Culture

The Norwegian musician, writer and economist is visiting Australia and New Zealand in March to release his new book "Phantom".

Berit Myrebøe's solo exhibition opens in Dominik Mersch Gallery in Sydney, Thursday 23 February 2012.

The Norwegian trio Pinquins are playing in Australia in February and March 2012.

The award winning documentary "Modern Slavery", produced and directed by Norwegians is showing tonight 8:35 PM on SBS 2.

Norwegian artist Jenny Hval (Rockettothesky, Viscera) is playing in Australia in January.

Norwegian artist Prins Thomas will be playing in Australia the following dates:   25 January 2012 Hierarchy Pres. Prins Thomas (Nor) at Fringe World Festival 2012 at The Spiegeltent / Perth, Australia   26 January 2012 Prins Thomas at Sugar / Adelaide, Australia     27 January 2012 Animals Dancing: Prins Thomas at The Mercat Basement / Melbourne, Australia   28 January 2012 Future Classic Night: Dj Koze and Prins Thomas at Hyde Park Barracks / Sydney, Australia    

The Whitest Boy Alive will play in Australia the following dates: 19 January 2012: The Tivoli in Fortitude Valley, QLD 21 January 2012: Sydney Festival in Sydney 22 January 2012: Sets On The Beach in Perth For more information about the band and concert tickets, visit: http://www.whitestboyalive.com/

The Norwegian government has decided to cooperate with the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust on the Cape Adare preservation project. The decision was welcomed by the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.

Sunday 29 July to Saturday 4 August 2012, Norway Cup will be arranged in Oslo for the 40th time. The tournament is the largest of its kind in the world.

As part of the Nansen-Amundsen year and centennial commemoration of Amundsen’s conquest of the South Pole, a four man strong Norwegian expedition landed on Union Glacier in Antarctica 29 October after a week’s delay due to bad weather.