Skien (Norwegian: [ˈʂêːən] ) is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically...
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The Skien watershed is the third largest watershed of Norway after those of the Glomma and the Drammen rivers. The catchment area is 10,780 square kilometres...
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The Skien animal was found during an excavation in Skien, Norway, in 1979. It is carved into a plank, and is dated to the 9th century. This, and other...
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Skien is a town/city in Skien Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located along...
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Skien/Porsgrunn is a Norwegian urban area located in Grenland in southern Telemark. The urban area covers parts of three municipalities: Skien, Porsgrunn...
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Skien Hospital (Norwegian: Skien sykehus) is a general hospital situated in Skien, Telemark, Norway. It is the main facility of Telemark Hospital Trust...
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Skien Station (Norwegian: Skien stasjon) is a railway station located about one kilometer from downtown Skien in Telemark, Norway.[citation needed] The...
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was a county until 2020. The county administration was in the port town Skien, which was in the early modern period Norway's most important city, ahead...
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Henrik Ibsen (category People from Skien)
play in 2006. Ibsen was born into the merchant elite of the port town of Skien, and had strong family ties to the families who had held power and wealth...
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Skien Isstadion is an outdoor ice skating rink with artificial ice in Skien, Norway. It is part of Skien Fritidspark at Klosterskogen. The ice rink is...
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Skien Church (Norwegian: Skien kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skien Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the...
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In modern times, Grenland refers to the areas of the municipalities of Skien, Porsgrunn, Bamble, and Siljan. Sometimes the municipalities Kragerø and...
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Skien IK is an ice hockey team in Skien, Norway. They currently play in the Norwegian Second Division, the third level of Norwegian ice hockey. The teams...
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Paus family (section Skien branch)
captains, shipowners, wealthy merchants and bankers in the port towns of Skien and Drammen. From the 19th century several family members were prominent...
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Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (Norwegian: Skien flyplass, Geiteryggen; IATA: SKE, ICAO: ENSN) is a regional airport located at Geiteryggen, 5.5 kilometers...
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Skien Fritidspark is a multi-purpose stadium located in Skien, Norway. It was completed in 2008, and is built around Skienshallen from 1968. The arena...
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Norwegian family descended from Jan Fredriksen (died 1624), a citizen of Skien. His son, parish priest Fredrik Blom (died 1657), Lårdal, adopted the family...
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Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg Østfold 111,267 16 Tromsø Troms 38,980 7 Porsgrunn/Skien Telemark 92,753 17 Hamar Innlandet 27,324 8 Kristiansand Agder 61,536 18...
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the tournament was held in Europe in Skien, Norway. United States are the two-time defending champions. Skien in Norway was given the hosting rights...
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The Telemark Canal connects the towns Skien and Dalen in southern Norway by linking several long lakes in the Skien watershed through a series of 18 locks...
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List of churches in Agder og Telemark (redirect from Skien prosti)
municipalities of Siljan, Skien, and Porsgrunn. The deanery is headquartered at Skien Church in the town of Skien in Skien municipality. The deanery was...
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sibling pair Hedevig Paus and Ole Paus, who belonged to the merchant elite of Skien. Ibsen drew significant inspiration from his childhood environment and family...
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Port of Grenland (category Skien)
Norway, consisting of the municipalities of Skien, Porsgrunn and Bamble. It operates four ports, at Skien, Porsgrunn, Grenland Terminal at Brevik and...
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mouth of the Porsgrunn river where it joins the Frierfjorden. The town of Skien lies immediately to the north of the town of Porsgrunn. The town of Brevik...
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Detention and Security Prison in Bærum to Skien Prison, formally known as Telemark fengsel, Skien avdeling, in Skien, county Telemark. On 28 September 2012...
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Hedevig Paus and son-in-law Johan Andreas Altenburg in the Altenburg House in Skien, where he died. His life has been extensively studied in the context of...
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Telemark Capital: Skien County government: Telemark County Municipality County lists: County Governors Villages Churches Towns and cities Skien (1358) Porsgrunn (1652)...
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Nationale Scene in Bergen Det Norske Teatret, Oslo Grenland Friteater, Skien Haugesund Teater, Haugesund Hedmark Teater, Hamar Det Vestnorske Teateret...
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educator, activist, writer Mosfellsbær is twinned with: Loimaa, Finland Skien, Norway Thisted, Denmark Uddevalla, Sweden "Population by municipalities...
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(196,948) Drammen (122,955) Fredrikstad / Sarpsborg (120,332) Porsgrunn / Skien (95,793) Kristiansand (66,576) Tønsberg (55,387) Ålesund (55,386) Moss (49...
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