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Os I Østerdalen
Os or Os i Østerdalen is the administrative centre of Os Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the upper part of the river Glåma, about northeast of the village of Tolga and about southwest of the town of Røros. The Os Church is located in the village. The village has a population (2021) of 672 and a population density of . This village is the only urban area in the municipality according to Statistics Norway. The village lies in the Glåma river valley and the mountain Håmmålsfjellet Håmmålsfjellet (historically also called ''Hummelfjell'') is a mountain located on the border of the municipalities of Tolga, Norway, Tolga and Os, Innlandet, Os in Innlandet county, Norway. Its tallest peak is Gråhøgda, which has an elevatio ... lies about south of the village. The village of Dalsbygda lies about to the northwest of this village and the village of Narbuvoll lies about to the southeast of this village. The village lies along t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Røros (town)
Røros ( sma, Plassje, ) is the administrative centre of Røros municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is along the river Hyttelva and along the Rørosbanen railway line, about south of the village of Glåmos and about the same distance north of the village of Os in neighboring Innlandet county. The town has a population (2018) of 3,865 and a population density of . The mining town of Røros is sometimes called ''Bergstaden'', which means "the rock town", due to its historical copper mining. It is one of two towns in Norway that were historically designated as a ''bergstad'' or "mining town", along with the "silver-town" of Kongsberg. The ''bergstad'' formerly had special rights as a mining town, slightly different from those of other Norwegian towns. The modern-day inhabitants of Røros still work and live in the characteristic 17th- and 18th-century buildings which have led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. Røros has about 80 woode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narbuvoll
Narbuvoll is a village in Os Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the shores of the lake Narsjøen, about southeast of the village of Os i Østerdalen. The large mountain Håmmålsfjellet Håmmålsfjellet (historically also called ''Hummelfjell'') is a mountain located on the border of the municipalities of Tolga, Norway, Tolga and Os, Innlandet, Os in Innlandet county, Norway. Its tallest peak is Gråhøgda, which has an elevatio ... lies between the villages of Narbuvoll and Os i Østerdalen. The Tufsingdalen valley lies to the southeast of Narbuvoll. Narbuvoll Church is located in the village. History During the 1600s, the area was used for forestry, with a lot of the trees being cut down to be used at the smelter in Tolga, so by the early 1700s, the area was cleared with few forests remaining. Today's village area was first settled in 1732 when two married couples moved to the area to start a farm. They were from Vingelen in Tolga. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalsbygda
Dalsbygda is a village in Os Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about northwest of the village of Os i Østerdalen in the northwestern part of the municipality. There are about 600 people who live in the village. The area is characterized by agriculture, particularly with dairy production. The Forollhogna National Park lies about to the north and west of the village. Dalsbygda Church is located in the village. Notable residents * Annar Ryen *Therese Johaug Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian cross-country skier from the village of Dalsbygda in Os municipality who has competed for the clubs Tynset IF and IL Nansen. In World Ski Championships she has won ten individual gold medals ... * Arnljot Nyaas References External links * Os, Innlandet Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håmmålsfjellet
Håmmålsfjellet (historically also called ''Hummelfjell'') is a mountain located on the border of the municipalities of Tolga, Norway, Tolga and Os, Innlandet, Os in Innlandet county, Norway. Its tallest peak is Gråhøgda, which has an elevation of above mean sea level and a topographical prominence of . It is the 495th-tallest peak in Norway. There is a road to the peak from the Os (village), village of Os, about to the north. This mountain was the site of the crash of Braathens SAFE Flight 253 on 7 November 1956. See also *List of mountains of Norway References Mountains of Innlandet Tolga, Norway Os, Innlandet {{Innlandet-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway ( no, Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All releases are published both in Norwegian and English. In addition a number of edited publications are published, and all are available on the web site for free. As the central Norwegian office for official government statistics, Statistics Norway provides the public and government with extensive research and analysis activities. It is administratively placed under the Ministry of Finance but operates independently from all government agencies. Statistics Norway has a board appointed by the government. It relies extensively on data from registers, but are also collecting data from surveys and questionnaires, including from cities and municipalities. History Statistics Norway was originally established in 1876. The St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. In simple terms, population density refers to the number of people living in an area per square kilometre, or other unit of land area. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunnskapsforlaget
Kunnskapsforlaget () is a Norwegian publishing company based in Oslo. Kunnskapsforlaget was established in 1975, as a partnership between H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard) and Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The purpose was to co-operate on publishing encyclopaedias and dictionaries. The first volume of Store norske leksikon (SNL) was published in 1978. A total of four editions was published (the last one in 2004), before the online version was transferred to Institusjonen Fritt Ord og Sparebankstiftelsen DnB in 2011. Kunnskapsforlaget is the largest dictionary publisher in Norway. They publish both printed books, and digital dictionaries that are available through the online service Ordnett (launched in 2004). Their main languages are English and Norwegian, but they also have dictionaries in 21 other languages. In September 2018, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag became the single owner of the company. As of 2018, the publisher has eight full-time employees. The CEO is Thomas Nygaard Thomas m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Os Church (Innlandet)
Os Church ( no, Os kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Os Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Os i Østerdalen. It is the church for the Os parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The yellow, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1862 using plans drawn up by the architect Peter Høier Holtermann. The church seats about 350 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the 1570s, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Os was a small, wooden church that may have been built during the 16th century. Historically, the Os area was part of the In 1638, the church received a new altarpiece. In 1703, the old church was torn down and a new, wooden cruciform church was built on the same site. The new church was consecrated on 2 February 1704 by Rev. Hannibal Knutsen Hammer. Apparently, the sacristy of the new church was made f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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