Fron is a former municipality in the old Oppland county, Norway. The 2,389-square-kilometre (922 sq mi) municipality has existed twice: from 1838-1851...
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Sør-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality...
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Nord-Fron is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality...
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Fron may refer to: Fron, Norway, a former municipality in Innlandet county Nord-Fron, a municipality in Innlandet county Sør-Fron, a municipality in Innlandet...
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five sister cities: Bauska, Latvia Ishozi-Ishunju-Gera, Tanzania Nord Fron, Norway Nysted, Denmark Vehkalahti, Finland "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer...
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Vinstra (category Nord-Fron)
Vinstra is a town in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located...
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The river flows through the municipalities of Lesja, Dovre, Sel, Nord-Fron, Sør-Fron, Ringebu, Øyer, and Lillehammer. The Gudbrandsdalslågen begins in the...
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Gålå (category Sør-Fron)
Gålå is a village in Sør-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi)...
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Lia is a village in Sør-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley along the south shore of the...
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Oppland (category Former counties of Norway)
Lillehammer Lom Lomen (Røn, Røen) Lunner Mesna Nes (Brandbu) Nord-Aurdal Nord-Fron Nordberg Nordre Etnedal Nordre Land Nordsinni (Hogner) Nykirke Reinli Ringebu...
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This is a list of towns and cities in Norway. The Norwegian language word by means a town or city–there is no distinction between the two words as there...
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Sør-Fron Church (Norwegian: Sør-Fron kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located...
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Harpefoss (category Sør-Fron)
Harpefoss is a village in Sør-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdal valley on the north shore of the...
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Jon Peter Rolie (category People from Sør-Fron)
Endowment in 1987. Rolie died in Sør-Fron in November 2020. "Jon Peter Rolie". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved...
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Velle Espeland (category People from Sør-Fron)
Velle Espeland (6 July 1945 – 10 January 2024) was a Norwegian folklorist. Born in Sør-Fron on 6 July 1945, Espeland studied folkloristics at the University...
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Jacob Smith Jarmann (category People from Nord-Fron)
1894) was a Norwegian firearms designer and inventor of the Jarmann rifle. Jarmann was born in the parish of Nord-Fron in Oppland, Norway. He was raised...
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Anne Hov (category People from Sør-Fron)
in the parish of Nord-Fron in the valley of Gudbrandsdalen in Oppland. Traditionally brunost was made on farms throughout Norway by boiling whey without...
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population was 1,433 as of the 2010 census. Frohn Township was named after Fron, in Norway, the homeland of a large share of the early settlers. According to...
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Skåbu (category Nord-Fron)
Skåbu is a village in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Vinstra, about 20 kilometres (12 mi)...
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Land is a traditional district in Innlandet county, Norway. The area consists of the municipalities Nordre Land and Søndre Land. Land is centered on the...
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Haakon Toresfostre (redirect from Haakon Toresfostre of Norway)
as a foster son by Tore på Steig of Gudbrandsdalen on the farm Steig in Fron. In 1090, he undertook a Viking expedition to Bjarmaland,[citation needed]...
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Otta is a town in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located at...
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Kvam Station (category Railway stations in Norway opened in 1896)
Kvam Station is a railway station located at the town of Kvam in Nord-Fron, Norway. The station is located on the Dovre Line and served regional trains...
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Kvam, Innlandet (redirect from Kvam, Nord-Fron)
Kvam is a village in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, along the river Gudbrandsdalslågen...
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Saukampen is a mountain in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 1,659-metre (5,443 ft) tall mountain is located about 16 kilometres...
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Hans Johan Jensen (1882–?) a Norwegian politician, farmer and carpenter Sigrun Eng (born 1951 in Sør-Fron) a Norwegian politician, member of Gol municipal...
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Styggehøe (category Nord-Fron)
mountain on the border of Vågå Municipality and Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 1,825-metre (5,988 ft) tall mountain is located...
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Hallstein Høgåsen (category People from Nord-Fron)
Hallstein Tormod Høgåsen (born 21 August 1937) is a Norwegian theoretical physicist. He was born in Nord-Fron and grew up mostly in Vågå. He finished his secondary...
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Vinstra Station (category Railway stations in Norway opened in 1896)
Station is a railway station located at the village of Vinstra in Nord-Fron, Norway. The station is located on the Dovre Line and served express trains to...
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Rondane National Park (category Nord-Fron)
Innlandet county, in the municipalities of Dovre, Folldal, Sel, Nord-Fron, Sør-Fron, Stor-Elvdal, and Ringebu. The park contains ten peaks above 2,000 metres...
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