News from the Norwegian Embassy, March 29, 2007
Education
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
The Norwegian Government has launched a new plan of action for promoting the rights of women through development cooperation. Norway will require its cooperation partners to take women’s issues and gender equality seriously.
[+] Read more
ANTICORRUPTION
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
The Norwegian Government has launched a new plan of action for promoting the rights of women through development cooperation. Norway will require its cooperation partners to take women’s issues and gender equality seriously.
[+] Read more
ANTICORRUPTION
The Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement March 19 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of the first Anticorruption Activities Fund under the Bank’s Program for Development of Technical Cooperation among Member Countries of the IDB.
[+] Read more
Travel
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
The Norwegian Government has launched a new plan of action for promoting the rights of women through development cooperation. Norway will require its cooperation partners to take women’s issues and gender equality seriously.
[+] Read more
ANTICORRUPTION
The Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement March 19 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of the first Anticorruption Activities Fund under the Bank’s Program for Development of Technical Cooperation among Member Countries of the IDB.
[+] Read more
Travel
The popular round trip Norway in a nutshell takes you on a journey through some the most beautiful landscapes in Norway, land of the fjords.
[+] Read more
Ledig stilling
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
The Norwegian Government has launched a new plan of action for promoting the rights of women through development cooperation. Norway will require its cooperation partners to take women’s issues and gender equality seriously.
[+] Read more
ANTICORRUPTION
The Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement March 19 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of the first Anticorruption Activities Fund under the Bank’s Program for Development of Technical Cooperation among Member Countries of the IDB.
[+] Read more
Travel
The popular round trip Norway in a nutshell takes you on a journey through some the most beautiful landscapes in Norway, land of the fjords.
[+] Read more
Ledig stilling
Ambassaden og generalkonsulatene i USA har de siste årene tilbudt praktikantplasser for interesserte studenter. Ordningen er etablert for å spre kunnskap om og interesse for arbeidet i utenrikstjenesten. Søknadsfrist for høsten 2007 er i april.
[+] Read more
TOUR
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
The Norwegian Government has launched a new plan of action for promoting the rights of women through development cooperation. Norway will require its cooperation partners to take women’s issues and gender equality seriously.
[+] Read more
ANTICORRUPTION
The Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement March 19 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of the first Anticorruption Activities Fund under the Bank’s Program for Development of Technical Cooperation among Member Countries of the IDB.
[+] Read more
Travel
The popular round trip Norway in a nutshell takes you on a journey through some the most beautiful landscapes in Norway, land of the fjords.
[+] Read more
Ledig stilling
Ambassaden og generalkonsulatene i USA har de siste årene tilbudt praktikantplasser for interesserte studenter. Ordningen er etablert for å spre kunnskap om og interesse for arbeidet i utenrikstjenesten. Søknadsfrist for høsten 2007 er i april.
[+] Read more
TOUR
Following the US release of Sondre Lerche's new Phantom Punch album, he will go on tour across the US. Just announced: Thomas Dybdahl and Willy Mason will open for Lerche on every date scheduled in the US
[+] Read more
Music
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
The Norwegian Government has launched a new plan of action for promoting the rights of women through development cooperation. Norway will require its cooperation partners to take women’s issues and gender equality seriously.
[+] Read more
ANTICORRUPTION
The Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement March 19 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of the first Anticorruption Activities Fund under the Bank’s Program for Development of Technical Cooperation among Member Countries of the IDB.
[+] Read more
Travel
The popular round trip Norway in a nutshell takes you on a journey through some the most beautiful landscapes in Norway, land of the fjords.
[+] Read more
Ledig stilling
Ambassaden og generalkonsulatene i USA har de siste årene tilbudt praktikantplasser for interesserte studenter. Ordningen er etablert for å spre kunnskap om og interesse for arbeidet i utenrikstjenesten. Søknadsfrist for høsten 2007 er i april.
[+] Read more
TOUR
Following the US release of Sondre Lerche's new Phantom Punch album, he will go on tour across the US. Just announced: Thomas Dybdahl and Willy Mason will open for Lerche on every date scheduled in the US
[+] Read more
Music
Norwegian-born singer/songwriter Marion Raven will tour with Grammy® Award winner, and one of the top-selling artists of all time, Meat Loaf, this spring. Marion sings a duet with Meat Loaf on his new album, Bat Out of Hell III, released last fall.
[+] Read more
FILM
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
The Norwegian Government has launched a new plan of action for promoting the rights of women through development cooperation. Norway will require its cooperation partners to take women’s issues and gender equality seriously.
[+] Read more
ANTICORRUPTION
The Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement March 19 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of the first Anticorruption Activities Fund under the Bank’s Program for Development of Technical Cooperation among Member Countries of the IDB.
[+] Read more
Travel
The popular round trip Norway in a nutshell takes you on a journey through some the most beautiful landscapes in Norway, land of the fjords.
[+] Read more
Ledig stilling
Ambassaden og generalkonsulatene i USA har de siste årene tilbudt praktikantplasser for interesserte studenter. Ordningen er etablert for å spre kunnskap om og interesse for arbeidet i utenrikstjenesten. Søknadsfrist for høsten 2007 er i april.
[+] Read more
TOUR
Following the US release of Sondre Lerche's new Phantom Punch album, he will go on tour across the US. Just announced: Thomas Dybdahl and Willy Mason will open for Lerche on every date scheduled in the US
[+] Read more
Music
Norwegian-born singer/songwriter Marion Raven will tour with Grammy® Award winner, and one of the top-selling artists of all time, Meat Loaf, this spring. Marion sings a duet with Meat Loaf on his new album, Bat Out of Hell III, released last fall.
[+] Read more
FILM
On Thursday, April 12 at the Nordic Heritage Museum there will be a screening of "Finding Thea" followed by a reception.
[+] Read more
MUSIC
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
The Norwegian Government has launched a new plan of action for promoting the rights of women through development cooperation. Norway will require its cooperation partners to take women’s issues and gender equality seriously.
[+] Read more
ANTICORRUPTION
The Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement March 19 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of the first Anticorruption Activities Fund under the Bank’s Program for Development of Technical Cooperation among Member Countries of the IDB.
[+] Read more
Travel
The popular round trip Norway in a nutshell takes you on a journey through some the most beautiful landscapes in Norway, land of the fjords.
[+] Read more
Ledig stilling
Ambassaden og generalkonsulatene i USA har de siste årene tilbudt praktikantplasser for interesserte studenter. Ordningen er etablert for å spre kunnskap om og interesse for arbeidet i utenrikstjenesten. Søknadsfrist for høsten 2007 er i april.
[+] Read more
TOUR
Following the US release of Sondre Lerche's new Phantom Punch album, he will go on tour across the US. Just announced: Thomas Dybdahl and Willy Mason will open for Lerche on every date scheduled in the US
[+] Read more
Music
Norwegian-born singer/songwriter Marion Raven will tour with Grammy® Award winner, and one of the top-selling artists of all time, Meat Loaf, this spring. Marion sings a duet with Meat Loaf on his new album, Bat Out of Hell III, released last fall.
[+] Read more
FILM
On Thursday, April 12 at the Nordic Heritage Museum there will be a screening of "Finding Thea" followed by a reception.
[+] Read more
MUSIC
On April 10 at 8 pm, Deep Listening Institute Ltd. will present a concert called "Four Sides to Everything" with Pauline Oliveros, Else Olsen S., Øyvind Storesund and Christian Wolff. The concert will feature these legendary musicians performing a quartet improvisation.
[+] Read more
GENEALOGY WORKSHOP
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
The Norwegian Government has launched a new plan of action for promoting the rights of women through development cooperation. Norway will require its cooperation partners to take women’s issues and gender equality seriously.
[+] Read more
ANTICORRUPTION
The Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement March 19 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of the first Anticorruption Activities Fund under the Bank’s Program for Development of Technical Cooperation among Member Countries of the IDB.
[+] Read more
Travel
The popular round trip Norway in a nutshell takes you on a journey through some the most beautiful landscapes in Norway, land of the fjords.
[+] Read more
Ledig stilling
Ambassaden og generalkonsulatene i USA har de siste årene tilbudt praktikantplasser for interesserte studenter. Ordningen er etablert for å spre kunnskap om og interesse for arbeidet i utenrikstjenesten. Søknadsfrist for høsten 2007 er i april.
[+] Read more
TOUR
Following the US release of Sondre Lerche's new Phantom Punch album, he will go on tour across the US. Just announced: Thomas Dybdahl and Willy Mason will open for Lerche on every date scheduled in the US
[+] Read more
Music
Norwegian-born singer/songwriter Marion Raven will tour with Grammy® Award winner, and one of the top-selling artists of all time, Meat Loaf, this spring. Marion sings a duet with Meat Loaf on his new album, Bat Out of Hell III, released last fall.
[+] Read more
FILM
On Thursday, April 12 at the Nordic Heritage Museum there will be a screening of "Finding Thea" followed by a reception.
[+] Read more
MUSIC
On April 10 at 8 pm, Deep Listening Institute Ltd. will present a concert called "Four Sides to Everything" with Pauline Oliveros, Else Olsen S., Øyvind Storesund and Christian Wolff. The concert will feature these legendary musicians performing a quartet improvisation.
[+] Read more
GENEALOGY WORKSHOP
On April 14, a Norwegian Genealogy Workshop is to be held at the Leif Erikson Lodge in Seattle.
[+] Read more
CONFERENCE
Ambassadors Advocate Education Exchange
Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Knut Vollebæk and U.S. Ambassador to Norway, Benson Whitney, led a delegation on a four-day tour of six colleges and universities in the Midwest in March. This is the first time ambassadors from the United States and Norway has toured in the United States together on any issue.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
In a unique international alliance between a leading Republican United States Senator and a Minister of International Development from the Socialist Left Party in Norway, Senator Richard G. Lugar and Minister Erik Solheim launched a joint initiative on March 21 to promote a responsible and sustainable development of energy resources in developing countries.
[+] Read more
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
Muhammad Yunus and Al Gore will be among the speakers at the conference on corporate social responsibility in Oslo, which will be opened by Norway’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre on March 28.
[+] Read more
ABEL PRIZE
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2007 to the Indian American mathematician Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan. The prize will be presented to Mr Varadhan by HM King Harald in Oslo on May 22nd.
[+] Read more
ENERGY
The fact that darkness prevails over northern Norway for months at a time did not stop Norwegian entrepreneur Alf Bjørseth from starting a solar energy company.
[+] Read more
Gender Equality
The Norwegian Government has launched a new plan of action for promoting the rights of women through development cooperation. Norway will require its cooperation partners to take women’s issues and gender equality seriously.
[+] Read more
ANTICORRUPTION
The Inter-American Development Bank signed an agreement March 19 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of the first Anticorruption Activities Fund under the Bank’s Program for Development of Technical Cooperation among Member Countries of the IDB.
[+] Read more
Travel
The popular round trip Norway in a nutshell takes you on a journey through some the most beautiful landscapes in Norway, land of the fjords.
[+] Read more
Ledig stilling
Ambassaden og generalkonsulatene i USA har de siste årene tilbudt praktikantplasser for interesserte studenter. Ordningen er etablert for å spre kunnskap om og interesse for arbeidet i utenrikstjenesten. Søknadsfrist for høsten 2007 er i april.
[+] Read more
TOUR
Following the US release of Sondre Lerche's new Phantom Punch album, he will go on tour across the US. Just announced: Thomas Dybdahl and Willy Mason will open for Lerche on every date scheduled in the US
[+] Read more
Music
Norwegian-born singer/songwriter Marion Raven will tour with Grammy® Award winner, and one of the top-selling artists of all time, Meat Loaf, this spring. Marion sings a duet with Meat Loaf on his new album, Bat Out of Hell III, released last fall.
[+] Read more
FILM
On Thursday, April 12 at the Nordic Heritage Museum there will be a screening of "Finding Thea" followed by a reception.
[+] Read more
MUSIC
On April 10 at 8 pm, Deep Listening Institute Ltd. will present a concert called "Four Sides to Everything" with Pauline Oliveros, Else Olsen S., Øyvind Storesund and Christian Wolff. The concert will feature these legendary musicians performing a quartet improvisation.
[+] Read more
GENEALOGY WORKSHOP
On April 14, a Norwegian Genealogy Workshop is to be held at the Leif Erikson Lodge in Seattle.
[+] Read more
CONFERENCE
"Norway, World War II, and the Holocaust" is a conference organized by Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch at the University of Minnesota. The session topics of the conference will be; Norway, WWII, and the Jewish Question, Resistance and Collaboration, Witnesses, and Justice: Restitution and the Future. [+] Read more