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    Balestrand is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district...
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    Balestrand (locally called Holmen) is a village in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the...
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    kyrkja, "The English Church") is an Anglican church in the village of Balestrand in Sogndal Municipality in the county of Vestland in Norway. The church...
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  • of England building in Hesse, Germany English Church, Balestrand, St. Olaf's Church, Balestrand in Norway English Church, Stockholm, St Peter and St Sigfrid's...
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    of the Sognefjord at Balestrand in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. Norwegian painter Adelsteen Normann had settled in Balestrand during 1891. Dahl's villa...
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    Court of Appeal district based in Bergen. Sogn District Court: Aurland, Balestrand, Leikanger, Luster, Lærdal, Sogndal, Vik, and Årdal Fjordane District...
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    of the road was at the village of Balestrand, but in 2019, the section of Norwegian County Road 55 from Balestrand to Sogndalsfjøra was added to National...
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    lies along Norwegian National Road 13 which leads north to the ferry to Balestrand and south to the village of Vossevangen. The 1.37-square-kilometre (340-acre)...
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  • at the midpoint of the fjord which is Norway's longest. The village of Balestrand lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the northwest (across the fjord) and...
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    only accesses to Balestrand, although the road was closed in the winter earlier on. List of mountains of Norway "Gaularfjellet, Balestrand (Sogn og Fjordane)"...
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    its branches include Leirvik, Ytre Oppedal, Vadheim, Høyanger, Vikøyri, Balestrand, Hermansverk, Sogndalsfjøra, Gudvangen, Flåm, Aurlandsvangen, Lærdalsøyri...
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    exhibition about the Norwegian and international artists who came to Balestrand for inspiration, and thus contributed to the location's appeal as a tourist...
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    Norway. The district of Sogn consists of the municipalities of Aurland, Balestrand, Hyllestad, Høyanger, Gulen, Leikanger, Luster, Lærdal, Sogndal, Solund...
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  • remote location which provides visitors access to the scenic fjord at Balestrand or The Brando Resort on Tetiaroa which is only accessible by a private...
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    Sogndal Municipality, but in 1849 it was transferred to the newly created Balestrand Municipality. Historically, the only transportation to Fjærland had been...
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    Sunnfjord Rv5 jointly with E39 from Skei to Førde Fv613 at Moskog to Balestrand over Gaularfjellet Toll into Førde to Førde hospital Rv5 Førde Toll into...
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    County Road 55, about 18 kilometres (11 miles) southwest of the village of Balestrand. Sæle has been the site of the Sæle Church since 1903, when it was moved...
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    colors Villa in Erlangen Villa Eschebach in Dresden Kviknes Hotel in Balestrand, Norway, planned by Franz Wilhelm Schiertz in 1894 Hotel Rooding in Valkenburg...
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    is just west of the mouth of the larger Fjærlandsfjord. The village of Balestrand is located on the south side of the fjord, at the mouth. The village of...
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    Sogn og Fjordane   Balestrand (1850-2020) Borgund (1864-1964) Breim (1886-1964) Brekke (1850-1861, 1905-1964) Bru (1923-1964) Davik (1838-1964) Eid (1838-2020)...
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    dissolved. The old deanery included Gulen, Solund, Hyllestad, Høyanger, Balestrand, and Vik municipalities. The municipalities of Gulen and Solund were transferred...
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    newly created Balestrand parish (prestegjeld). The new parish was separated from Leikanger municipality in 1850 to form the new Balestrand Municipality...
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    flowing to the south until it joins the Sognefjorden near the village of Balestrand. The Esefjorden and Vetlefjorden are two small fjord arms that branch...
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    Municipality. On 1 January 2000, the sub-parish of Fjærland was transferred from Balestrand Municipality to Sogndal because of the completion of the Frudal Tunnel...
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    2020, the Nessane area of neighboring Balestrand Municipality was merged into Høyanger (and the rest of Balestrand was merged into a new, larger Sogndal...
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    Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway Died 28 July 1938(1938-07-28) (aged 70) Balestrand, Norway Occupation(s) Actor, theatre manager Known for Co-founder of Oslo...
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  • operates four hydroelectric power stations as well as the power grid in Balestrand, Leikanger, Sogndal and Vik in Norway. Annual average production is 436...
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    Covarrubias, Spain Olavshallen Concert Hall in Trondheim St. Olaf's Church, Balestrand in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Sankt Olof situated in Simrishamn Municipality...
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    Vikøyri 1 Jan 1838 1417 Vik 4640 Sogndal Hermansverk 1 Jan 1838 1418 Balestrand 1419 Leikanger 1420 Sogndal 4641 Aurland Aurlandsvangen 1 Jan 1838 1421...
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    Press. Gjerde, Jon (1985). From Peasants to Farmers: The Migration from Balestrand, Norway, to the Upper Middle West. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University...
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