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7 unusual facts about Agder


Agder

The previous most credible source, Ptolemy, gives the briefest of sketches, only citing all of Norway as the Chaedini ("country people").

Eide, Aust-Agder

Eiði: Village in the Faroe Islands with a name, sharing Eide's etymology

Espenes

Espenes, Aust-Agder, a village area in Grimstad municipality, Aust-Agder county

Kilen

Kilen, Aust-Agder, a village in Tvedestrand municipality, Aust-Agder, Norway

Kilen, Vest-Agder, a village in Songdalen municipality, Vest-Agder, Norway

Kristiansand Teacher Training College

Kristiansand Teacher Training College (Kristiansand Lærerhøgskole) was established as Holt Seminary in Holt, Aust-Agder, Norway in 1839.

Straumsfjorden

Straumsfjorden, Aust-Agder, a lake in Bygland and Valle municipalities in Aust-Agder county


Anne Gerd Eieland

Anne Gerd Eieland (born 28 December 1982) from Iveland, Aust-Agder is Norway's third best female high jumper of all time, behind Hanne Haugland and Tonje Angelsen.

Bjæring

Bjæring was a legendary king or chieftain who is identified as the one who is buried in the Bjærum grave in Hægebostad, Agder, Norway.

Karenus Kristofer Thinn

From 1891 he was a presiding judge (lagmann) in Hålogaland, Borgarting and Agder.

Sirdal

From the oldest times the district was divided by the river Sira between the counties Rogaland and Vest-Agder.

Tove Lill Løyte

She is the leader of the Norwegian political party Progress Party's Youth Organization the Youth of the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiets Ungdom in Norwegian) in the county of Vest-Agder.


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