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13 unusual facts about Verdens Gang


Albino Superstars

13000 people watched the video on MySpace the first day of the launch after an interview in Norway's biggest newspaper, Verdens Gang.

Atna

There is a brewery founded by Morten M (of Verdens Gang) and a group of local investors including Sverre Oskar Øverby.

Cold Prey 2

Morten Ståle Nilsen, writing for Verdens Gang, commented on the beautiful natural setting, and commended Berdal for managing to look both battered and sexy at the same time.

Gollis

It may be a symbol of the friendly and warm-hearted citizens of Lyngen, but has been voted the ugliest tourist attraction in Norway in the newspaper Verdens Gang.

Kjell Kaspersen

He was league champion in 1966, and was elected Player of the Year by VG in 1964.

Knut Østby

He was considered as being without any sporting hopes for the competition, having no prior experience with whitewater kayaking—the newspaper Verdens Gang quoted him as saying "I don't even know what kind of boat to use".

My Midnight Creeps

Their second album Histamin received six out of six points in a review in Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang.

Nettby

It was founded on September 14, 2006, and is fully owned by VG Multimedia AS, a Norwegian news company, and Nettby Community Holding AS.

Sverre Andersen

He won goalkeeper of the year in 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1968 in the VG Awards.

The BlackSheeps

In a live chat on the website of Norwegian newspaper VG, the group was confronted with the grammatical incorrectness of their name.

Tom Rüsz Jacobsen

Jacobsen's best performance on the national team, was against Switzerland in Bern on 29 October 1980, when Norway won 2-1 and he was elected Man of the Match by VG with 10 points of 10 possible.

Tore Tvedt

In 2006, Tvedt was convicted and received a suspended 45 day jail sentence for violation of the Norwegian racism paragraph due to a 2003 interview with Verdens Gang where he referred to Jews as "evil murderers" and "parasites which will be cleaned out".

Tufte IL

They were named Name of the year 2005 in both the newspaper VG and the TV station TV 2


Mina Hadjian

The program got the lowest possible rating of 1 by newspaper VG, and the online edition VG.nett wrote 17 April 2007 that Mina would "tattoo the 1-rating on her backside," in an attempt to copy Ari Behn s alleged tattoo of 6-rating (the best) on his shoulder.