i Rana and Mosjøen the Nordland Line provides railway connection south to Trondheim (and on to Oslo), while Narvik has railway connection east to Sweden (and on to Stockholm). The Hurtigruten calls at many ports in the region. Goods that are needed in northern Norway are generally freighted by train to Bodø or Narvik, and there reloaded to trucks. The freight trains from Oslo to Narvik has the majority of the amount. Export of fish and other products use the same trains in the reverse direction. Sport The Northern Norwegian Cup was a football tournament played from 1929 to 1969. The Eliteserien, Norway's primary men's football league, will feature two Northern team in the upcoming 2019 season, FK Bodø/Glimt and Tromsø IL. In women's football, IK Grand Bodø and Medkila IL (from Harstad) will play in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of Norwegian football. In ice hockey, the Narvik IK plays in the second-tier Norwegian First Division. In basketball, the BLNO has featured the Tromsø Storm and Harstad Vikings. The Arctic Race of Norway is a cycling road race of the UCI Europe Tour held since 2013. The Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon is a marathon race held under midnight sun. Notable people Harald "Dutte" Berg (1941–), football player. Mari Boine (1956–), jazz artist, from Karasjok Petter Dass (1647–1707), the foremost Norwegian baroque poet, from Alstahaug Ailo Gaup (1980–), FMX World Champion, from Tromsø Mads Gilbert, professor of emergency medicine, from Tromsø. Knut Hamsun (1859–1952), author and Nobel laureate, from Hamarøy Helmer Hanssen (1870–1956), with Amundsen's team to the South Pole in 1911, from Bjørnskinn Geir Lundestad (1945–), director of the Nobel Institute and professor of history, from Bodø Lene Marlin (1980–), singer and songwriter, from Tromsø Morten Gamst Pedersen (1981–), football player, from Vadsø. The Röyksopp band duo Torbjørn Brundtland (1975–) and Svein Berge, from Tromsø Trond Sollied (1959–), Football manager. Ranked as the ninth best manager in 2006. Iselin Steiro (1985–), supermodel, from Harstad Otto Sverdrup, Arctic explorer, from Bindal Hans Erik Dyvik Husby ("Hank Von Helvete") (1972–), Vocalist in the death-punk band Turbonegro. See also Arctic policy of Norway References External links NACC MA: North Norway NorwayOnline: North Norway Europe’s most spectacular cruising coast Iron Age boat construction in Northern Norway Spildra – a small isolated Island in the middle of Northern Norway, known for its 8,000 years of continuous settlement Image:Ice fishing on a fjord (Ramfjord)