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17 unusual facts about Norwegian krone


Asgeir Almås

In 2007 he was one of the eight mayors that led the municipalities in their accusations against Terra-Gruppen in the Terra Securities scandal, where Hattfjelldal risked losing NOK 103 million.

Berge G. Larsen

Larson is being investigated by Norwegian authorities over an alleged multi-million kroner tax evasion.

Carl August Ameln

Carl August Ameln has been listed on the "Top 400" list by the magazine Kapital for the past ten years with a fortune of estimated 550 million NOK.

Carl Fredriksens Transport

The group accepted all refugees, but charged those who could afford it 180 kroner.

Feel Air

The airline had a plan to have 160 employees at start-up and a share capital of 240 million Norwegian krone, sold by DNB Markets.

Floating exchange rate

In the modern world, most of the world's currencies are floating; such currencies include the most widely traded currencies: the United States dollar, the euro, the Norwegian krone, the Japanese yen, the British pound, the Swiss franc, and the Australian dollar.

Hemne og Orkladal Billag

To save the company from bankruptcy the Orkla owned Chr. Salvesen & Chr. Thams's Communications Aktieselskab (S&T), Kredittkassen and the Municipality of Hemne went inn with NOK 8 million to save the company, and sold all non-transport related activities.

Kjell A. Storeide

Conservative politician Børge Brende cited that companies in which Storeide was an owner or board member had received NOK 35 million from Innovation Norway over the past two years.

Kris Stadsgaard

Norwegian club Rosenborg BK bought him on 29 March 2008 for approximately 4 million NOK.

Lund Report

Individuals who have suffered serious damage because of registration in violation with official guidelines or surveillance, have been able to apply for damages up to 100,000 NOK.

Mustafa Letter

Staff demanded, on behalf of his client, compensation from Hagen and the Progress Party for 500,000 NOK.

Norwegian Long Haul

They have been paid only about 3000 NOK a month which is far less than the minimum wages in Norway and in other parts of Europe.

Norwegian Property

Created in 2006 and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, it invests in major commercial real estate, offering its owners a publicly traded real estate portfolio, consisting of 762,000 square meters bought for NOK 19 billion.

Paul-Christian Rieber

On 24 April 2010, Rieber withdrew as president of NHO, following a scandal in which a company where he was chair had evaded paying customs for several hundred million Norwegian krone on fish oil imports from Morocco.

Stein Erik Hagen

According to the news magazine Kapital, Hagen is worth NOK 24 billion, making him the second richest person in Norway.

Umoe

Jens Ulltveit-Moe founded the company in 1984 and it has since grown into one of the largest, privately owned companies in Norway with a market value of approximately NOK 5 billion.

UniBuss

Unibuss has about 1600 employees, 650 buses and a revenue of NOK 1049 million in 2009, 972 million of this is through Unibuss Rute.


Grete Waitz

This could be as much as NOK 500 million per year, which would go to the establishment of hospital physical training centres and investment in PET-scanners.

Gunnerus Sustainability Award

It is named after the Norwegian scientist and bishop Johan Ernst Gunnerus, and consists of a cash award of 1,000,000 Norwegian kroner.

Oslo Opera House

Construction started in 2003 and the completed in 2007, ahead of schedule and 300 million NOK (~US$52 million) under its budget of 4.4 billion NOK (~US$760 million).

R-Kioski

On 5 March 2012, it was announced that the Reitan Group bought R-Kioski from Sanoma for roughly 1 billion Norwegian krone.