Author Archives: Kyrre Lien

Bosten Marathon Bombings

It has been some very intense days here in Boston which I have covered for VG . Four people have been killed and over 170 has been wounded. In a dramatic chase last night, Dsjokhar Tsarnajev where captured alive. His brother where killed in the chase with the police. As Dsjokhar where carried away, the [...]

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Snaps from New York

Some snapshots from New York I have taken the last couple of days with my mobile: (PS! you can also follow me on Instagram. @kyrrelien_ )  (PS! you can also follow me on Instagram. @kyrrelien_ )

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Kidnapping in Egypt

I just returned after a few days in Egypt on assignment for VG. I was covering the story where Ingvild Selvik Ask and here friend Ameer Hassan was kidnapped on the road in Sinai, Egypt. She was released by the kidnappers on Tuesday. Here is how the days where and what we did: Day 1: I [...]

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Jesus in Siberia

In January I spent a couple of days deep in Siberia with Mongolia, Kazakhstan and China as some of the closest neighbours. We sold the story to VG Helg and it was printed last Saturday. Here, east for Abakan, 4000 people have moved to follow their spiritual leader, Sergey. They call them self Vissarion and [...]

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1. prize in portrait

On Friday I was awarded the 1. prize in the category portrait in the Norwegian Picture of the Year for this picture I shot in August for VG. You can see the whole series here.  This is my fourth price in the Norwegian Picture of the Year. Here you can read more about the other winners [...]

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Assignment for The New York Times

I recently took some portraits for The New York Times to a story about Lars Mytting and our fascination for fireweood here in Norway. NRK recently had a dedicated 12-hour long program dedicated to fireood. “One thing that does not divide Norway, apparently, is its love of discussing Norwegian wood. Nearly a million people, or 20 [...]

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The Trash Party

Hey, there are some cool stairs. Let’s ski down the stairs while doing crazy tricks. Thats what Magnus Støre and his friends does. They try and find the coolest locations and make insane videos and pictures of their stunts around in Oslo. Here is a story in this weekends VG Helg of the guys.   [...]

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Olav Thon

Norwegian real estate developer Olav Thon at the the Supervisory Council at Norges Bank last week. By the way, the 89 year old Olav was listed at Forbes List of Billionaires as the 368th richest person in the world in 2008.

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