More than 125 million watched last year's competition in Moscow, when Norwegian violinist Alexander Rybak took home the trophy with a record 387 points.
They stopped around 1990, which is just when the Norwegian fund started.
Peter Island began life as a resort in the 1960s, when a Norwegian millionaire bought it, put up chalet-style A-frame cottages, and built a marina.
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In 2002, when the Norwegian government sought to bring the two sides together, India sent diplomatic rather than political negotiators to the talks in Oslo.
Only in the 19th century did the answer become clear, when Niels Henrik Abel, a Norwegian mathematician, showed that the quintic is insoluble.
Villa should have been level when Carew eased aside Jagielka but the Norwegian slashed his finish wastefully into the side netting.
The 1, 400-person town of Nederland gained worldwide notoriety in 1994 when local authorities discovered the body of Norwegian Bredo Morstoel packed in a steel coffin filled with dry ice.
In other words, Australia has a popular image in Norway, something which the 3, 000 Norwegian students studying there usually confirm when they are home on holiday.
The Norwegian's were denied again late on when Bailie slid in to block Morten Moldskred's goal-bound strike.
At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation.
With five minutes to go until half-time, Hangeland should have given Fulham the lead when he rose high to meet Davies's corner but the Norwegian nodded wide of the left post with the goal at his mercy.
In the 2009 world championship, a young Norwegian player paved the way to victory at precisely the moment when defeat stared him in the face.
But it was Henning's performance that left Terry and his Chelsea team-mates fuming after the Norwegian refused to award Chelsea two spot-kicks in the first half when Florent Malouda and Drogba were both brought down.
The European Commission ruled last year that Windows cannot automatically bundle IE when it ships out but offer consumers a choice of browser (following a complaint from Norwegian software maker Opera).
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When Norway was invaded by German forces in 1940, King Haakon VII escaped to Britain and a Norwegian exile government was set up in London.
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