1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

Part of1994 Winter Olympics
Date	12 February 1994 (1994-02-12)
Venue	Lysgårdsbakken
Location	Lillehammer,Norway
Coordinates	61°07′32″N10°29′16″E / 61.1256°N 10.4879°E /61.1256; 10.4879
Filmed by	Olympic Radio and Television Organisation 1994 andNRK (NRK ORTO '94)

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Theopening ceremony of the1994 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February 1994 atLysgårdsbakken inLillehammer,Norway.

Artistic content was made to present a range of Norwegian culture, includedSamijoik,Telemark skiing, fiddlers and folk dancing,^[1] simulations of traditional weddings and their processions, andvetter fromNorse mythology.^[2] The ceremony was hosted by an actressLiv Ullmann and explorer and sailorThor Heyerdahl, 79 years old at the time.^[3] After speeches by LOOC PresidentGerhard Heiberg and IOC presidentJuan Antonio Samaranch, the games were officially declared opened byKing Harald V.^[4] TheOlympic Flame was to be carried by a skier down the ski jump before lighting the cauldron. Originally this task had rested uponOle Gunnar Fidjestøl, but after he was injured in a practice jump, his back-upStein Gruben [no] received the honour. The cauldron was lit byCrown Prince Haakon Magnus. TheOlympic oaths were issued byVegard Ulvang for the athletes andKari Kåring for the officials.^[5] Finnish Sami poetNils-Aslak Valkeapää performed at the opening ceremony.

On the day of the opening ceremonies,art thieves stoleEdvard Munch's masterpieceThe Scream from the National Museum in Oslo.

• Norwegian national anthem
• Olympic Hymn -Sissel Kyrkjebø

• Hove-Ødegård, Arne; Celius, Sten; Brun, Ivar Ole (2004)."An Olympic Fairy Tale". Lillehammer Municipality. Archived fromthe original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved11 December 2010.
• Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee."1994 Winter Olympics Report, volume I"(PDF).Archived(PDF) from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved10 December 2010.
• Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee."1994 Winter Olympics Report, volume II"(PDF).Archived(PDF) from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved10 December 2010.
• Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee."1994 Winter Olympics Report, volume III"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved10 December 2010.
• Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee."1994 Winter Olympics Report, volume IV"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2 December 2010. Retrieved10 December 2010.

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