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16 unusual facts about Hamar


1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Lillehammer and Hamar Norway from December 27 to January 5.

Aaron Gavey

During the 2004/05 season he had a very brief stint with the Storhamar Dragons of Hamar, Norway.

Akademiet Norge

Akademiet's schools for private education are located in Bergen, Drammen, Hamar, Haugesund, Lillehammer, Molde, Oslo, Sandnes and Ålesund.

Atle Gulbrandsen

Atle Gulbrandsen (born 15 September 1979 in Hamar, Norway) is a racing driver and television announcer.

Dulce de leche

The name is an abbreviation of "Hamar" where it originally was made and "Pålegg"(spread).

Espen Berntsen

Espen Berntsen (born 12 May 1967) is a Norwegian football referee from Vang outside of the Norwegian municipality of Hamar.

Göran Sjöberg

He coached the Storhamar Dragons of Hamar, Norway from 1994 to 1995, where he led the team to its first Norwegian championship.

Hans Rev

In the fall of 1541 he was employed as a superintendent for his old diocese again, that was connected to the Diocese of Hamar.

Hedmarksvidda

The area is not distinctly defined, but is normally considered to be located within the limits of the municipalities Løten, Hamar and Ringsaker.

Norwegian Lundehund

This time, only six dogs survived, one on Værøy and five in southern Norway, Hamar.

Pekka Koskela

Koskela was one of the two dominating skaters at the 2007 World Sprint Championship in Vikingskipet, Hamar.

Ram-Zet

In October 2008 the band took 10 of their songs and re-arranged them for an acoustic concert in their home town of Hamar.

Rut Brandt

Born as Rut Hansen in Hamar, Norway, she worked initially in a bakery in Norway and then as a tailor's apprentice.

Thorfinn of Hamar

Eventually the King outlawed Archbishop Jon Raude, and his two chief supporters, Bishop Andres of Oslo and Bishop Thorfinn of Hamar.

Thorfinn of Hamar (died 1285) was the Bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Hamar in medieval Norway.

Viking Lotto

Draws are held every Wednesday evening and they take place at Norsk Tipping in Hamar.


Aasmund Olavsson Vinje

Today Aasmund Vinje paths exist in several Norwegian cities and towns including Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim, Moss, Fjellhamar, Corby, Hamar, Gjøvik, Rjukan, Skien and Mandal.

Charles Berstad

He coached the northern team Fauske/Sprint, then Nybergsund not far from Hamar before signing for another northern team Mo ahead of the 2008 season.

Dmitry Lobkov

At the 2007 World Sprint Championship in Vikingskipet, Hamar, Lobkov won bronze and silver medals at the two 500-m races, and was ranked fourth overall, after Lee Kyou-hyuk, Pekka Koskela and Shani Davis.

Gerad Hamar Gale

Hamar Gale's popular nickname "Hamar Gale" or "Xamar Gale" first came about after he departed his clan's traditional strongholds in northern modern-day Somalia for the ancient southeastern city of Mogadishu (popular known as "Xamar") and its environs -- an area to which his sobriquet is a direct reference.

Hamar Airport, Stafsberg

With the 1984 opening of the Mjøsa Bridge, it would be located between the three major towns of Lillehammer, Hamar and Gjøvik.

Lillehammer Olympiapark

It also acquired a thirty-percent stake in Hamar Olympiske Anlegg, which operates Vikingskipet and Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre in Hamar, and Gjøvik Olympiske Anlegg, which operates Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall in Gjøvik.

Ole Hallesby

The bishop of Hamar Kristian Schjelderup was the main spokesperson for the liberal side who argued that the damnation of hell was incompatible with a religion of love.

Paul Due

During this period he designed more than 150 railway stations, including the stations at Hamar, Kristiansand, Levanger and Kornsjø.

Røros Line

The connection southwards from Hamar was with boat over the lake Mjøsa to Eidsvoll, and the Hoved Line to Oslo (Kristiania).

Stange Station

The station was opened in 1880 with the construction of the railway between Eidsvoll and Hamar.

Tony Rickardsson

Thirteenth place finishes in Gothenburg, Bydgoszcz and Vikingskipet at Hamar ruining his bid for the title, and a concussion kept him out of the Swedish team that won the World Cup at Vojens (though he was part of a qualifier race and hence stands with a World Cup medal - his only title that year).