'Three killed' in Norway bus hijack
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Source: BBC
A man wielding a knife has hijacked a bus in western Norway and killed three passengers, media reports say.
The suspect, said to be in his 50s and of foreign origin, has been arrested, police told Norway's TV2 news channel.
The victims included the driver of the bus. There were no immediate details of the number of injured.
The man was overpowered by firefighters who rushed to the scene of what was initially reported as a traffic accident, police said.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24812042
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... for your prospective. 
ReRe
Your welcome - I find it interesting that even Norway sometimes comes up on DU - Norway must have a fan base somewhere on DU And today, it have been two posts on Norway alone - now about 100 hours of the Chess game 
Diclotican
I must admit i am grateful for your presence here on DU though as when the topic of Norway comes up you are a fair bit better then me at explaining the situation or event in question.
Quite often to such a degree that i don't need to post myself *nods sagely* Also i quite like your sigline, people should indeed fear the fury of us northerners once we actually get mad 
Bodhi BloodWave
Im sorry for the late replay - I have been kind of Bessy as I have been buried my mother up in the northern part of Sweden - she lived there for more than 20 years - before she succumbed to cancer... In some way it was sad, but in some other way it was not surprising, as she had been ill for a while.. Thankfully we had the chance to give her a nice far well - as she wished it - and in all I think it was a decent way to let her rest. After a often difficult life, with a lot of personal problems, she are now able to rest - and to have peace with herself..
I try to explain as best as I am able - when Norway is a subject how things really are - Sometimes it is important to do be there, if something is little off the target somehow - even though I guess I could used a better english than I do... I try at least to keep it current in my own neck of the world - and hopefully if the subject come up, I'm able to at least do something to make it different 
Our viking heritage is there to be known - if you really piss off a Norwegian - or an scandinavian for that matter.. For the most part we are a peace-loving part of the world - who want to go to a length - being able to be at peace with most of our nabours -even though we do have our "scandinavian" bitching who goes back centuries - but if one is REALLY make us pissed of - we tend to devolve into what we once was - a rather savage group of people bent on burning down the villages and pillage everything worth plundering
But it takes often a lot of time to get to that limit when the barbarian in us is coming back to hunt the rest of the world...
And I found the sig line to be rather a good one - after all - the vikings was feared long after the last longboat was no more - and the last viking was retired or dead - and most of the people who once was part of the viking age was long time dead...
Diclotican
Bodhi BloodWave
Indeed - our ancestors was rather well known for the pillaging, plundring and raids - who they often did at least to the 1000 AD or so - then the other parts tended to be more powerfully, and able to fend down enemies on their own territory - so I guess it was less easy to make a go for a raid - christinaity had maybe also a calming effect on the old ancestors too.. For some reason when christianity started getting hold in Norway, most of the country was christian by the end of a few decades.. At least on the topside - it took time before christianity really had calmed down our ancestors..
But our ancestors was indeed expert tradesmen, already before the viking raids from 880s AD, the ancestors of the vikings was rather well known for their trading practices - who often was less about trading - as it was about intimidating the other part - to buy the goods at the price the vikings wanted - if they do not wanted to do it - then the plundering and burning could start ... Even in ancient time - in the late roman period - it is rumored that tradesman's from the far north (It could be the south of Denmark, Sweden or Norway) was traveling all the way to the roman empire to trade - or to plunderer if the chances was there - even as it was more rumors than truth to it - at least some late roman writers was telling about the people who was traveling a long way - to trade with the Empire..
From what I know about history - I doubt the Kalmar Union would have survived until our own time - the difference between Sweden Denmark and Norway was far to great, for the union to really survive - but if it had - the history of the tree kingdoms would have been a whole different one - for a starter we would have had a whole different capital - maybe in the middle of Sweden-Norway - Demmark would maybe have a regional capital of sorts - and I also suspect we would have had a whole different line of kings in the union - mostly because the hand of power, and the crown have changed a few times since the late 1300s in most of the country's - even the current danish royal family - have changed hands a few times - the same have happened in Sweden - in Norway we lost our Independence in the late 1300s - and by the start of 1400s, it was a union between Denmark and Norway, who lasted for 400 year..
But then again - on a personal level the friendship between Norwegians and swedish was rather well known - and it was not that uncommon that people from the different side of the border intermarriages - had children, and whole families was traveling from one side to the other more or less as the border doesn't exist.. And it is still the case many places.. Many Norwegians have also the habit of trading in Sweden, specially now as the currency is in favor of us, it tend to be a few times over the border to buy some food - a lot of candy! and some other things we might have in Norway, but who is more expensive.. And it is something that is really weird in Scandinavia as a whole.. Norwegians trade in Sweden, and Denmark - who trade in Finland and to a degree also in Denmark who for the most is trading in Germany.. And everyone is happy about it for the most part too..
It was a loss to loose our mother - but in a way she had accepted it before she died - and she was at comfort with herself and us - and had also stated how she wanted it to go down in the end - and we accepted it as she had been clear about it, more than a decade in fact.. My mother had in fact also kept many thing from where we was small children - pictures and some things we made in kindergarten - Small things that my mother kept for all this year -not telling anyone about them.. I wonder how many times she looked at them - and wondering.. It was maybe more of a treasure than any of the other in heritage she might have given us - the small trinkets who might not be to important - but who in her mind was more worth than gold.. And I think it might be more worth than gold too.
Diclotican
LeftishBrit
Norway is a nice place to live - for the most part at least - the winters can be somewhat cold, but it have its sham that too - aft the moment it is -1-2 degrees Celsius outside - and the night is clear, with a lot of stars up there - so I guess it will be cold outside this night...
I hope you are able to visit Norway more then - and for the most part I suspect Britt's to be welcome in Norway
Diclotican
Also, we don't have the circle over the A character on our keyboards in North America, hence what looks like incorrect spelling. 
