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Vuku IL
Vuku is a village in Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Helgåa and Inna where they become the Verdalselva river. The village is located about west of the village of Vera and about east of the town of Verdalsøra. Vuku is also a Church of Norway parish covering the central part of Verdal Municipality, with Vuku Church located in this village. The village has a population (2024) of 250 and a population density of . History In the late 1800s, a group of parish members immigrated to the United States, where they established a sister church in what is now Foxhome, Minnesota. In 2015, the members of the Minnesotan Vukku Lutheran Churccelebrated 125 years of history Notable people *Jon Olav Hjelde, former Premier League footballer, grew up in Vuku and played for Vuku until he was signed by Rosenborg, then the biggest club in Norway. Later he got signed by Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is a pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inna (Verdal)
Inna is a river that flows through Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The river begins in the east at the lake Innsvatnet, located near the border to Sweden, and it runs west to the village of Vuku at the confluence of the rivers Inna and Helgåa, which together become the river Verdalselva. The river Inna runs through the Inndalen valley, through the villages of Sul, Garnes, Holmen, and ends at Vuku. See also *List of rivers in Norway The following are the 19 longest rivers of Norway, ranked by length: # Glomma, # Tana, # Pasvikelva and Ivalo, (109 km in Norway) # Numedalslågen, # Gudbrandsdalslågen and Vorma, # Drammensvassdraget (Drammenselva, # Hallingda ... References Verdal Rivers of Trøndelag Rivers of Norway {{Norway-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founded in 1865, Nottingham Forest have played their home games at the City Ground since 1898. The club has won two UEFA Champions League, European Cups (now the UEFA Champions League), making them one of six English clubs to have claimed the competition. Forest is the only team in Europe to have won the European Cup or Champions League more often than the domestic championship (one). Additionally, they have secured one UEFA Super Cup, one List of English football champions, League title, two FA Cups, four Football League Cup, League Cups, and one FA Community Shield, FA Charity Shield. The club has competed in the top two tiers of English football in all but five seasons since their admission to the Football League. Its most successful period c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosenborg BK
Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien (football), Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles, a shared record 12 Norwegian Football Cup titles and have played more UEFA matches than any other Norwegian team. RBK play their home games at the all-seater Lerkendal Stadion which has a capacity of 21,421. The club was founded as Odd in 1917 but were not allowed to play amateur league matches until 1928, when they took the present name. They reached the League of Norway in 1937–38 League of Norway, 1937–38, but were relegated to lower divisions during the 1940s. The club moved to Lerkendal in 1957 and their first title was the 1960 Norwegian Football Cup, 1960 Cup, resulting in their first participation in a UEFA tournament. It was not until the 1960s that RBK was established as Trondheim's leading football team. In 1967 RBK was pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier League
The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons usually run from August to May, with each team playing 38 matches: two against each other team, one home and one away. Most games are played on weekend afternoons, with occasional weekday evening fixtures. The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992, following the decision of clubs from the Football League First Division, First Division (the top tier since 1888) to break away from the English Football League. Teams are still promoted and relegated to and from the EFL Championship each season. The Premier League is a corporation managed by a Richard Masters (football), chief executive, with member clubs as shareholders. The Premier League takes advantage of a £5 billion domestic televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Olav Hjelde
Jon Olav Hjelde (born 30 July 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Career Born in Levanger Municipality, Hjelde began his career at his local team Vuku, which competed in the Norwegian Third Division. He joined Rosenborg in 1994, becoming backup to the team's regular central defenders Erik Hoftun and Bjørn Otto Bragstad. Despite not being a regular in the Rosenborg side, he played in the club's historic 1996–97 UEFA Champions League group-stage win over A.C. Milan at the San Siro that eliminated the Italians, and featured in the quarter-final first-leg draw against previous-season Champions League winners Juventus. The two performances caused the squad to be nicknamed the "Heroes of Milan", and scouts from across Europe became interested in Rosenborg players, including Hjelde. Although Italian club Bari attempted to sign Hjelde in 1997, he instead accepted a late offer from Nottingham Forest. He soon became a regular in Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxhome, Minnesota
Foxhome ( ) is a city in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 126 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Wahpeton, ND—MN Micropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office called Foxhome has been in operation since 1896. The city was named for Robert A. Fox, a local real estate agent. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Foxhome is located between Fergus Falls and Breckenridge on Minnesota State Highway 210. Demographics 2010 census As of the 2010 census, there were 116 people, 52 households, and 32 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 66 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.4% White, 0.9% Native American, and 1.7% from two or more races. There were 52 households, of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are: * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usually transcribed as "per square kilometre" or square mile, and which may include or exclude, for example, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuku Church
Vuku Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vuku. It is one of the churches for the ''Vera og Vuku'' parish which is part of the Stiklestad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1654 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Jonsen Hindrum. The church seats about 200 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1533, but the church was not new that year. The first church at Vuku was likely a wooden stave church that was possibly built in the 14th century. The old church had a nave with a rectangular floor plan and a smaller, narrower and straight-ended Choir (architecture), choir on the east end. On the west end it had an entry porch with a bell tower above it. By the mid-1600s, the old church was in very poor condition and it was decided to tear down the old church and to build a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Norway
The Church of Norway (, , , ) is an Lutheranism, evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. Christianity became the state religion of Norway around 1020, and was established as a separate church intimately integrated with the state as a result of the Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein, Lutheran reformation in Denmark–Norway which broke ties with the Holy See in 1536–1537; the Monarchy_of_Norway#Church_of_Norway, Norwegian monarch was the church's titular head from 1537 to 2012. Historically, the church was one of the main instruments of state authority, and an important part of the state's administration. Local government was based on the church's parishes with significant official responsibility held by the parish priest. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Church of Norway gradually ceded most administrative functions to the secular civil service. The modern Constitution of Norway describes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdalsøra
Verdalsøra or Verdal is a town in Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The town is the administrative center of the municipality. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of the river Verdalselva. The village of Vinne lies to the southeast, Trones lies about to the north, the villages of Forbregd/ Lein lie about to the northeast (along the lake Leksdalsvatnet), and the village of Stiklestad lies about to the east. In 1998, the municipal council of Verdal Municipality voted to grant the urban area of Verdalsøra town status under the laws of Norway. The town has a population (2024) of 8,838 and a population density of . The European route E6 highway and the Nordland Line railway both run north and south through the town, with one railway stop in the town: Verdal Station. Verdalsøra is the site of Aker Verdal (a large shipyard), Verdalsøra Chapel, Verdal Upper Secondary School, and a folk high school (). The Rinnleiret beach area lies ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera, Norway
Vera is a village in Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the lake Veresvatnet, about west of the border with Sweden, about south of the edge of Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park, and about east of the village of Vuku. The main part of the village lies on the north shore of the little lake, but the settlement stretches along the whole north and eastern shores of the lake. Vera is also a Church of Norway The Church of Norway (, , , ) is an Lutheranism, evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. Christianity became the state religion of Norway around 1020, and was established a ... parish covering the eastern part of Verdal Municipality, with Vera Chapel located in this village. References Verdal Villages in Trøndelag {{Trøndelag-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
