Hordaland is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county government is the Hordaland County Municipality which is located in Bergen. Before 1972, the city of Bergen was its own separate county apart from Hordaland.
Austevoll is a municipality and an archipelago in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Midthordland in Western Norway. The administrative centre is the village of Storebø on the island of Huftarøy. Other villages include Årland, Austevollshella, Bakkasund, Bekkjarvik, Birkeland, Haukanes, Husavik, Kolbeinsvik, Otterå, Våge, and Vinnes.
Flekkefjord (help·info) is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Flekkefjord. The villages of Sira, Gyland, Rasvåg, Kirkehavn, and Åna-Sira are located in Flekkefjord.
Edmund Theobald Harbitz was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party. He chaired the party from 1905 to 1908, and served as mayor of Oslo from 1899 to 1901.
Stod is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway. The 275-square-kilometre (106 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until 1964. It originally encompassed the northern part of what is now the municipality of Steinkjer, stretching from the town of Steinkjer to the northeast, along the lake Snåsavatnet, to the municipal border with Snåsa. Over time, however, the municipality was reduced in size to just a fraction of its original size, leaving just the area between the Snåsavatnet in the north to the Ogndalen valley in the south. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Binde. The main church for Stod was For Church, located just south of the administrative center. The local sports team is Stod IL.
Ole Jørgensen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Vennesla in Vest-Agder county, Norway.
Hans Laurits Olsen Hammerstad was a Norwegian politician.
Martin Adolf Andersen was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party.
Mathias Larsen Blilie was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and the Liberal Left Party.
Lars Kristiansen Blilie was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party.
Jens Landmark was a Norwegian military officer and politician. He reached the rank of lieutenant colonel, was the director of Kongsberg Weapons Factory from 1854 to 1880, invented the Landmark conversion and served both as mayor as well as three periods in the Norwegian Parliament.
Ole Larsen Skattebøl was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.
Emil Løvlien was a Norwegian forest worker, trade unionist and politician from Løten. He represented the Labour Party until the split in 1923, and the Communist Party thereafter. He was the chairman of the Communist Party from 1946 to 1965, and served three terms in the Parliament of Norway.
Events in the year 1873 in Norway.
Events in the year 1817 in Norway.
Frank Bakke-Jensen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party of Norway. He became the Norwegian Defense Minister on 20 October 2017. He was minister of EEC- and EU affairs between 2016 and 2017. He was mayor of Båtsfjord from 2007 until his election to the Stortinget from Finnmark in 2009. Bakke-Jensen formerly worked as a ship's electrician between Hammerfest and Tromsø, and has also worked as a teacher and self-employed pilot at Båtsfjord Airport. He has also performed military service in the UN Lebanon conflict.
Nils Ulrik Alfred Sinding-Larsen was a Norwegian civil servant, teacher at the Military Academy, journalist and writer.
John Olsen Hammerstad was a Norwegian born, American painter who was active in the Chicago area during the late 19th and early 20th Century.
Terje Breivik is a Norwegian politician and entrepreneur. He is since 2012 the deputy leader of the centrist Liberal Party. He is the former Mayor of the municipality of Ulvik. Prior to becoming deputy leader in 2012, he served in the capacity as secretary-general of the Liberal Party since 2004.
