.
Drømmen om kaptein Sabeltanns rike is a 1996 Norwegian children's film written and directed by, and starring Terje Formoe. The film is based on the popular children's play character Captain Sabertooth, a fictional pirate.
Ole Ivars is a dansband, established 1964 in Hamar, Norway. Their 1967 breakthrough came with the song Regnets rytme. Espen Hagen Olsen and William Kristoffersen are singers in the band, and William Kristoffersen also acts as a songwriter. Ole Ivars has won the Spellemannprisen awards several times, and in 2004, NRK labeled them as "Norway's dansband of all times". The band has received several cultural awards, and played in church buildings and concert halls throughout Norway
Endre Lund Eriksen is a Norwegian author and politician.
Terje Simonsen is a Norwegian historian and nonfiction author. He was among the first to predict the arrival of an androgynous pronoun in Norway.
Rasmus Andre Sivertsen is a Norwegian film director, editor, producer, animator and former television director. He is a co-owner of film production company Qvisten Animation.
Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond is a 2019 Norwegian-Belgian computer-animated swashbuckler musical comedy film directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen and Marit Moum Aune from a screenplay by Karsten Fullu. Based on the Captain Sabertooth media franchise, the film's script is based on a 1996 Sabertooth play by Terje Formoe. It is produced by Qvisten Animation, and was released in Norway on 27 September 2019.
Kurt Turns Evil is a 2008 3D computer-animated children's film directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen—in his directorial debut as sole director—from a screenplay by Per Schreiner and Karsten Fullu, based on the 1995 book of the same name by Erlend Loe. A co-production between the Danish Nordisk Film and Norwegian Qvisten Animation, Kurt Turns Evil was produced by Cornelia Boysen and Ove Heiborg. It was released in Norway on 31 October 2008 and grossed $902,697.
Events in the year 2023 in Norway.
Sidsel Ryen is a Norwegian actress. She is particularly known for her role as Leonora Dorothea Dahl in the children's TV series Sesam stasjon, which aired on NRK from 1991 to 1999.
