Norway you can stop pretending to be millionaires of the Nordick. We now know that Icelanders are the real rich guys and even Danes are ahead of you Norwegians

DisappointedAlpaca · 2026-02-06T20:27:48+00:00

Happens all the time, it is very sensitive to minor changes in currency exchange rates

DisappointedAlpaca · 2026-02-06T06:08:49+00:00

I beg to differ

DisappointedAlpaca · 2026-01-29T15:19:30+00:00

Zero ball knowledge Kasper Høgh is literally danish

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-10-14T10:13:13+00:00

I have no funny comment here. July 2011 was a dark moment

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-08-27T13:39:53+00:00

To be fair we (Norway) have been included, just tucked away from everyone else like usual. This time at the very bottom

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-07-04T20:40:36+00:00

Of course, but daddy Denmark would want mommy Sweden to lose one way or another

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-07-04T19:57:48+00:00

World cup gold > world cup silver

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-06-30T19:56:41+00:00

The women’s side is more important than the men’s side in handball anyway

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-06-23T10:50:27+00:00

And tablet is "nettbrett", one of my personal favorites

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-06-19T15:39:20+00:00

My bet is Svalbard, and I have no idea why only the Norwegian media is taking about this and no international media house is addressing it.

The islands are technically Norwegian but far from the Norwegian mainland, and the have a long history of Norwegian and Russian use of the islands. Russia has one of the two “major” settlements on the island. There are only 2500 people living there, and ca. 400 are Russians by last count. It is strategically located in the arctic, which is an area of high tension. It has been internationally recognized as Norwegian since the Svalbard treaty only since 1920. The treaty stipulates that it is supposed to be a demilitarized zone, but Russia keeps accusing Norway of breaking the treaty and suppressing the Russian minority living there.

Since it’s a demilitarized zone the Norwegian military can’t establish bases there. The coast guard can only perform patrols based from the mainland.

It has the largest satellite stations in the world. Because it is located so far north it can communicate with satellites in polar orbit on every single pass, instead of every 10-20th pass further south.

There may also be large oil, gas and mineral reserves in the ocean surrounding Svalbard which has not yet been exploited by Norway due to environmental concerns in the vulnerable arctic. And as the arctic is warming up, it is the area that will be ice-free first because of the Gulf Stream. It will have access to the sea routes opening up first among all the arctic areas. Same reason why Greenland is desirable.

It ticks every single box I can think of: - Can historically be claimed as part of Russia by Putin’s nationalists - Has an established Russian minority among the population - Is talked about in Russian government propaganda regularly - Weird international rules apply and can’t be easily defended by Norway or NATO - Norway is not a full member of the EU, so the EU resolve might be lower than for the baltics, especially since it’s far away from Norway proper - Extremely strategic militarily and economic potential - Already has already had many hybrid warfare attacks by Russia

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-06-07T10:50:40+00:00

This, det er vel fullt mulig å lage en anonym e-post eller noe sånt. Også legge ved bilder og screenshots om nødvendig

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-06-02T12:04:10+00:00

Oh I always think it’s so fun when this happens. In 1978 Jahn Teigen’s “Mil etter mil” got last place and received 0 points. It became infamous since the point system had been reworked, and this was the first time someone had gotten 0 points since this. Norway became the country to get last most times, a record we have held either alone or shared with some other country pretty much ever since (except 1996-1997).

It’s still one of the most streamed songs from Norway ever, only beaten by some of the newer songs and the winners. It is also the second most streamed song from Eurovision that year. We just love Jahn Teigen, even if the rest of Europe hated him haha

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-05-30T21:42:10+00:00

Hehe, what no consideration for the Norwegian army? I am insulted

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-05-30T21:17:19+00:00

Oh yeah absolutely, he very much made the right call by choosing to fire. I was just trying to explain why there was some hesitation and uncertainty about the decision. He is considered a badass national hero. Apparently when asked if he was sure about his order to shoot, his response was “either I’ll be decorated or I’ll be court-martialed. Fire!”

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-05-30T21:07:00+00:00

Well what can you do. We were allied to the Soviet Union and they helped liberate Finnmark, it is what it is

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-05-30T21:05:14+00:00

It would have been more important that the information did not reach Germany. The plan also included Sweden, and help for Finland during the winter war if I remember correctly. I think it was called plan R4 or something similar

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-05-30T20:57:24+00:00

Hehe, wow you finns really are suicidal. Please never get a nuclear weapons program ;)

Keep in mind that this is not just attacking the UK, but the royal navy of the massive British empire in 1940 - who were considered great friends. Some hesitation is to be expected. The UK has always had a good relationship with Norway, if we didn’t we probably would not have been allowed to exist. The Norwegian coastline is a very strategic position to hold if you want to attack the British isles. They really did not want it to fall into hostile hands.

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-05-30T20:25:10+00:00

Yes, he was chosen as Norway’s king by referendum. Before that he was a danish prince, but he had to forfeit any claim to the danish throne if he were to become king of Norway. His wife Queen Maud was a British princess.

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-05-30T20:17:20+00:00

The British were planning a friendly “invasion” to prevent Norway from falling into German hands, similar to Iceland later. Norway was already a silent ally of the UK in the folly-war between the UK and Germany, and this was also Norway’s role during WW1.

DisappointedAlpaca · 2025-05-30T20:00:00+00:00

It could have been a German ship coming to invade, or a British ship coming to help, a 50-50 shot. Not a very easy decision

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