Norwegian Election

Stephanus

Tell us all about it, Jan, Norm and Kent!

JanH

Hi Steph,

Watching it now. Results not ready yet, but it will be a VERY confusing parliament.

CNN's comments more or less covers it so far: http://europe.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/10/norway.ballot/index.html

I think this is the best place on the Net to follow the Norwegian election in English: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/

The ruling Labour party is facing its worst election after WWII, so much is fact. I very much doubt they can stay in power (ie. holding the government) At the same time, extreme left (SV) is having significant progress. No traditional blocks will have the majority. It will prolly be some sort of coalition government. I fear the priest Bondevik will be back as prime minister. Oh well.

- Jan
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"Doctor how can you diagnose someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and then act like I had some choice about barging in here right now?" -- As Good As It Gets

bboyneko

Jeg tror at nordmennene burde burde velge en polarbjørn som deres ny President. På den måtendet ville ville være lik like for polarbjørner. Den eneste dårlige tingen er polarbjørnene kunne kunne ete nordmennene og kanskje stokksker opp deres klubber og navn dem denkjøtt popsicles Men en pelsaktig polarPresident ville ville være meget yndig.

JanH

LOL, bboy. Pretty good.

Except we neither have polar bears ("isbjørn" in Norwegian) nor a President in Norway. Unless you count Spitzbergen, where there are some polar bears, but still no President. We have a relic called monarchy here, you know

- Jan
--
"Doctor how can you diagnose someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and then act like I had some choice about barging in here right now?" -- As Good As It Gets

Stephanus

I was interested to know that your parliament is still called a "Thing" (Storting) - a relic from the Viking age!

Bgurltryal

Random tidbits:

storting is BIG thing...duuuuuh!:)

I met kassi kulman fever (spelling???) at a train stop once...so eat that! yeah!

The crown prince got married on my mommies birthdaaay so she was like 'woohoo..all this celebration aaaaaaaall for me' hehehe

Jan, Kent and all other noggs must go out and buy me nonstops, salt liquorice and open prawn sandwiches for i have decread it so.

Stephanus

storting is BIG thing...duuuuuh!:)

Well, noone accused anyone of huge amounts of imagination!

bboyneko

Except we neither have polar bears...in Norway

Then why does it say this at polar-bears.com

Interesting Facts: Polar bears are a potentially threatened species. They wander across the circumpolar north on the ice from Russia to Alaska, from Canada to Greenland and on over to Norway. Their estimated population is around 22,000 to 27,000. About 15,000 of those live in Canada. In 1973, the five nations with Polar Bear populations entered into the International Agreement for the Conservation of Polar Bears. In Norway, Polar Bears are completely protected and have been since 1973.

Recent photograph of Polar Bear in JanH's backyard

Stephanus

I wonder if he's a republican...

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