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360 relations: Aarhus, Aarhus Municipality, Aas-Jakobsen, Aerial tramway, Airline hub, Alan Walker, Alver (municipality), American Association of Port Authorities, Apartment, Aquaculture, Arna station, Arna, Norway, Arna-Bjørnar, Art Nouveau, Askøy, Askøy Bridge, Askøyfjellet, Association football, Atlantic slave trade, Aurora (singer), Austevoll, Autopass, Avinor, Årstad, Bergen, Åsane, Åsane Arena, Åsane Fotball, Øygarden, Bagler, Banksy, Basic statistical unit (Norway), Battle of Stamford Bridge, Battle of Vågen, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen Airport, Flesland, Bergen Byleksikon, Bergen Cathedral, Bergen Cathedral School, Bergen City Museum, Bergen Commuter Rail, Bergen fire of 1916, Bergen IK, Bergen International Festival, Bergen International Film Festival, Bergen landdistrikt, Bergen Light Rail, Bergen Line, Bergen Peninsula, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Port, ... Expand index (310 more) »
- Former capitals of Norway
- Municipalities of Vestland
- Populated coastal places in Norway
- Port cities and towns in Norway
- Trading posts of the Hanseatic League
Aarhus
Aarhus (officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. Bergen and Aarhus are Viking Age populated places.
Aarhus Municipality
Aarhus Municipality (Aarhus Kommune), known as Århus Municipality (Århus Kommune) until 2011, is a kommune in the Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.
See Bergen and Aarhus Municipality
Aas-Jakobsen
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Aerial tramway
An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, telepherique, or seilbahn is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary ropes for support while a third moving rope provides propulsion.
Airline hub
An airline hub or hub airport is an airport used by one or more airlines to concentrate passenger traffic and flight operations.
Alan Walker
Alan Olav Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a Norwegian DJ and record producer.
Alver (municipality)
Alver is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Bergen and Alver (municipality) are municipalities of Vestland.
See Bergen and Alver (municipality)
American Association of Port Authorities
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) is a trade association founded in 1912 that represents 150 port authorities in the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
See Bergen and American Association of Port Authorities
Apartment
An apartment (North American English), flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single storey.
Aquaculture
Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lotus).
Arna station
Arna Station (Arna stasjon) is a train station in Bergen, Norway; located in the Arna borough on the east side of Ulriken and between the two tunnels Ulriken Tunnel and Arnanipa.
Arna, Norway
Arna is a borough in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Arna-Bjørnar
Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen.
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts.
Askøy
Askøy is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Bergen and Askøy are municipalities of Vestland.
See Bergen and Askøy
Askøy Bridge
The Askøy Bridge (Askøybroen) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Byfjorden between the municipalities of Bergen and Askøy in Vestland county, Norway.
Askøyfjellet
Askøyfjellet or Kolbeinsvarden is a mountain in the municipality of Askøy in Vestland county, Norway.
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
See Bergen and Association football
Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas.
See Bergen and Atlantic slave trade
Aurora (singer)
Aurora Aksnes (born 15 June 1996), known mononymously as Aurora (stylised in all caps), is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and record producer.
See Bergen and Aurora (singer)
Austevoll
Austevoll is a municipality and an archipelago in Vestland county, Norway. Bergen and Austevoll are municipalities of Vestland.
Autopass
Autopass (stylized autoPASS) is an electronic toll collection system used in Norway.
Avinor
Avinor AS is a state-owned limited company that operates most of the civil airports in Norway.
Årstad, Bergen
Årstad is a borough in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Åsane
Åsane is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Åsane
Åsane Arena
Åsane Arena, formerly known as Arena Nord, is a multi-purpose arena located in Åsane borough, Bergen, Norway.
Åsane Fotball
Åsane Fotball is a Norwegian football club based in Åsane.
Øygarden
Øygarden is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Bergen and Øygarden are municipalities of Vestland.
Bagler
The Bagli Party or Bagler (Old Norse: Baglarr, Norwegian Bokmål: Bagler, Norwegian Nynorsk: Baglar) was a faction or party during the Norwegian Civil Wars.
Banksy
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation.
Basic statistical unit (Norway)
The basic statistical unit (Grunnkrets) is a type of statistical unit used by Statistics Norway to provide stable and coherent geographical units for regional statistics in Norway.
See Bergen and Basic statistical unit (Norway)
Battle of Stamford Bridge
The Battle of Stamford Bridge (Gefeoht æt Stanfordbrycge) took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada and the English king's brother Tostig Godwinson.
See Bergen and Battle of Stamford Bridge
Battle of Vågen
The Battle of Vågen was a naval battle between a Dutch merchant and treasure fleet; and an English flotilla of warships in August 1665 as part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
See Bergen and Battle of Vågen
Bergen Academy of Art and Design
Bergen Academy of Art and Design (Kunst- og designhøgskolen i Bergen) or KHiB was one of two independent and accredited scientific institutions of higher learning in the visual arts and design in Norway (The other is Oslo National Academy of the Arts).
See Bergen and Bergen Academy of Art and Design
Bergen Airport, Flesland
Bergen Airport (Bergen lufthamn), alternatively Bergen Flesland Airport or simply Flesland Airport, is an international airport located at Flesland in the city and municipality of Bergen, Vestland, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen Airport, Flesland
Bergen Byleksikon
Bergen Byleksikon is an encyclopedia which covers the city of Bergen in Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen Byleksikon
Bergen Cathedral
Bergen Cathedral (Bergen domkirke) is a cathedral in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen Cathedral
Bergen Cathedral School
Bergen Cathedral School (Norwegian: Bergen Katedralskole, Latin: Schola Cathedralis Bergensis, formerly known as Bergens lærdeskole and Bergen latinskole and colloquially known as Katten) is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen Cathedral School
Bergen City Museum
Bergen City Museum (Bymuseet i Bergen) is a foundation which operates several museums in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen City Museum
Bergen Commuter Rail
Bergen Commuter Rail, sometimes called Vossebanen, is a commuter rail service between Bergen and Arna, Voss and Myrdal, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen Commuter Rail
Bergen fire of 1916
The Bergen fire of 1916 was an urban fire that took place on January 15 and 16, 1916 and burned many of the buildings in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen fire of 1916
Bergen IK
Bergen Ishockeyklubb is an ice hockey club from Bergen.
Bergen International Festival
Bergen International Festival (Festspillene i Bergen) is an annual international music and cultural festival in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen International Festival
Bergen International Film Festival
The Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) is a film festival held annually in October in Bergen, Norway since 2000, and is the largest film festival in the nation in number of films.
See Bergen and Bergen International Film Festival
Bergen landdistrikt
Bergen landdistrikt (Bergen rural district) is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen landdistrikt
Bergen Light Rail
Bergen Light Rail (Bybanen) is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen Light Rail
Bergen Line
The Bergen Line, or the Bergen Railway (Bergensbanen or Bergensbana), is a long scenic standard gauge railway line between Bergen and Hønefoss, Norway.
Bergen Peninsula
The Bergen Peninsula (Bergenshalvøya,; Bergenshalvøyen) is a peninsula in Vestland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen Peninsula
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (Norwegian: Bergen filharmoniske orkester) is a Norwegian orchestra based in Bergen.
See Bergen and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Bergen Port
Bergen Port is an international seaport located in the centre of Bergen, Norway, operated by Bergen Port Authority.
Bergen Port Authority
Bergen Port Authority (Bergen og Omegn havnevesen) is an intermunicipal enterprise owned by the municipalities of Askøy, Austrheim, Bergen, Fedje, Fjell, Lindås, Meland, Os, Radøy, Sund and Øygarden as well as Hordaland county municipality.
See Bergen and Bergen Port Authority
Bergen school (meteorology)
The Bergen School of meteorology is a school of thought which is the basis for much of modern weather forecasting.
See Bergen and Bergen school (meteorology)
Bergen School of Architecture
Bergen School of Architecture or BAS (Bergen Arkitekt Skole) is a private and academically independent school located in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen School of Architecture
Bergen station
Bergen Station (Bergen stasjon) is the main railway station in the city of Bergen, Norway.
Bergen Storm
The Bergen Storm is an American football team based in Bergen, Norway.
Bergen Wave
The Bergen Wave (Norwegian: Bergensbølgen) is an expression often used by Norwegian media regarding the city of Bergen, Norway, as a platform for the development of modern music, illustrating a period in time where a new generation of artists from Bergen "took over" the musical landscape in Norway.
Bergen Woodwind Quintet
The Bergen Woodwind Quintet is a well-known woodwind quintet based in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergen Woodwind Quintet
Bergenhus
Bergenhus is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Bergenhus Fortress
Bergenhus fortress (Bergenhus festning) is a fortress located in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Bergenhus Fortress
Bergens Tidende
is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo.
See Bergen and Bergens Tidende
Bergensavisen
Bergensavisen (lit. "the Bergen newspaper"), usually shortened to BA, is the second largest newspaper in Bergen, Norway.
Bergenshallen
Bergenshallen is an indoor ice hockey arena in Bergen, Norway.
Bergensk
Bergensk or Bergen dialect is a dialect of Norwegian used in Bergen, Norway.
Billboard
A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads.
Birkebeiner
The Birkebein Party or Birkebeinar (Birkebeinarane (nynorsk) or (bokmål)) was the name for a rebellious party in Norway, formed in 1174 around the pretender to the Norwegian throne, Eystein Meyla.
BIT Teatergarasjen
BIT Teatergarasjen (BIT) is a producer and co-producer of international contemporary theatre and dance in Norway.
See Bergen and BIT Teatergarasjen
Bjørnafjorden (municipality)
Bjørnafjorden is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Bergen and Bjørnafjorden (municipality) are municipalities of Vestland.
See Bergen and Bjørnafjorden (municipality)
Bjorøy
Bjorøyna or Bjorøy is an island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
Bjorøy Tunnel
The Bjorøy Tunnel (Bjorøytunnelen) is a subsea road tunnel in Vestland county, Norway.
Black Death
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.
Blåmanen
Blåmanen is one of the seven mountains that surround the centre of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Bokmål
Bokmål is one of the official written standards for the Norwegian language, alongside Nynorsk.
Bordeaux
Bordeaux (Gascon Bordèu; Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France.
Boy Pablo
Boy Pablo (stylized as boy pablo) is the indie pop music project of Norwegian singer songwriter Nicolas Muñoz.
Brann Stadion
Brann Stadion is a football stadium in Bergen, Norway.
Bryggen
Bryggen (the dock), also known as Tyskebryggen (the German dock), is a series of Hanseatic heritage commercial buildings lining up the eastern side of the Vågen harbour in the city of Bergen, Norway. Bergen and Bryggen are trading posts of the Hanseatic League.
Buekorps
Buekorps (literally "Bow Corps" or "Archery Brigade") are traditional marching neighbourhood youth organizations in Bergen, Norway.
Business school
A business school is a higher education institution or professional school that teaches courses leading to degrees in business administration or management.
See Bergen and Business school
Byfjorden (Vestland)
Byfjorden (Norwegian Nynorsk and Bokmål: /byːfjɔrn/, /-ɔɾn/; Bokmål: also /-ɔɳ/; Bergensk: usually /-ɔʁn/) is a fjord in Vestland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Byfjorden (Vestland)
Bygdanytt
Bygdanytt is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Indre Arna in Bergen, and covering Arna and Osterøy.
Carte Blanche (Norwegian dance company)
Carte Blanche is the Norwegian national company of contemporary dance, based in Bergen in western Norway.
See Bergen and Carte Blanche (Norwegian dance company)
Catamaran
A catamaran (informally, a "cat") is a watercraft with two parallel hulls of equal size.
Christine B. Meyer
Christine Benedichte Meyer (born 22 January 1964) is a Norwegian business administration academic, politician for the Conservative Party and civil servant.
See Bergen and Christine B. Meyer
Christmas tree
A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas.
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway (Den norske kirke, Den norske kyrkja, Norgga girku, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway.
See Bergen and Church of Norway
Classicism
Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate.
Climatology
Climatology (from Greek κλίμα, klima, "slope"; and -λογία, -logia) or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years.
Coastal artillery
Coastal artillery is the branch of the armed forces concerned with operating anti-ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.
See Bergen and Coastal artillery
Conservative Party (Norway)
The Conservative Party or The Right (Høyre, Høgre,, H; Olgešbellodat) is a liberal-conservative political party in Norway.
See Bergen and Conservative Party (Norway)
Contemporary art
Contemporary art is a term used to describe the art of today, and it generally refers to art produced from the 1970s onwards.
See Bergen and Contemporary art
Counties of Norway
There are 15 counties in Norway. The 15 counties are administrative regions that are the first-level administrative divisions of Norway.
See Bergen and Counties of Norway
Creative Cities Network
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) is a flagship city programme of UNESCO launched in 2004 to promote cooperation among cities which have recognized culture and creativity as strategic drivers of sustainable urban development.
See Bergen and Creative Cities Network
Cruise ship
Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing.
Cruiseferry
A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a cruise ship and a Ro-Pax ferry.
Dagen (Norwegian newspaper)
Dagen is a Norwegian Christian newspaper established in 1919, and published in Bergen.
See Bergen and Dagen (Norwegian newspaper)
Damsgårdsfjellet
Damsgårdsfjellet is a mountain in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Damsgårdsfjellet
Danish language
Danish (dansk, dansk sprog) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark.
See Bergen and Danish language
Den Nationale Scene
Den Nationale Scene (National Theater) is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Den Nationale Scene
Denmark–Norway
Denmark–Norway (Danish and Norwegian: Danmark–Norge) is a term for the 16th-to-19th-century multi-national and multi-lingual real unionFeldbæk 1998:11 consisting of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway (including the then Norwegian overseas possessions: the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and other possessions), the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Duchy of Holstein.
Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
Diocese of Bjørgvin
The Diocese of Bjørgvin (Bjørgvin bispedømme) is one of the 11 dioceses that make up the Church of Norway.
See Bergen and Diocese of Bjørgvin
Districts of Norway
The country of Norway is historically divided into a number of districts.
See Bergen and Districts of Norway
Dolk (artist)
Dolk (meaning dagger in Norwegian) (Dolk Lundgren), is the pseudonym of Norway's most recognized stencil artist, Andreas Hamran Færø.
Early Norwegian black metal scene
The early Norwegian black metal scene of the 1990s is credited with creating the modern black metal genre and produced some of the most acclaimed and influential artists in extreme metal.
See Bergen and Early Norwegian black metal scene
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist.
Electronic toll collection
Electronic toll collection (ETC) is a wireless system to automatically collect the usage fee or toll charged to vehicles using toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels.
See Bergen and Electronic toll collection
Eliteserien
Eliteserien is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs.
Espeland
Espeland is a village in the borough of Arna in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
European Capital of Culture
A European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union (EU) for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension.
See Bergen and European Capital of Culture
European route E16
European route E16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Sweden, from Derry to Gävle, via Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel and the Lærdal Tunnel (the world's longest road tunnel), Lærdal, over Filefjell to Fagernes, Hønefoss, Gardermoen and Kongsvinger.
See Bergen and European route E16
European route E39
European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand.
See Bergen and European route E39
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.
See Bergen and Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1986
The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
See Bergen and Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Exclusive right
An exclusive right, or exclusivity, is a de facto, non-tangible prerogative existing in law (that is, the power or, in a wider sense, right) to perform an action or acquire a benefit and to permit or deny others the right to perform the same action or to acquire the same benefit.
See Bergen and Exclusive right
Fana
Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Fana
Fana (municipality)
Fana is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway.
See Bergen and Fana (municipality)
Fanahammeren
Fanahammeren or Fanahammaren is a residential village area at the eastern end of the Fanafjorden in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Fanaposten
Fanaposten is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Nesttun in Bergen, and covering the districts of Fana and Ytrebygda.
Faroese language
Faroese is a North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000 Faroe Islanders, of which 21,000 reside mainly in Denmark and elsewhere.
See Bergen and Faroese language
FIK BFG Fana
Friidrettsklubben BFG Fana is a Norwegian athletics club from Fana in Bergen, founded in 1987 as an umbrella team for Bjarg, Fana and Gneist.
Financial Times
The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.
See Bergen and Financial Times
Fjell
Fjell is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Fjell
Fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.
See Bergen and Fjord
Fjord Line
Fjord Line is a Norwegian ferry operator offering services between Norway and Denmark; in October 2020 the company announced a scale-back of operations whereby the ferry operations will only serve the ports of Kristiansand, Hirtshals, and Stavanger.
Fjordaposten
Fjordaposten was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Bergen.
Fløibanen
The Fløibanen is a funicular railway in the Norwegian city of Bergen.
Fløyen
Fløyen or Fløyfjellet is one of the "city mountains" in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway.
Flesland
Flesland is a village in the borough of Ytrebygda in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838.
See Bergen and Formannskapsdistrikt
Free church
A free church is any Christian denomination that is intrinsically separate from government (as opposed to a state church).
Funicular
A funicular is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope.
Fyllingen Fotball
Fyllingen Fotball was a Norwegian association football club from Fyllingsdalen, Bergen, Hordaland.
See Bergen and Fyllingen Fotball
Fyllingsdalen
Fyllingsdalen is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Gearbulk
Gearbulk Holding Limited is an international shipping company headquartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland.
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen
The Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen (Geofysisk institutt) is a marine research facility located in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen
Gothenburg
Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the capital of Västra Götaland County in Sweden. Bergen and Gothenburg are port cities and towns of the North Sea.
Gothenburg Municipality
Gothenburg Municipality (Göteborgs kommun or Göteborgs stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden.
See Bergen and Gothenburg Municipality
Grammatical gender
In linguistics, a grammatical gender system is a specific form of a noun class system, where nouns are assigned to gender categories that are often not related to the real-world qualities of the entities denoted by those nouns.
See Bergen and Grammatical gender
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated SNL) is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia.
See Bergen and Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Grieg Hall
Grieg Hall (Grieghallen) is a 1,500 seat concert hall located on Edvard Griegs' square in Bergen, Norway.
Gross income
For households and individuals, gross income is the sum of all wages, salaries, profits, interest payments, rents, and other forms of earnings, before any deductions or taxes.
Gullfjellet
Gullfjellet or Gulfjellet is a tall mountain in Vestland county, Norway.
Haakon IV
Haakon IV Haakonsson (– 16 December 1263; Hákon Hákonarson; Håkon Håkonsson), sometimes called Haakon the Old in contrast to his namesake son, was King of Norway from 1217 to 1263.
Haakon V
Haakon V Magnusson (10 April 1270 – 8 May 1319) (Hákon Magnússon; Modern Norwegian) was King of Norway from 1299 until 1319.
Haakonsvern Naval Base
Haakonsvern is the main base of the Royal Norwegian Navy and the largest naval base in the Nordic area.
See Bergen and Haakonsvern Naval Base
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe.
See Bergen and Hanseatic League
Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene
Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene (Det Hanseatiske Museum og Schøtstuene) is a museum in the city of Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and Hanseatic Museum and Schøtstuene
Harald Hardrada
Harald Sigurdsson (– 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066.
See Bergen and Harald Hardrada
Hardiness zone
A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants.
Haukeland University Hospital
Haukeland University Hospital (Haukeland universitetssjukehus) is a hospital in Bergen, Norway, and one of the eleven institutions that make up Bergen Hospital Trust.
See Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital
Haymarket, Newcastle
Haymarket is an area in the north of central Newcastle upon Tyne.
See Bergen and Haymarket, Newcastle
Height above mean sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level.
See Bergen and Height above mean sea level
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director.
Hirtshals
Hirtshals is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe. Bergen and Hirtshals are port cities and towns of the North Sea.
Historicism (art)
Historicism or historism comprises artistic styles that draw their inspiration from recreating historic styles or imitating the work of historic artists and artisans.
See Bergen and Historicism (art)
Holsnøy
Holsnøy is an island in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
Hurtigruten
Hurtigruten, formally Kystruten Bergen-Kirkenes ("coastal route Bergen-Kirkenes"), is a Norwegian public coastal route transporting passengers that travel locally, regionally and between the ports of call, and also cargo between ports north of Tromsø.
Hylkje
Hylkje is a village in the borough of Åsane in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Icelandic language
Icelandic (íslenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language.
See Bergen and Icelandic language
IL Gular
Idrottslaget Gular is a Norwegian athletics club from Bergen, founded in 1946.
IL Norna-Salhus
Idrettslaget Norna-Salhus is a Norwegian athletics club from Salhus in Åsane, Bergen It was founded on 14 October 1935.
See Bergen and IL Norna-Salhus
IL Sandviken
Idrettslaget Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood of Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen.
Immigrant generations
In sociology, people who permanently resettle to a new country are considered immigrants, regardless of the legal status of their citizenship or residency.
See Bergen and Immigrant generations
Indre Arna
Indre Arna is a suburban village in the borough of Arna in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Innovation Norway
Innovation Norway is a state-owned company and a national development bank.
See Bergen and Innovation Norway
International airport
An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries around the world.
See Bergen and International airport
Isdal Woman
The Isdal Woman (Isdalskvinnen, 1930–1945 – November 1970) is a placeholder name given to an unidentified woman who was found dead at Isdalen ("The Ice Valley") in Bergen, Norway, on 29 November 1970.
Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia.
Jørgen Thormøhlen
Jørgen Thormøhlen (– 25 December 1708) was a German-born Norwegian merchant, shipowner, slave trader and industrialist.
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Kalfaret
Kalfaret is a neighborhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
See Bergen and Köppen climate classification
Kings of Convenience
Kings of Convenience is an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway, consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe.
See Bergen and Kings of Convenience
Kirkenes
(Norwegian), (Northern Sami;, or is a town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town lies on a peninsula along the Bøkfjorden, an arm of the large Varangerfjorden, and is located just a few kilometres from the Norway–Russia border. Bergen and Kirkenes are port cities and towns in Norway.
Knut Helle
Knut Helle (19 December 1930 – 27 June 2015) was a Norwegian historian.
Kontor
A kontor (also Kontor) was a major foreign trading post of the Hanseatic League. Bergen and kontor are trading posts of the Hanseatic League.
Kronstad, Bergen
Kronstad is a neighbourhood in the borough of Årstad in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
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Kunnskapsforlaget
Kunnskapsforlaget is a Norwegian publishing company based in Oslo.
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Kygo
Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (born 11 September 1991), known professionally as Kygo, is a Norwegian DJ, songwriter, and record producer.
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Laksevåg
Laksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. Bergen and Laksevåg are municipalities of Vestland.
Lambertseter
Lambertseter is a suburb of the city of Oslo, Norway, and is part of the borough of Nordstrand.
Landås
Landås is a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Løvstakken
Løvstakken is one of the Seven Mountains that surround the center of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Løvstakksiden
Løvstakksiden, commonly shortened to Løvstakken or simply Stakken, is a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Leirvik
Leirvik is a town and the administrative centre of Stord municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
Lerøy
Lerøy Seafood Group ASA is a seafood production and distribution company based in Bergen, Norway The company started operation in the 19th century when the fisherman Ole Mikkel Lerøen started selling fish and other seafood on the fish market of Bergen.
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List of mayors of Bergen
This is a list of mayors of Bergen, Norway.
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List of municipalities of Norway
Municipalities in Norway are the basic unit of local government.
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List of people from Bergen
This is a list of famous people from Bergen, Norway.
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List of towns and cities in Norway
This is a list of towns and cities in Norway.
See Bergen and List of towns and cities in Norway
Literacy
Literacy is the ability to read and write.
Local government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.
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Loddefjord
Loddefjord is an urban settlement in the borough of Laksevåg in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Log house
A log house, or log building, is a structure built with horizontal logs interlocked at the corners by notching.
Lothar Lindtner
Per Lothar Lindtner (July 22, 1917 – April 14, 2005) was a Norwegian actor.
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Low German
Low German is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands.
Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (3 December 1684 – 28 January 1754) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano–Norwegian dual monarchy.
Lyderhorn
Lyderhorn is a mountain in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Møhlenpris
Møhlenpris (formerly Vestre Sydnes) is a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Medievalism
Medievalism is a system of belief and practice inspired by the Middle Ages of Europe, or by devotion to elements of that period, which have been expressed in areas such as architecture, literature, music, art, philosophy, scholarship, and various vehicles of popular culture.
Meland
Meland is a former municipality in the Nordhordland district in the old Hordaland county, Norway.
Middle Low German
Middle Low German (Middelsassisk, label, label or label, italics, italics) is a developmental stage of Low German.
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Midhordland
Midhordland or Midthordland is a traditional district in the Vestlandet region of Norway.
Milorg
Milorg (abbreviation of militær organisasjon – military organization) was the main Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.
Minde, Bergen
Minde is a neighbourhood in the southwestern part of Årstad borough in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Mowi
Mowi ASA, formerly known as Marine Harvest ASA (until January 1, 2019), (Pan Fish prior to February 6, 2007), is a Norwegian seafood company with operations in a number of countries around the world.
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Munkeliv Abbey
Munkeliv Abbey (Munkeliv kloster) was a Benedictine abbey located at Nordnes in Bergen, Norway.
Nesttun
Nesttun is an urban settlement in the borough of Fana in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. Bergen and Newcastle upon Tyne are port cities and towns of the North Sea and trading posts of the Hanseatic League.
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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award funded by Sveriges Riksbank and administered by the Nobel Foundation.
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Nordfjord
Nordfjord (Northern fjord—in contrast to Sunnfjord) is a traditional district of Norway.
Nordhordland Bridge
The Nordhordland Bridge (Nordhordlandsbrua) is a combined cable-stayed and pontoon bridge which crosses Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset (in Bergen Municipality) and the island of Flatøy (in Alver Municipality) in Vestland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Nordhordland Bridge
Nordnes
Nordnes is a peninsula and neighbourhood in the city centre of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Nordnes Park
The Nordnes Park (Nordnesparken) is a public park in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Norsk biografisk leksikon
Norsk biografisk leksikon is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia.
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North Sea oil
North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the North Sea.
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.
See Bergen and Northern Norway
Norway
Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, trading as Norwegian, is a Norwegian low-cost airline and Scandinavia's second-largest airline, behind Scandinavian Airlines.
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Norwegian Directorate of Elections
The Norwegian Directorate of Elections (Valgdirektoratet) is a government agency subordinate the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.
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Norwegian First Division
The Norwegian First Division, also called 1.
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Norwegian First Division (ice hockey)
The Norwegian First Division is the second level of ice hockey in Norway.
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Norwegian Football Cup
The Norwegian Football Cup (Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football.
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Norwegian Hull Club
Norwegian Hull Club (NHC) is a mutual insurance company based in Norway.
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Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (Havforskningsinstituttet) is a national consultative research institute which is owned by the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.
See Bergen and Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
Norwegian krone
The krone (abbreviation: kr (also NKr for distinction); code: NOK), plural kroner, is the currency of the Kingdom of Norway (including overseas territories and dependencies).
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Norwegian National Road 555
National Road 555 (Riksvei 555) is a long national road which runs from the city center of Bergen to Kolltveit in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
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Norwegian resistance movement
The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: Motstandsbevegelsen) to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945.
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Norwegian School of Economics
The Norwegian School of Economics (Norges Handelshøyskole) or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway.
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Norwegian Women's Cup
The Norwegian Women's Cup (Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for kvinner) is a knockout cup competition in Norwegian women's football.
See Bergen and Norwegian Women's Cup
Norwegians
Norwegians (Nordmenn) are an ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population.
NRK
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norwegian Realm Broadcasting), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-controlled radio and television broadcasting company.
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Nygård, Norway
Nygård is a neighbourhood in the city centre of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
See Bergen and Oceanic climate
Oceanography
Oceanography, also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean.
Odfjell
Odfjell SE is a company specialising in worldwide seaborne transportation and storage of chemicals and other speciality bulk liquids.
Olaf III of Norway
Olaf III or Olaf Haraldsson (Old Norse: Óláfr Haraldsson, Norwegian: Olav Haraldsson; – 22 September 1093), known as Olaf the Peaceful (Old Norse: Óláfr kyrri, Norwegian: Olav Kyrre), was King of Norway from 1067 until his death in 1093.
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Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.
Ole Bull
Ole Bornemann Bull (5 February 181017 August 1880) was a Norwegian virtuoso violinist and composer.
Oriental Orthodox Churches
The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.
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Orographic lift
Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain.
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Os, Hordaland
Os is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway.
Oslo
Oslo (or; Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. Bergen and Oslo are 11th-century establishments in Norway, Populated coastal places in Norway, Populated places established in the 11th century, port cities and towns in Norway, port cities and towns of the North Sea and Viking Age populated places.
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Osterøy
Osterøy is an island municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Bergen and Osterøy are municipalities of Vestland.
Osterøy Bridge
The Osterøy Bridge (Osterøybrua) is a suspension bridge in Vestland county, Norway.
Osvald Group
The Osvald Group was a Norwegian organisation that was the most active World War II resistance group in Norway from 1941 to the summer of 1944.
Parliamentary system
A parliamentary system, or parliamentary democracy, is a system of democratic government where the head of government (who may also be the head of state) derives their democratic legitimacy from their ability to command the support ("confidence") of the legislature, typically a parliament, to which they are accountable.
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Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
Planned community
A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land.
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Polish people
Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe.
Political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections.
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Pope Adrian IV
Pope Adrian IV (Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159.
Port
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers.
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Print circulation
Print circulation is the average number of copies of a publication.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
Puddefjorden
Puddefjorden, often anglicized as Pudde Fjord, is an inlet or fjord in the central part of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Rådal
Rådal is a neighborhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Rådal
Röyksopp
Röyksopp a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø formed in 1998.
Regions of Norway
Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions.
See Bergen and Regions of Norway
REMA 1000-ligaen (women's handball)
REMA 1000-ligaen is the premier women's professional handball league for Norwegian handball clubs.
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Rolf Berntzen
Rolf Johannes Berntzen (4 June 1918 – 22 September 2005) was a Norwegian actor, and the grandfather of the Norwegian musician Julian Berntzen.
Rostock
Rostock (Polabian: Roztoc), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania. Bergen and Rostock are Populated places established in the 11th century.
Royal Norwegian Naval Academy
The Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (RNoNA, Sjøkrigsskolen in Norwegian) is located at Laksevåg in Bergen.
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Royal Norwegian Navy
The Royal Norwegian Navy (Sea defence) is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of Norway, including those of the Norwegian Coast Guard.
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Rundemanen
Rundemanen is a mountain in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
See Bergen and Rural municipality
Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Moskovskiy patriarkhat), is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church.
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Samnanger
Samnanger is a municipality in the Midhordland region of Vestland county, Norway. Bergen and Samnanger are municipalities of Vestland.
Sandviken
Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 26,438 inhabitants in 2023.
Sandviken, Norway
Sandviken is a traditional neighbourhood of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
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Sandviksfjellet
Sandviksfjellet is a mountain in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Sandviksfjellet
Sbanken
Sbanken ASA is a Norwegian online bank headquartered in Bergen.
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.
Scandinavian Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines, stylized as SAS (an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark-Norway-Sweden), is a partially Danish state-owned airline and the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
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Schibsted
Schibsted Media Group is an international media group.
Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.
Seven hills of Rome
The seven hills of Rome (Septem colles/montes Romae, Sette colli di Roma) east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the city.
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Seven Mountains (Bergen)
The Seven Mountains (De syv fjell) are seven mountains that surround the centre of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
See Bergen and Seven Mountains (Bergen)
Single-family detached home
A single-family detached home, also called a single-detached dwelling, single-family residence (SFR) or separate house is a free-standing residential building.
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Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
SK Brann
Sportsklubben Brann is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bergen.
SK Brann (women)
SK Brann (previously known as IL Sandviken) is a Norwegian women's football team based in Bergen.
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Skog
Skog (forest in Norwegian, taking inspiration from the famous song "A Forest" by The Cure) was a rock band from Bergen which formed in the early 1990s and folded at the end of the same decade.
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Skyss
Skyss is the public authority that plans, purchases and markets the public transport services governed by the county authority in Vestland, Norway.
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Slave ship
Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves.
Snare drum
The snare drum (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin.
Sognefjord
The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (Sogn Fjord), nicknamed the King of the Fjords (Fjordenes konge), is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway.
Solheimsviken
Solheimsviken is a bay and a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche (born 5 September 1982) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and musician.
Sotra
Sotra or Store Sotra is the name of a large island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway, located just west of the city of Bergen.
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Sotra Bridge
The Sotra Bridge (Sotrabrua) is a suspension bridge which crosses Knarreviksundet between Knarrevik in Øygarden Municipality and Drotningsvik on the mainland of Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
Sparebanken Vest
Sparebanken Vest is the third largest savings bank in Norway, and the country's second oldest bank.
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St John's Church, Bergen
St.
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St Mary's Church, Bergen
St Mary's Church (Mariakyrkja, Mariakirken) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Bergen and St Mary's Church, Bergen are 11th-century establishments in Norway.
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ST Voorbode
The Dutch steam trawler Voorbode was a fishing vessel, until it was confiscated by the Germans during World War II and used for military transport.
Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau.
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Stockfish
Stockfish is unsalted fish, especially cod, dried by cold air and wind on wooden racks (which are called "hjell" in Norway) on the foreshore.
Store Lungegårdsvannet
Store Lungegårdsvannet is a bay located in the city and municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
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Strategic bombing
Strategic bombing is a systematically organized and executed attack from the air which can utilize strategic bombers, long- or medium-range missiles, or nuclear-armed fighter-bomber aircraft to attack targets deemed vital to the enemy's war-making capability.
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Sund, Norway
Sund is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county in Norway.
Sunnhordland
Sunnhordland is a traditional district in the western region of Norway.
Swan pharmacy
Swan pharmacy or Svaneapoteket in Bergen, Norway is the oldest pharmacy in Norway.
Sydnes
Sydnes is a traditional neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Sydvesten
Sydvesten (The Southwest) is a local Norwegian newspaper published once a week in Bergen in Vestland county.
Tar
Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation.
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Telephone numbers in Norway
Telephone numbers in Norway have the country code "+47" and up to the first 2 digits of the phone number will indicate its geographic area.
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Terraced house
A terrace, terraced house (UK), or townhouse (US) is a kind of medium-density housing that first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls.
Tertnes HE
Tertnes Håndball Elite is the women's handball team of the Norwegian multi-sports club Tertnes IL based in Bergen.
The Whitest Boy Alive
The Whitest Boy Alive is a German-Norwegian musical group based in Berlin.
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Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.
Theta (SIS radio group)
"Theta" was a radio communications group that operated in Bergen, Norway during the German occupation of Norway, communicating with the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).
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TIF Viking
Turn & Idrettsforeningen Viking is a Norwegian sports club from Bergenhus, Bergen.
Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Toppserien
The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway.
Torgallmenningen
Torgallmenningen, Torgalmenningen, or Torvallmenningen, (General public square) is the main square of Bergen, Norway.
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Totem pole
Totem poles (gyáaʼaang) are monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States.
Tower block
A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, residential tower, apartment block, block of flats, or office tower is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined differently in terms of height depending on the jurisdiction.
TradeWinds
TradeWinds is the world's biggest shipping news service, publishing both online news and a printed weekly newspaper, that covers shipping as a global industry.
Tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.
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Troldhaugen
Troldhaugen is the former home of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and his wife Nina Grieg.
Trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). British Trolleybus Systems, pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing..or trolleyDunbar, Charles S. (1967). Buses, Trolleys & Trams. Paul Hamlyn Ltd.
Trolleybuses in Bergen
The Bergen trolleybus system serves the city of Bergen, Norway.
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Tryg
Tryg A/S is a Scandinavian insurance company present in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
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Turku
Turku (Åbo) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland.
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TV 2 (Norwegian TV channel)
TV 2 Direkte (English: TV 2 Live) is a Norwegian terrestrial television channel.
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions.
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Ulriken
Ulriken (or the older, Ålreken) is the highest of the Seven Mountains (De syv fjell) that surround the city of Bergen, Norway.
Ulriken Tunnel
The Ulriken Tunnel (Ulrikstunnelen) is a railway tunnel on the Bergen Line between Bergen Station and Arna Station in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
Ulriksbanen
Ulriksbanen is a passenger aerial tramway in Bergen, Norway.
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
University Museum of Bergen
The University Museum of Bergen (Universitetsmuseet i Bergen) is a university museum in Bergen, Norway.
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University of Bergen
The University of Bergen (Universitetet i Bergen) is a public research university in Bergen, Norway.
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Vaksdal
is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. Bergen and Vaksdal are municipalities of Vestland.
Varden Kunstgress
Varden Kunstgress Field is located in Bergen, Norway, and is currently home to the (NoAFF) American football team Bergen Storm, as well as the association football (soccer) teams Bergen Sparta and Fyllingen Kvinner.
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Verftet
Verftet is a neighbourhood of Bergen, Norway.
Vestland
Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020.
Victual Brothers
The Victual Brothers (Vitalienbrüder) were a loosely organized guild of privateers who later turned to piracy.
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Vikings (TV series)
Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst.
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Vocabulary
A vocabulary (also known as a lexicon) is a set of words, typically the set in a language or the set known to an individual.
Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar trills
The voiced alveolar trill is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages.
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Voiced uvular trill
The voiced uvular trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Voss
Voss is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. Bergen and Voss are municipalities of Vestland.
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Vy
Vygruppen, branded as Vy, formerly the Norwegian State Railways (Norges Statsbaner, NSB), is a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services and many bus services in Norway.
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Western Norway
Western Norway (Vestlandet, Vest-Norge; Vest-Noreg) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway.
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences or HVL is a Norwegian public institution of higher education, established in January 2017 through the merging of formerly independent colleges across five campuses: Bergen, Førde, Haugesund, Sogndal and Stord.
See Bergen and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Widerøe
Widerøes Flyveselskap AS, trading as Widerøe, is a Norwegian airline, and is the largest regional airline operating in the Nordic countries.
Wilson (company)
Wilson ASA is a shortsea liner shipping company that operates about 100 vessels, of which 64 are owned.
See Bergen and Wilson (company)
World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
See Bergen and World Heritage Site
Ytre Arna
Ytre Arna is a settlement in the borough of Arna in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
Ytrebygda
Ytrebygda is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.
1937–38 League of Norway
The 1937–38 Norgesserien was the 1st season of top division football in Norway.
See Bergen and 1937–38 League of Norway
1961–62 Norwegian Main League
The 1961–62 Hovedserien was the 18th completed season of top division football in Norway.
See Bergen and 1961–62 Norwegian Main League
1963 Norwegian First Division
The 1963 1. divisjon was the 19th completed season of top division football in Norway.
See Bergen and 1963 Norwegian First Division
1990 Tippeligaen
The 1990 Tippeligaen was the 46th completed season of top division football in Norway.
See Bergen and 1990 Tippeligaen
1991 Tippeligaen
The 1991 Tippeligaen was the 47th completed season of top division football in Norway.
See Bergen and 1991 Tippeligaen
1993 Tippeligaen
The 1993 Tippeligaen was the 49th completed season of top division football in Norway.
See Bergen and 1993 Tippeligaen
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The 1996–97 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Barcelona after beating holders Paris Saint-Germain in the final.
See Bergen and 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
2007 SK Brann season
The 2007 season was SK Brann's 99th season and their 21st consecutive season in the Tippeligaen.
See Bergen and 2007 SK Brann season
2017 UCI Road World Championships
The 2017 UCI Road World Championships were held in 2017 in Bergen, Norway.
See Bergen and 2017 UCI Road World Championships
2022 Norwegian Football Cup
The 2022 Norwegian Football Cup was the 116th season of the Norwegian annual knock-out football tournament.
See Bergen and 2022 Norwegian Football Cup
See also
Former capitals of Norway
Municipalities of Vestland
- Årdal
- Øygarden
- Alver (municipality)
- Askøy
- Askvoll
- Aurland
- Austevoll
- Austrheim
- Bømlo
- Bergen
- Bjørnafjorden
- Bjørnafjorden (municipality)
- Bremanger
- Eidfjord
- Etne
- Fedje
- Fitjar
- Fjaler
- Gloppen
- Gulen
- Høyanger
- Hyllestad
- Kinn
- Kvam
- Kvinnherad
- Lærdal
- Laksevåg
- Luster, Norway
- Masfjorden
- Modalen
- Osterøy
- Samnanger
- Sogndal
- Solund
- Stad, Norway
- Stord
- Stryn
- Sunnfjord
- Sunnfjord (municipality)
- Sveio
- Tysnes
- Ullensvang
- Ulvik
- Vaksdal
- Vik, Sogn
- Voss
Populated coastal places in Norway
- Asdal (village)
- Bergen
- Bodø
- Drammen
- Fredrikstad
- Hammerfest Municipality
- Harstad Municipality
- Holmstad
- Kolnes
- Kristiansand
- Kristiansund
- Kristiansund (town)
- Ny-Hellesund
- Oslo
- Stavanger
- Stavern
- Tananger
- Thorsø, Norway
- Tromsø
- Tromsø (city)
- Vardø Municipality
Port cities and towns in Norway
- Ålesund (town)
- Arendal (town)
- Bergen
- Bodø (town)
- Brevik, Norway
- Egersund
- Farsund (town)
- Flekkefjord (town)
- Florø
- Fredrikstad
- Grimstad (town)
- Hammerfest (town)
- Harstad (town)
- Honningsvåg
- Horten (town)
- Kirkenes
- Kragerø (town)
- Kristiansand
- Kristiansund (town)
- Langesund
- Lillesand (town)
- Longyearbyen
- Mandal, Norway
- Narvik (town)
- Oslo
- Porsgrunn (town)
- Risør (town)
- Stavanger
- Tønsberg
- Tromsø (city)
- Trondheim
- Tvedestrand (town)
- Vadsø (town)
- Vardø (town)
Trading posts of the Hanseatic League
- Antwerp
- Bergen
- Beverley
- Boston, Lincolnshire
- Bruges
- Bryggen
- Colchester
- Colchester (town)
- Falsterbo
- Gorleston-on-Sea
- Great Yarmouth
- Ipswich
- Kaunas
- King's Lynn
- Kingston upon Hull
- Kontor
- Kontor of Bruges
- Malmö
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Novgorod Republic
- Oostershuis
- Peterhof (Novgorod)
- Polotsk
- Pskov
- Pskov Republic
- Ravenser Odd
- Skåne Market
- Staraya Ladoga
- Steelyard
- Veliky Novgorod
- York
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