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    inhabitants per square kilometre (2,030/sq mi). Løkken Verk was originally populated when the Løkken Mine started mining for copper in 1654. The name...
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  • Løkken may refer to the following locations: Løkken-Vrå, a former municipality in Denmark, Now part of Hjørring. Løkken, Denmark, a small sea side town...
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  • Løkken Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Løkken Verk, Sør-Trøndelag. It has sections for association football, speed skating and Nordic skiing...
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    6.6 kV 25 Hz AC. It was built to transport pyrites from the mines at Løkken Verk to the port at Thamshavn, as well as passengers. There were six stations:...
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  • commercial mining at Løkken Verk, which included the construction of Thamshavnbanen, the first electric railway in Norway, between Løkken Verk and Thamshavn...
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  • turned into a development company to try to create new jobs at Løkken. Mining at Løkken Verk had its roots back to 1633 when King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway...
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    villages included Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, Å, and Storås. The municipality was most renowned for its mining activities at Løkken Verk, being the birthplace...
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    is located in the village of Løkken Verk in the present-day municipality of Orkland in Trøndelag county, Norway. "Løkken" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Railway...
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    several mines from Christian Salvesen, including Løkken Verk, Åmot gruve, Høidal gruve and Dragset Verk as well various properties at Orkanger and elsewhere...
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    closed for passenger traffic in 1963 but continued to transport ore from Løkken Verk to the Thamshavn port until 1974 when the line was closed to all traffic...
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  • in Løkken Verk, Torfinn Bjørnaas' plass, has been named after him. Bjørnaas spent his professional career in Orkla Grube Aktiebolag at Løkken Verk. He...
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    Løkken Church (Norwegian: Løkken kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Orkland municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in...
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    inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. Tokle was born in Løkken Verk, a village in Meldal, Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. His father was a...
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    was born in Løkken Verk in Norway, and grew up there with his ski jumper brothers Arthur and Kåre. They represented the sports club Løkken IF. In 1940...
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    Institute of Technology before settling in Løkken Verk as a mining engineer. Here he joined the local sports club Løkken IF. He finished tenth at the 1950 World...
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  • issued two non-fiction books, about the mining communities of Kopperå and Løkken Verk. Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Åsmund Forfang". Store norske leksikon...
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    Gjølme, Thamshavn, Fannrem, Vormstad, Svorkmo, Hoston, village of Meldal, Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, Å, and Storås. The 1,906-square-kilometre (736 sq mi) municipality...
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    village of Å lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the south, the village of Løkken Verk lies about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north, and the village of Storås...
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  • from getting the pyrites that were being extracted at the mine at Løkken Verk. The Løkken Mine had been operated since 1654, and in 1908 it was modernised...
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  • Diamond dust in Løkken Verk, Norway....
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    bands Animal Alpha, Goat the Head, and Monolithic. Kapstad was born in Løkken Verk. He attended the music program at Orkdal secondary school, two years...
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  • 2 mi) west of the village of Løkken Verk and about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of the village of Storås. The Løkken Church is located on the east...
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    "Løkken gruve". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 September 2012. Løkken Verk....
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  • Line at the age of 15, and later worked in mines at Svalbard, Malm, and Løkken Verk. His first trade union post came in 1946 at Svalbard. He also worked...
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  • 27 November 2014) was a Norwegian rower and physician. He was born in Løkken Verk, a son of mining executive Klaus Serck-Hanssen and Gunvor Quenild, and...
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  • Christian Thams, together with Christian Salvesen, bought the mines at Løkken Verk in 1904 and constructed a railway, Thamshavnbanen, from the mine and...
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  • born in Løkken Verk in Norway, and grew up there with his ski jumper brothers Arthur and Evert Karlsson. They represented the sports club Løkken IF. Kåre...
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  • doubled as the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994. He lives in Løkken Verk. Kurt Børset at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation v t e...
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  • From 1938 to 1958 he was chief executive of Orkla Mining Company at Løkken Verk. Sandvik, Pål Thonstad; Solheim, Kaare. "Thorry Kiær". In Helle, Knut...
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    time as the railway line Thamshavn Line opened between Thamshavn and Løkken Verk. It operated two round trips each day and was owned by Chr. Salvesen...
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