ChuckElias
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King Hakkon VII of Norway. The history of how he became king and his actions during WW2 are REALLY interesting.
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Norway cruise photo thread.
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ChuckElias
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Royal Palace in Oslo
ChuckElias
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Ski jump used for international competitions. Seen from Oslo harbor. The first time we were there in 2010, we actually visited the jump. We were at its base and it was so foggy that we literally couldn't see the top of it. Obviously, this was a much nicer day in 2015.
ChuckElias
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This is a sculpture of Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann Sønsteby DSO (11 January 1918 – 10 May 2012). He was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway in World War II.
The sculpture is located where a historic photo taken on April 9, 1940. It depicts Sønsteby as a young man with his bicycle, standing and watching as German soldiers marched through Oslo after invading Norway. That’s also when the mild-mannered young Sønsteby decided to launch into resistance efforts during the German occupation of World War II. He went on to become one of Norway’s wartime heroes, for his myriad sabotage operations that frustrated the Nazi German forces until their surrender five years later.
The sculpture was gifted to the city in 2013, and we saw it in 2015.
The sculpture is located where a historic photo taken on April 9, 1940. It depicts Sønsteby as a young man with his bicycle, standing and watching as German soldiers marched through Oslo after invading Norway. That’s also when the mild-mannered young Sønsteby decided to launch into resistance efforts during the German occupation of World War II. He went on to become one of Norway’s wartime heroes, for his myriad sabotage operations that frustrated the Nazi German forces until their surrender five years later.
The sculpture was gifted to the city in 2013, and we saw it in 2015.
ChuckElias
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Oslo manhole cover. It displays the city seal which shows the city's patron saint, St. Hallvard, with his attributes, the millstone and arrows, with a naked woman at his feet. He is seated on a throne with lion decorations, which at the time was also commonly used by the Norwegian kings.
ChuckElias
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Oslo
Eidfjord and surroundings.
The Troll Train.
Eidfjord Sculptures
commemorating the 2004 olympic flame.
Knitted Trees
ChuckElias
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Going with the sculpture theme 
This is playwright/author Henrik Ibsen in Oslo. We heard funny stories about his very precise routine. People could set their clocks by his morning walk. Kids would wait for him and (good naturedly) pester him and sometimes he'd give them candy money or a small gift.
This is playwright/author Henrik Ibsen in Oslo. We heard funny stories about his very precise routine. People could set their clocks by his morning walk. Kids would wait for him and (good naturedly) pester him and sometimes he'd give them candy money or a small gift.
ChuckElias
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Main road leading to the royal palace in Oslo. Believe it or not, we just happened to run into former President Bill Clinton while walking down this road!!
ChuckElias
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Maud of Wales was the Queen of Norway as the wife of King Haakon VII. The youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom, she was known as Princess Maud of Wales before her marriage, as her father was the Prince of Wales at the time.
ChuckElias
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Christian Krohg was a Norwegian painter, illustrator, author and journalist. He often chose motifs from everyday life. He was the director and served as the first professor at the Norwegian Academy of Arts.
