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Kristiansand

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

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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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

In the past three years, though, euthanization of animals has seemingly ceased, according to veterinarians at Kristiansand and the Oslo Airport.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2022

Mr. Hansen works at a nickel refinery in Kristiansand, a city tucked into the nooks and crannies along Norway’s southern coast.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2017

We were in Kristiansand, the town my father was from, and had stopped at a junction and were waiting for a gap in the traffic so we could pull out.

From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2016

He took up the javelin in his home town of Kristiansand at the age of 11 and as a teenager racked up a series of Norwegian records.

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2012