News from Norway

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Why do so many Norwegians choose to buy properties with access to running water?

Because those are the properties that are affjordable!

Did you hear about the bike race that goes all the way across Norway and Sweden?

It ends at the Finnish line.

What do you call a Norwegian party?

A Fjord Fiesta!

Why does the Norwegian navy have barcodes on their ships? So when they come back to port they can scan-da-navy-in.

Last week I x-rayed a bird in Norway.

Yep. Scanned an avian.

A visitor to Minnesota asked a resident why everyone's car was named Harvey?? Why do you say that, asked the resident? Well you get in their car, they put it in gear, and they say "har ve go".

Why did the can crusher quit his job?

It was soda pressing.

I couldn’t remember how to throw a boomer-

ang, but it did come back to me.

A book just fell on my head. I’ve only got my shelf to blame.

Where did Noah keep the bees?

In the Ark hives

What did the judge say when a skunk walked in to testify?

Odor in the court!

Past, present and future all walk into a room. It was tense.

What does a thesaurus eat for breakfast?

A synonym roll.

What do you call an alligator in a vest?

An investigator.

Emergency Telephone Numbers

What to hear a joke about paper?

Never mind, it’s tearible. —these are more effective than 911 What did the clock do when it was hungry? It went back four seconds. Just as we may have a list of telephone numbers to call in an emergency it is useful to have a list of Bible passages which are particularly appropriate for challenging situations.

When in sorrow: call John 14. When people let you down: call Psalm 27. When longing to be spiritually fruitful: call John 15. When you have sinned: call Psalm 51. When you worry: call Matthew 6:19–34. When you are in danger: call Psalm 91. When God seems far away: call Psalm 139. When your faith needs stirring: call Hebrews 11. When you are lonely and fearful: call Psalm 23. When you grow bitter and critical: call 1 Cor. 13. For Paul’s secret to happiness: call Col. 3:12–17. For understanding of Christianity: call 2 Cor. 5:15–19. When you feel down and out: call Romans 8:31. When you want rest: call Matthew 11:25–30. When seeking God’s assurance: call Romans 8:1–30. When you are depressed: call Psalm 27. When men fail you, call Psalm 27 When away from home: call Psalm 121. When you need courage: call Joshua 1. When you have sinned, call Psalm 51 When your prayers grow narrow or selfish, call Psalm 67 For a great invention/opportunity, call Isaiah 55

How to get along with fellowmen, call Romans 12 When you think of investments/returns, call Mark 10 If you are depressed, call Psalm 37 If your pocketbook is empty, call Psalm 37 If you are losing confidence in people, call 1 Cor. 13 If people seem unkind, call John 15 If discouraged about your work, call Psalm 126 If you find the world growing small, and yourself great, call Psalm 19

Hurtigruten joins ‘Mission Impossible’ 1000 tonnes of NOx emissions per year, according to NorAugust 31, 2020 wegian energy giant Equinor. The investment costs for the Hurtigruten’s vessel MS Fridtjof Nansen was berthed at project are approximately NOK 4.8 billion. According to Hellesylt in Sunnmøre in late August, chartered to serve as Equinor, floating wind power is not profitable, and the proa floating hotel during the filming of “Mission Impossible,” ject has been dependent on support from Enova and the which has received state support through Norway’s incen- NOx Fund. Enova contributed NOK 2.3 billion and the NOx tive program for movie-making. NRK reported that the fund with NOK 566 million. filming will take place through September, both from Helsupport to the Coast Guard and for crisis management, reports NRK. Unlike previous Norwegian surveillance satel-

The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy approved the development plan for the offshore wind project Hywind

Tampen in the North Sea. Hywind Tampen is the world’s largest and the first floating Wind Farm. The project is planned to start in 2022. Hywind Tampen is an 88 MW floating wind power project intended to provide electricity for the Snorre and Gullfaks offshore field operations in the Norwegian North Sea. It will be the world’s first floating wind farm to power offshore oil and gas platforms. It will also be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm and an essential step in industrialising solutions and reducing costs for future offshore wind power projects. The wind power solution will help reduce the use of gas turbine power for the Snorre and Gullfaks offshore fields, while also offsetting 200,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions and lesylt and Åndalsnes in Møre og Romsdal. Hundreds of Svalbard breaks the highest temperature record. Saturday crew will be staying on board both the Fridtjof Nansen and night the temperature was 21.7°C (71.06°F). It is 0.4°C Hurtigruten’s Vesterålen. Film star Tom Cruise, however, is above the old record from 1979. Meteorologist Sjur Werreportedly staying at a cabin in the area and has been geland says to NRK this unusual experience is a result of showing up at the nearby historic Hotel Union Øye, when climate change. The reason for the high temperatures is not being flown by helicopter between various filming lo- hot air currents from Russia. Svalbard is a Norwegian archications.—newsinenglish.no staff pelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. One of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas, it’s known Norway is now working with the US to develop satellites in sheltering polar bears, Svalbard reindeer and Arctic foxes. order to monitor the Norwegian seas. The satellites should As a result of the hot temperatures, a lot of ice has melted be able to find ships that do not want to be spotted. on Svalbard. In the Longyear River, which flows through This autumn, a Norwegian satellite will be launched from Longyearbyen, the water level is unusually high according French Guiana in South America. NORSAT-3 will provide to field biologist and photographer Eirik Grønningsæter. lites, the new satellite does not depend on the reception of Maria Navarro Skarange (26), wins 2020 EU Prize for Literthe ships’ AIS signals to detect them. The AIS provides in- ature with her book, Bok om sorg (Book of grief). Skaformation on the identity, position, and course of the ranger (born April 27, 1994 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author, ships, but can be switched off or falsified by the ships raised in multicultural neighborhood of Oslo, Groruddalen. themselves. In this way, the new satellite can detect ships She debuted in 2015 with the novel Alle utlendinger har that are actively trying not to be seen. The FFI and the Nor- lukka gardiner (All foreigners has closed curtains). The critiwegian Space Centre are currently collaborating on the cally received novel was about the author’s upbringing enproject, among other things, with an American defense vironment, the multicultural Romsås. The book- Bok om institution. The planned launch of this satellite is in about sorg, which Skarange won the prize for, was published in two years from now.—-© NTB Scanpix / #Norway Today 2018. She was also awarded with the Bjørnson Scholarship

for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra in 2019 by Den norske bokhandlerforenings.

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Pastor Schoenknecht Bev Coyveau Kari Diesen-Dahl Karena Dahl Betty Geilen Kay Long Matt Nygaard Lynn Sove- Maxson

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From Hardwood to Holy Communion, It's Been an Epic Summer for Frida and Sunniva Rotheim!

Not only did the whole family don their bunads for the twins' September 6, 2020 Confirmation in Norway, but according to papa, Bengt: "Sunniva has been picked out for the Norwegian National Team in basketball for girls, 15-16 years old. She attended her first training camp with the National Team, also in Oslo. She is a proud member of Minnekirken in Chicago, representing both Oslo and Chicago when playing her game!" This exciting news came on same weekend as she was confirmed in Vestre Aker Church in Oslo (Ullevål)!