Salmon'Completely unacceptable': 178,000 Mowi fish die during routine procedureThe salmon farmer is working to find out what happened after an entire cage of fish died during delousing Please sign in with your Snow-Forecast account details below Create a free account to receive instant Snow-Alerts and save your favourite resorts on your personal MySnow page Ørsta SkiSenter Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Ørsta SkiSenter is: Mostly dry Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Thu afternoon Ørsta SkiSenter Weather (Days 4-6): Mostly dry Drizzle reported from Ørsta-Volda lufthamn/Hovden Airport at 427 metres elevation only 3 kms W of Ørsta SkiSenter but it is forecast cold enough for snow at the ski area from Ørsta SkiSenter Light rain reported from Ørsta-Volda lufthamn/Hovden Airport at 427 metres elevation only 3 kms W of Ørsta SkiSenter but it is forecast cold enough for snow at the ski area from Ørsta SkiSenter Aspen Snowmass has announced big spending plans this summer with the biggest upgrade announcements focussed on their Snowmass ski area including a new high-speed 6-seater chairlift and a rare (for North America) new T Bar lift The above table gives the weather forecast for Ørsta SkiSenter at the specific elevation of 746 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Ørsta SkiSenter. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Norway Click here to read further information on freezing levels and how we forecast our temperatures Resort name is also written as Orsta SkiSenter Be the first to write a review! View detailed snow forecast for Ørsta SkiSenter at:snow-forecast.com Text description provided by the architects. A gallery for modern art, placed in a field. The whole gallery building shines like a traffic sign, when seen from a certain angle. The gallery buildingThe new gallery building creates a ‘hamlet’ with the adjacent old farmhouses and the owners’ house, together representing three centuries of building tradition. Positioned on top of an artificial hill, as a buffer to the site’s moist soil, the base of the building follows the hill’s topology. The resulting series of curves at the building’s base, combined with mirroring curves in the rooflines, makes the planar facades seem curved – a bit like ‘cinemascope’ screens. © Mikael PauliThe exterior facadesThe facades have been painted white and, while still wet, three tons of special reflective glass beads were applied. The glass bead treatment, developed by artist Mikael Pauli, works in a similar way to the reflective component in zebra crossings. If viewed from the same angle as the incident light source, it glows as if lit from within. So, when driving by the building, it appears to flash brightly for a moment. © Mikael PauliThis effect can also be recreated during night. If the building falls into the path of car headlights or, as in the attached photos, where two 150 watt lamps – one red, one blue coloured – light the façade from different angles. (We would like to stress that the images have NOT been adjusted via Photoshop or other image manipulation programs - except inbuilt camera software). © Mikael PauliThe relatively narrow door and window openings, stretching from ground to roofline, make the building’s scale difficult to judge. Appearing smaller at a distance, yet up close it rises to a height of 6.7 metres. Their positions correlate to interior wall positions as well as windows on the opposite side of the building, creating sight lines from one side to the other. © Mikael PauliThe interiorThe elevated position of the gallery building raises the floor level to the same height as the tops of the surrounding crop growth. The interior is divided in to four differently sized rooms connected with both central cross access and complete side circulation. manufactured in Botswana by Mabeo Furniture You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email The Eiksund tunnel is located in the European country of Norway in the Scandinavian Peninsula It connects the two municipalities of Ulstein and Ørsta situated in the Norwegian Møre og Romsdal county The tunnel runs below Vartdalsfjorden which is 20 km long fjord with a maximum depth of 365 m The Eiksund Tunnel is the deepest undersea tunnel in not just Norway as well as in the world The Eiksund Tunnel was built as part of a project involving the construction of a bridge and three tunnels connecting several islands on the Vartdalsfjorden with mainland Norway the aim was to open the tunnel to the public in 2007 in the face of numerous barriers to the progress of its construction the Eiksund was finally opened on February 23 The construction of the tunnel involved drilling and blasting through the bedrock of the Vartdalsfjorden 1,300 tonnes of explosive were used for the purpose and massive volumes of rock debris were generated at the construction site The Eiksund Tunnel along with the other tunnels and the Eiksund bridge together serve to link the island communities in the Vartdalsfjorden with those on the mainland The bridge-tunnel complex serves 6 municipalities that together have a population of over 40,000 The Eiksund Tunnel is linked to the Eiksund Bridge The latter connects the Hareidlandet island to Eika Island The Eiksund Tunnel begins where the bridge ends on Eika Island it was estimated that 1,000 vehicles would pass through it each day nearly double that number of vehicles traversed the tunnel after its opening Six years later when the full funding necessary for its construction had been received its traffic grew further to 2800 vehicles daily Norway is currently building another subsea tunnel called the Rogaland Fixed Link or the Rogfast Tunnel that when successfully completed will set the record of being the world’s longest and deepest road tunnel It will connect the municipalities of Randaberg and Bokn in Rogaland county It is planned to have a length of 27 km and a maximum depth of 392 m photos and original descriptions © 2025 worldatlas.com The Old Norse \"god house\" was built from wood about 1200 years ago to worship gods like Odin Post-holes that show its distinctive shape The remains of a 1,200-year-old pagan temple to the Old Norse gods such as Thor and Odin have been discovered in Norway — a rare relic of the Viking religion built a few centuries before Christianity became dominant there Archaeologists say the large wooden building — about 45 feet (14 meters) long and up to 40 feet (12 m) high — is thought to date from the end of the eighth century and was used for worship and sacrifices to gods during the midsummer and midwinter solstices Related: Did the Vikings think the gods were watching them? This is the first Old Norse temple found in the country said archaeologist Søren Diinhoff of the University Museum of Bergen "This is the first time we've found one of these very special very beautiful buildings," Diinhoff told Live Science "We know them from Sweden and we know them from Denmark … This shows that they also existed in Norway." The Norse began building these large "god houses," as they're called The god houses were much more complex than the simple sites that the people previously used to worship the Old Norse gods Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox "It is a stronger expression of belief than all the small cult places," he said "This is probably something to do with a certain class of the society who built these as a real ideological show." The god house was the religious link between local people and the Old Norse gods The gods were said to live in the realm of Asgard which was connected to the earthly realm Midgard by a "rainbow bridge" called Bifröst.(Image credit: University Museum of Bergen)The remains of the ancient god house were found at Ose a seaside village near the town of Ørsta in western Norway on land earmarked for a housing development (Image credit: University Museum of Bergen)Excavations at the site revealed the remains of two longhouses – probably family farms – from more than 2000 years ago before the god house was built at the end of the eighth century A.D.(Image credit: University Museum of Bergen)The Old Norse "god house" was built from wood about 1200 years ago to worship gods like Odin have been unearthed at the site.(Image credit: University Museum of Bergen)The interior of the god house (shown here in a digital reconstruction) at Ose may have been lit by hearths for sacrificial fires and had wooden statues of the Old Norse gods (Image credit: University Museum of Bergen)The site is beside the coast among mountains and inlets about 150 miles south-west of the modern city of Trondheim Boathouses would have been built along the shore in ancient times.(Image credit: University Museum of Bergen)God houseArchaeologists unearthed the foundations of the ancient building last month at Ose ahead of preparations for a new housing development.  Their excavations revealed traces of early agricultural settlements dating to between 2,000 and 2,500 years ago, including the remains of two longhouses that would have each been the center of a small farm for a family and their animals are from a later time when the area began to be dominated by an elite group of wealthy families — a distinction that arose as Scandinavian societies began to interact with the more stratified societies of the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes of northern Europe "When the new socially differentiated society set in the leading families took control of the cult," he said Related: Photos: Viking outposts possibly found in Canada Norse religious worship became more ideological and organized and god houses at Ose were patterned on Christian basilicas that travelers had seen in southern lands Old Norse temples featured a distinctive high tower above the pitched roof which was a copy of the towers of early Christian churches Although the wooden building is now long-gone including the round central posts of its tower — a very distinctive construction that was only ever used in god houses The purpose of the site is also revealed by a concentration of cooking pits where food for religious feasts was prepared and numerous bones — the remains of animal sacrifices roughly representing the male genital organ was also found nearby several years ago and was probably part of the Old Norse fertility rituals Related: 25 cultures that practiced human sacrifice Ceremonies would have been held in the god house for important festivals on the religious calendar such as the midsummer and midwinter solstices — the shortest and longest nights of the year Meat, drink and sometimes precious metals like gold would have been offered to wooden figurines within the building that represented the Old Norse gods — in particular the war god Odin who were commonly worshipped in the Old Norse religion and gave their names in English to Wednesday —7 Bizarre Ancient Cultures That History Forgot —10 Biggest Historical Mysteries That Will Probably Never Be Solved —Fierce Fighters: 7 Secrets of Viking Seamen As the gods could only partake of the festival food in spirit, the physical food and drink would be enjoyed by their worshippers. "You would have a good mood, a lot of eating and a lot of drinking," Diinhoff said. "I think they would have had a good time." The Old Norse religion was suppressed from the 11th century, when Norway's kings forcibly imposed the Christian religion and tore down or burned buildings like the god house at Ose to enforce worship in the new Christian churches. So far, there's no evidence that the god house at Ose was part of that purge, Diinhoff said.  Further work could reveal the house was among the pagan buildings destroyed at the time. "It would be ideal if we could explain that," he said. "But we're not there yet." Live Science ContributorTom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist and regular Live Science contributor who is based in London in the United Kingdom Mysterious Tikal altar that wasn't Maya after all includes at least 4 skeletons — and 1 was a child Ancient jawbone dredged off Taiwan seafloor belongs to mysterious Denisovan Digital 'resurrection' of the Titanic sheds light on fateful night the ship tore apart In Norway, a team of divers unexpectedly came across an enormous gelatinous egg sac full of baby squid, proving that truth continues to be stranger (and cooler) than fiction. The team of divers from the research vessel of REV Ocean were returning from a WWII shipwreck 200 meters (about 656 feet) off the coast of Ørsta Norway when they experienced a surprising brush with mysteries of the blue At about 17 meters (about 55 feet) below the surface, the divers met what at first appeared to be a large, almost alien-like blob that, upon longer inspection, turned out to be a giant egg sac full of baby 10-armed squids. Ronald Raasch, one of the REV Ocean divers on site, filmed the chance encounter in a gorgeous underwater video, which he then shared on his YouTube channel Raasch describes the blob as a “blekksprutgeleball” (Norwegian for “squid gel ball”) in the video, and it turns out these large egg sacs are sited quite often among the waters near Norway, Spain, France, and Italy. According to Live Science the appearance of this newfound egg sac appears to share many similarities with the egg sacs of the southern shortfin squid (Illex coindetii) which on average contain between 50,000 and 200,000 eggs inside the sac More info from @Halldis Ringvold/Sea Snack Norway/Geleballprosjektet https://t.co/vyK0OblLt1 pic.twitter.com/fsTTsFOxMm — REV Ocean (@rev_ocean) October 7, 2019 Beautiful Glowing Portraits of a Bobtail Squid New Incredible Deep Sea Photo Gallery by Andreas Franke Kind Divers Spend Hours Helping an Octopus Trade a Plastic Cup for a Protective Shell Want to advertise with us? Visit My Modern Met Media Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening TWH – In October 2020, LiveScience reported that Norwegian archaeologists found the first Viking Age god-house in that country Archaeologists from the University Museum of Bergen dated these remains to the late 700s C.E According to Søren Diinhoff of that Museum no one had found a god-house in Norway before The site sits roughly miles southwest of Trondheim surrounded by mountains and near an inlet where the boathouses would have offered access to waterways which has many similar features as the site near Ørsta the site was at Ranheim in Sør-Trøndelag was excavated and then the area was cleared for the development of residences and businesses Other god-houses have also been found in Sweden and Denmark the Viking Norse left offerings and sacrificed animals They found this structure in the seaside village of Øse Similar to the finds at Ranheim in Sør-Trøndelag archaeologists found evidence for human activity at the Øse site dating to 400 B.C.E Remains of two longhouses date to that period Each longhouse would have been the site of a family farm The Viking Norse built this god-house roughly 1000 years later A posthole contains the base of a structural These postholes describe the skeletal structure of a wooden building At each of the four corners of the rectangle Four more postholes stood in the center of the god-house This pattern of postholes defines the category “god-house.” From these remains people can estimate the shape and size of the god-house Archaeologists have theorized that the four interior posts supported a tower rising out from the roof The god-house had a length of 14 meters (45 feet) Aerial view of the “god-house” Image credit: University Museum of Bergen archaeologists found the remains of cooking pits They considered these bones to indicate communal feasting and probable animal sacrifice Nearby they also found a large phallus stone Diinhoff said that the sacrifices and feasting occurred on the solstices He also said that the Viking Norse made these sacrifices to Odin but the worshippers ate and drank the offerings the King of Norway imposed Christianity on his subjects or built Christian churches on top of former Viking Norse Temples it is not clear if the god-house at Ose escaped that fate In order to understand the significance of this find reviewed academic discussions of cultic practices of the Viking Norse Ryan Denison coordinator for PAPERS at Mystic South said that the practices described in the LiveScience article matched his general understanding of ancient Viking Norse practices “There are a lot of changes after 536 C.E.” cultural exchange with the Germanic and Byzantine cultures to the south began to influence the Norse animal sacrifice “was accepted and readily used There are many instances of animal sacrifice in the literary record we have.” In other reporting about the find, animal sacrifices were noted the blood of sacrificial animals was likely splashed over walls Denison rejected any charge of possible sensationalism we still sling the dedicated mead on participants as a blessing So definitely not sensationalized from what we know right now.” In “Religion, Brain & Behavior,” Raffield and Collard describe how academics have interpreted Viking Norse cultic offerings In a “Blot,” the Viking Norse would sacrifice an animal Another type of offering involved “burying” inanimate objects as offerings The third type of offering involved placing objects in foundations and boundaries Foundation offerings would occur in the construction of a building or in its abandonment and Collard also discussed how secular factors affected Viking Norse religious practices Historians label the period from 375 to 750 C.E Volcanic eruptions produced volcanic winters that lasted for years Those volcanic winters caused crops to fail over many years Warrior elites formed petty warrior kingdoms These warrior elites formed the base of the Odin cult Those kingdoms imposed Christianity on the populace The Norse temple of Uppåkra in the south of Sweden https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1437850 permalink https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1437846 permalink Goldgubbe from the Iron age found in Uppåkra https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20526853 permalink Archaeologists only found the Norwegian god-house in the last few months They have not yet had time to analyze their findings in depth They have studied other god-houses more thoroughly The god-house in Uppakra in southern Sweden has many similarities with this new find Lars Larsson discussed that god-house in “The Iron Age ritual building at Uppakra southern Sweden in “Antiquity.” Like the god-house at Ose it had four internal postholes in the center of the building this god-house had a central fire pit most of the time People had occupied that 40 ha (0.14 square miles) site from the pre-Roman Iron Age through the Viking age The god-house at Uppakra had a length of 13.5 m (44.3 ft) and a width of 6 m (19.7 ft.) The larger corner postholes indicated support for high walls and a roof with two on the southside and one on the north side The Viking Norse had buried artifacts under the floor They had buried two artfully crafted objects under the floor of the god-house They also buried a cobalt blue glass bowl under the floor The beaker and bowl dated from around 500 C.E the Viking Norse also buried gold foil plaques in the wall trenches and post holes The Viking Norse buried many such artifacts in the northwest corner of the god-house They then buried those “dead” weapons north and south of the god-house Archaeologists dated the bones of sacrificed animals from 500 to 699 CE the god-house had a commanding view of the south Denison said that it is too soon to tell its impact on the modern revival of Norse Pagan practices We really don’t know a lot about it right now But it could potentially be very influential The Wild Hunt is not responsible for links to external content Visit our The Wild Hunt subreddit! 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account SÆBØ (NRK): Både presse og andre nysgjerrige strøymde til Sæbø i dag for å sjå verdsstjerna Scarlett Johansson spele inn den nye Marvel-filmen «Black Widow» Dei heldigaste fekk sjå ikkje berre hovudpersonen Her er Scarlett Johansson i full gang med innspelinga av film på Sæbø i Ørsta Og mot slutten av videoen får ho avløysing av ein stand-in som skal ta køyrescena Videoen øvst i artikkelen er filma av Linda Breivik frå Volda Ho hadde sikra seg ein god plass då ei av dei viktige scenene blei spelt inn – Eg hadde fri sikt til der det gjekk føre seg ved Joker-butikken Først såg eg at personen på prøveinnspelinga hadde håret hengande fritt utan at det var fletta og noko kvitt på buksa Og videoen viser tydeleg når den ekte og den uekte Scarlett byter plass Linda Breivik seier ho såg at det til saman var tre kvinner som hadde rolle som stand-in Dei som deltok berre i 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times per week Norske og internasjonale forskningsnyheter The find was uncovered during an excavation of the Ose farm in Ørsta, in Møre og Romsdal County. The regional bureau of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, NRK, was first to report on the find. Researchers found evidence that people have been calling the location home for a long time But it’s not the remains of houses and longhouses that got people’s attention it was evidence on the ground of a large structure as long as fourteen metres and eight metres wide with evidence of thick walls and smoky rituals The researchers believe this was a so-called god's temple or pagan temple A place where people made sacrifices to Odin and his extended family “This is the first of its kind in Norway,” Søren Diinhoff said to sciencenorway.no Diinhoff is a researcher at the University of Bergen who is in charge of the dig The researchers started their excavation because new homes were going to be built in the field but Diinhoff says that he and his colleagues had suspicions that they would find something even before they put a shovel in the ground “The northern part of the area already contains a historic yard for the Ose farm so we knew there was a high likelihood of at least finding a medieval settlement,” he said And it is precisely in the northern part of the field that researchers have now uncovered evidence of several buildings The team has not yet sent pieces of charcoal for dating but the settlement probably dates back to the 6th century AD “It has been difficult to find this settlement for many years,” Diinhoff said He says this is probably because Viking-era buildings were located inside and under the current farm yard it’s not that often that archaeologists have the opportunity to dig in places like this Being able to excavate Ose is of great value,” he said Several sources provide an insight into the northerners' religious life during the Iron Age including traces of burial customs and rituals and buildings that show evidence of cults or worship Other researchers have previously presented what they believe are similar findings “Just because you have found a fireplace and a gold bracteate (a type of gold jewellery) it doesn’t mean you have found what we found but not everything is a house for the worship of the gods,” he said Some of the finds that provide evidence of the northerners' spiritual life are pits — cooking pits Large clusters of cooking pits were common during the middle of the Iron Age in the areas between farms Diinhoff himself believes that these places with their raised terraces and water views Researchers have found these kinds of places in Hardanger “These were a ritual sacrificial site where consecrated meals were prepared for religious celebrations,” he said Read more about one such possible sacrificial site in this article, produced and financed by NTNU: More than 1000 cooking pits of yore found in one area. Was this a ritual gathering place? Researchers have found evidence of major societal changes throughout the Roman Iron Age Contact with the aging Roman Empire and Germanic tribes in the south increased and the farms with the best soil expanded considerably — some were up to seven times larger than they were before An elite of rich peasant families held power farmers with large landholdings left behind rich graves “It was expected that the families on the large farms would seize power and control in society The big farmer (chief) was now the lawgiver warlord and leader of the cult,” says Diinhoff the cooking pit fields and parties moved indoors — into large halls We have what is probably a large longhouse from the middle of the Iron Age We also have a strange circular enclosure with a small hut in it in the southern part of the longhouse,” he said “This find has quite a few parallels in southern Scandinavia where it is also considered to be evidence of worship,” says Diinhoff who added that a ritual penis-shaped stone had been found at Ose earlier it’s clear there was a large farm established at Ose sometime towards the end of the older Iron Age and this farm has had a central function in the cult in the area,” Diinhoff said we have the distinctive building that we see as a place of worship,” he said This is where the big house of the gods comes in and four posts in the centre of the building supported an elevated central section “There are really no other parallels than a handful of buildings from southern Scandinavia that are this kind of place of worship They have been found in a few very large settlements in southern Sweden) and Tissø (in Sjælland in Denmark) “These structures appear at a time when we have the first indications of the worship of Odin And since this is a house of worship that belonged to the elite of society there is little doubt that this is the foremost house of worship in the Norse religion,” he said "Osehuset" is a clear parallel to the southern Scandinavian structures professor of archaeology at Aarhus University in Denmark says that the newly discovered building is reminiscent of a house of the gods like the one found in Skåne “At Uppåkrå and other areas that have been said to be places of worship and houses of the gods, a number of objects and sacrificial offerings have also been found that support the theory. But I don’t see that they have found these things in Ørsta,” Sindbæk said to the website videnskab.dk. “The most common feature of localities we have recognized as pre-Christian cult buildings is the discovery of destroyed weapons which appear to have been part of the cult We have seen this both at Tissø and Uppåkrå,” he said “So if they had found three or four curved spearheads in Ørsta I would have been very excited about the find But without having found those kinds of objects it is difficult to be convinced that it is a place of worship,” Sindbæk said the archaeologists have found the same kinds of gold objects that have been found in Sweden and Denmark Diinhoff believes this is due to the fact that Osehuset dates to the Viking Age while the other gold finds have been made in temples from the age of migration “Had the floor layer in our house been preserved we would probably also have found objects offered in sacrifice,” Diinhoff says The findings are described by the University of Bergen as “unique”; but Diinhoff is more modest that it is the first of its kind in Norway,” he said He points out that there has been discussion about similar finds having been made in Norway but says that he doesn’t think that is the case even though he says that some colleagues have been close when gold foil figures (small thin pieces of beaten gold that have been stamped with a motif) have been found under medieval churches it is probably a house of worship like this that was once there But the buildings themselves have not been found until now,” he said Read more about gold foil figures in this article: The mystery from pre-Viking days: Only the most powerful had these little pieces of gold these places of worship perhaps disappeared under the churches “It is also a strange coincidence that we also find cooking pit fields near the early churches The connection is that these were the place where people worshipped for a long time,” says Diinhoff the house of the gods was preserved because the first church was not built here but on one of the neighbouring farms,” he said Read the Norwegian version of this article on forskning.no Sciencenorway.no brings you science news from Norway.This is the English version of forskning.no online newspaper on science.Sciencenorway.no har artikler fra forskning.no på engelsk Privacy policy Sciencenorway.no follows the Norwegian Editor’s Code and the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press Editor-in-chief / publisher: Aksel Kjær Vidnes+47 922 47 741 / aksel@forskning.noAssistant editor: Alette Bjordal Gjellesvikalette@forskning.no Researcher's Zone: Frithjof Eide Fjeldstad frithjof@forskning.no Ads and market: Preben Forberg+47 413 10 879 / preben@forskning.noAddress: Sandakerveien 24 C / D3 The sea—with the oil and seafood industries—is the source of Norway’s wealth Now the ocean could also give rise to a new pharmaceutical industry located by the fjords on Norway’s northwest coast a small company wants to use herring roe to treat psoriasis and a host of other illnesses “We think this medicine can help treat inflammation Hallaråker is the founder of the pharmaceutical company Arctic Nutrition the company shared the results of their second phase development of the new drug «Psorax35» Asked about how he came up with the idea to use herring roe to treat psoriasis “We are a team that has worked together for almost 20 years and we have expertise in both chemistry and biology This wealth of knowledge gives us a clear advantage” Hogne Hallaråker will present his research at BIOPROSP an international scientific conference on marine biotechnology The conference takes place in Tromsø Arctic Nutrition’s pills of herring roe extract have been tested on both animals and humans The drug was tested on patients with psoriasis which is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by dry 60 patients with psoriasis participated in the study the psoriasis patches on the patients who ingested the drug were reduced by 32 per cent The patches on the patients who were given the placebo Hallaråker is not particularly surprised by the results “We have seen this effect before in smaller studies we hoped we would see an even greater decrease” “The most important finding, however, was that we measured a significant difference in the PASI-score (a widely used index that measures the severity of psoriasis) between the treatment group and the control group” The fish extract has no known negative side effects studies have shown that the medicine has had a number of positive side effects “When we have tested participants’ blood we have found that the level of fat in their blood has decreased significantly We have also seen a substantial decline in self-reported pain as well as an increase in life satisfaction.” The study is now in an “open phase” which means that participants can continue to use the drug there was a reduction of more than 50 per cent in the users’ PASI-score The medicine is a patented extract made from fish eggs The company refines herring roe and extracts a special fat fraction to make it as potent as possible Hallaråker describes these eggs as “the mother of all cells”: “The egg grows and splits and makes a new organism based entirely on what’s inside the egg.” He explained that Psorax35 goes inside the wall of the cell and renews it the cell needs to have a wall that’s in top shape This has to function well for the cell to work” we know that certain inflammation markers are significantly and positively affected by Psorax35 which stops the body from attacking itself This is why it has such a positive effect on many autoimmune diseases.” Psorax35 will now go through a new test with a larger patient group Between 300 and 500 patients will participate Hallaråker estimated that it will take roughly three to four years until the new drug will be approved for sale by the government BIOPROSP is Europe’s leading conference in marine biotechnology It was first organized in 2002 and over the past 14 years it has become one of the most knowledge-rich conferences not only in the field of marine bioprospecting attracting top talent from Europe and abroad.  Bli medlem eller logg inn for å ta i bruk medlemsfordelene Tekna – Teknisk-naturvitenskapelig forening Personvern/informasjonskapsler Administrer cookies Lars Olav Grøvik was elected as Tekna’s new president at the union’s national ‘R-meeting’ on June 13th Grøvik succeeds Lise Lyngsnes Randeberg For several years Grøvik has been Tekna’s head company representative in Equinor as well as a board member in Tekna Private and the head of Tekna Oil and Gas He has extensive experience from his work as a company representative and has represented Tekna several times when meeting supervisory authorities and participating in Parliamentary hearings He has also held other board positions in several volunteer organizations Grøvik’s educated in the fields of geology and works as a Data Management Advisor at Equinor in Bergen He comes from Liadalsbygda in Ørsta and lives in Bergen As newly elected president I’m taking over a well-run organization that is also one of the fastest growing in Norway    -Tekna is and will be a relevant trade union for our members providing them with high-quality services and solid support As a professional association we’ve grown to be a significant networking arena and professional development provider more than 80,000 people have participated in Tekna’s digital events Our 32 regional offices provide a variety of key voluntary social and professional services for our 89,000 members   Grøvik points out that both the new board of directors and rest of the organization will continue the good work that has been done building on the position everyone has achieved      - Our company representatives make a significant contribution at their workplaces and Tekna will continue to work for constructive collaboration But we’ll also be a partner that challenges and makes sure that any workplace-related conditions co-determination and welfare don’t start to head in the wrong direction ‘A fearless bridge builder who is engaged in society politics and the green shift as well as a knowledgeable and reflected individual’ are some of the key words the election committee used to describe Grøvik   - We’ll continue to promote volunteerism and strengthen our company representatives’ position and employees’ competency must therefore continually develop and adapt to its new needs In addition we’ll work for including sustainability in everything we do Grøvik is taking over for Lise Lyngsnes Randeberg who’s been president for an entire eight-year period and a strong voice in society during a time that’s seen a high level of membership growth along with great changes are the longest sitting presidents in Tekna’s history Haugsbø has several years of experience as a Tekna company union representative She’ also been a member of Tekna’s board of directors since 2019 Haugsbø is an expert on cybersecurity and was named one of the country’s 50 most prominent women in technology in 2018 and 2019 She comes from Bygstad and currently lives in Trondheim other new board members were elected: Margrethe Esaiassen (Tromsø chapter) Trond Wiberg (Oslo chapter) and Sigurd Vildåsen (Gjøvik chapter) Become a member or sign in to take advantage of your membership benefits Tekna – The Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals Privacy/cookies Manage cookies Pakistani-American Daniyal Mueenuddin had nurtured two dreams he found a relative at his Norwegian publishing company and their story speaks volumes about global immigration and how it can come full circle no one comes by the mountain farm Busetsætra anymore Perched on a steep hillside high above a remote valley in the county of Møre og Romsdal its small buildings seem to be standing out of old habit one of Norway’s largest publishing firms were not really what brought the two of them to this place most Norwegians haven’t even heard about and with a reporter and photographer from newspaper Dagens Næringsliv in tow Daniyal Mueenuddin and Bjarne Buset had just discovered that they were related through a complex web of emigration and immigration – from Norway Speaking softly and often pausing with laughter or emotion Mueenuddin talked about his childhood’s summer holiday trips from Pakistan to a Norwegian-American immigrant home in Wisconsin gave him a sense of belonging that he hadn’t really found in the two cultures that otherwise formed him: America’s and Pakistan’s the little Pakistani-American boy and his brother experienced a home where the floors were always spotless The old folks would often say that things had to be done just like they had been back in “the old country.” “The grownups spoke this foreign tongue which they called Norwegian,” Mueenuddin recalled they thought it was unfortunate that my brother and I were brought up without this essential means of communication.” Mueenuddin’s father was a Pakistani government official in the large city of Lahore into the Norwegian family that had left Norway to settle in Wisconsin Mueenuddin’s mother became a reporter for the Washington Post and met her future husband Ghulam who was involved in negotiation of a water treaty between Pakistan in India “All these Norwegian rules she had grown up with infuriated her so life in Pakistan was a welcome change,” he said “If there’s one thing we do not have in Pakistan “The airport in Madison had glass walls and everything was so clean,” said Mueenuddin “We proceeded to this large white farm house at the end of a country road which was very properly managed by my mormor in keeping with Norwegian custom Her name was Dagney and she was very small she was detail-oriented and extremely conventional The air in her kitchen was saturated with the aromas of freshly baked bread Daniyal Mueenuddin has not yet written about these things himself his debut as an author in 2009 was a collection of short stories called In other rooms set in Pakistan and inspired by his childhood there On a visit to Oslo in connection with its release in Norway Mueenuddin met with with Janneken Øverland head of translated literature at Gyldendal And that’s where this story becomes a case of truth being stranger than fiction “That’s funny,” Øverland reportedly replied That’s how Bjarne from Lambertseter in Oslo and Daniyal from Lahore found each other across a vast distance in time as well as space like twigs on two different branches of a very large family tree ”We’ve determined that my children are femmenninger  (distant cousins)of Daniyal’s,” Buset said “He’s just 10 years younger than me but he really belongs to the generation after me.” After hooking up through Buset’s colleague at Gyldendal They subsequently met in the coastal town of Ørsta and drove out along the fjord They were not alone in the Volkswagen rental car but also accompanied by Mueenuddin’s wife a Norwegian scholar in gender studies who specializes in masculinity and honor concepts in Pakistani culture Thus it could be said that Mueenuddin has come full circle in more ways than one sped across the narrow valley floor of Årsetdalen a thinly populated green crack between somber mountains topped with rotting snow They passed abandoned farms and a few functioning ones on the way to Øye Daniyal’s great-grandfather had traveled in the opposite direction Nils Karsten Laurits Buset was born in 1860 and emigrated to America towards the end of the century Håkon would take his family back and spend vacations at the family farm pointing to a window on the upper floor of the now-abandoned farm building “That’s where I slept when I was here as a kid.” Sitting on the porch of the empty house in faded yellow they tried to imagine how things had changed since then The barn where Bjarne played with other kids was gone But the family’s private blacksmith shop was still standing the old anvil and a fireplace still ready for action inside “They did blacksmith services for the entire valley community My dad made his own skates when he was a kid,” Buset recalled the fastest way to school in those days was to skate on the frozen river.” it puts everything into perspective,” Buset noted “There once was a level of poverty here which is so hard for us to imagine today Perhaps it was similar to the bottomless poverty (in Pakistan) that Daniyal writes about now.” it seems strange that my great-grandfather could turn his back on such beautiful land,” he said “But when I realize how little arable land there is here it’s easier to understand why people like him sought their fortunes in America.” Daniyal Muenuddin is familiar with running farms and owning land having inherited his mother’s estate in Wisconsin and his father’s farm i Pakistan’s Punjab state which has a reputation for growing some of the world’s tastiest mangos Mueenuddin has confronted some of the local land managers to limit their influence and regain control over what used to be a shrinking family estate Some of the old-school land owners used to have armies of servants sold off their land piece by piece to finance a life in luxury and left the day-to-day business to deputies who would sometimes pocket more than they should the old feudal order of rural Pakistan was undermined by newcomers men with education and smarter ways to do business That historic shift is at the heart of Mueenuddin’s eight interwoven short stories about various individuals in the environment of the patriarch KK Harouni – relatives mistresses  – and their struggle for a better life unpleasant insight into some of Pakistan’s worst problems: The breakdown of law and order Asked whether his stories offer any insight into why so many Pakistanis have chosen to emigrate to Norway in recent decades Mueenuddin replied: “There are two answers to that The bigger answer is that Norwegian generosity found its counterpart in the neediness of many Pakistanis I believe it’s Jesus who says somewhere that if someone asked for your coat and Pakistanis have been very willing to receive.” So has Mueenuddin discussed his short-stories with Pakistani-Norwegians “I haven’t,” he conceded “But since I’m telling stories from the Pakistan of the first generation of immigrants I hope that the second and third generation will read them this is what Mum and Dad have been talking about.” For Views and News from Norway/Morten Møst appeared in Oslo-based newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (The Norwegian Business Daily) on June 23 Morten Møst donated an English version to Views and News Please support our news service. 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Se også Redaktøransvar Sunnmørsposten har ikke ansvar for innhold på eksterne nettsider som det lenkes til Alt innhold er opphavsrettslig beskyttet 2025 © Sunnmørsposten Archaeologists in Norway were stunned to find traces of a pagan temple Never before has such a discovery been made in Norway Archaeological discoveries in Norway are nothing new Many signs of pagan worship have been discovered over the years but usually in the form of objects firm traces of a house of worship have been found in Norway In recent weeks, archaeologists from the University Museum of Bergen have worked on an excavation of approximately 8,000 square metres at Ose farm in Ørsta, western Norway. Located just south of Ålesund, Ørsta municipality borders the Hjørundfjord A large area of ground has been excavated, revealing traces of an Iron Age settlement, including several longhouses the most truly spectacular discovery is a building at the western end of the site The 14m x 7m building is supported by sturdy wall posts showing a bow-walled structure with a rounded end The interior of the building lacks the typical double rows of roof-supporting posts in its construction commonly observed in the contemporary three-aisled longhouses the inner centre is comprised of four large posts situated 3 x 3.5 meters apart There are just a handful of buildings with almost identical construction characteristics from the Late Iron Age in Scandinavia. These include the pagan temple sites Uppåkra in Southern Sweden and Tissø in Denmark While the Ose settlement is much smaller than those this building must also be interpreted as a pagan temple “It is a fantastic discovery,” researcher and field archaeologist Søren Diinhoff from Bergen University Museum told NRK He is an expert on Norse buildings and has taken a prominent role in the excavation project “It is unique in the Norwegian context traces of only a handful of such buildings have previously been found We actually had to look at it for several days before we dared to believe what we saw,” added Diinhoff Diinhoff also said they believed the site was used for large religious gatherings at the summer and winter solstice and that “sacrifice to the gods has clearly happened here.” A ritual Norse sacrificial feast probably involved the blood of sacrificed animals splashed over walls Viking culture is intertwined with stories of the Norse Gods Yet it was also the travelling northmen that began the introduction of Christianity to Norway Beginning more than 1,200 years ago, the Viking Age was a time of religious change across Scandinavia For example, most researchers now dismiss the depiction of the earliest Vikings as Christian-hating pagans. While they did hold pagan beliefs the Vikings' attacks on churches had nothing to do with religion churches and monasteries were simply buildings full of riches Originally from the UK, David now lives in Trondheim and was the original founder of Life in Norway back in 2011. He now works as a professional writer on all things Scandinavia I could only dream of seeing and walking through such a strong place of worship to the Norse I would love to know what artifacts have been found to indicate that this is a temple and not just an atypical longhouse The idea of the splashing blood does not attract me that much Athoungh I really wonder how it would feel and also have felt like to be present at such occasion I know people do not always take this serious but in meditation or half trance I have sometimes experienced views in other times I could also experience a complete different believe system But I’m also happy with who I’m now so for me for sure there is an evolution there Sometimes we loose more of our nature connection than is healthy I find it ridiculous this nonsensical speculation against ALL evidence that the Vikinger attacks on chrsitians had nothing to do with religion… When christians were genociding Polythestis because they were Polytheists and that’s what they did with the Frisians and Redbad «who went to the Danes asking for help against them» (((christians))) priests profoundly hated anything which was not aligned on abrahamic faiths and often destroyed sacred groves and temples… Pfff this article is utterly pathetic and lying There are surviving medieval texts of EVEN christian priests who were shocked how Carlus Magnus «which was allied with Khazaria and the Byzantine Empire (Khazaria was ruling the Byzantine Empire at that time)» soldiers were extremely brutal Animists and Pantheists «which was happening for more than 500 years by that time» a united Heathendom fought back «AND BEFORE that it wasn’t happening Vikinger attacks on France People will just believe in any lying (((academic))) will tell them in anything any lying (((academic)))*… Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Life in Norway is published by Words of Norway AS A moderate magnitude 4.5 earthquake occurred in the Norwegian Sea near the coast of  Norway late in the evening of Sunday 2025 at 10.05 pm local time (Europe/Oslo GMT +2) The depth of the quake could not be determined but is assumed to be shallow.The quake was felt widely in the area The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would.