Culture

A w a r d s C e r e m o n i e s
The Awards Ceremonies were held
based on the idea of staging all of
the Awards Ceremonies at one time
at the same place. The site was a
specially designed arena built at
Stampesletta just south of Håkon
Hall. The plan was to create a
common focal point for the Winter Games, and to create the
best possible setting. With the exception of the ice skating
events – in which the Awards Ceremonies took place at the
competition arena directly after the conclusion of the events –
all Awards Ceremonies were held at the same site.
Each Awards Ceremony was introduced by a half-hour
warm-up programme with known Norwegian performers, such
as Elizabeth Andreasson, Terje Tysland, Lage Fossheim,
Lynni Treekrem and Øystein Dolmen.
The ceremonial programme started each evening at 19.00
hours by having the Olympic winners brought onto the arena
by horse and carriage. The awarding of the medals followed
led by a master of ceremonies.
H.M. The King’s Guard played the national anthems of the
winners during the flag raising part of the ceremony. After
that, a short choreographed sports vignette was presented.
The choreographers Anders Døving and Torill Bernatek
produced approximately 40 choreographed vignettes
illustrating the various sports events. These vignettes were
presented immediately preceding each Awards Ceremony.
The composers Geir Bøhren and Bent Aaserud were
commissioned to write music for each sports vignette.
The Ceremonies were produced by JVP production
company.
The events were very popular and on peak days more than
30 000 spectators attended.