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unusual facts about Eide, Aust-Agder



Agder

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

Anders Eide

Anders Eide (born 7 March 1971 in Snåsa) is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 1992.

Andrew Godfrey

During his university studies he was awarded the 1997 Carl Zeiss (Aust) Pty Ltd Award, the 1998 Kenneth B Ward Memorial Prize, and the 2000 University Medal in the Faculty of Health.

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.

Aust Ferry

The Martin Scorsese film No Direction Home about the life of Bob Dylan has a promotional shot of Dylan standing in front of the Aust ferry terminal in May 1966, not long before it closed for good.

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.

Boom Jinx

In 1989, Øistein J. Eide started making music with SoundTracker developed for the Commodore Amiga computer.

Deb Verhoeven

In 2008 Verhoeven was appointed inaugural Deputy Chair, National Film and Sound Archive (Aust.).

Eid Church

Eide Church, a church in Eide municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway

Eide, Aust-Agder

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

Eidet

Eide, Bø, a village in Bø municipality in Nordland county (also called Eidet)

Emerald Tower, Brisbane

Emerald Developments (Aust) Pty Ltd applied to the Supreme Court of Queensland in March 2006 seeking a declaration that Minster Boyle had improperly refused the application.

Espenes

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

I Like It Rare

# Noel Crombie - “Take Me To Your Ruler” - Recorded in Melbourne Aust.

Jan Šejna

Hruby, Peter: Fools and Heroes: The Changing Role of Communist Intellectuals in Czechoslovakia, Peramom Press (Aust.), Potts Point, Australia, 1980 (pg. 171)

Johannes Eide

Johannes Malvin Georgsson Eide, usually spelled Johs G. Eide (born October 30, 1937 in Høylandsbygd, Norway) is a Norwegian business man, entrepreneur and ship builder.

On December 14, 2006, Eide was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for his work to preserve the Norwegian ship building and coastal history and culture, and for his work with the local environment and culture.

Karenus Kristofer Thinn

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

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.

Kurt Aust

Kurt Aust is a pseudonym for Kurt Østergaard (born 6 December 1955 in Ikast, Denmark), an author and freelance writer.

M48 motorway

Travelling from east to west, after leaving the M4 at Awkley, Junction 21, near Olveston in England, the M48 begins by heading north-west towards Aust, Junction 1.

Queanbeyan District Cricket Club

Brad Haddin (NSW, Australia); Mark Higgs (cricketer) (NSW, SA, Australia); Lea Hansen (Vic, Australia A); Neil Bulger (Aust. Indigenous); Peter Solway (Aust. Country); John Bull (Aust. Country); Colin Crouch (Aust. Country); Michael Spaseski (Aust. Country); Em Preston (Aust. u/21).

Sirdal

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

Straumsfjorden

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

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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