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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  UoA - University of Agder
Agder University College becomes the University of Agder:
On 1 September, 2007 Agder University College became the University of Agder.
Internationalisation is a focus area at the University of Agder, and one of six areas that were greatly influenced by the "Quality Reform" which was introduced in 2003.
www.uia.no /en   (113 words)

  
 Agder Folkehøgskole - English
A stay at a folkhighschool will help you understand how important you are, and make you aware of all the opportunities that lie ahead of you.
Agder Folkehøgskole is situated in Søgne, a small community, 16 km west of Kristiansand, the southern-most city in Norway.
A folkhighschool year starts late August/beginning of September and ends in the middle of May.
www.agder.fhs.no /Engelsk   (316 words)

  
  NAHA // Norwegian-American Studies
As a consequence the emigration movement reached such dimensions that with one exception (the town of Risør between 1891 and 1900) the population of all the towns in East Agder was reduced during the decades of 1891-1900 and 1901-1910.
In this part of Agder the coastal traffic which previously had provided a living for so many men was given its death blow around 1850 when a number of steamships began to ply regular routes along the coast and quickly won out over the small sailing vessels.
Agder was not a part of Norway which exerted any great pull during the period studied - this is proved by the contemporary mass exodus to America - so one may reasonably conclude that the district was a net loser in the migration exchange with other Norwegian communities.
www.stolaf.edu /naha/pubs/nas/volume29/vol29_11.htm   (7012 words)

  
 Agder University College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Agder University College is governed by a board which is responsible for the university college’s academic activities, strategy, budget, internal organisation and accounting.
Agder University College is associated with the Network University (NVU) which is a collaboration of universities and university colleges on education via the Internet.
It will be the responsibility of the sending institution to give the students full academic recognition of credits taken at Agder University College as part of their degree and in line with the original learning agreement or any mutually agreed upon changes during the exchange.
www.hia.no /ects/04/general/ectsagderuniversitycollege.php   (3440 words)

  
 Fvn.no: Agder Energi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Agder Energi produserer i dag strøm tilsvarende 300.000 husstanders forbruk.
Agder Energi Nett har lagt ned alt videre arbeid med umiddelbar virkning etter å ha sprengt grunnfjell i et vernet område i Søgne.
Agder Energi regner det som svært lite sannsynlig at det blir strømkrise til vinteren.
www.fvn.no /system/topicRoot/Agder_Energi   (314 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Agder University College is located in the southern part of Norway, known as Sørlandet.
Agder University College also has an office for teacher education, which coordinates pre-school, primary and secondary school teacher education programmes.
Agder University College is one of the most internationally oriented University Colleges in Norway and emphasises student exchanges through European and national cooperation programmes and bilateral agreements.
www.hia.no /english   (185 words)

  
 Avisen Agder - Om oss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Agder er lokalavis for kommunene Flekkefjord, Kvinesdal, Sirdal, Lund og Sokndal.
Parhestene Olav Skoland og Joseph Kvavik tok fatt i den omfattende oppgaven å sørge for at avisen kunne fortsette.
I dag fremstår Agder som en moderne avisbedrift, med egen presse i et funksjonelt avishus.
www.avisenagder.no /omagder.asp   (304 words)

  
 TV portal, entertainment content, triple play service, Agder Energi, BitBand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Agder Energi is one of Norway’s largest power companies and is located in southern Norway operating out of Kristiansand.
In 2000 this was already a well established service, and Agder Energi started seeking new services, which could to be provided over this fiber network, employing its largely unused bandwidth.
Early in the process, Agder discovered that this was a young industry.
www.bitband.com /Content.aspx?id=79   (651 words)

  
 Vest-Agder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vest-Agder ("West Agder") is a county in Norway, bordering Rogaland to the west and Aust-Agder to the east.
As the Gulf Stream touches the coast of West Agder, it is also called "the Norwegian Riviera".
The northern portion is mountainous and sparsely settled, while the central upland moors are used for pasturing of cattle and sheep.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vest-Agder   (213 words)

  
 Academic Collaboration: Mzumbe University , Tanzania and Agder University College, Norway
The first contact between IDM and Agder College was made in 1986 when a team from IDM made a visit to several universities and colleges in Norway, including Agder College.
Agder College representatives were later invited to Tanzania, and as the outcome of meetings at Mzumbe in 1988, a document was signed specifying certain potential areas of cooperation.
The Development Studies programme at Agder University College has become one of the most popular study programmes in Norway, not least because of study tours and competence building facilitated by the collaboration.
www.ncsu.edu /ncsu/aern/steinkp.html   (3066 words)

  
 GoNorway - Aust Agder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Welcome to Aust Agder County, it is one out of 19 countys in Norway with a area of 9.212 km2 and a population of approximately 103.500.
For Aust Agder County you will find the links to your "right" (township for the whole country is 431) or read a short story given below.
Nearly 80 % of Aust - Agder´s inhabitants live in the coastal area, in small cities such as Risør, Tvedestrand, Arendal, Grimstad and Lillesand.
www.gonorway.no /norway/sidevisning.php?id=14   (1592 words)

  
 Agder Energi
Agder Energi AS is one of the largest energy groups in Norway in terms of hydroelectric power production.
With close to 1,000 employees and with activities in both counties of Agder, the Agder Energi Group is a major industrial force in the region.
Agder Energi AS is owned by Statkraft Regional Holding AS with an interest of 45.5 % and the 30 municipalities in Agder with a total interest of 54.5 %.
www.ae.no /ae/english   (293 words)

  
 Norwegen-Inside: Aust-Agder municipalities
Municipality in the east of Aust Agder at the river valleys of the middle Nidelva and the upper Tovdalselva
Municipality in the middle Aust Agder west of the lower Nidelva
Municipality in the southeast of Aust Agder from northwest from Risør
norwegen.piranho.de /Aust-Agdere.htm   (155 words)

  
 VAF - Vest Agder – Norway’s southernmost county
VAF - Vest Agder – Norway’s southernmost county
As the crow flows the distance between east and west in Vest- Agder is not very long.
As the first county in this country Vest- Agder in 1992 worked out a plan to preserve the lighthouses and a total of eight were protected by law.
engelsk.vaf.no /article.aspx?m=1237   (428 words)

  
 Agder travel guide
Agder travel guide - The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see
Agder comprises of two counties - Aust-Agder (East-Agder) and Vest-Agder (West-Agder) - and is the closest we come to a Norwegian Riviera.
Additional travel guides are available in ten languages at wikitravel.org.
www.world66.com /europe/norway/southernnorways/agder   (285 words)

  
 Agder Teaters 7. Internasjonale Figurteaterfestival
It is with great pleasure we invite you to Agder Theatre and the 7th International Figure Theatre Festival.
Agder Theatre are most happy to present a wide selection of first-class performances during the festival days, and we wish you once again welcome to Kristiansand and the 7th International Figure Theatre Festival.
For you as an audience, it means that you here have the opportunity to 'dive into the diversity'.
www.agderteater.no /figure_theatre.htm   (319 words)

  
 Ancestors from Norway - Vest-Agder genealogy resources
Emigration to the USA was a means of escaping from the high unemloyment that followed.
DIS-Norge Vest Agder is a local chapter of the Norwegian genealogy organization DIS-Norge.
Vest-Agder bygdelag is an association of Norwegian-Americans whose ancestors came from Norway.
homepages.rootsweb.com /~norway/vest_agder.html   (1300 words)

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