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2 unusual facts about Os, Hordaland


Kjersti Plätzer

Born in Os, Hordaland, she is the older sister of Erik Tysse and is married to former German middle distance runner Stephan Plätzer, who is also her coach.

Nordvik, Hordaland

Nordvik is a settlement in the municipalities of Bergen and Os in the county of Hordaland, Norway.


Alver

Alver, Norway, settlement in Lindås municipality, Hordaland, Norway

Botnen

Botnen, Hordaland, a village in Odda municipality, Hordaland, Norway

Eidsvik

Eidsvik Skipsbyggeri, a small shipyard in Kvinnherad municipality, Hordaland county, Norway

Gravdal

Gravdal, Hordaland, a neighborhood in the city of Bergen, Hordaland county

Grov

Grov, Hordaland, a village in Stord municipality, Hordaland, Norway

Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka

When Half had spent 18 years of free-booting, he returned to Hordaland, where Half's stepfather Asmund had ruled in his stead.

House mark

Jakob H. Vik: Bumerke frå Kvam i Hordaland, Hardanger Historielags tilleggskrift nr 13, Øystese 1962

InterCasino

In September 2011, this record was once again beaten when a 20-year-old Norwegian student from Hordaland secured €11.7 million after playing the Mega Fortune progressive slots at Betsson.com.

Jordalsvatnet

Jordalsvatnet is a lake in Bergen, in Hordaland, Norway, and the main source of drinking water for the borough of Åsane, with almost 40,000 inhabitants, as well as the higher parts of Bergenhus borough.

Kornelius Bergsvik

Kornelius Olai Person Bergsvik (1889–1975) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, born in Austrheim, Hordaland.

Lars Jonson Haukaness

Lars Jonson Haukaness was from the village of Folkedal, in Granvin municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.

Måbødalen

Måbødalen is a narrow valley in the municipality of Eidfjord, in Hordaland, Norway.

Njörðr

Veneration of Njörðr survived into 18th or 19th century Norwegian folk practice, as recorded in a tale collected by Halldar O. Opedal from an informant in Odda, Hordaland, Norway.

NSB El 14

The only scrapping occurred in December 2005 when one hit a large pile of rocks from a landslide near Evanger, Hordaland.

Sigbjørn Apeland

Apeland often play together with county musicians in Hordaland, he also collaborates with the fiddle player Synnøve S. Bjørset, and with Knut Hamre, Hildegun Riise and Benedicte Maurseth.

Søvik

Søvik, Os, a village in Os Municipality, Hordaland county, Norway

Spynorsk mordliste

In the run-up for the 2005 parliamentary election, the Conservative politician Harald Victor Hove from Hordaland gained some attention for burning Nynorsk ordliste as a part of his campaign.

Stolma Bridge

Stolma Bridge is a road bridge over the Stolmen sound in Austevoll municipality, Hordaland.

Yngling

It claims Skelfir was king of Vörs (Vǫrs), modern Voss in northern Hordaland in southwestern Norway, but Halfdan's inheritance was in southeastern Norway.


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