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Vinstra
Vinstra is a town in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, at the confluence of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river and the Vinstra river (which flows from the lake Vinstre). The town has a population (2021) of 2,678 and a population density of . The European route E6 highway and the Dovrebanen railway line both pass through the town. The Vinstra Upper Secondary School and the Sødorp Church are both located in the town as well. The newspaper '' Dølen'' is published in Vinstra. The village of Vinstra was granted the status of a "town" on 1 September 2013, an event that was celebrated for 3 days. Peer Gynt Peder Olsen Hågå from Vinstra was the model for the main character in Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic poem ''Peer Gynt'' which was published in 1867. In the old cemetery at Sødorp Chapel, there stands a monument to Peer Gynt, and each year since 1967 the Peer Gyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinstra Upper Secondary School
Vinstra is a town in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, at the confluence of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river and the Vinstra river (which flows from the lake Vinstre). The town has a population (2021) of 2,678 and a population density of . The European route E6 highway and the Dovrebanen railway line both pass through the town. The Vinstra Upper Secondary School and the Sødorp Church are both located in the town as well. The newspaper '' Dølen'' is published in Vinstra. The village of Vinstra was granted the status of a "town" on 1 September 2013, an event that was celebrated for 3 days. Peer Gynt Peder Olsen Hågå from Vinstra was the model for the main character in Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic poem '' Peer Gynt'' which was published in 1867. In the old cemetery at Sødorp Chapel, there stands a monument to Peer Gynt, and each year since 1967 the Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinstra (river)
Vinstra is a town in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, at the confluence of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river and the Vinstra river (which flows from the lake Vinstre). The town has a population (2021) of 2,678 and a population density of . The European route E6 highway and the Dovrebanen railway line both pass through the town. The Vinstra Upper Secondary School and the Sødorp Church are both located in the town as well. The newspaper '' Dølen'' is published in Vinstra. The village of Vinstra was granted the status of a "town" on 1 September 2013, an event that was celebrated for 3 days. Peer Gynt Peder Olsen Hågå from Vinstra was the model for the main character in Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic poem ''Peer Gynt'' which was published in 1867. In the old cemetery at Sødorp Chapel, there stands a monument to Peer Gynt, and each year since 1967 the Peer Gyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nord-Fron
Nord-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vinstra. Other population centers in Nord-Fron include the villages of Kvam and Skåbu. The municipality is the 95th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Fron is the 166th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,628. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 3.5% over the previous 10-year period. General information The prestegjeld of Fron was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 when the new formannskapsdistrikt law went into effect. On 1 January 1851, the municipality was divided in two. The northwest portion became Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 4,685) and the southeast portion became Sør-Fron Municipality (population: 3,421). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nord-Fron Municipality
Nord-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vinstra. Other population centers in Nord-Fron include the villages of Kvam and Skåbu. The municipality is the 95th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nord-Fron is the 166th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,628. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 3.5% over the previous 10-year period. General information The prestegjeld of Fron was established as a civil municipality on 1 January 1838 when the new formannskapsdistrikt law went into effect. On 1 January 1851, the municipality was divided in two. The northwest portion became Nord-Fron Municipality (population: 4,685) and the southeast portion became Sør-Fron Municipality (population: 3,421). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinstre
Vinstre is a lake in Innlandet county, Norway. The lake lies in Øystre Slidre Municipality and the very western tip of the lake crosses over into the neighboring Vang Municipality. The lake sits at an elevation of above sea level. Vinstre was regulated in connection with the construction of the Øvre Vinstra hydroelectric power plant. The lake Bygdin flows into this lake and on the opposite end, it flows out into the dammed lake Sandvatnet/Kaldfjorden/Øyvatnet which is the headwaters for the river Vinstra. Along its northern shore runs the Jotunheimvegen summer toll road, built in the 1950s as a result of hydroelectricity development affecting the operation of the earlier milk boat service. Name The name of the lake is (maybe) derived from the verb which means "bend", "twist", or "wind" with the suffix ''-str'' added to the end. The name is therefore referring to the twisted shape of the lake. The river Vinstra starts from the lake. See also *List of lakes in Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sødorp Chapel
Sødorp Chapel ( no, Sødorp kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the town of Vinstra. It is an annex chapel for the Sødorp parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden chapel was built in a long church design in 1929 using plans drawn up by the architect Knut Villa. The chapel seats about 169 people. History The old Sødorp Church was built on this site in 1752 and it stood on this site until 1908 when it was disassembled and moved to a site closer to the centre of the village of Vinstra. After the church was moved away, the local residents began thinking about building an annex chapel on the site to serve the eastern part of Vinstra. In the late 1920s, permission was granted and planning began. Knut Villa was hired to design the building. The chapel was built and financed by volunteers and donations. By the late 1960s, the chapel was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dølen (Vinstra)
''Dølen'' (The Dalesman) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Vinstra in Oppland county. It is not affiliated with any political party. The newspaper covers events in the central Gudbrand Valley in the municipalities of Ringebu, Sør-Fron, and Nord-Fron. The editorship is based in Vinstra, and the newspaper contains material in both Bokmål and Nynorsk. The newspaper was first published on July 31, 1997, and it is issued once a week, on Tuesdays. The motto of the newspaper is "For døl og dal" (For dalesman and valley). The paper is a member of the National Association of Local Newspapers and Norwegian Media Businesses' Association The Norwegian Media Businesses' Association ( no, Mediebedriftenes Landsforening, MBL) is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise ( no, Nær ..., and it had a circulation of 3,839 as of December 31, 2014. The editor of the newspaper is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gudbrandsdalslågen
The Gudbrandsdalslågen (or simply ''Lågen'') is a river which flows through the Gudbrandsdal valley in Innlandet county, Norway. The long river runs through a large valley in Eastern Norway before emptying into Mjøsa, the largest lake in Norway. The river flows through the municipalities of Lesja, Dovre, Sel, Nord-Fron, Sør-Fron, Ringebu, Øyer, and Lillehammer. Watercourse The Gudbrandsdalslågen begins in the lake Lesjaskogsvatnet (or Lesjavatn), which lies in Lesja municipality in the far northern part of the county. Lesjavatn is the only lake in Norway which has two outlets, and they both flow into two of Norway’s more famous rivers. In the southeast at the village of Lesjaverk, the lake serves as the headwaters for the Gudbrandsdalslågen, while in the northwest at Lesjaskog village, Lesjavatn is the headwaters for the Rauma river which heads to the west. The Gudbrandsdalslågen river flows through the Gudbrandsdal valley. Western tributaries of the Gudbrandsdalslå ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sødorp Church
Sødorp Church ( no, Sødorp kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the town of Vinstra. It is the church for the Sødorp parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1752 using plans drawn up by the architects Per Korpberget and his son Jens Korpberget (the church was disassembled and moved to its present location in 1908). The church seats about 300 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1340, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Sødorp (historically: non, SudÞorpe) was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. The church was originally located at Brandvoll, about east of the present church site. (There is some circumstantial evidence that the church was first built at Toksen, and then lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innlandet
Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The new county has an area of , making it the second largest county in Norway after Troms og Finnmark county. The county name translates to "The Inland" which reflects that the county is the only landlocked county in Norway. The county covers approximately 17% of the total area of the mainland area of Norway. It stretches from the Viken county and the Oslo region in the south to Trøndelag county in the north. In the northwest, the county borders Møre og Romsdal and the Vestland county in the west. To the east the county borders the Swedish counties of Värmland and Dalarna. The northern and western areas of the county are dominated by the mountainous areas Rondane, Dovrefjell and Jotunheimen. The Galdhøpiggen mountain is located within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kvam, Oppland
Kvam is a village in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, along the river Gudbrandsdalslågen, about northwest of the town of Vinstra. The European route E6 highway and the Dovrebanen railway line both run through the village. The railroad stops at the Kvam Station. The village has a population (2021) of 774 and a population density of . History During the military campaign in Norway in 1940, Kvam was the scene of a battle between German and British forces. During the battle, the original Kvam Church that was built in 1776 was destroyed by the Germans. In 1952, after the war, the current Kvam Church was constructed on the same site. Kvam has a British military cemetery A war grave is a burial place for members of the armed forces or civilians who died during military campaigns or operations. Definition The term "war grave" does not only apply to graves: ships sunk during wartime are often conside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peer Gynt
''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five- act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen published in 1876. Written in Norwegian, it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Ibsen believed ''Per Gynt'', the Norwegian fairy tale on which the play is loosely based, to be rooted in fact, and several of the characters are modelled after Ibsen's own family, notably his parents Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg. He was also generally inspired by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen's collection of Norwegian fairy tales, published in 1845 (''Huldre-Eventyr og Folkesagn''). ''Peer Gynt'' chronicles the journey of its title character from the Norwegian mountains to the North African desert and back. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, "its origins are romantic, but the play also anticipates the fragmentations of emerging modernism" and the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones."Klaus Van Den Berg, "Peer Gynt" (review), ''Theatre Journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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