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24 unusual facts about Lillehammer


1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Lillehammer and Hamar Norway from December 27 to January 5.

Alan Weeks

Davies and Weeks continued to commentate in ice-skating together, including the Torvill and Dean comeback at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, before a record audience of 23.9 million viewers in the UK on the BBC - a record audience for a non-football broadcast.

Aleksei Zelensky

Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the men's doubles event at Lillehammer in 1994.

Bruce Parramore

In 1994, he was hired as the Chief Visual Artist and Conceptualizer to work, with Stage Director Bentein Baardson and Scenographer Kristian Alsaker, in creating the Opening and Closing Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games of Lillehammer in 1994.

Dorothy Mengering

Following several years of appearing via telephone, Mengering made her on screen Late Show debut covering the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Mengering's first on-camera appearance on The Late Show was in 1994, when she provided nightly coverage of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Fernando Argenta

In 2003, 2004 and 2006, he was the commentator of RTVE in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest held in Copenhagen (Denmark), Lillehammer (Norway) and Bucharest (Romania), respectively.

Glenn Anderson

Wanting to participate in the Olympics again, Anderson did what he could to play at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Great Britain at the 1992 Winter Paralympics

Both Burt and Stockford would go on to win medals at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer.

Joan Guetschow

She competed at the Olympic Games in 1992 in Albertville and 1994 in Lillehammer, representing the United States.

John Jarrett

He finished seventh in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Karlos Kirby

A fierce competitor, Kirby picked up five U.S. National Push Championships on his way to competing in two Winter Olympics - Albertville in 1992 and Lillehammer in 1994.

Løken Pond

It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1991 after the Reverend Kristen Løken (1885–1975), a Norwegian Lutheran minister from Lillehammer, who was the first appointed Pastor of South Georgia.

Mario Scheiber

He first started in a World Cup race on March 15, 2003 in Lillehammer.

Martin Schützenauer

Competing in four Winter Olympics,and two (Summer Olympics) Schützenauer earned his best finish of sixth in the four-man event at Lillehammer in 1994.

Mikhail Kvetsinsky

Upon release Kvetsinsky worked as a bootman, but later moved to Lillehammer, Norway.

Nils-Aslak Valkeapää

His most well known international debut was when he performed at the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Seven juries decided the winner: four regional juries (Oslo, Lillehammer, Trondheim and Vadsø), the studio audience in Stavanger, a jury composed of newspaper, radio and television journalists, and the inhabitants of the Statfjord A oil rig in the North Sea.

Ole-Kristian Tollefsen

He played for teams in the club until he turned 16, when he moved to Lillehammer, to attend the Norwegian College of Elite Sport.

Philip Njaru

In September 2008 he travelled to the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Lillehammer, Norway.

SBUKS

UKS Hærens Samband (short form SBUKS) is a military station located on Jørstadmoen outside Lillehammer in central-eastern Norway.

The Rods

In August 2008 they played at the Metal Rock Fest in Lillehammer, Norway to support a new album.

Tom Renney

During this stint, he guided Canada to a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, falling to Sweden in a gold medal shootout game.

Turid Thomassen

Since 1999 she has been a member of Lillehammer city council and at the Norwegian parliamentary election in 2009 she was her party's first candidate on the county ballot for Oppland.


2016 Winter Youth Olympics

In January 2012, Siri Hatlen was appointed as head of the Lillehammer 2016 Organizing Committee.

Balbergbakken

In Lillehammer's bids for the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics, Balbergbakken was the proposed site of ski jumping.

Bentein Baardson

He was theatre director at Rogaland Teater from 1986 to 1989, leading Agder Teater from its opening in 1991 to 1994, was art director for the opening and closing ceremonies at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, and theatre director at Den Nationale Scene from 1998 to 2001.

Bjørn Ransve

He is represented in several art collections, including the National Gallery of Norway, Lillehammer Art Museum and the Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art.

Cammy Myler

She earned her best finish of fifth in the women's singles event in Albertville at the 1992 and was elected by her teammates to carry the American flag during the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Dorothy Mengering

While in Lillehammer, she interviewed Hillary Clinton (inquiring if her husband might be able to "fix" Dave's speeding tickets), Nancy Kerrigan (repeatedly asking her if she would like a cup of hot cocoa), and several other winter Olympians, including gold medal-winner Tommy Moe.

Hamar Airport, Stafsberg

With the 1984 opening of the Mjøsa Bridge, it would be located between the three major towns of Lillehammer, Hamar and Gjøvik.

Hammartun Lower Secondary School

It is situated very close to the center of Lillehammer, approximately 40 meters from the train station.

Jakob Weidemann

Weidemann was also commissioned for a number of permanent installations, such as the stained glass in the basilica in Steinkjer, Steinkjer Church (1965), Mai inside the concert hall at Maihaugen in Lillehammer (1967), Alf Bjerckes Fabrikker in Alnabru (1960); Norsk Hydro’s headquarters building in Oslo (1960–1961), Alfaset Chapel in Oslo (1971) and the M/S Royal Viking Sea (1973).

Jinya Nishikata

He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and followed that up with a bronze medal in the team large hill competition at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Jonny Halberg

Jonny Halberg (born 12 October 1962 in Jørstadmoen, Lillehammer) is a Norwegian author and dramatist, now living in Moss, Jeløya.

Kristins Hall

Plans for an ice rink in Lillehammer started in the 1980s with the Lillehammer bid for the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Kviteseid

Here, the Olympic Flame was lit for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Lilehammer Olympics

1994 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics celebrated in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway

2016 Winter Youth Olympics, Youth Winter Olympics set to be celebrated in 2016 in Lillehammer, Norway

Moi, Norway

Moi is also home to Moen Bjøllefabrikk, a bell manufacturer, which was the official supplier of small bells to the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics and the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics.

Morgedal

The Olympic Flames for the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo and the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, and the flame used in the national torch relay for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer (which was later used as the flame for the 1994 Winter Paralympics), were all lit at the birthplace of Sondre Norheim, Øvrebø in Morgedal.

Norwegian Film School

It was established at Lillehammer in 1997 in the facilities that hosted the media center during the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Public image of David Irving

In October 2008 a controversy erupted in Norway over Irving's invitation to The Norwegian Festival of Literature taking place between 26–31 May 2009 in Lillehammer.

Tore Brunborg

At the Norwegian Jazz scene he has been most recognized for the cooperation with Arild Andersen and his music for «Kristin Lavransdatter», performed to the Olympic Games at Lillehammer.