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The Rock carvings at Møllerstufossen in Nord-Sinni in Nordre Land municipality in Oppland county of Norway comprise of several carvings of mosse and one other animal. The site covers about 20 m². The largest figure measures about 90 cm across. The figures are carved with deep and wide strokes and are easy to spot. P.S. That Elkhound puppy is soooo cute!

Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 Larvik, Norway – April 18, 2002 Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. Heyerdahl became famous for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed 4,300 miles (8,000 km) by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands.

Botanisk hage at Tøyen in Oslo is a botanical garden started in 1814. It is administrated by the University of Oslo.

Guardian Angel I am the bird that knocks at your window in the morning and your companion, whom you cannot know, the blossoms that light up for the blind. I am the glacier’s crest above the forests, the dazzling one and the brass voices from cathedral towers. The thought that suddenly comes over you at midday and fills you with a singular happiness. I am one you have loved long ago. I walk alongside you by day and look intently at you and put my mouth on your heart but you don’t know it. I am your third arm and your second shadow, the white one, whom you don’t have the heart for and who cannot ever forget you.

Rolf Jacobsen (1907-1994) Norwegian poet and journalist. Jacobsen's career as a writer spanned more than fifty years. He is one of Scandinavia’s most distinguished poets, who launched poetic modernism in Norway with his first book, Jord og jern (1933). Jacobsen's work has been translated into over twenty languages. Central theme in his work was the balance between nature and technology - he was called "the Green Poet" in Norwegian literature. Sand There is a precise total for all the grains of sand on earth, as well as for the starry worlds above our heads (supposedly the same for each), if only we knew it, but it’s more important to know that the grains of sand grow constantly in number and the deserts are getting bigger. A touch of violet has mixed itself into the pink of sunset. Sand is white as milk and soft as a bowing of violins. Sand kisses your foot and trickles over your palms like clean water. At Bir el Daharrem hills and valleys are made of bronze. At Thebes and Asmara dead cities lie under the sand. Sand is crushed mountains and the ashes of everything that has existed. The sand dunes cross hot countries like stripes of fire. Sand covers the planets. Moonbeams are reflections in sand. Sand is the last thing on earth. Time sleeping.

Har en stor helg alle! (Have a great weekend everybody!)

Har en stor helg alle! (Have a great weekend everybody!)

Norwegian Folk Tale The Pancake ONCE ON a time there was a good housewife who had seven hungry children. One day she was busy frying pancakes for them, and this time she had used new milk in the making of them. One was lying in the pan, frizzling away — ah! so beautiful and thick — it was a pleasure to look at it. The children were standing round the fire, and the husband sat in the corner and looked on. "Oh, give me a bit of pancake, mother, I am so hungry!" said one child. "Ah, do! dear mother," said the second. "Ah, do! dear, good mother," said the third. "Ah, do! dear, good, kind mother," said the fourth. "Ah, do! dear, good, kind, nice mother," said the fifth. "Ah, do! dear, good, kind, nice, sweet mother," said the sixth. "Ah, do! dear, good, kind, nice, sweet, darling mother," said the seventh. And thus they were all begging for pancakes, the one more prettily than the other, because they were so hungry, and such good little children. "Yes, children dear, wait a bit until it turns itself," she answered — she ought to have said "until I turn it" — "and then you shall all have pancakes, beautiful pancakes, made of new milk — only look how thick and happy it lies there." When the pancake heard this, it got frightened, and all of a sudden, it turned itself and wanted to get out of the pan, but it fell down in it again on the other side, and when it had been fried a little on pannekaka that side too, it felt a little stronger in the back, jumped out on the floor, and rolled away, like a wheel, right through the door and down the road. "Hallo!" cried the good wife, and away she ran after it, with the frying pan in one hand and the ladle in the other, as fast as she could, and the children behind her, while the husband came limping after, last of all. "Halloo, won't you stop? Catch it, stop it. Halloo there!" they all screamed, the one louder than the other, trying to catch it on the run, but the pancake rolled and rolled, and before long, it was so far ahead, that they could not see it, for the pancake was much smarter on its 'legs' than any of them. When it had rolled a time, it met a man. "Good-day, pancake!" said the man. "Well met, Manny Panny," said the pancake. "Dear pancake," said the man, "don't roll so fast, but wait a bit and let me eat you." "When I have run away from Goody Poody and the husband and seven squalling children, I must run away from you too, Manny Panny," said the pancake, and rolled on and on, until it met a hen. "Good day, pancake," said the hen. "Good day, Henny Penny," said the pancake. "My dear pancake, don't roll so fast, but wait a bit and let me eat you," said the hen. "When I have run away from Goody Poody and the husband and seven squalling children, and from Manny Panny, I must run away from you too, Henny Penny," said the pancake, and rolled on like a wheel down the road. Then it met a cock. "Good-day, pancake," said the cock. "Good-day, Cocky Locky," said the pancake. "My dear pancake, don't roll so fast, but wait a bit and let me eat you," said the cock. "When I have run away from Goody Poody and the husband and seven squalling children, from Manny Panny, and Henny Penny, I must run away from you too, Cocky Locky," said the pancake, and rolled and rolled on as fast as it could. When it had rolled a long time, it met a duck. "Good-day, pancake," said the duck. "Good-day, Ducky Lucky," said the pancake. "My dear pancake, don't roll so fast, but wait a bit and let me eat you," said the duck. "When I have run away from Goody Poody and the husband and seven squalling children, from Manny Panny, and Henny Penny, and Cocky Locky, I must run away from you too, Ducky Lucky," said the pancake, and with that it fell to rolling and rolling as fast as ever it could. When it had rolled a long, long time, it met a goose. "Good-day, pancake," said the goose. "Good-day, Goosey Poosey," said the pancake. "My dear pancake, don't roll so fast, but wait a bit and let me eat you," said the goose. "When I have run away from Goody Poody and the husband and seven squalling children, from Manny Panny, and Henny Penny, and Cocky Locky, and Ducky Lucky, I must run away from you too, Goosey Poosey," said the pancake, and away it rolled. So when it had rolled a long, very long time, it met a gander. "Good-day, pancake," said the gander. "Good-day, Gander Pander," said the pancake. "My dear pancake, don't roll so fast, but wait a bit and let me eat you," said the gander. "When I have run away from Goody Poody and the husband and seven squalling children, from Manny Panny, and Henny Penny, and Cocky Locky, and Ducky Lucky, and Goosey Poosey, I must run away from you too, Gander Pander," said the pancake, and rolled and rolled as fast as it could. When it had rolled on a long, long time, it met a pig. "Good-day, pancake," said the pig. "Good-day, Piggy Wiggy," said the pancake, and began to roll on faster than ever. Nay, wait a bit," said the pig, "you needn't be in such a hurry-scurry; we two can walk quietly together and keep each other company through the wood, because they say it isn't very safe there." Norwegian folktales. Drawing by OTTO SINDING "Ouf, ouf," grunted the pig. The pancake thought there might be something in that, and so they walked together through the wood; but when they had gone some distance, they came to a brook. The pig was so fat it wasn't much trouble for him to swim across, but the pancake couldn't get over. "Sit on my snout," said the pig, "and I will ferry you over." The pancake did so. "Ouf, ouf," grunted the pig, and swallowed the pancake in one gulp, and as the pancake couldn't get any farther — well, you see we can't go on with this story any farther, either.

Odd Hassel, (1897–1981), Norwegian chemist 1969 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Schroedinger's wave equations were applied to the helium atom by a Norwegian mathematician, Egil Hylleraas. They are still the basis for the quamtum-mechanical treatment of atoms and molecules today. http://qcwizards.chem.warwick.ac.uk/~taylo...58/QMintro.html

Johan Holtsmark at the Norwegian Institute of Technology (N.T.H.) in Trondheim, Norway, built a Van de Graaff generator for nuclear disintegration between 1933 and 1937. This is believed to be the second Van de Graaff generator in Europe and the first particle accelerator in Scandinavia.

norwegian kids song Sol ute, sol inne Sol ute, sol inne. Sol i hjertet, Sol i sinnet, Sol, bare sol. Sun Outside, Sun Inside Sun outside, sun inside, Sun in the heart, Sun in the mind, Sun only sun.

Fridtjof Nansen of Norway was the 1922 recipient of the Nobel Peace prize. excerpt from the Nobel site 1922: Nansen, Fridtjof, Norway, 1861-1930. Explorer, scientist and humanitarian. Norway's delegate to the League of Nations. Initiator of the Nansen Passport (for refugees).

In today's news.... Forest fires closed Oslo to Bergen railway line The Oslo to Bergen railway line was closed Friday morning, due to a number of smaller brush and forest fires along the line, probably ignited by faulty train brakes. The heat wave over Southern Norway over the last several weeks have left the ground dry as cinders, and there is now a ban on open fires outdoors in the whole region. Temperatures have soared, and Oslo and several other places recorded 27 degrees Celcius Thursday afternoon. Rains are not expected before Monday at the earliest. Most of the fires along the railway line were put out by Friday morning, but it will still take some time to clear the line of debris. It is therefore unclear when the regular traffic will be resumed, NRK reports. Meanwhile passengers are transported by bus around the affected areas. (NRK) Rolleiv Solholm

Naturvernforbundet is the largest environmental organization in Norway And as said before thanks for the cointest! TGIF!

Beerenberg is the only active volcano in Norway.

There are very nice cachers in Norway who have been actively moving my hitchhiker around! Edvard Munch was born in Norway (Loten) on Dec 12, 1863 Thanks

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I missed the sale and wish I hadn't, but even more than that, I hope they make a copper version of this awesome coin. I didn't even know they were sold out.

Darn. went through twice. Sorry. Guess you're birthday will have to be twice as happy!

Happy Birthday! Hope its wonderful This gives you an extra reason to TGIF!

Gotta throw in my support for the yinzers.

dog: mutt!

Same. Thanks and congrats!

LOL Soooo cute!