Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903.

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is the greatest composer Norway has fostered.

The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is regarded as a pioneer in the Expressionist movement in modern painting. At an early stage Munch was recognized in Germany and central Europe as one of the creators of a new epoch. His star is still on the ascendant in the other European countries, and in the rest of the world.

Interview with this Norwegian famous philosopher.

On a simple grave in a quiet garden outside Oslo a name is inscribed, Fridtjof Nansen. There are no dates upon the stone and somehow this is fitting. For there is a timelessness about great men; and in Norway, and indeed the world, Nansen must be numbered among the foremost.

Founder of Deep Ecology and one of Norway's best known philosophers. Projects and publications.

The renowned actress and director of "Faithless" talks about quick flings in Paris, her pal Ingmar Bergman and how scared we all are.