Norway ..... a mad Norwegian Sport or what ?

Like this then? 

 

Still doesn't make a lot of sense , but thank goodness it is not a new sports event !

Ski jumping is a popular winter sport in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and many eastern European countries. Even in Japan, Korea I think. But it is not for everyone. Here is a link to English ski jump Wikipedia.

There are several Norwegian stamps with Ski jumping or ski jump venues.
As I'm not at home now I have to borrow some images of ski jump stamps from the web.


Here is The Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykänen who was the best ski jumper of the period 1982-1988.


Tis is the iconic Olympic winter games stamps from Oslo 1952.









Here is a link to our national ski jump venue Holmenkollen Oslo.

And to conclude, I do not do and have never done anny ski jump longer than 5-8 meters.

Alex (vikingeck ), just to complete the discussion about the sculpture, here is a photo taken from a different point of view on the work, which may put its appearance into a bit clearer perspective.  So, they are figures of scuba divers mounted on wires in the air, to appear that they are swimming underwater.  That's my take on it, anyway.

When I first saw the image of your stamp, I thought that perhaps it was of bungee jumpers, but something didn't look quite right.  Once I realized from the catalogue that the stamp is depicting a sculpture, then I could begin to get the idea.  If I ever get to Oslo, I will try to pay a visit to the site of this sculpture, to see how it looks to the eye amongst its surroundings, which to me, would be the real impression of the thing.


Outdoor sculpture titled "Divers" by Ola Enstad, constructed in Oslo
(Photo Credit: Trip Advisor)