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8 unusual facts about Kristiansand


Campus Kristiania

In addition to Oslo, Campus Kristiania offers education in Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Tønsberg and Drammen and has approximately 70000 students.

Christian Sørenssen

Christian Sørenssen (born 25 September 1765 in Christiansand, died 16 August 1845) was a Norwegian theologian, politician and bishop.

Folkebevegelsen mot innvandring

A few dozen activists arrived to Fevik from Kristiansand in a bus, but was this time met by FMI activists wielding bats and other hand weapons.

Hans Christian Petersen

Hans Christian Petersen grew up in the southernmost city of Christianssand and graduated from the local cathedral school in 1810.

Jens Rolfsen

Jens Rolfsen (1765 – 1819) was a Norwegian merchant and politician, born in Kristiansand.

Kjell Elvis

He arranged an Elvis Festival in Kristiansand in Norway in 2001, but it was not an economic success.

Kristiansand Teacher Training College

The seminary moved to Kristiansand in 1877, and was renamed Kristiansand Teachers' College in 1902.

Ole Clausen Mørch

He was born in Christianssand as the son of Claus Mørch and Johanne Marie Halkier.


Baneheia murders

The victims were 10-year-old Lena Sløgedal Paulsen (born 14 May 1990) and 8-year-old Stine Sofie Sørstrønen (born 10 May 1992) who were found raped and killed at Baneheia in Kristiansand.

Bjarne Ugland

After retiring from politics, Ugland served as chair and deputy chair of Kristiansand Næringsselskap, board member of the Kilden Performing Arts Centre and project leader in a local Tall Ships' Races event.

Brownsboro, Texas

It was established in 1845 by Johan Reinert Reiersen of Kristiansand, Norway, who urged Norwegian immigrants to settle in the new community.

Denmark–Norway

The great ransom paid by Sweden (called the Älvsborg Ransom) was used by Christian IV, amongst many other things, to found the cities of Glückstadt, Christiania (refounded after a fire), Christianshavn, Christianstad and Christianssand.

Expulsion of Catholics from Denmark–Norway

In 1646 the regulations were somewhat relaxed, as foreign sailors were then allowed to practice their religion at three dedicated locations, in Oslo Old Town, Nordnes and Christianssand.

France and Germany Star

The qualifying sea area is the North Sea south of a line from the Firth of Forth to Kristiansand (South), in the English Channel and in the Bay of Biscay east of longitude 6° west, provided such service was directly in support of land operations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands or Germany.

Fredriksholm Fortress

On 18 September 1807 the British Third-rate ship HMS Spencer along with two other ships arrived in Kristiansand.

German submarine U-547

U-547 was damaged by a mine on 13 August 1944 in the Gironde (where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge), near Pauillac in western France; she then retraced part of the route of her first patrol, arriving at Marviken in Kristiansand on 29 September and moving on to Flensburg on 4 October.

Hennig-Olsen Iskremfabrikk

Kristiansand resident Sven Hennig-Olsen (1899–1945) learned the art of making ice cream during a stay in Chicago.

Kristiansand Teacher Training College

Kristiansand Teacher Training College (Kristiansand Lærerhøgskole) was established as Holt Seminary in Holt, Aust-Agder, Norway in 1839.

Orthodoxy in Norway

The Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe has a total of three priests and one hierodeacon in Norway, two of the priests residing in the Oslo area and one at Greipstad in Songdalen near Kristiansand.

Paul Due

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

Rautaruukki

The 2011 Steel Construction of the Year award was given to Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand, Norway by The Finnish Constructional Steelwork Association.

Supersilent

John Paul Jones used the opportunity to join them at the Punkt festival 2010, in Kristiansand, Norway.


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