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    	Could somebody tell something about Lillehammer?
    	I mean what kind of city, how many citizens and so on.
    

re -1;

	I'm born in Lillehammer,and am steadily visiting the city,so
I think I could give you a few facts about it...

	Lillehammer is situated about 200 km's north of Oslo,in the
inland of Norway.It's also situated at the north end of the largest
sea in Norway,Mj�sa.Right north of L. the valley Gudbrandsdalen has
its beginning.
	I'm not quite sure about the population,but I would estimate
the population to be about 10.000-15.000 people (?).
	The climate is very stable,lots of snow in the winter,and
stable temperatures,average -10�C in wintertime.The stable climate
is of course a great advantage when hosting the wintergames.
Lillehammer is also a popular place to visit for tourists,both in
winter and summer.The scenery surrounding the city is quite
beautiful...

Svein Nordrum

    In the face of massive, expensive and elaborate publicity efforts from
    other competitors, Lillehammer simply prepared a brochure stating that
    the people, the geography, and the weather combined to make Lillehammer
    an ideal spot for the Winter Games.  Good for them and good for the IOC
    for choosing them. 

    	Thinking about those "anabolic stereos" I really hope that
    	in 1994 those sportsmen and -women are wise enough to
    	use their head and not to go to these games if they
    	are using "stereos". To me it hasn't ment so much, but
    	after this Ben Jonsson -case I think that people
    	really are stupid. I think that Ben has been some kind
    	of "hero" to all people in the world, but after this....
    	
    	Regards,
    
    	Marko (try-to-make-people-to-think)
    

    re: .-1
    
        Now we all think "Big Ben" Johnson is just a bag of crap.
        But think all the sponsors. All the big money they spent, and
        their names connected to this. Ben sure made lots of new friends.
        Lucky that Digital didn't sponsor him!
        
        But speaking of Lillehammer, I heard a rumour that all hotels
        were booked after the decision was made. Is it true? Are there
        any other alternatives than living in a tent?
        
        Just curious,				Jouko

    I'm not sure if ALL hotels are booked yet, but it won't take long.
    People started booking the same day as the announcement was made.
    
    Most norwegians went out of thier mind!
    
    			Terje.

    re -2;
    
    	As far as I'm concerned,it's not possible to book any rooms
    at any hotels in the Lillehammer area for the winter games in '94.
    It would'nt be a fair way to do it,so I think people have to wait
    some years to see in what way the olympic comitee and the hotels
    will deal with it.I recently heard about some swedes that were trying
    to book a whole hotel for the winter games,but of course the hotel
    rejected their booking.  ;-)
    There are two other cities that are very close to Lillehammer in
    distance,Hamar (3/4 hour of driving) and Gj�vik(� hour of driving
    from L.).There are also lot of hotels and cottages in the mountain
    area north of Lillehammer (Gudbrandsdalen).I don't know what the
    policy of these hotels are concerning booking for the games,but
    anyway I think it's far to early yet for bookings of hotel rooms.

    re 293.4
    
    Marko... do you mean "anabolic steroids"???? I wasn't sure if you
    were making a joke of the word - so I don't mean to correct you
    if you were... you know language can be confusing sometimes
    (see my Finnish in FNO ;-) notesfile)
    
    Ruth-Ellen

	RE .8
    
    	Yes Ruth-Ellen. You were right. I ment anabolic steroids but
    	just wrote it another way. I tried to get the word stereo,
    	you know, the music machine.
    
    	Keep noting,
    
    	Marko
    

    		-<From "Finnish American REPORTER" 11/17/88>-
    
    	1994 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES WILL BE IN LILLEHAMMER, NORWAY
    
    		The townspeople of Lillehammer, Norway, did not wait
    for the announcement that their city had been chosen for the 1994
    Winter Olympics to begin preparations for the mega-event.  They
    have been getting ready since 1981 when the decision was made to
    go after the games.
    
    		In the seven years since that decision, the city of
    22,000 people has grown into Norway's primary tourist center and
    one of Europe's foremost ski resorts.  In Lillehammer and its environs
    are some 250 miles of crosscountry ski trails, many floodlit, and
    numerous downhill slopes.  To accomodate tourists, more than 20,000
    beds are found in the area in hotels, inns and lodges.
    
    		This December, Hafjell Alpine Center, Norway's newest
    alpine center, opens with seven tracis, the longest of which measures
    3.6 kilometers (over 2 miles) with a drop of 850 meters (2805 ft.)
    The $35 million center will be used for most alpine events at the
    '94 Games.
    
    		Other venues for the Olympics are also being built in
    Lillehammer.  Existant Lillehammer Stadium will be expanded to
    accommodate 10,000 spectators and within the complex, ice hockey,
    speed skating and figure skating events will take place.  An Olympic
    Village will be built to house 2,000 people, 70 percent of them
    in single rooms.  A new 1,000 meter (3,300 ft) luge track will be
    built less than half-a-mile from the city center and new facilities
    for ski jumping and bobsled events will also be erected near the
    city center.
    
    		The city, which sits on the northern shore of Lake Mjosa,
    Norway's largest lake, was founded in 1827, but there is mention
    of the Lillehammer region in Norwegian history books as far back
    as the 13th century.  Lillehammer is no stranger to sports competitions
    --- the first Norwegian National Ski Championships were held there
    in 1909.  Likewise, it is no stranger to hosting big, world-class
    events.  The World Scout Jamboree brought 17,000 boy scouts to
    Lillehammer in 1975.
    
    
    
    Roy Helander

    I am planning to come to the 1994 games, and stay for two or three
    days, then go to Stavanger, Bergen and Trondheim.  From Lillehammer
    what is the best transportation to get to one of those cities.
    
    I will probably not rent a car.  Bus or train?
    
    What do they look like for hotels, in perhaps Oslo, or the area, and
    taking a train up to the games.
    
    Thanks, I am trying to get some ideas in mind in advance.
    
    Takk
    
    Dave

    From: [email protected] (Yngve Koehler Raustein)
    Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
    Subject: Re: Norwgians at Lilly Hammer (was Re: Medals,etc)
    Date: 13 Mar 92 01:16:18 GMT
    Sender: [email protected] (News system)
    Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
    In article <[email protected]>, Tim Dudley writes:
    
|> In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Baard
|> Misund) writes:
|> 
|> >  Anyway, I believe we will not do as good in the Lillehammer Olympics. 
|> >My point is that the norwegians' somewhat arrogant attitude will change to
|> >the better as soon as we wake up form our
|> >exhilerating 'high'. But, this is the important part, we should not expect as
|> >good results at Lillehammer. We might be greatly disapointed...............
|> >
|> 
|> This surprises me, especially given some of the world cup events than 
|> have taken place since the Olympics, in which the Norwegians are doing
|> quite well.  From here, it looks to me as if there's a serious push on in
|> Norway for Norwegians to take all three medals in every sport!
|>  
 
    My impression (from reading ``Nytt fra Norge'') is that much more money
    has been invested in winter sports than ever before since Norway got
    the Olympics. That was cited as one reason for Norway's amazing results
    this year.
 
    Anyone from ``Gamlelandet'' care to comment on this?  (I haven't been
    to Norway since the beginning of July, so I'm kinda out of touch...)
 
    Yngve                       
 
    -- 
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    Newsgroups: rec.travel,rec.skiing,soc.culture.nordic,rec.sport.olympics
    From: [email protected] (Greg Wilkins)
    Subject: Summary: Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
    Organization: Highland Logic                                        
    Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 01:35:32 GMT
 
 
    Firstly, thanks to all those who replied: 
 
    klassen,
    Steve Dakin,
    Bjorn Frode Langoren,
    Cameron Strom,
    Bjorn Arne Berge,
    Roger Greenwald,
    Harald Martens Meyer,
    Stein Rypern,
    einart,
    Jim Toerresen,
    Bent Erik Skaug,
    Jim Barnes
 
 
 
    LILLEHAMMER:
 
    Lillehammer is a very nice town. It isn't big at all, very few large
    buildings, but has lot of interesting things to see. The most famous
    thing Lillehammer has is Maihaugen (or the Sandvig Collections). It is
    a collection of old Norwegian buildings placed in a natural
    environment, and it tries to give an impression of the old Norway. Many
    of the houses are several hundred years old, and it is really a nice
    place. You might compare it with "Old Sydney Town", but quite
    different.

    At Oyer there is a place called "Lilleputthammer" - it is mainly
    Lillehammer in miniature. At Oyer there is also a place called
    "Hunderfossen" - a family-park mainly for the Summer, but it is
    possible to visit some exhibitions which tells about the old Norwegian
    folk-tales, and there is also a Troll there in real size (quite
    spectacular).

    The Signal Regiment, located in Lillehammer, will offer some kind of
    exhibition, that is at least the plan. The Peer Gynt Road is a road
    that takes you into the famous Norwegian mountains, and if you have
    read "Peer Gynt", it takes you to the place where Peer was captured by
    the Trolls, and where most of the story about him took place. Another
    road, "Vinjevegen" (the Vinje Road) takes you over to the "Osterdalen"
    from "Gudbrandsdalen" ("dalen" = "valley")
 
    The area around Lillehammer is beautiful. Especially for skiing. The
    downhill men is going to take place at Kvitfjell (WhiteMountain) and
    the rest of the alpin events at Hafjell. Both of the places is good to
    go skiing. 
 
    The main street in Lillehammer is Storgata (`Big street').
 
    Most competitions will take place in Lillehammer area: ice hockey will
    take place in Hamar, figure skating in Gjovik. All the places are
    against the lake Mjosa.
 
    Lillehammer is a fairly large town by norwegian standards, but quite a
    bit smaller than Trondheim, Bergen and Oslo. I'd guess that there are
    some 20 or 30 thousand people living there, but that could be off by a
    factor of 2 either way.
 
    It lies on the northern end of lake Mjosa, our largest lake, and marks
    the border between the fertile flatlands and the mountain valley
    Guldbrands-dalen.  To the south is the larger town of Hamar
    (Lillehammer mean, litterally, "little hamar"). In the valley the river
    Guldbrandsdals-laagen flows. Lillehammer is mostly built up the west
    side of a hill,to the east of the river and lake, but has started to
    spill over the river to the west.
 
    Among the attractions of Lillehammer is first and foremost the
    'Maihaugen' (May Hill) collection of old norwegian houses, transported
    in from many parts of the country. They also have a very nice car
    museum and a lot of terrain :-) 
 
    The famous skirace "Birkebeineren" is 55 km. long, and goes between
    Rena and Lillehammer over the mountains.
 
    TRANSPORT:
 
    Cars will not be allowed in the Lillehammer area, except for residents
    and VIPs.  Public transport will be good and they are currently
    improving the roads, rail and rolling stock.
 
    Direct trains are going from Oslo and Trondheim every morning during
    the games. So day tripping will be possible from both these cities.
    They can transport about 100.000 people every morning and evening.
 
    The Osterdalen is a parallel valley, and is also a good choice for
    accomodation,as they are improving the connections.
 
    TICKETS:
 
    Tickets within Norway are being issued via some form of lottery, to
    cope with the demand.  175,000 are available for sale outside of
    Norway, and will be handled by each countries local National Olympic
    commitee (NOC).  Here in Australia, the NOC will appoint a travel agent
    to sell the tickets some time after X-mas.
 
    SKIING:
 
    If you want to go skiing in the Lillehammer area during the Olympics
    '94 you better start training now...But there are lots of areas a few
    hours drive from Lillehammer you can try: Hemsedal, Trysil, Fagernes,
    Oppdal, + + There will probably be snow in all the cites during winter
    Olympics (but also maybe crowded).
 
    If I where you I would rather go to some other skiing area in Norway
    for some days to be sure to get skiing. Try Hemsedal, Oppdal, Geilo or
    Trysil. They are great, and there will possibly not be to many people
    there during the olympics.
 
    The sjusjoen (Seven Lakes) area some few kilometers east of Lillehammer
    is very good for cross-country skiing. I guess the best terrain for
    down-hill skiing would be to the north, either in the main valley or in
    the small western loop of Gausdal. Gausdal has a couple of tourist
    hotels based on downhill skiing
 
    The downhill Skiing in the area (Lillehammer) are "Hafjell" and
    "Kvitfjell" ("fjell"="mountain"). In Hafjell they will run all the
    women alpine events and slalom/giant-slalom for men, and in Kvitfjell
    (already looked upon as one of the most difficult/steepest down-hill
    slopes in the world :-) they will run Super-G and Downhill for men.
    Both the resorts are pretty big, Hafjell is not so very different from
    Threadbo, a bit smaller though, but I guess they will be pretty crowded
    by the Olympic participants. BUT, farther North in Gudbrandsdalen there
    are several good resorts for downhill skiing, and just 2 hours travel
    East you'll find "Trysilfjellet" - Norways biggest downhill skiresort,
    which is one of the best in Norway. They have 23 lifts at the moment,
    but they are planning to make even more.
 
 
    ACCOMODATION:
 
    It is going to be expensive, but consider day tripping from Olso or
    Trondheim. Try writting to "Information service, LOOC, N-2600
    LILLEHAMMER, NORWAY".  Also the local NOCs may also help to some
    degree. 
 
    Thanks again for all this information and see you all on the slopes!
 
    Greg Wilkins @ Highland Logic 
       Snail : Suite 1, 348 Argyle St., MossVale, NSW, 2577, Australia
       Email : [email protected]
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       Fax   : (+61 48) 683474 

    Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics,soc.culture.nordic
    From: [email protected] (Melvin Klassen)
    Subject: Medals at the Lillehammer Games
    Sender: [email protected]
    Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. CANADA
    Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 20:55:35 GMT
 
    From today's newspaper:

    Medallists at the 1994 Winter Olympics may end up with a rock hanging
    around their necks.  Organizers have chosen Norwegian granite,
    decorated with gold, silver, and bronze for the medals awarded at the
    Winter Games in Lillehammer, an Oslo newspaper said. The stone would be
    symbolic of the rocky southern Norwegian terrain.

    Please provide any information on the '94 Lillehammer Winter Olympics
    to be held in Feb. '94.  I will be coming to Norway via Sweden with
    my new Volvo 850 GLT that I plan to purchase using the overseas
    delivery program.
    
    Any tips on hotels, road conditions from Goteborg to Lillehammer, etc?
    
    Thanks!
    Rick
    
    

    From: [email protected] (United Press International)
    Newsgroups: clari.sports.olympic,clari.news.europe
    Subject: Lillehammer Winter Olympics Notebook
    Date: Fri, 3 Sep 93 4:21:31 PDT
 
                              ------
	Lillehammer, Norway -- Vegard Ulvang, Norway's main hope for Olympic
cross-country gold, is to visit war torn Sarajevo on behalf of
Lillehammer Olympic Aid - a campaign which has already raised $4 million
for the 1984 Olympic host city.
	Channelled through the Norwegian Red Cross, the money has helped
rehabilitate a bombed out Sarajevo hospital set to open late third
month. The hospital will treat the severly disabled, war wounded and
children. Started in 1992 as a campaign to support Sarajevo, Lillehammer
Olympic Aid now aims to raise funds to help young victims of war around
the world. The campaign is jointly organized by the municipality of
Lillehammer, LOOC and Nansenskolen. Olympic Aid intends to pass the
torch to Atlanta, host city of the 1996 Summer Olympics, after the
Lillehammer '94 Games.
                               ------
Lillehammer's unique 4 wheel bobsleds have proved a tremendous summer
hit. Since 14 july, some 2,000 visitors have paid NOK 100 ($13) each to
be piloted down the Olympic bob run at around 100 kph. Winter tourists
will be able to try rubber bob, taxi bob or one man toboggan runs.
                              ------
Sixty-three defense department bomb disposal experts plus six robots
will be on full alert during the Lillehammer Winter Games. Split into
smaller teams strategically placed around the Olympic region, the bomb
squads will be prepared to react instantly to bomb alerts. Albertville,
site of the 1992 Winter Games, received some 20 bomb threats, all of
which were hoaxes.
                              ------
Seventy-three nations nations have signed up for the '94 Winter Games,
a  Winter Olympic record. First timers, include South Africa, Israel,
Fiji, Central African Republic, Georgia, Sudan, Thailand and the Virgin
Islands. Albertville had 64 nations.
                              ------
Although mainly positive, LOOC's internal environment report on last
winter's test events highlighted several shortcomings within both LOOC
and sponsoring companies. For instance, Coca-Cola's arena advertising
was considered too intrusive, while LOOC's sales tents and temporary
spectators stands at Alpine venues should be reviewed, the report
concluded.
                              ------
As part of an Olympic AIDS prevention campaign, LOOC is to consider
licensing the production of an official Olympic condom bearing the
Olympic symbols.
                              ------
To avert potential elk-on-line incidents, Norwegian Rail plans elk food
drops at strategic distances from its tracks in the Olympic region. A
single elk-train collision could cause severe disruption to the Games
railway timetable.
                              ------
mm-sxhl

    Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
    From: Tim Dudley <[email protected]>
    Subject: Lillehammer Olympics Schedule 
    Sender: [email protected] (usenet)
    Organization: Bell-Northern Research
    Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 16:02:46 GMT
 
    Someone recently asked for the Winter Olympics schedule at Lillehammer. 
    This is what I've got - it came out about six months ago, so I can't
    vouch for the accuracy.  Sorry about the characters that I don't have
    ("a" with a little "o" over it, "o" with a slash through it).
 
    Tim
 
--------------------------------------------------
Feb 12
  o - Opening Ceremony:  Olympic Park, 13:00.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 16:30; Olympic Park, 21:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 18:30.
 
Feb 13
  o - Luge: Men Singles;  Hunderfossen, 10:00.
  o - Alpine Skiing: Downhill Men;  Kvitfjell, 12:00.
  o - Cross-Country Skiing: 15km Classic Ladies; Olympic Park,
        10:00.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Figure Skating: Pairs Original Programme;  Hamer Ice 
       Rink, 20:00
  o - Speed Skating: 5000m Men; Hamer Olympic Stadium, 14:00
 
Feb 14
  o - Luge, Men Singles:  Hunderfossen, 10:00.
  o - Alpine Skiing: Combined Downhill Men;  Kvitfjell, 12:00.
  o - Cross-Country Skiing: 30km Classic Men; Olympic Park,
        10:30.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Speed Skating: 500m Men; Hamer Olympic Stadium, 14:00
 
Feb 15
  o - Luge: Ladies Singles; Hunderfossen, 10:00.
  o - Alpine Skiing: Super-G, Ladies;  Kvitfjell, 12:00.
  o - Freestyle Skiing:  Moguls Semifinal; Olympic Park,13:00
  o - Cross-Country Skiing: 5km Classic Combined Ladies; Olympic 
       Park, 10:30.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Figure Skating: Pairs Free Skating;  Hamer Ice Rink,
       20:00
 
Feb 16
  o - Luge: Ladies Singles; Hunderfossen, 10:00.
  o - Freestyle Skiing:  Moguls Final; Olympic Park,13:00
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Speed Skating: 1500m Men; Hamer Olympic Stadium, 14:00
 
Feb 17
  o - Alpine Skiing: Super-G, Men;  Kvitfjell, 12:00.
  o - Cross-Country Skiing: 10km Combined Men Classic/Ladies 
       Free Technique; Olympic Park, 10:30/12:30
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Figure Skating: Mens Original Program;  Hamer Ice Rink,
       19:00
  o - Speed Skating: 3000m Ladies; Hamer Olympic Stadium, 
       14:00
 
Feb 18
  o - Luge: Men Doubles; Hunderfossen, 10:00.
  o - Nordic Combined:  Individuals K 90 Metre; Olympic Park,
      12:30
  o - Biathalon: 15km Ladies; Olympic Park, 10:00
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Figure Skating: Compulsory Dances;  Hamer Ice Rink,
       19:00
  o - Speed Skating: 1000m Men; Hamer Olympic Stadium, 14:00
 
Feb 19
  o - Bobsleigh:  Two man; Hunderfossen, 10:00
  o - Alpine Skiing: Downhill, Ladies;  Hafjell, 12:00.
  o - Nordic Combined:  Individuals 15km; Olympic Park,
      12:30
  o - Cross-Country Skiing: 15km Combined Men Free
       Technique; Olympic Park, 12:30.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Figure Skating: Men Free Skating;  Hamer Ice Rink,
       19:00
  o - Speed Skating:  500m Ladies; Hamer Olympic Stadium, 14:00
 
Feb 20
  o - Bobsleigh:  Two man; Hunderfossen, 10:00
  o - Alpine Skiing: Combined Downhill Ladies;  Kvitfjell, 12:00.
  o - Ski Jumping:  Individuals K 120 Metre; Olympic Park,
      13:00
  o - Biathalon: 20km Men; Olympic Park, 10:00
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 16:30; Olympic Park, 21:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 18:30.
  o - Figure Skating: Original Dance;  Hamer Ice Rink,
       19:00
  o - Speed Skating: 10,000m Men; Hamer Olympic Stadium,
       14:00
 
Feb 21
  o - Alpine Skiing: Combined Slalom Ladies;  Hafjell,
       9:30/13:00.
  o - Cross-Country Skiing: 4X5km Relay Ladies; Olympic 
       Park, 10:30.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Figure Skating: Free Dance  Hamer Ice Rink, 19:00
  o - Speed Skating: 1500m Ladies; Hamer Olympic Stadium,
       14:00
 
Feb 22
  o - Ski Jumping:  Team 120 Metre; Olympic Park,
      12:30
  o - Cross-Country Skiing: 4X10 km Relay Men; Olympic 
       Park, 10:30.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Short Track Speed Skating: Ladies Heats, Men Heats; 
       Hamer Ice Rink, 19:00
 
Feb 23
  o - Alpine Skiing: Giant Slalom Men;  Hafjell,
       9:30/13:00.
  o - Nordic Combined:  Team K 90 Metre; Olympic Park,
      12:30
  o - Biathalon: 10km Men/7.5 km Ladies; Olympic Park,
       10:00/13:00
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Figure Skating: Ladies Original Programme;   Hamer 
       Ice Rink, 19:00
  o - Speed Skating:  1000m Ladies; Hamer Olympic Stadium,
      15:00
 
Feb 24
  o - Alpine Skiing: Giant Slalom Ladies;  Hafjell,
       9:30/13:00.
  o - Nordic Combined:  Team 3 X 10 km; Olympic Park,
      10:00
  o - Cross-Country Skiing: 30km Free Technique Ladies; 
       Olympic Park, 12:30.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Short Track Speed Skating: Ladies, Men Finals; 
       Hamer Ice Rink, 19:00
 
Feb 25 
  o - Alpine Skiing: Combined Slalom Men;  Hafjell,
       9:30/13:00.
  o - Ski Jumping:  Individuals 90 Metre; Olympic Park,
      12:30
  o - Biathalon: 3 X 7.5 km 7.5 km Relay Ladies ; Olympic 
       Park, 10:00.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Figure Skating: Ladies Free Skating;   Hamer Ice Rink, 
       19:00
 
Feb 26
  o - Bobsleigh:  Four man; Hunderfossen, 10:00
  o - Alpine Skiing: Slalom Ladies;  Hafjell,
       9:30/13:00.
  o - Biathalon: 4 X 7.5 km 7.5 km Relay Men ; Olympic 
       Park, 13:00.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:00; Olympic Park, 20:00;
       Gjovik Ice Rink, 17:30.
  o - Figure Skating: Exhibition; Hamer Ice Rink,15:00.
  o - Short Track Speed Skating: Ladies, Men Finals; 
       Hamer Ice Rink, 20:00
 
Feb 27
  o - Closing Ceremony:  Olympic Park, 20:00.
  o - Bobsleigh:  Four man; Hunderfossen, 10:00
  o - Alpine Skiing: Slalom Men;  Hafjell,
       9:30/13:00.
  o - Cross-Country Skiing: 50km Free Technique Men; 
       Olympic Park, 10:00.
  o - Ice Hockey:   Hakon Hall, 15:15.
-------------------------------------------

  From: [email protected] (ADRIANA PONTIERI)
  Newsgroups: clari.sports.olympic,clari.news.europe,clari.news.lifestyle,
	clari.news.top
  Subject: Lillehammer excited and ready for the Olympics
  Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 9:53:50 PST
 
	LILLEHAMMER, Norway (UPI) -- Three days before the start of the 17th
Winter Olympics, the usually quiet town of Lillehammer on the edge of
the frozen Mjosa lake in central Norway has been hit by the type of
excitement never before known in the region.
	Hoards of visitors, television crews and photographers have invaded
the small picturesque pedestrian main street in the town center, which
is lined on both sides with the small, wooden houses typical of the
region.
	"I am really excited about the Olympics. It is so nice to have the
town full of interesting people," said Karin Evensen, 23, a local
currently working in one of the many souvenir shops overflowing with
Olympic memorabilia.
	The souvenirs include the usual enormous range, covering any number
of activities not immediately associated with winter sports.
	The ever-popular Olympic T-shirt is going for 129 Kroner ($17.20),
the Lillehammer '94 cake slicer is 199 Kroner ($26.50) and the gaudy
official trouser braces are 198 Kroner ($26.00).
	And for the heavy-duty tourist, the special extra-large Olympic cow
bell can be yours for just 1,490 Kroner ($200).
	Clearly tourists will have to think twice before spending their
money. A two-course meal for two in downtown Lillehammer can easily cost
around 1,000 Kroner ($133), while 99 Kroner ($13.20) is needed for a
double pack of film.
	The Scandinavian prices may come as a rude shock to the visitors, but
at least in Lillehammer you get a taste of what the town really looks
like.
	The country makes much of its environment consciousness, and it is no
exaggeration when these games are being referred to as the "greenest"
in Olympic history.
	Judging by the calmness inspired by the beautiful landscape, it is
difficult to believe the region is hosting an event as large as the
Olympics. Unlike other venues in the past, the Lillhammer organizing
committee has kept the infrastructure close to nature.
	Instead of massive hotel blocks, the athletes, organizers and
journalists live in small wooden cabins that blend naturally into the
scenery and closely resemble those in which the locals live.
	Not even the record snowfalls can spoil the beauty of the region. The
snow is the soft and gentle type and contrasts sharply with the
snowstorms and heavy winds reaching up to 100 kph (60 mph) that plagued
the ski World Cup circuit in central Europe this season.
	The area looks exactly like Scandinavia is expected to look when the
low Nordic sun sneaks its way out from from behind the clouds and
glistens on the freshly-fallen white carpet of snow.
	To add to the post-card effect, locals can be seen on tge town
streets pushing the traditional Norwegian wooden sleighs with metal
blades, known as Sparkstoetting, which are used to transport everything
from goods to children.
	The sleighs can be seen parked like bicycles outside stores (complete
with locks) and carry the name of the owner beautifully engraved on the
side of the seat.
	The Norwegians take enormous pride in their traditions and therefore
made sure the region would not be spoiled after the excitement is over
on Feb. 27.
	All the residential cabins will be moved to various other locations
and made available to Norwegian families and only a few of the stadia
will remain as a reminder that the Olympic circus was ever here.
	"The main street looks exactly the same today as it did before. Only
the facades of the houses were restored," said Ann Mari Sveen, 39, a
bookstore employee. "Unfortunately I am working so hard now that I will
be unable to watch any of the events.
	"But at least I will be able to watch the opening ceremony from the
window of my husband's office."
	Everything seems prepared for the event everyone has been looking
forward to since Lillehammer was awarded the games in Seoul six years
ago.
	As the locals say: "Heja Norge!" which roughly translated means 
"Go Norway go."

  From: [email protected] (Erik Boman)
  Newsgroups: rec.sport.olympics,soc.culture.nordic,rec.radio.shortwave
  Subject: Radio Norway Int'l (Olympic coverage)
  Date: 13 Feb 1994 08:10:33 GMT
  Organization: Scientific Computing/Computational Mathematics, Stanford
 
    Hi,
 
    I have had a couple of request from people who want to listen to the
    Norwegian coverage of the Winter Olympics on shortwave. Listed below is
    the schedule for North America. Schedules for other specific locations
    may be given upon request.
 
    NOTE: The broadcasts are all in Norwegian, except for the "News in
    English"  on Sundays and a special 5 minute Olympic News summary during
    the Olympics.
 
Radio Norway International (utenlandssendingen)
-----------------------------------------------
North America (345-290 degrees):
 
UTC*	Frequency	Program
0200	 9.560		1
0300	 6.115		2 x
0400	 6.120		1
1100	15.175		1
1300	15.335		1
1400	17.795		2
1500	11.850		1
1600	15.335		2
1600	11.850		2
1700	15.335		2
2100	11.935		2
2300	 9.655		1
2400	 9.675		2 x
 
North America East and Central America (290-260 degrees):
 
0100	 9.560		1
0200	 6.120		2 x
1200	15.165		1
1400	15.335		1
2000	 9.590		2 x
2300	 6.120		2 x
 
x - except Sundays
* UTC = Greenwich Mean Time
 
In general:
-----------
Both programs (1 and 2) start with a news summary.
Program 1 usually contains more in-depth discussion of the news and also
regional news.
Program 2 usually contains "lighter" entertainment/news and some days sports
news (Mondays) and business news (Fridays).
On Sundays, Program 2 shows "News in English: Norway Now".
Just to confuse people the sports is in Program 1 on Sundays.
 
Lillehammer Olympics:
---------------------
News from the Games will be covered in both programs, but Program 2 will
be the main sports channel with broad coverage of the Games.
 
There will be a daily 5 minute Olympic Report in English on the same frequencies
as the regular Sunday English broadcast. The reports will be at the end of the 
program, that is approximately 25 minutes past the hour.
 
 
For more information:
---------------------
Write to :
 
Utenlandssendingen (or Radio Norway Int'l)
NRK
N-0340 Oslo 
Norway
 
-- 
Erik Boman             
[email protected]

  From: [email protected] (SERGE PERRIER)
  Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
  Subject: Olympic results are available on the internet!!!
  Date: 13 Feb 1994 09:46 CST
  Organization: University of Houston
 
    Hi,
 
    For those of you who browse through this newsgroup in order to get info
    from the Olympic Games, I am posting two different ways to get by and
    and thanked the people who have supplied the original information.
                                
    Serge
 
 
-----------------------info obtained on rec.sport.olympics------------ 

   From: [email protected] (John C. Di Pol)
   Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 13:42:18
 
    I offer the following world wide web universal resource locators to
    sites offering up Olympics information.
 
For general info including images and television coverage (CBS and TNT)
     http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~gasser/olympics.html
 
For daily results from Lillehammer
     http://www.oslonett.no/OL/OL94.html
 
For daily reports (I don't know what will be included in a report)
     http://www.odh.no/menu.html
 
For complete Olympic events schedules
     http://www.fi.uib.no/OL/Overview.html
 
    Each of these sites has links to most of the others.  As of today, 11
    Feb,  some sites appeared to still be under construction.
 
    If you don't have a world wide web browser, but do have internet
    access, then  you or your network/system administrator can download
    NCSA Mosaic from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu and you will be in business.
    
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    you can also use gopher to get results (it is in Dutch!).
 
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From: [email protected] (Guido Guerlof)
 
all gophers in the world/Europe/Netherlands/Online data services/NOS Teletekst/
NOS-TT Hoofdpagina/Olympische Winterspelen
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  From: [email protected] (Hans J. Haraldsen)
  Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
  Subject: WWW for Olympic Games
  Date: 14 Feb 1994 06:15:34 GMT
  Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara
 
    Oslonett together with Sun Microsystems, Skrivervik Data and NTB has
    setup a WWW for the Olympic Games at Lillehammer.
 
    They have event schedules, tables, results (I think some of it are in
    English) and NTB messages (in Norwegian).
 
    The adress of the www is: http://ol.oslonett.no/OL/OL94.html
 
 
    Sincerely,
 
    Hans

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	( Reprinted without permission from the Colorado Springs )
	( Gazette & Telegraph, Friday, Feb. 11, 1994             )

	Dave Barry, syndicated humor columnist and winner of the Pulitzer
	Prize in Commentary in 1988, is covering the Winter Olympics for
	10 days from Lillehammer, Norway.


    LILLEHAMMER, Norway -- I have located Norway. It turns out to be right 
    next to, but different from, Sweden. Also, I'm pretty sure that Finland
    is around here someplace.
  
    Getting here was not easy. My flight from New York to Oslo sat on the
    ground at Kennedy airport for THREE AND A HALF HOURS while the pilot 
    came up with a series of increasingly lame excuses for the delay: he
    was waiting for connecting passengers; the dog ate his flight plan;
    vandals had stolen the landing gear, etc. I believe that the pilot was
    actually stalling  because he didn't know for sure where Norway was. I
    bet that, between announcements, he and his flight crew were
    frantically thumbing through volume "N" of the World Book Encyclopedia,
    looking for the Norway section. ("Here it is!, It's an inert gas!" "No,
    you idiot! That's 'nitrogen'!")

    But eventually they figured it out, and we took off and found Norway,
    which is a darned good thing because the U.S. bobsled team was on our
    flight. Most of the team members were large muscular individuals. You
    need to be big and strong for this event, becasue at the beginning of
    the bobsled run you have to push the sled hard and get it going very
    fast, and then, just as the sled starts hurtling down the steep, icy,
    treacherous track at speeds upwards of 80 mph, you have to -- in one
    smooth, fluid motion -- let go of the sled and fall down.

    At least that's what I would do. The team members, however, actually 
    get INTO the sled, where they are jammed together in a tiny, 
    uncomfortable space, very similar to the seat I occupied during the
    247-hour flight from New York to Oslo, except without the beverage-cart
    service.

    Speaking of which, I noted that one of the bobsled team members had
    several rum drinks. I pointed this out to veteran sportswriter Dave
    Kindred.

    "It's OK," Kindred said. "He doesn't have to steer."

    Anyway, we finally arrived in Norway. It's a Nordic country, defined,
    technically, as "a country where they have a funny little diagonal line
    going through the letter 'o.'" Not counting reindeer and fish, Norway's
    population is very small. I probably met most of the residents right at
    the airport, and they all seemed very nice. They also spoke excellent
    English, a fact that makes Norway seem quite foreign to me, inasmuch as
    I live in Miami.

    As for the country itself, if I were to descibe it in one word, that
    word would be "cold." There is snow all over the place. I don't wish to
    be critical of the Olympics Committee, but in my opinion, when you're
    planning a major event such as the Winter Olympics, with people coming
    from all over the world, it makes a lot more sense to hold it in a 
    warmer climate, or during the summer.

    But that is water over the dam (or, as they say in Norway, "Vatter uver
    da vatterholderbakker.)" We are here now, and we are going to make the
    best of it. Besides, there are many exciting stories to cover,
    including:

    1. Tonya Harding
    2. The U.S. speed skaters, and what they think about Tonya Harding
    3. Norway's emergence as a modern industrial nation, and whether this
       is fair to Tonya Harding.

 I plan to cover all these stories and more in the days ahead. Unless
this would require me to go outside.

    From: [email protected] (Henning Adler Gravklev)
    Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
    Subject: Re: Olympic TV coverage in Scandinavia
    Date: 4 Mar 94 11:15:29
    Organization: University of Oslo, Norway
 
    The TV-coverage of the olympics were handled by the Norwegian
    Broadcasting  Corp. (NRK). It was this coverage that CBS bought, and
    they added their own material, mainly coverage of happenings around the
    sport events. The different European television companies would
    themselves make priorities about which events to send live, if send it
    at all. I believe the  Olympic coverage varied a great deal from county
    to country, depending on in which field the country had a favourite. 

--
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Henning A. Gravklev             E-mail adresse: [email protected]
Blakkens vei 101                Telefon: (++) 22 61 03 58
N-1281 Oslo, Norway

    From: [email protected] (Ahrvid Engholm)
    Newsgroups: soc.culture.baltics,soc.culture.nordic
    Subject: Gold celebrations in Stockholm
    Date: 28 Feb 1994 20:15:48 GMT
    Organization: Stacken Computer Club, Stockholm, Sweden
 
    The Swedish capital, and most of media, was today dominated by the news
    about the hockey gold medals from Lillehammer.

    The Swedish team came home today, on a special flight from Oslo, and
    was escorted from the border by two Viggen jetfighters. Before landing
    on Arlanda the team's DC-9 and the two air force planes did a special
    round above central Stockholm.

    At around 17.00 the team appeared on the Sergel's Square in central
    Stockholm, before between 25 000 and 50 000 people. (The figures
    depends on who you ask. When the hockey team made a similar appearance
    in 1992 there where 30 000 to 40 000 people there, but that was in May.
    Today it was minus 10 Centigrades.)

    Two (!) TV channels transmitted live from the occassion. The team
    returning and the celebrations on Sergel's Square was top news on
    radio, TV and in all papers. (Sergel was, by the way, an 18th century
    painter.) The celebra- tions on the square lasted for about an hour.
    The players where presented one by one, made their comments and then
    took of their hockey shirts and threw them over the audience as
    souvenirs.

    With very broken voices they also sung the special song that had been
    composed for the Swedish Olympic team: "Vi gjorde r�tt, vi gjorde r�tt,
    ingenting gick snett." (We did it right, we did it right, nothing went
    wrong.) The Swedish national anthem was also sung, as well as the
    hockey classic (originally recorded with the hockey player H�kan
    S�derstr�m on lead vocals) "OK, nu har vi dom, nu har vi dom" (OK, now
    we got'em, now we got'em).

    Comments the day after concentrate on two players: Peter Forsberg, who
    fooled the Canadian goolkeeper with his one hand decisive goal (a type
    of goal called "A Kenta Nilsson" from an earlier player who once did
    this trick; this feat was considered extremely cold blooded), and the
    goolkeeper Tommy Salo, who after letting the first two penalty pucks in
    took the rest.(He is of Finnish ancestry, by the way, which should make
    our Finnish friends glad.)

    We've seen pictures of the Norwegians celebrating their feats in the
    Olympics. The Swedes have had fewer reasons to celebrate, but when we
    did it, we - as the song goes - "did it right".

    From: [email protected] (Roger Greenwald)
    Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
    Subject: Sissel Kyrkjeb�
    Date: 6 Mar 1994 07:55:51 GMT
    Organization: EPAS Computing Facility, University of Toronto
 
    SISSEL KYRKJEB�                                 
 
    Since many people seem to want info on "the soprano" they saw and heard
    while watching the Olympics on TV, I am posting the following summary
    of what I've learned from various sources.
 
    She has 5 CDs (not counting the single of the Olympic song in Norwegian
    and English).
 
  1. "Sissel" All but one of the songs are in Norwegian. The English one is
     "Somewhere," from West Side Story.
  2. "Soria Moria" (Norwegian legend)
  3. "Glade jul" (Christmas songs)
  4. "Gift of Love" All in English; pop
  5. "Innerst i sjelen" ("Deep down in your soul"). Just issued. Includes
     the Olympic song (alas).
 
    Someone also sent a source:
 
    Master Music A/S
    Boks F
    N-1450 Nesoddtangen
    Norway
 
    Phone: 47 66913020
 
    Unless you are enamored of sappy pop songs, "Sissel" may be the best
    choice. "Innerst i sjelen" has just been issued and has received
    favorable reviews in Norway (but how much does that tell us? ;-) ).
 
    Opinions as to whether SK has ever recorded any material worthy of her
    instrument (and if so, on which CD) are welcome.