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Ler, Norway
Ler or Flå is a village in Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Gaula River between the villages of Kvål and Lundamo. The village has a population (2024) of 742 and a population density of . Ler Station is located in the village along the Dovre Line, and it is served by commuter trains on Trønderbanen. European route E6 also runs through the village. The best-known resident of the village is former prime minister Per Borten. The sports club Flå IL is based in the village. History Ler was the administrative centre of the old Flå Municipality from 1880 until 1964 when Flå was merged into Melhus Municipality Melhus is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Melhus (village), village o .... It is also the location of the historic Flå Church. References {{aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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LER or Ler may refer to: People * Larry LaLonde, nicknamed "Ler", guitarist of the rock band Primus * Anthony Ler, Singaporean notorious murderer Places and infrastructure * Ler, Norway, a village in the municipality of Melhus in Trøndelag county, Norway * Ler, South Sudan, a village in the north central part of South Sudan * Leytonstone High Road railway station, a station in London, England * Leinster Airport, IATA airport code "LER" * London Electric Railway, later part of the London Underground Science and technology * Label edge router, a term used to define an edge-most router in an IP/MPLS network * Light-emitting resistor, the working principle of an incandescent light bulb * Liquid epoxy resin, a precursor to coatings and flooring material * Locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded regulator, a regulatory protein in pathogenic bacteria * Luminous efficacy of radiation, for light sources, the ratio of luminous flux to power * Lunar Electric Rover, a vehicle designed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flå Church, Trøndelag
Flå Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ler, just off the European route E06 highway. It is the church for the Flå parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1794 using plans drawn up by the builder Lars Kristoffersen Kirkflå. The church seats about 150 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1432, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Flå was a stave church that was located at ''Kjørkflaa'', about northeast of the present church site in Ler. The church was likely built in the 14th century. The church was likely damaged in a large flood in 1345 that was caused when a landslide blocked a river which rose quickly and flooded a lot of land including the church. Around 1665-1670, the old church was torn down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flå Municipality (Sør-Trøndelag)
Flå is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The approximately municipality existed from 1880 until its dissolution in 1964. Flå Municipality was located in the eastern part of what is now Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative centre was the village of Ler. The main church for the area is Flå Church. Prior to its dissolution in 1963, the municipality was the 480th largest by area out of the 689 municipalities in Norway. Flå Municipality was the 640th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 823. The municipality's population density was and its population had increased by 1.2% over the previous 10-year period. General information The municipality of ''Flaa'' was established in 1880 when Melhus Municipality was divided into two: Flaa Municipality (population: 614) in the east and Melhus Municipality (population: 2,228) in the west. The spelling was later changed to ''Flå Municipality''. During th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Centre
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and many African countries, a (, , ) is a town or city that is important from an administrative perspective. Algeria The capitals of Algerian provinces, districts, and communes are called . Belgium The in Belgium is the administrative centre of each of the ten provinces of Belgium. Three of these cities also give their name to their province ( Antwerp, Liège and Namur). France The of a French department is known as the prefecture (). This is the town or city where the prefect of the department (and all services under their control) are situated, in a building also known as the prefecture. In every French region, one of the departments has preeminence over the others, and the prefect carries the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flå IL
Flå Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Flå in Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county. It has sections for association football, team handball and Nordic skiing. It was founded on 14 July 1947 as a merger of ''IL Urd'' (founded 1894) and the workers' sports club ''AIL Frigg''. Since 1953 it has lost sections for track and field and orienteering. The men's football team played in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football in 1992 and from 2002 to 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu .... In 2016 Flå IL, Lundamo IL and Hovin IL established a new football club, Gauldal FK. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Borten
(3 April 1913 – 20 January 2005) was a Norway, Norwegian politician from the Centre Party (Norway), Centre Party and the prime minister of Norway from 1965 to 1971. Per Borten is credited for leading the modernization of what was then named Bondepartiet (the Agrarianism, Agrarian Party) into today's Centre Party. He was an active opponent of Norway joining the European Union. Early life Borten was born in Flå Municipality (Sør-Trøndelag), Flå Municipality (in the present-day Melhus Municipality) in Sør-Trøndelag county, and was educated Agricultural science, Agriculturist from the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1939. He started his political career serving as mayor of his home municipally, Flå, from 1945 to 1955. He was elected to the Storting, Norwegian parliament in 1949 and stayed there until his retirement in 1977. Borten was President of the Odelsting 1961–1965 and 1973–1977. Political career He was appointed president of the Odelsting, acted as the parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Norway
The prime minister of Norway (, which directly translates to "minister of state") is the head of government and chief executive of Norway. The prime minister and Cabinet of Norway, Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government department heads) are collectively Accountability#Political accountability, accountable for their policies and actions to the Monarchy of Norway, monarch, to the Storting, Storting (Parliament of Norway), to their List of political parties in Norway, political party, and ultimately the electorate. In practice, since it is nearly impossible for a government to stay in office against the will of the Storting, the prime minister is primarily answerable to the Storting. The prime minister is almost always the leader of the majority party in the Storting, or the leader of the senior partner in the governing coalition. Norway has a Constitution of Norway, constitution, which was adopted on 17 May 1814. The position of prime minister is the result of leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E6
European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to the Arctic Circle and Nordkapp. The route ends in Kirkenes close to the Russian border. Route From south to north, the E6 runs through Trelleborg, Malmö, Helsingborg, Halmstad, Gothenburg, Svinesund in Sweden, before crossing the border at the Svinesund Bridge into Norway. It then passes Halden, Sarpsborg, Moss, Vestby to the capital Oslo. North of this, it passes by Gardermoen, Hamar, Lillehammer, Dombås, Oppdal, Melhus to Trondheim. Beyond Trondheim, the E6 meets Stjørdalshalsen, Verdalsøra, Steinkjer, Grong, Mosjøen, Mo i Rana, then over the Saltfjellet mountains. It then passes through Rognan, Fauske, and Hamarøy towards Bognes, where there is a ferry crossing over the Tysfjorden to Skarber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commuter Train
Commuter rail or suburban rail is a passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Commuter rail systems can use locomotive-hauled trains or multiple units, using electric or diesel propulsion. Distance charges or zone pricing may be used. The term can refer to systems with a wide variety of different features and service frequencies, but is often used in contrast to rapid transit or light rail. Some services share similarities with both commuter rail and high-frequency rapid transit; examples include German S-Bahn in some cities, the Réseau Express Régional (RER) in Paris, the S Lines in Milan, many Japanese commuter systems, the East Rail line in Hong Kong, and some Australasian suburban networks, such as Sydney Trains. Many commuter rail systems share tracks with other passenger services and freight. In North America, commuter rail sometimes refers only to sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dovre Line
The Dovre Line () is a Norwegian railway line with three slightly different lines which all lead to the historic city of Trondheim (city), Trondheim. Definition *Dovre Line is the main line between Eidsvoll Station and Trondheim Station, used by Norwegian National Rail Administration, Jernbaneverket since 2008. *Dovre Line is also the current name of the main line of the Rail transport in Norway, Norwegian railway system (Jernbaneverket) between Oslo and Trondheim, used when referring to the long-distance passenger trains. *Dovre Line was the name of the main line between Dombås and Trondheim until 2008. The most inclusive of these meanings of Dovre Line thus includes the other two. To complicate the pattern even more, the first use of the Dovre Line was on the section between Dombås and Støren, completed in 1921. When this last section of the new standard gauge main line between Oslo and Trondheim via Lillehammer and Dombås was opened in 1921, the originally long narrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
