WebThe Nordic Stone Age refers to the Stone Age of Scandinavia.During the Weichselian glaciation (115,000 – 11,700 years ago), almost all of Scandinavia was buried beneath a thick permanent ice cover, thus, the Stone Age came rather late to this region. As the climate slowly warmed up by the end of the ice age, nomadic hunters from central Europe …

WebAls Christiania was de stad begonnen om zijn gestalte als centrum van handel en cultuur in Noorwegen te herwinnen. Het feit dat de Universiteit van Oslo pas in 1811 werd opgericht had een ongunstig effect op de ontwikkeling van de natie. In 1814 werd Christiania een echte stad toen de unie met Denemarken werd beëindigd. Vele bezienswaardigheden …

WebThe Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize, roughly 300 metres (980 ft) offshore in the north and 40 kilometres (25 mi) in the south within the country limits.The Belize Barrier Reef is a 300-kilometre (190 mi) long section of the 900-kilometre (560 mi) Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, which is continuous from Cancún on the …

WebGeschichte Bau und Inbetriebnahme. Die Jungfernfahrt absolvierte das Schiff am 21. Februar 1948 auf der Strecke von Göteborg nach New York. Geschichte 1952 – 1960. Im Jahr 1952 wurde die Stockholm umgebaut und hatte danach 12.644 BRT und Kapazität für 86 Passagiere der 1. Klasse und 584 für die Touristenklasse. 1955/56 wurde die …

WebTønsberg [ˈtœ̂nsbær(ɡ)] (), historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around 102 kilometres (63 miles) south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak.The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg. The city is …

WebHannah Rankin (born 21 July 1990) is a Scottish professional boxer and bassoonist. She has held the WBA female super-welterweight title since November 2021. She has also held the IBO title in 2019 and challenged for the WBA female super-middleweight title in 2018; the unified WBA, WBC, and IBF female middleweight titles in 2018; and the WBO female …

WebHalland was temporarily (for a period of 30 years) transferred to Sweden in 1645 under the terms of the Second Treaty of Brömsebro.The conquest was later made permanent by the ceding of the province in the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658. The last battle in Halland took place in Fyllebro on 17 August 1676, during the Scanian War.. The more peaceful conditions …

WebHistory. The company originated in Hvitsten, a small town on Oslofjord in Norway, in 1848 by three Olsen brothers, Fredrik Christian, Petter and Andras, who bought their first ships and began an international shipping company.The company is now into the fifth generation of the family and operates various companies skilled within the cruise and passenger …

WebSverre Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Sverrir Sigurðarson) (c. 1145/1151 – 9 March 1202) was the king of Norway from 1184 to 1202.. Many consider him one of the most important rulers in Norwegian history.He assumed power as the leader of the rebel party known as the Birkebeiner in 1177, during their struggle against King Magnus Erlingsson.After Magnus …

WebHelleristningene i Østfold er et samlebegrep for helleristninger i Østfolds kystnære områder. Østfold er det fylket som har flest helleristninger fra bronsealderen.De aller fleste ligger konsentrert til kystområdene mellom Glomma og Svinesund og henger sammen med helleristningene i Bohuslän.Bildene har sannsynligvis religiøs karakter, særlig virker …

WebFreya was a young female walrus who appeared along the coasts of several western European countries (the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) from October 2021 until her death on 14 August 2022. A rare sighting in the areas where she appeared, she attracted the attention of wildlife enthusiasts and the …

WebDas westlichste Département Frankreichs im Westen der Bretagne trägt den Namen Finistère, von lateinisch Finis terrae, Ende der Welt.; Land’s End ist die Südwestspitze von England in der Grafschaft Cornwall.; Eine Landspitze an der Westküste Galiciens heißt Cabo Fisterra.; Am Oslofjord wird in der Kommune Færder die Südspitze der Insel …

WebName. The meaning of Skagerrak is most likely the Skagen Channel/Strait.Skagen is a town near the northern cape of Denmark (The Skaw).Rak means 'straight waterway' (compare the Damrak in Amsterdam); it is cognate with reach. The ultimate source of this syllable is the Proto-Indo-European root *reg-, 'straight'. Rak means 'straight' as in …

WebThe Poor Knights Islands (Māori: Tawhiti Rahi) are a group of islands off the east coast of the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand.They lie 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the northeast of Whangarei, and 22 kilometres (14 mi) offshore halfway between Bream Head and Cape Brett.Uninhabited since the 1820s, they are a nature reserve and popular …