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    Skien (Norwegian: [ˈʂêːən] ) is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland, although historically...
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    The Skien watershed is the third largest watershed of Norway after those of the Glomma and the Drammen rivers. The catchment area is 10,780 square kilometres...
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    The Skien animal was found during an excavation in Skien, Norway, in 1979. It is carved into a plank, and is dated to the 9th century. This, and other...
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    Skien is a town/city in Skien Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located along...
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  • Skien/Porsgrunn is a Norwegian urban area located in Grenland in southern Telemark. The urban area covers parts of three municipalities: Skien, Porsgrunn...
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    Skien Hospital (Norwegian: Skien sykehus) is a general hospital situated in Skien, Telemark, Norway. It is the main facility of Telemark Hospital Trust...
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    was a county until 2020. The county administration was in the port town Skien, which was in the early modern period Norway's most important city, ahead...
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    Henrik Ibsen (category People from Skien)
    play in 2006. Ibsen was born into the merchant elite of the port town of Skien, and had strong family ties to the families who had held power and wealth...
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  • Skien IK is an ice hockey team in Skien, Norway. They currently play in the Norwegian Second Division, the third level of Norwegian ice hockey. The teams...
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  • Europe in Skien, Norway. United States are the two-time defending champions. United States won their third title after topping the group. Skien in Norway...
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    Skien Station (Norwegian: Skien stasjon) is a railway station located about one kilometer from downtown Skien in Telemark, Norway.[citation needed] The...
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    Nationale Scene in Bergen Det Norske Teatret, Oslo Grenland Friteater, Skien Haugesund Teater, Haugesund Hedmark Teater, Hamar Det Vestnorske Teateret...
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  • Skien Isstadion is an outdoor ice skating rink with artificial ice in Skien, Norway. It is part of Skien Fritidspark at Klosterskogen. The ice rink is...
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  • In modern times, Grenland refers to the areas of the municipalities of Skien, Porsgrunn, Bamble, and Siljan. Sometimes the municipalities Kragerø and...
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    Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (Norwegian: Skien flyplass, Geiteryggen; IATA: SKE, ICAO: ENSN) is a regional airport located at Geiteryggen, 5.5 kilometers...
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    captains, shipowners, wealthy merchants and bankers in the port towns of Skien and Drammen. From the 19th century several family members were prominent...
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    Skien Church (Norwegian: Skien kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skien Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the...
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  • Results from the Football in Norway in 1904. 4 September 1904 Sportsplassen, Skien Attendance: 800 Referee: Thomas Viborg (Kragerø) List of football clubs...
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    Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg Østfold 111,267 16 Tromsø Troms 38,980 7 Porsgrunn/Skien Telemark 92,753 17 Hamar Innlandet 27,324 8 Kristiansand Agder 61,536 18...
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    Skien Fritidspark is a multi-purpose stadium located in Skien, Norway. It was completed in 2008, and is built around Skienshallen from 1968. The arena...
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    The Telemark Canal connects the towns Skien and Dalen in southern Norway by linking several long lakes in the Skien watershed through a series of 18 locks...
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    Detention and Security Prison in Bærum to Skien Prison, formally known as Telemark fengsel, Skien avdeling, in Skien, county Telemark. On 28 September 2012...
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    municipalities of Siljan, Skien, and Porsgrunn. The deanery is headquartered at Skien Church in the town of Skien in Skien municipality. The deanery was...
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  • Norwegian family descended from Jan Fredriksen (died 1624), a citizen of Skien. His son, parish priest Fredrik Blom (died 1657), Lårdal, adopted the family...
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  • Bastian Vasquez (category People from Skien)
    March 2015, while working with the production of bombs for IS". Born in Skien, Norway and of Chilean background, he was in a group of hip hop singers...
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  • 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championships (category Sport in Skien)
    Championships B-Pool goes to Skien, Norway in 2024". "Skien 2024: The A-Pool is calling for Germany and Norway". "Skien 2024: Norway clinch B-Pool gold...
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    mouth of the Porsgrunn river where it joins the Frierfjorden. The town of Skien lies immediately to the north of the town of Porsgrunn. The town of Brevik...
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    (196,948) Drammen (122,955) Fredrikstad / Sarpsborg (120,332) Porsgrunn / Skien (95,793) Kristiansand (66,576) Tønsberg (55,387) Ålesund (55,386) Moss (49...
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    Andrésson (Born 2001), footballer Mosfellsbær is twinned with: Loimaa, Finland Skien, Norway Thisted, Denmark Uddevalla, Sweden "Population by municipalities...
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    31. Porsgrunn/Skien 93,778 32. Umeå 90,412 33. Kuopio 88,520 34. Pori 84,026 35. Gävle 77,586 36. Södertälje 75,773 37. Borås 73,980 38. Esbjerg 72,398...
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