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The page that over-analyses
Fact
There are more restored 1950s American cars in
Sweden than in the US – up to 5,000 classic cars
Benjamin
Lasnier, 13
The “Danish Justin Bieber”
is closing in on 900,000
Instagram followers, who
come for his daily dose of
pre-teen dreamboat self-
portraits. Now, despite
no discernible singing
talent, he’s got a recording
contract with Sony, who
ironically wouldn’t let us
use his pictures.
Marcus
Kleveland, 13
In March, Norwegian
Kleveland became the
youngest snowboarder
to land a triple cork, a
famously tricky move. He
could be the next Torstein
Horgmo, his compatriot
who landed the first-ever
triple cork three years
ago. See it at vimeo.
com/61800903.
HenrikWergeland, 21 (in 1829)
Aged only 21, in 1829 Henrik Wergeland released a famous
volume of poetry,
Digte, Første Ring
(
Poems, First Circle
),
and became a public hero for his role at the “Battle of
the Square” – when he led a group of demonstrators
that forced King Charles III John to allow Norwegians to
celebrate the kingdom’s new constitution, signed on 17
May 1814. Today, Wergeland is regarded as the godfather
of Norwegian Constitution Day, the country’s biggest
annual celebration.
See also Hero in Focus, p127
Early high-achievers
Early
fame
Early fame and talent
Early
talent
Who’s better at ice hockey?
From 3-19 May, Finland and Sweden co-host the men’s ice hockey world
championships (iihf.com). Here are the teams’ rankings over the years.
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are imported annually, and there are
200 1958
Cadillac convertibles alone.
It’s mostly thanks to the
raggare
subculture and its love of ’50s cars.
But these are ok
Venetian bird masks
Sending a costumed
gorilla instead
...
Unless it’s a Sony Bravia
advert (or
Girls
,
CSI
etc)
Female dominance of latest
video,
Full Of Fire
Polemic poems (see release
for new album)
These are bad...
Fake tanning
Turning up to award
ceremonies
“
Dirty money” and
“
hyper-capitalism”...
Male dominance of the
music industry
Conventional
press releases
AL AMY, REX
The Knife approval index
Legendary Swedish alt-electro act The Knife are back with
Shaking The Habitual
,
the brother-sister duo’s first album since
2006’
s
Silent Shout
.
Here’s a quick guide to their views
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