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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

Because of this regular flow, Kristiansand has become a Norwegian hub for wildlife trafficking.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2022

He owns a two-story house in Kristiansand, and he has two cars, an Audi and an electric Volkswagen.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2017

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

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

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