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02/01/2012

mack beer / mack øl
Mack kam als Bäcker auf Wanderschaft, was die damalige Tradition vorschrieb, nach Tromsø. Ihm fiel auf, dass es keine Brauerei gab, da die Meisten ihr Bier zu Hause herstellten. Als Sohn eines Braumeisters beschloss er, eine Brauerei zu gründen. Da zur damaligen Zeit der Alkoholismus ein riesiges Problem war (die Alkoholsteuer gab es noch nicht), wollte er, dass die Leute lieber sein niedrigprozentiges Bier, als Wein und Schnaps trinken.

1877 - Firmengründung
17. Mai 1878 - Verkauf des ersten Bieres
1894 - zusätzliche Herstellung von Limonade und Mineralwasser
1919-22 - Modernisierung der Brauerei / Umstellung von Dampfmaschinen auf Elektrizität.
9. April 1939 - Brand, welcher die Flaschenabfüllung zerstört
1955 - neuer Gär- und Lagerkeller aus Beton (ersetzt die alten 12 Gärtanks mit einem Fassungsvermögen von je 2.500 l)
1963 - Werkserweiterung und Modernisierung
1990 - Werkserweiterung und Modernisierung

02/01/2012

Tromsø (nordsamisk: Romsa, kvensk/finsk: Tromssa) er en by og en kommune i Troms fylke. Den er den største byen i Nord-Norge, den sjuende største bykommunen og den niende største byen i Norge. Byens største arbeidsplasser er Universitetet i Tromsø og Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge. Byen har siden 1800-tallet hatt tilnavnet «Nordens Paris».

Tromsø kommune hadde 68 239 innbyggere per 1. januar 2011[1], men med tilstrømmingen av studenter bor det 75 000 mennesker i kommunen store deler av året. Tettstedet Tromsø har 56 466 innbyggere per 1. januar 2011

02/01/2012

12th warrior "film"
Ahmed ibn Fadlan is a court poet to the Caliph of Baghdad - until his amorous encounter with the wife of an influential noble gets him exiled as an "ambassador" to "northern barbarians." Traveling with Melchisidek, his caravan is saved from Mongol Tatar raiders by the appearance of Norsemen. Taking refuge at their settlement on the Volga, communications are established through Melchisidek and Herger, a Norseman who speaks Vulgar Latin. Ahmed and Melchisidek are in time to witness the fight which establishes Buliwyf as heir apparent, followed by the Viking funeral of their dead king, cremated together with a young woman who agreed to 'accompany' him to Valhalla.

A youth enters the camp requesting Buliwyf's aid: his father's kingdom in the far north is under attack from an ancient evil so frightening, the bravest warriors dare not name it. The "angel of death," an oracle, determines the mission will be successful if thirteen warriors go to face this danger - but the thirteenth must not be a Norseman. Ahmed is recruited against his will.

Ahmed learns Norse during their journey by listening intently to their conversations. He is looked down upon by the huge Norsemen, who mock his physical weakness and his small Arabian horse, but earns a measure of respect by his fast learning of their language, his horsemanship, ingenuity, and ability to write.

Reaching King Hrothgar's kingdom, they confirm their foe is indeed the ancient 'Wendol', fiends who come with the mist to kill and eat human flesh. In a string of clashes Buliwyf's band establishes that the Wendol are humanoid cannibals who appear as, live like and identify with bears.

Their numbers dwindling and their position all but indefensible, an ancient wisewoman of the village tells them to track the Wendol to their lair and destroy their leaders, the "Mother of the Vendol" and the war leader who wears "the horns of power". Buliwyf and the remaining warriors infiltrate the Wendol cave-complex and kill the Mother, but Buliwyf is poisoned by her.

As the last remaining warriors return to the village and prepare for a final battle they do not expect to survive the Wendol attack. Buliwyf succeeds in killing the Wendol war leader, causing their defeat, before succumbing to the poison. Ahmad ibn Fadlan witnesses Buliwyf's royal funeral before returning to his homeland, grateful to the Norsemen for helping him to "become a man, and a useful servant of God".

02/01/2012

The King of Northumbria is killed during a Viking raid led by the fearsome Ragnar (Ernest Borgnine). Because the king had died childless, his cousin Aella (Frank Thring) takes the throne. The king's widow, however, is pregnant with what she knows is Ragnar's child, and to protect the infant from her cousin-in-law's ambitions, she sends him off to Italy. By a twist of fate, the ship is intercepted by the Vikings, who are unaware of the child's kinship, and enslave him. The boy grows into a young man named Erik (Tony Curtis).

His parentage is finally discovered by Lord Egbert (James Donald), a Northumbrian nobleman opposed to Aella. When Aella accuses him of treason, Egbert finds sanctuary with Ragnar in Norway. Egbert recognizes the Northumbrian royal sword's pommel stone on an amulet around Erik's neck, placed there by Erik's mother when he was a child, but tells no one.

Erik incurs the wrath of his half-brother Einar (Kirk Douglas), Ragnar's legitimate son and heir, after the former orders his falcon to attack Einar, taking out one of his eyes. Erik is saved from immediate ex*****on when the tribal shaman Kitala (who loves Erik as a son) says that Odin will curse whoever kills him. He is left in a tidal pool to drown with the rising tide by Ragnar's decree to avoid the curse, but after Erik calls out to Odin, the wind shifts and forces the water away, saving him. Egbert then claims him as his slave. Egbert hopes to find an opportunity to take advantage of Erik's unknown claim to the Northumbrian kingdom.
One of the filming location on Kornati

The enmity between Erik and Einar is exacerbated when they both fall in love with Princess Morgana (Janet Leigh), who was to marry King Aella but is captured in a raid suggested by Egbert. During a drunken fest in the "great hall", complete with giant mead caldrons and an axe-throwing competition, Einar confesses his feelings to Ragnar, who tells Einar he can have Morgana. Einar throws the guards off the ship Morgana is being held on, and begins to ravish her — defying his expectations of resistance, she submits to him, her emotions towards Einar clearly divided between attraction and revulsion. But before things can go any further, Erik grabs Einar from behind and knocks him out, then takes Morgana away on a small ship he had constructed for Egbert.

Erik and Morgana flee to England, along with Sandpiper, Kitala, and Morgana's maid Bridget (Dandy Nichols). Einar regains consciousness and gives the alarm, and several pursuing longships quickly gain on the fugitives. In thick fog, Ragnar's longboat hits a rock and sinks, while Erik's boat is guided safely by a primitive compass, a piece of magnetite in the shape of a fish that Sandpiper obtained in a distant land. Einar, in another longboat, believes Ragnar to be dead and grudgingly abandons the chase. Ragnar, however, is rescued by Erik and taken prisoner to Aella. Erik and Morgana become lovers during the trip, and she agrees to seek release from her pledge to marry Aella.

Aella orders the Viking leader bound and thrown into a pit filled with starved wolves. To give Ragnar a Viking's death (so that he can enter Valhalla), Erik, who is granted the honor of forcing him into the pit, cuts the prisoner's bonds and gives him his sword. Laughing, Ragnar jumps to his death. In response to Erik's "treason", Aella cuts off his left hand, puts him back on his ship and casts him adrift.

Erik returns to Einar's settlement, and tells his half-brother how his father died, and what had been Aella's reward for allowing Ragnar to die a Viking's death. With this revelation, and the promise that Erik will guide their ships through the fog (thus making a surprise attack possible), Einar is finally able to persuade the other Vikings to mount an invasion of Northumbria. Putting their mutual hatred aside for the moment, Einar and Erik sail for England.

The long dragon ships land and the Vikings begin to move inland in force. The alarm is sounded and the terrified peasants abandon their fields and flocks and flee to the safety of the castle. Soon the Vikings are arrayed in front of the fortress in full battle armor.

Shouting the name of Odin, the Vikings storm Aella's castle. In a bold move, Einar has several Vikings throw axes at the closed gate that bars entrance to the castle. Several of the axe-throwers are killed, but enough survive to throw their axes that a "ladder" is created for Einar to climb after he leaps across the moat to the gate. He gains entry to the castle and lowers the drawbridge so that the other Vikings can overwhelm the outnumbered English. Erik and Einar both set off in search of Morgana. Erik encounters Aella instead and shoves him into the pit of wolves.

Einar finds Morgana in the highest tower of the castle, and again begins to make love to her, telling her she will be his queen. In spite of her still obvious attraction to him, Morgana tells Einar she hates him, and loves Erik. Enraged, Einar drags her outside and calls Erik to their long-delayed battle. The two bitter rivals engage in a swordfight on top of the tower. Erik is defeated, his sword broken, but Einar hesitates to kill him since he has learned from Morgana that Erik is his half-brother. The hesitation gives Erik, who does not yet know they share the same father, the opportunity to stab Einar with his sword's broken blade. Echoing the scene with Ragnar, Erik gives Einar a sword, so that he too can enter Valhalla. In the final scene, Einar is given a Viking funeral: his body is placed on a longboat, which is set on fire by flaming arrows.

02/01/2012

The Vikings is an adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer in 1958 Technicolor, produced by and starring Kirk Douglas, and based on the novel The Viking by Edison Marshall, based in its turn on legendary material from the sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons. Other actors included Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine and Frank Thring. The film made notable use of natural locations in Norway. It was mostly filmed in Maurangerfjorden and Bondhus, captured on film by cinematographer Jack Cardiff although Aella's castle was the real Fort de la Latte in north-east Brittany.

Despite being derisively called a "Norse Opera" by New York Times critic Bosley Crowther, the film proved a major box office success and spawned the television series Tales of the Vikings, directed by the film's editor, Elmo Williams, which included none of the original cast or characters

02/01/2012

Bergen er en by og en kommune i Hordaland fylke på Norges vestkyst, omgitt av De syv fjell, og ofte kalt Vestlandets hovedstad. Bergen ble grunnlagt av Olav Kyrre i 1070 med navnet Bjørgvin, som betyr «den grønne engen mellom fjellene».

Bergen har i hele sin historie vært en ledende internasjonal handels-og sjøfartsby, og var rikets hovedstad i Norgesveldets storhetstid til 1314. Bergen var Nordens største by frem til 1600-tallet og Norges største by til innpå 1830-tallet, og har siden vært Norges nest største by. Bergen kommune passerte 250 000 innbyggere i 2008, og storbyregionen Bergen og omland har over 80 % av innbyggerne i Hordaland og over 30 % av innbyggerne på Vestlandet.

Bergen er residensby for Hordaland fylke, Gulating lagdømme, Bjørgvin bispedømme, Fiskeridirektoratet, Konkurransetilsynet, Sjøforsvaret og Skipsregistrene, og for en rekke tunge aktører og institusjoner innen kultur, finans, helse, forskning og utdanning.

Bergen er sentrum for marine, maritime og petroleumsrelaterte forskningsmiljøer og næringsklynger som er blant de mest komplette og avanserte i verden. Bergen har et sterkt og allsidig næringsliv også innen særlig bank og forsikring, bygg og anlegg, handel og tjenesteyting, høyteknologi, massemedier, næringsmiddelindustri, reiseliv og transport. Bergen har en av Nordens mest trafikkerte flyplasser og en av Europas største og travleste havner[2], og er utgangspunktet for Hurtigruten og Bergensbanen.

Bryggen i Bergen står oppført på UNESCOs verdensarvsliste og minner om byens historiske tilknytning til Hansaforbundet. Bergens byvåpen med en tretårnet borg i sølv stående på syv fjell i gull bygger på byens gamle segl, som regnes som Norges eldste. Bergens bysang heter «Udsigter fra Ulriken».

02/01/2012

Der Begriff Wikinger bezeichnet Angehörige von kriegerischen, zur See fahrenden Personengruppen der meist germanischen Völker (es gab darunter auch Balten[1]) des Nord- und Ostseeraumes in der Wikingerzeit. Dieser Artikel behandelt die Menschen, die von ihren Zeitgenossen als Wikinger bezeichnet wurden. Die Ereignisgeschichte im Zusammenhang mit den Wikingern wird im Artikel Wikingerzeit behandelt.

In der zeitgenössischen Wahrnehmung stellten die Wikinger nur einen sehr kleinen Teil der skandinavischen Bevölkerung dar. Dabei können zwei Gruppen unterschieden werden: Die einen betrieben den ufernahen Raub zeitweise und nur in einem frühen Lebensabschnitt. Es waren junge Männer, die aus der heimatlichen Gebundenheit ausbrachen und Ruhm, Reichtum und Abenteuer in der Ferne suchten. Später ließen sie sich wie ihre Vorfahren nieder und betrieben die in ihrer Gegend übliche Wirtschaft. Von ihnen berichten die Sagas (Altnordische Literatur) und die Runensteine. Für die anderen wurde der ufernahe Raub zum Lebensinhalt. Ihnen begegnet man in den fränkischen und angelsächsischen Annalen und Chroniken. Sie kehrten bald nicht mehr in die Heimat zurück und waren in die heimatliche Gesellschaft nicht mehr integrierbar. Sie wurden dort als Verbrecher bekämpft

02/01/2012

The Norse lived mainly on farms, but some lived in towns and villages. The houses were made of whatever was available. Wood was preferred, but stone or blocks of turf were also used, as was wattle and daub, which was woven sticks with mud caked up to several feet thick on them, placed between posts to hold up the roof. Roofs are believed to have usually been thatched or of sod. Some roofs may have had tiles made of slate, limestone or wood. They usually had only one room, but a wealthy family could have up to four rooms. The farmhouse was usually larger than town houses, and there were other buildings that were part of the farm, for things like storage, livestock and the blacksmith. The houses were called long-houses because they were much longer than they were wide. They had a very steep pitch to their roofs so that most of the snow that fell in winter would slide off, and not cause the roof to collapse under its weight.

The cooking was done on a long open hearth, which usually ran down the centre of the main room. There was no chimney. A hole in the roof let much of the smoke out, but the houses would still be very smoky. Raised platforms along the long sides of the house would be used for seating during the day, and as beds for most of the household at night. Sometimes the head of the household, particularly in wealthier homes, would have a bed in a separate room, or in a small closet in the main hall. The homes of the wealthier Norse also decorated their homes with carving and paint.

In towns, half logs were often laid out between houses as a kind of path or road as the ground could become quite muddy. Some homes also had wattle fences erected around what we would call their front yard so they could keep a few livestock and not have them wander through the town.

Inside the home, there were no cupboards or wardrobes for keeping things in. They had hooks on the wall for hanging up items and chests to store things, which could also be used for seats. The woman in charge of the household would have the keys to these chests hung from her brooches; they were considered a sign of status. In addition, items (especially food) could be hung from the open rafters overhead, out of reach of the dogs, children, and mice.

The loom was used for making cloth for clothing and sails for the ships, and was a common item in most houses.

02/01/2012

A loan from Old Norse víkingr. Already in Old English as wīcing and Old Frisian witsing, wising, but extinct in Middle English and loaned anew in the 19th century.

Old Norse víking (“marauding”, “piracy”)) itself is from Old Norse vík (“inlet”, “cove”, “fjord”) + -ing (“one belonging to”, “one who frequents”) (the -r is the nominative desinence). Thus, “one from or who frequents the sea’s inlets”,

The Old English or Anglo-Frisian form, existing therein since at least the eighth century), could also have been derived from or influenced by Old English wīc (“camp”), on account of the temporary encampments which were often a prominent feature of the Vikings’ raids.

02/01/2012

Swedish pre-history ends around 800 CE, when the Viking Age begins and written sources are available. The Viking Age lasted until the mid-11th century, when the Christianization of Scandinavia was largely completed. The period 1050 to 1350 — when the Black Death struck Europe — is considered the Older Middle Ages. The period 1350 to 1523 — when king Gustav Vasa, who led the unification of Sweden, was crowned — is considered the Younger Middle Ages.[1]

During this period, Sweden was gradually consolidated as a single nation. Scandinavia was formally Christianized by AD 1100. The Kalmar Union between the Scandinavian countries was established in 1389 and lasted until Gustav Vasa ended it upon seizing power.

02/01/2012

Historically Hafrsfjord is principally known for its association with the Battle of Hafrsfjord (Slaget i Hafrsfjord). King Harald "Fairhair", the first king of Norway, won a great naval battle during the year 872 which resulted in the unity of Norway into one kingdom. The battle paved the way for Harold to gain control over most of western coast of Norway and rightly call himself king of the country.

In 1983 a monument by Norwegian sculptor and artist Fritz Røed was raised in Møllebukta at the northernmost end Hafrsfjord. The monument is called Sverd i Fjell (Swords in Rock) and represents the Battle of Hafrsfjord. The crowns on the top of the swords represent the three districts that participated in the battle

02/01/2012

Hafrsfjord is a fjord or bay located in the municipalities of Stavanger and Sola in Norway. Stretching 9 kilometres. Hafrsfjord fjord is bounded by Tananger, Sola and Madla. The only bridges over the fjord is Hafrsfjord bridge between Kvernevik in Stavanger and Jåsund in the village of Tananger in Stavanger.

Hafrsfjord is additionally the name of a neighbourhood (delområde) in the borough Madla in Stavanger. It has a population of 4,003, distributed on an area of 5.78 km².

02/01/2012

The Battle of Hafrsfjord has traditionally been regarded as the battle in which western Norway for the first time was unified under one monarch.[1]

The national monument of Haraldshaugen was raised in 1872, to commemorate the Battle of Hafrsfjord. In 1983, the monument and famous landmark of The Swords in the Rock was designed by Fritz Røed and raised at Hafrsfjord in memory of the battle

01/01/2012

There is some evidence that, in addition to being a writing system, runes historically served purposes of magic. This is the case from earliest epigraphic evidence of the Roman to Germanic Iron Age, with non-linguistic inscriptions and the alu word. An erilaz appears to have been a person versed in runes, including their magic applications.

In medieval sources, notably the Poetic Edda, the Sigrdrífumál mentions "victory runes" to be carved on a sword, "some on the grasp and some on the inlay, and name Tyr twice."

In early modern and modern times, related folklore and superstition is recorded in the form of the Icelandic magical staves. In the early 20th century, Germanic mysticism coins new forms of "runic magic", some of which were continued or developed further by contemporary adherents of Germanic Neopaganism. Modern systems of runic divination are based on Hermeticism, classical Occultism, and the I Ching.

01/01/2012

Bertine Axeliane Robberstad Zetlitz (født 9. april 1975) er en norsk popartist, komponist og forfatter. Hun vokste opp på Frogner i Oslo. Tretten år gammel var hun med i NRKs lørdagsprogram for barn og unge, Midt i smørøyet. Hun gikk på musikklinja ved Foss videregående skole. I februar 1997 platedebuterte hun med singelen «Getting Out».

Hun har fått Spellemannprisen fire ganger. For debutalbumet Morbid Latenight Show, som kom i mars 1998, fikk hun Spellemannprisen 1998 som årets nykommer og popartist. Hun fikk også Spellemannprisen 2000 i klassen popsolist for albumet Beautiful So Far og Spellemannprisen 2003 i klassen kvinnelig popsolist for albumet Sweet Injections. Dette albumet ble det store gjennombruddet for Zetlitz i Norge, og solgte i ca. 75 000 eksemplarer. Albumet Rollerskating fulgte opp suksessen med over 80 000 solgte album på fire måneder. Dette førte til at hun ble Norges mestselgende kvinnelige artist i 2004.
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Scene from the 1986 movie "Tough Guys" (104 min)

01/01/2012

Движение строем. Старая Ладога. Фестиваль.

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