Unknown Chess Pieces

Can anyone identify these chess pieces? 

Dag nab, those pieces look awesome.! Looks like a spinoff of The Dubrovnik pieces.

Me wants that set unless the cost is through the roof..!

that is the first thing i was thinking... they do have some Dubrovnik features.  i like the wide or broad base... would like to find this set too.

Another dag nab spinoff.! Looks like they are coming out of the wood work.

Looks like chess pieces to me. :)

Absolutely no clue, please don't take this the wrong way, but the knight looks like a doberman getting ready to attack :)

now that you mention it... it does.

I did an image search and found the 60 Minutes video on YouTube.

That was a simul with Magnus Carlsen when he was a boy.  

In that video clip he looks to be between 10 and 12 years old.

yes, that is Carlsen's hand in the top left corner of the image.

here is the youtube video:
https://youtu.be/Qc_v9mTfhC8

Looked up broadbase chessmen (broadbase sjakkbrikker), found these:
http://www.sjakkbutikken.no/produkter/brikker-sheesham-broadbase/

I purchased this set about 15 years ago.  I think Mangus was 9 years old then.

Okay, I think i found them.

Thanks for the idea... i was thinking that the simul took place in Norway.  Just hit me to look up the chessmen in the Nowegian language after your comment.  Thanks!

http://www.sjakkbutikken.no/produkter/trebrikker-svenska-tavlingsmodellen/

Translated Description of the set:

The popular wooden pieces found in a majority clubs in Norway. Comes now normal in cloth bag velvet to £ 200. Also available without cloth bag to £ 180 per set.

Kong height is 82 mm. Simple but neat pieces without the filters below.

Appropriate to the chessboard where the fields are about 50 x 50 mm, but we know that many people also prefer the folding plastic trays with panels 55 x 55 mm along with them. Does not fit as well on wooden board, then it becomes hard and a little noise and wear when moving out of three against three, without the filters.

The set is about $25.00 US (180 Krone) +shipping, I think.

Seems the store is listing the price in pounds, if this is correct, the set is $280.00 US +shipping, that is a little more than I expected.

Okay, they set is 200kr ($24.00 US), plus shipping.  Question now, do they ship to the United States.

They are called a Swedish Competition Chess Set

Svensk tävlingsmodell, which translates as "Swedish competition model"

found them on another webiste for 56 Kr, I think that is about $7.00 US.

http://www.tradera.com/item/181810/228020075/svenska-schackpjaser-tavlingsmodellen

Okay, just translated this page and its an auction of some kind.

Just sent them an email.. will post back if I find out anything. I guess from the price they are unweighted but, the wide bases should make them very stable IMO.

kewl

Have you evern played the game called Sorry.

I swear those pawns look exactly like the Sorry Pawn's lol. Just slightly bigger and less colorful.

if i were a knight, bishop, rook, etc... that is the pawn i would want standing in front of me

chess pieces ain't have to be pretty, they just chess pieces...

(may have to watch this video to get the humor above)
https://youtu.be/s-zCM_8APc0

i sent them an email last night too, will do the same if I hear form them. 

i emailed them in english, if i dont get a reply in a few days i will try emailing them in norwegian.

i think the pieces are both un-weighted and un-felted.  made for vinyl, paper, or cardboard boards... club and tournament use.