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Northern Norway

Index 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. [1]

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Ailo Gaup (motocross rider)

Ailo Mikkelsen Gaup (born 22 January 1979 in Tromsø, Norway) is a former Norwegian Freestyle Motocross rider, who invented the Underflip.

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Alstahaug

Alstahaug is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Alta (town)

Alta (Áltá; Alattio) is a town in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Alta Airport

Alta Airport (Alta lufthavn) is an international airport serving Alta, a town and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Alta, Norway

Alta (Áltá; Alattio or Alta) is the most populated municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Anarhichadidae

The wolffish, also known as sea wolves, are a family, Anarhichadidae, of perciform fish.

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Andenes

is a village and former municipality in the Vesterålen district of Nordland county, Norway.

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Angelica archangelica

Angelica archangelica, commonly known as garden angelica, wild celery, and Norwegian angelica, is a biennial plant from the Apiaceae family, a subspecies of which is cultivated for its sweetly scented edible stems and roots.

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Arctic Circle

The Arctic Circle is the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth.

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Arctic policy of Norway

Arctic Policy of Norway is Norway's foreign relations with other Arctic countries, and Norway's government policies on issues occurring within the geographic boundaries of "the Arctic" or related to the Arctic or its people.

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Arctic Race of Norway

The Arctic Race of Norway is an annual multiple stage bicycle race held in northern Norway.

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Atlantic salmon

The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae.

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Aurora

An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae), sometimes referred to as polar lights, northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in the Earth's sky, predominantly seen in the high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic).

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Balsfjord

Balsfjord (Báhccavuotna or Paatsivuono) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Bardufoss

Bardufoss is an urban area and commercial centre in the municipality of Målselv in Troms county, Norway.

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Bardufoss Airport

Bardufoss Airport (Bardufoss lufthavn) is a primary airport situated at Bardufoss in Målselv, Norway.

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Barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.

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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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Bergen

Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway.

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Bilberry

Bilberries are any of several primarily Eurasian species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae), bearing edible, nearly black berries.

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Bindal

Bindal is a municipality in the Helgeland region in the extreme southwest part of Nordland county, Norway.

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Bioforsk

Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Bioforsk) is a national Norwegian R&D institute specialising in the fields of agriculture and food production, environmental protection and natural resource management.

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Bjørnskinn

Bjørnskinn is a former municipality in the municipality of Andøy in Nordland county, Norway.

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Blackcurrant

The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) is a woody shrub in the family Grossulariaceae grown for its piquant berries.

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BLNO

BLNO is Norway's premier professional men's basketball league.

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Bodø

Bodø (Bådåddjo) is a town and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Bodø Airport

Bodø Airport (Bodø lufthavn) is a civil airport in Bodø, Norway.

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Bokmål

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

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Boknafisk

Boknafisk (either from saami boahkkeguolli or Norwegian bokna "half dry") is a variant of stockfish and is unsalted fish partially dried by sun and wind on drying flakes ('hjell') or on a wall.

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Brønnøysund

Brønnøysund is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Brønnøy, Norway.

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Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy

Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (Brønnøysund lufthavn, Brønnøy) is a regional airport located at the town of Brønnøysund, in the municipality of Brønnøy, Nordland county, Norway.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Cabbage

Cabbage or headed cabbage (comprising several cultivars of Brassica oleracea) is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads.

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Cape Nordkinn

Cape Nordkinn (Kinnarodden or Nordkyn) at is the northernmost point on the Nordkinn Peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum.

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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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Daylight saving time

Daylight saving time (abbreviated DST), sometimes referred to as daylight savings time in U.S., Canadian, and Australian speech, and known as summer time in some countries, is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months so that evening daylight lasts longer, while sacrificing normal sunrise times.

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De syv søstre

De syv søstre (The Seven Sisters) is a mountain range on the island of Alsten in Norway.

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Deathcore

Deathcore is an extreme metal fusion genre that combines musical elements of death metal and metalcore and sometimes hardcore punk.

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Eliteserien (football)

Eliteserien is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs.

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European route E10

European route E 10 is the second shortest Class A road which is part of the International E-road network.

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European route E6

European route E6 (Europavei 6, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south road through Norway, and the west coast of Sweden.

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European route E8

The European route E 8 is a European route that goes from Tromsø, Norway to Turku, Finland.

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Fauske

is a town and municipality located in Nordland county, Norway.

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Finnmark

Finnmark (italic; Finnmark; Фи́ннмарк, Fínnmark) is a county ("fylke") in the extreme northeastern part of Norway.

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Finnmarksvidda

Finnmarksvidda (Finnmárkkoduottar; Finnmark plateau/highland) is Norway's largest plateau, with an area greater than.

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Finns

Finns or Finnish people (suomalaiset) are a Finnic ethnic group native to Finland.

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Finnsnes

Finnsnes is a small town located in the municipality of Lenvik in Troms county, Norway.

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Fish farming

Fish farming or pisciculture involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures such as fish ponds, usually for food.

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Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.

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Forest Finns

Forest Finns (Metsäsuomalaiset, Skogfinner, Skogsfinnar) were Finnish migrants from Savonia and Northern Tavastia in Finland who settled in forest areas of Sweden proper and Norway during the late 16th and early-to-mid-17th centuries, and traditionally pursued slash-and-burn agriculture, a method used for turning forests into farmlands.

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Freestyle motocross

Freestyle motocross (also known as FMX) is a variation on the sport of motocross in which motorcycle riders attempt to impress judges with jumps and stunts.

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Frostisen

Frostisen is a glacier on the border of the municipalities of Ballangen and Narvik in Nordland county, Norway.

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Fruholmen Lighthouse

Fruholmen Lighthouse (Fruholmen fyr, former name Norskholmen fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Gáivuotna – Kåfjord – Kaivuono

Gáivuotna (Northern Sami) – Kåfjord (Norwegian) – Kaivuono (Kven) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Geir Lundestad

Geir Lundestad (born January 17, 1945) is a Norwegian historian, who until 2014 served as the director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute when Olav Njølstad took over.

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Goat cheese

Goat cheese, goats' cheese, or chèvre (or; from the French word for goat), is cheese made from goat's milk.

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Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time.

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Gulf Stream

The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension the North Atlantic Drift, is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and stretches to the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

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Gull

Gulls or seagulls are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari.

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Haakon VII of Norway

Haakon VII (born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel; 3 August 187221 September 1957), known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was a Danish prince who became the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the union with Sweden.

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Halibut

Halibut is a common name principally applied to the two flatfish in the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders.

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Hammerfest (town)

Hammerfest is a town that is also the administrative centre of Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Hank von Helvete

Hans Erik Dyvik Husby (born 15 June 1972), also known as Hank von Helvete, Hertugen and Hærtis, most famous for being the former lead vocalist of the Norwegian death-punk band Turbonegro.

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Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League (Middle Low German: Hanse, Düdesche Hanse, Hansa; Standard German: Deutsche Hanse; Latin: Hansa Teutonica) was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe.

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Harald Berg

Harald Johan «Dutte» Berg (born 9 November 1941 in Bodø) is a former Norwegian playmaker and midfielder, nickname "Dutte".

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Harstad

is the second-most populated municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Harstad (town)

Harstad (Háštá) is a town in the municipality of Harstad in Troms county, Norway.

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Harstad Vikings

Harstad Vikings was a Norwegian basketball team.

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Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes

Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (Harstad/Narvik lufthavn, Evenes) is an international airport located in Evenes, Norway, serving the towns of Harstad and Narvik.

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Heimskringla

Heimskringla is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas.

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Helgeland

Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway.

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Helmer Hanssen

Helmer Julius Hanssen (24 September 1870 – 2 August 1956) was a Norwegian sailor, pilot and polar explorer.

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Herring

Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family Clupeidae.

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Honningsvåg

is the northernmost city in Norway.

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Horizon

The horizon or skyline is the apparent line that separates earth from sky, the line that divides all visible directions into two categories: those that intersect the Earth's surface, and those that do not.

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Hurtigruten

Hurtigruten ("Express Route", also known as the Norwegian Coastal Express) is a Norwegian cruise, ferry and cargo operator.

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IK Grand Bodø

Idrettsklubben Grand Bodø is a Norwegian association football club from Bodø, Nordland.

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Indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples, also known as first peoples, aboriginal peoples or native peoples, are ethnic groups who are the pre-colonial original inhabitants of a given region, in contrast to groups that have settled, occupied or colonized the area more recently.

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Irredentism

Irredentism is any political or popular movement that seeks to reclaim and reoccupy a land that the movement's members consider to be a "lost" (or "unredeemed") territory from their nation's past.

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Iselin Steiro

Iselin Vollen Steiro (born 15 September 1985) is a Norwegian model.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Karasjok

Karasjok or Kárášjohka (Northern Sami) or Kaarasjoki (Finnish) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Kautokeino

(Norwegian) or Guovdageaidnu (Northern Sami) (also: Koutokeino and Koutokeino) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Kirkenes

(Finnish and, Киркенес) is a town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway.

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Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen

Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (Kirkenes lufthavn, Høybuktmoen) is an international airport located at Høybuktmoen, west of the town of Kirkenes, in the municipality of Sør-Varanger, Finnmark county, Norway.

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Knivskjellodden

Knivskjellodden or Knivskjelodden is a peninsula located in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952) was a major Norwegian writer, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.

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Kola Peninsula

The Kola Peninsula (Ко́льский полуо́стров, Kolsky poluostrov; from Куэлнэгк нёаррк, Kuelnegk njoarrk; Guoládatnjárga; Kuolan niemimaa; Kolahalvøya) is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia.

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Kvaløya (Tromsø)

Kvaløya (Sállir; lit. "Whale Island") is an island in the Norwegian municipality of Tromsø.

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Kvæfjord

Kvæfjord (Giehtavuotna) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Kven people

Kvens (Kven/Finnish: kveeni, Norwegian: kvener, Swedish: kväner, Northern Sami: kveanat) are a Finnic ethnic minority in Norway who are descended from Finnish peasants and fishermen who emigrated from the northern parts of Finland and Sweden to Northern Norway in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Lamb and mutton

Lamb, hogget, and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep (species Ovis aries) at different ages.

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Løding

Løding is a village in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway.

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Lefse

Lefse is a traditional soft Norwegian flatbread.

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Leknes

is a town in Nordland county, Norway.

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Lene Marlin

Lene Marlin (born Lene Marlin Pedersen, 17 August 1980, Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and musician.

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Lenvik Church

Lenvik Church (Lenvik kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Lenvik in Troms county, Norway.

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List of Nobel laureates

The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset, Nobelprisen) are prizes awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.

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Lofoten

Lofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway.

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Lumber

Lumber (American English; used only in North America) or timber (used in the rest of the English speaking world) is a type of wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production.

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Lurøy

Lurøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Lutefisk

Lutefisk (Norwegian) or lutfisk (Swedish) (pronounced in Northern and Central Norway, in Southern Norway, in Sweden and in Finland (lipeäkala)) is a traditional dish of some Nordic countries.

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Lyngen (fjord)

Lyngen (also known as Lyngenfjorden, Ivgovuotna, Yykeänvuono) is a fjord in the municipalities of Skjervøy, Nordreisa, Lyngen, Gáivuotna–Kåfjord, and Storfjord in Troms county, Norway.

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Lyngen Alps

The Lyngen Alps (Lyngsalpene) are a mountain range in northeastern Troms county in Norway, east of the city of Tromsø.

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Mads Gilbert

Mads Fredrik Gilbert (born June 2, 1947) is a Norwegian physician, humanitarian, activist and politician for the Red Party.

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Magerøya

Magerøya (Máhkarávju) is a large island in Finnmark county, in the extreme northern part of Norway.

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Mari Boine

Mari Boine, previously known as Mari Boine Persen, (born 8 November 1956) is a Norwegian Sami musician known for having added jazz and rock to the yoiks of her native people.

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Målselv

Målselv (Málatvuomi suohkan) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Målselva

The Målselva is a river in the municipality of Målselv in Troms county, Norway.

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Måsøy

Måsøy (Muosát; Moseija) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Medkila IL

Medkila IL's is a football team from Harstad in North Norway, most notable for its women's football team which is playing in the Toppserien, the first tier of Norwegian women's football.

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Midnight sun

The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the sun remains visible at the local midnight.

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Mo i Rana

Mo i Rana a town and administrative centre of the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway.

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Moose

The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family.

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Morten Gamst Pedersen

Morten Gamst Pedersen (born 8 September 1981) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Norwegian club Tromsø, the club with which he began his career.

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Mosjøen

Mosjøen (Southern Sami: Mussere) is a town, a former town municipality, and a former privileged staple place in the Municipality of Vefsn in the southern part of the County of Nordland, Norway.

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Mountain hare

The mountain hare (Lepus timidus), also known as blue hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare, snow hare, alpine hare, and Irish hare, is a Palearctic hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats.

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Murmansk

Murmansk (p; Мурман ланнҍ; Murmánska; Muurman) is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far northwest part of Russia.

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Mushroom

A mushroom, or toadstool, is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source.

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Narvik

(Norwegian) or Áhkanjárga (Northern Sami) is the third-largest town and municipality in Nordland county, Norway by population.

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Narvik IK

Narvik Arctic Eagles is an ice hockey team in Narvik, Norway.

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National Tourist Routes in Norway

National Tourist Routes (Nasjonale turistveger) are eighteen highways in Norway designated by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration for their picturesque scenery and tourist-friendly infrastructure, such as rest stops and viewpoints.

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Nesseby

Unjárga (Northern Sami) or Nesseby (Norwegian) (also Uuniemi in Kven/Finnish) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Nomadic pastoralism

Nomadic pastoralism is a form of pastoralism when livestock are herded in order to find fresh pastures on which to graze.

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Nordic Bronze Age

The Nordic Bronze Age (also Northern Bronze Age, or Scandinavian Bronze Age) is a period of Scandinavian prehistory from c. 1700–500 BC.

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Nordkapp

Nordkapp (North Cape; Davvinjárga or Nordkáhppa; Kappa or Nordkappa) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Nordkinnhalvøya

Nordkinnhalvøya (Nordkinn Peninsula; Čorgašnjárga) is a peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Nordland

Nordland (Nordlánda) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west.

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Nordland Line

The Nordland Line (Nordlandsbanen) is a railway line between Trondheim and Bodø, Norway.

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Nordreisa

Nordreisa (Ráissa suohkan, Raisin komuuni) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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North Atlantic Current

The North Atlantic Current (NAC), also known as North Atlantic Drift and North Atlantic Sea Movement, is a powerful warm western boundary current that extends the Gulf Stream north-eastward.

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North Cape (Norway)

North Cape (Nordkapp; Davvenjárga) is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway.

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Northern Norwegian Cup

The Northern Norwegian Cup was a Norwegian football tournament for men that was played between 1929 and 1969.

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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 County Road 17

County Road 17 (Fylkesvei 17), also known as the Coastal Highway (Kystriksveien), is a Norwegian highway that runs from the town of Bodø in Nordland county (in the north) to the town of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county (in the south).

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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 language

Norwegian (norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is the official language.

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Norwegian Nobel Institute

The Norwegian Nobel Institute (Det Norske Nobelinstitutt) is located in Oslo, Norway.

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Norwegians

Norwegians (nordmenn) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Norway.

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Novgorod Republic

The Novgorod Republic (p; Новгородскаѧ землѧ / Novgorodskaję zemlę) was a medieval East Slavic state from the 12th to 15th centuries, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the northern Ural Mountains, including the city of Novgorod and the Lake Ladoga regions of modern Russia.

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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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Oceanic climate

An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.

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Ofoten

Ofoten is a traditional district in Nordland county in Northern Norway.

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Ohthere of Hålogaland

Ohthere of Hålogaland (Ottar fra Hålogaland) was a Viking Age Norwegian seafarer known only from an account of his travels that he gave to King Alfred (r. 871–99) of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in about 890 AD.

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Oksskolten

Oksskolten (lit. Bulls Head) is a mountain in the municipality of Hemnes in Nordland county, Norway.

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Okstindan

Okstindan is a mountain range which lies in the inner Helgeland district in Nordland county, Norway.

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Okstindbreen

Okstindbreen is the eighth-largest glacier in mainland Norway.

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Olaf II of Norway

Olaf II Haraldsson (995 – 29 July 1030), later known as St.

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Open sandwich

An open sandwich, also known as an open-face/open-faced sandwich, bread baser, bread platter or tartine, consists of two or more slices of bread with one or more food items on top.

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Oslo Airport, Gardermoen

Oslo Airport (Oslo Lufthavn) is the main international airport serving Oslo, Norway, the capital and most populous city in the country.

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Otto Sverdrup

Otto Neumann Knoph Sverdrup (31 October 1854, in Bindal, Helgeland – 26 November 1930) was a Norwegian sailor and Arctic explorer.

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Pancake

A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter.

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Petroglyph

Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.

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Petter Dass

Petter Pettersen Dass (c. 1647 – 17 August 1707) was a Lutheran priest and the foremost Norwegian poet of his generation, writing both baroque hymns and topographical poetry.

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Picea abies

Picea abies, the Norway spruce, is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

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Pietro Querini

Pietro Querini was a 15th-century sailing captain from the Republic of Venice.

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Pollachius virens

The saithe, (Pollachius virens) is a species of marine fish in the Pollachius genus.

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Pomors

Pomors or Pomory (p, Seasiders) are Russian settlers, primarily from Novgorod, and their descendants living on the White Sea coasts and the territory whose southern border lies on a watershed which separates the White Sea river basin from the basins of rivers that flow south.

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Porsanger

Porsanger (Norwegian) or Porsáŋgu (Northern Sami) or Porsanki (Kven/Finnish) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Prawn

Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs (i.e. a member of the order decapoda), some of which can be eaten.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity.

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Ranelva

Ranelva is a long river in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway.

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Raspberry

The raspberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus; the name also applies to these plants themselves.

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Röyksopp

Röyksopp are a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø, formed in 1998.

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Rømmegrøt

Rømmegrøt, also known as rømmegraut, is a Norwegian porridge made with sour cream, whole milk, wheat flour, butter, and salt.

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Røst

Røst is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Red king crab

The red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, also called Kamchatka crab or Alaskan king crab, is a species of king crab native to the Bering Sea.

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Redcurrant

The redcurrant, or red currant (Ribes rubrum) is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family.

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Regions of Norway

Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (landsdeler).

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Reindeer

The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as the caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic, tundra, boreal and mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia and North America.

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Rhubarb

Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) is a species of plant in the family Polygonaceae.

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Ringvassøy

Ringvassøya (Ráneš) is a large island in Troms county, Norway.

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Rock ptarmigan

The rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) is a medium-sized gamebird in the grouse family.

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Roe

Roe or hard roe is the fully ripe internal egg masses in the ovaries, or the released external egg masses of fish and certain marine animals, such as shrimp, scallop and sea urchins.

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Rognan

Rognan is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Saltdal in Nordland county, Norway.

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Rose fish

The rose fish (Sebastes norvegicus), also known as the ocean perch, Atlantic redfish, Norway haddock, red perch, red bream, golden redfish or hemdurgan, is a deep sea species of rockfish from the North Atlantic.

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Rubus chamaemorus

Rubus chamaemorus is a rhizomatous herb native to cool temperate, alpine, arctic tundra and boreal forest, producing amber-colored edible fruit similar to the raspberry or blackberry.

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Russians

Russians (русские, russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. The majority of Russians inhabit the nation state of Russia, while notable minorities exist in other former Soviet states such as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine and the Baltic states. A large Russian diaspora also exists all over the world, with notable numbers in the United States, Germany, Israel, and Canada. Russians are the most numerous ethnic group in Europe. The Russians share many cultural traits with their fellow East Slavic counterparts, specifically Belarusians and Ukrainians. They are predominantly Orthodox Christians by religion. The Russian language is official in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and also spoken as a secondary language in many former Soviet states.

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Rutabaga

The rutabaga (from Swedish dialectal word rotabagge), swede (from Swedish turnip, being introduced from Sweden), or neep (from its Latin name Brassica napobrassica) is a root vegetable that originated as a cross between the cabbage and the turnip.

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Salad

A salad is a dish consisting of a mixture of small pieces of food, usually vegetables.

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Saltdal

Saltdal (Sálát) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Salten

Salten is a district in Nordland county in Norway.

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Saltfjellet

Saltfjellet is a mountain area in Nordland county, Norway that separates the two regions of Helgeland and Salten.

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Sami languages

Sami languages is a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia).

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Sami people

The Sami people (also known as the Sámi or the Saami) are a Finno-Ugric people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses large parts of Norway and Sweden, northern parts of Finland, and the Murmansk Oblast of Russia.

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Sandnessjøen

Sandnessjøen is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Alstahaug in Nordland county, Norway.

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Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka

Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (Sandnessjøen Lufthavn, Stokka) is a regional airport serving the town of Sandnessjøen, Norway.

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Sautéed reindeer

Sautéed reindeer (poronkäristys in Finnish, renskav in Swedish, finnbiff in Norwegian, báistebiđus in Sami) is perhaps the best known traditional meal from Lapland, especially in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia.

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Sámi politics

Sámi politics refers to politics that concern the ethnic group called Sámis in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

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Sømna

Sømna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Sør-Varanger

Sør-Varanger (Máttá-Várjjat, Etelä-Varenki, Etelä-Varanki, Сёр-Вара́нгер/Syor-Varánger) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Sørøya

Sørøya (Sállan) is Norway's fourth largest island in terms of area.

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Scorched earth

A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy that aims to destroy anything that might be useful to the enemy while it is advancing through or withdrawing from a location.

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Scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs is a dish made from eggs (usually chicken eggs) stirred or beaten together in a pan while being gently heated, typically with salt and butter and various other ingredients.

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Seaweed

Seaweed or macroalgae refers to several species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae.

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Seiland

Seiland (Sievju) is the eighth largest island in mainland Norway, located in Finnmark county.

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Senja

Senja (Sážžá) is the second largest island in Norway (not counting Svalbard).

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Setermoen

Setermoen is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bardu in Troms county, Norway.

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Shark meat

Shark meat is a seafood consisting of the flesh of sharks.

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Shellfish

Shellfish is a food source and fisheries term for exoskeleton-bearing aquatic invertebrates used as food, including various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms.

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Skibotn

Skibotn (Ivgubahta, Markkina or Yykeänperä) is a village in the municipality of Storfjord in Troms county, Norway.

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Skjervøy (village)

Skjervøy is a village and the administrative centre in the municipality of Skjervøy in Troms county, Norway.

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Smoked salmon

Smoked salmon is a preparation of salmon, typically a fillet that has been cured and hot or cold smoked.

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Snøhvit

Snøhvit (Snow White) is the name of a natural gas field in the Norwegian Sea, situated northwest of Hammerfest, Norway.

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Snow line

The climatic snow line is the boundary between a snow-covered and snow-free surface.

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Sortland

is a town and municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface.

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Steigen

Steigen is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Stetind

Stetind or Stetinden (Stádda) is a mountain in the municipality of Tysfjord in Nordland county, Norway.

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Stockfish

Stockfish is unsalted fish, especially cod, dried by cold air and wind on wooden racks (which is called "hjell" in Norway) on the foreshore.

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Stokmarknes

is a small town in the municipality of Hadsel in Nordland county, Norway.

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Storfjord

Storfjord ('Omasvuotna'; Kven: Omasvuono) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Storsteinfjellet

Storsteinfjellet is a mountain ridge in the municipality of Narvik in Nordland, Norway.

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Strawberry

The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; Fragaria × ananassa) is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus Fragaria, collectively known as the strawberries.

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Suliskongen

Suliskongen is a mountain in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland, Norway.

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Svalbard

Svalbard (prior to 1925 known by its Dutch name Spitsbergen, still the name of its largest island) is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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Svartisen

Svartisen is a collective term for two glaciers located in northern Norway.

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Svein Berge

Svein Berge (born 17 February 1976 in Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian electronic musician who makes up half of the duo Röyksopp.

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Svolvær

Svolvær is the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality (9,200 inhabitants) in Nordland County, Norway.

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Tana (Norway)

The Tana (Teno or Tenojoki; Deatnu; Tanaelva; Tana älv), is a long river in the Sápmi area of northern Fennoscandia.

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Tana, Norway

or is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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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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Tjøtta

Tjøtta is a village and former municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Toppserien

The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway.

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Torbjørn Brundtland

Torbjørn Brundtland (born 10 May 1975) makes up half of the duo Röyksopp.

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Torghatten

Torghatten is a granite mountain on Torget island in Brønnøy municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Træna

Træna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Troms

Troms (italic; Tromssa) is a county in Northern Norway.

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Tromsø

Tromsø (Romsa; Tromssa; Tromssa) is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Tromsø Airport, Langnes

Tromsø Airport, Langnes (Tromsø lufthavn, Langnes) is an international airport located at Langnes in Tromsø, Norway.

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Tromsø IL

Tromsø Idrettslag is a Norwegian professional football club founded in 1920, based in the city of Tromsø.

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Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon

Tromsø Midnight Sun Marathon is the northernmost Association of International Marathons and Distance Races certified marathon in the world.

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Tromsø Storm

Tromsø Storm is a Norwegian basketball team from the city of Tromsø, playing in the Norwegian Basketball Premier League, BLNO.

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Trond Sollied

Trond Johan Sollied (born 29 April 1959) is a Norwegian football manager and former player.

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Trout

Trout is the common name for a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus, all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae.

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Turbonegro

Turbonegro (Turboneger in Norway) is a Norwegian rock band, initially active from 1989 to 1998, and then reformed in 2002.

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Tysfjord

Tysfjord (Norwegian) or Divtasvuodna (Lule Sami) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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UCI Continental Circuits

The UCI Continental Circuits are continental circuits for a series of road bicycle racing competitions since 2005.

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University of Tromsø

The University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet; is the world's northernmost university. Located in the city of Tromsø, Norway, it was established in 1968, and opened in 1972. It is one of eight universities in Norway. The University of Tromsø is the largest research and educational institution in northern Norway. The University's location makes it a natural venue for the development of studies of the region's natural environment, culture, and society. The main focus of the University's activities is on the Auroral light research, Space science, Fishery science, Biotechnology, Linguistics, Multicultural societies, Saami culture, Telemedicine, epidemiology and a wide spectrum of Arctic research projects. The close vicinity of the Norwegian Polar Institute, the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research and the Polar Environmental Centre gives Tromsø added weight and importance as an international centre for Arctic research. Research activities, however, are not limited to Arctic studies. The University researchers work within a broad range of subjects and are recognised both nationally and internationally. On 1 January 2009, the University of Tromsø merged with Tromsø University College. On 1 August 2013, the university merged with Finnmark University College to form Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet (The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway), thereby adding campuses in Alta, Hammerfest and Kirkenes. On 1 January 2016, Narvik University College and Harstad University College merged with UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. As of January 2016 the university now has six campus locations in northern Norway, the main campus being Tromsø.

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Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry, partridgeberry, or cowberry) is a short evergreen shrub in the heath family that bears edible fruit, native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America.

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Vadsø

Vadsø (Čáhcesuolu; Vesisaari) is a municipality in Finnmark County, Norway.

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Vadsø (town)

Vadsø (Čáhcesuolu; Vesisaari) is a town in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Varanger Peninsula

Varanger Peninsula (Varangerhalvøya; Várnjárga; Varenkinniemi) is a peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Vardø

(also Vuoreija, Vuorea, Várggát) is a municipality in Finnmark county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway.

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Vardø (town)

(Vuorea / Várggát) is a town and the administrative centre of Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Vardø Church

Vardø Church (Vardø kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Vardøhus Fortress

Vardøhus Fortress (Vardøhus festning) is located in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Vefsna

The river Vefsna (Vaapstenjeanoe or Vapstälven) is the largest river in Nordland county, Norway.

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Vega, Norway

Vega is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Veliky Novgorod

Veliky Novgorod (p), also known as Novgorod the Great, or Novgorod Veliky, or just Novgorod, is one of the most important historic cities in Russia, which serves as the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast.

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Vesterålen

Vesterålen is a district and archipelago in Nordland county, Norway.

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Waffle

A waffle is a dish made from leavened batter or dough that is cooked between two plates that are patterned to give a characteristic size, shape, and surface impression.

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Western Norway

Western Norway (Vestlandet, Vest-Norge, Vest-Noreg) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway.

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Whale meat

Whale meat, broadly speaking, may include all cetaceans (whales, dolphions, porpoises) and all parts of the animal: muscle (meat), organs (offal), and fat (blubber).

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Willow ptarmigan

The willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) is a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae.

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World championship

A world championship is generally an international sports competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport or contest.

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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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Redirects here:

Kanstad, Nord Norge, Nord-Noreg, Nord-Norge, Nording, Nordlending, North Norway.

References

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

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