Norway's Stranded Prime Minister Uses iPad To Govern From U.S.

An enormous volcanic ash cloud has shut down air travel in Europe, canceling flights and stranding Europe-bound passengers around the world.

But thanks to the iPad, stranded Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg hasn't had any trouble.

Stoltenberg, who traveled from Oslo to the U.S. to participate in President Obama's nuclear summit, is now stuck in New York City. Stoltenberg's press secretary told CNN that the prime minister has been running his government from Apple's tablet.

A photo of Stoltenberg on the Norwegian Government's official Flickr account shows the prime minister and his iPad under the (translated) title "The prime minister is working at the airport."

(Flickr headline translated using Google Translate)

Comments

[Harrier]

05:54 AM on 04/19/2010

OK we got it, Huffington is a big advertiser for Apple. WiFi is also a big problem.

[morefromLA]

01:10 AM on 04/19/2010

It is only Norway (no offense) after all. A Blackberry Bold would have been more than enough.

[drpieter]

02:48 PM on 04/18/2010

ok.... so is where is my post pointing out that anyone with a laptop, smartphone, netbook could do the same thing as this non-story decribes and asking whether this was a blatant example of remunerated product placement?

[mamacat]

04:35 AM on 04/18/2010

Apropos of nothing in particular, Norway had a female Prime Minister awhile back, and the world did not end.
Har det bra!

[microsoap]

04:11 AM on 04/18/2010

Hey, Viking! Make sure you download a calculator and a clock, because it won't come with it. Ah, but that's what iTunes is for.

Ahhh, yes, iTunes. The vending machine of world for media. Apple nickle and diming you to de|ath.

Oh, but you guys go back to suing everyone else under the sun for their "monopolies". Just keep putting your money in your mattress and praising your black turtleneck and jeans messiah.

[RobertFromMN]

05:09 AM on 04/19/2010

From where I am sitting, I can see eight clocks. The fact that one doesn't come on an iPad wouldn't give me pause. Nor would the lack of a calculator, which I use perhaps two or three times a year.
The jealousy of Apple haters, many of whom have never owned the products they hate, is a never-ending source of amusement to me.

[SilentSolidarity]

12:20 AM on 04/18/2010

"But thanks to the iPad, stranded Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg hasn't had any trouble."

How much money does HuffPost get for this?

[microsoap]

04:07 AM on 04/18/2010

Exactly. Now just imagine how much MORE he can do with a cheap netbook.

Multitasking for one.

[chuck prebys]

11:57 PM on 04/17/2010

An Ipad??

The ultimate marketing tool...............

Anyone knows that a Macbook Pro is 10 times the machine an Ipad is.

Why isn't the leader of that country using a REAL computer to get his work done?

[microsoap]

04:07 AM on 04/18/2010

lol For the ultimate "fools". ;-)

[CaliTLC]

01:07 PM on 04/18/2010

I have a 17" MacBook Pro. Love it. But, it is far toooo heavy to lug around. That's my only complaint about it. If I could do it over, I'd get a smaller one for sure.

[chuck prebys]

12:04 AM on 04/19/2010

The 15" is perfect size and very thin.
I've been through many laptops of all types and the 15" MBP is a for sure keeper.
I'm going through withdrawals now as it's in the shop getting the keys unstuck after wine spilled on it.

I must have to reboot or ctl/alt/delete the lenovo 5 times a day now.

Simply barbaric!!!!!!!

[LMPE]

04:54 PM on 04/17/2010

C'mon, man! Why not use the iPad to Google erotic photos of Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn?

[hulagirrrl]

04:15 PM on 04/17/2010

Nokia will not like that picture!!

[microsoap]

04:08 AM on 04/18/2010

They're already the #1 global smart phone leader. They're fine. ;-)

[czs5056]

01:54 PM on 04/17/2010

when this said running the government maybe all he's doing is using a thing called "electronic mail" or "email" to communicate with his people over there and they email him back. he then thinks about what they sent him and sends a reply. if that's the case (which i think it is) then I can run an empire on my DROID smart phone.

[ragtag]

08:46 AM on 04/17/2010

Soon to be appearing in an ad on your TV...there's no way this won't be "jobsed" into some kind of plus for Apple...

[Frangelica]

09:56 PM on 04/16/2010

We need the world;s CRUISE SHIPS passengering trans-Atlantic, serving all of Northern Europe to move travelers where they can connect w/ Airlines.

[spqesq]

06:55 AM on 04/17/2010

Agreed.

[hulagirrrl]

04:17 PM on 04/17/2010

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is stranded in Portugal, there must be several who did not make it home after leaving the US.

[HonestJohnnis]

07:50 PM on 04/16/2010

This is a really lame article.

[spqesq]

06:55 AM on 04/17/2010

Agreed.

[progressiveguy100]

06:31 PM on 04/16/2010

Cool. I can see Obama doing this also. Can you imagine Bush or any other Republican , like McConnell or Bouner. Right ! ! doubt they could turn it on.

[Layman23]

11:23 PM on 04/16/2010

They would turn it on and wonder where are the tubes that connect this thing to the internets.

[larmarch5]

06:44 PM on 04/17/2010

There are stories about Bush's com systems going dark during the 911 crisis.
http://www.historycommons.org/essay.jsp?article=essayaninterestingday

[tangelan]

05:48 PM on 04/16/2010

Okay, that's really cool. Come on 2nd generation!