Did the underwater robots look like this? Yes, all on the Cobra 33! This was built in 1979 by Subsea Offshore for use in the North Sea. ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) also existed before that time, but this particular type has been a precedent model for several underwater vehicles. He was originally developed for use in the US Navy. According to the Norwegian Oil Museum, this underwater robot is probably the one that has worked the longest in the North Sea, among such and similar machines. Photo: Shadé B. Martins / Norwegian Oil Museum As we see in the episode, the robot was controlled from an operating room on the rig or boat, and was useful for checking pipelines or well valves far under water. They could also do simple operations such as opening and closing valves or picking up objects. As the technology has improved, the ROVs have contributed to more cost-effective operation. They have also contributed to improving the safety of the divers. The ROV Cobra is test driven in episode five of Lykkeland, season 3. Photo: Maipo Film The model used in the filming of “Lykkeland” is actually on loan from the Norwegian Oil Museum in Stavanger, and can be seen there for a closer look. This was used a lot right up until 2008, and according to the museum, it probably has the longest service life in the North Sea among such underwater vessels. Rein has got a new car! What does a Saab 900 turbo cost? And what is in today’s money? A couple of years ago, a similar car, a Saab 900 Aero, was put up for auction in Sweden. It had only one owner since 1987 and had hardly been used. According to TV 2, which wrote about the auction, the new price in 1987 was SEK 143,000. Rein’s red grin was of a different model, and a convertible at that. A happy birthday child with a new car for a lot of money. Photo: Maipo Film We had to check with the Information Council for the Road Traffic Authority, who found the price list for the current year. They state that the model cost NOK 537,300. in 1987. Norges Bank’s price calculator shows us that this amounts to 1,353,479 in today’s kroner, so there is no doubt that it was an expensive gift at the time. The auction of the Saab in Sweden received a lot of attention, and the highest bid was 536,000 Swedish kroner, i.e. more than it would have been worth in today’s currency as a new car in 1987. What has happened to Anna’s shoulders? And Ingrid? Shoulder pads. This is a fashion phenomenon that is first and foremost associated with the 80s. Some would like it to have started with the TV series Dynastiet and the character Krystle. Higher, higher, higher! The fuller the shoulders, the better. Here represented by the shoe dancers Joan Collins (Alexis) and Linda Evans (Krystle) from Dynastiet. Photo: Everett Collection Regardless, women embraced dresses and suits with shoulder pads during this period. It was also common to have loose cushions with Velcro, which could be used as needed. Shoulder pads have since appeared at regular intervals in the fashion scene. On the catwalk during fashion week in New York last fall, the square shoulders were back in full force. However, not everyone is equally satisfied with the soft inserts. When the women’s magazine “Det Nye” asked men a few years ago what they actually thought about the trends women were obsessed with – the shoulder pads were among the most hated. Big shoulders and big, curly hair were the thing in the 80s. Anna’s shoulders have become broader and her salary higher in season 3. Ingrid Nyman follows the fashion, even if she starts to age in season 3 of Lykkeland. Toril loves a party, and the outfit is just as festive this season. When did oil extraction become harmful to the environment? Sure, it has always been harmful to the environment – but when did people become concerned about it? In the episode, Fredrik Nyman tries to convince the board that the petroleum industry faces new challenges. In America, Al Gore will introduce a tax on CO2 emissions, he says. He even believes that there are many indications that the extraction of petroleum is nearing its end. Fredrik Nyman tries to convince the board that oil extraction is entering a new era. Photo: Maipo Film Now we know that it was not true, but was it the case that more people began to look at oil in a slightly different way? Throughout the 1970s, there were many discussions about how pollution from oil extraction would harm fishing and bird populations. There was also much talk that the oil resources would be used up, and that there could be an energy crisis. The dangers of CO2 emissions only came to light a little later. Al Gore has given many stormy speeches about climate emissions and the greenhouse effect, here from the World Economic Forum in Switzerland in 2019. Photo: Markus Schreiber / AP Towards the end of the 1980s, several people began to talk about the possibility of dramatic climate change due to the greenhouse effect that came of emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere. One of them was Senator Al Gore in the United States. Gore has been an environmental advocate for several decades, and quite rightly linked emissions and global warming in his interviews and speeches throughout the 80s. He gathered, among other things, representatives in Congress in the USA as early as 1981 to present research on the greenhouse effect and call for political action. But it was only as vice-president in 1993 that he began to get proper media coverage for his fight to tax CO₂ emissions. In April 1987, our former prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland, presented the report “Our Common Future” in London. The report was issued by the World Commission for the Environment and Development, which Brundtland headed. Photo: Henrik Laurvik / NTB In 1987, our former prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland, also gave an important speech which in many ways marked the start of a change in attitude towards the environment and climate worldwide. This was the prelude to the world’s first major climate conference, and for the first time climate and the environment were seen on the political agenda. Until then, it had only been the environmental activists who had worked on this. What did they drink? The episode starts with the immersion of a new underwater robot. Afterwards, they celebrate by drinking champagne, of the Veuve Clicquot type. It is not accidental. Veuve Clicquot, or “Yellow Widow”, is in many ways a symbol of the yappé era and party culture in the 80s. Then it was Yellow Widow in high glasses that mattered. In the first scene of this episode, Toril dunks the underwater robot with champagne. Photo: Maipo Film Historically, alcohol consumption in Norway has been dominated by beer and spirits. We Norwegians hardly drank wine with carbonic acid before 1985, writes Jens Nordahl in Vinmonopolet in this chronicle. Statistics on champagne rooms are included at the Pole, but they have figures for sparkling wine. And the numbers are clear: from 1984 to 1988, sales of sparkling wines doubled. It is also natural to expect that the champagne corks shot off at a similar pace. Exclusive champagne at Barock in Oslo is shown by a waiter in September 1988. Photo: NTB Vinmonopolet informs that sales of sparkling wines went from 562,000 liters in 1984 to 1.1 million liters in 1988. Is the music contemporary? Music also plays an important role in this season of “Lykkeland”, and the songs have been chosen with care. Already in the first episode of the series, the series creators set the mood with Simple Minds and the song “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”, which became everyone’s favorite in the film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. In episode five, among others, the Norwegian DumDum Boys appear. It is completely on the mark. The song is called “En vill en”, and was released in 1988. During this period DumDum Boys became one of the supremely biggest rock bands in Norway. DumDum Boys visited the Studentersamfundet in Trondheim in March 1988. Per Øivind Houmb, also known as “Prepple”, at the front of the stage. Photo: Fotogjängen.Samfundet.no Katrina and the Waves’ “Walkin on sunshine” makes both Anna and Sture wiggle their heads in the episode’s final scenes. This is also contemporary dance music for the latter half of the 80s. The song was first released as part of the band’s debut album in 1983, but a new version was released on international contract in 1985 – and quickly reached the charts worldwide. In Norway, he never reached the VG list, but became a big radio hit in 1986, obviously a bit behind here in the north. What is this? Fredrik Nyman has an old-fashioned phone book. Clever, and not least very useful, before the contacts could be carried around in the mobile phone and before searchable directories in 1881. At that time, you actually had to write down the phone number on a piece of paper. Fredrik Nyman calls around using a clever phone book. Photo: Maipo Film This tilting device of a book, with a hard cover and a sheet inside, allowed you to choose a letter in the front with a pendulum – which in turn led to the correct surname when you flipped the box open. The metal model below was produced in Japan and has been in the dairy on Finnøy in Rogaland, before ending up at the Ryfylke Museum where it can be found today. This metal telephone book was to be seen on many office desks throughout the 80s. Photo: Ryfylkemuseet Olsen, you said? Let me look up O! You can watch episode five on news TV now. You can find more nostalgia and fact-checking of the series on this page. Sources: Great Norwegian Lexicon, Norwegian Oil Museum, Road Traffic Information Council, Digital Museum, NTB, Vinmonopolet, The book “Grøne Linjer, Historia til natur- og miljvernet i Noreg”, published by Grøndahl and Dreyers Forlag AS, Washington Post, Norgeshistorie.no Published 17.11.2024, at 20.05
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