Hovden Sportsklubb
Hovden is used for many place names and surnames in Norway. One meaning of the name comes from the Old Norse word for head (''hovud''), which refers to a steep, overhanging mountain or cliff in the vicinity (when used as a place name). The second meaning is derived from the Norse word for sacrificial site (''hov''). Hovden may refer to: Places Norway *Hovden, Agder, a village in the municipality of Bykle in Agder county *Hovden, Kinn, an island in the municipality of Kinn in Vestland county *Hovden, Nordland, a fishing village in the municipality of Bø in Nordland county People *Anders Hovden, a Norwegian hymn writer, priest, author, and popular speaker *Knut Hovden, owner of Hovden (sardine) Cannery on Cannery Row in Monterey California (USA) 1916-1973 (now the world-famous Monterey Bay Aquarium) * Magne Hovden, a Norwegian writer Other *''Hovden Chapel'', now called Fjellgardane Church Fjellgardane Church ( no, Fjellgardane kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway i ...
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Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ...
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