Brunost to the mix for a more pronounced taste. The local trader Ole Kongsli liked it so much he thought there might be a market for the product in the capital, Oslo. He started exporting it to his business contacts in Oslo under the name Gudbrandsdalsost ("Gudbrand Valley Cheese"), and it became so successful that it contributed significantly to the economy of the region, thus helping Gudbrandsdalen out of recession. In 1933, aged 87, Hov received the King's Medal of Merit ("Kongens fortjenstmedalje") for her contributions to Norwegian cuisine and economy. In modern times, the world's largest producer of brunost is
Salang Tunnel fire and 2,000 Afghan soldiers and civilians may have died. Afghan insurgents said they did not have any role in the explosion in the tunnel. Prior to this, on 23 February 1980, a similar incident killed 16 Soviet soldiers in the Salang tunnel. Salang Tunnel fire The Salang tunnel fire occurred on 3 November 1982 in Afghanistan's Salang tunnel during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Details are uncertain, but the incident may have been the deadliest known road accident, and one of the deadliest fires of modern times. The Salang tunnel, which opened the famous Salang Pass (or Kotal-e Salang) to