Editing 1994 Winter Olympics (section)

===Opening ceremony===
{{main|1994 Winter Olympics opening ceremony}}
[[File:Hammar Olímpic.jpg|thumb|Mexican artist [[Abel Ramírez Águilar]] with an ice sculpture he created before the start of the Lillehammer Games]]

As the 1988 Winter Games, the Organizing Committee decided not to build a specific Olympic Stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies and opted to conduct them at the ski jumping hill, [[Lysgårdsbakken]]. Artistic content presented a range of Norwegian and Nordic cultures, including elements such as [[Sami people|Sami]] [[joik]], [[Telemark skiing]], fiddlers and folk dancing,<ref>LOOC (III): 154</ref> simulations of Norwegian traditional events, such as wedding processions, and  the figure of [[Vættir|vetter]] from [[Norse mythology]].<ref>LOOC (III): 158</ref> After speeches by Heiberg and IOC president [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]], the Games were officially declared opened by [[Harald V of Norway|King Harald V]].<ref>LOOC (III): 155</ref> and the [[Olympic Anthem]] was performed by the lyrical singer, [[Sissel Kyrkjebø]]. After, the [[Olympic Flame]] was to be carried down the ski jump before lighting the cauldron. Originally this task had rested upon [[Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl]], but after he broke an arm in a practice jump, his back-up, [[Stein Gruben]], received the honor. The cauldron was lit by [[Crown Prince Haakon Magnus]]. The [[Olympic oath]]s were taken by [[Vegard Ulvang]] for the athletes and [[Kari Kåring]] for the officials.<ref>LOOC (III): 156</ref>