It was his fur! How common was it? Reiarfrua Ingrid in real fur, probably a silver fox, the costume designer thinks. Photo: Maipo Ingrid has a coat that can be seen in the terrain. It is not accidental. Costume designer Anne Pedersen said that it was quite common to wear fur in the 1980s. – I remember it myself. Fur was status, and was used by many, including young people in their 20s, she says. Fur was more common in the city image before, but this tourist had probably missed the cold in Norway a little. The picture was taken in Bergen in May 1990. Queen Sonja has often referred to fur, among other things when she met children on Svalbard in Christmas 1991. In 1979, King Olav was in Holmenkollen with Queen Margrethe of Denmark. Both had wolf skin fur. Today, several designers and clothing manufacturers have distanced themselves from fur. The industry is controversial due to a lack of animal welfare, but that was not talked about so much before. The fur Ingrid is wearing is otherwise a real and original fur from the 80s. Maybe not for everyone, but fur was quite common in the 80s. Photo: Maipo Fanst Wool rig? In the episode, Anna and Sture test new technology at Ullrigg. Photo: Maipo Yes, and the Ullrigg test center still exists. In episode four, we see Anna and her partner rent a facility to test new and automated technology. This is what Ullrigg is like in real life. It is an operational drilling rig. The oil and gas industry has been testing new drilling technology at Ullrigg for more than 40 years. Was it unusual for women to drive? Norwegian-Swedish Greta Molander in 1960. She drove rallies for a large part of her life. Was she unique as a woman behind the wheel? Photo: NTB In the series, we see Ingrid and Marius on a drive, but Ingrid can’t drive a car. Was it unusual for women to have a certificate? Not exactly. But when the grade grew up, it was more common for men to have a certificate than for women. On the whole, not many people had driving licenses in the 1950s and 1960s. There was rationing on cars for a long time. For example, figures from the Road Administration show that there were 40,666 people who had a driving license in 1960. 11,350 of them were women. Two women and three children on a road trip in 1960, when just over 11,000 Norwegian women had driving licences. Photo: Aage Storløkken / SCANPIX In the mid-1980s, when Ingrid was thinking about driving a car in “Lykkeland”, things had changed. By then it had become far more common for women to drive. In 1985, there were an estimated 382,000 women who got their licence, and it was almost as common for women as for men to drive a car. What music do they listen to in the car? Ingrid and Marius hear a song by this band. The picture was taken in 1981, which band do you think it is? Photo: Promo / news Ingrid gets to choose a song while Marius drives. What are they listening to? They obviously belong to the Stavanger band “Mods”! Want to see Mods in action? Watch Mods and Morten Abel perform “Meg must du hilsa på”, in front of an audience of 23,000 in 2017. Ingrid loves the song “Meg must du hilsa på”. It is from the debut album, “Revansj”, which was released in 1981. Mods made a breakthrough in the early 1980s, and was the first band Morten Abel was a vocalist in. Did we have drag artists in Norway in the 1980s? Marie turns 12 years old. The entertainment includes, among other things, a drag artist who creates a cheerful atmosphere around the birthday table. Did we have drag artists then? Mostly a good atmosphere around the table, even if one is skeptical. Photo: Maipo Yes, and we had that for a long time! One of the first was Bernard Anton Alexander Munkerud, who was born as early as 1901. He had the stage name “Norga”. Another pioneer in drag in Norway is Willy Mikkelsen, who was an active drag artist from the 1960s onwards. Later, among others, the drag show group Great Garlic Girls were responsible for Norwegians being able to see drag on TV. In 1986 they were in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest together with Ketil Stokkan, and they performed on news several times. See “The Great Garlic Girls” in action on stage. Here in a show from 1990. Solveig is not particularly friendly towards queers..? Solveig is Marius’ girlfriend. She doesn’t like what happens on her 12th birthday. Photo: Maipo Marius brings his girlfriend Solveig to the birthday party. She reacts to several things that happen. Among other things, Solveig says that homosexuals are disgusting, and she believes that AIDS is transmitted through skin contact. Unfortunately, she reflects the attitudes of many. It was a different time. Many thought it was unnatural to be queer. By the way, nobody used the word queer. Most people said gay, homosexual or homosexual. Kim Friele was one of the few who came forward as queer. Because of that, she was assaulted on the street. Watch her tell what happened. It was also not unusual to hear people say that homosexuality was disgusting. This is confirmed by adviser at Skeivt arkiv, Bjørn André Widwey. – It was accepted that people talked about queers in that way. Publicly, there were few people who were openly queer. AIDS was also a feared disease that affected many homosexuals. In “Lykkeland” Marie gets a kiss on the hand. Towards the end of the 1980s, it was known that AIDS was not transmitted by skin contact. Nevertheless, many feared being infected in this way. Photo: Maipo Many avoided social contact with people who were HIV-infected, and HIV-positive people were discriminated against in working life because people were afraid of infection. The Princess of Wales worked to spread information about what AIDS actually was. Here he meets AIDS patient Wayne Taylor in 1991. Photo: Ap One who contributed to removing the stigma against the disease internationally was actually Princess Diana. Among other things, she opened the first special ward for AIDS patients in Great Britain in 1987. For many Norwegians, HIV became a part of it when they heard the story of Henki Hauge Karlsen. He was a bartender and got fired because he had HIV. A happy Henki Hauge Karlsen celebrates with champagne after the Supreme Court ruled in his favour. Photo: NTB He took the case to the Supreme Court, where he got his job back shortly before he died in 1988. Speaking of Solveig: What has happened to her hair? What has happened to Solveig’s hair in “Lykkeland”? Photo: Maipo Ho has crimped her hair! Things were hot in the 1980s. Many people probably have permanent wrinkles and curls. Crepe hair was something a little different. The goal was not curls, but rather a shape reminiscent of crepe paper. Benedicte Adrian (left) and Ingrid Bjørnov were fashionable with curly hair in the 1980s. Photo: news Either you could use crimping pliers, or you could braid your hair in the evening, and wake up with crimped hair. Did you follow the hair fashion of the 1980s? Not at all! Yes, I had a perm. Yes, I crimped my hair. I tried everything! Show result How hard were times in Norway at the time? Around the birthday table, the adults talk about how hard times are. While the Nyman family celebrates Marie, they talk about the tough economic times. Photo: Maipo The Nyman family is doing well, but at the end of the 1980s, many were affected by one of the biggest banking crises in Norwegian history. The background was the Jap era, a period when it became easier to borrow and earn money. The stock market rose and wages increased, which led to consumption taking off completely. This period characterized large parts of the 1980s, but came to an abrupt end when the banking crisis was a fact. Leif Terje Løddesøl was managing director of Den Norske Creditbank, one of the banks that ran into problems towards the end of the 1980s. Here at a press conference where the loss to the bank in connection with foreign share trading was explained. Photo: Bjørn Sigurdsøn / NTB The reasons for the banking crisis were complex, but part of the problem was that people had had to borrow a lot of money. Eventually, a large part of these loans became non-performing, which created major problems for the banks. The state had to step in with a lot of money to prevent the system from collapsing. At the same time, oil prices fell and there was low confidence in the Norwegian krone. Quite ordinary people had big problems with the economy, and many lost their jobs. Housing loan interest rates increased sharply. Today, there are many who believe that interest rates are high. The interest rate today is still nothing compared to the level back then. On average, the mortgage interest rate was over 16 per cent in 1987. All in all, it was a difficult financial situation that lasted for several years. Watch the episode here! Curious about how season three turned out? Right director Petter Næss and screenwriter Mette Bølstad talk about the work here: Source: Norges Bank. The Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority. Weird Archive. Ole Martin Ihle: “When He-man came to Norway. A story about growing up in the 80s”. Finn Jørgen Solberg: “Young in the 80s”. The Norwegian Maritime Industry Authority. Great Norwegian Lexicon. news. NTB. SSB. Published 10.11.2024, at 17.31
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Lykkeland facts and fiction season 3, episode 4 – news Culture and entertainment
