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Topic: Kven

	KV Sachsen
		Dachverband der 17 regionalen KVen ist die Kassenärztliche Bundes-vereinigung (KBV).
		Zu den Aufgaben der KVen zählen die Sicherstellung der vertragsärztlichen (ambulanten) Versorgung, die Wahrung der Rechte (Interessenvertretung) der Vertragsärzte, die Gewährleistung einer ordnungsgemäßen Durchführung der vertragsärztlichen Tätigkeit, die Vertragshoheit zum Abschluss von Verträgen mit den Verbänden der Krankenkassen und das Recht zur Ausschussbesetzung der gemeinsamen Selbstverwaltung von Ärzten und Krankenkassen
		Die Informationen unserer Internetseiten richten sich an die Mitglieder der KV Sachsen, Patienten, die Medien und gesundheitspolitisch interessierte Bürger.
	www.kvs-sachsen.de (165 words)

	Kven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kven people or Kvens, Cwens or Quens) were in charge of the large northernmost territories of the Scandinavian Peninsula during the 9th century AD, and presumably long before that.
		Kven language) and the Sami, the two spoken in Northern Sweden are the Meänkieli and the Sami, the two in Northern Finland are the standard Finnish and Sami, and the two on the Russian part of the historic Kvenland are the Finnish (a dialect) and the Sami languages.
		Kvens refers to a historical group - or an alliance - of people who were fishermen, hunters and warriors, usually associated with a western and south-western Finnic people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cwen (4733 words)

	Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Cwen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The second emigration golf of Kven in Northern Norway was in the beginning of the 19th century, reaching a peak during the famine in Finland in the 1860ies.
		Around the 1970s they and the Saami were openly allowed to use Kven and teach it to their children at schools which took its form via special language laws for minorities.
		Kven is considered as a Finnish dialect, although some linguists say it is a language.
	www.upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=cwen (626 words)

	GeoNative - Sámi & Kven in Norway
		Kven hizkuntza, finlandieraren dialekto zahar bat, debekatua egon zen eskoletan 1936tik 1997ra, baina hala ere, berriz baimendu dutenean, 700 eskolaumek eman du izena eskolotan, agintariek hizkuntza hila izango zela uste izan arren.
		The language of the Kvens, which is old Finnish, was forbidden in 1936 and not until the year 1997 was permission again granted to teach the Kven language in the schools.
		There were over 700 pupils who entered to the classes of the Kven language, although the authorities believed that the language was already completely dead.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/9479/sami-no.html (414 words)

	The Young Writer's Club - Member's Stories No:3996
		Nika couldn't believe that Kven denied ignoring her.
		She tried to comfort herself by telling her that Kven would soon realize that he really was ignoring her and would run out of the house to come find her, but something in the back of her mind told her that that wouldn't happen.
		Kven stepped closer to her and quietly said, "I'm sorry." As soon as Nika heard that, she collapsed into his arms and broke down into tears again.
	www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr /~david/derya/storys4/story3996.htm (1509 words)

	Universitetsbiblioteket i Tromsø - juni 1999
		The Kvens came from northern Finland and from the Tornedalen of northern Sweden.
		Kvens and Kvenland can also be found in the saga literature, in Egil Skallagrimson's saga from the beginning of the 13th century.
		The bibliography was published in connection with the convention of Norwegian Kven Organization in Tromsø; and a conference arranged by the University of Tromsø; with the title: "The Kvens - a forgotten minority".
	www.ub.uit.no /arkiv/maanedens/1999/199906e.htm (2493 words)

	Vadsø museum - Ruija kvenmuseum - Finnish-speaking people in North Norway
		This is shown by tax rolls, church records and legal material, where Kven was used as the official term.
		After 1845, the term Kven was used officially in Norwegian population census.
		During the Norwegianisation period from the 1870s until World War 2, Kven was felt to be a term with negative connotations, and therefore many avoid using this word today.
	kunst.no /alias/HJEMMESIDE/vadsomuseet/en?The_Kvens:The_Kjeldsen_fish_processing_plant:Finnish-speaking_people_in_North_Norway (205 words)

	ACFC
		The settlement and history of the Skogfinn and the Kven in Norway are both part of an extensive process of colonization by Finnish peasants, almost in the form of a mass exodus from the old agricultural communities of Finland and northern Sweden.
		A stringent policy was pursued in respect of the Kven minority, particularly during the period from 1850 to 1960.
		Nonetheless, the Kven language and culture were kept up relatively well until World War II in most of the “Kven districts” of North Norway, partly because of settlement patterns and Laestadianism (a revival movement founded by the Finnish-speaking Swedish minister Lars L. Læstadius).
	www.humanrights.coe.int /Minorities/Eng/FrameworkConvention/StateReports/2001/norway/Norway.htm (14323 words)

	KKD - European charter for regional or minority languages
		The settlement and history of the Kven in Norway are part of an extensive process of colonization by Finnish peasants, almost in the form of a mass exodus from the old agricultural communities of Finland and northern Sweden.
		The term "Kven" is used by Norwegian authorities to refer to the spoken language of the Kvens, i.e.
		The Kvæntunet Centre is a centre for Kven language and culture in Porsanger municipality in Finnmark County.
	odin.dep.no /kkd/engelsk/international/043041-220003/index-dok000-b-n-a.html (12215 words)

	The Ultimate Cwen Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Secondly, the term Cwen (or Kven) refers to the Finnish minority people in north Norway, who settled there during the 16th century.
		The second emigration golf of Kven in Nothern Norway was in the beginning of the 19th century.
		This was very common in the whole of Europe around this time and Norway had their Norwegiazation policy which was harder on the Saami because the Kven had a similar cultural identity and spoke more Norwegian.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Quen (487 words)

	Of old have the Kvens lived in the Land of Ruija on the coast of the Arctic Ocean (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Of old, have the Kvens lived in the Land of Ruija on the coast of the Arctic Ocean.
		The word kven was known already in the ninth century and the Kven People live scattered in the Land of Rica both on the coast There were small Kven villages between the Lapps and the Sami People.
		In the discussions about the bill of languages in the schools there was a suggestion that children speaking the Kven language should be compelled to leave Norway and to immigrate into Finland.
	www.worldclass.net /geo/NEuro/rachkatKven.htm (263 words)

	1st_SR_Norway (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As a result of the Nordic war and in search of available farmland, the Kven moved to Norway from Sweden, making their way north to river valleys and the inner reaches of fjords in Nord-Troms and Finnmark.
		Kven immigration to North Norway increased from around 1830.
		In a case in 1999, the Ministry decided that changes of name pursuant to section 9, paragraph 6 shall be permitted as far back as the original Kven surname borne by one of the applicant’s great-grandparents, if the reason for the change of name from Kven to a Norwegian surname was Norwegianization.
	www.coe.int /t/e/human_rights/minorities/2._FRAMEWORK_CONVENTION_(MONITORING)/2._Monitoring_mechanism/3._State_Reports_and_UNMIK_Kosovo_Report/1._First_cycle/1st_SR_Norway.asp (15558 words)

	Vadsø museum - Ruija kvenmuseum - Exhibitions
		“Kven yesterday — Kven today?” is shown in one of the rooms of Tuomainengården, a town farm.
		The exhibition tells the story of Kven immigrants and their lives in “Ruija”.
		It also takes up the question of what it is like to be a Kven today.
	www.museumsnett.no /alias/HJEMMESIDE/vadsomuseet/en/index.php?Exhibitions (136 words)

	KvenInfo - About the Kvens in Northern Norway
		If you know the stories of some of the Kvens who emigrated to the US, or if you are a Kven descendant in the US, we would like to hear from you.
		With the ratification of "The European Framework Convention for Protection of National Minorities" by the Norwegian parliament on December 11 1998, the Kvens finally achieved their rightful status as a national minority.
		Three of the sections: History, Number of Kvens, and Norwegianization are published here.
	home.online.no /~solhanse/kvenuk.htm (282 words)

	Welcome to KVEN The Boomer - Ventura, CA
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		Getting By With A Little Help From My Friends, Lee Marshall's Class Reunion.
		You can catch Lee Marshall's Class Reunion every weekday morning
	www.kven.com /poster.htm (60 words)

	Nobile Hotell Vadsø:
		To further the prospects of wellness, the farm courtyard has also been ’enhanced’ with a wooden bath tub, grillhouse and service cottage.
		The entire courtyard is laid out so that it is possible to use all of its facilities during the same visit.
		Similar to the Turkish bath ’The Last Kven’, one sits in a circle around the oven.
	www.nobilehotell.no /engelsk/sistekven_eng.htm (263 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:FKV
		Kven has integrated Norwegian loans, whereas Tornedalen has integrated Swedish loans.
		The language and culture have been suppressed until the recent past, and are endangered.
		Speakers of Tornedalen and Kven recognize the differences between the two.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=FKV (202 words)

	Odinarkiv - Finnish as a second language
		They should encounter the Kven story-telling tradition, extend their knowledge of their own cultural background, and experience the satisfaction of being able to use more than one language
		Pupils should be familiar with various aspects of Finnish and Kven culture and history.
		Pupils should learn about Finnish and Kven culture and history and further develop their understanding of the roles language and texts play in a society.
	odin.dep.no /odinarkiv/norsk/dep/nedlagt/kuf/1999/eng/014005-990121/dok-bu.html (3240 words)

	KVENENE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kvens were a Finnish speaking people who wandered north to Ruija - «The Land by the Arctic Ocean» as farmers, miners and fishermen.
		The Bietilægård in Inner Kvenby, commenced in 1870, will after its restoration be a document of the maritime part of the Kven culture.
		Vadsø Museum - Ruija Kven Museum is the museum in charge of the Kven culture in Finnmark, and works with documentation and questions on the Kven culture in the whole county of Finnmark
	www.museumsnett.no /vadsomuseet/MAIN/GB/kvener.html (163 words)

	miaminewtimes.com \| \| Feature \| Talk Rodeo (Page 5) \| 1994-08-03
		For years he worked as a DJ, spinning records at various stations, including a stint at South Florida's WSHE-FM in 1978 and stops in San Diego, New Orleans, and L.A. At age 36, Hendrie says, he realized it was time for a change.
		In 1990 he found a talk gig at KVEN in Ventura, California.
		Back at KVEN, Hendrie's producer was Gregory Glaser, who remains a friend of the talk host.
	www.miaminewtimes.com /issues/1994-08-03/feature_5.html (736 words)

	visitors Hoika & Dannilof
		Lillian shared her story of tracing her roots through the "Kven" people of far northern Norway and their Finnish roots.
		Jan, a retired university professor of literature and history and frequent lecturer in, and visitor to, America, had never seen the north coast.
		Her visit coincided with the local celebration and unveiling of a beautiful monument to the very Kven emigrants from whom Lillian descended.
	www.wheelerfolk.org /sons_of_norway/photoalbums/Hoika_Daniloff_visit (179 words)

	A selection from a decade of visits to tower and studio sites in the Northeast and beyond
		And it's only appropriate, then, that the first stop in Ventura County was at one of the handful of AM stations that just might still have America on its playlist.
		KVEN (1450 Ventura) is operated by legendary jock Lee Marshall, well-known in Southern California for his stints at KHJ, KDAY and KABC in Los Angeles and back east for his tenure at the mighty CKLW in Windsor, Ontario.
		KVEN has a mystery, too - when we arrived at its transmitter site (on "Tower Square"), we found not one but two towers, both apparently insulated at the base.
	www.fybush.com /sites/2004/site-041119.html (1197 words)

	Fasit1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kven har laga slåtten "Åleine" på CDen med same namn?
		Kven er det som rider en mørke natt?
		Kven var det som svara "Noko typisk norsk" da han blei spurd om kva han ville spela på kappleiken?
	www.peranders.no /Fasit1.htm (92 words)

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		This has applied to indigenous languages in Canada, to Gaelic and Scots in Scotland, and to Finnic minority languages in the Circumpolar region: Meänkieli and Swedish Finnish in Sweden; the Kven language in Norway; Viena Karelian, Olonets Karelian and Vepsian in Russia; the Võro and Seto languages in Estonia; and Livonian in Latvia.
		A longer term goal is to provide an interface to the tools which allows the end user to define or rename all functions in their own language.
		As an initial solution to the problem of written forms, it is proposed that several Kven speakers should be asked to transcribe a short passage and the results compared.
	mustard.tapor.uvic.ca /cocoon/ach_abstracts/xq/text.xq?id=134 (844 words)

	Complete Apprentice Autobiographies & Progress
		KVEN is the powerhouse news/talk station in Ventura County, loaded with great personalities that average 15 years experience.
		My shift consists of recording the news and changing music reel for KHAY.
		With KVEN I read the news at the top of the hour, write news stories, play the Dodgers and the Lakers and record make-good spots.
	www.getamentor.com /bio_JohnM.html (170 words)

	KvenInfo - Kvenene i Nord-Norge / The Kven People in Northern Norway (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I am a Kven descendant, living in Canada.
		Your page asks us to contact you if we are a descendant of a Kven person.
		Recently, a person helping me research in Norway informed me that my ggg-grandmother was "a daughter of kvaens".
	home.online.no /~solhanse/kvletter.htm (265 words)

	Ventura County Star: County News
		He came to the area in 1969 as program director at a now-defunct AM country station.
		He moved to KVEN in 1972 and molded its FM sister, KHAY, into one of the nation's first successful FM country stations.
		He eventually became operations manager and turned KVEN into Ventura County's first news and talk station.
	www.venturacountystar.com /vcs/county_news/article/0,1375,VCS_226_4354569,00.html (596 words)

	KVEN FINNISH - LanguageServer - University of Graz (Site not responding. Last check: )
		KVEN FINNISH - LanguageServer - University of Graz
		Aikio, M.: The Kven and cultural linguistic pluralism
		Lindgren, Anna-Riitta: Linguistic variation and the historical sociology of multilingualism in Kven communities
	languageserver.uni-graz.at /ls/lang?id=5717 (45 words)

	Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Acculturation strategies and ethnic identity as ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Acculturation strategies and ethnic identity as predictors of behavior problems in arctic minority adolescents.(Sami and Kven of northern Norway)
		Method: The Youth Self-Report, the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, and acculturation strategies were completed by 581 indigenous Sami and 291 Kven high school students in 1994-1995, at age 15-18 years.
		Behavior problems were in addition to ethnic/national identity and acculturation attitudes studied in relation to ethnicity gender, age, socioeconomic status, parentage, ethnic language, and ethnic...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:96277850&refid=holomed_1 (254 words)

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