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Magne Skodvin
Magne Skodvin (13 December 1915 – 26 January 2004) was a Norwegian educator and historian. Biography Skodvin was born at Ullensvang in Hordaland, Norway. He was the son of Anders Skodvin (1884–1938) and Karen Marie Haaland (1884–1958). Skodvin attended the Hardanger folkehøgskole from 1930 to 1931. In 1935, he took his final exams from Voss landsgymnas. During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during World War II, he participated in Norwegian resistance movement. He graduated with a cand.philol. degree at the University of Oslo in 1946 and took his doctorate in 1956 with the paper ''Striden om okkupasjonsstyret i Norge''. Store norske leksikon Skodvin work as a professor of history, first at the teacher's college in |
Ullensvang
Ullensvang is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre is the town of Odda. Some of the notable villages in the municipality include Lofthus, Utne, Vikebygd, Alsåker, Botnen, Eitrheim, Håra, Røldal, Seljestad, Skare, Tyssedal, Jondal, Herand, Kysnesstranda, and Torsnes. The main inhabited part of Ullensvang municipality lies just to the west of Hardangervidda National Park, which covers most of the Hardangervidda plateau, Europe's largest mountain plateau. Most inhabitants live in the narrow coastal mountainsides and valleys along the Hardangerfjorden and Sørfjorden. The largest urban areas in Ullensvang are Odda, Kinsarvik, Jondal, and Lofthus. The Norwegian National Road 13 and the European route E134 are the two main roads through the municipality. National road 13 crosses the Hardangerfjorden via the Hardanger Bridge in the far northern part of the municipality. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
