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unusual facts about Vang, Hedmark



1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1989–90 FIS Cross-Country World Cup started at Soldier Hollow, USA, on 9 December 1989 and finished in Vang, Norway, on 17 March 1990.

1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1991–92 FIS Cross-Country World Cup took place in Silver Star, Canada, from 8 December 1991 and finished in Vang, Norway, on 14 March 1992.

Dag Gundersen

Dag Gundersen (born 15 January 1928 in Ringsaker, Hedmark) is a Norwegian linguist and lexicographer, dictionary editor and professor.

Empty Cities of the Full Moon

This organization Tetragammaton and these characters (Dr. Vang, Michael Dalke, and Martin Kong) have appeared in previous Hendrix novels involved in the long-term survival of humanity through the creation of mind-machine interfaces.

Espen Berntsen

Espen Berntsen (born 12 May 1967) is a Norwegian football referee from Vang outside of the Norwegian municipality of Hamar.

Eva Kløvstad

She was born in Vang, Hedmark, a daughter of Frithjof Georg Jørgensen and Thorbjørg Jenny Godager.

Gjende

In the Vang dialect the lake is called Gjendin, which is the form you find in Henrik Ibsen's name for what is now called Besseggen, formerly Gjendineggen, or Gendineggen in the older orthography.

Hedmarksvidda

Hedmarksvidda (The Hedmark moorland) is a low mountain nature and recreational area in Hedmark county, Norway, limited by the valley of Østerdal in the east, the valley of Gudbrandsdal in the west, Løten in the south and Sjusjøen in the north.

Helgøya

Helgøya, Hedmark, a large island in Ringsaker municipality, Hedmark county

Høre stave church

Høre stave church (Høre Stavkyrkje) is a stave church located at Ryfoss in Vang municipality, Valdres, Norway.

Irene Dalby

Irene Karine Dalby (born 31 May 1971 in Stange, Hedmark) is a former international swimmer from Norway, who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Johannes Skraastad

Johannes Skraastad (1648–1700) was a Norwegian artist from Vang.

La Vang

Though there is no official Vatican recognition of this event as a Marian apparition, on June 19, 1988, Pope John Paul II publicly recognized the importance of Our Lady of La Vang and expressed desire to rebuild the La Vang Basilica in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the first vision.

May Song Vang

In 2012, she attended the official dedication of Vang Pao Elementary School in the southeast section of Fresno, California.

Mor Sæther

Mor Sæther ("Mother Sæther") was born in Grue (now Kongsvinger), Hedmark.

Niels Wulfsberg

Growing up in Åmot, Hedmark, he passed his university entrance examination, the examen artium, in 1796.

Odalen Lutherske Kirke

Odalen Lutherske Kirke is significant for its association with the Norwegian immigrants from the traditional district of Odal in the county of Hedmark in eastern Norway.

Østby

Østby, Hedmark, a village in the municipality of Trysil in Hedmark county, Norway

Reidar Åsgård

Following the 2007 elections Åsgård is the mayor of the Norwegian municipality of Engerdal in Hedmark.

Sigurd Markusfostre

Sigurd was fostered by Markus of Skog in Ringsaker apparently in Hedmark, due to which his nickname was Markusfostered.

Vang stave church

The church is a four-post single-nave stave church originally built around 1200 in the parish of Vang in the Valdres region of Norway.

Vang, Hedmark

About 70 persons found refuge in the Norwegian resistance Milorg's district 77 rural huts.

Vang, Oppland

The ancient church of Vang was the site of a legal court (thing) held by King Haakon VI in 1368.

Vietnamese dragon

In 1010, King Lý Thái Tổ moved the capital from Hoa Lư to Đại La, which decision was explained in his Chiếu dời đô (Royal proclamation of moving capital): he saw a Rồng vàng (yellow dragon) fly around on the clear blue sky, so he changed the name of Đại La to Thăng Long, meaning "Vietnam's bright and developed future".


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