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A Perfect Day (song)...Annah Graefe , Scotland 's Moira Anderson,English baritone Sir Thomas Allen accompanied by Scottish Malcolm Martineau, and Norway's Sissel Kyrkjebo (who recorded the song in Norwegian ). On the screen accompanied by Barbara Stanwyck at the... In this article: Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Mission Inn, Suicide, World War I, I Love You Truly, The Fureys, Richard Tauber, David Bispham, and U.S. Army |
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Wikipedia | October 22, 2009
Sissel Kyrkjebo
...arranged in Grieg Hall in her hometown of Bergen. That same year, her first album, Sissel, was released and sold more than 500,000 copies, making it the best selling album in Norway at the time. Also in 1986, Sissel Kyrkjebo was named Arets...
In this article: Sissel, Sissel Kyrkjebo, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, United States, DVD, Sweden, Lene Marlin, Placido Domingo, and Sarah Brightman
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Music of Norway
...the 1997 film Titanic . Highlights of her career include singing the Olympic hymn at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, representing Norway at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert , and performing at the invitation of tenor greats Placido...
In this article: Ole Bull, Eurovision Song Contest, Mayhem, Nationalism, Europe, Samoth, Jan Garbarek, World War II, and Lillehammer
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Jostein Pedersen
...artists, including popular rock icon Age Aleksandersen and the woman who later became the best selling female artist of Norway, Sissel Kyrkjebo. Joistein Pedersen had his real break-through when Norway's only national radio broadcaster...
In this article: Eurovision, Terry Wogan, Bankruptcy, Roald Amundsen, London, Age Aleksandersen, and Melodi Grand Prix
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Espen Lind
...Lost Ones Go," with Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebo. The album reached gold status in Norway but was generally perceived to be a commercial disappointment compared to its predecessor. After a four year break Lind released a new single,...
In this article: Espen Lind, Espionage, Red, Irreplaceable, With You, Where the Lost Ones Go, Alejandro Fuentes, and Kurt Nilsen
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Eurovision Song Contest 1986
...has been quite thorny, in fact. So, imagine our joy when last year we finally won, and the pleasure we feel today, being able to welcome 700 million viewers to the top of Europe, to Norway, and to Bergen." One of the interval acts...
In this article: Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision, Ase Kleveland, Sandra Kim, Bergen, Belgium, Grieg Hall, and Terry Wogan
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Maria Arredondo
...in Norway - premiering in the fall of 2008. This is the first major production of the Sound of Music in Norway in about 20 years, Sissel Kyrkjebo played the part as Maria Von Trapp back then. Arredondo's musical style is a mixture of pop...
In this article: Maria Arredondo, Maria von Trapp, Sound of Music, That Day, Universal Music, Chenoa, Marit Larsen, and M2M
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Norway (pronounced: /en-us-Norway.ogg/; Norge (Bokmål), Noreg (Nynorsk) or Norga (North Sami)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east. The United Kingdom and Faroe Islands lie to its west across the North Sea, Iceland and Greenland lie to its west across the Norwegian Sea, and Denmark lies south of its southern tip across the Skagerrak Strait.
Bouvet Island and Peter I Island are dependent territories (biland) of Norway, but not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land, a claim that has been recognised by Australia, France, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is home to its famous fjords.
After the Second World War, the country experienced rapid economic growth, particularly as a result of large oil deposits discovered in the early 1970s. Today it ranks amongst the wealthiest countries in the world, with the largest capital reserve per capita of any nation. In August 2009 the nation's sovereign wealth fund announced that it owned approximately 1% of all the stocks in the world, presumably referring to publicly traded stocks. Norway is the world’s seventh largest oil exporter and the petroleum industry accounts for around a quarter of its GDP.
Following the ongoing financial crisis of 2007-2009, bankers have deemed the Norwegian krone to be one of the most solid currencies in the world.
- Name:
- Norway
- Conventional Long Name:
- Kingdom of Norway
- Local Name:
- Kongeriket Norge / Kongeriket Noreg
- Capital:
- Oslo
- Language:
- Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk)
- Motto:
- Royal: Alt for Norge'Alt for Noreg
- Largest City:
- Oslo
- Government type:
- Parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
- Legislature:
- The Storting
- Founding Date:
- May 17, 1814
- Formations:
- Constitution
- Area:
- 148,746
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $256.523 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $456.226 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $70,643
- Time Zone:
- CET
- Currency:
- Norwegian krone
- Demonym:
- Norwegian
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- NOK
- Country Calling Code:
- 47
- ccTLD:
- .no, .sj and .bv
- Anthem:
- Kongesangen
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