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Trøndertun Folk High School
Trøndertun folkehøgskole is a "frilynt folkehøgskole" (not Christian) in Gimse in the village of Melhus in Melhus Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The school annually welcomes about 150 students and is owned by "Gauldal Høgskulelag". Gunnar Andreas Berg is teacher of guitar, Espen Berg teacher of jazz and former Trøndertun student Hans Magnus Ryan (Snah) from Motorpsycho is a guest teacher at the school. Other teachers at the school are professionally strong with experience as performing artists. (in Norwegian) Main subjects of this school are *Dance *Vocals *Sound Engineering *Jazz *Rock *Guitar Alumni *1983-84: Kåre Kolve - saxophone (Voss) *1991-92: Ståle Storløkken - keyboards (Dombås) *1988-89: Lars Håvard Haugen - guitar (Hallingdal) *1991-92: Hans Magnus Ryan - guitar (Trondheim) *1991-92: Håkon Gebhardt - drums (Tromsø) *1997-98: Nikolai Eilertsen - bass guitar ( Skotselv) *1997-98: Torstein Lofthus - drums (Øystese) *1999-00: Siri Wålberg ...
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Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmark-Norway. After over two centuries of separation, in 2018 they were reunited following a referendum held two years earlier. The largest city in Trøndelag is the city of Trondheim. The administrative centre is Steinkjer, while Trondheim functions as the office of the county mayor. Both cities serve the office of the county governor; however, Steinkjer houses the main functions. Trøndelag county and the neighbouring Møre og Romsdal county together form what is known as Central Norway. A person from Trøndelag is called a ''trønder''. The dialect spoken in the area, trøndersk, is characterized by dropping out most vowel endings; see apocope. Trøndelag is one ...
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Trondheim (city)
Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is the List of continuously built-up areas in Norway by population, fourth largest urban area. Trondheim lies on the south shore of Trondheim Fjord at the mouth of the River Nidelva. Among the significant technology-oriented institutions headquartered in Trondheim are the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the SINTEF, Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), and St. Olavs University Hospital. The settlement was founded in 997 as a trading post and served as the capital of Norway from the Viking Age until 1217. From 1152 to 1537, the city was the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nidaros; it then became, and has remained, the seat o ...
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Ã…mli Municipality
Åmli is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The main population centre and administrative center is the Åmli (village), village of Åmli which lies along the river Nidelva (Agder), Nidelva. Other villages in Åmli include Askland, Dølemo, Eppeland, Flaten, Norway, Flaten, Hillestad, Agder, Hillestad, Homdrom, Lauveik, Nelaug, Øvre Ramse, Skjeggedal, Agder, Skjeggedal, Tveit, Aust-Agder, Tveit, Vehus, and Ytre Ramse. The municipality is the 98th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Åmli is the 292nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,786. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 1.6% over the previous 10-year period. General information Name The municipality (originally the prestegjeld, parish) is named after the old ''Åmli (village), Åmli ...
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Henrik B
Henrik is a male given name of Germanic origin, primarily used in Scandinavia, Finland, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia. In Poland, the name is spelt Henryk but pronounced similarly. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Heiki (Estonian), Heikki (Finnish), Henryk (Polish), Hendrik (Dutch and Estonian), Heinrich (German), Enrico (Italian), Henri (French), Enrique (Spanish) and Henrique (Portuguese). It means 'Ruler of the home' or 'Lord of the house'. Notable people named Henrik include: * Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934–2018) * Prince Henrik of Denmark (born 2009) * Henrik Agerbeck (born 1956), Danish footballer * Henrik Andersson (badminton) (born 1977), Swedish player * Henrik Bull (other), several people * Henrik Christiansen (other), several people * Henrik Dagård (born 1969), Swedish decathlete * Henrik Dam (1895–1976), Danish biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate * Henrik Dettmann (born 1958), Finnish basketball coach * Hen ...
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Bergen (city)
Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 2025 the population is 294 029 according to Statistics Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden (Hordaland), Byfjorden, 'the city fjord'. The city is surrounded by mountains, causing Bergen to be called the "city of Seven Mountains, Bergen, seven mountains". Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergen, Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Bergen, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, Bergen, Årstad, and Åsane. Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Ol ...
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Isak Strand
Isak Barosen Strand (born 8 March 1982 in Bergen, Norway), is a Norwegian musician (drums), sound engineering, music producer and composer living in Oslo, known from different musical projects such as electro, techno and crossover stuff such as ''Moen Meets Me at Sea''. Career Strand started playing drums at an early age, and attended the "Bergen Kulturskole" (1995–98) under guidance of Terje Isungset and Ivar Kolve among others. In 1998–2001 he went to the Music department at "Langhaugen vgs." in Bergen. Then he joined the Jazz program at Trøndertun folkehøgskole (specialization in audio engineering and midi), and principal instrument drums under guidance of Bjørnar Søreng. Strand initiated ''Me At Sea'' in 2003, as a medium for his creative ideas in sound sampling. He has composed music for this project and another, ''Mezzophone'' (from 2001), for about a year before the local club ''Transformator'' found interest in his music and invited him for a gig in 2004. ''Me ...
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Oppegård Municipality
Oppegård is an area in Nordre Follo, Akershus, Norway. Oppegård was a municipality in the county Akershus. It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kolbotn. The municipality of Oppegård was separated from the municipality of Nesodden on 1 July 1915. Oppegård municipality had an area of , hence it was the smallest municipality in Akershus by area. On 1 January 2020, Oppegård municipality was merged with Ski into the new Nordre Follo municipality. Within Oppegård, there is an eponymous village. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Oppegård'' farm (Old Norse: ''Uppigarðr''), since the first church was built here. The first element is ''uppi'' which means "upper" and the last element is ''garðr'' which means "farm". (The farm is probably a part of an older and bigger farm.) Coat-of-arms The coat-of-arms were granted on 6 August 1976. The arms show 17 gold triangles ...
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Siri WÃ¥lberg
Siri Wålberg (born 17 October 1980 in Oppegård, Norway) is a Norwegian musical artist performing as Sissy Wish. Career Wålberg studied music at Trøndertun Folk High School (1999/2000). In 2003 she won the NRK Urørt competition at by:Larm for the single ''The Six Feet Tall''. The year after she released the album ''You May Breathe'' (2004), recipient of the 2004 Spellemannprisen award in the category best Female pop artist. In 2005 she released her second album ''Tuning In'' followed up in 2007 with a third album ''Beauties Never Die''. Honors *2004: Spellemannprisen in the category best Female pop artist, for the album ''You May Breathe'' Discography Albums *2004: ''You May Breathe...'' (Bauta Recordings, Tuba Records) *2005: ''Tuning In'' (Bauta Recordings, Tuba Records) *2007: ''Beauties Never Die'' (Sissy Music, Sony Music) *2013: ''Happy Monster'' (SissyMusic) Singles/EP's *2003: ''The Six Feet Tall'' EP (Bauta Recordings, Tuba Records) *2007: ''Table 44'' ...
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Øystese
Øystese is a village in the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the Hardangerfjord about east of the municipal centre of Norheimsund. Norwegian County Road 7 passes through the village. The village had a population (2012) of 1,881; giving the village a population density of . It is now considered part of the Norheimsund urban area, so separate village statistics are no longer tracked. The village is an industry centre for the municipality. It is a leading producer of lumber and there are also several furniture factories. The furniture design and manufacturing company Arthur Soltvedt Møbelfabrikk, also known as Pega Furniture, was first founded in Øystese in 1942. There is a dairy and cheese factory in Øystese. The factory used to produce gammalost cheese until 1990 when the production of that particular kind of cheese was moved to a different factory in Vikøyri. The Øystese Church from 1868 is located in the village center. There i ...
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Torstein Lofthus
Torstein Lofthus (born 10 March 1977) is a Norway, Norwegian drummer and composer who has been a member of the bands Shining (Norwegian band), Shining, Elephant9, the Mathias Eick Band, D'Sound, and Ebersson/Zanussi/Lofthus. He is married to Hege Lofthus. Career Lofthus has had a major influence on Norwegian music through studio work, live concerts and teaching at Norwegian Academy of Music and at University of Agder (the Faculty of Fine Arts). Based in Oslo, he now tours Norway and Europe with different bands and artists after finishing his master at the Norwegian Academy of Music spring 2006. He plays several genres, well known with both jazz and pop music. He has been the most sought drummer in Norway recent years, if not on tour with Vamp (band), Vamp, Jarle Bernhoft, Oslo Gospel Choir, Mathias Eick, Marit Larsen or Odd Nordstoga, he collaborates with Maria Mena, Kurt Nilsen, Torun Eriksen, Bertine Zetlitz, Silje Nergaard, Eivind Aarset, D'Sound, Noora Noor, The Norwegian ...
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Skotselv
Skotselv is a village in the municipality of Øvre Eiker, Norway. Its population (2005) is 684, of which 8 people live within the border of the neighbouring municipality of Modum. It has a railway station on the Randsfjord Line. History Skotselv as a small village has existed since the Viking Age. At that time the main river, now called Drammenselva, rose higher than today's level, making transport and trade by ship highly accessible. The village first started to grow significantly during the first half of the 16th century when the powerful Ulleland family established several sawmills along the river, using the river as a mean of transporting the goods to the region's capital, Drammen. Iron Mill period In 1649, Hassel Ironworks (''Hassel jernverk'') started operation as the area's first iron mill, which was run by the Hassel family . They mainly produced ovens, but expanded into general ironware factory later on. It continued to be the biggest influence on the community un ...
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Nikolai Eilertsen
Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to: People Royalty * Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Nikolay II, last Emperor of Russia, from 1894 until 1917 * Prince Nikolai of Denmark (born 1999) Other people Nikolai * Nikolai Aleksandrovich (other) or Nikolay Aleksandrovich, several people * Nikolai Antropov (born 1980), Kazakh former ice hockey winger * Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948), Russian religious and political philosopher * Nikolai Bogomolov (born 1991), Russian professional ice hockey defenceman * Nikolai Bukharin (1888–1938), Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician * Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975), Soviet politician and minister of defence * Nikolai Chernykh (1931–2004), Russian astronomer * Nikolai Dudorov (1906–1977), Soviet politician * Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (born 1952), Soviet serial killer * Nikola ...
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