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    Hvaler is a municipality that is a group of islands in the southern part of Østfold County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the...
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    place, with several marine protected areas in Skagerrak, including Ytre Hvaler National Park in Norway and Kosterhavet National Park in Sweden. The meaning...
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    Bridge 8 Langnes 7 Rakkestad 6 Matrand 5 Fredrikstad 4 Lier 3 Tistedalen 2 Hvaler 1    The Swedish–Norwegian War, also known as the Campaign against Norway...
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  • Hvaler (also known as Maria) is a Norwegian drama written by Arne Berggren, produced by Rubicon TV for TV 2. The first season of the series was shown on...
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  • 7 Rakkestad 6 Matrand 5 Fredrikstad 4 Lier 3 Tistedalen 2 Hvaler    The invasion of Hvaler (Swedish: Invasionen av Hvaleröarna) was a Swedish military...
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  • branded as FEAS is a Norwegian power company that operates in Fredrikstad and Hvaler. The company is owned by the Municipality of Fredrikstad (51%) and Fortum...
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  • Hvaler Fjordcruise AS is a company that operates a passenger ferry between Skjærhalden in Hvaler, Norway and Strømstad, Sweden. The company was founded...
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  • Rød, Østfold (redirect from Rød, Hvaler)
    Rød is a village on the island Asmaløy in Hvaler municipality, Norway. Its population (SSB 2005) is 330 and it includes a secondary school. Like the rest...
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  • Hvaler Båt- og Fergeselskap AS is a defunct municipal company that operated the ferries in Hvaler, Norway. Founded in 1893, it was owned by the municipality...
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  • The Hvaler Tunnel (Norwegian: Hvalertunnelen) is a subsea road tunnel which connects the island of Kirkøy to the rest of Hvaler in Østfold County, Norway...
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    November 12, 1139. Magnus fell during the naval Battle of Holmengrå south of Hvaler in the Oslofjord. The loyal guard Reidar Grjotgardsson lifted his king at...
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  • (2010) En helt vanlig dag på jobben (2010) Snarveien (2009) Død snø (2009) Hvaler (2008) Rovdyr (2008) Varg Veum – Tornerose (2008) Kalde føtter (2006) Ungkarsnissen...
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  • Ytre Hvaler National Park (Norwegian: Ytre Hvaler nasjonalpark, literally Outer Hvaler National Park) is a national park located within the municipalities...
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    He prefers to spend his summer vacations at his family's cottage on the Hvaler Islands in the Oslofjord. An avid outdoorsman, he rides his bike often and...
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    Akerøya (category Hvaler)
    Akerøya is an uninhabited island in the Hvaler island chain in Østfold, Norway. The island has an area of 1.6 km2. On the islet Festningholmen near Akerøya...
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    video). Caroline Enge and Jan Gunnar Furuly, "Derfor bruker stormaktene hvaler og delfiner i militæret" [What the great powers use whales and dolphins...
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    (former 18) municipalities: Aremark Askim Eidsberg Fredrikstad Halden Hobøl Hvaler Marker Moss Rakkestad Rygge Rømskog (is no longer a part of Østfold county)...
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    62miles Langnes 7 Rakkestad 6 Matrand 5 Fredrikstad 4 Lier Tistedalen 2 Hvaler 1    The Battle of Lier (Norwegian: Slaget ved Lier) was fought on 2 August...
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    Traded (205 tons in Skagerrak) 2011 Godafoss, Malaysia (200,000 gallons in Hvaler Islands) 2009 Full City, Panama (6,300-9,500 gallons in Langesund) 2004...
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  • Skjærhalden (category Hvaler)
    the administrative centre of Hvaler municipality, Norway. It is located on the island Kirkeøy, location of the Ytre Hvaler National Park center. Its population...
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    of the Norwegian Environment Agency and the local county governor. Ytre Hvaler is a marine park and all parks in Svalbard also contain marine areas. Sør-Spitsbergen...
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    62miles Langnes 7 Rakkestad 6 Matrand 5 Fredrikstad 4 Lier 3 Tistedalen Hvaler 1    The Battle of Tistedalen was a series of skirmishes in the Swedish–Norwegian...
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  • Hauge is a village on the island Vesterøy in Hvaler municipality, Norway. The origin of the name Hauge is from the Old Norse word haugr meaning mound....
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  • Area¹ Density² Fredrikstad 70,962 283 249 Sarpsborg 50,153 370 136 Rakkestad 7,366 421 17 Råde 6,380 119 61 Hvaler 3,821 89 43 Total 138,682 1,178 118...
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    in Literature. Johan Borgen April 28, 1902 Oslo, Norway October 16, 1979 Hvaler, Norway 1966 Nominated by Harry Martinson (1904–1978) the only time. Carlo...
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    and launched a military campaign on 27 July 1814, with an attack on the Hvaler islands and the city of Fredrikstad. The Swedish army was superior in numbers...
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    naval battle fought on 12 November 1139 near the island Holmengrå south of Hvaler, between the forces of the child kings Sigurd Haraldsson and Inge Haraldsson...
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    62miles Langnes 7 Rakkestad 6 Matrand 5 Fredrikstad Lier 3 Tistedalen 2 Hvaler 1    Fredrikstad Fortress, under the command of Nils Christian Frederik...
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    posts or face war. On 27 July, a Swedish fleet took over the islands of Hvaler, effectively putting Sweden at war with Norway. The following day, Christian...
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    from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-04. "Observationer". hvaler.dk. http://www.byportalen.dk/page.asp?objectid=1585&zcs=350[permanent dead...
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