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Hawaii, Oslo
''Hawaii, Oslo'' is a 2004 Norwegian drama film, directed by Erik Poppe with a screenplay by Harald Rosenløw Eeg. It stars Trond Espen Seim, Aksel Hennie, Jan Gunnar Røise and Petronella Barker. The film's music was composed by John Erik Kaada and Bugge Wesseltoft. Produced by Finn Gjerdrum and distributed by Paradox Spillefilm, the film is in the Norwegian language and was edited by Arthur Coburn. Production The film was shot in Oslo, Norway, with an estimated budget of NOK 20,000,000. Plot Vidar (Seim), who works at a psychiatric hospital, tries to keep himself awake as much as he can, because he has several times dreamt of horrible events that turned out to be true premonitions. At one point, he dreams that Leon (Røise), one of the patients, who is supposed to meet his ex-girlfriend, never meets her, but is hit by an ambulance instead. Release and reception The film was released on 24 September 2004 and was generally well received by the Norwegian press. ''Dagblad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Poppe
Erik Poppe (born 24 June 1960) is a Norwegian film director, producer and screenwriter. Poppe is regarded as one of Scandinavia's most experienced and compelling film directors recognized for his work with actors and multi-pronged narratives. His movies are often built around ensemble casts, sharp writing, impressive camera work and an uncanny knack for rhythm and music in the editing. He is best known for directing critically acclaimed films including ''Hawaii, Oslo'' (2004), '' A Thousand Times Good Night'' (2013), '' The King's Choice'' (2016) and Utøya: July 22. Early life and education Poppe was born on 24 June 1960 in Oslo to Aase and Per Frølich Poppe, who was a fashion designer in winter sport clothing. As a child he grew up in Portugal and Norway. He started his career as a photographer for the newspaper Verdens Gang and Reuters, covering domestic news as well as international conflicts. Being hospitalized after an assignment in Colombia he decided to prepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon (company), Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Falsen-Hiis
Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "courage" or "ready, prepared" related to Old High German "to risk, venture." The name was adopted in Romance languages from its use in the Visigothic Kingdom. It is reconstructed as either Gothic or . It became popular in German-speaking Europe only from the 16th century, with Habsburg rule over Spain. Variants of the name include , , , and in Spanish, in Catalan, and and in Portuguese. The French forms are , '' Fernand'', and , and it is '' Ferdinando'' and in Italian. In Hungarian both and are used equally. The Dutch forms are and ''Ferry''. There are numerous short forms in many languages, such as the Finnish . There is a feminine Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form, . Royalty Aragón/León/Castile/Spain *Ferdinan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Skjærstad
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silje Torp Færavaag
Silje Torp (born Silje Torp Færavaag, 19 October 1974 in Oslo) is a Norwegian actress, author, and trainer. Biography Torp attended the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre from 1997 until 2000. Before this, she lived in Italy for three years and went to an art academy in Carrara, where she trained to become a sculptor/stonemason. She came to international prominence with her role as the shield-maiden Frøya in the television series ''Norsemen'' between 2016 and 2020. The series was first shown on the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, and later on the streaming platform Netflix. Torp was previously known for her role as sheriff Mette Hansen in season two of the series ''Lilyhammer''. Torp works as a personal fitness trainer. Publications In January 2019, she published the book ''Sterk med strikk'' (Strong with Elastic) through Cappelen Damm Cappelen Damm AS is a Norwegian publisher established in 2007. The present company resulted from the merger of J.W. Cappelens Forla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evy Kasseth Røsten
Evy may refer to: * Evelyn (other), a female given name * Evy Palm (born 1942), former Swedish long-distance athlete * Evy Berggren (1934–2018), Swedish gymnast * Evy Van Damme (born 1980), Belgian racing cyclist * Evy-Ann Midttun (1943–2011), Norwegian politician * Forest Evashevski (1918–2009), nicknamed "Evy", an American football player * Evy á Lakjuni (born 1999), Faroese footballer * Evy Kuijpers (born 1995), Dutch professional racing cyclist * Eric Van Young, professor of history * Edgardo Vega Yunqué (1936–2008), Puerto Rican writer * Esther V. Yanai (1928–2003) * Evy Goffin, member of Lasgo * Evy Lynch, (born 1991), Irish actress * Evy Karlsson, a character in the Swedish comedy TV-show ''Full Frys'' * Evy, a character in ''Go Fish'' * Evy Lucío Córdova, the founder and director of San Juan Children's Choir * Evy, stage name of (aka Evelyne Verrecchia), French "yé-yé" singer See also * Eevee, a Pokémon * Eevee (band), a Philippine band form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stig Henrik Hoff
Stig Henrik Hoff (born 4 February 1965) is a Norwegian actor. He was born in Vadsø but grew up in Berlevåg and Darbu Darbu is a village within the parish of Fiskum, in the municipality of Øvre Eiker, Buskerud County, Norway. The population of the village was 539 as of 2019. Darbu is located on the Sørland Line Railway, 81.61 km from Oslo, about midway .... He is the son of Norwegian singer and writer Trygve Henrik Hoff. Selected filmography Film Television References External links * * 1965 births Living people Norwegian male film actors People from Vadsø Norwegian male television actors {{Norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdens Gang
''Verdens Gang'' ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, having declined from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. ''VG'' is nevertheless the most read online newspaper in Norway, with about 2 million daily readers. Verdens Gang AS is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted. History and profile ''VG'' was established by members of the Norwegian resistance movement shortly after the country was liberated from German occupation in 1945. The first issue of the paper was published on 23 June 1945. Christian A. R. Christensen was the first editor-in-chief of ''VG'' from its start in 1945 to 1967 when he died. ''VG'' is based in Oslo. The paper is published in tabloid format. The owner is the media conglomerate Schibsted, which also owns Norway's largest newspaper, ''Aftenposten'', as well as newspapers in Sweden and Estonia and shares in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Haddal
Per Haddal (born 9 January 1942) is a Norway, Norwegian film criticism, film critic. Born in Levanger, he has an Master of Arts, M.A. in English language, English. He started working for the newspaper ''Vårt Land (Norwegian newspaper), Vårt Land'', where he remained from 1969 to 1978. He also worked freelance for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation in the period 1975 to 1987. In 1978 he became the main film critic for the newspaper ''Aftenposten'', where he has worked since. In 2008 he led the film critics' jury at the Berlin International Film Festival. Haddal has written books about the animation, animator Ivo Caprino and the actress Liv Ullmann. External linksBiography from Aftenposten (in Norwegian) * 1942 births Living people Norwegian journalists Norwegian film critics People from Levanger {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million readers. It converted from broadsheet to compact format in March 2005. ''Aftenposten''s online edition is at Aftenposten.no. It is considered a newspaper of record for Norway. ''Aftenposten'' is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norway's second largest newspaper, ''VG'', is also owned by Schibsted. Norwegian owners held a 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. The paper has around 740 employees. Trine Eilertsen was appointed editor-in-chief in 2020. History and profile ''Aftenposten'' was founded by Christian Schibsted on 14 May 1860 under the name ''Christiania Adresseblad''. The following year, it was renamed ''Aftenposten''. Since 1885, the paper has printed two daily editions. A Sund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
