News of Norway

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COVER: Twenty-eight-year-old Geir
Skeie from the west coast of Norway
won the world championship for chefs –
Bocuse d’Or 2009.
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news of norway 1 2009
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Norwegian film production is at an
all time high. The biggest Norwegian
box-office success of 2008 was the
World War II drama “Max Manus,”
starring Aksel Henie. It is the second
most seen Norwegian film ever. One
in four Norwegians have seen it to
date, and it is still running in movie
theaters in Norway.
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The 10th annual Scandinavian Film
Festival in Los Angeles showcased
four films in January this year. “The
response has been great. It is clear
that there is interest in Nordic film in
Hollywood” said founder and director
James Koenig. There are six film
festivals in the United States screening
Norwegian movies.
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The Norwegian film “O’Horten” will
start showing in movie theaters in
the United States in May, 2009. In a
mixture of melancholy and comedy
the movie tells the story about train
driver Odd Horten, who contemplates
his future as he steers his last
train across the mountains of western
Norway before retirement looms.
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“Men benefit from gender equality,”
said Norwegian Minister of Equality
Anniken Huitfeldt. She presented a
white paper about men and gender
equality for the United Nations in
New York in March, 2009. The World
Economic Report ranks Norway as
the No. 1 country in the world when it
comes to closing the gender gap.
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