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“They Were Among Our Finest” (Periodicals postage paid in Seattle, WA) TIME DATED MATERIAL — DO NOT DELAY This week on Norway.com This week in the paper Building the tallest Ski jumper Midsummer bonfire Dette er den riktige, den kraftige sommer. Tom Hilde sets a in Ålesund Den slipper regn når det trengs, men den world record har forkjærlighet for solskinn. in mini ski Read more at blog.norway.com - Nils Kjær Read more on page 5 Norwegian American Weekly Vol. 121, No. 26 July 2, 2010 7301 Fifth Avenue NE Suite A, Seattle, WA 98115 • Tel (800) 305-0217 • www.norway.com $1.50 per copy Online News Dateline Oslo “They were among our finest” Oslo aims to be electric car capital of the world Four Norwegian City officials in Oslo seem intent soldiers killed on making the Norwegian capital the world’s electric car capital as June 27 by well. It now can boast the highest roadside bomb in number of recharging stations per capita in the world, and is the home Faryab province of some major el-car producers. Last week the city formally opened in northern a large new recharging station, free of charge for el-car owners, right Afghanistan near the popular inner harbour and adjacent to the waterfront Aker CO M PILED BY DRE W GARDNER Brygge complex. The station also Norwegian American Weekly offers free parking for el-cars, for up to 16 hours. It costs NOK 48 The Norwegian Ministry of (USD 7.75) per hour to park on the street just next to the el-car lot and Defense reports that on Sunday af- even more in a nearby garage. ternoon, June 27 at 5:20 p.m., a ve- (View and News from Norway) hicle carrying four Norwegian Sol- diers was hit by a roadside bomb Norway to receive Tanzanian aid in the village of Almar in Afghani- refund stan. Captain Trond Bolle (41), Lt. Christian Lian (31), Quartermaster Photo: Torbjørn Kjosvold/Office of the Prime Minister Norway has blacklisted Tanzania’s Andreas Eldjarn (22), 2nd Lt. Si- Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Minister of Defense Grete Faremo met with soldiers from the Liason Team Kandak at Ministry of Natural Resources and a medal ceremony at Akerhus Festning in Oslo June 28. Tourism (MNRT) from the first CONTINUES PAGE 6 ever large-scale pilot project for climate change and reduced de- Responsible investment forestation, after an audit last year A return to the past revealed corrupt public officials Martin Skancke had misappropriated money to the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission James T. value of approximately NOK 193 Heg explores his Norwegian roots attends U.N. million over a four-year period. The Tanzanian government has Global Compact now agreed to refund 2.8 billion Leader Summit to Tanzanian shillings (about NOK 12.3 million) in the 2010/2010 fis- discuss responsible cal year, which it hopes will also investing improve bilateral relations. (The Foreigner) MINISTRY OF FINAN C E The U.N. Global Compact What’s inside? Leader Summit 2010 concentrates on the need to elevate the role of re- News 2-3 sponsible business and investment Photo: Ministry of Finance Business in bringing about the needed trans- Martin Skancke, the director general 4 of the Ministry of Finance’s Depart- Sports 5 CONTINUES PAGE 8 ment of Asset Management. Op-Ed 6-7 Taste of Norway Photo: Bjørg Helgerud Andersen/Drammens Tidene World champions! 8 James Heg, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, visits the statue Travels to Norway 9 of his great-great-grandfather Hans Christian Heg in Lier, Norway. Norway’s first Roots & Connections 10 WRITTEN & TRANSLATED BY win in beach RAGNHILD ASK CONNELL Lier, Dec. 21, 2009 Faith & Religion 11 Drammens Tidene James T. Heg looks upon the handball world Arts & Entertainment statue of his great-great grandfa- 12 ther in Lierbyen and is impressed championship In 1863, Hans Christian Heg In Your Neighborhood by its historic size. He stands there 13 from Lier, Norway became a Civil alone on this icy cold December War hero. Today, his great-great- NOR W AY POST Norwegian Heritage 14 morning, and studies the statue of grandson James T. Heg is the Dep- Colonel Hans Christian Heg. The Photo courtesy of Norway Post Research & Education 15 uty Chief of Mission at the U.S. The Norwegian women’s team ground is covered with snow, and The women’s beach handball team Embassy in Oslo. We joined him was named Beach Handball World the northern wind howls around the emerged victorious for the first time in $1 = NOK 6.4318 on his return to his roots in Lier. Champions for the first time after corner. The embassy’s driver keeps the Beach Handball world champion- updated 6/28/10 ships in Antalya, Turkey. CONTINUES PAGE 14 CONTINUES PAGE 5 2 NORGE - UKE N SOM GIKK Nyheter på Nettet Helsesjef sier opp etter CV-juks Egeland tror på ny Gutt (9) truffet av «prosjektil» fra Administrasjonssjef Liv Løberg (60) i Statens Sankthans-bål Afghanistan-debatt St.Hansfeiringen ved stranden i Emmaus ved autorisasjonskontor for helsepersonell NTB Stavanger gikk mot slutten da det hørtes et DAGBLADET smell fra bålet. Øyenvitner så ett eller annet Nupi-direktør Jan Egeland mener tapet fare ut av flammene med en hale av røyk etter Overfor arbeidsgiveren har hun nå inn- av fire norske soldater vil gi en ny debatt om seg. En niåring som sto tre meter fra bålet, ble rømmet å ha løyet og forfalsket dokumenter Norges engasjement i Afghanistan. truffet, og gikk straks over ende, oversprøytet om sin bakgrunn, melder VG Nett. Med gårsdagens veibombe er Norge in- av blod. – Jeg så ham ligge livløs, og fryktet Hun sier opp sin stilling med øyeblik- nhentet av den samme realiteten som dansk- at han var død, sier et øyenvitne til Aftenbla- kelig virkning. Løberg har innrømmet å ha det. Stavanger Universitetssjukehus opplyste er, amerikanere, canadiere og briter har levd til politiet at gutten har fått alvorlige kutt i forfalsket tre studiebevis fra tre ulike utdan- med i mange år, sier Egeland til VG. skulderen og i kinnet. ningsinstitusjoner, to fra Storbritannia og en – Dette er en forferdelig tragedie for de (Aftenposten) fra Norge. norske familiene til soldatene og for nas- Saken er spesielt oppsiktsvekkende fordi jonen. Grunnen til at vi har hatt så lite debatt – Max Manus-filmen har gitt oss vind i kontoret hun leder — Statens Autorisasjon- om Afghanistan i Norge, er at vi har vært seilene skontor for Helsepersonell (SAFH) — god- forskånet for store tap. Men dette betyr nok – At den har økt interessen for krigshistorien kjenner autorisasjoner til blant annet leger, at vi nå dessverre ni år etter at vi gikk inn, vil og motstandsbevegelsen, merker jeg når jeg sykepleiere og tannleger. få en debatt om vi har lyktes med strategien, reiser rundt i landet, sier Gunnar Sønsteby Dette arbeidet skjer blant annet gjennom sier Egeland. i Trondheim til adressa.no. Den legend- å undersøke eksamensbevis og CV’er til søk- Egeland får støtte fra Kristian Berg Har- ariske krigshelten, Norges mest dekorerte erne. Det statlige kontoret oppgir selv å ha pviken, direktør ved Prio. Han mener Taliban Foto: FRP nulltoleranse for falske dokumenter og fast mann, kastet ekstra lys over den tradisjonelle Liv Løberg sier opp etter CV-juks. bevisst har økt sin tilstedeværelse i områder kransnedleggingen ved krigsseilermonumen- rutine er å politianmelde alle forsøk på juks. som før ikke har vært mest i fokus. tet på frigjøringsdagen. Som alltid spilte Luft- Nå har Liv Løberg innrømmet at hun Løberg er medlem av fylkestinget i Ak- – Samtidig har Norge selv utvidet sitt forsvarets Musikkorps «Ut mot havet». selv har forfalsket tre studiebevis fra tre ershus for Fremskrittspartiet og var vararep- ansvarsområde i Afghanistan. Dette har vært – Krigsseilerne var kanskje de viktigste ak- ulike utdanningsinstitusjoner— to fra Stor- resentant til Stortinget i perioden 2001-2005 omstridt. Vi kommer til å få en ny omdrein- tørene for utfallet av andre verdenskrig. De britannia og en fra Norge. og er i denne perioden 5. vararepresentant for ing i debatten om ikke bare det norske, men var på vakt, 24 timer i døgnet. Mange skip og – Liv Løberg innrømmer at hennes CV Frp i Akershus. Hun er gift med Stortingets hele det internasjonale engasjementet i Af- mange sjøfolk kom aldri i havn. Og de som ikke er korrekt. Hun innrømmer også at hun sikkerhetssjef Gerrit Løberg. ghanistan etter dette, sier Harpviken. kom hjem, fikk ikke ta del i frigjøringsfesten. har forfalsket studiebeviser, sier advokat Totalt ni norske soldater har mistet livet Adresseavisen ( ) Tom A. Næss, som ble engasjert av Løberg English Synopsis: Liv Løberg, an administra- i Afghanistan. tor at the Norwegian Registration Authority for Hedmark får to nye byer onsdag, til VG. English Synopsis: NUPI director Jan Egeland Løberg ønsker ikke å kommentere saken Health Personnel, recently admitted that she said the Afghanistan debate will change after Siden 1996 har hele 52 bygdesentra blitt overfor VG. lied and submitted false documents about her the recent death of four Norwegian soldiers. forvandlet til byer. Det skyldes at det eneste – Dette er en svært alvorlig sak og repre- background. “This is a very serious matter and “Norway has been spared major losses, but now kravet for å få bystatus er at kommunen har represents a major breach of trust,” said deputy senterer et stort tillitsbrudd, sier assisterende we will reconsider if we have succeeded in our over 5.000 innbyggere og et tettsted, melder director Bjørn Guldvog. helsedirektør Bjørn Guldvog. strategy.” TV 2. Siden 2000 har 17 tettsteder blitt op- pgradert til byer. Blant dem er Finnsnes, Otta, Stokmarkness, Bryne, Lyngdal, Hokksund, Bare en av fire mener Pappakvote for Må selje etter Sandvika, Odda, Ski og Fagernes.
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