Tor Inge Vormedal
1990-tallet
Description:
The 1990s – Tor Inge Vormedal
The 1990s began with unemployment in the region of over ten percent and an interest rate of 15 percent. The price of oil was $11 a barrel, property prices fell and the country's large commercial banks went bankrupt. Mobile phones became smaller and cost only 1 krone. The EU issue dominated the political agenda and local asylum reception facilities were hotly debated. Vamp started his career and two of the city's football teams merged to form Fotballklubben Haugesund (FKH). During the 1990s we got both Rennfast, Trekantsambandet and a new road through Åkrafjorden.
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.
