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Hadeland

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Hadeland (local pronunciation) is a traditional district in the south-eastern part of Norway. [1]

55 relations: Ancient Rome, Bird, Bjoneroa, Black Death, Brandbu, Bronze Age, Cattle, Cereal, Christianity, Counties of Norway, Deer, Districts of Norway, Dynna stone, Eastern Norway, Folklore, Gran, Norway, Granavollen stone, Grua, Hadeland Folkemuseum, Hadeland Glassverk, Halfdan Hvitbeinn, Halfdan the Black, Harald Fairhair, Harestua Solar Observatory, Horse, Hunter-gatherer, Iron Age, Jaren, Jevnaker, List of municipalities of Norway, Lunner, Lunner Church, Moose, Nordmarka, Norway, Old Norse, Oppland, Oslo, Petty kingdom, Pig, Potato, Randsfjorden, Regions of Norway, Runestone, Sagas of Icelanders, Salvelinus, Sister Churches, Norway, Skrukkelia, Stone Age, Tingelstad Old Church, ..., Tribal chief, Trout, Tumulus, Viking Age, War. Expand index (5 more) »

Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Bird

Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Bjoneroa

Bjoneroa is a village in the municipality of Gran in the county of Oppland, Norway.

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Black Death

The Black Death, also known as the Great Plague, the Black Plague, or simply the Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351.

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Brandbu

Brandbu is a village in the municipality of Gran in Oppland county, Norway.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Cereal

A cereal is any edible components of the grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis) of cultivated grass, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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Counties of Norway

Norway is divided into 18 administrative regions, called counties (singular fylke, plural fylker (Bokmål) / fylke (Nynorsk) from Old Norse: fylki from the word "folk"); until 1918, they were known as amter.

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Deer

Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae.

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Districts of Norway

The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts.

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Dynna stone

The Dynna Stone is a runestone from the late Viking age that was originally located in Gran, Norway.

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Eastern Norway

Eastern Norway (Bokmål: Østlandet, Nynorsk: Austlandet) is the geographical region of the south-eastern part of Norway.

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Folklore

Folklore is the expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.

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Gran, Norway

is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway.

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Granavollen stone

The Granavollen stone is a runestone located behind Nikolaikirken at Granavollen in Gran, Oppland county, Norway.

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Grua

Grua is a village in the municipality of Lunner, Norway.

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Hadeland Folkemuseum

Hadeland Folkemuseum is a regional museum for Hadeland (Gran, Lunner and Jevnaker).

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Hadeland Glassverk

Hadeland Glassverk is situated in Jevnaker, Oppland 40 km north of Oslo, at the southern tip of lake Randsfjorden.

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Halfdan Hvitbeinn

Halfdan Whiteshanks (Old Norse: Hálfdan hvítbeinn) was a petty king in Norway, described in the Ynglinga saga.

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Halfdan the Black

Halfdan the Black (Old Norse: Halfdanr Svarti) (&ndash) was a ninth-century king of Vestfold.

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Harald Fairhair

Harald Fairhair (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri, Norwegian: Harald Hårfagre, (literally "Harald Hair-pleasant"); 850 – 932) is remembered by medieval historians as the first King of Norway.

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Harestua Solar Observatory

Harestua Solar Observatory (Solobservatoriet på Harestua) is a solar observatory near Harestua in the municipality of Lunner, Oppland, Norway.

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Horse

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''.

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Hunter-gatherer

A hunter-gatherer is a human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals), in contrast to agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.

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Jaren

Jaren is the administrative centre of Gran municipality, Norway.

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Jevnaker

Jevnaker is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway.

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List of municipalities of Norway

Norway is divided into 18 administrative regions, called counties (fylker in Norwegian, singular: fylke), and 422 municipalities (kommuner/-ar, singular: kommune – cf. communes).

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Lunner

Lunner is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway.

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Lunner Church

Lunner Church (Lunner kirke) is a medieval stone church from the 12th century, located on the hill of Lunnertoppen in Lunner municipality of Oppland county, Norway.

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Moose

The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family.

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Nordmarka

Nordmarka is the mostly forested region which makes up the northern part of Oslo, Norway.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Oppland

Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark.

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Oslo

Oslo (rarely) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Petty kingdom

A petty kingdom is a kingdom described as minor or "petty" by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either preceded or succeeded it (e.g. the numerous kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England unified into the Kingdom of England in the 10th century, or the numerous Gaelic kingdoms of Ireland as the Kingdom of Ireland in the 16th century).

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Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae.

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Potato

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum.

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Randsfjorden

Randsfjorden is Norway's fourth-largest lake with an area of.

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Regions of Norway

Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (landsdeler).

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Runestone

A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock.

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Sagas of Icelanders

The Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), also known as family sagas, are prose narratives mostly based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries, during the so-called Saga Age.

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Salvelinus

Salvelinus is a genus of salmonid fish often called char or charr; some species are called "trout".

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Sister Churches, Norway

The Sister Churches (Søsterkirkene) consist of two late 12th-century churches built side by side at Granavollen, Gran, Hadeland, in Norway.

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Skrukkelia

Skrukkelia is a village in Akershus, Norway.

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Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

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Tingelstad Old Church

Tingelstad Old Church (Tingelstad gamle kirke) is a Romanesque stone church in Gran, Norway.

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Tribal chief

A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.

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Trout

Trout is the common name for a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus, all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae.

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Tumulus

A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

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Viking Age

The Viking Age (793–1066 AD) is a period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, following the Germanic Iron Age.

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War

War is a state of armed conflict between states, societies and informal groups, such as insurgents and militias.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadeland

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