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Vinje

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Vinje is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. [1]

61 relations: Aasmund Nordstoga, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Arabygdi, Arve Moen Bergset, Aslak Brekke, Aslak Versto, Aslaug Vaa, Aurland, Author, Åmot, Vinje, Battle of Vinjesvingen, Centre Party (Norway), Coat of arms, Counties of Norway, Districts of Norway, Dyre Vaa, Edvard Grieg, European route E134, Fiddle, Folk music, Formannskapsdistrikt, Goat, Hardangervidda, Haugesund, Haukeli, Hovden, Aust-Agder, Ingebjørg Bratland, Kristiansand, List of municipalities of Norway, Meadow, Myllarguten, Northern Europe, Norway, Norwegian National Road 9, Nynorsk, Odd Nordstoga, Olav Aslakson Versto, Olav Versto, Old Norse, Oslo, Parish, Pasture, Plural, Rauland, Scree, Setesdal, Setesdalsheiene, Sheep farming, Snowboarding, Statistics Norway, ..., Stein Versto, Stev, Sven Erik Kristiansen, Tarjei Vesaas, Telemark, Terje Håkonsen, Totak, Vest-Telemark, Vinje, Sør-Trøndelag, Violin, World War II. Expand index (11 more) »

Aasmund Nordstoga

Aasmund Nordstoga (born 26 August 1964) is a Norwegian musician, singer and composer from Vinje, Telemark.

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Aasmund Olavsson Vinje

Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (6 April 1818 – 30 July 1870) was a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for poetry, travel writing, and his pioneering use of Landsmål (now known as Nynorsk).

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Arabygdi

Arabygdi is a village in Rauland in the municipality Vinje in Telemark county, Norway.

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Arve Moen Bergset

Arve Moen Bergset (born 13 March 1972) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer, hardanger fiddler, and classical violinist.

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Aslak Brekke

Aslak Brekke (October 6, 1901 – February 13, 1978) was a prominent vocalist of one of the Scandinavian poetic genres that is referred to as stev.

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Aslak Versto

Aslak Versto (born 20 December 1924 in Vinje, died 25 November 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

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Aslaug Vaa

Aslaug Vaa (25 August 1889 – 28 November 1965) was a Norwegian poet and playwright.

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Aurland

Aurland is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

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Author

An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is thus also a writer.

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Åmot, Vinje

Åmot is the administrative centre of Vinje municipality, Norway.

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Battle of Vinjesvingen

The Battle of Vinjesvingen was a battle of the Norwegian Campaign and took place in May 1940 in the Telemark 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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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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Districts of Norway

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

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Dyre Vaa

Dyre Vaa (19 January 1903 – 11 May 1980) was a Norwegian sculptor and painter.

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Edvard Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist.

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European route E134

European highway E 134 (Europavei 134) is a European highway that crosses Norway starting near the city of Haugesund on the west coast, heading over Haukeli, and ending near the city of Drammen, near the national capital of Oslo.

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Fiddle

A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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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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Goat

The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.

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Hardangervidda

Hardangervidda (Hardanger Plateau) is a mountain plateau (Norwegian: vidde) in central southern Norway, covering parts of the counties of Buskerud, Hordaland and Telemark.

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Haugesund

(HGSD) is a city and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

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Haukeli

Haukeli is a place west in Vinje municipality in Telemark county in Norway and a traffic hub where Norwegian National Road 9 and European route E134 meet.

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Hovden, Aust-Agder

Hovden is a village in the municipality of Bykle in Aust-Agder county, Norway.

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Ingebjørg Bratland

Ingebjørg Harman Bratland (born 8 May 1990 in Edland, Vinje, Telemark) is a Norwegian Folk singer, kveder and artist.

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Kristiansand

Kristiansand, historically Christianssand and Christiansand, is a city and municipality in 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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Meadow

A meadow is a field habitat vegetated by grass and other non-woody plants (grassland).

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Myllarguten

Targjei Augundsson (1801 – November 21, 1872), better known as Myllarguten (meaning the Millerboy), is arguably the most acknowledged Norwegian folk musician to this day, and by far the most legendary.

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Northern Europe

Northern Europe is the general term for the geographical region in Europe that is approximately north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea.

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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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Norwegian National Road 9

Norwegian National Road 9 (Riksvei 9, Rv9) is often called the Setesdal Road (Setesdalsveien) and it is the main thoroughfare through the Setesdalen valley.

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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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Odd Nordstoga

Odd Nordstoga (born 10 December 1972) is a folk singer, musician, actor and editor from Vinje in Telemark, Norway.

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Olav Aslakson Versto

Olav Aslakson Versto (22 June 1892 – 13 June 1977) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

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Olav Versto

Olav Versto (31 July 1950 – 7 July 2011) was a Norwegian journalist and editor, primarily known for his work for the newspaper Verdens Gang.

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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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Oslo

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

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Parish

A parish is a church territorial entity constituting a division within a diocese.

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Pasture

Pasture (from the Latin pastus, past participle of pascere, "to feed") is land used for grazing.

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Plural

The plural (sometimes abbreviated), in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number.

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Rauland

Rauland is a mountain village in Telemark County, Norway.

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Scree

Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs, volcanoes or valley shoulders that has accumulated through periodic rockfall from adjacent cliff faces.

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Setesdal

Setesdal (older name: Sætersdal) is a valley and a traditional district in Aust-Agder County in southern Norway.

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Setesdalsheiene

Setesdalsheiene is the collective term for the mountains to the west and east of the Setesdalen valley in Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties in Southern Norway.

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Sheep farming

Sheep farming is the raising and breeding of domestic sheep.

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Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a recreational activity and Olympic and Paralympic sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet.

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Statistics Norway

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

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Stein Versto

Stein Versto (born 30 December 1957) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, translator and folk musician.

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Stev

Stev is a form of Norwegian folk song consisting of four line lyric stanzas.

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Sven Erik Kristiansen

Sven Erik Kristiansen (born 4 February 1969) is a Norwegian musician.

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Tarjei Vesaas

Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist.

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Telemark

Telemark is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder.

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Terje Håkonsen

Terje Håkonsen (born 11 October 1974 in Vinje, Norway) is a Norwegian professional snowboarder.

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Totak

Totak is a lake in the municipality of Vinje in Telemark county, Norway.

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Vest-Telemark

The Vest-Telemark traditional district of Norway comprises the upper and western areas of the county of Telemark.

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Vinje, Sør-Trøndelag

Vinje is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Violin

The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

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

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