I can't pronounce it either and I am usually pretty good with place names.
The sister of one of my neighbors has been stuck in Hamar, Norway and was due to fly home on the day after the eruption began.
She doesn't mind, she is staying with her daughter and SiL. Went there for the birth of her first grandchild.
Her daughter married a Finn who works in Norway for Nokia. Strangely enough, she met him in Mexico while they were both on vacation (and both with other partners), then carried on a long-distance romance for more than two years until they were finally married - In San Diego. Two months later they relocated to Norway.
My neighbor told me the girl had never been in snow, was an avid surfer and the entire family was flummoxed when she announced that they were going to live in Scandinavia. Brrrrr.
