To Norway, Home of Giants ( no, For Norge, Kiæmpers Fødeland) was the Norwegian contribution to the 1979 Rose d'Or in

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, where it won two prizes. The short comedy film was directed by Johnny Bergh and

Bjørn Sand Bjørn Hjalmar Sand (born 19 September 1928) is a Norwegian revue writer and actor. He was born in Oslo, and is half brother of Rolf Sand. He married Unni Bernhoft in 1955, is son-in-law of Bias Bernhoft and is the father of Jon Ola Sand. He is ...

. The script was written by Knut Aunbu, Johnny Bergh, Bjørn Sand, and Erik Søby. The film was a mock report from Norway, presented by the English reporter Norman Fearless (

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). The film premiered on May 5, 1979.

Cast

Øivind Blunck Øivind Blunck (28 December 1950) is a Norwegian comedian and actor.Øivind Blunck
in Store norske leksikon He is best ...

* Ingeborg Cook *

Jon Eikemo Jon Eikemo (born 30 November 1939 in Åsane, Norway) is a Norwegian actor. He debuted on stage in 1961. He made his film debut in 1968, with the movie ''De ukjentes marked'' (The Market of the Outcasts). Eikemo has been a minor political candidate ...

Per Jansen Per Johan Jansen (14 December 1941 – 8 August 2022) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. Life and career Jansen was born in Bergen on 14 December 1941. He made his stage debut at Det Norske Teatret in 1966. He later had assignments at Oslo ...

Jorunn Kjellsby Jorunn Kjellsby (born 7 April 1944) is a Norwegian actress. She has worked both for Trøndelag Teater (1961–1963), Oslo Nye Teater (1968–1970) and Det Norske Teateret (1971–). She has also had almost 30 movies, such as ''Bryllup ...

Aud Schønemann Aud Schønemann (13 November 1922 – 30 October 2006) was a Norwegian actress, regarded by many as the leading comedienne of her generation in Norway. She was born in Østre Aker, and was a daughter of actor August Schønemann and dancer Dagmar ...

Sverre Wilberg Sverre Wilberg (24 December 1929 – 19 July 1996) was a Norwegian actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern med ...

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NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting Aksjeselskap, AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and ...

Norwegian television films Norwegian comedy films NRK original programming 1979 television films 1979 films Films set in Norway Films shot in Norway Cultural depictions of Norwegian people Ethnic humour 1970s English-language films