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Tanum River
Tanum may refer to: * Tanum Municipality in Sweden * Tanum, Norway in Bærum, Norway * Tanum (company), a Norwegian bookstore chain owned by Egmont * Mintil language Mintil (alternatively Batek Tanum, Tanɨm, or Mayah) is an Aslian language of Malaysia. It is considered to be a variety of the Batek language. Background In the late 1960s, Geoffrey Benjamin had come across speakers of Mintil among patient ... of Malaysia, also called ''Tanum'' or ''Tanɨm'' * Tanum River of Malaysia {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanum Municipality
Tanum Municipality (; ''Tanums kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwestern Sweden. Its seat is the town of Tanumshede, with 1,600 inhabitants. The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of three former units. Before the subdivision reform of 1952, there were seven entities in the area. Etymology The parish is named after the old farm Tanum ( Norse ''Túnheimr''), since the first church was built there. The first element is ''tún'' 'country courtyard', the last element is heimr 'homestead, farm'. Towns * Grebbestad * Fjällbacka * Hamburgsund * Kämpersvik * Rabbalshede * Tanumshede Sights The rock carvings at Tanum have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The heritage area is located around the seat of Tanumshede, covering an area of 18 km2. Most carvings show men and ships. Several show animals such as oxen and horses. Tanum Municipality has made its rock carving the subject of its coat of arms. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanum, Norway
Tanum is a parish and district in the municipality of Bærum in Akershus, Norway. Its population (2007) is 2,751.Population of districts in Bærum – Bærum municipality Location Tanum in Bærum is situated on the fertile Tanum plateau which is located approximately 150 meters above sea level. The Tanum area has a rich soil, and is the site of a number of farms. This areas is also known for its archaeological findings of several large burial mounds dating from the to the |
Tanum (company)
Tanum may refer to: * Tanum Municipality in Sweden * Tanum, Norway in Bærum, Norway * Tanum (company), a Norwegian bookstore chain owned by Egmont * Mintil language Mintil (alternatively Batek Tanum, Tanɨm, or Mayah) is an Aslian language of Malaysia. It is considered to be a variety of the Batek language. Background In the late 1960s, Geoffrey Benjamin had come across speakers of Mintil among patient ... of Malaysia, also called ''Tanum'' or ''Tanɨm'' * Tanum River of Malaysia {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egmont Publishing
The Egmont Group (formerly The Gutenberghus Group) is a Danish media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen, Denmark. The business area of Egmont has traditionally been magazine publishing but has over the years evolved to comprise mass media generally. History and profile The Egmont Group was founded by Egmont Harald Petersen in 1878 as a one-man printing business, but soon became a magazine business. It was originally called "P. Petersen, Printers", named after Petersen's mother, as he was still too young at the time to register his own company. The company was renamed ''Gutenberghus'' in 1914 (after the famous inventor of the printing press), a name it kept until 1992. Since 1948 Gutenberghus, looking for new opportunities, sent its editor Dan Folke to Walt Disney Productions, and he managed to acquire a license for publishing comic magazines in Scandinavia. In 1948 the company started to publish a Donald Duck comic magazine in Sweden (as '' Kalle Anka & C:o'') and Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |