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73 relations: Administrative centre, Ålvik, Ålvik Church, Øystese, Øystese Church, Bjølsegrøvvatnet, Bru, Hordaland, Centre Party (Norway), Church of Norway, Coat of arms, Deanery, Districts of Norway, Economic development, Fjord, Formannskapsdistrikt, Fusa, Fyksesund, Fyksesund Bridge, Fyksesund Landscape Park, Geirr Tveitt, Granvin, Hamlagrøvatnet, Hardanger, Hardangerfjord, Health care, Holiday cottage, Holmavatnet (Hordaland), Hordaland, Jon Flatabø, Jon Fosse, Jondal, Kunnskapsforlaget, Kvamskogen, Kysnesstranda, List of municipalities of Norway, Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin, Mayor, Mundheim, Municipal council, Nils Nilsson Skaar, Norheimsund, Norheimsund Church, Norway, Nynorsk, Old age, Old Norse, Per Øyvind Heradstveit, Political party, Population density, Prestegjeld, ..., Primary education, Road, Samnanger, Schei Committee, Social work, Statistics Norway, Steine, Hordaland, Steinsdalsfossen, Store norske leksikon, Strandebarm, Strandebarm Church, Svein Rosseland, Tørvikbygd, Ullensvang, Unemployment, University of Tromsø, Vaksdal, Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Varaldsøy (municipality), Vikøy, Vikøy Church, Voss, Zoning. Expand index (23 more) »
Administrative centre
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
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Ålvik
Ålvik is a village in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Ålvik Church
Ålvik Church (Ålvik kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Øystese
Øystese (pronounced Oystesee) is a village in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Øystese Church
Øystese Church (Øystese kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Bjølsegrøvvatnet
Bjølsegrøvvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Bru, Hordaland
Bru or Ploganes is a village in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Centre Party (Norway)
The Centre Party (Senterpartiet, Sp) is an agrarian centrist political party in Norway.
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Church of Norway
The Church of Norway (Den norske kirke in Bokmål and Den norske kyrkja in Nynorsk) is a Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity that serves as the people's church of Norway, as set forth in the Constitution of Norway.
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Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard.
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Deanery
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway.
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Districts of Norway
The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts.
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Economic development
economic development wikipedia Economic development is the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people.
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Fjord
Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.
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Formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838.
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Fusa
Fusa is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Fyksesund
Fyksesund (Fykse Sound) is a fjord in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Fyksesund Bridge
The Fyksesund Bridge (Fyksesundbrua) is a suspension road bridge in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Fyksesund Landscape Park
Fyksesund Landscape Park is a landscape park in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Geirr Tveitt
Geirr Tveitt, born Nils Tveit (19 October 1908 – 1 February 1981) was a Norwegian composer and pianist.
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Granvin
Granvin is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Hamlagrøvatnet
Hamlagrøvatnet is a lake on the border of the municipalities of Voss and Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Hardanger
Hardanger is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, dominated by the Hardangerfjord and its inner branches of the Sørfjorden and the Eid Fjord.
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Hardangerfjord
The Hardangerfjord (Hardanger Fjord) is the fourth longest fjord in the world, and the second longest fjord in Norway.
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Health care
Health care or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings.
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Holiday cottage
A holiday cottage, holiday home, or vacation property is accommodation used for holiday vacations.
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Holmavatnet (Hordaland)
Holmavatnet or Holmevatnet is a lake in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Hordaland
Hordaland is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties.
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Jon Flatabø
Jon Flatabø (April 7, 1846 – February 10, 1930) was a Norwegian writer of popular literature at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Jon Fosse
Jon Olav Fosse (born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author and dramatist.
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Jondal
Jondal is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Kunnskapsforlaget
Kunnskapsforlaget is a Norwegian publishing company based in Oslo that concentrates on encyclopedias, encyclopedic books, textbooks, and dictionaries.
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Kvamskogen
Kvamskogen (lit. Kvam forest) is a mountain plateau in the Hardanger region of Hordaland county, Norway.
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Kysnesstranda
Kysnesstranda is a village in the Jondal municipality, Hordaland 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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Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin
The Diocese of Bjørgvin (Bjørgvin bispedømme) is one of the 11 dioceses that make up the Church of Norway.
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Mayor
In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
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Mundheim
Mundheim is a small village in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Municipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality such as city councils and town councils.
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Nils Nilsson Skaar
Nils Nilsson Skaar (March 28, 1852 – June 12, 1948) was a Norwegian teacher, farmer, editor, and parliamentary representative from the Fykse Sound in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county.
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Norheimsund
Norheimsund is the administrative centre of the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Norheimsund Church
Norheimsund Church (Norheimsund kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, 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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Nynorsk
Nynorsk (translates to New Norwegian or New Norse) is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål.
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Old age
Old age refers to ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings, and is thus the end of the human life cycle.
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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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Per Øyvind Heradstveit
Per Øyvind Heradstveit (26 May 1932 – 11 May 2004) was a Norwegian television journalist and non-fiction writer.
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Political party
A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.
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Population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.
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Prestegjeld
A prestegjeld was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway (Den Norske Kirke) roughly equivalent to a parish.
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Primary education
Primary education and elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool and before secondary education (The first two grades of primary school, Grades 1 and 2, are also part of early childhood education).
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Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.
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Samnanger
Samnanger is a municipality in the Midhordland region of Hordaland county, Norway.
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Schei Committee
The Schei Committee (Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II.
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Social work
Social work is an academic discipline and profession that concerns itself with individuals, families, groups and communities in an effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being.
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Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau.
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Steine, Hordaland
Steine is a village in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Steinsdalsfossen
Steinsdalsfossen (also called Øvsthusfossen or Øfsthusfossen) is a waterfall in the village of Steine in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Store norske leksikon
Store norske leksikon, abbreviated SNL, is a Norwegian language (bokmål) encyclopedia.
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Strandebarm
Strandebarm is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Strandebarm Church
Strandebarm Church (Strandebarm kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Svein Rosseland
Svein Rosseland (March 31, 1894, Kvam, Hardanger – January 19, 1985, Bærum) was a Norwegian astrophysicist and a pioneer in the field of theoretical astrophysics.
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Tørvikbygd
Tørvikbygd (coord) is a village in Kvam municipality Hardanger, Hordaland, Norway.
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Ullensvang
Ullensvang is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Unemployment
Unemployment is the situation of actively looking for employment but not being currently employed.
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University of Tromsø
The University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet; is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Tromsø, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972. It is one of eight universities in Norway. The University of Tromsø is the largest research and educational institution in northern Norway. The University's location makes it a natural venue for the development of studies of the region's natural environment, culture, and society. The main focus of the University's activities is on the Auroral light research, Space science, Fishery science, Biotechnology, Linguistics, Multicultural societies, Saami culture, Telemedicine, epidemiology and a wide spectrum of Arctic research projects. The close vicinity of the Norwegian Polar Institute, the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research and the Polar Environmental Centre gives Tromsø added weight and importance as an international centre for Arctic research. Research activities, however, are not limited to Arctic studies. The University researchers work within a broad range of subjects and are recognised both nationally and internationally. On 1 January 2009, the University of Tromsø merged with Tromsø University College. On 1 August 2013, the university merged with Finnmark University College to form Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet (The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway), thereby adding campuses in Alta, Hammerfest and Kirkenes. On 1 January 2016, Narvik University College and Harstad University College merged with UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. As of January 2016 the university now has six campus locations in northern Norway, the main campus being Tromsø.
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Vaksdal
is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.
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Valgerd Svarstad Haugland
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland (born 23 August 1956) is a Norwegian teacher, politician and civil servant.
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Varaldsøy (municipality)
Varaldsøy is a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Vikøy
Vikøy is a village in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Vikøy Church
Vikøy Church (Vikøy kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Voss
is a municipality and a traditional district in Hordaland county, Norway.
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Zoning
Zoning is the process of dividing land in a municipality into zones (e.g. residential, industrial) in which certain land uses are permitted or prohibited.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvam
