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Sandøya (other)
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Sandøya or Sandøy () may refer to: People * Brandur Sandoy (born 1973), a Faroese politician, sheep farmer and businessman * Paul Joakim Sandøy (born 1987), a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party Places * Sandøya, Agder, an island in Tvedestrand Municipality in Agder county, Norway * Sandøya, Møre og Romsdal, an island in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Sandøya, Telemark, an island in Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway * Sandøya, Troms, an island in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway * Sandøy Church, a parish church in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway See also * Sandoy * Sandø (other) * Sandøy Municipality Sandøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now divided between Aukra Municipality and Ålesund Municipality on the border of the traditiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandur Sandoy
Brandur Sandoy (born 23 April 1973 in Sandur, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese politician, sheep farmer and businessman. His surname is the same as the name of the island Sandoy, where he lives. He runs a sheep farm in Inni í Dal between Sandur and Skopun, near the school and football stadium of B71 Sandoy. He also runs a small business named BS-Smíð and rents a holiday home together with his wife Anja Sandoy, with whom he has three children: Várdis, Pauli and Pál. He is a former football player, he played for B71 Sandoy in the 1990s. Political career Sandoy was elected to the town council of Sandur in November 2008 and took seat in the town council on 1 January 2009. At that time Páll á Reynatúgvu was mayor, but in October 2009 Brandur Sandoy became mayor. In November 2011 he became a member of the Faroese parliament representing People's Party (Fólkaflokkurin), the Løgting. He was not elected directly, but because his party the People's Party became a member of the coali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Joakim Sandøy
Paul Joakim Sandøy (born 8 May 1987) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Hailing from Molde, he was a member of the municipal council of Molde Municipality from 2007 to 2011. He has been the leader of the Young Conservatives of Molde and deputy leader of the Young Conservatives of Hordaland. He was a member of the central board of the Norwegian Young Conservatives from 2010, and he succeeded Henrik Asheim as leader in 2012. He was succeeded by Kristian Tonning Riise on 21 June 2014. Sandøy is a law student at the University of Bergen. He is an outspoken supporter of his native Molde Molde () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the seat of Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Pen ... football team. References 1987 births Living people People from Molde Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Mør ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandøya, Agder
Sandøya () is an island in Tvedestrand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The island is located along the southern Skagerrak coast and it has roughly 200 permanent residents (2017). The island has no bridge to the mainland, and the inhabitants rely on boats for transportation. Cars are parked at the nearby island Borøya. There are only four cars on the island, which are seldom in use. Being close to the popular tourist attraction Lyngør (a nearby group of islands frequented by thousands of tourists every summer), Sandøya is a popular summer vacation spot. The population rises to several thousand in the summer. Climate The climate is mild, with mostly snow-free winters, and warm summers. The island probably gained its name because the soil consists mostly of sand. To maintain a garden, it is in many places necessary to enrich the soil with seaweed. Though the island is in no way self-sufficient, with most of the adult residents working on the mainland, it manages to mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandøya, Telemark
Sandøya is an island in Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The island lies just west of the smaller island of Løvøya and about to the east of the town of Brevik. The island lies at the mouth of the Eidangerfjorden, near where the Frierfjorden joins it to form the Langesundsfjorden. The island is only accessible by boat. Most of the island's residents live on the southern part of the island, while the northern part of the island is heavily forested. The main urban area on the southwestern shore of the island is known as the village of Sandøya. The village has a population (2022) of 262 and a population density of . The remainder of the islands residents live right on the shore of the island. See also *List of islands of Norway This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area. A * Alden * Aldra * Algrøy * Alsta * Altra * Anda * Andabeløya * Andørja * Andøya, Vesterålen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tromsø Municipality
Tromsø Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the villages of Bjerkaker, Ersfjordbotn, Jøvika, Kaldfjord, Kjosen, Tromsø, Kjosen, Kroken, Troms, Kroken, Kvaløysletta, Lakselvbukt, Melvika, Movik, Oldervik, Troms, Oldervik, Sandneshamn, Sjursnes, Sommarøy, and Tromsdalen. The municipality is the 21st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Tromsø is the 12th-most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 78,745. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 10% over the previous 10-year period. It is the largest urban area in Northern Norway and the third largest north of the Arctic Circle anywhere in the world (following Murmansk and Norilsk). The center of the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø is located on the island of Troms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandøy Church
Sandøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Sandøya. It is one of the two churches for the Sandøy parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1812 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 250 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1589, but it was an old, dilapidated building by that time. At that time, it was located on the eastern coast of the island of Sandøya and originally the church was an annex chapel to the main Aukra Church in the Aukra prestegjeld. Since this annex church was built on a rocky island, there was no graveyard surrounding the church. Parishioners had to travel to Aukra Church to bury their dead. During the 1600s, the church fell into disuse due to its poor condition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandoy
Sandoy ("Sand Island") is the first of the five southern islands that make up the Faroe chain, the fifth biggest of all the Faroe Islands, an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark. It also refers to the Regions of the Faroe Islands, region that includes this island along with Skúvoy and Stóra Dímun. , the largest population centre on the island is the village of Sandur (Faroe Islands), Sandur with a population of 532. Other settlements include Skarvanes, Skopun, Skálavík, Húsavík, Faroe Islands, Húsavík and Dalur. Sandoy gets its name from the large beach at Sandur, Faroe Islands, Sandur, and the general sandy soil of the island. It is the only island with dunes. There are similarly named islands, Sanday, Orkney, Sanday in the Orkney Islands, Sanday, Inner Hebrides, Sanday in the Inner Hebrides and Sandøya, Møre og Romsdal, Sandøy in Norway. The Sandoyartunnilin connects between the centre of the island and Gamlarætt on Streymoy. Construction started in 2019 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandø (other)
Sandø () may refer to: *, an island in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway *Sandø, an old name for Sande Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Sandø, an old name for the old Sandøy Municipality Sandøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now divided between Aukra Municipality and Ålesund Municipality on the border of the traditiona ... in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway See also * Sandor (other) * Sandøya (other), including Sandoy * Sand Island (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |