Image Kaupang, Vestfold view 22jun2005.jpg thumb right 250px Kaupang br view from the dig site on Bikjholberget For another Viking Age site, see Kaupanger . Kaupang was in Old Norwegian a word that means ... is Norway, also named Skiringssal Kaupang in Skiringssal Kaupangen i Skiringssal . Kaupang was an important ... of Their Wanderlust National Geographic Society ref History Image Kaupang, Vestfold model 22jun2005.jpg right thumb 250px Model of the Viking town KaupangKaupang was founded in the 780s and abandoned ... seat in the 700s and 800s. ref http www.unipress.dk en gb Item.aspx?sku 1335 Kaupang in Skiringssal Kaupang Excavation Projekt Publication. 2007 ref Kaupang is mentioned under the name of Skiringssal or Sk ringssalr in Ohthere from H logaland s tales. Ohthere Ottar fra H logaland visited Kaupang in the 9th ... and Anton Englert. Roskilde 2007 ref Excavation File Kaupang, Vestfold site 22jun2005.jpg right thumb 250px Excavation field east of the Kaupang Most archaeologists believe the site to have been the first urban settlement of some significance in Norway. Excavations and studies have found that Kaupang ... at Kaupang in 1997. ref http www.kaupang.uio.no publikasjoner Bestillingsskjema means 20of 20exchange.pdf Means of Exchange. Dealing with silver in the Viking Age Edited by Dagfinn Skre. Kaupang Excavation ... program at Kaupang. The leader of this new excavation process was Professor Dagfinn Skre. The Institute ... that ran over three years from 2000 until 2002. A smaller research excavation was conducted in Kaupang ... and tools. ref http www.khm.uio.no utstillinger kaupang utstill.html Kaupang Vikingbyen University of Oslo ref References references Other sources Blindheim, Charlotte Kaupang Vikingenes handelsplass ... 8. Skre, Dagfinn Stylegar Frans Arne, Kaupang the Viking town Jac Trykk as, Oslo 2008 ISBN 82 8084 018 4. Skre, Dagfinn editor Kaupang in Skiringssal Kaupang Excavation Projekt Publication. 2007 External links http www.kaupang.uio.no eng index.html Kaupang Excavation Project http www.khm.uio.no utstillinger ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Image Ottars reise.jpg thumb 300 px Ottars Reise Contrempory map shows Ohthere s reported journey including his stop at Skiringssal Skiringssal Old Norse language Old Norse Sk ringssalr , literal translation The Shining Hall is the name of an area situated in the Norway Norwegian municipality municipalities of Larvik and Sandefjord , in the southern region of the county of Vestfold . Skiringssal is also the name of a folk high school in the vicinity of Sandefjord city. Kaupang , the first known Norwegians Norwegian trading outpost, was created at Skiringssal in the early 9th century 800 810 and disappeared 930. Skiringssal is mentioned in several early medieval sources including the tales of hthere. Around 890 AD Ottar from H logaland hthere Norwegian Ottar fra H logaland traveled to England where Alfred the Great , king of Wessex , had reports of Skiringssal Old English language Anglo Saxon Sciringes heal written down. ref http www.kaupang.uio.no eng index.html Kaupang in Skiringssal Kaupang Excavation Project ref The Institute for Archaeology, Conservation and Historical Studies at the University of Oslo organised the large excavations that ran over three years, from 2000 until 2002. A smaller research excavation was conducted in Kaupang s harbour area in 2003. The site of the excavation can be found in Larvik , specifically in Tjolling . Several scholars are now working on analysis of both the artifact material and different environmental archaeological samples. The results from the post excavation work will be published in a series of books, the first of which became available in 2007. References Reflist Other sources Kaupang in Skiringssal Kaupang Excavation Project Publication Series, 2007 2008 Coord missing Norway Category Viking Age populated places Category Larvik Category Sandefjord Vestfold geo stub es Skiringssal nn Skiringssal ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Kaupanger other name native name nickname settlement type Village image skyline Sognefjord with Kaupanger.jpg image caption View of Kaupanger left from Storhaugen mountain pushpin map Norway Sogn og Fjordane pushpin label position bottom pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption Location in Sogn og Fjordane coordinates display inline,title coordinates region NO coordinates type type city subdivision type Country subdivision name Norway subdivision type1 List of regions of Norway Region subdivision name1 Western Norway subdivision type2 Counties of Norway County subdivision name2 Sogn og Fjordane subdivision type3 Districts of Norway District subdivision name3 Sogn subdivision type4 List of municipalities of Norway Municipality subdivision name4 Sogndal area footnotes ref name ssb area total km2 1.1 population as of 2009 population footnotes ref name ssb population total 854 population density km2 776 timezone1 Central European Time CET utc offset1 01 00 timezone1 DST Central European Summer Time CEST utc offset1 DST 02 00 postal code type Post Code postal code 6854 elevation m 1 elevation footnotes ref cite web url http www.yr.no place Norway Sogn og Fjordane Sogndal Kaupanger title Kaupanger publisher yr.no language Norwegian accessdate 2010 09 04 ref latd 61 latm 11 lats 04 latNS N longd 07 longm 14 longs 32 longEW E For another Viking Age site, see Kaupang Kaupanger is a village situated along the Sognefjord in the municipality of Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway . Kaupanger originated as a settlement during the Viking age . Earlier Kaupanger was known as Tingstad. Kaupang was an Old Norse term for trading or market place. Town s name is composed of the Kaup buy and angr fjord, harbor Buy harbor. The Kaupanger stave church is believed too have been built in the 12th century and is still located here. ref cite web url http www.snl.no Kaupanger. tettsted title Kaupanger. tettsted author Store norske leksikon authorlink Store nor ... more details
Football club infobox clubname Larvik Turn image fullname Larvik Turn & Idrettsforening nickname founded 1865 club , 1906 football group ground Lovisenlund br Larvik capacity chairman Steinar Islan club , Frank Duvholt football group manager Robin Andreassen league List of football clubs in Norway 3rd division Norwegian 3rd division season 2004 position 3rd Division Group 9, 2nd pattern la1 pattern b1 pattern ra1 leftarm1 FFFFFF body1 FFFFFF rightarm1 FFFFFF shorts1 0000FF socks1 FFFFFF pattern la2 pattern b2 pattern ra2 leftarm2 FF0000 body2 FF0000 rightarm2 FF0000 shorts2 0000FF socks2 FFFFFF Larvik Turn & Idrettsforening is a Norway Norwegian sports club that does Football soccer football , Team Handball handball , Athletics track and field athletics , wrestling , and gymnastics . The club was founded as early as 1865, and has been playing football since 1906. The football team was at its best during the 1950s, when it won the Norwegian Premier League three times in 1953, 1955, and 1956. The club s only Norwegian football cup cup final appearance came in 1956, but this match was lost 2 1 to Skeid Fotball Skeid . Former Norway national football team Norwegian internationals Gunnar Thoresen footballer Gunnar Thoresen , Hallvar Thoresen , Tom Sundby and Gunnar Halle have all played for Larvik Turn & I.F. The most prominent representative of the athletics section is Lars Martin Kaupang, who holds the Norwegian record in 1500 metres with 3 37.4 minutes. League participations First Level 1937 1948 League wasn t played between 1939 1947 due to German invasion , 1952 1962 Second Level 1948 1952, 1963, 1973 1977 5 seasons Third Level 1964 1967 4 seasons , 1970 1972 3 seasons , 1978 1982 5 seasons , 1988, 1997 1998 2 seasons Fourth Level 1968 1969 2 seasons , 1983 1987 5 seasons , 1989 1996 8 seasons , 1999 External links http www.larvikturn.no Official site no icon http www.rsssf.no divisional.html L Norwegian clubs divisional movements en icon Category Norwegian football ... more details
Espen Borge born 8 September 1961 is a retired Norway Norwegian runner who specialized in 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase . He represented IF Hellas and IK Tjalve . He finished seventh in 1500 m at the 1989 European Indoor Championships in Athletics 1989 European Indoor Championships . In addition he competed at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics 1987 World Championships and the 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 1989 World Cross Country Championships without success. ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk internasjonal mb.htm Norwegian international athletes B no icon ref He became Norwegian champion in 800 m in 1984 and 1986 ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk nm m800.htm Norwegian championships in 800 metres no icon ref and in 1500 m in 1987, 1988 and 1991. ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk nm m1500.htm Norwegian championships in 1500 metres no icon ref In 1985 and 1986, Borge ran collegiately in the US for the Arkansas Razorbacks University of Arkansas where he finished 3rd in the 1500 metres at the 1986 NCAA Outdoor Championships, the primary college athletics competition in the US. ref http www.hogwired.com pdf2 63486.pdf?ATCLID 801339&SPID 2430&DB OEM ID 6100&SPSID 30837 ref Personal bests 800 metres 1 47.41 min 1984 twelfth among Norwegian 800 m runners. ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk at sen M800.htm Norwegian all time list 800 metres no icon ref 1500 metres 3 38.74 min 1987 fifth among Norwegian 1500 m runners, only behind Lars Martin Kaupang , Vebj rn Rodal , Knut Kvalheim and Arne Kvalheim . ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk at sen M1500.htm Norwegian all time list 1500 metres no icon ref 3000 m steeplechase 8 23.11 min 1987 Norwegian record until June 1995, second among Norwegian 3000 m steeplechasers, only behind Jim Sven y . ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk at sen M3000H.htm Norwegian all time list 3000 metres s chase no icon ref References iaaf name id ... more details
for the former municipality Ve y Infobox islands name Ve ya native name native name link sobriquet image name Veoy 039.jpg image size 300px image caption View of the island image alt location Molde , Norway area km2 6 rank length km 2 width m 760 coastline km elevation m 76 highest mount Country heading Norway country admin divisions title County country admin divisions M re og Romsdal country admin divisions title 1 Municipality country admin divisions 1 Molde population population as of density km2 density footnotes Ve ya or Ve y is an island in the municipality of Molde in M re og Romsdal county, Norway . It is located at a junction of the three main branches of the Romsdalsfjord between Sekken and the mainland near the village of Nesjestranda . Ve y consists of one larger and two smaller islands. The island was Norway s first legally protected land, and the buildings on the island are now part of the Romsdal Museum . History File 1967Ve yVicarsRecidence.JPG thumb left The vicar s residence in 1967 The island was a strategic location for the coastal routes during the Viking period. The southern branch of Romsdalsfjord lead to Romsdal the present day town of ndalsnes , where important trade routes led up the valley to Lesja . From there it followed the pilgrim trail over Dovre to Tr ndelag , or down the Gudbrandsdal to Ostlandet . The eastern branch led through Langfjorden, M re og Romsdal Langfjorden where they hauled their ships over the convert 5 km adj on wide, low lying ithmus at Eidsv g, Nesset Eidsv g , in order to avoid the dreaded waters of Hustadvika , and then back to the shipping routes northwards to Nidaros modern day Trondheim . To the west, past the inlet of the fjord, were the southbound routes to Bergen . File Sekken and Veoy.jpg thumb left View of Ve ya closest and Sekken farthest with Hangholmen in the middle At this junction, Ve y was established as a kaupang Old Norse for a market town , and Romsdal s economic, administrative and religious ce ... more details
Arne Kvalheim born 25 April 1945 is a retired Norway Norwegian long distance runner. He is the brother of Knut Kvalheim . He finished fourth at the 1974 European Indoor Championships in Athletics 1974 European Indoor Championships 3000 m and sixth at the 1974 European Championships in Athletics 1974 European Championships 5000 m . He also competed without reaching the final at the 1968 Summer Olympics as well as the European Championships in 1966 European Championships in Athletics 1966 and 1971 European Championships in Athletics 1971 . ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk internasjonal mk.htm Norwegian international athletes K ref He was a Norwegian champion in 800 metres in 1966, ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk nm m800.htm Norwegian championship, men s 800 metres ref 1500 metres in 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 and 1972 ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk nm m1500.htm Norwegian championship, men s 1500 metres ref and 5000 metres in 1969, 1970 and 1971. ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk nm m5000.htm Norwegian championship, men s 5000 metres ref He represented the sports club IK Tjalve . His personal best times were 800 metres 1 48.7 min 1967 . ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk at sen M800.htm Norwegian all time list, men s 800 metres no icon ref 1500 metres 3 38.5 min 1968 fourth on the Norwegian all time list, only behind Lars Martin Kaupang , Vebj rn Rodal and Knut Kvalheim . ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk at sen M1500.htm Norwegian all time list, men s 1500 metres no icon ref 3000 metres 7 44.8 min 1974 third on the Norwegian all time list, only behind Marius Bakken and Knut Kvalheim . ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk at sen M3000.htm Norwegian all time list, men s 3000 metres no icon ref 5000 metres 13 26.4 min 1974 seventh on the Norwegian all time list. ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk at sen M5000.htm Norwegian all time list, men s 5000 metres no icon ref 10,0 ... more details
Knut Kvalheim born 14 June 1950 is a retired Norway Norwegian long distance runner. He is the brother of Arne Kvalheim . He finished fourteenth at the 1974 European Championships in Athletics 1974 European Championships 5000 m , ninth at the 1976 Summer Olympics 5000 m and ninth at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics 1978 European Championships 10,000 m . He also competed without reaching the final at the European Championships in 1971 European Championships in Athletics 1971 and 1982 European Championships in Athletics 1982 . ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk internasjonal mk.htm Norwegian international athletes K ref He was a Norwegian champion in 1500 metres in 1973, ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk nm m1500.htm Norwegian championships, men s 1500 metres ref 3000 metres steeplechase in 1975, ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk nm m3000h.htm Norwegian championships, men s 3000 metres steeplechase ref 5000 metres in 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982. ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk nm m5000.htm Norwegian championships, men s 5000 metres ref and 10,000 metres in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1982. ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk nm m10000.htm Norwegian championships, men s 10,000 metres ref He represented the sports club IK Tjalve . He held the Norwegian records in 1500, 3000, 5000 and 10,000 m for many years. His personal best times were 1500 metres 3 38.1 min 1976 third on the Norwegian all time list, only behind Lars Martin Kaupang and Vebj rn Rodal . ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk at sen M1500.htm Norwegian all time list, men s 1500 metres no icon ref 3000 metres 7 42.4 min 1974 second on the Norwegian all time list, only behind Marius Bakken . ref http www.friidrett.no friidrett statistikk at sen M3000.htm Norwegian all time list, men s 3000 metres no icon ref 3000 metres steeplechase 8 25.2 min 1974 fifth on the Norwegian all time list, only behind Jim Sven y , Bj rna ... more details
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About the municipality in Buskerud, Norway the game Hol role playing game abbreviations HOL disambiguation Infobox kommune name Hol native name native name lang other name official name idnumber 0620 image skyline county Buskerud district Hallingdal capital Geilo demonym Holing language Norwegian language Neutral coatofarms Hol komm.png munwebpage www.hol.kommune.no mayor Erik Kaupang mayor party Norwegian Labour Party Ap mayor as of 2003 area rank 36 area total km2 1858 area land km2 1664 area water percent 0.57 population as of 2004 population rank 211 population total 4556 populationpercent 0.10 population density km2 3 population increase 1.5 latd 60 latm 34 lats 18 longd 8 longm 4 longs 18 utm zone 32V utm northing 6715453 utm easting 0449127 geo cat adm2nd Hol is a Municipalities of Norway municipality in Buskerud Counties of Norway county , Norway . It is part of the Districts of Norway traditional region of Hallingdal . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Geilo . The area of Hol was separated from the municipality of l in 1877. The area of Dagali was transferred from the neighboring municipality of Uvdal to Hol in 1944. General information Name The municipality originally the parish is named after the old Hol farm Old Norse H ll , since the first church was built here. The name is identical with the word h ll which means round and isolated hill . Coat of arms The Coat of arms coat of arms is from modern times. They were granted on 5 July 1991. The arms show three silver anvil s on a blue background and was designed by Trond Andersson. They are stacked one above the other with the top one being the largest and the bottom one is the smallest. The anvil was chosen to symbolize the former forge smithies in the municipality, which were famous for the production of axe s, blade s, and knife knives . Iron mining was already practiced in the area in Viking times. ref cite web author Norske Kommunev pen year 1990 title Nye kommunev bener ... more details
Infobox Olympics Norway games 1976 Summer competitors 66 60 men and 6 women flagbearer Leif Jenssen weightlifting sports 11 gold 1 silver 1 bronze 0 total 2 rank 21 Norway was represented at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. Medalists Image Gold medal.svg 16x16px Gold Alf Hansen and Frank Hansen rower Frank Hansen Rowing, Men s Double Sculls Image Silver medal.svg 16x16px Silver Finn Tveter , Rolf Andreassen , Arne Bergodd , and Ole Nafstad Rowing, Men s Coxless Fours Results by event Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics Archery In the second appearance by the nation in the archery competition at the Olympics, Norway was represented by only one man. A veteran of the 1972 Summer Olympics , Jan Erik Humlekj r shot two points less than his performance of four years before. Nevertheless, he moved up eight places in the ranking. Men s Individual Competition Jan Erik Humlekj r &mdash 2337 points 24th place Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletics Men s 1500 metres Lars Martin Kaupang Heat &mdash 3 44.59 min did not advance Men s 5.000 metres Knut B r Heat &mdash did not start did not advance, no ranking Knut Kvalheim Heat &mdash 13 20.60 min Final &mdash 13 30.33 min 9th place Men s 10.000 metres Knut B r Heat &mdash 28 23.07 min advanced to the final Final &mdash did not finish no ranking Men s High Jump Terje Totland Qualification &mdash 2.16 m Final &mdash 2.18m 9th place Leif Roar Falkum Qualification &mdash 2.16 m Final &mdash 2.10m 14th place Men s Discus Throw Knut Hjeltnes Qualification &mdash 61.30 m Final &mdash 63.06 m 7th place Men s Javelin Throw Terje Thorslund Qualification &mdash 82.52 m Final &mdash 78.24 m 11th place Bj rn Grimnes Qualification &mdash 80.32 m Final &mdash 74.88 m 14th place br Women s 1500 metres Grete Waitz Heat &mdash 4 07.20 min Semi final &mdash 4 04.80 min did not advance Women s High Jump Astrid Tveit Qualification &mdash 1.70 m did not advance Cycling at th ... more details
Nicolay Nicolaysen January 14, 1817 January 22, 1911 was a Norway Norwegian Archaeology Archaeologist and Norway s first state employed Antiquarian . ref http www.snl.no .nbl biografi Nicolay Nicolaysen utdypning Nicolay Nicolaysen utdypning Norsk biografisk leksikon. NBL ref Biography Image Oeystein.jpg right thumb Head of ystein Magnusson in Bergen Museum discovered by Nicolay Nicolaysen Nicolay Nicolaysen was a founding member of the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments , of which he was president from 1851 to 1899. He also took active part in the restoration of the Nidaros Cathedral and of the Hall of Haakon IV of Norway Haakon IV H konshallen . He was active in the founding the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design and was a proponent of the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry . ref http www.snl.no Nicolay Nicolaysen Nicolay Nicolaysen Store Norske Leksikon ref In 1852, the first investigations took place of the Borre mound cemetery Norwegian Borrehaugene from the Old Norse word haugr meaning mound in Horten , Vestfold . Nicolaysen examined the excavations which uncovered an unusually good selection of craft work, of a form which as become known as Borre style , much of which is on display at the Viking Ship Museum Oslo Viking Ship Museum in Oslo . Excavations of the Munkeliv Abbey located at Nordnes in Bergen took place in 1857 and 1860. Many extremely well crafted structural fragments were recovered, now in the Museum of Cultural History Kulturhistorisk Museum , part of Bergen Museum . These include the well known marble head of Eystein I of Norway ystein Magnusson discovered by Nicolaysen, supposedly the oldest known portrait of a Norwegian. The first excavations of the Kaupang area was done in 1867. Nicolaysen mapped one of the grave fields around the former town, and he excavated 79 grave mounds. Most archaeologists believe this was the first urban settlement ... more details
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