The Norwegian Tunneling Society (Norwegian: Norsk Forening for Fjellsprengningsteknikk) or NFF is a professional association established in 1963 which...
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The Bømlafjord Tunnel (Norwegian: Bømlafjordtunnelen) is a subsea road tunnel under Bømlafjorden which connects the island of Føyno in Stord Municipality...
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Ivar Giaever (category Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters)
Ivar Giaever (Norwegian: Giæver, IPA: [ˈìːvɑr ˈjèːvər]; born April 5, 1929) is a Norwegian-American engineer and physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in...
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Ludvig Johan Bakkevig (category CS1 Norwegian-language sources (no))
Alwatech. His specialty was tunnelling, as a co-founder of the Norwegian Tunneling Society and active in the International Tunnelling Association. He has also...
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"Chapter 6: Submerged Floating Tunnels". Tunneling and Underground Space Technology. 8 (2). Association International des Tunnels: 265–285. doi:10.1016/0886-7798(93)90096-E...
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault (redirect from Norwegian Seed Bank)
Global Seed Vault (Norwegian: Svalbard globale frøhvelv) is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen...
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Gjøvik Olympic Cavern Hall (category CS1 Norwegian-language sources (no))
speed skating. List of indoor arenas in Norway List of indoor ice rinks in Norway Norwegian Tunneling Society. "The Worlds Largest Cavern Hall For Public...
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of the earliest tunnels used by humans were paleoburrows excavated by prehistoric mammals. Much of the early technology of tunneling evolved from mining...
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Ole Singstad (category CS1 Norwegian-language sources (no))
1882 – December 8, 1969) was a Norwegian-American civil engineer best known for his work on underwater vehicular tunnels in New York City. Singstad designed...
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Norwegian Americans (Norwegian: Norskamerikanere) are Americans with ancestral roots in Norway. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily...
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