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    municipality is the town of Vadsø, which is also the administrative centre of Finnmark county. Other settlements in Vadsø include Ekkerøy, Kiby, Krampenes...
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    Vadsø (Northern Sami: Čáhcesuolu [ˈt͡ʃaːht͡seˌsuo̯luː]; Kven: Vesisaari) is a town in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The town is the administrative...
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    Vadsø Church (Norwegian: Vadsø kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the...
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    Vadsø Airport (Norwegian: Vadsø lufthavn; IATA: VDS, ICAO: ENVD) is a regional airport in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is...
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  • Valen is a tiny hamlet in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located at the mainland end of the narrow isthmus of land which joins the...
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    Sør-Varanger (Gsv) in the east, which guards the border with Russia. The town of Vadsø is the administrative centre for the county of Finnmark, although Alta has...
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    Norwegian of Kven and Sámi descent. Kjellfrid grew up in Ekkerøy near the town Vadsø in the northern part of Norway. She was a nurse and midwife who moved to...
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  • the free dictionary. VDS is a three-letter abbreviation which may mean: Vadsø Airport (IATA airport code VDS), Norway Vidyasagar railway station (train...
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    carry out for Hammerfest in 1838. (This was also the case in the towns of Vadsø and Vardø.) In 1839, the northern district (population: 498) was separated...
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    (Western Jacob's River), runs through the municipalities of Nesseby and Vadsø on the Varanger Peninsula. The river begins around the mountain Midthaugen...
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    Kristin Harila (category People from Vadsø)
    Mountaineer, Skier Born (1986-03-28) 28 March 1986 (age 38) Vestre Jakobselv, Vadsø, Norway Nationality Norwegian Career Notable ascents Fastest to climb all...
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    v t e Finnmark county, Norway Main article: Finnmark Capital: Vadsø County government: Finnmark County Municipality County lists: County Governors Villages...
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    then continue with the E75. Major towns and cities on the E75 are: Vardø Vadsø Nesseby Varangerbotn Tana bru Utsjoki Inari Ivalo Sodankylä Rovaniemi Kemi...
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    depicted in their coats-of-arms: Eidfjord, Porsanger, Rendalen, Tromsø, Vadsø and Vågå. The historic province of Västerbotten in Sweden has a reindeer...
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    Sweden (1972) Paused as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Vadsø, Norway (1973) Jacksonville, United States (1975) Groningen, Netherlands...
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    located in Nordreisa municipality. The Ruija Kven Museum is located in Vadsø. Birkarls Forest Finns Kvenland Sámi people Tornedalians [1] "Endelig et...
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    Varangerfjord (category Vadsø)
    mainland of Norway. The fjord flows through the municipalities of Vardø, Vadsø, Nesseby, and Sør-Varanger. The fjord is approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi)...
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    alternately. The administrative centre of Finnmárku (Finnmark) is Čáhcesuolu or Vadsø, in the far east of the county. The current county governor is Runar Sjåstad...
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    made cities nonviable in Northern Norway. Bodø was founded in 1816, and Vadsø in 1833. The Hurtigruten shipping line, introduced in 1893, gave quicker...
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  • the co-founders and became an honorary member. He was elected mayor of Vadsø before being appointed as a vicar in Balsfjord, where he was also elected...
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    Kiby (category Vadsø)
    poems. "Kiby, Vadsø" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2013-03-07. "Folkemengde, etter alder, bostedsstrøk og delområde/grunnkrets. 2003 Vadsø" (PDF) (in...
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    retailer Autosalg AS, Vadsø, Norway 70°04′54″N 29°42′06″E / 70.081658°N 29.701754°E / 70.081658; 29.701754 Volvo retailer Harila AS, Vadsø, Norway 70°06′24″N...
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    Kristina Torbergsen (Ap) 26,189.43 168,340 Troms Neutral  Finnmark NO-56 Vadsø Alta Elisabeth Aspaker Hans-Jacob Bønå (H) 48,637.43 75,540 Finnmark Neutral...
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    Norway with construction engineer John Carruthers, during which he visited Vadsö and Trondheim; during the trip his physical condition deteriorated and he...
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  • operate a seaplane route from Tromsø via Alta, Hammerfest, and Kirkenes to Vadsø. For this route, the company bought its first de Havilland Canada DHC-3...
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    served by Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen. There are non-stop flights to Oslo, Vadsø, Vardø, Alta and Tromsø. The European route E6 has its northern terminus...
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    Svalbard (belonging to Norway) it also made a stop at the airship mast at Vadsø (Northern Norway). On 29 April Amundsen was dismayed at the arrival of Richard...
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    Harstad/Narvik, Hasvik, Honningsvåg, Kirkenes, Lakselv, Mehamn, Sørkjosen, Stokmarknes, Trondheim, Vadsø, Vardø Wizz Air Gdańsk Seasonal: London–Luton...
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  • Ronneby Airport Ronneby/Karlskrona RNB/ESDF 110,663 +9.5% 59  NOR Vadsø Airport Vadsø VDS/ENVD 97,803 -2.8% 60  NOR Ørsta-Volda Airport Ørsta/Volda HOV/ENOV...
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    first attacked on 14 February 1944. On 23 August, they bombed the town of Vadsø, which had been sheltering around 2,000 German soldiers. Hammerfest was...
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