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unusual facts about Grane, Nordland



Ånnsjön

The large, naturalistic carvings are similar in style and technology to petroglyphs of the Norwegian Nordland coast,

Bjørnfjell

Bjørnfjell, Nordland, a village area in Narvik municipality, Nordland county, Norway

Centre of Norway

They include Harran in the municipality of Grong (halving the mainland's latitude "length"), the village of Vilhelmina in the municipality of Vilhelmina in Sweden (halving the great-circle distance), Grane Church in the municipality of Grane and Alstahaug Church in the municipality of Alstahaug (both are found by halving longer great circle distances), and finally Mosjøen in the municipality of Vefsn.

Château de Grâne

The last Count of Poitiers, Louis II, having no legitimate male heir, was taken hostage at Grâne’s castle for 15 days on 2 August 1416 by his cousins, Charles, the lord of Saint-Vallier and the Bishop of Valence, Jean de Poitiers.

Eidet

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

Götterdämmerung

Bearing Brünnhilde's shield and mounting her horse Grane, Siegfried rides away as an orchestral interlude (Siegfried's Journey to the Rhine) starts.

Gravdal

Gravdal, Nordland, a village in Vestvågøy municipality, Nordland county

Hanns-Heinrich Lohmann

In May 1943, Lohmann's regiment was being rested in the Grafenwöhr training area, and then was assigned to the 11th SS Division "Nordland".

Helmut Scholz

On 1 November 1941 he returned to the SS-Junkerschule and on 20 April 1942 made an SS-Oberjunker until June 1942 when he was promoted to Untersturmführer and given command of a platoon in the III.Btn/SS Regiment Nordland which was serving in Russia.

Hennes

Hennes, Norway, a village in Hadsel municipality, Nordland county, Norway

IK Junkeren

Idrettsklubben Junkeren ("Junkeren means "The Junker") is a Norwegian sports club from Bodø, Nordland.

Marit Andreassen

Marit Adeleide Andreassen (born 29 March 1966 in Svolvær, Nordland) is a Norwegian actress, born in Svolvær.

Martial law in Trondheim in 1942

Chaired by Gerhard Flesch, this tribunal condemned 15 from the municipality of Grane to death, and these were shot the following morning.

Namsos Line

Proposals for a railway to Namsos were first launched by Ole Tobias Olsen in 1872, who wanted a railway built from Trondheim to Nordland.

Nordland families

It is said that all Nordland families may be traced back to the noble family Benkestok.

To Nordland families belong many nationally prominent persons, among others trader Erasmus B.K. Zahl (Knut Hamsun's Mack) of the Zahl family, cabinet minister Sofus A.B. Arctander of the Arctander family, and cabinet minister Jakob M. Schøning of the Schøning family.

Nordland Hospital Trust

Nordland Hospital Trust (Norwegian: Nordlandssykehuset, NLSH) is a part of the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority and covers the specialist health services for areas north of Saltfjellet in Nordland county.

Nordlandshest/Lyngshest

Translated to English, the name could be interpreted to be "horse from Nordland/Lyngen".

Norwegian railway carriages

The WLAB2 is the newest, and since the retirement of the old WLAB carriages, the only type of sleeping carriage which is used on night trains on the Bergen, Dovre Sørland and Nordland Lines.

Oldervika

Oldervika, Rødøy, a village in Rødøy municipality, Nordland county, Norway

Ole Morten Vågan

This was also documented with a concert for radio on NRK P2, Jazzklubben, hosted by Erling Wicklund recorded at Nordland Musikkfestuke.

Øystein Norvoll

He has also played with Hallgeir Pedersen in their collaborative project «Bebop Guitars» («Nordland Musikkfestuke» and Festival of North Norway, 1999), duo at Moldejazz 2003, with his wife Marit Sandvik, with Jan Arvid Johansen on the album Tonen og Kjærligheten (2005), as well as in the band «Stett», together with Jørn Øien, Asbjørn Johannessen, Konrad Kaspersen and Trond Sverre Hansen (1989) and Kjell Svendsen Quintet.

Paul-Albert Kausch

In February 1943, he was tasked with raising the 11th SS Panzer Battalion Nordland, which was ordered to the Oranienbaumer, Kessel sector during the withdrawal to the Narva.

Skipsfjorden

Skipsfjorden, Dønna, part of Stifjorden in Dønna municipality in Nordland

Sørvågen

Sørvågen, Moskenes, a village in Moskenes municipality, Nordland county

Storå

Storå, Norway, a small village in Tysfjord municipality, Nordland county, Norway

Straumen

Straumen, Nordland, a village in Sørfold municipality, Nordland county

Straumsnes

Straumsnes, Narvik, a village in Narvik municipality, Nordland, Norway

Straumsnes, Fauske, a village in Fauske municipality, Nordland, Norway

Sykehuset Levanger Station

The station was located on the Nordland Line in the southern part of the town of Levanger, adjacent to Levanger Hospital.

Two Thousand Acres of Sky

In 2008, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation created a remake of the series called Himmelblå (in English: Skyblue) taking place on the island of Ylvingen, which is the island's actual name, in the county of Nordland in northern Norway.


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