Olje!

Few thought that there was oil on the Norwegian continental shelf. At the end of the 60's, company after company started to give up the exploration for oil, but on the night before Christmas Eve in 1969, the Norwegian government receives a phone call that would change the nation for ever.

In 1965 Stavanger was one of the poorest cities in Norway. Today the city is one of the world leaders in the petroleumindustry. What happened?

On the 27. of March 1980, 123 people die in the worst oil related disaster in Norwegian history. The hunt for oil has taken its toll, and many sacrifices has been made in order for Norway to become one of the world leading oil nations in record time.

Norwegian oil history is riddled with technological challenges. Many projects have been enormous and spectacular. Today Norway stands out as a superpower within oil technology, but it wasn't always this way.

Within the last decades, Norway has risen to become one of the wealthiest countries in the world. This was made possible thanks to the enormous amount of money obtained from the oil. How has this amount money been managed?