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5 unusual facts about Nordstrand


Edoms Hundred

It encompassed the eastern part of the island of Strand, which sank in 1634 during the Burchardi flood, including some of the land which now comprises the peninsula of Nordstrand.

Lambertseter Line

Following the 1948 merger of the municipalities of Oslo and Aker, it was decided that the Nordstrand area in the former Aker would be opened to large-scale construction of housing.

Lundenberg Hundred

It encompassed the southeastern part of the former island of Strand, between what are now the peninsulae of Nordstrand and Eiderstedt.

Nordstrand IF

Nordstrand Idrettsforening is a sports club in Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway.

Sportsplassen

Sportsplassen ("The Sports Field") is a multi-use stadium in Nordstrand borough, Oslo, Norway.


Fredrik Rosing Bull

At the same time, Bull had contacted an old friend from high school by Nordstrand, Reidar Knutsen who headed the company Oka.

Lundenberg Hundred

Today, remnants of the old hundred are now part of the island-turned-peninsula of Nordstrand, as well as the site of the town of Simonsberg, Germany, located southwest of Husum.

Otto Christian Hammer

His forces occupied the islands Nordstrand and Pellworm and Hammer took part in the defense of the then Danish towns of Tönning and Friedrichstadt.

Peter Harry Carstensen

Carstensen was born in Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog/Nordstrand, on the North Sea coast of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Rungholt

Rungholt was situated on the island of Strand, which was rent asunder by another storm tide in 1634, and of which the islets of Pellworm, Nordstrand and Nordstrandischmoor are the only remaining fragments.

Vigrestad

Monica Sandve, handballplayer, National team, and Nordstrand (in the top league)


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