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48 relations: Administrative centre, Andfjorden, Aristocracy of Norway, Battle of Stiklestad, Birch, Birka, Bjarkøy Church, Bjarkøy Fixed Link, Bjarkøya, Central European Summer Time, Central European Time, Central Hålogaland, Church of Norway, Coat of arms, Counties of Norway, Deanery, Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland, Districts of Norway, Formannskapsdistrikt, Genitive case, Griffin, Grytøya, Harstad, Island, ISO 3166-2:NO, Karelians, Krøttøya, List of former municipalities of Norway, Middle Ages, Nergården, Northern Norway, Norway, Norwegian language, Olaf II of Norway, Old Norse, Peninsula, Regions of Norway, Sandsøy Church, Sandsøya, Troms, Senja, Statistics Norway, Sweden, Thorir Hund, Tranøy, Troms, Vågsfjorden, Troms, Viking Age, Vikings.
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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Andfjorden
Andfjorden is a fjord on the border of Nordland and Troms counties in Norway.
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Aristocracy of Norway
Aristocracy of Norway refers to modern and medieval aristocracy in Norway.
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Battle of Stiklestad
The Battle of Stiklestad (Slaget ved Stiklestad, Old Norse: Stiklarstaðir) in 1030 is one of the most famous battles in the history of Norway.
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Birch
A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams.
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Birka
Birka (Birca in medieval sources), on the island of Björkö (literally: "Birch Island") in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia and Finland as well as Central and Eastern Europe and the Orient.
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Bjarkøy Church
Bjarkøy Church (Bjarkøy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Harstad in Troms county, Norway.
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Bjarkøy Fixed Link
The Bjarkøy Fixed Link (Bjarkøyforbindelsen) is a proposed fixed link which will connect the three islands of Bjarkøya, Sandsøya, and Grytøya in the municipality of Harstad in Troms county, Norway.
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Bjarkøya
Bjarkøya is an island in the municipality of Harstad in Troms county, Norway.
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Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometime referred also as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (UTC+1) during the other part of the year.
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of Europe and a few North African countries, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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Central Hålogaland
Central Hålogaland (Midtre Hålogland) is a district of Northern Norway constituting the traditional districts of Ofoten, Lofoten, Vesterålen and Southern Troms.
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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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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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Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland
Nord-Hålogaland (Nord-Hålogaland bispedømme) is a diocese in 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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Formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838.
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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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Griffin
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon (Greek: γρύφων, grýphōn, or γρύπων, grýpōn, early form γρύψ, grýps; gryphus) is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and an eagle's talons as its front feet.
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Grytøya
Grytøya is an island located just north of the large island of Hinnøya and south of the island of Bjarkøya in northern Norway.
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Harstad
is the second-most populated municipality in Troms county, Norway.
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Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.
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ISO 3166-2:NO
ISO 3166-2:NO is the entry for Norway in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
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Karelians
Karelians (karjalaižet) are a Baltic-Finnic ethnic group who are native to the Northern European historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia.
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Krøttøya
Krøttøya is the northernmost inhabited island in the Andfjorden, consisting of 365 small islands, with over 20 white-sand beaches.
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List of former municipalities of Norway
This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
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Nergården
Nergården or Nergård is a village in the northern part of the municipality of Harstad in Troms county, Norway.
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Northern Norway
Northern Norway (Nord-Norge, Nord-Noreg; Davvi-Norga) is a geographical region of Norway, consisting of the three northernmost counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainland.
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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 language
Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is the official language.
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Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II Haraldsson (995 – 29 July 1030), later known as St.
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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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Peninsula
A peninsula (paeninsula from paene "almost” and insula "island") is a piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border, while being connected to a mainland from which it extends.
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Regions of Norway
Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (landsdeler).
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Sandsøy Church
Sandsøy Church (Sandsøy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Harstad in Troms county, Norway.
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Sandsøya, Troms
Sandsøya or Sandsøy is an island in the municipality of Harstad in Troms county, Norway.
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Senja
Senja (Sážžá) is the second largest island in Norway (not counting Svalbard).
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Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau.
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Sweden
Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.
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Thorir Hund
Modern and imaginary presentation of Tore Hund Thorir Hund (Old Norse: Þórir hundr, Modern Norwegian: Tore Hund, literally "Thorir the Hound") (born ca. 990) was one of the greatest chiefs in Hålogaland.
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Tranøy
Tranøy is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.
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Troms
Troms (italic; Tromssa) is a county in Northern Norway.
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Vågsfjorden, Troms
Vågsfjorden is a fjord in the southern part of Troms county in Norway.
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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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Vikings
Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjarkøy
