Fos or FOSS may refer to:

Companies

* Foss A/S, a Danish analytical instrument company *

Foss Brewery The Foss Brewery ( no, Foss Bryggeri) was a brewery in Oslo. The company was started in 1836 as the Ytteborg Brewery (''Ytteborgs Bryggeri'') and was located on ''Hausmanns gate'' (Hausmann Street). In the 19th century, the water in the lower par ...

, a former brewery in Oslo, Norway * Foss Maritime, a tugboat and shipping company

Historic houses

Foss House (New Brighton, Minnesota) The Foss House is a home in New Brighton, Minnesota, United States, built by Ingeborg and Peder Foss. It is a large 1896 Victorian house featuring a corner tower. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Regi ...

, United States *

Foss and Wells House The Foss and Wells House is a historic Italianate house located in Jordan, Minnesota. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1980. Description and history It was built with local sandstone in 1858. Foss an ...

, Jordan, Minnesota, United States * Horatio G. Foss House, Auburn, Maine, United States

People

Foss (surname) Foss is a common surname of Scandinavian origin. Foss may refer to: *Aage Foss (1885–1952), Danish film actor *Ambrose Foss (c. 1803 – 1862), Australian pharmacist *Anita Foss (born 1921), American baseball player *Betty Foss (1929–1998), Ame ...

* Foss Shanahan (1910–1964), New Zealand diplomat * Foss Westcott (1863–1949), English bishop

Places

Foss Dyke The Foss Dyke, or Fossdyke, connects the River Trent at Torksey to Lincoln, the county town of Lincolnshire, and may be the oldest canal in England that is still in use. It is usually thought to have been built around AD 120 by the Romans ...

, a canal in Lincolnshire, England * Foss-Eikeland, a village in Sandnes, Norway * River Foss, a river in North Yorkshire, England, U.K.

United States

Foss, Oklahoma Foss is a town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 151, an 18.9 percent increase from 127 at the 2000 census. History The history of Foss began when settlers from the area of the Wilson post ...

, a town ** Foss State Park * Foss, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Foss Glacier, a glacier on Mount Hinman, Washington * Foss Peak, Tatoosh Range, Washington * Foss River, a river in Washington

Other uses

* Foss (band), an El Paso, Texas-based rock band * Foss (cat), the pet of Edward Lear *

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