{"id":1604,"date":"2026-01-14T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:10:17","slug":"the-norwegian-who-inveted-salmon-sushi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/?p=1604","title":{"rendered":"The Norwegian who inveted salmon sushi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes people tell me to stop going on about how great Norway is. But&#8230; did you know that salmon sushi is a Norwegian invention? Well, this story is up there among my all-time favourites: &#8220;Sushi inventor&#8221; Bj\u00f8rn Eirik Olsen talked to me for the BBC World Service Witness History programme \u2013 hear his amazing story here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sushi-2-wp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sushi-2-wp-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sushi-2-wp-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sushi-2-wp-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sushi-2-wp-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sushi-2-wp.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo: Bj\u00f8rn Eirik Olsen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Witness-Hitory-Salmon-sushi-PART-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/bevanger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Witness-History-Salmon-sushi-PART-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes people tell me to stop going on about how great Norway is. 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