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Øyvind Vågnes
Øyvind Vågnes (born 1972) is a Norwegian novelist, magazine editor and researcher. Vågnes was born in Brattvåg. He made his literary debut in 2003 with the novel ''Ingen skal sove i natt''. He was awarded the Nynorsk Literature Prize The Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs Mållag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect. The award is presented for the best novel, poetry, novellas, or drama in the past year. ... in 2005, for the novel ''Ekko''. He is co-editor of the magazine ''Ekfrase - Nordisk Tidsskrift for Visuell Kultur''. Among his non-fiction works are ''Zaprudered : the Kennedy Assassination Film in Visual Culture'' from 2011, and ''Den dokumentariske teikneserien'' from 2014. References 1972 births Living people People from Haram, Norway Norwegian male novelists Norwegian magazine editors 21st-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian male writers {{norway-writer-stub ...
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Brattvåg
Brattvåg is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the Norwegian mainland, along the west side of the Samfjorden. It is located about northwest of the villages of Vatne, Møre og Romsdal, Vatne/Eidsvik, Møre og Romsdal, Eidsvik. The village has a population (2018) of 2,426 and a population density of . Brattvåg has three Education in Norway, schools: one primary school (), a lower secondary school (), and an upper secondary school (). Brattvåg Church is the main church for this area of the municipality. Brattvåg houses factories for both Kongsberg and Vard. Kongsberg Deck Machinery Brattvåg is the world's largest manufacturer of winches. The sports club Brattvåg IL is located in the village. The newspaper ''Nordre (newspaper), Nordre'' is published in Brattvåg. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative centre of the old Haram Municipality. References

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Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ...
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Nynorsk Literature Prize
The Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs MÃ¥llag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect. The award is presented for the best novel, poetry, novellas, or drama in the past year. Winners List of winners. *1982 – Eldrid Lunden, '' Gjenkjennelsen'' *1983 – Kjartan Fløgstad, ''U3'' *1984 – Alfred Hauge, '' Serafen'' *1985 – Paal-Helge Haugen, ''Det overvintra lyset'' *1986 – Kjartan Fløgstad, '' Det 7. klima'' *1987 – Edvard Hoem, ''Ave Eva'' *1988 – Johannes Heggland, '' Meisterens søner'' *1989 – Helge Torvund, ''Den monotone triumf'' *1990 – Liv Nysted, ''Som om noe noengang tar slutt'' *1991 – Marit Tusvik, ''Ishuset'' *1992 – Jon Fosse, ''Bly og vatn'' *1993 – Einar Økland, ''Istaden for roman og humor'' *1994 – Solfrid Sivertsen, ''Grøn koffert'' *1995 – Lars Amund Vaage, ''Rubato '' *1996 – Oddmund Hagen, ''U ...
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1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar time he legal time scale its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 - The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. * January 11 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares a new constitutional governme ...
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Living People
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People From Haram, Norway
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Norwegian Male Novelists
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. *Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, ...
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Norwegian Magazine Editors
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. *Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, ...
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21st-century Norwegian Novelists
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