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Holiday 2007 part 4

Sirevåg - Bergen - Skei - Geiranger
Alesund - Molde - Kristiansund - Trondheim
Östersund - Mora - Karlstad
Sarpsborg - Kragerø - Sirevåg

Fredriksten (Norway)
This Norwegian fortress was constructed in the 17th century as a replacement for the border fortress at Bohus, which had been lost when the province of Bohuslän was ceded to Sweden by the terms of the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658. The fortress was named after King Fredrik III of Denmark and Norway, and the town of Halden was also originally named after him, having been known as Fredrikshald between 1665 and 1928.

Sarpsborg (Norway)
Sarpsborg, in the county of Østfold, Norway, was recreated as a city in 1839, and separated from Tune as a municipality of its own. The rural municipalities of Tune, Skjeberg and Varteig were merged with the city January 1, 1992. The city was founded as Borg by the famous Viking King Olav Haraldsson (Saint Olav) in 1016. Unfortunately most of the old city landed in the river Glomma, after a mudslide between 1200-1400. The city was rebuilt at a safer location but was burnt down to the ground by Swedish invaders in 1567. Half the population evacuated down the river to what is today known as Fredrikstad, about 15 km downstream. Again Borg was rebuilt, and the population is steadily growing.

Kragerø (Norway)
Kragerø was established as a municipality January 1, 1838. It has 495 islands, islets and skerries and 4,000 leisure houses. There are also 190 freshwater lakes in the the municipality. In the days of the sailing ships Kragerø was one of Norway's largest port cities. The rural municipalities of Sannidal and Skåtøy were merged with Kragerø January 1, 1960. Kragerø is the southernmost municipality in Telemark. It borders on Risør (southwest) and Gjerstad (northwest) of Aust-Agder county and furthermore in a clockwise direction, the two Telemark municipalities Drangedal and Bamble.

Added by 08.08.2007. 16:00

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