X-Nico

7 unusual facts about Halden


Battle of Furuholm

These should be used as support during General Eberhard von Vegesack's planned offensive against Frederikshald following the Swedish left wing's invasion of Norway in early May.

Evald Mikson

In 1946 he was transported to the Norwegian border where a boat to Venezuela waited in Halden.

John Guildford

Dudley claimed the manor of Halden in Sussex, and other lands in Kent and Sussex, despite John Guildford's assertion that his uncle had intended him to inherit; Edward Guildford had left no will.

Østfold Hospital

Østfold Hospital is a hospital with bases in Fredrikstad, Moss, Sarpsborg and Halden.

Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow

Sylow was a high school teacher in Halden, Norway, from 1858 to 1898, and a substitute lecturer at Christiania University in 1862, covering Galois theory.

Second Northern War and Norway

His goal was to recapture Trøndelag and to defend the Norwegian border at Halden, which Charles X had demanded be turned over to Sweden as it provided both an excellent port for timber export from the newly acquired Bohuslän and a point from which further invasions could be launched.

The Ninja Mission

Filming took place in Stockholm (Havregatan), Lidköpings city hospital and harbour (with the former acting as the Leningrad institute), as well as the Halden fortress in Norway (acting as the UN building used by the KGB).


Carsten Tank

Carsten Tank was married first to Bartha Sophie Leth (d. 1795) from Halden, and secondly to Catherine von Cappelen (1772–1837), sister of Didrich von Cappelen (1761–1828), who was the deputy for Skien to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 which established the Constitution of Norway.

Carsten Tank was born at Rød Herregård, the family estate at Halden in Østfold County, Norway.

Elvestad

Hobøl is one of 10 municipalities which, due to their geographical placement miles away from the fjord / coast line, can be put into the area of Indre Østfold (Inner Østfold, the part of Østfold which do not have fjord or coast line), while those areas of Østfold who have fjord / coast line (Moss - Fredrikstad - Sarpsborg - Halden etc.) are called Ytre Østfold (Outer Østfold) and Nedre Glommaregionen (Lower Glomma Region).

Halden Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota

A small part of Savanna Portage State Park is located within the southwest corner of Halden Township.

Institute for Energy Technology

Its main office is at Kjeller, Norway, and slightly under half of the institute’s activities are based in Halden.

John Halden

Halden contested the 1986 Western Australian State election as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party and was elected to Western Australia's Thirty-second Parliament as the Legislative Council Member for North Metropolitan Province from 22 May 1986, in succession to Peter Henry Wells.

Jonas Faraasen Olsen

This also earned him Halden Arbeiderblad's Silver Ball award, for best footballer in the Halden region.

Mon Schjelderup

Maria Gustava Schjelderup was born in Fredrikshald (now Halden), Østfold, of parents Captain Christian Bernhard Koren Schjelderup (1819–1889) and Anne Sofie Preus Berg (1831–1898).

Ole Herman Johannes Krag

Krag grew up in various locations where his father, Hans Peter Schnitler Krag (1794–1855), served as pastor, including Vågå, Fredrikshald (Halden) and Christiania (Oslo).


see also