The Battle of Lyngør was a naval action fought between Denmark-Norway and Britain in 1812 on the southern coast of Norway, it result in the destruction of a Danish frigate.

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Beach

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.

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Boat

A boat is a watercraft of a large range of type and size.

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Bokmål

Bokmål (literally "book tongue") is an official written standard for the Norwegian language, alongside Nynorsk.

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Book town

A book town is a town or village with a large number of used book or antiquarian book stores.

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Bookselling

Bookselling is the commercial trading of books which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process.

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Borøya, Aust-Agder

Borøya or Borøy is an island in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Bygdeliste

A bygdeliste (also fellesliste or lokale liste) is a type of electoral list for the system of party-list proportional representation in Norway.

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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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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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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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Denmark–Norway

Denmark–Norway (Danish and Norwegian: Danmark–Norge or Danmark–Noreg; also known as the Oldenburg Monarchy or the Oldenburg realms) was an early modern multi-national and multi-lingual real unionFeldbæk 1998:11 consisting of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway (including Norwegian overseas possessions the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, et cetera), the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Duchy of Holstein.

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Diocese of Agder og Telemark

The Diocese of Agder og Telemark (Agder og Telemark bispedømme) is a diocese of the Church of Norway, covering the counties of Telemark, Aust-Agder, and Vest-Agder in Norway.

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Districts of Norway

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

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Dypvåg

Dypvåg is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Dypvåg (village)

Dypvåg is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Dypvåg Church

Dypvåg Church (Dypvåg kirke) is a parish church in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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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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Economy

An economy (from Greek οίκος – "household" and νέμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents.

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Europa Nostra

Europa Nostra (Latin for "Our Europe") is a pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage, representing citizens’ organisations that work on safeguarding Europe's cultural and natural heritage.

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Feldspar

Feldspars (KAlSi3O8 – NaAlSi3O8 – CaAl2Si2O8) are a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals that make up about 41% of the Earth's continental crust by weight.

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Fiane, Tvedestrand

Fiane is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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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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Froland

Froland is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Gemstone

A gemstone (also called a gem, fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semi-precious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments.

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Genitive case

In grammar, the genitive (abbreviated); also called the second case, is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun.

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Gjeving

Gjeving is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Goderstad

Goderstad is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Grønland, Aust-Agder

Grønland is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Harbor

A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences; synonyms: wharves, haven) is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked.

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HDMS Najaden (1811)

HDMS Najaden was a frigate in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy.

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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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Holt Church

Holt Church (Holt kirke) is a parish church in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Holt, Aust-Agder

Holt is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Ketil Bjørnstad

Ketil Bjørnstad (born 25 April 1952 in Oslo, Norway) is a pianist, composer and author.

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Kilen, Aust-Agder

Kilen is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Klåholmen

Klåholmen is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Knud Knudsen (linguist)

Knud Knudsen (January 6, 1812 - March 30, 1895) was a Norwegian educator, author, linguist and philologist.

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Kråkvåg, Aust-Agder

Kråkvåg or Krokvåg is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder 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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Laget

Laget is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Laget Church

Laget Church (Laget kirke) is a parish church in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language, and involves an analysis of language form, language meaning, and language in context.

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List of churches in Aust-Agder

This list of churches in Aust-Agder is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Aust-Agder 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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Lyngør

Lyngør is a village area on a group of small islands in the municipality of Tvedestrand in Aust-Agder county, off the southeast coast of Norway.

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Lyngør Lighthouse

Lyngør Lighthouse (Lyngør fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located on the island of Kjeholmen in the Lyngør area in the municipality of Tvedestrand in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Lysekil Municipality

Lysekil Municipality (Lysekils kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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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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Mineral

A mineral is a naturally occurring chemical compound, usually of crystalline form and not produced by life processes.

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Moland

Moland is a former municipality in Aust-Agder 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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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and usually led by the United Kingdom.

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Næs jernverk

Næs Jernverk or Næs verk (Nes iron works) in Holt (now part of Tvedestrand municipality, in Aust-Agder county, Norway), was an iron works which started operation in 1665 under the name “Baaseland Værk”.

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Nesgrenda

Nesgrenda is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Newspaper

A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events.

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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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Oksefjorden (Aust-Agder)

Oksefjorden is a fjord in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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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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Phosphate

A phosphate is chemical derivative of phosphoric acid.

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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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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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Risør

is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Risør (town)

Risør is a town and the administrative centre of Risør municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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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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Roan, Norway

Roan is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Sagesund

Sagesund is a small village in the municipality of Tvedestrand in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Sandøya, Aust-Agder

Sandøya (Sand island) is an island in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Sandnesfjorden

Sandnesfjorden is a fjord in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Sandvika, Aust-Agder

Sandvika is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder 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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Sea

A sea is a large body of salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Skagerrak

The Skagerrak is a strait running between the southeast coast of Norway, the southwest coast of Sweden, and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area, which leads to the Baltic Sea.

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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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Songe

Songe is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Southern Norway

Southern Norway (Sørlandet; lit. "The Southland") is the geographical region (landsdel) along the Skagerrak coast of southern Norway.

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Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau.

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Store norske leksikon

Store norske leksikon, abbreviated SNL, is a Norwegian language (bokmål) encyclopedia.

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Strengereid

Strengereid is a village in the municipality of Arendal in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Sunstone

Sunstone is a plagioclase feldspar, which when viewed from certain directions exhibits a spangled appearance.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Tern

Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands.

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Thulite

Thulite (sometimes called rosaline) is a translucent, crystalline or massive pink manganese-bearing variety of the mineral zoisite.

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Torsten Ottersen Hoff

Torsten Ottersen Hoff (c.1688 – 1754) was a Norwegian sculptor.

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Tvedestrand (town)

Tvedestrand is a town and the administrative centre of Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Tvedestrand Church

Tvedestrand Church (Tvedestrand kirke) is a parish church in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Tvedestrandsposten

Tvedestrandsposten is a local newspaper published in Tvedestrand, Norway.

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Unemployment

Unemployment is the situation of actively looking for employment but not being currently employed.

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Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County (Västra Götalands län) is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.

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Vegårshei

Vegårshei is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Xenotime

Xenotime is a rare-earth phosphate mineral, the major component of which is yttrium orthophosphate (YPO4).

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Yttrium

Yttrium is a chemical element with symbol Y and atomic number 39.

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Zoisite

Zoisite, first known as saualpite, after its type locality, is a calcium aluminium hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals.

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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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