Photo: Per Olve Tobiassen
A perfectly circular
ice formation
about
3-4
metres in
diameter, was found
in the middle of the fast streaming water
of
the River Gravdøla
by Kongsberg.
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ICE & SNOW
CiRCLES
in
Norway:
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Here you find a
compilation of the ice- and snow formations reported in Norway (there might have
been others, not reported).
2005 ICE CIRCLE - Gravdøla River, near
the town of Kongsberg
2004
SNOW CIRCLE - Hardanger Montain Platou, Middle
2003 ICE CIRCLE - Snåsa, Nord-Trøndelag
2002 ICE CIRCLE - Sandvika
River, Sandvika, Asker
1997 SNOW CIRCLE - Hommelvik, Brønnøy municipal, Nordland
1991 SNOW CIRCLE - Haukelifjell, Hardanger Mountain Platou, South
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ICE CIRCLE 2005
Kongsberg
December 18th 2005
| Photographs | Silhouette | Descriptions | Media release |
The beautiful ice formation at the photo above was found early in the day on December 18th, 2005! The circle, measuring approximately 3-4 meters in diameter, had formed in the middle of the fast streaming water of the River Gravdøla. The surface of the circle was smooth and regular, as compared to the surrounding ice cover close to the banks. The circumference of the formation was sharply drawn, and patches of rime were dotting the circle. The periphery of the surrounding ice was decorated with elements of rime that had frozen into a fine ridge. At the time of the discovery, the temperature was minus 14 degrees Celsius. This cold temperature had lasted only a few days prior to the discovery.
Per Olve Tobiassen and his partner, Anne Rygaard, were taking a walk at the foot of the Skrim Mountains near the town of Kongsberg. They discovered the formation on their way home - thanks to their two year old son, Magnus, who became fascinated by the river that floated under the road. The circle of ice was easily seen from the road, where the photos were taken. According to Tobiassen, the ice floe was 100% circular. The couple, who found the circle very beautiful, didn’t think more about the matter until later on, when they came across this web site and saw the similar formations. They reported the circle to us the 3rd of January.
"One might wonder how such a thing has formed", Tobiassen says. The River Gravdøla joins with the Kjørstad River some hundred yards further down, and then runs out into the larger river Numedalslågen.
SNOW CIRCLE
2004
The Hardanger Mountain Platau April 24th 2004
| Photographs | Silhouette | Descriptions | Media release |
At 7.48 am on the 24th of April 2004, the owner of a mountain cabin at The Hardanger Plateau (large Mountain plateau in the central southern part of Norway, 800–1200 metres of altitude) discovered this circle in snow only a couple of metres from the outhouse wall. The circle was about two metres in diameter, and its perfectly circular shape astonished the cabin owner. No tracks led to or from the circle, except a fox track that passed close to the circle.
The weather was sunny and clear when the circle was discovered, but it is not known at which time it might first have appeared. According to the cabin owner, at the time of the discovery, the snow cover was about 2 metres deep at the spot where the circle was found. He also estimates that it was placed at the shoreline of a lake situated close to the cabin. Due to the thick snow cover it is difficult to say whether the circle was positioned above dry land or slightly farther out, above the water of the lake.
The owner shot two pictures of the circle (click at the photo above) that Saturday morning. The weather was sunny and clear the rest of the day, but Sunday was overcast with occasional drizzle. The imprint gradually turned less clear and crisp during the weed-end. Three months later, at July the 6th, the cabin owner's partner contacted The Norwegian Crop Circle Group, hoping for an explanation to the mystery. Unfortunately, we were not able to give any answer to the question.
ICE CIRCLE
2003
Snåsa, Nord-Trøndelag
December 11th 2003
| (CLICK THE BOARD TO SEE MORE PHOTOS AND READ FURTHER INFORMATION!) |
| Photographs | Silhouette | Descriptions | Media release |
 CLICK FOR MORE PHOTOS! Photo: Victoria Flasnes (still photograph extracted from an amateur video) The pattern, which on the photograph is partly covered by some trees, appears some-what irregular because a thin layer of light snow had blown up around it. The video camera failed as the photographer approached the formation. The battery turned out to be drained and would not reload. |
 A new ▲ silhuett was posted at this site in 2005 based on T. Riseths precise measurements in January 2004. The BLT Research Report however, displays the old silhuette, in which does not influence on the research results. |
 Latest RESEARCH MAY 2005 (KLICK HERE!) |
Snåsningen
Jan. 28th 04 Snåsningen Febr. 4th 04 (Local newspaper at Snåsa)
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The circular and geometrically perfect pattern, about 14 metres long, is made by 2-3 cm high ice elements that are standing out like a relief on a field of fodder grass. There is no water (river or lake) in the vicinity of the pattern, which was covered by a very thin layer of snow when discovered. Neither the Norwegian Crop Circle Group nor the young friends, who discovered the formation (read their own account), have any explanation thus far, as to how this large and relatively complex pattern may have come into being. Other known ice circles, as far as we are aware, have occurred on the frozen surfaces of rivers and lakes, so this is no "ordinary" ice circle. We neither have any reason to believe that the pattern is a sort of reminiscence of a former crop circle at the location. The pictogram might well be unique and one of its kind.
LABORATORY ANALYSIS:
Soil samples of the ground was sent to the BLT
Research Team, USA for
analysis
in spring 2004, to see if some chemicals applied topically might serve as an
explanation to why the ice had formed in this design. Laboratory tests, however,
revealed nothing unusual.
ICE CIRCLE 2002
Sandvika, Bærum
| Photographs | Silhouette | Descriptions | Media release |
CLICK TO ENLARGE! Photo: Knut Helbak The photo is shot close to the old Hamang Bridge that crosses the Sandvika river. |
(to come) |
A perfectly circular ice formation was fleeting slowly
down the Sandvika river, while slowly rotating. The edges was quite even, and
gave the impression of beeing made by a saw. |
Asker
& Bærum Budstikke 15.02.02
|
This perfectly circular ice formation appeared in the Sandvika River,
Norway on the
5th of February 2002. Asker og Bærum Budstikke (the local newspaper) covered the
incident with a notice (see above).
SNOW CIRCLE 1997
| Photographs | Silhouette | Descriptions | Media release |
 Photo: Heidi Gråwe Unfortunately this formation was not photographed. The circle though, was discovered about fifty metres to the right of the two elks in the photograph above, in a cultivated field just outside the photo frame. |
(to come) |
A perfectly circular ring, 62 cm in diameter was discovered in new snow covering a field situated about thirty metres from a nearby house. The ring was six centimetres wide and protruded six centimetres upwards from the snow cover outside and inside the ring.
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None.
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On a winter day in 1997, Heidi Gråwe discovered a perfectly circular ring in the snow covering the field situated close to her house. The ring measured 62 centimetres in diameter. “It was very sharp and accurate and it was standing up from the snow cover by about six centimetres. The new snow was covering all the surroundings and there was no tracks to be seen anywhere near the ring or the field.”
Gråwe eventually forgot the incident, and some years ago she moved from the farm at Hommelstø. Only recently, when she heard about other snow circles, did she again remember the ring, and contacted the Norwegian Crop Circle group (on the 28th of February 2005) to report the formation.
SNOW CIRCLE 1991
Haukelifjell, Hardanger
Mount. Pl.
Easter
1991
Tovdal in Midthei
| Photographs | Silhuette | Descriptions | Media release |
 CLICK TO SEE FULL IMG.! Photo: UFO-Norway
The photo above shows one of the three
circular markings of approx. 50-60 cm each in diameter. (se drawing to the
right, and click the description) Total size of formation: |
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UFO-Norway's Journal: "UFO" nbr. (?) - 1991
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A rather unusual impression was found in the snow at Haukelifjell, at Easter in 1991. Three small circles, fifty to sixty cm in diameter, that were found at Tovdal in the area of Midthei, were composed of several five cm deep concentric rings. The distance from the edge of one circle to the edge of the next, was approximately three metres.
Unfortunately the photo only shows two of the circles. The long tracks that can be seen around the circles on the photograph were made by the observer's skis. The drawing to the right, by the land owner, shows the full impression / formation.
Prior to the discovery of the impression, the observers saw strange lights in the sky. Three subsequent evenings, at the same time, they observed a “luminous object (changing colours, from red to shining black to green),” hovering in a fixed position in the sky for half an hour, above the location where the imprints were found.
SNOW
SAMPLES ANALYSED
The
incident was reported to the organisation UFO Norway, that visited the location,
and collected snow samples from within the circles and from outside the pattern.
In spite of the fact that the samples were collected ten to eleven days after
the formation was discovered, one of the samples from within the circles showed
a slight variation in bacterial growth compared to the control samples.
Source: UFO Norway. Published
with permission.
OTHER
COUNTRIES
For further information
about ice- and snow circles globally, click
Related Phenomena,
or visit the Canadian web-site
CCCRN,
and then click
Other
circular
phenomena in Canada Archive.
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readers have photos of or information about
not reported circles in Norway or in other
countries, please contact us at
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PLEASE
HELP US LOOK OUT FOR CIRCLES
Norwegian Crop Circle Group has no possibility to overlook the areas in our extended country, neither from the fields nor from the air. We depend on observant people to
report to us when a circle occurs. We therefore kindly ask you to "keep your eyes open", and let us know
as soon as there is a possibility that a circle have appeared.
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