Tor Inge Vormedal
1980-tallet
Description:
The 1980s: Tor Inge Vormedal
The 1980s were marked by liberalism with longer opening hours, easier access to credit and the construction of new shopping centres. The Kårstøanlegget and Nordsjøhallen laid the foundation for stable employment in the region, while a number of locally owned businesses came into the hands of outsiders. The word PC became associated with shortness of breath and mobile phones were as heavy as lead. It was during this decade that Haugesund became a film festival town and a herring jazz town. It was strictly forbidden for young people to use skateboards, but "breakdancing" in the pedestrian street was completely okay.
About the speaker:
Tor Inge Vormedal (b. 1961) holds a cand. mag. from the University of Bergen and has worked for a number of years as a business journalist in Haugesunds Avis, Kapital and TV Haugaland. He published his first book in 2001 and has so far written 46 books. The series about the history of Haugaland consists of nine books that tell the history of the region decade by decade through text and pictures.
