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   Skien
   town, southern Norway, on the Skienselva (river). Originally the site of a monastery, the town, founded in 1110, is one of the oldest in Norway. An ...
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   Skien
   The municipality of Skien was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipalities of Gjerpen and Solum were merged into the municipality of Skien on 1 January 1964. The conurbation of Skien and Porsgrunn is considered by Statistics Norway to be the seventh largest cit...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skien
   
   
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   Skien
   Skien (shē'un, shā'un) , city (1995 pop. 48,341), capital of Telemark co., SE Norway, a port on the Skienselva River and on the Telemark Canal. Manufactures include forest products and processed food. Ibsen was born in Skien in 1828.
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