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    Bjerkvik (Norwegian) or Rahkka (Northern Sami) is a village in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located at the end of Herjangsfjorden...
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    Bjerkvik Church (Norwegian: Bjerkvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located...
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    Bjerkvik, Bjørnfjell, Elvegården, Kjøpsvik, Skjomen, Håkvik, Hergot, Straumsnes, and Vidrek. The Elvegårdsmoen army camp is located near Bjerkvik. Narvik...
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    advance toward Bjerkvik from land on the west side of the fjord, but heavy terrain delayed them and they did not arrive before Bjerkvik was taken. It had...
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    follows the route Å – Leknes – Svolvær – Gullesfjordbotn – Bogen (Evenes) – Bjerkvik – Kiruna – Töre – Luleå. Most of the road is paved and two-lane, with the...
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    counter-offensive in northern Norway, French forces made an amphibious landing at Bjerkvik on 13 May. The naval gunfire from supporting Allied warships destroyed...
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    77–94. Bibcode:2001EnG.....8...77K. doi:10.1046/j.1526-0984.2001.82001.x. Bjerkvik, A. S. (2012). "Seimic analysis of Carboniferous rift basin and Triassic...
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    ceremony in Sofienberg Church in Oslo, he was cremated. His ashes lie at Bjerkvik Cemetery in Nordland, Norway. According to a radio interview with NRK disc...
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    Demi-Brigade and supporting French Hotchkiss H39 tanks on the beach at Bjerkvik, eight miles (13 km) above Narvik, on 13 May during the Norwegian campaign...
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    located just north of the Rombaken fjord. The villages along the fjord are Bjerkvik and Herjangen. The European route E06 and European route E10 highways run...
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  • covering fire for the landing of troops of the French Foreign Legion at Bjerkvik in May 1940 and, although Narvik was briefly captured, he was asked to...
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    and the People. Philadelphia: H. Altemus. OCLC 566166885. Blain, Bodil Bjerkvik (February 2006). "Melting Markets: The Rise and Decline of the Anglo-Norwegian...
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    flowing westwards and emptying into the Herjangsfjorden at the village of Bjerkvik. An avalanche in Vassdalen on 5 March 1986 struck 31 soldiers from the...
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    songwriter and musician. He has recorded eight albums. Vidar Vang grew up in Bjerkvik, in Northern Norway. He started to write songs in his teens. In 1998, Vidar...
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    on 1 May. She supported the landing at Bjerkvik on 13 May during the Battles of Narvik. She arrived off Bjerkvik late on 12 May as part of a force that...
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    Kristoffersen Kristoffersen in 2024 Born (1969-04-03) 3 April 1969 (age 55) Bjerkvik, Norway Allegiance Norway Service/branch Norwegian Army Years of service...
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  • inner end of Herjangsfjorden, on the southeast side of the village of Bjerkvik. The site was of some importance during the German invasion of Norway in...
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  • whole Ofoten district, including Narvik, Ankenesstrand, Ballangen and Bjerkvik. The frequency was FM 103.5 and 105.5 in all areas. It was also possible...
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  • – Tromsø Line would be around 375 kilometres (233 mi) long, while the Bjerkvik – Harstad line would be just over 80 kilometres (50 mi) long. The study...
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  • Gen. Carl Gustav Fleischer, with the support of Allied forces landed at Bjerkvik. 14: The 24th Guards Brigade loses significant equipment in transit to...
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    shorten the driving distance from the town of Narvik to the village of Bjerkvik by 17 kilometers (11 mi) and from Narvik to Bjørnfjell, via European Route...
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    Norwegian Campaign in the corps commanded by Général Béthouart, fighting in Bjerkvik and Narvik. The operation was a success[citation needed], however, with...
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    Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE) and supporting French Hotchkiss H39 tanks on the beach at Bjerkvik, eight miles (13 km) above Narvik, on 13 May during the Norwegian campaign...
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  • Engineer Battalion Hålogaland Signal Battalion Hålogaland Medical Battalion Bjerkvik Maintenance Workshop Norwegian Home Guard District 14 Sør-Hålogaland –...
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  • 89 sq mi) lake is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the village of Bjerkvik and just less than 20 kilometres (12 mi) with the border with Sweden. The...
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    death-punk band Turbonegro Arctic policy of Norway "Spruce timber from Bjerkvik, Narvik municipality". Nrk.no. 19 January 2011. "Statistics Norway – Church...
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    Foreign Legionnaires of the 13th Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE) on the beach at Bjerkvik, 8 miles (13 km) north of Narvik, on 13 May during the Norwegian Campaign...
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    Hotchkiss H39 supporting the 13th Demi-Brigade (13e DBLE) on the beach at Bjerkvik, 8 miles (13 km) above Narvik, on 13 May during the Norwegian Campaign...
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    Bjørnfjell, just west of the border with Sweden. It is an annex chapel in the Bjerkvik parish which is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland...
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    {{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Blain, Bodil Bjerkvik (2006). Melting Markets: The Rise and Decline Of the Anglo-Norwegian Ice...
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