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Skattejakten (novel)
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Skattejakten is a Norwegian
novel containing clues to a real-world treasure hunt. It is written by the author Margit Sandemo
. The novel is only 124 pages long, and is possibly the shortest book the author has written. Skattejakten has not been reprinted after it was first published in 1999.
Below is an English
translation of the Norwegian
cover text:
The book was written as a set of riddles that would lead the treasure hunters to the treasure hidden by Bladkompaniet AS, the publisher of the novel. Competitors searched for the treasure, which had been hidden somewhere in Norway
. In the "treasure", a telephone number was hidden, which the lucky winner called to claim the prize. The treasure was found 11 October 1999. Margit Sandemo
said in a tv-interview that even she hadn't known where the treasure had been hidden .
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
novel containing clues to a real-world treasure hunt. It is written by the author Margit Sandemo
Margit Sandemo
Margit Sandemo is a Norwegian-Swedish historical fantasy author. She has been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published...
. The novel is only 124 pages long, and is possibly the shortest book the author has written. Skattejakten has not been reprinted after it was first published in 1999.
Below is an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translation of the Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
cover text:
- OsloOsloOslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, 1958. Mattis is a poor student from LofotenLofotenLofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude.-Etymology:...
. Then he meets Flora, daughter of the manager Flaten, and he falls in love with her. The manager promises that he will get Flora, if he can find the gold treasure from the days of the Second World War. Mattis didn't suspect that he was being used. But during his mission he runs into Ina, and is thrown into an incredible hunt for both treasure and love. Hidden mysteries in the novel contains the answer to the hiding place of a real treasure. This novel contains all you need to find it.
- Come along to the exciting treasure hunt by Margit SandemoMargit SandemoMargit Sandemo is a Norwegian-Swedish historical fantasy author. She has been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published...
. You may even find a gold treasure worth 250,000 kronerNorwegian kroneThe krone is the currency of Norway and its dependent territories. The plural form is kroner . It is subdivided into 100 øre. The ISO 4217 code is NOK, although the common local abbreviation is kr. The name translates into English as "crown"...
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The book was written as a set of riddles that would lead the treasure hunters to the treasure hidden by Bladkompaniet AS, the publisher of the novel. Competitors searched for the treasure, which had been hidden somewhere in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. In the "treasure", a telephone number was hidden, which the lucky winner called to claim the prize. The treasure was found 11 October 1999. Margit Sandemo
Margit Sandemo
Margit Sandemo is a Norwegian-Swedish historical fantasy author. She has been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published...
said in a tv-interview that even she hadn't known where the treasure had been hidden .