{"id":200,"date":"2010-02-15T00:29:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T04:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=200"},"modified":"2014-08-21T20:28:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T20:28:18","slug":"1952-vinter-ol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/1952-vinter-ol\/","title":{"rendered":"1952 Vinter-OL"},"content":{"rendered":"

1952 Winter Olympics.\u00a0 As you all know, Vinter-OL are in full swing!\u00a0 Jeg elsker \u00e5 se p\u00e5 OL, b\u00e5de sommer og vinter<\/strong> (I love to watch the Olypics, both summer and winter).\u00a0 I would really love if they occurred annually, but I suppose that would be mye arbeid<\/strong> (a lot of work) and veldig dyrt<\/strong> (very expensive), not to mention take a lot of the excitement and hype out of the whole event.\u00a0 Norway has hosted the Vinter-OL<\/strong> twice, once in Oslo in 1952 and once in Lillehammer in 1994.<\/p>\n

The decision to grant the city of Oslo the privilege of hosting the 1952\u00a0Vinter-OL<\/strong> was made public 5 years prior in Stockholm, Sweden.\u00a0 Oslo won over two other cities, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy and Lake Placid, New York.\u00a0 Oslo was the first capital city of a nation to host Vinter-OL<\/strong>.\u00a0 30\u00a0land<\/strong> (30 countries) participated in these winter games, totaling 694 participants (very male-heavy with 585 men and 109 women).\u00a0\u00a0 Amerikaner<\/strong> (American) Andrea Mead Lawrence vant 2 gullmedaljer<\/strong>\u00a0(won 2 gold medals) in slal\u00e5m<\/strong> (slalom) and\u00a0 storslal\u00e5m <\/strong>(giant slalom); she was the first Amerikaner<\/strong> and the first female to have ever won 2\u00a0gullmedaljer<\/strong>\u00a0in a single Olympics.\u00a0 Norwegian Hjalmar Andersen won 3\u00a0gullmedaljer<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0hurtigl\u00f8p<\/strong> (speed skating).<\/p>\n

The following is a list of all the events at the 1952 Vinter-OL<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

–alpinski <\/strong>or alpint<\/strong>(alpine skiing)<\/p>\n

–kunstl\u00f8p<\/strong> (figure skating)<\/p>\n

–ishockey<\/strong> (ice hockey)<\/p>\n

–langrennski<\/strong> (nordic)<\/p>\n

hopp<\/strong> (jumping), kombinert <\/strong>(combined)<\/p>\n

–hurtigl\u00f8p<\/strong> (speed skating)<\/p>\n

and –bob<\/strong> (bobsleigh)<\/p>\n

Definitely no sn\u00f8brett <\/strong>(snowboarding) yet.<\/p>\n

Bandy was a demonstration sport, similar to football on ice, which has never evolved into an Olympic sport.<\/p>\n

M\u00f8testedene<\/strong> (the venues) that were used included Holmenkollen, Lillestr\u00f8m stadion, Frognerseteren, Bislett stadion,\u00a0og Norefjell.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a picture of the emblem of the 1952 Vinter-OL in Oslo.\u00a0 It is an image of the new Oslo\u00a0town hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1952 Winter Olympics.\u00a0 As you all know, Vinter-OL are in full swing!\u00a0 Jeg elsker \u00e5 se p\u00e5 OL, b\u00e5de sommer og vinter (I love to watch the Olypics, both summer and winter).\u00a0 I would really love if they occurred annually, but I suppose that would be mye arbeid (a lot of work) and veldig dyrt…<\/p>\n

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