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Børning 2
''Børning 2'' is a 2016 Norwegian action-comedy directed by Hallvard Bræin, and produced by Filmkameratene. It is the sequel to ''Børning'' (2014) that have taken inspiration from the American Fast & Furious, ''Fast & Furious'' film series. Anders Baasmo Christiansen plays the main character, Roy Gundersen, who gets out of prison for participating in the illegal street race to North Cape (Norway), Nordkapp. He is challenged to a new illegal winter race from Bergen to Murmansk in the north of Russia, but refuses, as he wants to focus on spending time with his daughter. But then he hears that his daughter is participating in the race together with her boyfriend. The movie premiered on the 12th of October 2016. The script was written by Linn-Jeanette Kyed and Anne Elvedal, following the story by Christopher Grøndahl. A sequel, ''Børning 3: Asphalt Burning'', was filmed in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany that ended with a race in the world known race track Nürburgring. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallvard Bræin
Halvard or Hallvard is a Norway, Norwegian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Halvard Angaard (1898–1967), Norwegian sport shooter *Halvard Bjørkvik (born 1924), Norwegian historian *Jens-Halvard Bratz (1920–2005), Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party *Hallvard Flatland (born 1957), Norwegian television presenter *Halvard Grude Forfang (1914–1987), Norwegian educator *Saint Halvard (1020–1043), Norwegian patron saint of Oslo *Halvard Hanevold (1969–2019), Norwegian biathlete *Halvard Ingebrigtsen (born 1970), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *Halvard Kausland (born 1945), Norwegian jazz guitarist and civil servant *Halvard Lange (1902–1970), Norwegian diplomat, politician and statesman *Halvard Olsen (1886–1966), Norwegian politician and trade Union leader See also *St. Halvard Bryggeri *Alvard *Halva *Halvad {{given name Norwegian masculine given names Masculine given names [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'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name 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 Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergen
Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 2025 the population is 294 029 according to Statistics Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden (Hordaland), Byfjorden, 'the city fjord'. The city is surrounded by mountains, causing Bergen to be called the "city of Seven Mountains, Bergen, seven mountains". Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergen, Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Bergen, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, Bergen, Årstad, and Åsane. Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Cape (Norway)
The North Cape (; ) is a cape (geography), cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. The cape is in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The European route E69 motorway (highway) has its northern terminus at the North Cape, which makes it the northernmost point in Europe that can be accessed by car and makes the E69 the northernmost public road in Europe. The plateau is a popular tourist attraction. The cape includes a with a large flat plateau on top, where visitors, weather permitting, can watch the midnight sun and views of the Barents Sea to the north. North Cape Hall, a visitor centre, was built in 1988 on the plateau. It includes a café, restaurant, post office, souvenir shop, a small museum, and video cinema. Geography The steep cliff of the North Cape is located at , about from the North Pole. Nordkapp is often inaccurately referred to as the northernmost point of Europe. However, the neighbouring Knivskjellodden Cape actu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast & Furious
''Fast & Furious'', also known as ''The Fast and the Furious'', is an American Action film, action media franchise centered on a series of films revolving around street racing, heist film, heists, and spy film, spies. The franchise also includes short films, a television series, toys, video games, live shows, and theme park attractions. The films are distributed by Universal Pictures. The The Fast and the Furious (2001 film), first film, based on the 1998 ''Vibe (magazine), Vibe'' magazine article "Racer X" by Ken Li and written by Gary Scott Thompson, Erik Bergquist, and David Ayer, was released in 2001. It began the original tetralogy of films focused on illegal street racing, which culminated in the film ''Fast & Furious (2009 film), Fast & Furious'' (2009). The series moved towards Heist film, heists and Spy film, espionage with ''Fast Five'' (2011), which was followed by five sequels in that genre, the most recent of which, ''Fast X'', was released on May 19, 2023. Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Børning
''Børning: The Fast & The Fønniest'', or simply ''Børning'', is a 2014 Norwegian action-comedy film directed by Hallvard Bræin, written by Linn-Jeanette Kyed from a story by Christopher Grøndahl, based on an idea by Bræin, and produced by Filmkameratene. It takes inspiration from the ''Fast & Furious'' film series. Anders Baasmo Christiansen plays the main character Roy, a man who gets dragged into the biggest illegal car race in Norwegian history. The journey goes through Norway from Oslo to the North Cape. Roy drives a 1967 Ford Mustang fastback with a 302 BOSS engine. The car is called 'Lillegul' (Norwegian for "little yellow"), named after his daughter who had jaundice as an infant. The film premiered on the 14 August 2014. Two sequels, ''Børning 2'' and '' Børning 3: Asphalt Burning'' were released in 2016 and 2020 respectively. Plot Roy is a car enthusiast well into his 30s. He only cares about running his company "Stallion Parts" and working on his beloved F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SF Norge
SF Norge AS is a Norwegian-to-Swedish adult company for film distribution which was established in 1989. The company buys and sells films and distributes them to Norwegian cinemas. On 1 January 2000, SF signed a deal with the American film company 20th Century Fox. SF has also signed distribution deals with other large companies such as New Line Cinema, MGM and Revolution Studios Revolution Studios Distribution Company, LLC (operating as Revolution Studios) is an American independent motion picture and foreign sales company headed by Chief Executive Officer Scott Hemming, founded in 2000, and based in Los Angeles, Los Ang .... In 2004, SF Norge set up its own production company for Norwegian films. They produce local films, and deal with the rights, launch and investment in Norwegian films from external producers. References External links Official site {{Authority control Mass media companies of Norway Norwegian companies established in 1989 Film distributors Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Beite
Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century BC. The best-known use of the name during the Roman Empire is for the fourth-century Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus. The name gained wider popularity in the Middle Ages among various European peoples and their royal houses, being introduced to them upon being converted to the Latin-speaking Catholic Christianity. This was especially the case with Scandinavian royalty and nobility. As a Scandinavian forename, it was extracted from the Frankish ruler Charlemagne's Latin name "Carolus Magnus" and re-analyzed as Old Norse ''magn-hús'' = "power house". People Given name Kings of Hungary * Géza I (1074–1077), also known by his baptismal name Magnus Kings of Denmark * Magnus the Good (1042–1047), also Magnus I of Norway King of Livonia * Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540–1583) King of Mann and the Isles * Magnús Óláfsson (died 1265) Kings of Norway * Magnus I of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geir Schau
Geir is a masculine name commonly given in Norway and Iceland. It is derived from Old Norse ''geirr'' "spear", a common name element in Germanic names in general, from Proto-Germanic '' *gaizaz'' (whence also Old High German ''gêr'', Old English ''gâr'', Gothic ''gaisu''). The popularity of the given name peaked in Norway during the 1950s to 1980s, with above 2% of newly born boys named ''Geir'' during the late 1960s to 1970s. As of 2014, the National statistics office of Norway recorded 22,380 men with the given name, or 0.9% of total male population. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norwayssb.no The Old Norse spelling ''Geirr'' is also rarely given (89 individuals in Norway as of 2014). ''Geir'' is also rarely given in Sweden and Denmark. While ''Geir'' was practically unused as a given name prior to the 1930s (and since the 2000s), ''-geir'' is the second element in a number of given names inherited from Old Norse, the most popularly given being '' Asg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
