IK Start Kvinner one win from Toppserien

The Sørlandet / Agder news from the past 48 hours: IK Start's women's team can secure promotion to the Toppserien on Sunday, the repair of the Skagerrak 2 power cable is drawing a reaction from the Senterpartiet, and a Lyngdal resident collects 1,150 dolls made from toilet paper rolls.

Sørlandet / Agder: IK Start Kvinner one win from the Toppserien

With three matchdays left in the 1. divisjon season, IK Start's players hold a six-point lead over Viking. A win against Tromsø on Sunday would suffice, if the results of the chasing teams go their way, to clinch promotion to the top flight. Only Viking and Åsane can still catch the Sørlandet side (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

"There's room in the trophy cabinet, so we'll find a way to get there. We're going to do it," says the club's marketing manager, Kjetil Repstad, standing in front of the piece of furniture where the trophies are displayed. The club could claim its third trophy in four years.

The official admits that promotion, if it comes on Sunday, will arrive a little early in the season. "I believe Åsane and Viking will do their job. So it will be marked, guaranteed: we are now assured of something we have dreamed of." The club will then move quickly on to the next match, he adds (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

Energy: 160 million kroner to repair the Skagerrak 2 cable

Statnett and the Danish operator Energinet have repaired the Skagerrak 2 power cable for 160 million kroner, a bill shared between Norway and Denmark, reports NRK Sørlandet / Agder. The first two cables to Denmark, Skagerrak 1 and Skagerrak 2, were laid in the 1970s and their technical lifespan ends next year.

The Senterpartiet believes the repair should not have been authorised. "We should have used this opportunity to immediately reduce electricity exports and ensure that more Norwegian power benefits the country's people and economy," says Maren Grøthe, the party's spokesperson for energy (NRK Sørlandet / Agder). The debate over renewing or shutting down the cables continues.

Culture: 1,150 roll dolls, a collection born in Lyngdal

Laila Andersen, 50, lives in Lyngdal with her husband and their three children — and with 1,150 dorulldukker, dolls made from toilet paper rolls. The collection began in her childhood: her grandmother had placed one on the bathroom shelf, dressed in a long green dress.

"I associate it with my grandmother. She was a kind woman. That's why good memories are linked to this doll," she says (NRK Sørlandet / Agder). When her grandmother died, the doll went to her aunt, who did not want it and passed it on to Laila. She has been collecting ever since she was 20, because looking at them makes her happy.

📌 Local briefs

A man in his twenties has been sentenced to 30 days in prison and a two-year ban on operating a boat after a fatal accident during a hytte stay on the Sørlandet: an aluminium boat struck a marker warning of a shallow area, on the night of Saturday 5 July last year (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

One person was found unconscious after an episode of violence, and a threatening situation involving a machete was reported at a party, according to Fædrelandsvennen. The same outlet published on Saturday evening a weather warning urging the public to take precautions, as well as a portrait of a man who went through prison twice and is now giving his testimony at Markens (Fædrelandsvennen, 03/10).

Sources: NRK Sørlandet / Agder, Fædrelandsvennen, The Local Norway — Period: 03 October 2026 and 04 October 2026