Landøya is an island situated on the north-western part of Asker, in the province of Akershus just outside Oslo, Norway.[1]
Landøya | |
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Island | |
  Landøya Location in Norway | |
| Coordinates: 59°30′48″N 10°18′10″E / 59.513242°N 10.302660°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Akershus |
| Municipality | Asker |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
The Norwegian figure skating star Sonia Henie lived on Landøya, and one of the roads, the Sonja Henies vei, is named after her.[2] The famous Norwegian World War II heroes and members of the resistance, Max Manus and his wife Tikken Manus, also lived there after the Second World War and until the end of their lives.[3] Max died in 1996, and Tikken died in October 2010.
References
edit- ^ "Landøya". Ableksikon. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Sonia Henie". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Max bar på mange vonde følelser". Budstikka.
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