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Kristiansand

American  
[kris-chuhn-sand, kris-tyahn-sahn] / ˈkrɪs tʃənˌsænd, ˌkrɪs tjɑnˈsɑn /

noun

  1. a seaport in southern Norway.


Kristiansand British  
/ kristianˈsan, ˈkrɪstʃənˌsænd /

noun

  1. a port in S Norway, on the Skagerrak: shipbuilding. Pop: 75 280 (2004 est)

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Soon after his return to Norway, Haakon met his now-wife Mette-Marit at a music festival in her home city of Kristiansand in 1999.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

She became principal guest conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin, Ireland, in September 2017 and chief conductor of Norway’s Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra the following year.

From Seattle Times May 4, 2023

He sped his electric car farther south toward Kristiansand, where a large grid sends electricity around the country’s south and to Denmark.

From New York Times Aug. 18, 2022

Iliezski says there have been at least 20 cases at Kristiansand over the years in which he has had to euthanize animals — yet only one shows up in the customs reports Sollund compiled.

From Salon Apr. 20, 2022

The shock came when we travelled down to Kristiansand, to the house in which he had grown up, where he had lived out his final years together with his mother, our grandmother.

From The Guardian Feb. 26, 2016

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