Prime Minister of Norway running country from his iPad

Posted By Joshua Keating Friday, April 16, 2010 - 12:49 PM Share

Governing Norway? There's an app for that. 

Prime minister Jens Stoltenberg, like thousands of others, has been stranded by the volcanic cloud hanging over Europe. But he seems to be managing: 

Stoltenberg, who was in town for President Obama's nuclear summit, was due to return to his country Thursday. But thousands of flights to northern Europe were cancelled because of volcanic ash from the exploding Eyjafjallajokull volcano. 

His solution? Stoltenberg pulled out the iPad he's presumably just bought and has started to govern his country with it.

"Due to the delays, I'll be working from New York," Norwegian newspapers reported the president as saying.

 

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BOOKFISHER

1:15 PM ET

April 16, 2010

Primeminister not President

Norway is constitutional kingdom with a parliamentarian democracy, prepare to mocked by Norwegians( the worst kind of mocking)

 

JOSHUA KEATING

6:43 PM ET

April 16, 2010

sorry fixed.

Do your worst, Norwegians

 

NEMO9

11:59 PM ET

April 16, 2010

Josh's hard-on for Apple Products is getting annoying.

It's become more than obvious that your an Apple Fanboi and there are tonnes of blogs and even the Tech Press who regurgitate these "news" stories, so do please spare your Passport readers. This corporation needs no help getting a free press pass IMO.

Before you foam at the mouth just remember it's just another Corporation that makes shiny ridiculously high-margin closed system consumer products in China sometimes with the help of Child Labor.

 

NYGDAN

9:02 AM ET

April 19, 2010

On Apple

For what its worth, I'll thank Mr. Keating for putting up the article. Its interestingly and timely, and I think most people realize that Stoltenberg isn't really running anything in particular off the iPad other than emails.

 

TANTHONY

9:12 AM ET

April 19, 2010

Stainless steel soap dispenser

Thank you very much for your articles..................

 

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