Festival of North Norway
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The Festival of North Norway is a festival based in Harstad
, Norway
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It was first held in 1965, and consists of music, theatre and art performances. The director of the festival is Birger Carlsen.
Harstad
is the second largest city and municipality by population, in Troms county, Norway – the city is also the third largest in North Norway. Thus Harstad is the natural centre for its district. Situated approximately north of the Arctic Circle, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary in...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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It was first held in 1965, and consists of music, theatre and art performances. The director of the festival is Birger Carlsen.