• American football in Norway began in 1949 when students from two secondary schools (videregående) in Oslo—at Riis and Ullern—began playing an annual gridiron...
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    Norwegian Americans (Norwegian: Norskamerikanere) are Americans with ancestral roots in Norway. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily...
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    Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula...
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    beginning of the 21st century, it was discovered that wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen, who were Norwegian expatriates in America whose medals...
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  • This is a list of notable Norwegian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. The...
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    Flag football is a variant of gridiron football (American football or Canadian football depending on location) where, instead of tackling players to the...
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  • The history of association football, more commonly known as ‘’'football or soccer, stretches back at least to medieval times. FIFA cites Cuju in ancient...
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    /ˈtrɒmsɜː/, Norwegian: [ˈtrʊ̂msœ] ; Northern Sami: Romsa [ˈromːsa]; Finnish and Kven: Tromssa; Swedish: Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The...
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    Oslo (redirect from Capital of Norway)
    Oslo (Norwegian: [ˈʊ̂ʂlʊ] or [ˈʊ̂slʊ, ˈʊ̀ʂlʊ]; Southern Sami: Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and...
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    The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is the international governing body of American football associations. The IFAF oversees the organisation...
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    in Nordland county, Norway, with a population of approx. 54,000 people. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the...
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    Bergen (redirect from History of Bergen)
    Bergen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈbæ̀rɡən] ), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. As of 2022[update]...
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    The history of sports in the United States reveals that American football, baseball, softball, and indoor soccer evolved from older British sports—rugby...
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    and Norway in 1995 (in Sweden). As of 2017[update], the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Final was the most watched soccer match in American history with...
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    Norway is a city in Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,840 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Iron Mountain, MI–WI...
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    stəˈ-/, Norwegian: [stɑˈvɑ̀ŋːər] ) is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through...
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    Union of America (SUA). Slovenian Catholic Center, also known as Slovenian Cultural Center, Lemont, IL Slovenian Cultural Society Triglav, Norway, WI;...
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    Svalbard (redirect from Svalbard (Norway))
    Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr]), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe...
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    movement in Norway has made significant progress in reforming laws and social customs in the nation, advancing the rights of the women of Norway. In 1840...
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    (1912) and several research institutes. The local football team, Lillestrøm SK, plays in the Norwegian first division. Their home ground is Åråsen Stadion...
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    Sami: Bådåddjo) is a town in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway, with a population of app. 56,000 people. By Norwegian definitions (government)...
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    began only in 1982, when the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football qualification was launched. The 1984 Finals were won by Sweden. Norway won the...
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    city in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located about 102 kilometres (63 miles) south-southwest of the capital city of Oslo on...
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    continuous history is Dublin University Football Club, a rugby union club founded in 1854 at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. There exists some record of Guy's...
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    decades, American football has been the most popular sport in terms of broadcast viewership audience. Basketball has grown into the mainstream American sports...
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  • The history of Poles in the United States dates to the American Colonial era. Poles have lived in present-day United States territories for over 400 years—since...
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    Punjabi Mexican American community, the majority of which is localized to Yuba City, California, is a distinctive ethnicity holding its roots in a migration...
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  • international football matches, and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Georgia. It is a member of UEFA in Europe...
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  • is directed by the French Football Federation (FFF). France competes as a member of UEFA in various international football tournaments such as the FIFA...
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    "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Women: Match Report: Norway – USA". FIFA. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. "Olympic Football Tournaments...
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