Norway

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[Skimmis]

its not official yet, but a local MFI here in Norway is just going into final steps of partnering with KIVA.
So very soon Norway is also on the map , and you will be able to support business here in Norway.
I am sure you will all like to support a taxi driver from Norway.
It might even bee possible tu support making of smalahove and akevitt,  paragliding on Voss http://www.vosshpk.no/ og Bryggen i Bergen http://www.bloggersbase.com/travel/best-of-norway/

Norway is an expencive and cold land to live in, as a pilot the average loan will bee ca $ 20 000, with a max of $ 40 000, these limits will be higher after the pilot period.
Open your wallets and bee ready!
Official anouncement will follow from Kiva, probably later today ! 

[Peter S]

wow Sverre, thanks for bringing us that news, and I look forward very much to lending to impoverished hard-working Norwegians in the near future.

This is almost as strange and unexpected as Google having today changed its name to Topeka, in honour of the city in Kansas.

[wthepoo]

This is almost as strange and unexpected as Google having today changed its name to Topeka, in honour of the city in Kansas.

Ah, Peter, but that of course is nothing but a small gesture of repaying the courtesy:

On March 1, 2010, Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten issued a proclamation calling for Topeka to be known for the month of March as "Google, Kansas, the capital city of fiber optics." ... This was to help "support continuing efforts to bring Google's fiber experiment" to Topeka, though it was not a legal name change. Lawyers advised the city council and mayor against an official name change.

(Stupid lawyers...)

I'm far more excited about these forthcoming features of GoogleDocs: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/promos/storage.html

Anyway, I, too, am looking forward to joining you all on the first loans to Norwegian oil drillers - there'll be plenty of space on these loans, it seems -, provided they won't share currency risk.

Best wishes, have a great day,
Wolfgang.

[David2051]

 

[Patricia SF]

Is this an April Fools joke? 

[cpbailey]

[Robert]

It is definitely not an April Fool's joke. The first loan has now been uploaded:

Øyvind Narrestrek is 32 years old, married and the father of five children. One child attends school and the other four are still too young. He lives with his wife, his children and his mother-in-law in Kirkenes, a village in the county of Finnmark and located 2,470 kilometers from Oslo. Since he was a small boy, he has been helping his parents in their reindeer husbandry business. Now he has his own reindeer flock In winter Øyvind Narrestrek lives in his permanent residence in Kirkenes and in summer he moves with his reindeers.

Øyvind Narrestrek came to Kiva partner Sverreinstitusjon and applied for a loan of 270,000 kroner to buy more reindeers. This is his first loan with our institution. He promises to repay his loan in time and thanks the Kiva lenders for their support.

26 months loan from Sverreinstitusjon, Norway (2*), pilote status, currency risk possible


(click link to enlarge)
http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/w800/337881.jpg

[Skimmis]

It seems like the Norwegian team http://www.kiva.org/team/norway went crazy over the possibility to lend to their own backyard,
some of them basketed main parts of the first 10 loans to share with their friends. So i am sorry to tell you that the first loans got funded real fast in about 5 minutes.
You will just have to be alert for new loans coming up.
Contactus@kiva.no for more information.

[Patricia SF]

 

Oh my!!!!!!!!  As a way of paying homage to Rudolph the red-nose reindeer and as a way to repent for my sins of making a few United States loans, I better hurry and join this one!!!!! 

Wait!!!!!  Dog gone it!!!!!  It has shared currency risk, the repayment is too long, and it's to a man!!!!!   

[David2051]

(click link to enlarge)
http://s3-2.kiva.org/img/w800/337881.jpg

    

[alan]

Norway is an expencive and cold land to live in, as a pilot the average loan will bee ca $ 20 000, with a max of $ 40 000, these limits will be higher after the pilot period.

Lending in Canadian dollars??!! (CA$) Fabulous! 

One petro-currency to another....

[Skimmis]

Oh my!!!!!!!!  As a way of paying homage to Rudolph the red-nose reindeer and as a way to repent for my sins of making a few United States loans, I better hurry and join this one!!!!! 

Wait!!!!!  Dog gone it!!!!!  It has shared currency risk, the repayment is too long, and it's to a man!!!!!   

There is no currency risk as Norway earns a lot of dollar from oil, and oljefondet http://www.norges-bank.no/templates/article____41160.aspx is giving a guarantee for non payment loss. A few of the first loans where to taxidrivers, even some traditional taxidrivers using reindeers.
But here is more in the pipe: Single mothers with reindeers and sheeps wearing hats and eating pasta, and giving their children education is coming up.

A reindeer owner is getting his 21 loan with the local MFI , and he thanks Kiva for the and the lenders for the oppurtunity to get a loan and be able to help himselves. He has named a baby reindeer Kiva and are going to show is graitude by sending it to Kiva. He says that for an extra bonus fee it could also be possible for you lenders to get one of his reindeers named after the lender! Isnt this wonderful ? He is also thinking of taking an extra loan in the name of his wife for breeding reindeers with red noses.

There is a lot of interest from americans with ancestors who came from Norway, who want to lend to their ancestors homecountry. After all its expected from most immigrants to usa to send money back to their home country.

Whish you all a good holiday!

[greg3912]

Is Kiva still looking for volunteer translators to work with this new country?

Do reindeer farmers speak Norwegian?

 Or maybe all loans and updates will be in the original Norwegian! At least Google Translate translates Norwegian.

[Skimmis]

Is Kiva still looking for volunteer translators to work with this new country?

Do reindeer farmers speak Norwegian?

 Or maybe all loans and updates will be in the original Norwegian! At least Google Translate translates Norwegian.

De fleste reingjetere snakker nok Samisk, og reinsdyrene forstår bare Samisk.
Er er et bilde av en lykkelig Samisk familie:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Saami_Family_1900.jpg
Noen Samer som koser seg:
http://www.mctreff.net/Gamletreff/Mc.htm
Noen samer som synger:


http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samer

[Alaska Pack]

Between Norway and Topeka, I'm a little dazed...I'm not sure where I am?



http://movieclips.com/watch/the_wizard_of_oz_1939/not_in_kansas_anymore/

Oh!  I just looked outside, there is snow on the ground... I guess I am not in Hawaii anymore either.

Thanks all for the April Fools laughs.     Bernice

[alan]

Oh!  I just looked outside, there is snow on the ground... I guess I am not in Hawaii anymore either.

Snow? We have July-like weather here. I've never seen such a hot, sunny day for 2 April. Usually we have at least some snow on the ground, and sometimes quite a bit. Not possible today!

[Skimmis]

Do you want to be a part of the Norwegian Team on Kiva ?
Join here:
http://www.tiny.cc/Norway

[cjp1973]

Hipp Hipp Hurra to my adopted country on this their national day, May 17!  Parades, ice cream, kids, beautiful clothes...Now if only the rain stays away!!!

[Skimmis]

God 17 Mai fra det norske teamet !!   http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/17._mai_%28grunnlovsdag%29
http://www.kiva.org/team/norway?default_team=norway



Når skal vi kose oss med fenalår, rømmegrøt, vannkringle, røkelaks, is, brus og pølser !

[FoxyOxy]

Jeg elsker Norge, det norske folk og det norske språket. Min bursdag er 17 mai. En av disse dagene skal jeg feire bursdagen min i Norge ... men uten røkelaks  God 17 Mai!

[Skimmis]

From the film "Ko"

filmed on location in Norway



From Bergen where i live:

[Skimmis]

http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/direkte/nrk2/
http://www.nrk.no/hurtigruten/

Live sending non stop 134 hours !!!  5 and a half days !
Spetacular and famous voyage !

Hurtigruten - Minutt for minutt

6/16/11 19:45

Helt siden 1893 har passasjerer reist langs Norskekysten med Hurtigruten. Turen blir kalt ”Verdens vakreste sjøreise”. Nå kan alle reise med – samtidig - i verdens lengste TV-program!

Spektakulære fjorder, midnattsol og ekte norsk natur danner rammen rundt den fem og et halvt døgn lange turen fra Bergen til Kirkenes. Vi sender hele turen, direkte, minutt for minutt i 134 timer!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nrkbeta/sets/72157626943504450/


you may also watch it on http://www.jlc-software.com/?page=internet_tv.html   and choose Norway, NRK2 channel

http://www.aftenposten.no/embed/?art_id=4148945
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article4148421.ece

[Skimmis]

http://translate.google.no/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aftenposten.no%2Fnyheter%2Firiks%2Farticle4148421.ece&sl=no&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

NRK will set a world record in live broadcast
The printed Norwegian television history when MS Northern Norway in the evening the ropes in Bergen. For five days must NRK2 send directly around the clock from the Hurtigruten ship's journey to Kirkenes.
OF ARVE HENRIKSEN - MS North Norway, Trondheim, Bergen

Two years after the success of the Bergen Railway to the minute, which gathered more than a million TV viewers, NRK step further. For five days straight all send the plan on NRK2 and replaced with a 134-hour marathon broadcast from Bergen to Kirkenes. Off is tonight at 19.30.

-We will follow Hurtigruten in 134 hours, 8048 minutes, from minute to minute, until we get there, regardless of delays or not, says Thomas Hellum, project manager for many will call it pure and simple insanity. But NRK klokkertro that this is well spent license fees. The price tag is for the Aftenposten of about 2.5 to 3 million.

-We believe many people in Norway have a very strong relationship with Coastal, and we want to give viewers a travel experience. Following the Bergen line, we got a lot of feedback that viewers actually felt that they were on a journey, says Hellum.
Technically complex

Aftenposten joined the last few hours while the technical equipment will be screwed. Around the time the soles of the miles of television cables. One of the boat's conference room is transformed into the command center, where the different cameras will be handled. During the nine cameras to be in action, three on the bridge, a gyro camera to a value of 2.5 million hanging outside under the bridge, one in cargo area, another in the lobby, the rest is removable camera that will be used to depict the lifestyles of board. On the roof sits a satellite link that will carry television signals from the boat. Where there is no coverage, the chosen alternative solutions.

-In Geiranger Fjord, we have two link cars that are on land, which receives signals from the boat and they send forth. In the Troll Fjord, we have a person stationed on an island at the entrance to the fjord, with a portable satellite receiver, said Hellum.

Some of NRK's ​​local offices will also ensure that the boat be filmed live from the land, which can also be cut into the transmissions. During the 134 hours-long trip will be 2.5 to three hours in which they live satellite signals will fall out, then, NRK backup solutions, including in the form of historical video.

-But nothing is edited, we take things as it appears. We will show you otherwise would have if you had been standing on deck on board, says Hellum.
No labeling

The trip north is long since sold out, the 314 passengers who bought roundtrip tickets, including 190 Germans and 55 French, will be made aware that there is filming on board.

-This is very special, and most are NOK very excited about what this is. However, I do not think we will notice that much to it. We need to perform the job we do, this is not a show off for us, said Captain Geir Arne Johannessen.

[Skimmis]

http://admin.torrent.nrkbeta.no/torrents-static/torrents/hurtigruta/Hurtigruten_Engelsk.mp4.torrent