"Nokas" movie, (norwegian action, if you will :D)

[ZEGH8578]

i found the movie very intriguing, for a lot of reasons
but mainly its based off norways absolutely most violent robbery in modern times
the robbery was the 2nd by the perpetrators in a short span of time, and shocked law enforcement, but most of all cought law enforcement completely off guard

they employed several traps, such as placing a burning van in front of the police station exit, and sprinkling main roads with spikes
they were highly organized, arriving at the bank in several black terrain cars, and they all wore black overalls, kevlar vests, commando helmets, and were armed with a range of firearms, but mainly ak-47 and G3.

as the attack begun, civilian bystanders could simply not fathom that it was real, and continued as if nothing was going on, this would later prove extremely problematic for the officers who arrived, since civilians would stroll right into the line of fire, barely even reacting to gunshots.

the robbers tried sledgehammers, battering rams, and finally almost 120 rifle bullets against the bank window before they got inside, and finally came out with over 50 million krones.
as a diversion (not included in the movie) a famous edward munch painting was stolen (to which they also collected ransom money)

the robbery is (unofficially) seen as a success for the robbers, and many speculate that they even planned the prison time, since norwegian prisons arent very bad. the money was never recovered by law enforcement. 1 officer died in the shooting, in which hundreds of rounds were spent. one officer was taken hostage, along with a bypassing civilian.
because of easter holyday, and the blocked exit, only 3 officers arrived at the scene before the robbers had escaped
the fourth came driving towards the bank, and was killed in his car.
one of the officers who opened fire (with an old fashioned revolver) managed to hit two robbers, one in the thigh, the other was saved by his vest.

the movie is sortof paradoxal in that it tries to portrait 15 minutes in 2 hours, but mostly cus its very unbelievable for a norwegian to see this much havoc, in a norwegian setting. but keeping in mind that the movie is very accurate and based directly on the reports makes it even the more interesting



it sortof brings "shooting and action" back to a more "real" level again, where its frightening and exciting instead of repetitive and boring. i even felt sympathy for the police, which is definitely a first for me
"nokas" is simply the name of the block/building in which the bank is

['Butterflies']

It's hard to imagine that happening in Norway. For some reason I always think of the Sxcadinavian countrys as very peacefull and safe.

[ZEGH8578]

It's hard to imagine that happening in Norway. For some reason I always think of the Sxcadinavian countrys as very peacefull and safe.

thats exactly what the robbers abused

norwegian police are even unarmed, and in a crisis they only have a revolver locked in a box in their car.

that morning, they were 4 patrol officers on the job, in a city of 100 000 people
thats how prepared we are for shit-hit-the-fan-ness

the robbers first attacked a post-bank in oslo, using the exact same premise.
that morning in stavanger they got intel about a possible robbery going down, and so soon after the robbery in oslo, they were all on edge. finding a burning van outside their exit just settled the seriousness

some think this movie is too soon, but i think it resolves a lot of (morbid) curiousity norwegians have had about this very dramatic incident.
its SO fascinating how bystanders would just walk past the robbers, most of them assumed they were army commandos in some sort of training mission, untill they begun to shoot at cops

[The_Chosen_One]

It's because of the Trondhein Hammer Dance and the Fish Slapping Dance that people think nothing much can happen in Norway.

Don't forget the heavy water thing during WWII when they blew up the dam so the Germans couldn't get their hands on the H₃O to build their atom bombs.

[ZEGH8578]

It's because of the Trondhein Hammer Dance and the Fish Slapping Dance that people think nothing much can happen in Norway.

Don't forget the heavy water thing during WWII when they blew up the dam so the Germans couldn't get their hands on the H₃O to build their atom bombs.

its true tho since the 1300's nothing much happens in norway and each morning at 8 i get outside, to do the hammer dance, slapping my heels and knees
after all, im a Trønder!