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    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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    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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    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/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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    Henrik Ibsen (category People from Skien)
    became the brother-in-law of Skien's wealthiest man, Diderik von Cappelen. In 1799, Ole Paus sold the Ibsen House in Skien's Løvestrædet (Lion's Street)...
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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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  • 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 Airport, Geiteryggen (Norwegian: Skien lufthavn, Geiteryggen; IATA: SKE, ICAO: ENSN) is a regional airport located at Geiteryggen, 5.5 kilometers...
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  • 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championships (category Sport in Skien)
    on unknown. Source: [ IPC] (H) Host Placement games Pool B was hosted in Skien, Norway at the Fritidspark. The hosts Norway won the championship and along...
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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 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Nationale Scene in Bergen Det Norske Teatret, Oslo Grenland Friteater, Skien Haugesund Teater, Haugesund Hedmark Teater, Hamar Hordaland Teater Hålogaland...
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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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  • Odds BK (category Sport in Skien)
    commonly known as Odd, is a Norwegian professional football club from Skien. Originally the football section of a multi-sports club, founded in 1894...
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    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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    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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  • Bastian Vasquez (category People from Skien)
    March 2015, while working with the production of bombs for IS". Born in Skien, Norway and of Chilean background, he was in a group of hip hop singers...
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    31. Porsgrunn/Skien 93,778 32. Umeå 90,412 33. Kuopio 88,520 34. Pori 84,026 35. Gävle 77,586 36. Södertälje 75,773 37. Borås 73,980 38. Esbjerg 72,398...
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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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    31. Porsgrunn/Skien 93,778 32. Umeå 90,412 33. Kuopio 88,520 34. Pori 84,026 35. Gävle 77,586 36. Södertälje 75,773 37. Borås 73,980 38. Esbjerg 72,398...
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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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