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    Sør-Varanger (Northern Sami: Máttá-Várjjat; Kven: Etelä-Varenki; Russian: Сёр-Вара́нгер, romanized: Syor-Varánger) is a municipality in Finnmark county...
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    GSV (Norwegian: Jegerbataljonen GSV, formerly known as the Garrison of Sør-Varanger) is a border guard light infantry battalion unit in the Norwegian Army...
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  • Gardsjøen (Norwegian) or Gárddebealjávri (Northern Sami) is a lake in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 0.71-square-kilometre (180-acre;...
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  • Sør-Varanger Avis is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Kirkenes, Norway. The newspaper covers events in Sør-Varanger Municipality. The newspaper was...
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    runs along the Russia-Norway border. The river runs along the border of Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway, and Pechengsky District in Murmansk...
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    at Høybuktmoen, 15 kilometers (9 mi) west of the town of Kirkenes, in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. Operated by the state-owned...
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    valleys, and in the east is the lowland area in the Pasvik valley in Sør-Varanger Municipality, where the pine and Siberian spruce forest is considered...
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    Kirkenes (category Sør-Varanger)
    pronounced [ˈkir̥ː.ko.ˌɲaːrːka], or Kirkkoniemi (Kven) is a town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway...
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    of Vadsø (south of the Varangerfjorden) was separated to form the new Sør-Varanger Municipality. A few years later in 1864, the western district was separated...
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    Norway–Russia border (category Sør-Varanger)
    Russia consists of a 195.7-kilometer (121.6 mi) land border between Sør-Varanger Municipality, Norway, and Pechengsky District, Russia, and a 23.2-kilometer...
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    river and 15 km (9 mi) southwest of Nyrud just west of Krokfjellet in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is the only place in Europe...
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    Varangerfjord (redirect from Varanger Fjord)
    between the Varanger Peninsula and the mainland of Norway. The fjord flows through the municipalities of Vardø, Vadsø, Nesseby, and Sør-Varanger. The fjord...
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  • formerly a part of the Finnmark regiment, together with Garnisonen i Sør-Varanger and Alta Battalion, as well as a petty officer's training centre for...
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    (Norwegian: Kirkenes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of...
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    Nesseby, Sør-Varanger, Tana, Vadsø, and Vardø. The district includes three towns: Vardø, Vadsø, and Kirkenes. The district includes all of the Varanger Peninsula...
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  • Sydvaranger (category Sør-Varanger)
    Sydvaranger AS (previously A/S Sydvaranger) is an iron ore mining company in Sør-Varanger Municipality, Norway. The mining operations have not restarted (as of...
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    Goađak (Northern Sami), or Kueʹttjokk (Skolt Sami) is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located about 10 kilometres...
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    Grense Jakobselv (category Sør-Varanger)
    Vuorjánjohka (Northern Sami) and Гренсе Якобсэльв (Russian)) is a small village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the shore of...
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    valley, and in the east is the lowland area in the Pasvik valley in Sør-Varanger Municipality, where the pine and Siberian spruce forest is considered...
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    Bugøynes (category Sør-Varanger)
    Buođggák (Northern Sami), or Pykeijä (Kven) is a fishing village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county in northeastern Norway. The village is...
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  • and was preceded by Morten Ruud. Before this he was chief of police in Sør-Varanger Municipality and Fredrikstad Municipality. He has also been a deputy...
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    Varangerfjorden and the areas on the Varanger Peninsula. The deanery includes the five municipalities of Berlevåg Båtsfjord, Sør-Varanger, Vadsø, and Vardø. The deanery...
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    Holmengrå, Finnmark (category Sør-Varanger)
    Holmengrå is the name a small fishing village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies on a small area of flat land along...
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    Retrieved April 10, 2017.[permanent dead link‍] Sør-Varanger Avis A/S. "Siste nytt – Sør-Varanger Avis – Sprek ishockeyklubb holder spaken tross utfordringer"...
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    Storskog (category Sør-Varanger)
    border, along the European route E105 highway. The crossing is located in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county on the Norway side of the border. The...
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    and the limits of Norwegian settlement would be pushed eastwards to Sør-Varanger Municipality, making Tromsø lose its character as a "frontier town".[citation...
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    Bøkfjord Bridge (category Sør-Varanger)
    bridge which crosses the Paatsjoki river at its mouth into Bøkfjord, in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The main bridge was built in...
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    King Oscar II Chapel (category Sør-Varanger)
    Kong Oscar IIs kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located near the village...
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  • GSV may refer to: Garrison of Sør-Varanger, a military base of the Norwegian Army General Systems Vehicle, a class of fictional artificially intelligent...
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  • Hesseng (category Sør-Varanger)
    Hesseng is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the town of Kirkenes...
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