Sissel Kyrkjebø

Nine-year-old Mari is really looking forward to Christmas. Her journalist dad, Svein, on the other hand, loves his job so much, he barely notices the festive season. One night, Mari’s Christmas list vanishes – and in its place lies a mysterious mitten. The mitten sends Mari, Svein and her adventurous grandma on an exciting quest to find Santa Claus. Meanwhile, Stubby the Wishlist Elf is in a panic — he’s lost his mitten, which might just lead this curious family straight to the secret location of Santa’s workshop! He must stop them before it’s too late!

At the annual July 25th concert in Mariehamn, we will see performances by a wide range of artists, from Ronan Keating to Viktor Leksell and Linda Lampenius.

The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other, all in the context of the Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Concert production of the musical staged during the finals of the 1989 chess World Cup tournament in in Skellefteå, Sweden and broadcast on Swedish television.

Norwegian musician Ole Paus turns 70 years old and is celebrated by a long line of artist friends who sing his songs in the Oslo Opera House in Norway.

The girl Eva's parents are too busy at their jobs in the airport to go on summer vacation with her, so she decides to go with her grandmother in the attempt to find Eva's grandfather Åge, who used to be a pilot.

The satirist, singer and writer Ole Paus has died. Fortunately, Norwegian public broadcasting have many memories from his more than 50 year long career.

Northern Lights is a live album and was released in the US in 2007. The recording is of a concert in Bergstadens Ziir, a church from the 17th Century in Røros. The album was inspired by Norway’s winter, the Blye Hour, and the mystical Northern Lights.