Kari Paulsen, Wife of Former World Church President Jan Paulsen, Dies at 85

Kari Paulsen, Wife of Former World Church President Jan Paulsen, Dies at 85

16 January 2020 | Drammen, Norway [Mark A. Kellner / Adventist Review / tedNEWS]  “She struck me as sincere and kind and as a big support for her husband standing tall by his side,” reflects Trans-European Division President Raafat Kamal. “We as a TED office family are saddened by the loss of Kari Paulsen and…

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Racing for Education, Norwegian Union President Raises 5,500 Euros for ADRA in marathon

9 October 2019 | Lock Ness, Scotland [Tor Tjeransen]   The head of the Adventist Church in Norway, Victor Marley, has raised over NOK 55,000 (approximately 5,500 Euros) for ADRA's work while running a tough marathon alongside Scotland’s famous Loch Ness. He claims to be very pleased with both the donations and the race.

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Adventist school the best in Norway

7 October 2019 | Tyrifjord, Norway [Tor Tjeransen]  Tenth grade students at a church school in Norway gained the highest-grade point average across the country during the last school year, this according to statistics recently released by Norwegian education authorities.

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Norwegian Adventists engage with public, meet politicians at significant street fair

20 August 2019 | Arendal, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] For the third year running, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has gained considerable attention at an annual fair in the town of Arendal in south-east Norway. The week-long event is simply named after the town, Arendalsuka (Arendal Week).

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ADRA Norway praised by Auditor General

29 May 2019 | Røyse, Norway [Tor Tjeransen]  In 2018 ADRA Norway received NOK 73 million (7.48 million Euros) from Norad, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, for education programmes in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Niger, Mali, and Myanmar. This included helping children with special needs to gain an education.

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Desmond Doss story inspires Norwegian soldier to faith

9 May 2019 | Mjøndalen, Norway [Tor Tjeransen]  Christian Ødegård had barely heard about Seventh-day Adventists. However, while serving in the Norwegian armed forces, he saw a war movie that made a huge impact on him. The film was Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge with the young Adventist paramedic, Desmond Doss, as the main character.

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How a passion for reading became a book market for ADRA

21 January 2019 | Røyse, Norway [Britt-Celine Oldebraten] I love reading. I read quickly and that results in lots of books every year. The only problem is: I do not have space for all those books in my tiny flat! I remember thinking: this is not a problem only for me - many people have…

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A Shirt to Talk About

10 January 2019 | Oslo, Norway [Andrew McChesney] Glenn Lie slipped on his favourite green polo shirt and boarded a subway train in Oslo, Norway. The 55-year-old teacher hoped that people would stare at him. He didn’t have to wait long.

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Leadership conference in Norway

20 November 2018 | Røyse, Norway [Widar Ursett] Same old same old, is clearly an outdated option.

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​Norway Mission School Called ‘Bright Spot’ in Secular Europe

11 September 2018 | Mysen, Norway [Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission] Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, praised Norway’s Matteson Mission School as a “bright spot” in highly secular Europe and encouraged its students and other young people to press forward with their missionary work.

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