The breed known today originated in Lyngen, but was given the name Nordlandshest in 1968 by breeders in that area of the country.
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Translated to English, the name could be interpreted to be "horse from Nordland/Lyngen".
These factors made it possible for the Germans already on 4 October 1944 to gain Hitler's approval for moving from Operation Birke to Operation Nordlicht (Operation Northern Light) and abandon Northern Finland and fortify to Lyngen, Norway.
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It may be a symbol of the friendly and warm-hearted citizens of Lyngen, but has been voted the ugliest tourist attraction in Norway in the newspaper Verdens Gang.
Kjosen (Troms), a fjord arm off of the main Ullsfjorden in Tromsø/Lyngen municipalities, Troms county, Norway