Sports Norwegian women’s handball showered with prizes 01/08/2008 :: Norwegian women’s handball is receiving international acclaim, both for its players, its coach, and its supporters. + More |
Sports Norwegian cycling picks up speed 31/07/2008 :: Norwegian cycling is currently enjoying an upswing. Interest in both competitive cycling and cycling for keeping fit has skyrocketed over the last four to five years, for young and old alike. Much of the credit for this can be attributed to big names in the sport such as Thor Hushovd, Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå and Kurt Asle Arvesen. But determined efforts are also being made to encourage children and young people to start cycling. + More |
Sports Get ready to ski in Norway! 21/11/2007 :: The snow is sprinkling the landscape and the winter has already hit the Norwegian mountains. This week numerous ski centres opens to the public, and alpine ski runs and ski tracks are just waiting to be tested. + More |
Winter Sports Queen of the Alaskan wilderness 01/04/2008 :: Sigrid Ekran of Norway is one of only a few women who have embarked on the world’s longest and most difficult sled dog race, Alaska’s Iditarod. She finished 24th in this year’s race. + More |
The Cradle of Skiing The cradle of skiing In Norway the sport of skiing was a natural consequence of the country's mountainous topography and heavy winter snows. Modern skiing had its origins in the county of Telemark in the last century, but an ancient rock carving, at Rødøy in ... + More |
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