Askøy is a municipality in Vestland county,Norway. The island municipality is located in the Midhordland district of the county,sitting in a large group of islands immediately northwest of the city of Bergen,which is the country's second most populous. The administrative centre of the municipality is the urban village of Kleppestøon the southeastern shore of the island of Askøy.
Lars Arvid Nilsen is a retired Norwegian shot putter. He represented Urædd Friidrett.
Steinar Nilsen is a Norwegian football coach who has been in charge of Tromsøand Brann in the Norwegian Premier League.
Roger Nilsen is a Norwegian football coach and former player. A defender,he played for the Norwegian clubs Tromsø,Viking,Molde and Bryne,and spent time abroad at 1. FC Köln,Sheffield United,Tottenham Hotspur and Grazer AK. He made 32 appearances and scored three goals for Norway. He later worked as assistant coach at Viking.
Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen is a Norwegian contemporary composer.
Budal is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county,Norway. The 350-square-kilometre (140 sq mi) municipality existed from 1879 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed the Bua and Ena river valleys in the south-central part of the what is now Midtre Gauldal municipality in Trøndelag county. The administrative center of Budal was the village of Enodden where Budal Church is located.
Laila Schou Nilsen was one of the foremost Norwegian sportspeople of the 20th century,best known as a speed skater,alpine skier,and tennis player. She was one of the pioneers in women's speed skating,both in Norway and internationally,along with two other skaters from the Oslo Skøiteklub,Undis Blikken and Synnøve Lie. Across her sporting career –which also included handball,ski jumping,cross-country skiing,and motorsport –Nilsen won 101 Norwegian Championship titles,of which 86 were in tennis.
Lillebjørn Falk Nilsen was a Norwegian singer-songwriter and folk musician. He was born in Oslo,and was considered by some to be the leading "voice of Oslo",thanks to numerous classic songs about the city from the 1970s and onwards.
Stabæk Idrætsforening is a Norwegian multi-sports club in Bærum,a municipality bordering on Oslo in the west. It has sections for football,bandy,handball and alpine skiing. While the football team Stabæk Fotball is the most prominent,the men's bandy team has taken multiple national championships. The women's handball team plays in the first tier of Norwegian handball,and the men's team on the third tier. The club formerly had sections for athletics,sport shooting and orienteering. In early 2009 a new women's football team was started within Stabæk IF and was named Stabæk Fotball Kvinner,in reality a relocation of Asker Fotball's women's team.
Tom-Christer Nilsen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and county mayor of Hordaland. He has been a member of Hordaland county council since 1995 and group chairman for the Conservatives since 2001.
Nordberg was a station on the Sognsvann Line of the Oslo Metro in Oslo,Norway. It was opened on 10 October 1934,and was located between Østhorn and Holstein stations,in a level crossing with the steep road Borgestadveien. The station saw several accidents,and was closed on 5 May 1992 when the Sognsvann Line was upgraded to rapid transit standard. An underpass was constructed to allow pedestrians pass under the tracks.
Vestgrensa was a light rail station on the Sognsvann Line of the Oslo Metro in Norway. It opened on 10 October 1934,and was located between Blindern and Ullevål stadion stations. The station was rebuilt when the Sognsvann Line was upgraded from light rail to metro standard in the early 1990s. It was closed on 22 August 1999,when it was replaced by the new station Forskningsparken.
The Norwegian Chess Federation is the national federation of chess in Norway. It was founded in 1914. On 10 July 2022,Joachim Nilsen was elected new chairman.
Simen Spieler Nilsen is a Norwegian speed skater.
Notable events in LGBT history in Norway include:
Lars Arne Nilsen is a Norwegian football coach who last managed 07 Vestur.
Hordaland is one of the 19 multi-member constituencies of the Storting,the national legislature of Norway. The constituency was established in 1921 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Storting. The Bergen constituency was merged into the Hordaland constituency in 1973 after the city of Bergen lost its county status in 1972. Hordaland consists of the municipalities of Alver,Askøy,Austevoll,Austrheim,Bergen,Bjørnafjorden,Bømlo,Eidfjord,Etne,Fedje,Fitjar,Kvam,Kvinnherad,Masfjorden,Modalen,Osterøy,Øygarden,Samnanger,Stord,Sveio,Tysnes,Ullensvang,Ulvik,Vaksdal and Voss in the county of Vestland. The constituency currently elects 15 of the 169 members of the Storting using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 382,305 registered electors.
Mona Nilsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party,a member of the Storting since 2021..
Marius Arion Nilsen is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He has been a member of the Storting since 2021.
Vestfold is one of the 19 multi-member constituencies of the Storting,the national legislature of Norway. The constituency was established in 1921 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Storting. It consists of the municipalities of Færder,Holmestrand,Horten,Larvik,Sandefjord and Tønsberg in the county of Vestfold. The constituency currently elects six of the 169 members of the Storting using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 182,961 registered electors.
