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Guard Air
GuardAir AS was a Norwegian airline which operated between 1992 and 2001. Based at Sandefjord Airport, Torp, it operated four Dornier 228s and served eight scheduled destinations in 2001. The airline was established with a Cessna 210 to search for stolen vehicles. After merging with Wing-Tech in 1997, the airline procured a Dornier 228 and started flying newspapers. Its first scheduled service connected Skien with Oslo, but lasted only year after the October 1998 start-up. The airline then flew flights from Sandefjord to Ålesund, Kristiansund and an international route to Gothenburg. GuardAir won a government contract to fly to Røst and Fagernes from 2000. Finally the airline established a route from Trondheim to Ålesund and Kristiansund. The airline lost an accumulated 30 million Norwegian krone and filed for bankruptcy on 2 April 2001. History The airline was founded in 1992 by Einar Rønnestad, initially operating out of Sandefjord Airport, Torp. GuardAir started with a Ces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodø Airport
Bodø Airport ( no, Bodø lufthavn; ) is a civil airport in the town of Bodø in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Located just south of the city centre, on the westernmost tip of the Bodø peninsula, it shares facilities with the military air force base Bodø Main Air Station. The airport has a single concrete, runway which runs in a roughly east–west direction. In addition to jet operations to major domestic destinations, the airport serves as a hub for regional airline flights to Helgeland, Lofoten and Vesterålen. A new airport could be ready in the last half of 2029, according to media's paraphrasing (in January 2022) of Avinor. Planning is in progress to build a new airport about one kilometer (0.6 miles) south and build a new smart city district on the site of the current airport. The smart city will be largely focused on transportation and sustainability. History Postal flights to Bodø started in 1921, and before 1940 Bodø was served with sea planes f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storebrand
Storebrand is a financial services company in Norway. By volume, the company's main activities are related to life insurance and pension savings. However, the company also has major divisions working on investments, banking and, until 1999 and again since 2006, P&C insurance products. Through its acquisition of Swedish SPP from Handelsbanken in 2007, Storebrand gained a sizable division dedicated to the Swedish market for life insurance. The company's headquarters are located in Lysaker in the municipality of Bærum, just outside Oslo, Norway. Storebrand is a public company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company CEO is Odd Arild Grefstad. Storebrand issues an annual report for companies engaging in socially responsible investments. History The company traces its roots back to 1767 when Den almindelige Brand-Forsikrings-Anstalt, later Norges Brannkasse, was formed. In 1982 Storebrand merged with its competitor, insurance company Norden, to form the Storebrand-Norden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grenland
Grenland is a traditional district in the county of Vestfold og Telemark, in the south-east of Norway. Located in the southeastern part of the county, Grenland is composed of the municipalities Skien, Porsgrunn, Bamble, and Siljan. Sometimes the municipalities Kragerø and Drangedal of the smaller Vestmar region are also considered to be part of the area. The region encompasses 1,794 km2 and has 122,978 inhabitants (2004), which translates as 12% of the area and 64% of the population of Telemark. Grenland is the core of a slightly larger traditional district known as Nedre Telemark ("Lower Telemark") which also includes Bø, Sauherad and Heddal. Grenland, Grænafylket and Vestmar In the early Viking Age, before Harald Fairhair, Grenland, was a petty kingdom. Originally ''Grenland'' was probably the name of the region surrounding the lake Norsjø in Nedre Telemark, however, not identical with Grænafylket which also included the coastal villages. Grænafylket (or Grenafylke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo Airport, Fornebu
Oslo Airport, Fornebu ( no, Oslo lufthavn, Fornebu), was the primary international airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998. It was then replaced by Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, and the area has since been redeveloped. The airport was located at Fornebu in Bærum, from the city center. Fornebu had two runways, one 06/24 and one 01/19, and a capacity of 20 aircraft. In 1996, the airport had 170,823 aircraft movements and 10,072,054 passengers. The airport served as a hub for Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), Braathens SAFE and Widerøe. In 1996, they and 21 other airlines served 28 international destinations. Due to limited terminal and runway capacity, intercontinental and charter airlines used Gardermoen. The Royal Norwegian Air Force retained offices at Fornebu. The airport opened as a combined sea and land airport, serving both domestic and international destinations. It replaced the land airport at Kjeller and the sea airport at Gressholme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjarne Rieber
Bjarne is a Nordic male name, a variant of Bjorn, and can refer to the following people: *Bjarne Andersson, a cross-country skier *Bjarne Berg-Sæther, a Norwegian politician *Bjarne Berntsen, a Norwegian football coach and former player *Bjarne Brøndbo, a rock singer *Bjarne Brustad, a violinist * B. S. (Bjarne Slot) Christiansen, a team-building coach *Bjarne Mørk Eidem, a Norwegian politician * Bjarne Fjærtoft, a Norwegian politician *Bjarne Flem, a Norwegian politician *Bjarne Goldbæk, a football player and sports pundit *Bjarne Guldager, a Norwegian Olympic sprinter *Bjarne Håkon Hanssen, the current Norwegian Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion * Bjarne Hansen, a comics artist *Bjarne Henriksen, a Danish actor *Bjarne Henry Henriksen, a Norwegian politician *Bjarne Iversen, a cross-country skier * Bjarne Jeppesen, a handball player * Bjarne Johnsen, a Norwegian gymnast *Bjarne Kallis, a Finnish politician *Bjarne Liller, a jazz musician *Bjarne Lyngstad, a Norwegia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the "city of seven mountains". Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, and Åsane. Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Olav Kyrre and was named Bjørgvin, 'the green meadow among the mountains'. It served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardair Do-228-212 LN-BER
GuardAir AS was a Norwegian airline which operated between 1992 and 2001. Based at Sandefjord Airport, Torp, it operated four Dornier 228s and served eight scheduled destinations in 2001. The airline was established with a Cessna 210 to search for stolen vehicles. After merging with Wing-Tech in 1997, the airline procured a Dornier 228 and started flying newspapers. Its first scheduled service connected Skien with Oslo, but lasted only year after the October 1998 start-up. The airline then flew flights from Sandefjord to Ålesund, Kristiansund and an international route to Gothenburg. GuardAir won a government contract to fly to Røst and Fagernes from 2000. Finally the airline established a route from Trondheim to Ålesund and Kristiansund. The airline lost an accumulated 30 million Norwegian krone and filed for bankruptcy on 2 April 2001. History The airline was founded in 1992 by Einar Rønnestad, initially operating out of Sandefjord Airport, Torp. GuardAir started wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagens Næringsliv
''Dagens Næringsliv'' (Norwegian for "Today's Business"), commonly known as ''DN'', is a Norwegian newspaper specializing in business news. , it is the third-largest newspaper in Norway. Editor-in-chief is Janne Johannessen, who was appointed in december 2021, as the first female in this position. ''Dagens Næringsliv'' is owned by media conglomerate Norges Handels og Sjøfartstidende (NHST Media Group), which also owns DN Nye Medier, DN.no ''Tradewinds'', ''Upstream'', '' DagensIT'', '' Smartcom'', Nautisk Forlag, ''Intrafish'', '' Fiskaren'', '' Europower'' and ''Recharge''. The paper has correspondents in New York, Brussels, Stockholm, Phuket, Kristiansand, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim and Tromsø. Its main editorial offices are in Oslo. History and profile The paper was founded by Magnus Andersen in 1889. Originally named ''Norges Handels og Sjøfartstidende'' (''Norway's Trade and Seafaring Times''), it was renamed ''Dagens Næringsliv'' in 1987. The paper has a neolibe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stavanger Airport, Sola
Stavanger Airport ( no, Stavanger lufthavn; ), commonly just known as Sola, is an international airport located in Rogaland county, Norway. The airport is located southwest of the centre of the city of Stavanger inside the neighboring municipality of Sola and it serves the Stavanger, Sola, Sandnes area as well as serves as a regional hub for southwest Norway. It is Norway's third-busiest airport, with both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter traffic for the offshore North Sea oil installations. In addition, the Royal Norwegian Air Force operates Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters from Sola Air Station. The airport had 85,306 air movements and 4,501,368 passengers in 2015. Five airlines offered domestic flights to nine destinations while ten airlines offered international flights to 37 destinations. Two helicopter companies operate out of Sola. The busiest route is Sola– Oslo Gardermoen, which has about 28 daily flights. In the vicinity of the airport there is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergen Airport, Flesland
Bergen Airport ( nn, Bergen lufthamn; ), alternatively Bergen Flesland Airport or simply Flesland Airport, is an international airport located at Flesland in the city and municipality of Bergen, Vestland, Norway. Opened in 1955, it is the second-busiest airport in Norway, with 6,306,623 passengers in 2018. Flesland is operated by the state-owned Avinor. Until 1999 Flesland Air Station of the Norwegian Air Force was co-located at the airport. Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Norwegian Air Shuttle and Widerøe are the largest airlines operating at the airport. The route to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is among the busiest in Europe. A substantial traffic is generated by CHC Helikopter Service and Bristow Norway to offshore oil platforms in the North Sea. Originally Bergen was served by water aerodromes at Flatøy, Sandviken, and Herdla. Financing of Flesland was largely secured through NATO funds and the airport opened on 2 October 1955. Until the 1980s, Bergen was the Norwegian airport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Oslo Airport ( no, Oslo lufthavn; ), alternatively referred to as Oslo Gardermoen Airport or simply Gardermoen, is the international airport serving Oslo, Norway, the capital and most populous city in the country. A hub for Flyr, Norse Atlantic Airways, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines and Widerøe, it connects to 26 domestic and 158 international destinations. The airport is located northeast of Oslo, at Gardermoen at the border of municipalities Nannestad and Ullensaker, in Viken county. It has two parallel roughly north–south runways measuring and and 71 aircraft stands, of which 50 have jet bridges. The airport is connected to the city center by the high-speed railway Gardermoen Line served by mainline trains and Flytoget. The percentage of passengers using public transport to get to and from the airport is one of the highest in the world at nearly 70%. The ground facilities are owned by Oslo Lufthavn AS, a subsidiary of the state-owned Avinor. Also at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stavanger Aftenblad
''Stavanger Aftenblad'' () (lit: ''Stavanger Evening Paper'') or simply ''Aftenbladet'' is a daily newspaper based in Stavanger, Norway, and owned by Schibsted Media Group. Norwegian owners held 42 percent of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. ''Stavanger Aftenblad'' is thus majority foreign-owned. History and profile ''Stavanger Aftenblad'' was founded in 1893 by the priest Lars Oftedal, and was for a long period a publication for the Norwegian Liberal Party. The paper is based in Stavanger and is owned by the Media Norge, a subsidiary of the Schibsted company. ''Stavanger Aftenblad'' has a Christian-conservative stance. The paper went from broadsheet format to tabloid format on 16 September 2006. Its editor-in-chief is Kjersti Sortland. The online version of ''Stavanger Aftenblad'' had an English news service, aimed at the English speaking foreign community in Norway who were not fluent in the language, and international audiences interested in Norway. The Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
