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The hospital in Harstad is part of the University Hospital of North Norway. The most successful local football team is Harstad Idrettslag (a.k.a. HIL), [63] and the most successful basketball team is the Harstad Vikings. [64] Harstad is home port for the Anna Rogde, the world's oldest sailing schooner, also known as the sailing queen of Norway ...
Harstad (Norwegian, pronounced [hɐ̞̂ɻ.ʃt̠ɐ̞] ⓘ) or Hárstták (Northern Sami) [5] [6] is a city [1] in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is also the administrative centre of Harstad Municipality.
For long periods of time, the Sámi lifestyle reigned supreme in the north because of its unique adaptation to the Arctic environment, enabling Sámi culture to resist cultural influences from the South. Indeed, throughout the 18th century, as Norwegians of Northern Norway suffered from low fish prices and consequent depopulation, the Sámi ...
Harstad Church (Norwegian: Harstad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the town of Harstad . It is the church for the Harstad parish which is part of the Trondenes prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland .
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Each municipality has its own governmental leaders: the mayor (ordfører or ordførar ()) and the municipal council (kommunestyre).The mayor is the executive leader. The municipal council is the deliberative and legislative body of the municipality and it is the highest governing body in the municipality.
Bjug Harstad (December 17, 1848 – June 20, 1933) was a Lutheran pastor, founding president of Pacific Lutheran University, and first president of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. [ 1 ] Biography
Monoculturalism is the policy or process of supporting, advocating, or allowing the expression of the culture of a single social or ethnic group. [1] It generally stems from beliefs within the dominant group that their cultural practices are superior to those of minority groups [2] and is often related to the concept of ethnocentrism, which involves judging another culture based on the values ...