TV 2 announced that police were implementing a new crime-fighting tactic. The channel announced that several prisons were sending inmates to showings of "The Passion of the Christ". Officers then stationed themselves outside and waited for criminals to confess after seeing the movie.
Oslo Township announced that tunnel excavations in connection with the expansion of the city's subway system had uncovered the remains of a 15,000-year-old human body. The discovery would halt the transport project for years, possibly permanently, and the find "would likely be named Homo Metro" due to its resting place.
A tourist campaign to attract Swedes to Norway was one elaborate and expensive prank. A glossy ad for the new underground super-train Scandinavian Earthlines ran in Thursday's Swedish newspapers.
The ad included pictures of the high-tech train that could make the 1100 kilometer (683 mile) trip from Stockholm to Lofoten in under an hour and invited interested customers to call the company.
Those falling for the trick were informed on the phone by Norwegian tourist authorities that the train story was not quite true, but that Norway was in fact one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
Tourist chief Andreas Näsman posted notes in Stockholm's central train station saying "April, April" to wake up dozy readers who might turn up to try and take the revolutionary train.
