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2 unusual facts about Namsos


Frank Pegram

Also, Pegram took the Glasgow into Namsos and landed a detachment of Royal Marines to block enemy troops until the main British forces arrived, during the Namsos Campaign.

Torghatten ASA

TTS operates four bus routes out of Brønnøysund, to Mosjøen, Sandnessjøen Grong and Namsos.


Namsos Line

Proposals for a railway to Namsos were first launched by Ole Tobias Olsen in 1872, who wanted a railway built from Trondheim to Nordland.

Timeline of the Norwegian Campaign

14: British forces land at Namsos and Harstad as Anglo-French forces prepare to launch operations against German forces at Trondheim and Narvik.

Torghatten

On 6 May 1988, Widerøe Flight 710 from Namsos to Brønnøysund crashed into the side of the mountain, and all the 36 passengers and crew died.


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