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4 unusual facts about Kongsvinger


Anders Nilsen Wiborg

He commanded from 15 January 1717 until his death at Kongsvinger during the Great Northern War on 10 October 1718.

His death at Kongsvinger in 10 October 1718 occurred only shortly before Charles XII of Sweden’s death on November 30, 1718, in the siege trenches of the Swedish assault on the Norwegian fortress at Fredriksten.

Hans Børli

In a social setting where education beyond mandatory schooling was rare, the young Hans, considered a gifted boy, was given a free place in Talhaug Mercantile School, in Kongsvinger which a he later left when he was admitted to a military academy in Oslo, but his education was aborted by the outbreak of the Second World War.

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir

In 2012, Yohanna moved to Kongsvinger in Norway to be afforded easier access to the European continent.


Audunbakkenfestivalen

Audunbakkenfestivalen is a small rock festival held in Norway, in Disenå in Sør-Odal municipality, about 18 miles from Kongsvinger and 44 miles from Oslo.

Galterud

Its territory is located partly in Sør-Odal municipal, and partly in the former municipality Vinger, now a part of Kongsvinger.

Kongsvinger Station

The station was built in 1862 as part of the Kongsvinger Lin and designed in Swiss chalet style by Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno.

Mor Sæther

Mor Sæther ("Mother Sæther") was born in Grue (now Kongsvinger), Hedmark.


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