The heaviest deadlift using the little fingers is 67.5 kg (148 lb 12 oz) achieved by Kristian Holm (Norway) in Herefoss, Norway, on 13 November 2008. Kristian also broke the record for the single little finger deadlift on the same day.
The largest advertisement in a periodical measured 402 cm (13 ft 2 in) wide by 270 cm (8 ft 10 in) tall and was created by ZINE travel (Norway). It was unveiled in Lillestrom, Norway, on 10 January 2009.
The largest purpose-built ski jumping hill to regularly host international competition is Vikersundbakken in Vikersund, Norway, which is officially ratified at a height of 225 metres.
The largest wafer biscuit weighed 2.13 kg (4 lb 11 oz) and was made by Rolf Moen (Norway) in Austvatn, Norway, on 9 August 2008. The wafer had a diameter of 63.5 cm (2 ft 9 in).
The longest headed goal scored in a competitive football (soccer) match was 58.13 m (190 ft 8.58 in), achieved by Jone Samuelsen (Norway), playing for ODD Grenland vs Tromsø Idrettslag on 25 September 2011. This goal was scored in the final minutes of a Tippeligaen League game (Norway’s top division) when the score was 2-1 to ODD Grenland. A corner was given to Tromsø who put everyone forward, including their goalkeeper, in an attempt to equalise and keep their title hopes alive. However a long
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The longest non-stop live television documentary was the complete Hurtigruten (The Norwegian Coastal Express) northbound voyage by MS Nordnorge from Bergen to Kirkenes, Norway, which lasted a total of 134 hr 42 min 45 sec and was broadcast by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s second largest channel TV NRK 2 (Norway) from 16 to 22 June 2011. The programme started at 19:45:00 on 16 June, 15 minutes before the Norwegian Coastal Express sailed off from Bergen, on the western coast of Norway and it provided uninterrupted coverage
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The longest game of futsal lasted 40 hours and was achieved by Aid In Action Futsal (Norway) at KVT Hallen, in Trondheim, Norway on 14-16 October 2012.
The record for the longest uninterrupted underwater submergence is 4 days and 4 hours (100 hours in total) and was achieved by Ronny Frimann (Norway) to raise funds for the WWF. The official attempt began on 14 June 2007 at 4.55 p.m., after a failed start on the previous day, and ended on 18 June 2007 at 8.55 p.m. in a water tank located at the Central Station, in Oslo, Norway. During the submergence Ronnie wore a diving dry suit and helmet equipped with a
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The most backwards basketball half-court shots in one minute was three by Arve Gravdal (Norway) at Stavanger Idrettshall gym in Stavanger, Norway, on 10 December 2010.
The most basketball slam dunks by a team using a trampoline in one minute was 28 by Team Kangaroos (Norway) in Marienlysthallen, Norway, on 17 November 2010. The record was broken in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2010.