Hamar Cathedral — For the medieval cathedral ruins, see Cathedral Ruins in Hamar. Hamar cathedral (Hamar domkirke) is the seat of the Diocese of Hamar, part of the Lutheran Church of Norway. HistoryThe city of Hamar was reestablished in 1849. Noting rapid growth… … Wikipedia
Ancient Diocese of Hamar — For the current Church of Norway diocese, see diocese of Hamar. The former Norwegian Catholic diocese of Hamar existed from 1152 to the Protestant Reformation. The see was at Hamar, and the diocese included the (modern) counties of Hedmark… … Wikipedia
Hamar — Infobox Kommune name=Hamar idnumber=0403 county=Hedmark landscape=Hedemarken capital=Hamar governor=Einar Busterud ( By og bygdelista The City and Rural areas Party) governor as of=2004 arearank=257 area=351 arealand=338 areapercent=0.11… … Wikipedia
Hamar — ▪ Norway town, southeastern Norway. Hamar lies on the eastern shore of Lake Mjøsa (the largest lake in the country). The diocese of Hamar was founded in 1152 by Nicholas Breakspear, papal legate to Scandinavia, who later became the only… … Universalium
Hedmark museum — The Hedmark Museum ( Hedmarksmuseet og Domkirkeodden in Norwegian) in Hamar, Norway is a regional museum for the municipalities of Stange, Hamar (which now includes Vang i Hedmark), Løten, and Ringsaker in central eastern Norway. It also includes … Wikipedia
Gardar, Greenland — Garðar was the capital of the Norse settlements in Greenland and seat of the bishop of Greenland. Presently the settlement of Igaliku is situated on the same location.Many ruins of the Norse settlements can still be seen in Igaliku today. The… … Wikipedia
List of cathedrals — This is a list of cathedrals around the world, including both actual cathedrals (seats of bishops in episcopal denominations, such as Catholicism, Anglicanism, and Orthodoxy) and a few prominent churches from non episcopal denominations commonly… … Wikipedia
Fehn, Sverre — ▪ 1998 In 1997 the Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded by the Hyatt Foundation to Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn, who for nearly half a century toiled both in the shadows of the great modern architects and, especially, in the long… … Universalium
Garðar, Greenland — … Wikipedia
Nidaros — or Niðarós was during the Middle Ages, the old name of Trondheim, Norway (Danish Norwegian: Trondhjem) . Until the Reformation, Nidaros remained the centre of the spiritual life of the country. After the Catholic Archdiocese was abolished by… … Wikipedia
