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    Lofoten (Norwegian, pronounced [ˈlùːfuːtn̩]; English pronunciation: /ˈloʊfoʊtən, loʊˈfoʊtən/, LOH-foh-tən, loh-FOH-tən), Lufoahtta  (Lule Sami), or Lufuohttá (Northern...
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    Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Borge Church is located near Borg. Borg was the home of a Viking chieftain over 1,000 years ago. Today, Borg is the location...
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    the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Borg, near Bøstad, in Vestvågøy Municipality...
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    Archaeologists have uncovered the Chieftain House at Borg in Lofoten (På Borg på Vestvågøya i Lofoten), a large Viking Age building believed to have been...
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    of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Leknes. Some of the villages in the municipality include Ballstad, Borg, Bøstad...
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  • hamlet of Borg (and the Lofotr museum) in the central part of the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Borge Church is located in Borg, very close...
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    consortium for the northern part of Nordland county, including the districts of Lofoten, Vesterålen, and Ofoten. The museum is set up as a foundation and was established...
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  • Dano-Norwegian colony until the fall of 1725. Jentoft later settled at Buksnes in Lofoten. He lived there as a skipper, sailor and landlord. In 1727, he was married...
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    and Ofoten in the north-east. In the north-west lie the archipelagoes of Lofoten and Vesterålen. Nordland is located along the northwestern coast of the...
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    The Borg Aestel – decorated with a pattern of spirals of gold wire. It was found in the ruins of a Viking Age Chieftain Hall at Borg in the Lofoten Islands...
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