Hot Norwegian women vs the Swedes
When the world thinks of attractive Scandinavians it's Sweden that always seems to top the list.
Yet the great muse of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman was Liv Ullman, a Norwegian. Elite dating service Beautiful People found that its members deemed the sexiest girls to be not Swedish, but Norwegian.
So what do hot Norwegian girls have that other Scandinavians don't? Here are nine beauties that might go some way to giving us the answer…
Heidi Johnsen
Born in Troms? in the far north of Norway, Heidi Johnsen would have grown up wearing many layers of clothing. But today she's known for the total opposite, along with her piercing green eyes and long blonde hair.The Norwegian model began her career with Team Models but has gone on to bigger and better things, appearing in GQ Italia. She has been compared to the likes of Kim Smith and Ivana Vancova. Her Instagram account is attracting more followers by the day.
Silje Norendal
If you prefer your Norwegian girls more active, then check out snowboarder Silje Norendal. She has represented Norway several times in international competition and has won various medals at the X Games annual extreme sports event.
In the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia, Norendal finished in fourth place in the Slopestyle Semifinals and ended in 11th place in the Slopestyle Finals.
Bad news though boys. She's engaged to ice-hockey player Alexander Bonsaksen, an unrestricted free agent who most recently played with Iserlohn Roosters of the German Ice Hockey League.
Ingrid Bols? Berdal
Actress Ingrid Bols? Berdal kick-started her career with the short film Limbo while she was still in high school. She has gone on to feature in the 2012 thriller, Chernobyl Diaries, the 2013 movie Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and the 2014 movie Hercules.
She played the role of Armistice in the first two seasons of HBO smash hit series Westworld, and is now back on Norwegian screens in the TV2 thriller Kielergata.
Berdal has been closely involved with the Norwegian Theatre in Oslo throughout her career. She worked there following her graduation from Oslo's National Academy of the Arts (KHiO), and seven years later opened her monologue Fr?ken Else there to positive reviews.
