NRK is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest media organisation in Norway. All other TV channels, broadcast from Norway, were banned from 1960 until 1981. NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and three national radio channels on digital terrestrial television, digital terrestrial radio and subscription television. All NRK radio stations are being streamed online at NRK.no, which also offers an extensive TV service. NRK is a founding member of the European Broadcasting Union.
Bigbang is a Norwegian rock band led by frontman Øystein Greni. Over several years the band lineup has altered several times while remaining a trio, with Greni remaining the one constant member. Though the band name spelling is inconsistent, it is usually styled BigBang.
Knut Storberget is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He served as Minister of Justice under Jens Stoltenberg from 2005-2011. He is currently serving as Governor of Innlandet since 2019.
Anne Holt is a Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice.
Anders Anundsen is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Justice from 2013 to 2016. He was also a member of the Norwegian parliament, representing Vestfold from 2005 to 2017.
Oddvar Stenstrøm is a Norwegian journalist and former host of the TV2 debate program Holmgang.
Marit Christensen is a Norwegian journalist.
Ingrid Espelid Hovig was a Norwegian television chef and author of cook books. Through appearances on her cooking show Fjernsynskjøkkenet over 26 years, between 1970 and 1996, she came to be considered the "culinary mother" of Norway, with the comparison "the Julia Child of Norway" often applied.
Synnøve Svabø is a Norwegian talk show host. Svabø is best known for her 1997 boob stunt on Thorbjørn Jagland who was then the Prime Minister of Norway Jagland was caught on national television placing his hands on Synnøve Svabø’s breasts. At the time Svabø was hosting the Weekend Globoid talk show.
Events in the year 1920 in Norway.
Events in the year 1934 in Norway.
Didrik Solli-Tangen is a Norwegian singer who represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 on homeland with the song "My Heart Is Yours".
Pål Anders Ullevålseter is a Norwegian rally raid motorcycle rider.
Adil Khan is a Norwegian dancer and actor of mixed Punjabi and Pashtun descent. He won Dansefeber, hosted by TVNorge in 2006.
Annette Groth is a Norwegian journalist working for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
Lars Sigurd Sunnanå is a Norwegian journalist.
Anders Behring Breivik, since 2017 legally Fjotolf Hansen and also known by his pseudonym Andrew Berwick, is a Norwegian far-right terrorist who committed the 2011 Norway attacks. On 22 July 2011, he killed eight people by detonating a van bomb amid Regjeringskvartalet in Oslo, then shot dead 69 participants of a Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp on the island of Utøya. In July 2012, he was convicted of mass murder, causing a fatal explosion, and terrorism.
Anders Tvegård is a Norwegian journalist. He was US-correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) based in Washington, D.C. from 2010–14. Tvegård previously worked at the foreign news desk and as news anchor on the same channel.
Kristin Solberg is a Norwegian journalist and author. She is the Middle East correspondent for NRK and presently based in Beirut. Previously she covered the Middle East and South Asia forAftenposten.
Norway participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Icebreaker" written by Agnete Johnsen, Gabriel Alares and Ian Curnow. The song was performed by Agnete. The Norwegian broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK) organised the national final Melodi Grand Prix 2016 in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. Ten entries competed in a show that took place on 27 February 2016 and the winner was determined over two rounds of public televoting. The top four entries in the first round of voting advanced to the competition's second round—the Gold Final. In the second round of public televoting, "Icebreaker" performed by Agnete was selected as the winner with 166,728 votes.
