Ofoten is a traditional district in Nordland county in Northern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Evenes, Narvik, and Lødingen. It is named...
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The Ofoten Line (Norwegian: Ofotbanen) is a 43-kilometre (27 mi) railway line in Narvik, Norway. It runs from the Port of Narvik to Riksgränsen on the...
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Ofotens Bilruter is a bus company based in Narvik, Norway, that operates schedules services in Ofoten. Owned by TIRB, it is part of Hurtigruten Group...
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Ofotens Tidende is an online newspaper published in Narvik, Norway. From 1899 to 2000, Ofotens Tidende was a Conservative newspaper owned by Harstad Tidende...
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List of churches in Sør-Hålogaland (redirect from Ofoten prosti)
Municipality were transferred from the Ofoten prosti to the Vesterålen prosti. This deanery covers three municipalities in the Ofoten district in the northern part...
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Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab or OVDS was a Norwegian shipping company that operated ferries in Northern Norway, including the Coastal Express...
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Ofoten District Court (Norwegian: Ofoten tingrett) was a district court in Nordland county (and a small part of Troms) in Norway. The court was based in...
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Bogen, Evenes (redirect from Bogen i Ofoten)
16.9933 Country Norway Region Northern Norway County Nordland District Ofoten Municipality Evenes Area • Total 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) Elevation 10 m (30 ft)...
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towns in the world to have a railway connection, as the terminus for the Ofoten Line. It connects to Kiruna, Sweden, but not to Bodø, the northern terminus...
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powerful locomotives and haul iron ore freight trains on the Iron Ore Line and Ofoten Line in Sweden and Norway, respectively. The 8,600-tonne (8,500-long-ton;...
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Koskullskulle. The term is often colloquially used to also include the Ofoten Line, from Riksgränsen to Narvik in Norway, and the northernmost part of...
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which operates the iron ore freight trains on the Iron Ore Line and the Ofoten Line. MTAB is a wholly owned subsidiary of the mining company Luossavaara–Kiirunavaara...
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Ofoten is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 2,998.3-square-kilometre (1,157.7 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution...
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Nordland county, Norway. The town is located along the Ofotfjorden in the Ofoten region. The town lies on a peninsula located between the Rombaken fjord...
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the Ofotfjorden. The municipality is part of the traditional district of Ofoten of Northern Norway, inside the Arctic Circle. The municipality of Narvik...
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municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bogen....
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932-square-kilometre (360 sq mi) municipality was part of the traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Ballangen...
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(Ankenes). Today Fagernes is best known as the terminus of the Ofoten Line. The Ofoten Line has its terminus at the Fagernes terminal, a large industrial...
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and Narvik Station, terminal of the Ofoten Line, being the northernmost station in the whole of Norway. The Ofoten Line, however, doesn't have a connection...
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Hinnøya (category Ofoten)
southwestern part is in the Lofoten district, the southeastern part is in the Ofoten district, and the northeastern part is in Troms. As of 2017[update], Hinnøya...
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Vefsn Vega Vevelstad Lofoten Flakstad Moskenes Røst Vestvågøy Værøy Vågan Ofoten Evenes Lødingen Narvik Salten Beiarn Bodø Fauske Gildeskål Hamarøy Meløy...
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17.3698 Country Norway Region Northern Norway County Nordland District Ofoten Municipality Narvik Elevation 25 m (82 ft) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer...
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Spionkopen after news of the battle reached the navvies constructing the nearby Ofoten railway line. In Whitby, a rocky outcrop created by the cutting of Kyber...
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Vefsn Vega Vevelstad Lofoten Flakstad Moskenes Røst Vestvågøy Værøy Vågan Ofoten Evenes Lødingen Narvik Salten Beiarn Bodø Fauske Gildeskål Hamarøy Meløy...
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of Narvik. The old municipality of Ofoten was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). Ofoten Municipality included all of the land...
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Vefsn Vega Vevelstad Lofoten Flakstad Moskenes Røst Vestvågøy Værøy Vågan Ofoten Evenes Lødingen Narvik Salten Beiarn Bodø Fauske Gildeskål Hamarøy Meløy...
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It is the main church for the Narvik parish as well as the seat of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The large, stone church...
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Vefsn Vega Vevelstad Lofoten Flakstad Moskenes Røst Vestvågøy Værøy Vågan Ofoten Evenes Lødingen Narvik Salten Beiarn Bodø Fauske Gildeskål Hamarøy Meløy...
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first name is the name in Bokmål, the second Nynorsk. Helgeland Lofoten Ofoten Salten Vesterålen See also Finnmark, Hålogaland and Tromsø. Agder Kristiansandregionen...
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(1993). I rallarnes spor: Tracing the Navvies (in Norwegian and English). Ofoten museum. p. 125. ISBN 8291340005. "Vindmøller truer krigsminne". Nettavisen...
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