Nykirke
Encyclopedia
Nykirke is a village in the municipality of Horten
, Norway
, located near the E18
. Its population as of 2005 is 662. It has its own church, which is more than 800 years old.
Horten
is a town and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the villages of Borre, Åsgårdstrand, Skoppum, and Nykirke....
, 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...
, located near the E18
European route E18
European route E18 runs from Craigavon in the United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg in Russia, passing through Norway, Sweden, and Finland. It is about 1,890 km in length.-United Kingdom:...
. Its population as of 2005 is 662. It has its own church, which is more than 800 years old.
Famous people
- Jørgen JallandJørgen JallandJørgen Jalland is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for Ørn Horten.Jalland was transferred to Hamarkameratene in March 2009 from Vålerenga. From 2005 to 2006, he played for the Russian club Rubin Kazan. In 2010 he rejoined Ørn Horten.-References:...
– footballer - Olaf TufteOlaf TufteOlaf Karl Tufte is a Norwegian competition rower.At the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the men's single sculls. He won silver in the men's double sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics together with Fredrik Bekken...
– competition rower, two times Olympic gold medalist