Stories from Norway

- Season 1

(2018)

In 2008 the Hamar municipality decided to build a diving tower at Mjøsa. It was estimated to cost 1.5 million kroner, but when the stairwell was completed seven years later, the price had risen to 28 million kroner.

In October 2015 Justin Bieber put on a concert in Oslo, Norway. After spotting water on the stage, he stormed off stage after just one song and abandoned the rest of the concert.

In January 1995, a small research rocket is launched from the civilian scientific rocket station Andøya. Moments later all hell breaks loose, when the Russian military misinterprets the rocket as an American nuclear missile.

Norwegian Olympic ski champion Petter Northug was sentenced to 50 days in prison and ordered to pay a fine for crashing his car while drunk in 2014. The following year he made an amazing comeback, winning 4 gold medals in the World Cup.

In January 1995, a small research rocket is launched from the civilian scientific rocket station Andoya. Its mission is to document the Northern Light for Norwegian and American scientists.

It's 1994 - the 17th Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway. The whole nation's attention is directed toward Lillehammer - and at the same time, the world famous painting Scream by Edvard Munch is stolen from the National Gallery.

How can a single mother with a history from the Norwegian house and party scene end up as Crown Princess? The story of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon and Her Royal Highness Mette Marit is a true fairy tale.