Nordia 2008

Nordia 2008 is over - did you get all the collector's items?
The collector's items include:
- local stamp booklets
- Norway's first local stamp vending machine booklets
- Norway's (the World's?) first booklet with souvenir sheet
- Souvenir card depicting proof material for Norwegian stamps
- Lithographies by the artist Kjell Pahr-Iversen
- Perfins on vending machine stamps, souvenir sheets and postal cards.

Update 26 October:
Mark Lorentzen won the Grand Prix Nordia with his exhibit "Across the Danish Border". Read all the results here.

25 October:
Many visitors today - the media exposure has helped us!

24 October:
Nordia 2008 was featured on TV Vest this evening. See the programme here, 15:00-18:30 and 20:40-23:40.

23 October:
Nordia 2008 was today officially opened by the Mayor of Stavanger, Mr. Leif Johan Sevland.
Good media coverage today:
- Two pages in Stavanger Aftenblad.
- One page in Rogalands Avis regarding the design-your-own-stamp childrens' contest, run by the newspaper in the four weeks preceeding the exhibition.This is a cooperation project between the newspaper and Nordia 2008, and many of the drawings are shown in the exhibition hall.
- The local TV channel NRK Rogalandsnytt, Nordia is featured 13:25-15:50.

General information:

For the first time, Stavanger will be the stage for a Nordic philatelic stamp exhibition. Officially, the Federation of Norwegian philatelists will organise the display, while the societies Hafrsfjord, Sandnes and Stavanger will act as technical organizers. The Stavanger region is appointed European Capital of Culture 2008, along with Liverpool. Some illustrations from our local and international cultural heritage are included in this welcome brochure.

Nordia 2008 will be comprised of 1000 frames and all competition classes. During the exhibition, seminars, discourses, special exhibitions, meetings etc. will be held.

Postal administrations and stamp dealers will be present with sales stands. In combination with the exhibition, personalised stamps, mostly in small quantities, will be published. Stavanger has excellent connections both domestic and abroad, which makes travelling simple, be it by airplane, train, boat, bus or car. Necessary arrangements for special prices with some of the city's hotels will be made.

Everybody is warmly welcome to Stavanger and Nordia 2008.